Practice Remembering You

At the execution ground, Bao Ping'an and another official were crying and begging for mercy.

The people of Xiaoshi County threw garbage onto the stage and hurled obscenities at the two.

Zhang Yu asked all officials to put down their work and come to watch the execution. (Mo Xue did not come because she did not like watching such bloody scenes, so Zhang Yu asked her to stay at home.)

The time for execution arrived, the executioner came on stage, sprayed strong liquor on his sword, and then placed it on the necks of the two men to measure them a few times.

Two drops of wine dripped from Senhan's blade and fell on the necks of the two men, making them even more terrified.

The executioner followed his usual practice, muttering something in a low voice, then he stood in a stance, raised his knife and slashed the head off.

The crowd cheered. (Those who could come to the execution platform to watch were all very courageous, and those who did not dare to watch were all at home.)

As for the officials who were watching, their faces turned pale at this time. Those who were given the opportunity to reform by Zhang Yu subconsciously touched their necks.

Afterwards, Zhang Yu stood in front of the dead corrupt official and began to recruit talented and ambitious people on the spot to fill the vacant positions.

In this situation, many people with ill intentions did not dare to come up, because the two dead officials in front of them had clearly conveyed Zhang Yu's intentions.

However, it is precisely in this environment that those who are able to come forward to apply for the position are truly just and good officials who serve the people.

Zhang Yu easily arranged the vacant official position.

After this incident, the officials became much more honest, and there were no more corrupt officials. In addition, a group of people with lofty ideals came, and the development speed of the entire county seemed to have been accelerated. The population grew, and houses were built around it.

Many people were resettled along the roads built within the county town.

Zhang Yu found that wherever there were roads, development was good and the speed of development was fast, so Zhang Yu issued a large number of orders to build roads.

The entire county became busy again, providing jobs for many people who were temporarily unable to find work.

The population of Xiaoshi County is already very large, and the county lacks entertainment facilities, so people's lives are somewhat boring.

So a meeting was called to discuss the matter.

Some officials have suggested developing elegant hobbies such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting to improve the public's aesthetic taste.

Zhang Yuyun agreed and could open calligraphy and painting galleries, music galleries, dance galleries, and chess galleries in the county.

Some officials also suggested setting up some outdoor places for playing Cuju, throwing pots, archery, etc. to enhance physical fitness.

Zhang Yu agreed to attract investment or direct government funding for the project.

Some officials also suggested that places such as brothels and gambling houses could be activated, as these two places could increase fiscal revenues considerably.

Zhang Yu and Mo Xue frowned when they heard this. Not only them, but all the new officials were disgusted by these two things.

A newly arrived upright official advised: "Mr. County Magistrate, brothels and gambling houses, even if they bring in huge profits, must not be opened."

"Why not?" Another old official retorted, "The government can take the lion's share of these revenues. Using this money on the development of Xiaoshi County will make it a better place. Why not? And there is no need to worry about the money being embezzled. With the county magistrate in charge, we can ensure that the money is used in the right place."

"As you said, I also believe that this money will eventually be used in the right place, but what? Do you know that opening these two places will sacrifice some innocent people!"

The newly arrived upright official spoke forcefully: "First of all, once a brothel is allowed to open, most of the girls sent there are forced to go in. Allowing this place to open is equivalent to allowing human trafficking!

Casinos are not allowed to be opened. Once such things appear, many people will become addicted to the feeling of making quick money, and eventually get deeper and deeper into it, eventually losing everything they have.

Moreover, gambling will wear down a person's will, and he will gradually lose the idea of ​​obtaining resources through labor. When he runs out of money, he will do a lot of crazy things. It can be said that these two things are more harmful than beneficial!"

Another senior official retorted: "Human trafficking is caused by lax regulations. As long as we improve the law and make sure that women who go to brothels are purely voluntary, it will be fine. As for casinos, as long as the amount is limited to a certain amount, it will be fine."

