After dinner, Jiang Liu and Murong Yin sat in the side hall and chatted.
"How is Listening Wind and Gentle Rain Pavilion developing now?" Jiang Liu asked Murong Yin.
"The development is decent, but the foundation is weak, so it's not yet ready for major use; it can only be used to transmit information and such," Murong Yin replied.
Jiang Liu nodded to indicate that he understood, "You received the messenger Exotic Beast from the Exotic Beast Valley, right?"
"I've received it and handed it all over to the Wind Division. They're training now," Murong Yin nodded in reply.
"Do you have any plans for Yunzhou?" Murong Yin asked.
Jiang Liu glanced at Murong Yin, knowing what she meant by asking that question. It was impossible for him to spend a lot of effort to conquer Yunzhou and then hand it over to Ascension Tower!
Even if Jiang Liu were willing, Murong Yin himself would never agree. Although the Murong Family was in charge of the Yunzhou Ascension Tower, the Murong Family did not belong to Murong Yin alone.
She didn't want Jiang Liu's hard-earned empire to be handed over to the Murong Family so easily. It's said that a married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl, and even before the marriage was officially finalized, Murong Yin was already wholeheartedly considering Jiang Liu.
Jiang Liu pondered for a moment and said, "For now, we can only let Ascension Tower take over. Our own forces are developing too slowly. We can reclaim some forces, but if the supervision is not in place, problems can easily arise."
"You send a message to the Wang Family, and the Hai family asked them to send some people over. The Wind Division also sent some people. Now the Listening Wind and Gentle Rain Pavilion should be recruiting people from outside," Jiang Liu continued.
Murong Yin hesitated for a moment, then said, "Actually, have you considered the Feng Family?"
Jiang Liu frowned slightly. "The Feng Family Feng Family? We'll have to see how they react. For now, let's not consider them."
Murong Yin nodded to indicate that he understood, and did not say anything further.
The next morning, Jiang Liu awoke from his meditation and glanced at Murong Yin was still fast asleep. He got up and got out of bed.
As soon as Jiang Liu stepped out of the room, he saw Cuier pacing back and forth outside.
Jiang Liu asked curiously, "Cuier, what happened?"
Upon seeing Jiang Liu, Cuier exclaimed happily, "Young Master, many people have come from outside, saying they are grateful to you for eradicating the Sun Moon Sect, which allows them to have a better life."
It turns out that after Murong Qin led his team to wipe out the Sun Moon Sect yesterday, Jiang Liu immediately ordered the abolition of the exorbitant taxes previously imposed by the Sun Moon Sect, and at the same time strictly forbade all martial artists from disturbing the people.
At first, the people didn't believe it, but later they saw that the usually arrogant Sun Moon Sect disciples were gone, and in their place were people from the Ascension Tower managing Xia City.
Moreover, the City Lord's Mansion was also occupied by people from Ascension Tower, and immediately, the people of Xia City believed it.
Every household was spreading the news, and it was more lively than even the Spring Festival.
It is conceivable that the people of Xia City have suffered under the Sun Moon Sect for a long time. Now that the mountain has finally been moved by Jiang Liu, one can imagine the gratitude these people feel towards Jiang Liu.
That's why they gathered in front of Ascension Tower early in the morning, hoping to express their gratitude to Jiang Liu.
Jiang Liu, feeling a slight headache, said to Cuier, "Go and wake your young lady up! Let her handle it. I won't get involved."
Jiang Liu was somewhat powerless to deal with these situations. If he were asked to risk his life to kill a few Grandmaster, he would do it without hesitation. But he couldn't handle this kind of emotional scene.
Without saying a word, Cuier went straight into the room and woke up Murong Yin.
Then Murong Yin went out with Cuier to accept the people's gratitude on Jiang Liu's behalf.
Jiang Liu pondered his next move, because it would take at least a few days to send a message from Xia County to Kan County, so it would take at least a few days for the Sun Moon Sect to react.
Now we either have to wait for them to come to us, or we can take the initiative and wipe out the Sun Moon Sect forces in Kan City.
