Chapter 70 Master (1/2)

Chapter 70 – Master

January 10th.

Heads of the dead officials were hung in front of the four main gates around the city. Description and details of their crimes were written on the public announcement boards.

The scholars and nobles who could read gathered in front of the boards. Some of them read it out loud for their friends, and some of them whispered and continued their gossip hobbies.

”Suit them right! Haha!”

”Lord Zhang Jiao sure is efficient!”

”Look! Isn't that old Jiang that killed your son!?”

”… Justice has been served! I'm going to join the army now! I'll pay back this gratitude with my life!”

”Aiya! This guy embezzled over 40,000 gold! I thought he was an honest scholar!”

”You can't judge people by their looks. See that good looking head? Isn't he the popular young master Mu?”

”That's right. There is more than meets the eye.”

”47 … 48 … 49 … Heck, I lost count! How many people have they killed!?”

”I heard there were others at the other gates. Want to take a look?”

”Are you nuts? We have to walk all day to reach the other gate. Count me in!”

Uproars and rumors continued to spread while the spies of other lords were busy sending this news back home.

…

Government Main Hall.

Zhang Jiao and Tong had finished this morning assembly. Today, Zhang Jiao passed a bill that they would hold an auction of the seized treasures from the corrupted officials, so they could use the gold and coins for the future government funds.

The remaining honest officers accepted the tasks with enthusiasm as they were hoping to see the change and the improvement of the city.

However, they were short on hands, so the tasks might be slower than their standards. Tong and Zhang Jiao did not mind it. They allowed the officials to work at their paces because both of them had other works to complete in the meantime.

Because of the purge, many positions in the city government were vacant. However, Tong expressed that it should be left empty for now as he had to replace the old way of the Han government system with the better one.

Tong planned to turn these ancient ways of management into a government-corporate system with his father as the CEO and the officials as the company's workers. For governing one medium-sized city, the evil capitalism conglomerate system combined with the iron-fist monarchy laws could be temporary applied here for the short-term stable growth.

Once he expanded his territories, he would have to change the governing system once more. For now, he had no suitable officer who Tong could entrust with the important politic roles.

After the bills and all agendas were done in the meeting, Tong unloaded all gold in his inventory into the treasury vault, which shocked the officials.

Some of them had heard about the rumor about ”The Immortal Zhang Tong” before. As a result, half of the officials decided to join the Immortal Yellow Turban Sect which had been secretly found recently by Zhang Jiao without Tong realizing it. The desire to rebel against the Han Court was still within his veins.

The officials dispersed and resumed their duties on their roles with joyous mood, but Zhang Jiao and Tong remained in the hall. They were waiting for someone.

Meanwhile, Hua Shi, who was baited by Tong into working as a city clerk and an accountant in exchange for 10 all-you-can-eat-dual-cultivation-night tickets as her monthly wage, had her head emitting smoke, and her soul almost slipped out from her mouth.

She had collapsed on her working table as she was overworked by the zealot father-and-son duo. Trying to be a good wife for the cunning workaholic family was not easy.

Then a messenger arrived.

”Reporting, Lord Lu Zhi has arrived and is waiting in front of the hall!”