Humans are creatures that are very afraid of being compared, but they also like to compare themselves invisibly.

When life was originally miserable, we were all in the same boat, so we naturally didn't have any thoughts about each other.

But once you find that the people around you are living a more comfortable life than you are, your mood may start to get a little complicated.

Especially when that person is relatively familiar with you and even often appears under your nose...

In Xiacheng District, taxes are currently paid once a month. In the latest month, the tax collected has basically increased by nearly 30% compared with the previous month.

Luo Ji and Ye Qingxuan knew that there must be many people evading taxes. However, under limited conditions, it was unrealistic to solve this troublesome problem at once. Continuing to dwell on this problem would only be a waste of energy.

Anyway, the tax revenue is also increasing month by month. If they save more, they can start a big project.

And it is during this process that the season has quietly entered autumn.

Like their known universe, autumn is a harvest season, and it is also the busiest season for farmers here in Xiacheng District.

In this season, for Luo Ji, there was one thing that was different from usual, and that was the deal with the Yi Ren in the upper city.

Like humans, winged people also need to eat.

But don’t expect the wing men in the upper city to raise their hands, wave their hoes, and plow the land. That’s unrealistic.

But to be honest, it was hard for Luo Ji to imagine that the Winged People would leave an important job like 'food production' that was closely related to the survival of the race to humans.

Even now, Luo Ji had no way of knowing whether it was like this from the beginning, or whether the people above him became lax and became what they are now.

Perhaps in the view of the Yi people, as long as they have absolute military power in their hands, they are not afraid of human rebellion in the lower city.

In fact, this is indeed the case. On the side of the Holy Light Holy See, the suppressive power of the Yi people's military power is really too strong.

On the human side, if they want to challenge the Yiren by grabbing food, then the Yiren will send out regular troops to level down the lower city, which is basically a matter of a day or two.

During this period of time, food issues have no impact at all.

Of course, now under the governance of Luo Ji and Ye Qingxuan, the military strength of Xiacheng District has far exceeded what it used to be.

But even so, they don't have the capital to challenge Yi Ren.

To be honest, although Luo Ji and Ye Qingxuan secretly prepared a lot of weapons and equipment just in case, but openly, although they were training soldiers, they had not upgraded their weapons for a long time.

Equipped.

Compared with when they first became independent, the equipment of their soldiers in the lower city has actually improved very little.

This was undoubtedly done deliberately by Luo Ji and Ye Qingxuan.

Although the bishop in the upper city made a lot of concessions for his own future, even at the expense of some of his country's interests, this does not mean that he is a fool.

The premise that the other party is willing to give in is because it has an absolute advantage in military strength.

To put it simply, the bishop reached an agreement with Luo Ji on the premise that he could destroy the entire lower city at any time when he wanted to take action.

And once the military power in Xiacheng District begins to increase significantly and the bishop is aware of the threat, then the other party will 100% not hesitate to tear up the verbal agreement with Luo Ji, send troops to Xiacheng District, and completely defeat them.

exterminate.

Being able to destroy them at any time is the bishop's bottom line, and it is also the tacit understanding between them.

Now to get back to the point, just as Luo Ji had stated when negotiating with the bishop, their lower city would continue to provide productivity and daily supplies for the upper city.

But what is different from the past 'exploitation' is that Shangcheng District needs to obtain the materials from them through more reasonable 'transactions'.

In fact, their 'deal' with Shangcheng District has been going on long before.

Among them, grain trading is undoubtedly a very important transaction.

Regarding this transaction, Luo Ji was not as open-minded as the lion, and he sold the grain to Shangcheng District at a normal price.

After all, they don't want to cause trouble on this issue and just want to develop in a low-key and peaceful manner.

But even so, this situation still caused dissatisfaction among some wing people in Shangcheng District.

After all, these resources were really cheaper than the price of cabbage in the past. Although they are now normal food prices, in the eyes of the Wings in Shangcheng District, they are already too expensive.

But Luo Ji didn't need to worry about this matter. The bishop would handle it.

In this city, the bishop himself is equivalent to the existence of a local emperor. Even during a certain period of time, even those in power in the upper city area do not have the words of the bishop to be effective.

At present, the transaction between them continues to be stable. From this point, it can be seen that the bishop has settled this matter very well.

Now, Luo Ji and Ye Qingxuan are quite familiar with these grain transactions.

Originally, they thought that this autumn's grain trade would be completed smoothly, but they did not expect that before they could carry out the trade, an accident happened in advance.

This accident did not come from the bishop in the uptown area, but from Henry Bol!

Henry Bol, who had never heard anything from Luo Ji after extending an olive branch to him, took the initiative to approach Luo Ji on this day...

"Master Boer's arrival here is quite sudden."

Sitting in his private meeting room, Ye Qingxuan was listening in a cubicle nearby. At this time, Luo Ji looked at Henry Bol with a somewhat meaningful look in his eyes.

In response, Henry Bol smiled slightly.

"Scarlet, you are a smart person. I think you must have guessed the purpose of my coming here this time."

"hehe……"

Luo Ji chuckled after hearing this.

But this time, he didn't intend to pretend to be stupid anymore. Mainly for this reason, there was no point in playing that trick again.

"Lord Bol, I have almost forgotten about you, why do you have to remind me of it?"

At this moment, Luo Ji's subtext can be said to be very clear, that is, 'If you want to fight, then fight. The fight hasn't started yet, and there is no result. At this juncture, why drag me in?'

In the chuckle, Henry Boer undoubtedly heard a trace of Luo Ji's dissatisfaction.

Faced with this situation, Henry Boer was not embarrassed at all.

"Because we want to win more easily and faster, we hope you can cut off the food in the upper city."
Chapter completed!