Chapter 264 New Atmosphere
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In the Huainan Palace, Liu Kebai was sitting in his study, while his two think-tanks, Zhou Qing and Wang Jixiang, were sitting on either side, with Eunuch Sun serving carefully on one side.
Liu Kebai coughed slightly and said, "It's been a long time since I came to Huainan. How is the reform going now?"
Zhou Qing bowed and said: "Reporting to your lord, the entire Huainan County is now prosperous, and the two counties of Manhuang are also progressing very smoothly with the assistance and management of the disciples of Baiyun Valley and Zenlin Temple.
All the aristocratic families in the three counties have turned to us, and we have adopted a strategy of appeasing and wooing them. While ensuring their basic interests, we have also won a lot of benefits for the people. "
Liu Kebei nodded and said: "I originally proposed that the people are the foundation, and for this reason I had conflicts with major aristocratic families, so much so that I lost my position as prince.
Therefore, this cannot be changed at all. While wooing these aristocratic families, we must also kill them as a warning. You can then send people to investigate, and for those families who work against the law, I will directly exterminate them. "
Zhou Qing cleared his throat and continued: "The rumors we have spread about the imperial examination system are currently very controversial among the people, but a group of people from Shengshui Academy were the first to respond.
According to the news I received, a group of disciples from poor families in the entire academy, led by Mr. Tang Xiang, have officially arrived in Huainan and are currently staying at Biquan Academy.
My father had talked with Mr. Tang several times. They had met Prince Zhao once on top of the Snowy Mountains, and their loyalty was definitely towards the prince. "
Liu Kebai knocked on the table with his hand and said: "This is our first imperial examination, so we must do it well. Mr. Tang will make an exception and go directly to the palace and hire someone else."
Zhou Qing continued: "Our recent harvest has been very good. Basically, every family has a surplus of food. The people now love us very much.
In addition, matters regarding the Free State are progressing very smoothly. The Assassin's Guild and the Thieves' Guild are operating in good condition. The two intelligence networks have been merged. It can be said that all the intelligence in the world is under our control.
In addition, our relationship with the Five Poison Sect has developed very close. They have sent dozens of poison masters to train me as poison masters. I believe they will come in handy in the future.
As for the other sects of the Demon Sect, they have also expressed their greatest goodwill to us and said that as long as we open our mouths, they will send their disciples to help us. "
Liu Kebei turned around and asked Wang Jixiang, "What do you think about this matter?"
Wang Jixiang hesitated and said, "I think it's better not to let the Demon Sect send people here unless it is absolutely necessary. Although we are a free state, this is the Luoyue Empire after all.
The three sects of Yigu have always regarded the Luoyue Empire as their own sphere of influence. If people from the Demon Sect enter rashly, I'm afraid they will have a bad reaction, and the gains will outweigh the losses. "
Liu Kebai nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, but the line with the Demon Sect cannot be broken. After all, it is difficult to resolve the relationship between us and the major families."
Zhou Qing suddenly smiled and said: "Some time ago, the Zhang family sent someone to send a letter, expressing their willingness to exchange information with us. They have sent a woman from the family to bring people here to inspect, and these people are on their way here."
Liu Kebai knocked on the table with his hand and said: "These people must be received properly. I will meet these people in person. I want to send a signal to various aristocratic families. I do not want to fight with them to the end.
As long as they are willing to stay in my territory and obey my rules, then I and the various families can still coexist peacefully and share our interests. "
After Wang Jixiang finished speaking to Zhou Qing, he began to report his own affairs. He and Zhou Qing were in charge of two aspects. Zhou Qing said that he was in charge of people's livelihood and imperial examinations, while he was in charge of sects and the army.
He took a sip of tea and said: "We in Huainan Prefecture didn't have any big sects in the first place, but now they have all come under our banner. Together with the masters obtained from various aristocratic families, we have four masters at the Grandmaster level in terms of high-end combat power.
In addition, in view of the disconnection in our strength during the last battle to defend the city, I have also made significant adjustments. Unfortunately, we cannot recruit masters of this level at all.
Currently there is only Snow Mountain Sect, which has been renamed Snow Knife Villa. Its leader, Hu Yuanming, is a master at the master level. In addition, he has persuaded the Golden Knife Sect to become one of us. In other words, we have added two masters at the master level. "
Zhou Qing interjected: "The Mr. Tang I just mentioned is also a master at the master level."
Wang Jixiang nodded when he heard this, and then said: "I think we can ask the prince's two brothers, especially Yang Wuwei, the owner of the Hero Building, to transfer some experts."
Liu Kebai shook his head and said: "It's really hard for me to talk about this kind of thing. I'd better issue a recruitment order first to recruit idle masters in the world. I don't believe that I can't recruit people even if I promise huge profits.
In addition, we must also increase our efforts in training ourselves and train our own masters as much as possible. The Snow Mountain Sect does not just present the Snow Mountain Sword Formation and arrange for people to practice more, it must form a large-scale battle. "
Wang Jixiang nodded again, and then said: "In terms of the army, we have expanded two more legions, and now the overall strength has reached 500,000, which is our limit.
If we continue to increase the number of troops, not only will it put too much pressure on the entire Huainan Prefecture, but it may also arouse the thoughts of interested people.
In terms of generals, we will arrive with a large number of men. The generals assigned by the imperial court are now playing their roles, and our overall combat strength is not weak.
In addition, the Institute of Machine Learning is working hard to study the machines left by Prince Zhao, and has successfully copied a batch. With the help of these machines, we will be able to fight even against the eight armies. "
Liu Kebai was very satisfied with this. He thought for a while and said: "How is our integration of the barbarians going? If we can arm these barbarians, it will definitely be a big help."
Zhou Qing immediately retorted: "Your Majesty's words are wrong. People who are not of our race must have different thoughts. For these barbarians, we should still focus on defense and control their force as much as possible.
Arming them is obviously shooting ourselves in the foot. If they rise up and rebel, we will steal the chicken but lose the rice. "
Wang Jixiang retorted: "I don't agree with you. All tribes in the world should be used by me. Moreover, the barbarians are naturally powerful and can be used for charging. I think they can be divided into various legions."