However, these officials were already considered lucky, as the officials affiliated with the Tiger Saber Gang were utterly rounded up, and the vast majority were imprisoned!
Then, there's the handling of Yan Yichen, whose death penalty was already determined, and it's to be executed at the end of this month.
A part of the Zhi Ge Court was implicated, and were all reassigned elsewhere to carry out dangerous missions, to atone for their cris through ritorious acts.
Thus, the Zhi Ge Court was left with only one official martial master, a few martial masters, and a dozen martial artists, a very desolate sight.
However, news has already co from Datong Prefecture, that they would soon appoint a new Chief for the Zhi Ge Court of Xing City, along with a few official martial masters and a batch of martial artists to replenish the combat power of the Zhi Ge Court.
As for who the new Chief will be, it has not been announced yet, but Li Fei already knew that it was his martial aunt!
Shangguan Xiao was already confird to be the next Chief of the Zhi Ge Court in Xing City, leaping from a commoner to an 11th-grade official in two jumps!
Finally, there were personnel changes at the Inspection Bureau:
Deputy Supervisory Director Li Lei led the Inspection Bureau in tily eradication of bandits, saving the people of Xing City. He later arrested Yan Yichen, who was practicing magic arts, and spies from i Jia Country, achieving great rit, thus he was exceptionally promoted from a 9th-grade subordinate official to an 11th-grade assigned official!
Not only that, Li Lei's position was changed from Deputy Supervisory Director to "Acting Supervisory Director."
As long as there are no accidents, within a maximum of one or two years, the word "acting" would be removed, and he would beco the new Supervisory Director of Xing City!
Additionally, Lu Sheng, due to his tily discovery of Wu Yihua's conspiracy and stopping the latter's rebellion, followed by participating in the bandit suppression operations and gaining ritorious service, was reinstated to his forr position, reassuming the role of Captain of the First Brigade.
In just a few months, Lu Sheng had co full circle, returning to his original position, yet things had irrevocably changed.
"Initially, there were also arrangents for the Martial Arts Hall at the provincial capital."
In the courtyard, Shangguan Xiao said to Li Fei:
"They wanted your senior brother to take over as the Hall Master of the Martial Arts Hall, but he declined. He still prefers to be just a teacher."
Li Fei was taken aback, "The teacher still doesn't want to co out and take charge?"
Shangguan Xiao sighed, "Senior brother said his greatest desire right now is to properly teach you, his student, and by doing so, contribute to the country. He doesn't want to consider other matters for the ti being."
Li Fei remained silent, sowhat moved.
If Hao Yi were willing to take up the position of Hall Master at the Martial Arts Hall, it wouldn't be long before Shangguan Xiao would have tried to get him into the Zhi Ge Court and leave the position of Chief to him.
But Hao Yi had declined the path that Shangguan Xiao had paved for him, preferring to focus on teaching Li Fei first.
"Did you know He Yun has sorted out the accounts of the Tiger Saber Gang for the past dozen years?"
Shangguan Xiao suddenly asked.
"Not yet."
Li Fei shook his head.
He was only in charge of the overall direction of Qingyuan City Managent Company, while minor affairs were handled by Liu San, allowing him to dedicate his days to practicing martial arts.
"The Tiger Saber Gang was already the top gang in Xing City ten years ago. Starting from that ti, after excluding various gang expenditures and money given to officials, they could still save about a million in pure profit each year."
Shangguan Xiao told Li Fei:
"All that money went into the pockets of Yu Hu alone. Even if he spent three to four hundred thousand a year on his martial arts practices, he should still have saved hundreds of thousands every year. Over ten years, that builds up to around seven million!"
"During this period, both the provincial capital's investigative teams and those from Datong Prefecture have spent a lot of effort looking for Yu Hu's savings, but none could find it."
Li Fei thoughtfully spoke, "Aunt, do you think that money was taken by those spies from i Jia Country?"
Shangguan Xiao replied coldly, "That's the only possibility. These spies co to our Da Lan Dynasty to cause chaos, heightening our internal strife, and ultimately taking away our wealth to strengthen themselves—it's infuriating just thinking about it!"
Li Fei remained silent.
Considering that these stolen riches could one day turn into bullets fired towards the Da Lan Dynasty, Yu Hu's death seed too lenient!
