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"Why is nobody speaking? Did you leave your vocal cords at home?"
"Just look at the sorry state of Tianfeng Prefecture's Department of Tranquility; it was like this before I arrived, and it's still the same. Have I come here for nothing?"
"Rest assured, if the sky falls, I'll hold it up. You can all place the blame on my head. I will take twenty percent of the profits, Deputy Prefect Qi takes ten, the thousand households and hundred households get ten, and the subordinates get thirty. The remaining thirty percent will go to whoever contributes the most effort—I will give them the largest share."
Yi Chen cheerfully boosted the morale of all the people in the Department of Tranquility.
Power comes from the distribution of resources. With tangible benefits laid out before them, it would be impossible for the subordinates not to give their wholehearted effort. Should they succeed, even if Qi Yuan wanted to act against him, he would be isolating himself from his peers.
