(two chapters in one)

This situation made Bolton sigh. He dismounted and came to the woman. He took out military compressed dry food from the bag on his waist, put it into the little girl's hand, and said softly: "Take it and eat it."

"Thank you, uncle." The little girl blinked innocently, not realizing that she called Bolton too old. Bolton just smiled and did not correct her.

The woman was so grateful for this that she hugged the little girl and kept bowing: "Thank you, General, you are such a good man. I wish you an early promotion."

Bolton's scalp felt numb after hearing this. This woman really didn't know his identity. He was a prince, and if he was promoted, wouldn't he become a king?

The crown prince of this generation has not been decided yet, and it is a serious crime to make nonsense about the king's candidate.

Of course, those who don’t know are not guilty, and the woman just wished her well, so Burton didn’t say anything because he was afraid that revealing his identity would scare her.

The little girl held the compressed dry food and wanted to break it off into pieces, but because she hadn't eaten for several days and had no strength, she couldn't break it off for a while.

Seeing this, Bolton stretched out his hand and helped the little girl break the dry food into pieces. He also handed over his water bottle and said softly: "Eat slowly. This dry food is very hard. Don't swallow it."

"Thank you." The little girl nodded obediently. She picked up a small piece of broken dry food and pursed her lips. She was obviously very greedy, but she did not put it into her mouth, but handed it to the woman's mouth.

At the same time, the milky voice said, "Mom, you eat first."

He was obviously very hungry, but when he got the food, he still thought about giving it to his mother first. His obedient appearance was more like Solandel's. Bolton felt his nose was sore, and at the same time, an evil fire arose in his heart.

Danyu City has forced good civilians into such a pitiful state, and today they must kill a few dog officials!

Just when Bolton was annoyed, the irritated snorting of horses was heard from all around, and the deputy general also reminded: "Your Highness"

Bolton looked over and saw many civilians begging for food. They must have seen the mother and daughter getting dry food and thought there was food here, so they surrounded the marching team and begged for food:

"General, we have been hungry for several days, please give us some food!"

"Yes, General, you must be fair in leading your troops, and you must be fair to us as well. You can't just give them but not us."

"You must have a lot of dry food with you. See how pitiful we are, so just give us some. We are really starving to death."

The woman looked a little panicked when she saw so many people gathered around and pointed, so she quickly stuffed the dry food in her daughter's hands deep into her clothes and held her tightly in her arms.

Seeing that he was surrounded, Bolton frowned.

The lieutenant general walked up to Bolton and reminded in a low voice: "We can't give it anymore. There are so few people now that we can get away with it. If we give them food again, if the news spreads, more and more people will come."

If you ask us for food, we can't feed that many people."

Bolton nodded silently, glanced sideways at the woman and the little girl, and motioned for them to leave through the path behind.

The woman quickly bowed to express her gratitude, hugged her daughter and ran away.

Bolton ignored any civilians begging for food and let them cry and beg. He mounted his horse, flicked his whip, and led his team to squeeze out of the crowd and rush to the consul's residence.

Because the city defense army had been replaced and controlled by the Guards early, Gomer and Lin Gengsen had no idea about Bolton's arrival. From the window, they saw the troops breaking into the executive mansion, and then saw the general who led them, and they were immediately frightened.

Both of these two people had entered the royal city before and were lucky enough to meet Bolton. They immediately recognized that this was His Highness the Seventh Prince. They didn't even have time to change their clothes and hurriedly ran downstairs.

"Your Highness, why are you here? We couldn't greet you at the city gate. I'm really sorry." Gomer and Lin Gengsen came to Bolton's horse one after another, nodding and bowing, their humility evident in their expressions.

"You should feel sorry." Bolton didn't even look at the two men. He rode past them and left an order, "Within thirty minutes, remove the senior officials from all departments in Danyu City, as well as the contractors."

All the nobles from Yupingyuan are called."

Twenty-eight minutes later, the last nobleman hurried into the conference room of the Consul's Mansion, wiping his sweat with a handkerchief.

As a city directly under the jurisdiction of Danyu City, Danyu City has more various administrative departments than an ordinary main city, as well as more senior officials. In addition to the nobles who contracted the farmland in Danyu Plain, there were nearly two hundred people in the conference room.

Fortunately, the meeting room in the executive mansion is comparable in size to an auditorium and is spacious enough, so it won't feel crowded with so many people inside.