"Bullshit!" Another upright official was so angry when he heard the other party say this that he shouted, "How do you know if those women are willing? Who in their right mind would be willing to do that? If this loophole is opened today, there will definitely be a lot of so-called willing women going there the next day!

Besides, if we limit the amount of money we gamble, we can keep everything under control? What on earth is going on in your head that you can say such a stupid thing?! You have already fallen into gambling, how can you still have the rationality to control these things?

Who among those gamblers who have lost all their money will abide by this rule? The same is true for those merchants. They will follow the standards on the surface, but who will follow your standards in secret? !

After the rules are made, aren't there many cases where they pretend to obey but actually disobey them? Have you ever worked at the grassroots level? Who would have a problem with money? I think you are saying this because you want to make a profit from it!"

"You! How can you slander me like that?!" Upon hearing this, the old official subconsciously glanced at Zhang Yu and found that Zhang Yu's eyes were not very friendly at this time. He was so scared that his body trembled: "Everything I said was for the entire Xiaoshi County! There is absolutely no selfish motive.

Besides, there are casinos and brothels in big cities. Take Zhuiming City, for example. These things are everywhere. It has always been like this, and I haven’t seen anything too serious happen.”

"It's not necessarily right to say it's always been this way." The upright official was still angry. "And what do you mean by no big deal? What you call a big deal is that a lot of people have been hurt, right? Even if a single individual is treated badly, it's not a big deal, right?

That one woman was roughly grabbed, thrown into a brothel, and tamed like an animal. This was a big deal for her, but for your large base, it was just a harmless, negligible, and minor problem that didn't need to be dealt with, right?"

The old official raised his hand and stretched out three trembling fingers: "I swear to heaven, if I have such a heart, I will be struck by lightning! You are slandering me!"

"Okay!" Zhang Yu said in a low voice.

Everyone stopped arguing and sat quietly in their chairs.

"Casinos and brothels are strictly prohibited from now on. No further discussion is allowed. If anyone in the city wants to do these things, they will be warned directly."

Zhang Yu stood up and said, "Today's meeting is over. Let's go down and do it."

After the order was given, Zhang Yu took Mo Xue out.

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Eastern Region Zhongzhou - Tanyue City

Seven days passed, and Wu Mengjie had already mastered the art of controlling metal. He could use magic to control metal objects. There was no metal around, so he thought of his sword.

He immediately tried to use magic to control the sword, and the sword floated in the air, which made Wu Mengjie feel very cool. However, the sword was shaking when controlled and could not be used in combat at all.

So he continued to retreat and create his own spells.

Another sixteen days passed, and Wu Mengjie created two spells of his own, one of which was called sword-controlling. Now, when he activated his magic power, the sword would automatically unsheath and attack.

Wu Mengjie uses the sword-controlling technique to perform the Liuyun sword technique, which is more powerful and faster. And because there is no human obstruction, various moves can be opened and closed, which is much stronger than using the sword himself.

Wu Mengjie was seen using sword-wielding skills, and the long sword came out of the sheath with a "clang" sound. He performed sword skills in the air with great agility and grace.

The sword-wielding technique does not consume much internal energy, and even if you use all your strength, it can only last for a stick of incense.

Moreover, the sword-controlling technique is not limited to controlling only one flying sword. As long as the true energy reserves are sufficient and the reaction can keep up, then as many flying swords as possible can be controlled.

Wu Mengjie also has another spell called Sword Condensation. The reason why this spell came into being is that when Wu Mengjie was creating the sword-controlling technique, he accidentally discovered that he could use his true energy to create metal out of thin air!

Moreover, the quality of this metal created purely with true Qi is much better than that of metal from the outside world. However, after this metal is created, it must be maintained with true Qi all the time, otherwise the metal will disappear like mist.

If a sword is made of stronger metal, it will naturally be more powerful. There is no need to consider such things, just arrange it directly, and the current product, sword condensation, came into being.