Chapter 1568
Qin Wentian stared at the butler and continued, "Bring me to the file room . "
"Yes, Governor . " That butler nodded . After that, he led Qin Wentian over . This room was very large and there were many scrolls of information within . Qin Wentian sat down as he quietly read on, his expression growing more and more unsightly as time went by .
Only then did he understand that this governor's position was just a nice-sounding title but it had no substance to it .
Lifire City didn't have the position of city lord . There was a grand governor and all the five governors were supposed to report to him . The grand governor was the direct subordinate of the Lifire Empyrean and he held immense authority and power .
The five governors were responsible for everything in their respective regions, including resource management . In Lifire City, every building was recorded as an asset . Even if someone bought it, the new owner still had to pay taxes every ten years as a tribute to the Lifire Palace . For example, the inns, restaurants, transaction grounds, auctions, etc . . . All of them had to pay even more tribute, and the timing was the same - once every ten years .
The five governors' main responsibilities are to protect the safety of the city . Nobody can commit crimes within here or the governors had the authority to deal with them according to the strict laws of the city .
In other words, it means that the five governors would be the one to blame if there was trouble in their region . Just the northern city region alone was incomparably vast . Qin Wentian casually flipped through the information scrolls and could already see countless powers formed of experts . In his manor, there were actually only three other people, a butler and two serving girls . There were also merely 3,000 subordinates out there, and the three vice governors weren't even here . This was simply a terrible mess .
Qin Wentian recalled some of the main cities in the Azure Mystic Immortal Realms . An example was the Southern Phoenix Immortal City, it did share some similarities with Lifire City . These main cities all prohibited killing and safety was their number one priority . This was the reason why many experts would feel at ease to settle their clans here and to establish businesses, causing the city to grow more prosperous, forming a cycle of virtue . The larger a city was, the more people would come to it . Eventually, after some generations, those powerful clans might even become aristocrats .
The Evil Emperor was here as well, he followed Qin Wentian into the file room and was in his human form . His sturdy figure contained an explosive strength . Before the Night Empyrean and Ye Qianyu, he had always appeared in his beast form . But now after the Night Empyrean's death and Ye Qianyu's capture, he was no longer subservient to anyone . Hence, he decided to be in human-form as it would be more convenient to move about .
"The Lifire Palace is truly wealthy . Hmph . " The Evil Emperor snorted coldly . Ignoring the fact that the Lifire Palace had numerous stretches of territories under its control, just this Lifire City alone would have to hand over an astronomical amount of tributes every ten years .
The Lifire Palace was already so wealthy . One could very well imagine how rich the Realmlord was . However, as one grows stronger, their need for cultivation resources would also be magnified greatly . The stronger someone is, the more resources they would need . No wonder those supreme characters would contend against each other to gain control of a territory .
If one ascended to the Lifelong Realmlord's position, they didn't even need to do anything and simply had to wait for their subordinates to turn in the cultivation resources . That person who became a Realmlord, could just relax and concentrate fully on his cultivation .
"The responsibilities of being the governor are truly not so easy to fulfil . This is especially so for the northern region . I finally understand why Governor Meng was so eager to hand over his position . " Qin Wentian commented faintly .
"How could there be such an easy thing in the world? For all tributes given by the powers in the northern region, you as the governor can retain 10% for your own personal storage, doing what you want to with it . You must know that for the plunder from ordinary bandits, their accumulated wealth from the heists they conducted, is all far inferior to the wealth of a single governor . " The Evil Emperor replied .
"There are too many random and troublesome matters here . This territory is truly in chaos, and as the governor of it, how can I cultivate in peace?" Qin Wentian mumbled . He understood that the most important matter to him currently, was still cultivation . However, the Lifire Empyrean purposely gave him this position . Could it be that he didn't want Qin Wentian to have any peace and quiet to cultivate?
"That butler earlier seemed to know plenty of things but he is afraid to speak up . Let me ask him for you . " The Evil Emperor cast a glance at the butler who stood outside the door . Qin Wentian knew about the abilities of the Evil Emperor . He nodded, "Sure, please help me to question him . It would be more direct if you do it . "
A demonic gleam flashed in the Evil Emperor's eyes . Very swiftly, the eyes of the butler flickered with a green demonic light . His gaze turned vacant and the Evil Emperor started to ask questions . Very soon, Qin Wentian learned of many things he wanted to know as the expression on his face grew increasingly heavy .
The Jialan Clan actually had enough wealth to contend against the Lifire Empyrean . In fact, even the empyrean himself might not be as wealthy as them . The Jialan Clan owns countless businesses in the boundlessly vast Lifire City, they were controlling the businesses in the dark . Not only so, other than the north, they also had influence in the other regions, gaining huge amounts of profit through many transaction grounds and shops which they controlled . This resulted in experts being as common as the clouds in the Jialan Clan, they also recruited a countless number of guest elders, building up their strength .
In the northern city region, the Jialan Clan could do anything they wanted and many people in the governor's manor were long bribed by them . Whoever dares to go against the Jialan Clan, they would surely have many methods to play you to death . Nobody would be able to investigate . Everything in the Lifire Palace would be done according to the rules . Although everyone knows deep in their hearts that the deaths of some governors were done by the Jialan Clan, even the Lifire Empyrean couldn't touch them if there was no proof .
Also, given that the Jialan Clan were in control of many of the factions of power here, they could constantly hide in the shadows and wouldn't leave any clues . Sometimes, even if you found the true killer, all further connections would be severed at that stage . There was no way to link the investigation to the Jialan Clan .
But if this was merely the case, what capabilities does the Jialan Clan have to contend against the Lifire Empyrean? They were still within the Lifire Palace's territories .
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