To advance to the Second Tier, Ren Ye needed to complete two Stage Missions.
First, he had to prepare his military forces, station thirty thousand troops in Qingliang Prefecture, and build a sturdy Dangshan Pass City.
Second, he had to straighten out the administration, appoint officials, and establish trade with the neighboring regions.
These two Stage Missions were somewhat connected, but neither was particularly difficult. They simply required spending a great deal of "Star Source."
After tricking and sweet-talking Wu Pangzi of Jing Mountain into an agreement, Ren Ye had essentially finished the second mission. All that remained was to quickly gather the craftsmen in the prefectural capital and repair Dangshan Pass City as soon as possible.
As for stationing thirty thousand armored troops, that posed no difficulty whatsoever for Ren Ye. More than twenty-six thousand crippled soldiers from the Imperial Court's army were still living in Qingliang Prefecture. He only needed to heal their old injuries, reorganize them into his forces, and register them.
After resting for half a day, Ren Ye held a small shareholders' meeting with Brother Huang, just the two of them, and divided up their upcoming work in detail.
Brother Huang would mainly be responsible for gathering craftsmen, discussing construction plans with them, repairing the pass city, overseeing the work, and purchasing building materials, as well as personally handling trade arrangements and so on.
Ren Ye's work was rather more complicated. His main responsibility was to supervise Brother Huang and ensure that all these tasks were completed perfectly.
Once the work had been divided this way, Brother Huang beat his chest and stamped his feet, cursing, "What the hell is there to discuss? Just say you want me to be your slave!"
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