Jiang Wang went against the flow of people who crowded around the prisoner carriage towards the South Gate.
He didn't know the cause and effect, nor did he have a deep understanding of the fairness of the Jia City government.
Although public opinion was turbulent, public opinion was something that could be easily manipulated. It wouldn't become the basis for his judgment.
The only thing he could see was that the young doctor named Sun Ping had his tongue cut off.
This wasn't an appropriate thing to do, especially when he needed to be watched.
It didn't matter if it was a punishment or not.
He couldn't speak. He couldn't explain in front of everyone.
People could only hear one voice, the letter of confession that kept repeating.
Thus, there was only one unified public opinion.
Just based on this point, Jiang Wang didn't want to go along with it.
He went against the flow of people.
It seemed to be human nature to watch a commotion, not just in Jia City.
A prisoner carriage passing through the city, a prisoner waiting to be beheaded, attracted a large crowd of people.
After passing through the crowd, the streets became much more spacious.
Jiang Wang didn't have the interest to stroll around, and quickly found the nearest clinic. To his surprise, the clinic was very deserted.
An apprentice was occasionally pounding medicine, and an old doctor was lazily curled up on a reclining chair.
There wasn't a single patient in the clinic.
Jiang Wang walked in for a long time, but no one greeted him.
He didn't say anything, and silently went to the second clinic.
The situation in the second clinic was more or less the same.
If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't think there was a problem. The people in this city were very healthy, so no one was sick.
But in Jiang Wang's eyes, it just showed that there was a big problem.
With his family's experience in opening a medicine store, there would never be a lack of people in the clinic and medicine store.
Hunger and disease were problems that humans had been fighting for since the beginning of history.
When Transcendents reached a certain level, they could ignore most diseases, and didn't even need to eat.
But not everyone could walk the path of Transcendents.
"Are you seeing a doctor? Where are you feeling unwell? "The people in the second clinic greeted him.
But Jiang Wang directly left.
There was no need to look anymore.
Following the location in his memory, he walked to the small courtyard where he met Xi Zichu.
After knocking on the door, as expected, Xi Zichu was in the courtyard.
This time, Jiang Wang did not hide his tracks. It would be strange if Xi Zichu did not discover him.
When they met again this time, he was far from his previous state. Although he tried his best to look confident, traces of stress could still be seen between his eyebrows.
"What brings you here, Envoy?" Xi Zichu did not seem to have any intention of welcoming him in as he stood at the entrance of the courtyard and asked.
"Someone in town is sick," Jiang Wang said.
"Don't tell me you think that just because I'm from the East King Valley that I should treat patients? And that person is just an ordinary citizen of Qingyang Town? "
"I thought that, as the Young Master of the Xi Clan and a cultivator of the East King Valley, you would be duty-bound to help."
"What terrible disease?"
"I don't know." Jiang Wang said honestly: "But there were two people in Qingyang Town who died of the same disease. Before they got sick, they both came to Jia City. I think you should be on your guard."
"What symptoms?"
"High fever and pus."
"Where's the corpse?"
"Bury him."
"I've already taken care of the funeral. What else do you want me to be on my guard for?"
"You're a disciple of the East King Valley. What disease do you think it is?" Jiang Wang asked.
"The two symptoms you mentioned correspond to at least a hundred different diseases. Some are very mild, some are very terrible. How do you want me to answer? "
"What's the most terrible situation?"
Seeing that Xi Zichu did not speak, Jiang Wang continued: "Extraordinary cultivators also have to bear extraordinary responsibilities. This matter concerns the safety of too many people. We should prepare for the worst. For this, I'm willing to bury the hatchet with you. The compensation that the Xi Clan previously promised to Junggenjia can be halved. "
In Xi Zichu's view, whether it was Jiang Wang or Junggenjia, they were just passersby in Jia City. The Xi Clan was the unchanging master of this place.
He was very surprised by Jiang Wang's sincerity.
"The worst situation … is nothing more than a plague," Xi Zichu said: "But that shouldn't be the case. I'll mobilize the extraordinary power of this city to investigate the cause of this matter. Currently, it seems to be related to the White Bone Sect's White Bone Face who came to Jia City. Unfortunately, you didn't leave anyone alive. "
"Related to the White Bone Sect? The White Bone Sect is crazy. They're capable of doing anything. Brother Xi, you must be careful. "
"Of course I know."
"When I was entering the city, there was a prisoner carriage passing by …" Jiang Wang said thoughtfully: "That was a doctor called Sun Ping. His tongue was cut off so he couldn't speak. I heard that he was spreading rumors … What kind of rumors did he say?
"Jia City has its own government. I can't care about everything. However, cutting off one's tongue for spreading rumors is a very normal punishment. "
Jiang Wang nodded and said no more.
In any case, the East King Valley was the authority when it came to medicine. He also knew the significance of Jia City to the Xi Clan. The Xi Clan should be more concerned about the safety of Jia City's citizens than he was. There was almost no way they would ignore the danger.
He planned to take root in Qingyang Town and use it as his base of operations. Therefore, he wanted to improve his relationship with the Xi Clan.
In the future, when he developed, he might have to compete with the Xi Clan. However, for now, it was better to keep a low profile.
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When he returned to Qingyang Town, Jiang Wang immediately ordered Hu Laogen to put the town under martial law.
He called out all the mortal guards from the mine and arranged them with the town's constables to patrol the town.
He would keep the town under martial law until he felt it was safe.
No matter what strategy or attitude Jia City had.
Xi Zichu said that the worst-case scenario was an epidemic, so Jiang Wang treated it as an epidemic.
During this period, all kinds of losses such as food and horses would be borne by the town and Jiang Wang himself.
Jiang Wang could bear these losses.
Or rather, he was willing to bear them.
The Junggenjia's industries in the Yang Country were all similar to the Hu Family's mine. They supported local candidates and recruited local Transcendents. Every year or month, they only looked at the profits and nothing else.
This saved them time and effort and didn't affect their income. However, the problem was that they lacked in-depth control.
The Junggenjia's previous response to this was to tightly control the distribution of Transcendents' resources. Those who handled local affairs could be locals, but those who distributed Transcendents' resources had to be from the Chongxuan Clan.
It had to be said that this idea was very good. However, when it was put into practice, the results weren't that good.
The Hu Family's mine was a classic example.
Normally, they were all lovey-dovey and had no problem paying tribute regularly. However, once a treasure appeared and the Hu Family became disloyal, they had countless ways to drive the Junggenjia away unilaterally. Of course, the Junggenjia had the ability to make anyone who betrayed them regret, but the losses had already happened.
In order to integrate all these industries and make them Chung Geng Sheng's logistics warehouse, the previous model definitely wouldn't work.
Killing the Hu Family's father and son like Jiang Wang and reaching a tacit agreement with the local controller, the Xi Clan, was one way.
However, it was impossible to kill all the way.
He wasn't in a hurry to quickly take over all the Junggenjia's businesses in the Yang Country. Instead, he planned to build a foundation with Qingyang Town as the center and then spread out. This way, he could achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Currently, in the mine, there were Zhu Biqiong, Xiang Qian, and Zhang Hai who had Transcendents.
There were Dugu Xiao and Hu Laogen who dealt with the mundane matters.
Jiang Wang was able to devote himself to cultivation. During this period, he didn't do anything other than replying to An 'an and Ye Qingyu's letters.
This situation lasted until seven days later.
That was, in the year 3918 of the Dao calendar, the fifty-fourth year of the Yuanfeng calendar, the fourth of June.
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