Jiang Wang was not sure about the other places, but at least in Jia City, Manager Qian's escape had only spread to a small area. The Four Seas Business Alliance's' work 'here was still ongoing.
They mainly relied on the warehouses that they built when they first moved in.
Outside of Qingyang Town, the so-called 'work' was nothing more than the people in charge of the warehouses thinking of how to sell these resources for a high price without letting too many people starve to death. Even if they were weak, the Yang country still had a bottom line of not letting their people starve to death.
Manager Qian had taken away all the money that could be taken away, leaving only large amounts of resources in the warehouses.
Ironically, the new Jia City mayor was still hesitating and did not take over the resources. After all, the other party was Qi's Four Seas Business Alliance. Like many of the Yang country's officials, he still had fantasies about Qi.
After all, he had been a dog for so many years, and many times he had already seen himself as the master.
The new Jia City mayor was named Shi Jing. He was over 50 years old and had wasted many years. The reason why he was able to pick up the position of Jia City mayor was because of another layer of relationship.
He was the adopted son of the Rizhao Prefectural Governor's fourth concubine!
Who knew how they were connected.
Anyways, he became the adopted son of the Rizhao Prefectural Governor. With such a 'relative' relationship, he was able to take up the position.
In the current chaos of the Yang country, no one cared about such things.
At least in Jia City, resources were not lacking. At the start of the disaster, the Four Seas Business Alliance used their strong mobilization ability to gather large amounts of resources and store them in various places.
In Qingyang Town, the bald guard Chen Yong and the others left, leaving behind the warehouses that supported the tens of thousands of people.
7th month, 27th day, under Manager Qian's operation, more and more resources were sent to Qingyang Town.
7th month, 28th day. The new Jia City mayor seemed to have just woken up from a dream. He stopped the flow of resources and took over all the resources in the name of the mayor's manor.
As for the people of the Four Seas Business Alliance, apart from the ones that ran away, the rest were all captured and interrogated.
However, to Jiang Wang, it did not matter. The warehouses of Qingyang Town were already filled to the brim. It was enough for the people of Qingyang Town for at least three months.
No matter what the Qi army's commander was thinking, the war could not drag on until November.
On the 29th of July, the news that Qi's army was trapped in China had spread.
In the official letter of credence, Qi's intention was still to help Yang Country seal off the mutated plague and protect the safety of the Eastern Region.
Other than not allowing anyone to enter or leave, they did not seem to have any battle plans at all. Of course, it also gave the Yang Kingdom enough time to organize their army. The confidence shown by this was especially despairing.
The Yang people knew very well that they didn't have a truly powerful army. Let's not talk about the last strong army that the previous Monarch had sacrificed.
In the past few years, they had followed the Qi army to fight and lost their men and blood in the previous wars. In the end, what they got back were not well-trained soldiers, but large amounts of wealth from the Qi army.
The Yang Kingdom seemed to be getting richer and richer, but their military prowess was declining.
This was a form of boiling a frog in warm water. Unfortunately, it was only now that the army had locked up the country that many people realized this point.
Yang Jiande was very clear about this, but because he could see through it, he couldn't refuse. The only result of refusing would be to hasten the process of the country's destruction.
That was why he slowly handed over his power and focused on cultivation. On one hand, he had no hope in the country, so he placed his hopes on his own strength. On the other hand, it was also a form of escape.
It was also because the Yang Kingdom was so weak that after Yang Jiande killed the Crown Prince, he didn't immediately gather the army to fight to the death with the Qi Army. Instead, he begged to surrender and didn't hesitate to gamble the king's face to lure Zhongxuan and Chuliang to Zhaoheng City to kill them.
If he could kill Xiong Tu, it would undoubtedly boost the morale of the entire Yang Kingdom. Yang Jiande himself could also buy some time to move around. He could ask for support, get allies, or create conflicts within the Qi army … In short, this was the only way he could think of to break the current situation.
However, Chongxuan Chu Liang didn't care at all. He just sat in the commander's tent and didn't move. He didn't seem as brave as he used to be, but it made people feel even more despair.
Let's not talk about the bigger picture. Just take Rizhao Prefecture for example.
When the people of the Yang Kingdom were in a state of panic, the Rizhao Prefecture Governor, the old Song Guang, made another move.
He actually forced the cities under his rule to not keep more than seven days' worth of rations and hand it over to the prefecture government. He used this method to control the rations to stabilize the people of the prefecture.
He also demanded a large amount of money, saying that it was to raise the army and protect the land. However, because it didn't go through the Yang Court, it didn't have an official name. They only called it "saving the country."
This series of actions wasn't just dazzling, it was simply blinding and deafening.
Just in terms of controlling the rations, using the name of the prefecture government to control the various cities was on a completely different level from using the name of the prefecture government to control the entire prefecture. It was giving up on the easy to find the difficult, wasting manpower.
Song Guang wasn't stupid.
To be able to become the governor of a prefecture, how could Song Guang be a fool?
Although many of the decisions he made during this period of time when the Yang Kingdom was in a state of chaos seemed stupid.
However, this kind of "stupidity" was relative to the Yang Kingdom. To him, it was a wise decision.
If the Yang Kingdom could rise again, he would have stabilized the situation.
If the Yang Kingdom didn't have a tomorrow, he would have more resources. To put it bluntly, he could sell them for a good price.
However, in Jiang Wang's position, he didn't feel so comfortable.
Because the official document from the Jia City Mayor had already been sent to Qingyang Town.
Of course, Jiang Wang ignored it and tore it to pieces on the spot.
He wasn't rich and couldn't satisfy the greed of the Rizhao County Governor. As for the rations in Qingyang Town, those were the lives of the thirty thousand people in the town. He couldn't let them go.
However, what he didn't expect was …
Just one day later, the new Jia City Mayor, Shi Jing, actually mobilized the city guards to attack Qingyang Town!
…
Outside Qingyang Town, the army was in formation.
The generals hadn't even drawn their swords, but their murderous intent was already in the air.
Jia City's city guards had ten thousand people. The Xi Family had all left the Yang Kingdom. Some of the high-ranking generals left, but the army couldn't take them away. They lost some talents, but the general structure was still there.
No matter how much Shi Jing relied on his connections to get to his position, he knew the importance of military power. Therefore, the first thing he did after taking office was to take control of the army.
His godfather, Song Guang, gave the order, and he was the most active of all the mayors.
However, the entire Jia City had been hit hard by the plague. After the Xi Family's departure and the Four Seas Business Alliance's harvest, the city wasn't rich anymore.
He led the army to Qingyang Town for two reasons. First, he wanted to kill the monkey to warn the chicken and establish the new mayor's authority. Second, he received accurate news that Manager Qian of the Four Seas Business Alliance had stolen a large amount of money and was hiding in Qingyang Town.
Of course, he knew about Jiang Wang killing Xi Munan.
To be safe, he brought five thousand city guards with him this time. All of them were elites.
Other than the garrison troops that needed to maintain order in the city, almost all of them were mobilized. Not to mention, he also used his personal connections to invite two peak-stage Soaring Dragon Realm cultivators from the county government to join the army.
All of the preparations were made in the hope of winning in one battle!
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