At this time, Burton was sitting in the main seat, and the other officials and nobles were standing in front. It was not that there were no seats, but no one dared to sit, so they all just stood.

Bolton didn't mean to be polite to them at all, and asked them to sit down without saying a word. He went straight to the point with a cold face: "Danyu City Grain Officer, come out."

Gomer stepped forward and said cautiously: "Report to His Highness the Prince that this man has been beheaded."

The atmosphere was obviously at a standstill, and a faint murderous aura began to fill the surroundings.

Bolton stared angrily and asked: "Beheaded?!"

Gome quickly replied: "On the night of the Dragon Fire Festival, the grain officer Kerry was having a romantic affair in the brothel and left his post without permission, causing all eight granaries to be burned. According to the law, this unforgivable crime of dereliction of duty should be beheaded."

"You reacted quickly. You killed the grain officer before the royal city sent people to investigate. What? Are you eager to protect the law?" Bolton's eyes became colder and colder, and murderous intent began to appear in his voice. "Or should you kill to silence?"

Gome was so frightened that his face turned pale: "Your Highness, what do you mean?"

Bolton's face seemed to be filled with dark clouds, and his expression was so gloomy that he was about to shed tears: "You know what I mean. Things about the Dragon Fire Festival are very strange. In Danyu City, the north wind blows all the time in this season, but that night it suddenly blew.

The south wind blew not only in the morning but also in the evening. It happened to blow during the fireworks ceremony, and it happened to burn down the eight major granaries, and the grain officer also happened to be absent from his post that night."

"Are you going to tell me that all these 'just coincidences' are all coincidences?"

At this time, Lin Gengsen stepped forward and said without tears: "Your Highness, we do not feel that we are innocent. The officials in each department of Danyu City are appointed by the Goma Consul and reviewed by me. Among them,

If something happens to anyone, we cannot escape responsibility.

"You want to say that we have committed a crime of negligence, and we admit it and are willing to accept the punishment. But when you come here and plant unfounded charges on us, we don't know what to say."

Seeing anger igniting in Bolton's eyes, Gomer hurriedly spoke out to smooth things over: "Your Highness, there were many accidents on the Dragon Fire Festival. It was indeed a lot of coincidences. Otherwise, think about it, if we were the ones who planned the fire in the granary.

, what are we trying to do? Is there any benefit to us if the granary is burned down?"

Bolton stared at the two people coldly, staring at them until their scalps were numb. Then he stretched out his hand and tapped each of their faces: "I will investigate the matter of the Dragon Fire Festival carefully. I will find out nothing by then."

Clues, I'll tell you one by one!"

"Yes, yes" Gomer and Lin Gengsen responded submissively.

Bolton ignored them and looked at the nobles standing behind him. He raised a finger and said expressionlessly: "I came to Danyu City today to do only one thing, and that is to plant crops in Danyu Plain."

Blood Essence Grass.”

"You are all contractors of the cultivated land in Danyu Plain. I invite you here today because I hope you will give me face and cooperate with the work my father has assigned me, so that I can go back and deliver the work."

A nobleman stood up and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, in accordance with the provisions of the law, after signing the contract, these cultivated lands will become the property of our family. We will cultivate them independently and be responsible for our own profits and losses."

"Our wheat this season is about to mature. If you pull out the wheat stalks at this time, the manpower, animal power, seeds, fertilizers, etc. we have invested this season will be wasted, and it will also cost a huge amount of time. You can

It’s really hard to say that you’ve lost all your money.”

The nobles were already prepared to be scolded, but unexpectedly, Bolton was not angry at all. He just stood up and said calmly: "Okay, since you are unwilling to do it, then I will make a suggestion."

"As for you, just go home and sit quietly. You should eat and drink. You don't have to worry about anything. No one is needed or any effort is needed. We, the Guards, will pull the wheat stalks and plant the blood essence grass by ourselves."

"After I have finished speaking, who is in favor and who is against?"

The nobles were immediately dumbfounded. Bolton's words were simply gangster logic! It was like a group of robbers breaking into your house and saying pleasantly: "Brother, just sit back and you can take your property by yourself. You don't have to."

Come and help us."

Isn’t this right?!

The nobleman who stood up just now couldn't bear it any longer, and his voice became louder: "I object!"

"Whoa!" A cold light suddenly appeared in Bolton's hand, and his majestic body disappeared. A series of black shadows connected with the noble, and sharp slashes were swung from bottom to top, directly splitting the noble into two halves.

