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Why aren't you leaving yet?
Zhang Mu wanted to scratch his head, but he held back.
Perhaps it was because he usually accompanied the city lord when he was handling official business, Zhang Mu had no choice but to pretend to pick up the top gray paper and glance at it.
It's not a big deal.
What are these things? A street in the city has been in disrepair and is seriously damaged, and craftsmen are urgently needed to repair it. There is also a forest outside the city where wild beasts gather, and a guard team needs to be dispatched to clean it up.
He seemed to be quite capable, as all the official business instructions were marked in bold at the end.
The city lord just needs to stamp it.
Then there is no need to worry about being noticed. Zhang Mu let his heart fall back into his chest and looked down at the pictures one by one.
As the conversation was almost over, a message caught his attention.
The bishops of several nearby cities disappeared in the wild for unknown reasons, causing the cities to be attacked by waves of monsters. A large number of citizens were forced to flee and are now moving towards the city of Gul.
Refugees are coming to Ghor?
Zhang Mu recalled what he saw and heard on the way to the Quiet Forest and thought it was normal.
The nearest city to the surrounding towns was Ghor, and when the people of the city were hit by disaster, they had nowhere else to go except to escape here.
On the way to the Quiet Forest, Zhang Mu had replenished supplies in those cities and knew that they were all large cities with a large population.
Normally, the sudden influx of refugees that is several times the city’s population is obviously a big problem.
After all, if such a big matter is not dealt with, the royal family will certainly hold someone accountable.
Take care of it, but how?
With the simplest preparations for food, clothing, housing and transportation, the money and food needed for hundreds of thousands of people combined would not be enough even if all the stores in the city of Ghor were emptied.
But Zhang Mu was excited on the contrary, because there was ready-made labor!
After thinking for a few seconds, he looked up and said, “Put aside other matters for now and send guards to clear a safe area outside the city for refugees to stay.
Oh, and arrange for guards to patrol and guard against the inevitable attacks by monsters."
They are all people working on the project for me, and I would feel sad if any of them got hurt.
Zhang Mu, in a good mood, handed the paper in his hand to the middle-aged man, but he did not take it.
After staring at Zhang Mu for a few seconds, he suddenly smiled and said, "You are not the city lord."
Chapter 134: What can I do for my people? I don’t care who you are.
The middle-aged man did not make any overly intense movements or words, and his tone was simply a narration without any emotional ups and downs, but it gave people a sense of certainty.
Zhang Mu did not have too many doubts and immediately realized where he had made a mistake.
It was estimated that the city lord usually didn't care about the lives of the citizens, but cared about the refugees who came to escape. It was natural that he would be noticed to be abnormal.
There's no point in being too lazy to argue or be stubborn.
In the end, he knew nothing about the city lord, and he was speechless when the other party asked him a few questions.
Zhang Mu raised his hand and a red fireball appeared, intending to kill the witness.
"This unknown gentleman who has the guts to pretend to be the city lord."
There was no magical energy emanating from his body. He was just an ordinary person, but he was not afraid of the fireball that could take his life. He said calmly:
"Would you like to make a deal with me that satisfies both parties?"
After squinting his eyes and staring at him for a while, Zhang Mu held up the fireball and asked, "Tell me about it."
"I am the administrator of the city lord. I am very familiar with everything about the city lord. I can help you successfully replace the city lord."
If what he said was true, it would indeed help Zhang Mu gain a foothold in the City Lord's Mansion.
But there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
Zhang Mu was not sure whether he could stabilize himself temporarily, so he turned around to shake people, so he leaned forward, and the fireball approached him: "So, what do you want?"
As the distance shortened, he could feel the high temperature of the fireball more clearly. He tilted his head back unconsciously and said, “Just do what a city lord should do.
As long as you can do something for my people, I don’t care who you are or what your purpose is.”
Leaning back in his chair, Zhang Mu looked at him. Exceptions occur everywhere, and it seems that the Thor Continent is no exception.
Extinguish the fireball: "Interesting."
His behavior is consistent with the style shown.
Seeing that Zhang Mu tacitly agreed that the deal was done and did not delve into the unknown man in front of him, he immediately asked: "I will follow the orders of the city lord and prepare a temporary place for the refugees.
However, Ghor City did not have sufficient supplies of daily necessities needed by the refugees.
I must also remind the City Lord that your intention to rescue the refugees is good, but simply providing food, shelter, and drinking water will not solve the problem at its root.
