Three Hundred and Ninety-Two Use of Power for Personal Gain

After the new announcement was issued, the whole city became more lively, everyone looked excited, and most of them decided to participate in this big event.

Zhou Xing was afraid that everyone would not work hard, so he promised a lot of benefits, but after sending out the notice, he felt a little guilty, promised so many benefits, did he have to pay for it himself? There is no such reason!

So he asked the attendant, "What's your name?"

"Christina." The attendant replied with a smile.

"Well, it's a nice name. Please find the property directory of Maple Leaf City. I want to see it."

"Of order, my lord." Christina turned and left. A few minutes later, she came back with a thick account book and handed it to Zhou Xing.

He opened it and nodded slightly. It contained records of various industries in Maple Leaf City, including business items, turnover, net profit, taxes, etc., and it could be said to be an important source of Maple Leaf City's finances.

Zhou Xing didn't plan to pay for it himself, so he naturally had to dig for gold from Maple Leaf City's own gold mine. The shops in the list were arranged in descending order of taxation. He automatically ignored those small shops that paid less than 5 gold coins per month. Only look at the big deals on the first few pages.

In the process of checking the accounts, he found many things that were not right, which obviously did not match the income and expenditure of the City Lord's Mansion. Thinking of how rich Phelps is, it is obvious that this guy may have secretly obtained more money in these transactions. Pay more dividends, or even outright extort and abuse of power.

This book is one of Phelps' incriminating evidence, and he decided to keep it in his hands and keep it safe. He continued to look back, and when he turned to the third page, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, because he saw the owners of five big shops, and they were actually the five Guiyas!

These five guys actually set up a layout in Maple Leaf City in advance, and spent a lot of money to buy five large shops in prime locations. These five shops became their continuous supply stations, providing them with unlimited gold coins.

From the accounts, these five companies are very profitable, and their monthly net profit is more than 1,000 gold coins. No wonder these five people are so rich. In addition to the subsidies from their bosses, they each have a small treasury. Zhou Xing is well aware that this is the benefit of foresight. They have a huge information advantage. Knowing that Maple Leaf City is a developed commercial city, opening a store here is bound to make a lot of money, so they plan ahead of time to make themselves invincible .

But they have calculated thousands of times, but they never imagined that there is God's will in the dark, and now they have become the acting city lord of Maple Leaf City, with the power of life and death. Of course, it is impossible for Saladin to let him be the city lord forever, and he will definitely send new cronies to replace him in the future, but before the arrival of the new city lord, everything is up to him.

So, he said to Christina: "There is a problem with this account. Five shops are suspected of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country, and their boss has repeatedly murdered the owner of the city. It is a heinous crime! I have decided to confiscate all these five shops. All future proceeds It is owned by the City Lord's Mansion, and all the money in the account is immediately frozen. It is used as the start-up funds to fight against the invasion of the Sea King Clan and the reward funds in the later stage. It also requires a lot of money to strengthen the city defense. Immediately send people to these five houses to control their people. Let them transfer a copper coin!... Uh, how about this, and transfer 10% to each of the five families, oh no, 2...30% of the income is at my personal discretion, of course, it is also used for war."

"Obey, my lord!" Christina immediately went to notify the herald after receiving the order, and the herald led the team to the commercial street.

Zhou Xing thought for a while, and then issued another order: "Bring the presidents of the top ten guilds in this city, and I want to ask questions!"

As the acting city lord, Zhou Xing followed his words, and not long after, the ten presidents were brought into the mansion by the guards. They were all very nervous. They were all entering the City Lord's Mansion for the first time, and they were brought here by force. They didn't know what crime they had committed, and they felt uneasy.

When they saw that the person sitting in the high position was a young man with an oriental face, they were all surprised. Although they had never been here before, they all knew that the owner of the city was Phelps. An oriental? I couldn't help but become more suspicious.

Zhou Xing smiled and said: "The original city lord Phelps has been arrested on suspicion of corruption and treason, and has been taken to the Shuguang King City, waiting for a just verdict. During this time, I will be in charge of all matters in Maple Leaf City. My name is Zhou Xing." You don't have to worry, I came to you to discuss the invasion of the Sea King Clan."

Everyone felt at ease when they heard this, and waited for Zhou Xing's further instruction.

Zhou Xing said: "How many members are there in your ten guilds? Answer me in order of ranking."

So several people answered one after another. The top three guilds were all level six guilds, with a total of 300,000 members, and the last seven guilds were all level five guilds, which were also full, with a total of 350,000 people, a total of 650,000 people. There are less than one million players in Maple Leaf City, and these ten companies almost cover more than 80% of the players in Maple Leaf City.

Zhou Xing nodded and said: "Now is the wartime stage. I require members of each guild to guarantee at least 80% of the online rate. When the battle ends, no one is allowed to go offline, let alone fight timidly. All must be put into the battlefield , If there is a coward, I will definitely put him in prison and give him a heavy punishment, and the guild he belongs to will also be implicated, do you hear me clearly?"

"We all understand what the Lord City Master said, and we must go all out to deal with the difficulties!" After discussing in low voices, several people said in unison.

"Well, besides, which of your guilds now own the Forbidden Curse Tower?"

"Reporting to Lord City Master, we already have the Forbidden Curse Tower." Said the president, traveling around the world.

"Our Splendid Rivers and Mountains also has a Forbidden Curse Tower," said the president, Yu Huashi.

Zhou Xing looked at Changshengzi, the president of Lingxiao Temple, the third-ranked guild, and asked, "What about you?"

Changshengzi said angrily: "We originally wanted to own the Forbidden Curse Tower, but the two of them have discussed it and moved forward together. We will not allow a third company in Maple Leaf City to own the Forbidden Curse Tower. They will unite and beat anyone who dares to own it! "

"There is such a thing?" Zhou Xing was surprised on the surface, but in fact he had already seen it. He looked at the two of them, and the two presidents hurriedly bowed their heads, which was regarded as acquiescing.

Zhou Xing said solemnly: "I must not allow this kind of behavior of suppressing each other and lowering the city's defensive strength! I am now ordering that the Lingxiao Temple will immediately upgrade the guild's residence and immediately have the Forbidden Curse Tower!"

"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord! Long live my lord!" Changshengzi was so excited that he was a little incoherent.

"Listen to me, all of you. During the war, it is strictly forbidden for anyone to use the Forbidden Spell Towers for internal attacks. We must be consistent with the outside world! These three Forbidden Spell Towers must obey my command, and I will let you use them again. I You can use it on whomever you are told to use it, have you heard that?"

The three immediately agreed without any hesitation.