Chapter 158 Dong'an Mountain, Dong'an Thieves!

As soon as you enter the city gate, you will see a wide avenue paved with gray stones, which is flat and long, stretching to the center of the county.

The name of the avenue where Lin Mu is located is [Nancheng Avenue].

On the avenue, people are surging, cars are busy, and it is bustling and noisy.

The shops next to the avenue are also full of people and customers, and business is booming.

Even though Dongye County is an inconspicuous small county, the prosperous shops on the official road are not so easy to buy. If players want to buy, they must have reputation requirements. If the natives buy, it will be much more relaxed.

Of course, there are also players who want to change their thinking to get the shop, that is, let the natives buy it, and then transfer it to the players. Unfortunately, this final process still requires reputation. There will even be additional taxes, which is not worth the loss.

There are policies above and countermeasures below. Smart players will still think of other ways to get the shop, so they can directly let the trusted natives buy it, and the ownership belongs to the natives, so that the income of the shop can be directly given to the players later.

Where there are shops, there are ways to make money. Many smart players know this.

Riding on a horse, Lin Mu took a quick look at the shops nearby along the way to see if there were any players who had built them, or if there were any vacant shops, so that the people in his territory could buy and rent one.

The members of the Dabao Chamber of Commerce established by Xu Bao have not left the valley yet, and are still assisting Chang Yin and others in sorting out the various industries in the territory. When the members of the Dabao Chamber of Commerce come out, another hidden force will emerge.

Lin Mu already had an idea in his mind. When they come out, he will let some people rush to Yangdi City, Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, to sell the ten or so village building orders in the territory inventory. In this way, the territory of the Huaxia District should be able to reach the peak of 100. At that time, the system will be updated. The earlier the system is updated, the more beneficial it is to the Huaxia District. It must be the first!

If he was not afraid of being noticed, Lin Mu would have posted a post selling village building orders on the built-in battle network of the mythical world to pretend to be cool.

After a quick look, Lin Mu turned and went to the north of the city. The temporary headquarters of the Night Shadow Department is in the north of the city.

People are not allowed to run wildly on the official roads in the county, but as long as it does not affect pedestrians and merchants, it is okay to jog, and the patrol officers and soldiers will not specifically intercept them.

Driving the horse to a yard ten feet high, Lin Mu dismounted and knocked on the door.

"Who is outside?" A question came from inside.

"A man in the night, following in the shadows!" Lin Mu whispered, and the door was opened immediately after a moment of silence.

A man in the night, following in the shadows, a secret code for joining.

The person who opened the door saw that it turned out to be the lord, that is, [Long].

He immediately said respectfully: "It turned out to be the lord, please forgive us for not being able to welcome the lord openly!"

Lin Mu waved his hand and shook his head and said: "There is no need to do this, just a few details, everyone should focus on safety and secrecy, not being ostentatious will make everyone safer. I don't mind, but it's hard for you brothers who will hide in the dark in the future. What is your code name?"

Outside, Lin Mu still called them by their code names for an extra guarantee.

"Tian Shiqi, it is our duty to be loyal to the lord. We will go through fire and water to protect the well-being of hundreds of thousands of people in the territory." Tian Shiqi said sincerely and generously.

"Good! Your loyalty is witnessed by the sun and the moon, and the people are grateful!" Lin Mu is proud of these brothers!

"Hehe, the lord is finally here, come on, take a seat, please!" When Lin Mu and Tian Shiqi were chatting, Xu Ying appeared like a ghost and invited Lin Mu to come in.

"Oh, it's the commander-in-chief. I see that your magic skills have improved a lot recently! Hehe~" Lin Mu said in surprise.

"Lord, don't smear me. The lord has changed a lot these days. I can feel a little danger from the lord. When I came out of the valley, I didn't have such a feeling. The lord's magic skills have improved a lot! I haven't seen him for a few days, and I should look at him with new eyes!" Xu Ying was also very surprised by Lin Mu's changes.

Lin Mu also humbly accepted Xu Ying's praise and smiled with his hands down.

After entering the house, Xu Ying reported to Lin Mu about the situation in the past few days.

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After running for several hours, Xu Bao arrived near Dong'an Mountain when the sun was high in the sky. As expected, as Xu Ying and others predicted, the anxious Xu Bao entered the mountain from a small path and found evidence of the preparations in advance.

Just when he was surprised, the attack came suddenly. Dozens or hundreds of thieves dressed as Dong'an mountain bandits attacked Xu Bao with swords and guns, shouting: "The government officials are chasing us. They want to rob the wealth and women we brought back from Shenzhuang. Brothers, kill him, otherwise he will go back to report!"

Xu Bao was wearing the equipment and clothes of a government lieutenant at this time, and he was indeed a government official.

Later, when Xu Bao wanted to ask the reason, he was seriously injured. The horse under his crotch wailed and fell in a pool of blood.

The furious Xu Bao rushed to a flaw and broke through with all his strength, disappearing into the forest and escaping with his life.

