After saying goodbye to Yan Dechang and coming out of the Yan family’s compound, the temperature was still cold, but it didn’t snow today.
Yan Liqiang looked up at the sky, touched the head of the yellow-haired boy who ran out of the house with him, and without bringing any followers, he walked directly towards the Kyudo Club with the yellow-haired boy who was jumping around in front of him, stepping on the snow.
The gate of the Kyudo Club is still solemn and dignified. Although it has been snowing these days, the square outside the gate of the Kyudo Club and the repaired path are cleaned every day by the students of the Kyudo Club. On both sides of the road next to the square in front of the Kyudo Club, there are many plum blossoms planted by Yan Liqiang and the students of the Kyudo Club. In the past two days, plum blossoms have bloomed all along the way, especially next to the square. There is also a plum forest. When you walk to the Kyudo Club, the fragrance of plum blossoms is wafting, which creates a unique artistic conception. It even attracted some tourists in groups of three or two to come here to walk in the snow and look for plum blossoms.
Two rows of students from the Kyudo Club stood upright at the entrance of the club.
"Stop!" Just as Yan Liqiang walked to the gate of the Kyudo Club, a student standing guard at the gate stopped Yan Liqiang. After taking a look at Yan Liqiang and the yellow-haired man next to him, he said to Yan Liqiang with a serious face, "Please go over there to appreciate the plum blossoms. This is the Kyudo Club. No one is allowed in!"
Yan Liqiang took a look at the students on duty at the entrance of the Kyudo Club. These students were all seventeen or eighteen years old, new faces, full of vigor and might. There was no doubt that they were the new batch of students of the Kyudo Club. This year, the recruitment of students of the Kyudo Club was no longer limited to Pingxi County, but expanded to Ganzhou and the Northwest. When recruiting students this year, he was trapped underground and could not come back to preside over it, so everything was left to Shi Changfeng.
Yan Liqiang looked at the students who were standing upright at the entrance of the Kyudo Club and nodded secretly. Just by looking at their figures and temperament, Yan Liqiang knew that they had been trained almost enough in the month since they entered the Kyudo Club, and their discipline and appearance had already shown the demeanor of Kyudo Club students.
"I want to go in!" Yan Liqiang said calmly.
"The Kyudo Club doesn't accept tourists!" The young man shook his head firmly.
Yan Liqiang scratched his head. He was the one who set the rules of the Archery Club. Now, at the door of the Archery Club, he was blocked by several strangers. He didn't know what to say. He did have an identity token for entering and exiting the Archery Club, but the token had been placed in the room where the Archery Club lived when he went to Gulang Grassland to cause trouble. When he went there, he didn't expect that he would stay in Gulang Grassland for half a year. Now that he had just returned, he encountered some small troubles.
Yan Liqiang thought about it and said directly to the young man, "I want to see your chief, Shi Changfeng. Go and inform him!"
Hearing this, the young man who was about the same age as them came to the door of the Kyudo Club and asked to see the club's Director Shi. The students of the Kyudo Club who were guarding the door were shocked and thought, "What a big tone you have! Who are you? Even if the governor of Pingxi County came to our Kyudo Club, he would be no more than this."
Several students from the Kyudo Club looked at each other and exchanged glances.
"What's your name? What do you want to see Chief Shi?"
Yan Liqiang rubbed his nose and smiled at the young people who were looking at him. "My name is Yan Liqiang. I'm looking for Shi Changfeng. Naturally, I want him to take me in. My identity token is inside!"
"Ah..." Several new students standing at the entrance of the Kyudo Club suddenly widened their eyes, looking at the young man standing in front of them in disbelief. This man who looked similar to them was the number one Kyudo master in the northwest, the youngest master craftsman in the history of the Han Empire, a hereditary first-class baron, and the young master of Kyudo for the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace...
They had heard too much about the legend of Yan Liqiang, and when Yan Liqiang stood in front of them, they were stunned for a moment. Some of them could not believe that the big boy with a big yellow dog standing in front of them with a bright smile was actually a world-famous big man, their idol
"Li Qiang!" Just when the few students on duty at the door were stunned, a surprised voice came from inside the door. This voice was Shi Changfeng's.
When he saw Shi Changfeng, Yan Liqiang burst into laughter.
Shi Changfeng was riding on a rhinoceros horse, wearing a fur coat, and accompanied by a team of guards carrying bows, and seemed to be about to go out.
Shi Changfeng's team of guards were all old students of the Kyudo Club and also students of Yan Liqiang. When they saw Yan Liqiang, they suddenly exclaimed in joy, "Ah, the leader is back!"
