Doomsday Code

Chapter 724 City-State Politics and Centralization

After Chen Cheng finished speaking, he looked at Melinda and said:

"Let's wait a while. If we really want to be together, you don't have to seal your bloodline. With the help of bloodline, it will be of great help to your research on magic.

And I am also working hard to find a way to help the elves achieve the perfect compatibility of their blood and physique."

Just when Chen Cheng thought Melinda would cry and roar, Melinda smiled.

"Although you didn't promise me, which made me lose face in front of everyone, your words showed a sense of responsibility, and that's why I like you.

I just want to tell you that you have never been a thief who takes advantage of others. My heart can feel your equal love for all things in the world.

My love for you is not a spur-of-the-moment feeling, but the result of countless days and nights of looking directly into my heart."

Melinda's words were very impactful, and it was impossible to say that Chen Cheng had no feelings at all.

However, perhaps it was his fragile sense of responsibility that made him afraid that Melinda would be too deeply involved with him. If he failed and was liquidated in the end, Melinda would suffer as well.

"I will give you time, and time will bring your answer to me."

Melinda confessed again, and Chen Cheng felt as if he was being teased by Melinda.

At this moment, Melo, who was standing by, saw all this. Although he still had a peaceful smile on his face, his heart was already in turmoil.

She didn't know when this brat had planted a seed in her heart, but when she discovered it now, the seed had already enveloped her heart.

How she wanted to be like Melinda and tell you that she likes you in front of everyone.

However, the reality prevented her from saying it.

After Melinda and the others left, Chen Cheng introduced Elder Melos and Huidun to each other.

Then he yawned and said:

"I'll leave everything here to you. I'm so sleepy, I need to go back and have a good sleep."

When Huidun heard this, he called Xiaowu, one of Haosen's men, and asked him to take Chen Cheng to the room reserved for him in the City Lord's Mansion in the city.

This Xiaowu was previously a member of the Black Wood Gang where Haosen was, and he was a low-level gangster.

Later, Haosen became the city lord and treated them as brothers. When drinking, Haosen talked a lot about Chen Cheng and others.

Especially the story of Chen Cheng growing from a slave to the most popular person around His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which is much more interesting than those cool novels.

So in Xiaowu's eyes, Chen Cheng is the idol of these low-class people.

Seeing the nervous look of Xiao Wu beside him, he smiled and said:

"Why are you so nervous? I'm not a man-eating beast."

When Xiaowu heard his idol talking to him, he immediately replied nervously:

"No, I'm just too excited."

"Lord Brown, you know that you are now the idol of many of us brothers. In particular, your growth story is often told to us by our eldest brother, the current Lord Mayor."

After hearing Xiaowu's words, Chen Cheng immediately knew that this young man was Hausen's former subordinate.

"Work hard! His Highness is carrying out reforms now. As long as you make achievements in the future, you will be promoted."

Chen Cheng smiled and patted his shoulder.

At the same time, Chen Cheng was thinking in his heart that unknowingly, he had also become an idol pursued by others.

Xiao Wu was of course very apprehensive, and then he scratched his head and said:

"But I really don't know what to do. According to the original rules, we can only do some assisting."

After hearing Xiaowu's words, Chen Cheng suddenly thought of a very important point.

The problem is that today's government structure, especially at the local level, is too loose, just like ancient Europe in the past.

It is divided into several cities, and the city lord has absolute political and military power.

Such a loose organizational structure is extremely unfavorable to centralization.

Because the lord of each city has absolute power in the city, the governing philosophy determined by each city will be very different.

In this way, it would be impossible to truly unite all the country's forces.

And this is the political gap between the East and the West. The united East has a higher risk of disaster resistance, stronger military power, and is not afraid of the southward migration of nomadic peoples from the north.

The decentralized city-state politics in the West resulted in Europe having no ability to resist risks. Any movement of nomads south would lead to the fall of countless city-states, and even a powerful empire like the Roman Empire would be destroyed in an instant.

Even a plague, without overall control, can take the lives of hundreds of millions of people.

Civilization began to die out directly, theology became rampant, and oppressed the entire Western world for hundreds of years.

Until people of insight raise the slogan of Renaissance, the Western world will truly die out under the rule of theology.

If this kind of plague occurs in the East, we can immediately unite all parties to blockade the location of the plague, geographically isolate the spread of the plague, and then mobilize materials from all provinces and regions to eliminate the plague.

The reason why many people have collaborated with the enemy and committed treason this time is actually that the government’s organizational structure is not rigorous, which allows some people to take advantage of the opportunity and connect with foreign countries smoothly.

In order to change this practice, in addition to reforming the government system, it is also necessary to establish or put forward a set of rules and regulations for officials.

This code of conduct can also be called a political program. Under this framework, officials will not be like headless flies when doing administrative work.

As Chen Cheng was thinking, he followed Xiao Wu to the room prepared for him.

Coming back to his senses, Chen Cheng nodded and said:

"Thank you."

After Xiao Wu left, Chen Cheng walked through the hall to the bedroom. Seeing the soft bed, Chen Cheng threw himself on it and rolled twice, saying:

"Never mind him. Let Huidun take care of this himself. He has so many talented people under him. It would be a waste if he didn't use them."

Then Chen Cheng fell into a dream.

After another experience of flushing the toilet, when he came to his senses, he saw a young man in front of him crawling towards a reindeer with a spear in his hand.

"Elk, no, it should be reindeer."

At this time, the young man shook his head and said:

"Here they come again, some elk or reindeer, I want to kill them and bring them back to nourish my mother."

Then the boy came to the grass only a dozen meters away from the reindeer, and he raised his spear and wanted to throw it out.

But at this moment, a voice sounded in his mind again.

"You can't throw it like that. You should move it up ten centimeters. According to the parabolic function and gravity, this angle won't kill him."

The boy patted his head, and unknowingly his arm had been raised ten centimeters.

With a whoosh, the spear flew out of his hand and instantly pierced the adult reindeer.

"What a powerful force."