The rustling sound was very slight and not long. Li Ye walked to the pearl curtain lightly and looked at the outer room where the close maid was. When he saw the picture in front of him clearly, he shook his head slightly and sighed softly.

Shao Siming sat on the couch with his head resting on his knees, his eyes falling on his feet, the quilt had been kicked to the bottom, silent, his thin shoulders trembled slightly, like an injured kitten. The moonlight shone in through the window, and the clear light fell on the couch, making Shao Siming look more and more lonely.

Li Ye has watched such a scene for three years.

He could understand Shao Siming's state of mind, landed alone in the enemy camp, and faced an opponent he could not defeat. Instead of saying that Shao Siming was thinking about how to assassinate Li Ye, it would be better to say that she could only feel a little safe by following Li Ye. Although Li Ye was an enemy, he was not a bad person. Li Ye did not kill her in the woods that day, nor did he touch her. He still had character.

Shao Siming has no tomorrow, because she doesn't know when she will die, and she doesn't know where the future will be, because Penglai can't save her. Although she has a high level of cultivation, she is useless now. After all, she has nothing to do with the world. In a sense, she is just a child. When she arrives in Qingzhou, if she doesn't follow Li Ye, what can she do? Perhaps only by following Li Ye like a shadow can she know that she is still alive, at least she has a goal to follow. Only when she sees the other party treating people and doing things can she confirm that she has lived today.

In such a situation, no matter how noble and cold appearance is shown during the day, when facing the moonlight alone at night, fragility will always come off guard. Whether it is loneliness or panic, cold negative emotions will wrap her like a tide, and there is no way to resist. Perhaps, she is looking forward to the sunrise, but after the sunrise, what is the difference?

Li Ye walked to the couch, picked up the quilt, shook the dust, put it on Shao Siming, and sat down on the couch. The other party did not look up or make a sound.

Li Ye didn't know if a person who never talked would feel lonely. If he didn't talk for a long time, he would probably be crazy. Then Shao Siming, who never talked, might be pessimistic from the bottom of his heart. It is not easy for a pessimistic person to live in a hopeless environment. When there is no sunshine in his life, death is not terrible, it is just a destination.

Li Ye whispered: "People from Penglai will come today."

Shao Siming looked up in surprise and looked at Li Ye blankly.

Li Ye smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's a good thing. Be kind to Penglai and me, and the same is true for you. On Pinglu's three-point land, since you have determined who the master is, there will be no more disputes."

Li Ye was right. Three years passed by, and under his control, Pinglu was already an ironclad piece.

It was soon dawn, and the two of them had breakfast together as usual. It was summer season again. The sun was as bright as in previous years, and everything exuded vigorous vitality. Li Ye first came to the Political Affairs Hall. Every morning, he would handle Pinglu military and political affairs here. Shao Siming was still standing behind him, still so quiet and ethereal.

The first thing I came to was Li Zhen. He is now the chief minister and commanded the government affairs of Pinglu. His team was all from the Lao An Mansion. He was very capable. After his governance, Pinglu is now in harmony with the political affairs.

"The easiest way to harvest the people's expectations is to rectify the administration of officials and punish corrupt officials. Seeing bully officials who are causing harm to the disaster are investigated and imprisoned, the people will always applaud. In the past three years, more than 300 officials have been punished. Now all the important officials in the prefectures and counties are our forces, and there is no one who can eat at a single place. Even the gentry dares to do good deeds every day because they do not want to be recorded in the merit book. The people's praise of integrity has reached an unprecedented level."

Li Zhenwei told the story that as for the merit book he mentioned, it was a system of good conduct supervision that Li Ye specially targeted local forces without official positions. If you do good, you can record it with red notes, and if you do evil, you can record it with black notes. If you reach a certain amount, you will be liquidated.

After Li Zhen, it was Cui Keli, a Confucian scholar who brought the same Confucian scholar to be in charge of farming, industry and mining. Cui Keli said: "When Lian Envoy first came, half of the fertile land was controlled by officials and wealthy households. Many of them were punished for their misconduct, and all the fertile land was distributed to the people and refugees. In the past three years, the area of ​​cultivated land reclamation in Pinglu has reached half of the original cultivated land, and the newly added fertile land has tight irrigation ditches and harvested year by year. Many refugees in the war in the Central Plains have arrived in Pinglu, and now the population has increased by half. Although I dare not say that every family has eaten meat, it is certain that they have no worries about food and clothing."

Li Ye nodded slightly. He was the main point of these things, so he naturally knew the depth. Not to mention anything else, Pinglu's taxes have doubled, and the granary has accumulated grain as much as a mountain. Otherwise, what would he use to build a new army?

Speaking of the new army, the next step is Liu Dazheng's report: "According to the command of the military commander, in the past three years, the last year will recruit 100,000 strong men to train the new army, and practice hard every day. Whenever there is a chance, they will take them to suppress bandits and hone their iron-blooded energy on the battlefield. Now the elite soldiers have been trained and can go to the battlefield at any time. In addition, Pinglu Industrial and Mining has developed rapidly, and the elite armor and weapons manufactured by the school have also been equipped with the new army."

"The Central Gate Envoy did a good job." Li Ye expressed his affirmation.

The original Pinglu Army was useless, and it was just a group of arrogant soldiers and generals. It was not just a matter of neglecting training and style. Many people had their roots and could not be saved, so he began to train the new army.

After the Huang Chao Rebellion, there were famous princes everywhere, but I never heard of that one. It turned out to be the governor. This is because the original vassal army had poor combat power. Otherwise, it would not have allowed Huang Chao's militia team to break through Chang'an.

Of course, Li Ye did not completely give up the old army, and was still asking them to train, so that they could at least strengthen their momentum in the future.

