Zhao Hai just stood there and didn't make a move. At the same time, the people of Kaoshan City were dumbfounded as they looked at the plant army. In the Spirit Weapon Realm, Soul Grafters weren't called Plant Masters. This was because their cultivation method was different from the Soul Realm. Here, Soul Grafters could only transform into plants. They couldn't command Plant Masters, nor could they communicate with the plants here. This was because the plants here didn't have any source of soul power.
Because of this, Soul Grafters didn't have a high status in the Spirit Weapon Realm. Moreover, there were very few men who were Soul Grafters.
However, this time, Zhao Hai suddenly released his plant army. This made the people on and below the city dumbfounded. They didn't know what was going on. Why were the plants moving? Why were the plants so powerful?
People have a great sense of fear towards the unknown. The people of Spirit Snake City-State were afraid, but they couldn't not be afraid. This was because when you see a tree attacking you, the branches of the tree would be like a big stick, you would also be afraid.
The general who had given the order and promised not to hide his blade for three days had already been killed by the Iron Thread Scarecrow. After the Iron Thread Scarecrow went underground, it suddenly appeared behind the general and killed him.
When the general died, the entire army of Spirit Snake City fell into chaos. The people of Spirit Snake City had already forgotten about the three days of not having their weapons sealed. What promotion and wealth? Each and every one of them hated that their parents didn't give them two more legs. They ran as fast as they could.
On the other hand, although Zhao Hai's plant army was very powerful, its movement speed wasn't very fast. Even if they wanted to chase, they wouldn't be able to. This gave the people of Spirit Snake City an opportunity to escape. Most of the people of Spirit Snake City managed to escape. Only a few of them were unlucky enough to be killed by the plant army.
The speed at which the battle ended was beyond Zhao Hai's expectations. In less than two hours, the battle had already ended. The Spirit Snake City's army was defeated. The general was killed, the army was routed, and the army was no longer an army.
Seeing the Spirit Snake City-State's army being repelled, Zhao Hai waved his hand and had all the plants return to the Space. Then Stonehammer and the others returned to Zhao Hai's side.
Zhao Hai looked around and said, "Let's go. Since I've accepted the City Lord's position, then I need to do something. Stone Hammer, you go and clean up the battlefield. Also, the city needs to be repaired. Let's go to the City Lord's Mansion."
Stonehammer and the others responded and went to prepare. Zhao Hai led the Iron Warp Tree and the Iron Thread Grass to the City Lord's Mansion. It must be said that Kaoshan City was very strange. Zhao Hai said that he was in charge of Kaoshan City, repelled the enemy, and then entered the City Lord's Mansion. The people of Kaoshan City actually accepted him and thought that he was the City Lord. Not long after Zhao Hai entered the City Lord's Mansion, some of the influential people of Kaoshan City came to pay their respects to the City Lord. At the same time, they gave him a large number of gifts.
When Zhao Hai saw this, he didn't know what to say. He didn't think that being a City Lord in the Spiritual Weapon Realm would be this easy.
After repelling the Spirit Snake City-State's army, Stone Hammer and the others organized people to clean up the battlefield. All the useful things were taken into the city. Then they arranged for the original city guards to defend the city. The city's warning was also lifted.
After all of this was done, Zhao Hai realized how strong the adaptability of people in war-torn areas was. When the war ended, there were already people in the city moving around. Shops were also opened. The people in the city went out to work, they went out to buy things. Aside from talking about the war and the sudden appearance of the City Lord, they didn't feel any tension after the war.
Naturally, the Spirit Snake City-State's General's order to not seal his blade for three days was also made known to the people in the city. Everyone in the city cried bitterly. On the other hand, the people in the city didn't have any objections to Zhao Hai's sudden appearance as the City Lord. They simply accepted him as the new City Lord.
After that, officials of various levels appeared in the city. They were all locals and were at the bottom of the hierarchy. This was because no matter who the City Lord was, they would need to rely on them to govern Kaoshan City.
After these officials arrived, Zhao Hai carefully asked them about the tax situation of Kaoshan City, the income of the people in Kaoshan City, and other issues related to the people's livelihood.
Because these officials couldn't understand Zhao Hai's temperament, they didn't dare to be sloppy. They answered all of the questions that Zhao Hai wanted to ask. Naturally, not everyone could answer, there were still many people who couldn't. Very quickly, Zhao Hai understood the current officials of Kaoshan City through his questioning.
The current officials of Kaoshan City were divided into two types. The first type was those who didn't know anything. They only knew how to cheat and deceive their superiors and subordinates. These kinds of people relied on others to get to where they were today.
The second type was those who did things. Some of these people had been officials of Kaoshan City for generations. No matter how the City Lord changed, they were still indispensable subordinates of the City Lord. Although these people had some problems, they were much better than the first type when it came to doing things.
