During this period of time, Lide undoubtedly became the most tired one among all of them.
With such a large number of cities, Fang Shisan had no way to defend them one by one. She could only lead troops to garrison at the border to block the troops of the other sons from the newly encircled territory. Whether the rear is stable or not depends to a large extent on the trust of the people in these cities in Yuxi City. As long as they can relax and live a good life, everything will be fine.
At present, Yuxi City does not need them to pay military expenses, nor does it need them to be recruited into the army. These two things alone make the people of Yunyang who have been oppressed all the time feel grateful. But this alone is not enough. Judging from past experience, it is often difficult for the cities newly joined under Yuxi City to stabilize for a while, because the policy system, social atmosphere and cultural system of Yuxi City are incompatible with other regions. Some people tend to worry about the ruler's sudden change of mind. After all, no matter how good the words are now, if the policy changes in the future, the foundation they have worked so hard to save is likely to go to waste again.
It is a normal reaction for people who are used to living a hard life to suddenly encounter great wealth and worry about gains and losses. This kind of emotion can be relieved slowly over time, but Yuxi City cannot wait that long, because the level of people's sense of belonging directly determines the strength of the territory's protection, which is an important matter that affects the frontline battle situation at all times .
That's why Lide will personally visit each of the newly joined cities and do a few things in person.
First, beheaded. The aristocrats in the fish and meat township were on the blacklist of Yuxi City early on. Once the city was broken, the secret organization went directly to arrest people without saying a word, and many of them were detained in the prison. After Li De arrives at the scene, he will count the heinous crimes of these nobles, and let the grievances in Yunyang territory be avenged. Most of the aristocrats who do whatever they want on weekdays are now directly moving their heads, the vegetable market is full of heads, blood is flowing like a river, and the hearts of the people are slowly gathering together amidst cries and cheers.
Second, divide the fields. This is similar to what Li De did when he first arrived in Yuxi City. To ensure that everyone has fields to cultivate and harvest, they will naturally have enough happiness and sense of belonging. Especially poor people can also receive additional welfare subsidies to ensure that they can support until the next autumn harvest.
Third, speeches. It is not enough just to supervise and divide the fields. Lide will tell them all the hardships Yuxi City has experienced since its establishment, tell them about their current status, and tell them about the bright future in the plan. It doesn't matter whether the people can understand or believe it. The important thing is that Lide must fully demonstrate his leadership qualities, so that the people believe that the city lord they follow is not useless except fishing.
After all, for most of the people in the bitter cold, planning, policies and other things are useless. They only care about whether their boss is reliable and worth following.
Lide had to prove himself and win the favor of the people in order to raise the protection of the territory to a higher level in the shortest possible time and minimize Fang Shisan's casualties. It's as easy as a father beating a son to beat other sons now, but what about the orthodox frontier army in the future? Or take Yunyang and face the armies of other territories
War is cruel, so we must do all possible preparations before the war.
Having just finished a speech under the scorching sun, Lid returned to the room, threw himself into the bathtub and took a comfortable cold shower. Alaya stood behind and helped him scrub his back. Lid picked up a handful of water, watched the water leaking from between his fingers, and said to Alaya:
"What should I do, Alayah, I'm too tired to move—"
Alaya answered while helping Lid wash off the foam on his back:
"Young master, if you feel tired, take a good rest today."
Lide raised his head and thought for a while, sighed, and said:
"Forget it, I agreed to go to the next city to attend the banquet tonight. There are still a lot of things to deal with, and you can't escape. Alayya, don't you think I'm making mistakes for myself? I should have known Back then, if we didn’t come to Yuxi City, it would be nice if we eloped to a distant place hand in hand, anyway, the money we have on us is enough for us to squander for many years.”
This isn't the first time Lied has complained to Alayah like this.
Alaya smiled lightly and replied:
"In that case, the young master must be bored by other things now. And now the young master has saved many, many people, just like the young master once saved me. I think... It's pretty good."
Lid looked at the ceiling, and naturally leaned back into Alaiya's arms. Although he was a little flustered, he was used to it. In fact, he knew very well in his heart that no matter what choice he made at the beginning, he couldn't get real happiness now. Because this world does not allow him to live without any worries, compared to the fact that his current life is already very good. So he just complained a few words, creating this kind of atmosphere to increase the intimate contact with Alaya.
The blond hair hung down on Lid's cheeks, he raised his hand, brushed his fingertips against Alaiya's cheeks, and said with a smile:
"Isn't there you? In the blink of an eye, the eight majors have been consummated, and you will soon be able to reach the ninth level, and then rush to the tenth level in one go. At that time, you will be the leader of the Yongtian Kingdom. If anyone refuses to accept it, I will beat him up." Those who eat hot food and drink hot food follow you, and we two can go wherever we want."
Thinking about it this way, Li De suddenly found that his happiness has been settled at once. He has just passed eighteen years old, and Alaiya is not yet eighteen years old. If he grows up at the current speed, Alaiya may become the history of Eternal Heaven. The youngest great swordsman in the world. Although there are various chances and coincidences in this, it is also inseparable from Alaya's own talent and hard work. Lide sincerely said:
"But your level of improvement is really fast, much faster than I imagined."
Alaya smiled and replied:
"Well. It's all thanks to the young master."
Lid felt guilty for a while.
After thinking about it carefully, Alaya herself was there every time she broke through, and she did have her own "credit" for this. Lid secretly observed Alaya's expression, then nodded in a pretentious manner, and replied:
"Well... this... I will try my best to help you improve your realm in the future."
Alaya continued to help Lid wash his body, and then helped Lid get up and change his clothes. Midsummer has arrived, and just because of this level of exercise, there is already a layer of fine beads of sweat on Aliya's face. Lidella sat her down and helped her to tie her long hair behind her so that Alaya would be cooler when the wind blew.
Alaya stared blankly into the distance.
In the evening, Lide gathered around the bonfire and talked with the people about the price fluctuations and taxes in previous years, and learned a lot about Yunyang's dark history from them. At this moment, a letter was delivered to his hands in haste. Lide opened it casually, glanced at it briefly, smiled wryly, threw the letter into the bonfire, and murmured to the moonlight:
"Can this be tolerated... It's not like someone really likes this."
At that time no one understood what he was saying.
Four days later, when the news was made public, all the princes in Yunyang were astonished.
Karpass, the frontier soldier in the east of Yunyang, swore allegiance to the acting lord Li Yi and asked for orders to conquer Yuxi City.