In fact, these "Dong'an bandits" are the backbone of the Night Shadow Department in disguise. They are all extraordinary in martial arts, and are not inferior to the 6th-level soldiers. They are a special type of soldiers, with real power but no name.

The seriously injured Xu Bao was deliberately driven by them to flee to Dongye County.

It may take Xu Bao three to four days to return to Dongye County. At this time, Lin Mu has already left the valley and is ready to take on the task of suppressing bandits. His troops have also been properly settled, waiting for Xu Bao to come back with serious injuries and death to report to Xu An, bring back "intelligence" and anger Xu An.

The furious Xu An, combined with the evidence deliberately left by Liu Feng and others in Shenzhuang, plus the pressure from other officials and nobles, will definitely not help the Dong'an bandits anymore, and may even send troops to attack them. At that time, it will be the time for Lin Mu and his team to reap the fruits.

Lin Mu highly praised the plan of the Night Shadow Department this time, and asked Xu Ying to reward them generously afterwards to boost everyone's morale and alleviate the sorrow of leaving their hometown.

After a few hours of detailed discussion, a spy came back to report that Xu Bao had been driven back these days and was about to reach the West Gate.

After receiving such information, Lin Mu immediately prepared to go to the county magistrate's mansion and bribe the county magistrate to obtain a position, so that he would be qualified to obtain merits after successfully suppressing the bandits.

Players do not have official positions, and many tasks only gain reputation or other material rewards. The merits of the tasks are basically embezzled by officials. This is an unspoken rule and a hidden setting of the system.

Without further delay, Lin Mu, after a discussion, immediately ran to the county magistrate's mansion.

Familiar with the route, under the arrangement of Yeying's staff, Lin Mu met the county magistrate of Dongye County for the first time in this life.

In Dongye County, only the county magistrate can appoint some non-ranked officials. Even the county lieutenant does not have this right. He only has the right to recommend and recommend.

Of course, as officials in the same dynasty and the same county, everyone knows that if the talents you recommend do not have major problems and do not involve their own interests, they will basically be approved.

This time, Lin Mu met the county magistrate and prepared to bribe him in exchange for a [village patrol officer], an official who could not be any lower.

The official position is small, but at least when completing a series of bandit suppression tasks, you can get merits, so you can be promoted. At that time, you can pay tribute again, and basically you will be promoted.

The county magistrate of Dongye County, named Huang Yun, is a direct descendant of the Huang family, a local gentry in the county city. In Dongye County, he is an outsider official.

In the Han Dynasty system, foreign officials generally do not have a bad appearance, and they turn a blind eye to some dirty behaviors. Just like the Tao family case, because of the local nobles such as Xu An, Huang Yun did not say anything and secretly collected huge profits.

Ye Ying has already found out about Huang Yun's personality and style. He is greedy for money, but he is still reasonable. He is still very attentive in governing Dongye County. Since many extraordinary people have appeared, all kinds of measures are still satisfactory.

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Huang Yun, the county magistrate of Huang, looks like a middle-aged scholar. He wears a green official robe and a majestic high crown on his head. He has a smile on his face, as if he has no majesty at all, but looks like a kind middle-aged uncle.

Lin Mu did not pay much attention to this county magistrate. Perhaps it will not be long before this position is his. After being changed by the power of rules, Lin Mu's mind became stronger and his style became more generous. He no longer felt timid.

"My Lord, County Magistrate, I am Lin Mu, a humble man. I am honored to meet you! When I was young, I was helped by a noble man. I was able to study poetry and books. After more than ten years of hard work, I became a talented person. Now I am helped by a noble man again and I am able to see your noble face. I am very lucky! I am grateful and want to serve you until my death. At the same time, I have a little money and I am willing to pay tribute to the county. I hope you will look down on me." After Lin Mu told the prepared manuscript in a vivid and moving way, County Magistrate Huang smiled even more.

Lin Mu's identity is not an alien, but an identity fabricated by the people of the Night Shadow Department. This identity was obtained at a high price from certain relationships and can withstand scrutiny.

In the early stage, Lin Mu did not intend to expose his identity as an alien. It was not because he was afraid, but because the time in the early stage was very tight. After Lin Mu became much more mature, he revised his previous plan and prepared more grand and larger spans. In this case, the identity of an alien would definitely be an obstacle.

What's more, Lin Mu was not prepared to make friends with the officials in Dongye County. It was too petty. If he had not been affected by the power of rules, he might have carefully managed the network of relationships in Dongye County and slowly climbed up step by step...

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After several days of life and death escape, Xu Bao "luckily" survived. Returning to Dongye County, he was rescued by the officers and soldiers guarding the city. However, the seriously injured Xu Bao passed out after handing over his experience and the "evidence" to the officers and soldiers.

During the days of being chased, the "Dong'an thief" continued to expose information, stimulating Xu Bao, making him confused when his life was in danger, and he believed that Dong'an Mountain had robbed the Shen family and even joined forces with thieves from other mountains.

After a lot of chaos, Xu An learned about Xu Bao's situation and the information he brought back at the cost of his life. He was furious and smashed everything on the table, even breaking the table, which showed that he was furious.

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