Seeing Yan Liqiang at the door, Shi Changfeng and the team of guards all jumped off their horses and swarmed over.
"Meet the leader!"
Knowing Yan Liqiang's identity, the students who were guarding the door hurriedly saluted Yan Liqiang with embarrassed expressions on their faces.
"It's okay. This is your mission here. I'm happy to see you stick to your posts!" Yan Liqiang encouraged the student on duty, then turned to look at Shi Changfeng, "I was just about to ask them to notify you. What? Are you going out?"
Shi Changfeng looked relieved, "You just came back, let's go in and talk!"
Yan Liqiang nodded, "Okay, let's go in and talk!"
Seeing Yan Liqiang coming back, Shi Changfeng naturally did not go out, but returned to the Kyudo Club with Yan Liqiang.
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"What, the imperial court is preparing to send troops to attack the Gulang grassland?" Holding the hot tea in his hand, Yan Liqiang stood up in surprise.
"When the Wuli tribe and the Wumu tribe went to war and clashed, there was such a rumor coming from the Imperial Capital. It was said that the Wuli tribe wrote a letter to Lin Qingtian advocating sending troops into the Gulang grassland to assist the Wuli tribe in clearing out the rebellion of the Wumu tribe. You should know about this!" Shi Changfeng put down the teapot in his hand with a serious expression.
"Yes, I've heard of it!" Yan Liqiang nodded.
"But that time, there were too many people who opposed it. His Majesty the Emperor of the Imperial Capital disagreed, and the counties in the northwest were unwilling to help the Shatu people get out of trouble. But this time the situation is different. In order to protect themselves, the Wumu tribe drove the tiger to eat the wolf and led the Black Jie people to the Gulang grassland. Now the nature of the fight between the Wumu tribe and the Wuli tribe on the Gulang grassland has changed. It is no longer an internal dispute between the seven Shatu tribes, but the Black Jie people are also involved, trying to get involved in the Gulang grassland. Now the Gulang grassland is nominally still the territory of the Han Empire, and the seven Shatu tribes are nominally under the protection of the Han Empire. With the Black Jie people coming in, those who opposed sending troops to the Gulang grassland in the northwest and the Imperial Capital before have no reason. So a few days ago, Lin Qingtian in the Imperial Capital passed a resolution in the court to use troops against the Gulang grassland, and appointed General Anxi to decide to use troops against the Gulang grassland. Yesterday, the letter from the Ministry of War arrived in Pingxi County. Yesterday, the county governor, Lord Wang, sent a letter to the Archery Society, asking me to go to Pingxi County to discuss something..."
Yan Liqiang frowned tightly. Of course, Shi Changfeng had more details than Yu Qing, and they were more detailed. "Besides sending troops to Gulang Grassland, what other tricks does Lin Qingtian have?"
"If the army is to move, food and grass must be sent first. Of course, we need money to send troops to the Gulang Grassland. I heard that the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War are short of money and food, and it is difficult to cope with the expenses of the army. Therefore, Lin Qingtian also passed a resolution in the court to levy "tuanli" to increase taxes on the people of each state, and to select several states in the Han Empire to encourage local areas to organize militia training as a reserve for the Han Empire's army to deal with unexpected dangers!"
Yan Liqiang was stunned for a moment. Damn, Lin Qingtian's trick finally came.
To a certain extent, Yan Liqiang has changed history. The life of Zheng Huaian, the admiral of the Southeast Navy of the Han Empire, was saved, and pirates and bandits naturally did not appear on the southeast coast. Lin Qingtian's plan on the southeast coast was completely disrupted by Yan Liqiang through Zheng Huaian. In the past year or so, the militia that should have appeared in the Han Empire and the militia in the southeast coastal states did not appear.
But what Yan Liqiang didn't expect was that the inertia of the wheel of history was too strong. Taking advantage of the chaos on the Gulang grassland, Lin Qingtian's militia tax came again after being postponed for more than a year, and the reason was still so bright and upright. Whoever dared to oppose at this time would be a sinner of the Han Empire who would watch the territory of the Han Empire being invaded by foreign races. As for where the militia taxes collected by the court would eventually be spent and where the militia would be established, there was no need to ask. With Lin Qingtian's shrewdness and skills, those militia taxes would definitely end up in Haizhou, Tuzhou, Hongzhou, Yuzhou and other places in the southeast of the Han Empire run by Lin Qingtian...
Although the day of the catastrophe had not yet arrived, the signs of the disintegration of the Han Empire had already appeared. It was just that at this time, no one could see clearly what Lin Qingtian was planning...
What is quite ironic is that Lin Qingtian did all this under the banner of serving the country and the people!
(End of this chapter)