Li Ye’s plan was to make the new army achieve meritorious service through the upcoming war, and then he could gradually replace the old army with justification, and finally all the old army was incorporated into civilians and let them farm.

Because it is the reason for the world of cultivation, the population in this world is prosperous and the population is much larger than that on the earth. Li Ye’s plan is to establish a new army of 200,000 to 300,000 after the Battle of Huang Chao.

The fourth person came was Song Jiao. She said: "The Qingyi Yamen has expanded to 800 people. According to the meaning of Your Highness, it is divided into scout halls, Zhige Hall, Jianghu Hall, and Internal Affairs Hall. Four hundred scout halls have been spread out, establishing strongholds in the world, collecting reports from all over the world; Zhige Hall is a qi training technician, accepting combat missions; Jianghu Hall is a shrewd and capable person who commands the forces of Pinglu Jianghu. The Internal Affairs Hall is responsible for internal training and handling of miscellaneous matters in the Qingyi Yamen."

Li Ye’s idea of ​​the Qingyi Yamen has now been fully implemented. On the one hand, it is an intelligence assassination agency, and on the other hand, it is a leader in the martial arts world.

There is no need to say much about the former. Just talking about the latter, under the management of the Qingyi Yamen, the Pinglu River and Lake are now in order and are basically serving the government. Those who do not serve the government must do good deeds to the people, otherwise they will be banned. In short, the Jianghu has also become part of Li Ye's efforts to build Pinglu.

The last one came in was Shangguan Qingcheng. The military affairs of Neiya he reported to Neiya was Li Ye's guards. It had expanded from the previous 800 people to 3,000 people. It was an absolute elite. There were 100 Qi training technicians alone.

After meeting these people, Li Ye had to deal with what he had to deal with today, but before lunch, he also met with the dean of the Martial Arts Academy and the Academy.

The Martial Arts Academy is a military academy. Li Ye wants the new army to have strong combat power. Training alone is not enough, but also to improve the military literacy of the generals. After all, fighting on the battlefield is a technical job. The college is a university. If he wants all industries to flourish and improve Pinglu's comprehensive strength, he has to cultivate talents from all aspects.

After lunch, Li Ye came to Dongshu. In the afternoon, he did not deal with political affairs. In addition to practicing martial arts and combat skills, he basically studied and relaxed, as well as met with some important people. Sometimes he would leave Qingzhou City and walk around and take a look.

The one he met now was from the Penglai Dao Sect.

Li Ye is very familiar with the people who came, Zhang Yunhe and Dasiming.

Li Ye knows very well why Penglai sent someone here.

The Taoist Sect is the largest force in the martial arts world. However, in Pinglu, Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang have been entrusted with important tasks by Li Ye to build Quanzhen Temple. As the leaders of the Taoist Sect, their mission is to take Taoist temples of all sizes, big and small, to do good deeds to the people near the Taoist temple, such as curing diseases and saving people, eliminating disasters and solving problems. Wei Xiaozhuang's ideal is now being realized.

In this case, Quanzhen Temple has already gained a reputation comparable to Penglai. Penglai cannot feel the crisis because they are about to be replaced and lose the soil for survival.

Li Ye set up a tea banquet in the pavilion. Under Shao Siming's expectant gaze, Da Siming and Zhang Yunhe finally walked into the moon gate.

Li Ye understood Shao Siming's mood, waved his hand and said to her: "It's rare to reunite, go ahead, just don't leave Qingzhou City."

Shao Siming glanced at Li Ye deeply, went over to greet Zhang Yunhe, and then flew away with Da Siming.

Zhang Yunhe came to the pavilion, greeted him and sat down.

"Your Highness is very honored to see us." Zhang Yunhe has lost a sense of superiority. Now that the situation in Penglai is like this, Li Ye's ability to deal with military and political affairs is no longer doubtful. He glanced at Li Ye and couldn't help but feel shocked, full of surprise: "Your Highness's cultivation... has actually reached the ninth level of Qi training!"

"Normal promotion." Li Ye said casually. He said that he was right. Three years have passed, and Pinglu is booming in all aspects. The people's expectations he gained are increasing day by day. It is expected to be promoted to the Ninth Level of Qi Training. You must know that after the military and political system is straightened out, the people are really benefiting. That is the same as overthrowing Wei Baoheng and Liu Xingshen, which has attracted the admiration of all patriots in the world.

This is just a part of Pinglu's expectations. Li Ye carefully estimated that Pinglu's recognition of millions is enough to allow him to be promoted to the real world, but that still requires some opportunities, such as indelible contributions to the process of pacifying Huang Chao.

Zhang Yunhe was shocked. He knew Li Ye's combat power and could defeat Shao Siming when he was practicing Qi seventh level. Now that he reached the ninth level of Qi training, wouldn't even Zhang Jiuling be able to suppress him? Penglai confronted the Jiedushi, and the most proud bargaining chip was Zhang Jiuling's cultivation. If he lost even this advantage now, he would be of no strength.

Li Ye said bluntly: "What's wrong with Master Zhang coming back this time?"

Zhang Yunhe opened his mouth for a while and couldn't speak for a moment. This time he came back, he was naturally kind-hearted. Penglai had been squeezed by Li Ye so much that he had no room for survival. If he wanted to continue to survive in Penglai, or to make a difference in the chaos in the world, he could only reconcile with Li Ye.

Originally, Zhang Jiuling meant that sending disciples to assist Li Ye, which meant that Penglai recognized Li Ye’s status as the governor of Jiedu, which was naturally of great benefit to Li Ye. So, accordingly, Li Ye also had to give Penglai many benefits, such as withdrawing Quanzhen Temple.

But now it seems that the Penglai Dao Sect has no capital to bargain with Li Ye at all. Who made Li Ye reach the ninth level of Qi training?
Chapter completed!