After talking to all the officials of Kaoshan City, Zhao Hai also talked to the influential people of Kaoshan City. These influential people of Kaoshan City didn't have simple identities. Many of them had families who were officials of Kaoshan City. There were also some who came from influential families of other cities.
The reason why Zhao Hai wanted to talk to these people was because he wanted to know how the officials of Kaoshan City were doing. At the same time, he wanted to understand the situation of the factions among the officials of Kaoshan City.
Don't think that in a small place like Kaoshan City, the officials of Kaoshan City weren't divided into factions. In fact, this wasn't the case at all. Among the officials of Kaoshan City, the factions were still very fierce. This was because although Kaoshan City was small, the benefits were not small.
After chatting with these people, Zhao Hai made a rough decision. He wanted to keep some people and release some people. At the same time, he wanted to control the officials of the city.
Time passed little by little. In the next few days, the people of Kaoshan City were a little flustered. They couldn't help but be flustered. This was because according to convention, after the City Lord of Kaoshan City changed, the City Lord would issue a City Lord Token. This City Lord Token would contain information about the city's taxes, military, appointment of officials, and so on. These were all closely related to the entire city.
At the same time, he also wanted to know why the people from Spirit Snake City-State would suddenly attack Green Wolf City-State. Why did they attack Green Wolf City-State in the past few days? Why did they attack Green Wolf City-State so ferociously on the last day? There must be something going on here. Zhao Hai didn't think that Green Wolf City-State would attack Green Wolf City-State.
Zhao Hai sent Iron Thread Grass to inquire about this matter. It didn't take long before Iron Thread Grass brought back the information he wanted. Azure Wolf City had already disappeared. Azure Wolf City's original territory had been swallowed by Spirit Snake City.
The reason why the Spirit Snake City-State was able to swallow the Azure Wolf City-State's territory was because they used a very simple plan. That was to surround a point and attack the reinforcements. And this point was actually Kaoshan City. Kaoshan City might not be very important to the Azure Wolf City-State, but for a city-state that only controls a few cities, Kaoshan City was very important. Because of this, as long as the Spirit Snake City-State surrounded Kaoshan City, the people from the Azure Wolf City-State would certainly come to their rescue.
On the other hand, the Spirit Snake City-State's people ambushed the Green Wolf City-State's strongest cavalry on the way to the Green Wolf City-State's rescue. Then, they took down the Green Wolf City-State's most important city, Green Wolf City-State's most important city. Then, with Green Wolf City-State's Green Wolf City-State as a starting point, they took down the other cities of Green Wolf City-State.
The reason why the Spirit Snake City-State's army attacked Kaoshan City with all their might was because Kaoshan City had lost its purpose. In other words, Green Wolf City-State was finished at that time.
For Spirit Snake City's army besieging Kaoshan City, they could wait until Azure Wolf City was completely swallowed by Spirit Snake City. Then they could have Kaoshan City surrender. This was the safest method.
However, for the Spirit Snake City-State's army that was surrounding Kaoshan City, the meaning was completely different. Once the army flattened the other cities and forced Kaoshan City to surrender, would their army still have a chance to perform meritorious deeds? If they didn't have a chance to make contributions, how could they get promoted and get rich? It was precisely because of this that the Spirit Snake City's army besieged Kaoshan City with all their might. In order to motivate the soldiers to take Kaoshan City in one fell swoop, the general even gave the order to attack for three days. He wanted to rely on this order to let the army capture Kaoshan City in one fell swoop. After entering the city, he would restrain the army to a certain extent. However, this would still give the army some advantages.
But what he didn't expect was that his order would draw out Zhao Hai. And Zhao Hai just raised his hand and destroyed their army. At this time, Spirit Snake City had occupied all of Azure Wolf City's cities. Only Kaoshan City was occupied by Zhao Hai. Since Spirit Snake City was busy digesting those cities, they couldn't attack Kaoshan City in a short period of time. They could only watch as Zhao Hai took control of Kaoshan City. In Spirit Snake City's opinion, Zhao Hai wouldn't be able to control Kaoshan City for a long time. As long as they digested Azure Wolf City's cities, they would be able to destroy Kaoshan City. But before that, Zhao Hai was indeed in control of Kaoshan City. This was something that even Spirit Snake City's people couldn't deny.
And after hearing this news, Zhao Hai was finally certain that there would be a war in the future. Therefore, before the war, a stable rear was very important. How could he stabilize the rear? There was only one way, which was to let the people in the city recognize him as the City Lord. At the same time, he had to let the people in the city understand that only with him as the City Lord would they be able to live a good life.
And to do this, it was actually very simple. He just had to formulate a tax policy and let the people in the city pay less tax. He had to let the people in the city feel the benefits!
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