Urban Sims

Chapter 444 The Last Liberty City

Xuan Qingcheng.

In the Hundred Cities Alliance, it is an inconspicuous small city on the edge.

With a population of more than [-], the level of economic development is average, and the characteristic industry is the dried fruit processing industry, which exports nearly [-] tons of dried fruit snacks every year.

Since the added value of dried fruit is relatively low, and other industries cannot develop, it is at the bottom of the Hundred Cities Alliance.

Although not rich enough, Bai Tao, the lord of Xuanqing City, is sincere and frank, generous and caring for the people, and he is also chivalrous and fair.

Under Bai Tao's governance, Xuanqingcheng's per capita happiness index is very high.

Coupled with the rapid economic development in the past ten years, life is different every year, Bai Tao's prestige is higher, and he is more sincerely supported by the city residents.

However, at this time, a fierce quarrel was taking place in the Xuanqing City's City Lord's Mansion.

The object of the quarrel is also surprising, it is the city lord Bai Tao, who is arguing with his son Bai Ze and daughter Bai Xue.

It was very noisy, very loud.

"Father, hurry up and join the Wancheng Kingdom. Joining the country will not do us much harm. You are still your city lord, and no one will take your city away!" said his son Bai Ze.

"Father, Xuanqing City is the last city-state that has not yet joined the country. The other 109 cities have all joined. What are you still insisting on?" Daughter Bai Xue also did not understand.

Bai Tao looked at his son and daughter, who were wearing the senior student uniforms of "Daxian Academy", and knew that his son and daughter had been completely assimilated by the Wancheng Kingdom, and his standpoint was different from his own, so he deliberately followed the After asking for leave from school, he went home to persuade himself to join the Wancheng Kingdom, and the reason he said was irrefutable.

but……

Once you join Wancheng Kingdom, some things belonging to Xuanqing City will be completely lost.

Even though this little thing is of little value in the eyes of his son and daughter, it is really inseparable for him.

Can a little freedom that has been cut away still be called freedom?
"Father, if you don't join again, do you know the consequences of waiting for Xuanqing City? Blockade, suppression, then warning, and finally the suppression by the army. Our little Xuanqing City, it is impossible to resist, it is your life , is also in jeopardy.”

Son Bai Ze said in a worried and anxious tone.

"Father, have you read all the "Zhenlin Daily" in recent months? What happened to those city-states that refused to join the Wancheng Kingdom? The controlling families of the nine cities were jointly overthrown by other families. The nine families are almost wiped out."

"There are still thirteen city-state control families. Under the heavy blockade, they couldn't bear the loss, and finally chose to compromise."

"There are seven other families that were exterminated directly by the National Defense Forces. They were charged with funding thieves, disrupting the smooth flow of business, arbitrarily raising road taxes, and killing mirror merchants... The evidence is convincing and sufficient. They were exterminated, and the people of the country are so happy. Compliments...no one sympathizes with them."

Bai Ze looked at him and said, "Father, the only city left is Xuanqing City! Everyone's eyes are on us, and many newspapers are also speculating, what will the country do with Xuanqing City?"

"Father, don't be so useless. You won't lose anything if you join the country. We can also find some loans from the country, set up a Xuanqingshi brick factory, and earn more spiritual coins. Isn't that better?"

"That's right, father, you are getting old, for the sake of your family, don't be foolish!"

Daughter Bai Xue also came over and said.

"No!"

"Don't join!"

Bai Tao shook his head resolutely, "Xuan Qingcheng is living a very good life. We don't need to join the country, and we don't need to earn so many spirit coins. We are very satisfied with our current life."

"Xuan Qingcheng, there is no need to change, no need to be controlled by others!"

Bai Tao's slightly cloudy eyes were full of uncompromising light.

Bai Ze and Bai Xue looked at each other with disappointment written all over their faces.

Old man, there is really no hope.

They even had the idea of ​​beating the old man unconscious, calling the elders of the tribe, and passing a resolution to join the Wancheng Kingdom, preventing him from leading the family to a dead end.

but--

Looking at the half head of white hair on his stooped back, and his unhurried and firm steps, the two of them finally failed to make that move.

Everyone is uneasy.

Countless people speculated behind their backs: what is waiting for Xuan Qingcheng's fate?
So, half a year passed.

It was calm and nothing happened.

Even those people who were suffering through the day in apprehension were stunned, and their hearts were full of questions: What happened to the country?
Why haven't you done anything to Xuan Qingcheng yet?

Did you forget about this city?

The last city-state that did not join the country, just let it go?
"The head of the country, why don't you annex the Xuanqing city? What are you doing with that city? It's an eyesore?"

Yang Linkong, the deputy head of the country, came here to ask this question on purpose this day, and he really didn't understand the behavior of the head of state.

Zhou Ming helped his forehead, shook his head and said, "It's not that I want to keep them, but I really can't find an excuse to annex them."

Excuse?

What excuse is there for annexing a small city with a population of 80?

What excuse does the strong annex the weak?

Yang Linkong couldn't understand what the brain circuit of the head of state was thinking.

Zhou Ming had no choice but to explain to him.

"Xuanqing City is different from other uncooperative city-states. In this city-state, the Bai family occupies an absolute dominant position, and the other families are very weak. The strategy of wolf-eating tigers will not work."

"The Bai family's public support is very high. The people all regard their city lord as a good man and a saint. The people's hearts are like a solid wall. We can't find any loopholes."

"Even if we annex such a city-state by force, the people's hearts will not return, and management will be a big trouble in the future. It will even become more and more chaotic, and it will also affect the reputation of the central government. The side effects are very serious, because this is the way of no way lift."

"Don't ignore the role of 'Tao'. The reason why we were able to easily win the other 29 city-states and leave people speechless is because we occupied morality and won the hearts of the people."

"If these city-states can be like Xuanqing City, the city owners are benevolent and generous, sympathetic to the weak, and make the customs in the territory simple and friendly, instead of being arrogant and extravagant, enslaving the bottom, relying on the strong to bully the weak everywhere, and governing the city-state like the world How can hell not be destroyed at the touch of a finger and perish easily?"

"So, let's keep the city-state of Xuanqing City. If their people's hearts and morals are still there, we will not touch it and give them complete freedom."

"If one day in the future, Xuan Qingcheng loses popular support and morality, we will take back their freedom."

Yang Linkong nodded. The words of the head of state do have some truth. If there is no reason or excuse to take action, annexation will only cause indigestion.

What's more, Xuanqing City is located in a remote area, and it doesn't have much economic influence. Its location and function are not critical, and it has little impact on the whole.

So, for the time being, don't worry about Xuan Qingcheng.

As a result, this small city of Xuanqing became Wancheng Kingdom, a very unique free city that enjoyed complete freedom and existed for quite a long time.

(End of this chapter)