Even over time, it can cause trouble.”
Zhang Mu understood what he meant and said with interest: "You mean, human gathering places without churches setting up churches do not need to abide by the rules prohibiting the use of force.
If refugees living in the wild lack food and water for a few days, they will riot, kill each other and rob supplies. "
Then he asked: "Are you willing to take care of such a human being?"
"Lord City Lord." He had a strange smile on his face, "They are our people.
Without this accident, they would have been busy planting crops in their own fields all their lives until the end of their lives. So they have no conditions to learn and understand "governance", but we do.
Have the opportunity to understand what "governance" is and have the ability to implement it.
Why not do it? "
Interesting person.
Zhang Mu evaluated him in his heart and smiled: "Work in lieu of relief."
Seemingly not understanding the unfamiliar words coming out of his mouth, the middle-aged man asked, "Can you explain it in detail?"
“Instead of distributing materials for free, we will use labor in exchange for compensation.”
"Gol City doesn't have enough..."
"I have it." Zhang Mu waved his hand to interrupt him. "I'll take care of the laborers and food. Just follow my orders."
"Sauron will go right away, Lord City Lord."
He backed out of the house and said, "Please don't have any contact with anyone in the City Lord's Mansion for now. Learn the City Lord's living habits and start when I come back."
After closing the door, he turned right, walked through the corridor and entered a ladies' bedroom.
Inside the room, the six women who had been in the mourning hall were either sitting by the bed or standing in front of the dressing table.
"Mr. Soran, the city lord..."
Soran smiled and bowed: "Madam, Madam, Madam, and three young ladies, this is the Lord of the City."
The lady sitting beside the bed looked doubtful: "But just now in the hall, I felt the tone of his voice..."
"Madam," Soran said, "I spend more than twelve hours with the city lord every day, which is longer than the time you spend with the ladies and the city lord.
If he was a fake, it would not have escaped my notice.”
They have enough trust in Soran.
Hearing him speak so confidently, I felt relieved.
The seventeen or eighteen-year-old lady smiled and said, "That's great.
Dear, come back safely, we don’t have to run for our lives.
Moreover, the son left by that idiotic woman before her death actually did the stupid thing of holding a funeral for his dear. I will see if he dares to insult me in the future."
She started the conversation, and except for the Second Lady who looked a little nostalgic, as if she was missing the "idiot woman", the other women happily followed suit.
No one is paying attention to Soran, who was just addressed as "Sir" now.
He was not angry, and bowed to greet her: "The Lord City Lord is in a very bad mood right now, please ladies and young ladies don't bother him for the time being."
After saying that, he backed out of the room, closed the door politely, and strode towards the main gate of the City Lord's Mansion.
As the back figure disappeared around the corner at the end of the corridor, Zhang Mu's figure slowly emerged in the middle of the corridor.
Didn't lie to me.
With his personal secretary as an insider, the position of city lord is basically secured.
After standing there for a few seconds, Zhang Mu activated the shadow technique again to become invisible and returned to the study.
It's already past ten in the morning.
He flipped through the documents on his desk, then stood up and walked around the house, knocking on the vases and books on the bookshelf, looking for a secret room that might contain treasures.
Time flies by really fast.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Soran returned to the study leisurely.
He gives people the impression that he will not panic no matter how big the problem is, but in reality he does things in a swift and decisive manner.
As soon as he entered the room, he immediately stood in front of the desk and explained every aspect of the city lord in detail.
Zhang Mu was not used to this kind of superior status, so he asked him to move a chair over and sit down to talk.
But Sauron didn't want to.
He told Zhang Mu in a slightly stern tone that since he wanted to pretend to be the city lord, he must imitate him perfectly in all aspects.
Otherwise, not to mention the family members who live with them day and night, even the guards at the gate would be able to find the loophole.
Zhang Mu nodded to indicate that he understood.
Afterwards, they talked and listened until the sun set and the bright moon hung high in the sky.
After talking for more than ten hours, Soran, who never complained about being thirsty, said that this was the end of the day and he would continue tomorrow.
When he was about to leave, Zhang Mu stopped him and asked if it would be convenient to place a subordinate in the group.
After being told about the small matter, he said awkwardly that it was not right for him not to go back to the bedroom after dark, but he would go back...
Zhang Mu, who was still a virgin, didn't want to sleep in the same bed with another man's wife with whom he had no emotional basis.