A year later, Yaqiu's new fleet gradually took shape, and although there were only a few warships, the blueprint for how to build this fleet in the future was already clear.

All that remains is to wait for the warships to be produced and then equip them to the fleet one by one, a process that is expected to take about three years.

Three years seems to be a long time, but Liu Yi does not plan to learn from Li Xingqi for military expansion, so it doesn't matter how long it is. As long as no one comes to provoke Yaqiu, Liu Yi will not provoke others, after all, his goal is just to build Yaqiu into an ideal home.

While Yaqiu was hiding in the shadows to develop himself, there was no moment of peace in the empire, and although Li Xingqi suspended his attack on the War Horse Galaxy, the war with other military alliances never stopped.

Since Li Xingqi lost a lot of fleets during the attack on the Lion King Galaxy, other military alliances wanted to take advantage of Li Xingqi if they had any strength.

Li Xingqi controls too many galaxies and too many galaxies, so his fleet cannot be exhaustive, and there must be trade-offs when he defends everything tightly.

Some people saw this, and focused on those places where the defense was weak or had no defense at all, and some of these colonies were not important to Li Xingqi, so Li Xingqi simply gave up, anyway, the local wealth had already been scraped by him.

However, the location of some colonies was more important, and Li Xingqi could not give up casually, so he could only send a fleet to recover, so that there would be a war, so his fleet was almost idle and was always dealing with endless wars.

Sometimes Li Xingqi looked at the endless battle reports, and felt very tired in his heart, thinking: "When will this kind of battle end?" ”

However, war is not something that Li Xingqi can not fight if he wants to, even if he doesn't fight others, others will come to him for trouble. At present, these large and small military alliances are actually of the same nature as the Colonial Alliance, and there is no way to continue without war, and war has become a way to survive.

Fortunately, Li Xingqi's governance of the Lion King Galaxy is quite effective, the situation is better than a year ago, terrorist activities are no longer so rampant, and social security has also been greatly improved, at least people will not dare to go to the streets.

However, the relationship between the occupation forces and the local people is still not very good, and at least many local non-governmental organizations are still reluctant to cooperate with the occupation forces.

At a recent regular meeting, Li Xingqi deliberately raised this issue again, asking the people below to use their brains more and engage in more activities that can improve the relationship between the two sides.

One of the staff members said to Li Xingqi: "My lord, I did think of an idea, in a month it will be the bicentennial anniversary of the colonization of the Lion King Galaxy, and the locals are very interested in this matter, so we might as well use this opportunity to do more activities." ”

Hearing this, Li Xingqi became interested and asked, "Can you tell me in detail, how did the locals celebrate in the past?" ”

"I've heard that the locals have big parades and big picnics, and a lot of local businesses are going to pay for them," he replied. ”

"Were there any official activities during the reign of the rebels?" Li Xingqi said: "If there is anything, we need to do it better than before, so that we can show our sincerity in building good relations with the locals." ”

"In the past, when the rebels were there, it was said that they would have free picnics and invite various artists to perform."

Li Xingqi nodded and said: "Since the rebels are engaged in these activities, we can't lag behind, and we have to do it better than the rebels, you go down and discuss, come up with a plan as soon as possible, and make a bigger celebration, don't be afraid of spending money, these expenses are very necessary." ”

"My subordinates understand that we will come up with a plan as soon as possible." The staff replied.

After the meeting, it took only two days for the staff to come up with a plan, and then report it to Li Xingqi for review. Li Xingqi carefully read the plan drawn up by the staff, this plan was very thoughtful, he thought of everything that should be thought of, and the various work arrangements were clearly written, that is, he spent a lot of money.

Li Xingqi was very satisfied with the plan, signed and agreed without any hesitation, and immediately sent it to the person in charge of the matter.

So a grand celebration began to be prepared in full swing, Li Xingqi was very relieved of the ability of his subordinates, so he didn't ask about the specific arrangements, but just told his subordinates that he would also participate in the celebration to show his sincerity.

A month passed quickly, and seeing that the celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of the colonization of the Lion King Galaxy was getting closer and closer, Li Xingqi's secretary specially reported the specific activity arrangements to him.

"My lord, the celebration will officially start the morning after tomorrow, and all the activities will last for three days, and the specific activities are ......," the secretary said, looking at the detailed activity plan.

Li Xingqi didn't have the patience to listen to the secretary's reports one by one, so he interrupted the secretary's words and said: "You don't have to tell me everything, just say that I don't have so much time for those who need me to participate." ”

"Yes, yes...... The first of these events is to attend the celebration council the morning after tomorrow, which is an official event organized by the local government. The second is the noon banquet...... The last day was a picnic in the suburbs, attended by local celebrities. The secretary said.

