On the long street outside the Prefectural Yamen.
After hearing the shouts, Ren Ye reined in his horse and frowned. "Come on, let's see what happened."
Once war broke out in the North, the formerly peaceful Qingliang Prefecture had grown somewhat chaotic.
Whether civil officials from the Southern Border's Court, soldiers and generals of the army, or bandit troops of the Thousand-Mile Green Battalion, everyone responsible for allocating logistical supplies was now in Prefecture City, busily moving through its streets. It made the city seem exceptionally lively, but also gave it a sense of being crowded with all sorts of people.
After returning to the city, Ren Ye had ordered Xu Bangzi, Er Leng, Old Liu, Fenglin, and the others to help Brother Huang settle the wounded and take charge of the various supplies arriving in Qingliang Prefecture one shipment after another. As a result, almost everyone passing along the streets near the Archives was an unfamiliar face.
"Whoa!"
Ren Ye tightened the reins and dismounted, then strode into the Archives with more than twenty Personal Guards.
Qingliang Prefecture had two Archives, one in the Prince's Mansion and one in Prefecture City. They housed important government documents from past years, military intelligence, local gazetteers, biographies, and all sorts of historical records concerning Great Qian and the Southern Border. In short, the records stored there covered a wide range of subjects and numbered in the tens of thousands.
Ever since taking over Qingliang Prefecture, however, Ren Ye had placed greater importance on the Archives inside the Prince's Mansion. They contained quite a few martial arts manuals and books for improving individual abilities. Although none were particularly high-grade, they were sufficient for training troops and cultivating retainers and civil officials.
As for the Archives in Prefecture City, they were essentially idle. The