"Swish, swish, swish" The two sections of the noble's body were thrown into the air by huge force. Before the blood spurted out, Bolton slashed three times in a row like lightning, and the surging sword energy split the body at both ends into six pieces.

"Boom!" The ceiling collapsed in pieces with the sword energy, and the building debris fell from the air along with blood and broken flesh.

Everyone screamed and dodged, and huddled helplessly in the corner. A few unlucky ones were unable to dodge, and their legs were crushed by the collapsed ceiling. They fell to the ground and wailed in pain. Judging from the broken bones in their legs that were deformed and stabbed out, they should be injured for the rest of their lives.

In a wheelchair.

In the dust and blood curtain, Bolton's body stood like a demon, his sharp eyes showed no emotion, only coldness: "Who else objects? Stand up."

These nobles usually live in a pampered manner, but when they saw such a cruel and bloody scene, they all collapsed and ran away crying and running out the door.

However, before they could take a few steps, the door to the conference room was blocked by the guards brought by Bolton.

These personal guards were all warriors on the battlefield who crawled out from the dead. They never blinked when they killed. They looked at the nobles as if they were looking at corpses.

Seeing that he was desperate, an old noble pointed at Bolton and exclaimed: "We just said a word of objection, and you killed him. This is murder! This is blasphemy!"

"Code?" Bolton sneered coldly and slapped the blank oracle that Perseus gave him on the table. "My father gave me this blank oracle. I have unfettered power of life and death in Danyu City. I want to

Whoever you let die must die, you tell me the code? Now I am the code!"

"Whoa!" Bolton drew his sword again, and the surging sword energy gathered into a turbulent flow. The body of the old noble was like being sucked into a meat grinder, and was torn into dozens of pieces by the sword energy.

The nobles were so frightened that they realized that they had encountered a demon. Their family background was no longer a talisman. They were so frightened that they fell to their knees, crying and begging for their lives.

Killing chickens to scare monkeys, killing two chickens, and scaring hundreds of monkeys, Bolton's goal has been achieved, there is no need to kill anymore, he directly sheathed the knife, sat back in his seat, took out the land deed prepared in advance, and said coldly

: "If you don't want to die, just queue up and come here to sign. All the cultivated land in Danyu Plain is now owned by the royal family, and I have the final say on what is planted on it."

The current situation is such that they cannot protect themselves. How can the nobles still think about the issue of farmland? They rush to the table to sign.

"Pa, pa, pa" Just when everyone was calmed down by Bolton, untimely applause sounded.

In the corner of the conference room, I saw a man wearing commoners sitting there. Although this man was plainly dressed and plain-looking, everyone who knew him knew that this was Du Mingwei, the richest man in Danyu City and the chief representative of hundreds of noble families.

Bolton looked sideways at Du Mingwei, wondering where he was.

Du Mingwei did not shy away from his murderous gaze. After applauding, he stood up, saluted Bolton, and said unhurriedly: "My Excellency, Du Mingwei, I have never met His Highness the Prince before. I only heard about you.

He is a legendary general who is decisive and decisive in killing. I am honored to meet him today. The rumors are indeed correct."

Bolton ignored these rhetoric and said four words like a death declaration: "You also object?"

Du Mingwei was calm and composed, and smiled slightly: "Since His Highness the Prince has a blank handwriting, how can I dare to object? Let alone signing the land deed, even if you plan to raid my home, isn't it just a matter of one sentence?"

Bolton didn't say anything nonsense, and directly called the deputy general: "Du Mingwei's house was ransacked, and all property was confiscated."

"As ordered." The deputy general glanced at Du Mingwei and strode away.

However, before the deputy general walked out of the door, Du Mingwei's voice sounded again: "His Royal Highness wants to ransack the house. Of course I will open the door to greet you and obey the order. But I want to remind you that there is no need for your soldiers to make a trip in vain."

"There is no money left to steal my home."

Bolton frowned, not understanding what Du Mingwei meant. He had read relevant information before coming to Danyu City and knew that Du Mingwei was the richest man in Danyu City and the representative of one hundred noble families.

This kind of rich man actually says he has no money to steal? What kind of trick is he playing?

Du Mingwei looked up at Bolton, and his next words made the surrounding atmosphere very subtle: "Before His Highness the Prince arrived, I had already dispersed all my family property for disaster relief, and all the food in the basement had been used to help my compatriots.

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Chapter completed!