Li Xingqi silently calculated in his heart, there were almost four or five activities that he needed to participate in, but fortunately they were not concentrated on the same day, so it would not occupy too much time.

"Very good, remember to remind me when the time comes, and write down the matters that need attention in advance and send them to me." Li Xingqi commanded.

"Yes, sir!"

On the day of the celebration, early in the morning, under the arrangement of the secretary, Li Xingqi changed into a brand-new military dress and led a group of senior officers to the celebration site.

The ceremony took place in the square in the center of the city, and the government, the army, and all kinds of people packed the square to the brim, which numbered in the tens of thousands.

In order to protect Li Xingqi's safety, the army has already deployed many security personnel around it, and there are also many agents in civilian clothes among the crowd, and the security measures are very strict.

There is nothing special about the ceremony itself, except that government officials will speak, review the history of the Lion Galaxy, etc., and finally the representatives from all walks of life will speak.

Li Xingqi, as a person in power, naturally has to give a speech, and the secretary of the speech has already written it, so Li Xingqi only needs to preach according to the script.

The various ceremonies and activities went smoothly, and with the special appropriation approved by Li Xingqi, the celebration was very grand and gorgeous, and the people who participated in the event were very satisfied.

The subsequent activities were all of a similar nature, and Li Xingqi patiently participated in them one by one, and the two days passed in the blink of an eye.

The remaining event is a picnic on the last day, and Li Xingqi will go to a farm in the suburbs to participate in person and celebrate with the people.

The picnic began at noon, and Li Xingqi was escorted by the army to the place where the event was held. It is a large farm, owned by a large local business, which was lent to the government as a place for a picnic.

After Li Xingqi came to the farm, he found that the picnic party was more lively than he imagined, in addition to many huge tents as dining places, there were many lively performances, and dazzling games, which was indeed very festive and joyful.

Li Xingqi couldn't help but feel good when he saw this, maybe it was related to the environment, in such a natural and beautiful place, people's mood would involuntarily cheerful.

"You all go play, you don't have to follow me all and let others be scared." Li Xingqi said with a smile.

The captain of the guard said with some concern: "My lord, I'm afraid it's not safe to disperse everyone, so it's better to follow." ”

"It's okay, you see everyone is very happy, if it's because I'm with a large group of people, others will say that I'm showing off my might." Li Xingqi said: "Originally, the purpose of the event was to get closer, if I looked like a great enemy, how could the people dare to talk to me." ”

The captain of the guard couldn't resist Li Xingqi, so he had to order the guards to disperse, leaving only himself and two or three other people to follow behind Li Xingqi.

Li Xingqi walked around the farm with interest with his hands behind his back, and from time to time he gathered in front of various stalls to have a look, and chatted with the locals by the way, and the atmosphere seemed very harmonious.

The locals have always regarded Li Xingqi as a high-ranking foreign invader, so they do not have a very good impression of him. Now Li Xingqi personally participated in the picnic party and celebrated with the people, which made many people's impression of him greatly changed.

Li Xingqi saw that his efforts had achieved good results, and his mood became more and more happy, feeling like he had returned to a long time ago, when he was just a carefree teenager.

The guards were originally very nervous, for fear that Li Xingqi would get too close to the people and there would be some unpredictable situations. However, judging from the current situation, it seems that the people's hostility towards Li Xingqi is not so great, so the guards gradually relaxed.

Unknowingly, Li Xingqi strolled to a booth performing magic tricks, and behind the booth was a man dressed as a clown, performing magic tricks for onlookers while doing funny and ridiculous movements.

The clown's performance caused bursts of applause from time to time, as well as the laughter of the children, and Li Xingqi stood in the crowd, smiling and watching with everyone.

At this moment, the clown picked up a large hat and asked the audience with a grin, "Look, ......what is this?"

Many people guessed at once that the clown was going to conjure something out of his hat, so they waited intently for the clown to change from a hat to an animal or something.

"Watch out...... What is it! The clown said as he reached into his hat.

The audience held their breath for a moment, and at this moment, they saw the clown jerk out, and there was a black thing in his hand.

"Guns!" When Li Xingqi saw that thing, he was shocked in his heart.

The clown was holding a gun, and before most people could react, the clown suddenly pointed the gun at Li Xingqi in the crowd.

A sneer appeared on the clown's face, and then a laser beam shot out from the muzzle of the gun!