Chapter 264: new ambience

Inside the Huainan Palace, Liu Kebei was sitting in his study, while his two think tanks, Zhou Qing and Wang Jixiang, were sitting on either side, with Grandpa Sun carefully serving.
Liu Kepai coughed lightly and said, "It has been a long time since I came to Huainan. How is the reform now going?"
Zhou Qing bowed and said, "Return to the prince that the entire Huainan County is now thriving. Under the assistance and management of the disciples of Baiyun Valley and the disciples of Chanlin Temple, the two counties are now progressing very smoothly.
The families of the three counties have all turned to us. We have adopted a strategy of appeasement and wooing. While ensuring their basic interests, we have also won many benefits for the people. "
Liu Kebei nodded and said: "I proposed that the people are the roots at the beginning, and for this, I clashed with major families and lost the position of prince.
So this can't be changed at all. While wooing these aristocratic families, you have to kill a hundred people. You send someone to investigate, and for those families who violate the power of the yin and the yang, you will directly kill the family. "
Zhou Qing cleared his throat and continued: "We have already released the imperial examination system. There is a lot of controversy among the people at present, but a group of people from Shengshui College took the lead to respond.
According to the information I have received, a group of poor disciples in the entire college, under the leadership of Mr. Tang Xiang, have officially arrived in Huainan, and they are currently living in Biquan College.
My father had talked with Mr. Tang several times. They were on the top of the Snow Mountain and had a relationship with Prince Zhao, and the loyalty of these people was definitely toward the Prince. "
Liu Kebei knocked on the desk with his hand and said: "This is our first imperial examination. We must get it right. That Mr. Tang made an exception and was directly hired by the palace."
Zhou Qing went on to say: "Our recent harvest is also very good. We basically have surplus food for every family. The people love us very much now.
In addition, regarding the Free State, the progress is also very smooth. The Assassin's Guild and the Thieves' Guild are in good condition. The two sets of intelligence networks have been merged. It can be said that the world's intelligence is in our grasp.
In addition, we have developed a very close relationship with the Five Poison Sects. They have sent dozens of Poison Masters to train my own Poison Masters for me. I believe they will definitely come in handy in the future.
As for the other denominations of the Demon Gate, they also expressed the greatest kindness to us, and said that as long as we speak, they will send disciples to help us. "
Liu Kebei turned his head and asked Wang Jixiang, "What do you think of this matter."
Wang Jixiang hesitated and said, "I think if it is not a last resort, it is better not to let the Demon Sect people come over. Although we are a Free State, this is the Lunar Empire after all.
Yigu Sanzong has always regarded the Falling Moon Empire as his sphere of influence. If the people of the Demon Sect enters rashly, I am afraid that they will react badly, and the gain will not be worth the loss. "
Liu Kebei nodded and said, "What you said is very reasonable, but the line with the magic door cannot be broken. After all, the relationship between us and the major families has been difficult to resolve."
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 investigate. These people are on their way."
Liu Kebei knocked on the table with his hand and said: "These people must be properly received. I will meet these people in person. I want to send a signal to every family. I don't want to fight them to the end.
As long as they are willing to be in my territory and obey my rules, then I can still coexist peacefully with the various families and coexist with interests. "
After Wang Jixiang finished talking about Zhou Qing, he began to report on his own affairs. He and Zhou Qing were in charge of two aspects. Zhou Qing said that he was in charge of the people's livelihood and the imperial examination, while he was in charge of the martial arts and the army.
He took a sip of tea and said: "We Huainan prefecture didn't have any big factions, and now we have all belonged to our banners. Together with the masters we got from various families, we have four masters in the high-end combat power.
In addition, in response to the fact that our strength was in a fault in the last battle of defending the city, I also made substantial adjustments, but unfortunately, we could not recruit experts at this level.
Currently there is only the Snow Mountain faction, which is renamed Snow Knife Villa. Its head, Hu Yuanming, is a master of the master realm. In addition, he has persuaded the Golden Sword Sect to become one of us, that is to say, we have added two masters of the master realm. "
Zhou Qing intervened and said: "The Mr. Tang I mentioned just now is also a master at the master level."
Wang Jixiang nodded when he heard the words, and then said: "I think it is okay for us to ask the two elders of the prince, especially the host of the hero, Yang Wuwei, for some masters."
Liu Kebei shook his head and said: "I really don't want to talk about this kind of thing. I'd better issue a recruitment order to recruit idle masters in the arena. I don't believe that I have made great profits and cannot recruit people.
In addition, we must increase our training efforts, and cultivate our own masters as much as possible. The Snow Mountain faction does not offer the Snow Mountain Sword Formation and arranges people to increase practice. It must form a large-scale battle. "
Wang Jixiang nodded again, and then said: "In terms of the military, we have expanded two more corps. Now the overall force has reached 500,000, which is already our limit.
If we continue to increase our military strength, not only will the pressure on the entire Huainan prefecture be too great, but it will also arouse the thoughts of interested people.
In terms of generals, we will have a lot of staff by then. Those generals sent by the court now all play their own roles, and our overall combat power is not weak.
In addition, the institute is working hard to study the mechanical equipment left by the king of Zhao, and has successfully imitated a number of them. With the help of these mechanical equipment, we have the power to fight even against the eight legions. "
Liu Kebei was very satisfied with this. He thought for a moment and said, "How are we doing with the collection of the barbarians? If we can arm these barbarians, it will definitely be a great help."
Zhou Qing immediately retorted: "The prince's remarks are wrong. Those who are not our race must have different hearts. For these barbarians, we should still focus on defense and control their force as much as possible.
Arming them is obviously to lift a rock and hit one's own feet. If they rise up to rebel, wouldn't we steal chickens and lose rice. "
Wang Jixiang retorted: "I don't agree with you, all races in the world should be used by me, and the barbarians are inherently powerful, and they are just used to charge. I think they can be divided and sent to various legions."