"I'm telling you this because I want to remind you that regarding the spy matter, the court won't let it go easily. The follow-up investigation could last for many years and involve many people. Aren't you also a secret inspector? I expect the people from the Inspection General Office of Datong Prefecture will soon invite you for a talk,"
Shangguan Xiao said.
"People from the Inspection General Office of Datong Prefecture want to talk to ?"
Li Fei was taken aback.
"Your martial aunt will soon assu the role of the Chief at Zhi Ge Court, and your foster father Li Lei will be the Inspector General at the Inspection Bureau; you also have a teacher who's at the Tao Foundation Stage. With such a strong background, the Inspection Bureau wouldn't miss out on you, the pri candidate."
Shangguan Xiao said with a smile.
Li Fei ca to understand.
The 'old era' of Xing City had passed, and the magnates of a new era were rising, many of whom were in so way related to him—wooing him was the least costly way to also woo these new giants!
"Investigating the spy matter from the Western Countries is a good opportunity, even later when you go to Datong Prefecture and join Wuda, getting involved in this will benefit you enormously. So, if soone from the Inspection General Office in Datong Prefecture contacts you, feel free to agree."
Shangguan Xiao advised Li Fei.
Li Fei bowed to Shangguan Xiao, "I understand, thank you for your guidance, martial aunt."
"You child, always so formal."
"Big Leader."
Just then, Xiang Du suddenly walked in from outside.
"What is it?"
Shangguan Xiao looked at him.
"The Chen Family has sent soone here, seeking to et the Green-faced Ghost King."
Xiang Du answered.
"The Chen Family?"
Shangguan Xiao and Li Fei exchanged glances, then Shangguan Xiao instructed Xiang Du:
"Take the people from the Chen Family to the reception room to wait."
"Yes."
Xiang Du turned and left.
"The Chen Family seeking you out at this ti must want to discuss that Exotic Beasts Breeding Farm on the outskirts of the city."
Shangguan Xiao said to Li Fei.
Recently, Qingyuan City Managent Company had almost fully taken over the business previously owned by the Tiger Saber Gang, and the Chen Family had been continuously conceding, not competing with Qingyuan City Managent at all. They even voluntarily returned so previously absorbed businesses and territories that belonged to the Tiger Saber Gang.
Their attitude could be described as very "submissive."
Yet, on the issue of the Exotic Beasts Breeding Farm, the Chen Family showed strong resilience and refused to budge.
Although the Tiger Saber Gang previously controlled the Martial Arts Hall, allowing them to gain a steady supply of Martial Arts cultivation resources, Yu Hu and Zhang Mingze were the kind to make early preparations, and hence, they planned for Exotic Beasts breeding early on. (see Chapter 31)
Only by having the capability to breed Exotic Beasts and produce Implants could they remain independent, nurturing their own Martial Artists at the lowest cost.
Throughout the entire Da Lan Dynasty, the truly powerful forces all cultivated their own Exotic Beasts and grew the raw materials for Elixirs, being self-sufficient.
So, years ago, Yu Hu and Zhang Mingze invested heavily to establish an Exotic Beasts Breeding Farm on the outskirts of Xing City, hoping to have the capability to breed their own Exotic Beasts.
A lot was involved in breeding Exotic Beasts, a crucial part being the food for these creatures. To properly nurture an Exotic Beast, one needed to prepare at least a dozen different kinds of food, and the Tiger Saber Gang had no channel to procure this food, relying entirely on purchases through the Chen Family.
Over the past years, the primary cooperation between the Tiger Saber Gang and the Chen Family was the trade of Exotic Beast food.
Now that the Tiger Saber Gang had fallen, the first thing the Chen Family did was annex the carefully established Exotic Beasts Breeding Farm by Yu Hu and Zhang Mingze.
After Li Fei established Qingyuan City Managent Company, Liu San had negotiated with the Chen Family over the Exotic Beasts Breeding Farm in the outskirts, but the Chen Family remained unyielding. Liu San also made it clear: if the Chen Family didn't hand over the breeding farm within three days, Qingyuan City Managent Company would take it themselves!
Hence tonight, the Chen Family sent soone to seek an audience with the Green-faced Ghost King.
"Let's et them then."
Li Fei said calmly.
In this new era of Xing City, he was indeed also a new magnate!
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