796 Greed of the Unscrupulous Business Men (1/2)

Chapter 796 – Greed of the Unscrupulous Business Men

Along with the release of the appointments of the various governors, Zhou Haichen quickly entered the field of sight of the masses, becoming one of the hot topics. His background and past were dug up.

Cui Shousi, who was promoted before him, had the Cui Family supporting him and also an infanta like Cui Yingyu backing him up. Hence, his future was bright in the eyes of the people.

Zhou Haichen was different. He came over to the territory as a refugee and had no family and friends in the territory. He relied solely on his ability and the Monarch's support to walk step by step to his position today.

The only relationship he had was probably with Fan Zhongyan, who fostered and taught him when he was in the Administration Department.

Ouyang Shuo still remembered when he was establishing the affiliate village, Friendship County. At that time, he had compared Zhou Haichen and Qin Shijian.

In the end, he gave the role of Friendship County County Magistrate to Zhou Haichen while he gave Qin Shijan the role of Meritorious Service Secretary.

By now, Zhou Haichen had already become an extremely important official in the territory while Qin Shijian was still the Meritorious Service Secretary. However, the current Meritorious Service Division was under the Official Ruling Department under the Administration Bureau.

It seemed like going out and facing difficulties would allow one to obtain contributions to the territory and receive promotions.

As for the problem with Lei Fan's appointment, to protect Lei Fan, apart from Ouyang Shuo, Xiao He, and Zhang Tingyu, no one else knew about the matter.

Even Lei Fan himself had no idea.

Ouyang Shuo considered him for Yizhou Governor because Shanhai City had not found any great historical talents after they took down Yunnan City-State.

Lei Fan was also a member of the mountain barbarian tribe and had a great understanding of the territory multi-racial strategy. Hence, it would be good for him to be appointed in Yizhou, where mountain tribes were aplenty.

Apart from that, Ouyang Shuo also considered the political matter of calming down the mountain barbarian tribe. As the Barbarian King, in addition to the mountain barbarian soldiers contributing so much to the territories in war, it was time to give them more speaking rights in the territory.

The promotion of Lei Fan would undoubtedly give the mountain barbarians a greater sense of belonging and closeness to the territory.

Hence, it would also build a very stable foundation for them to take over the mountain barbarians in the Shu Lands.

Of course, Xiao He's opinion made sense too. Before Lei Fan became the Gushan County County Magistrate, he was just a tribe leader and had not received any proper education and had a natural deficiency.

However, this alone was not enough to be a vote of no confidence.

In history, there were many generals who started out with humble beginnings but became major figures in the end. Even Xiao He himself was just an unassuming County Magistrate at one point.

In the end, talent mattered the most and not one's upbringing.

Ouyang Shuo was extremely confident that Zhang Tingyu's evaluation would bring a huge surprise to Xiao He.

Gaia 4th year, 1st month, 15th day, Dongchuan Prefecture.

During this period of time, Dongchuan Prefecture could be said to have faced many catastrophes. They were first swept by the Guards Legion, and then they were destroyed once more by the Yanhuang Alliance Army and Alliance Army. Afterward, the Swordsman City soldiers pillaged the prefecture.

The Swordsman City Army had not stayed here for too long before the Guards Legion Corps reclaimed Dongchuan Prefecture.

The lives of the Dongchuan Prefecture people were tough beyond belief. Due to the slow spread of information in ancient times, the people did not know about what had happened in the Battle of Yunnan. Every morning, they woke up not knowing who it was that ruled the land that they were living in.

On this day, the Guards Legion Corps led by Huo Qubing once again arrived outside of Yongren City.

The bodies outside of the city were all cleared out by the system, leaving a ground that was stained red by blood, proving that not long ago a seismic battle had taken place here.

Soldiers from the Guards Legion Corps 1st legion were looking rather absent-minded as many of them were buried in this land before being miraculously revived.

Yongren City would forever be a humiliation to all of them.

Long before the Guards Legion Corps had stepped foot in Dongchuan Prefecture, the Yongren City Lord had already abandoned the city and left. The disbandment of Yunnan City-State, Yanhuang Alliance being chased by Shanhai City, facing the menacing Guards Legion Corps that wanted revenge, the Yongren City did not think that there would be anyone who would be able to help him.

One must not look at how arrogant Feng Qingyang was, the Swordsman City Army did not even stay here and retreated swiftly to the Shu Lands, camping 50 miles away from the border. It was obvious that they did not want to fight with the Shanhai City Army.

If they still tried to stay, it would be the same as waiting for death.

The Yongren City Lord was extremely decisive; he took all the items he could and left just like that. As for the promises that the Yanhuang Alliance had given him, he was not prepared to go and collect them.

If he were to approach Di Chen and the Yanhuang Alliance now, they would probably eat him alive.

After the battle at Wenshan City ended, the China forums entered overdrive. There were comments about the battle, thoughts on how it would affect the China region, as well as discussions about the fate of the two alliances.

There was only one thing that everyone agreed on.

No matter what the players were discussing, they all had high hopes about the future of Shanhai City and felt that Yanhuang Alliance was on a decline.

The fans that the Yanhuang Alliance had hired wanted to fight for their Lords and employers and change the direction of the discussion, but they were instantly drowned out by the voices of the other players.

Di Chen and the others had never faced such a situation before.

Some people who were well-informed learned that the members of Yanhuang Alliance had been meeting a lot these few days; they were probably trying to think of a way to resolve the crisis at hand.

At such a time, if the Yongren City Lord went to find them, wouldn't he just be looking for his death?