Early this morning, Murong Qin continued to lead his men to the county below to wipe out the remaining forces of the Sun Moon Sect, so Jiang Liu has not seen him yet.
Not long after, Murong Yin walked in with a smile on his face.
Seeing her happy expression, Jiang Liu smiled at her and said, "How is it? Do you like it this way?"
Murong Yin rolled her eyes at Jiang Liu, annoyed, and said, "It's all because you didn't want to, so you pushed me out as a shield."
"Haha! Alright! Let's discuss how to govern Xia County first!" Jiang Liu said with a smile.
Jiang Liu then discussed with Murong Yin how to best govern Xia County.
First, restore people's livelihoods; second, establish strict systems, especially for martial artists.
There are no good ways to restore people's livelihoods for the time being. The only thing we can do now is to abolish the unreasonable systems established by the Sun Moon Sect.
Another option is for Ascension Tower to purchase the goods from the people and then exchange them for what they need.
The main thing now is to help the people get through this year. Fortunately, the planting this year has not been delayed. Otherwise, even if Ascension Tower's family is large and powerful, they probably wouldn't be able to support themselves.
The main task now is to restrain martial artists and prevent them from oppressing the common people. Otherwise, things will turn out the same as before, and all of Jiang Liu's efforts will be in vain.
Then, Jiang Liu discussed it with Murong Yin.
The main purpose is to use the Ascension Tower to implement a reward and punishment system for martial artists, because the Ascension Tower controls most of the resources needed for martial artists' cultivation.
Especially after Ascension Tower destroyed the Sun Moon Sect's treasury, those resources became even more concentrated in Ascension Tower's hands.
Therefore, implementing this method in the Ascension Tower would be twice as effective with half the effort.
However, this would make Ascension Tower too powerful, so it would be necessary to implement strong oversight.
It was now imperative to plant someone in the Ascension Tower.
Then Murong Yin thought of a few candidates, all from the Wind Division. They didn't really have much to do; their main job was to supervise, in case someone in Ascension Tower did something illegal.
If you discover this situation, just report it to Murong Yin, and she will handle it.
After Jiang Liu and Murong Yin finished discussing these trivial matters, they continued to discuss their next course of action.
"My opinion is to take the initiative and take Kan County directly first," Murong Yin suggested.
"Oh? What do you mean?" Jiang Liu asked curiously.
"If we wait for them to come, we don't know when they will arrive, and we're even more afraid that they will escape first."
Jiang Liu thought about it for a moment, and it seemed to be the case. In fact, his main preference was to first wipe out the Sun Moon Sect forces in Kan County.
However, the biggest concern is the lack of manpower. For now, they can only rely on Ascension Tower for the time being, but Jiang Liu is afraid that it will be difficult to deal with the rift between the two families in the future.
After all, these things cannot be solved by force alone.
However, for now, this is the only way to proceed.
After thinking it over, Jiang Liu, being a decisive person, immediately took action.
Jiang Liu stood up and prepared to pack his things to leave for Kan County, but when he turned around, he found Murong Yin looking at him with affection.
Jiang Liu sighed and said, "Why don't you come along too? That way it will be easier to make arrangements at Ascension Tower in Kan County."
Murong Yin immediately became happy. She only acted like a little girl in front of Jiang Liu. In normal times, she was very strict with her subordinates.
After the two finished packing, they were about to leave with their packages when Cuier walked in from outside the courtyard gate.
Upon seeing their expressions, Cuier knew they were about to leave, and quickly cried out, "Miss, young master, you can't leave me behind! I want to go with you!"
After saying that, Cuier hurriedly packed her things and went to pack her things, saying that she wanted to go with them this time.
Jiang Liu and Murong Yin had no choice but to wait for Cuier. Before long, Cuier had finished packing.
Jiang Liu, Murong Yin, Cuier arrived at the Ascension Tower. Murong Yin entrusted the matters that he had discussed with Jiang Liu to the steward who was left behind, asking him to pass them on to Murong Qin.
After giving his instructions, Jiang Liu waved his hand, Illusory Transformation two energy hands that carried Murong Yin and Cuier, and flew directly out of Xia City.