In the Noxian calendar, after more than two years of expeditions, Noxus Emperor *** took over the heart of the province of Navoli, the sacred land of the newborn land, and the pearl of the Ionians.

When the news of the fall of Precidian spread from the province of Navoli, the Ionians understood the gravity of the matter.

The Noxians, not kidding, really pierced the heart of the Ionians with a spear, and hung the people of Navoli Province to beat.

There are many Ionians in overseas provinces who can't even imagine the scene of their holy land being ravaged and ravaged by those barbarians, just like stabbing a hornet's nest, and for a while, the peaceful and quiet Ionia instantly boiled, as if the brave man found the demon king who kidnapped the princess, and he couldn't wait to snatch the princess out of the hands of the demon king and live the life of a winner in life.

Countless people wanted to know what was happening in Presidian, and many martial arts sects and militia organizations in overseas provinces spontaneously sent expeditionary forces to help the Presidians in dire straits.

In a sense, the Noxians became an opportunity for Ionian unity.

Not to mention the turmoil brought about by the restlessness overseas, for the people of Precidian, it has really experienced a transition from frightened to dazed, and finally to dreamlike.

In the past few months, except for a few or so cases of warband soldiers who lost their heads because they couldn't control the crotch and harassed women (the troops belonging to the four martial nobles, not directly under Leistal) caused a small riot, the Ionians expected that their wives were separated and their families were ruined, but instead reflected the strict and solemn military discipline of the Empire.

These Noxian soldiers stationed on Shuanglong Mountain are actually more benevolent and just than those bandits and robbers of the Ionians themselves, and they take the initiative to maintain law and order on weekdays, do not steal or rob, find kilns when there is a need, buy things and even give money, but they also have special money, and the gold coins and eggs can be spent as easily as those laid by their old hens, without blinking an eye.

Not to mention the craze for learning ** Chinese, many Ionian young people even want to join the emperor *** to get a high military salary, and many Ionian Huaichun girls take the initiative to contact Noxian soldiers like big stupid bears, and summon up the courage to integrate each other's bloodlines with the rough and honest barbarians, and become a married couple,

Let many single Noxian soldiers have a bond on another continent, and they can't think of it.

Since the arrival of this group of Noxians who could not even speak Ionian, the lives of the Presidians have not been affected, but they have also enriched the lives of some Presidians through trading, and for a while the Presidians always felt that they were dreaming.

What about the invasion that was said to be good? How can we resist if you do this?

But this is the truth, the Noxus legion under the command of Lyster does not need to maintain morale and military pay by plundering the spoils of war, and this time Ionia did not come to vent the violent nature of human beings, but to integrate all the resources of the land of Ionia and prepare for the future war of the end of the world.

Otherwise, he would not have gone to great lengths to prepare for war.

Not to mention its own precious metal veins, the wealth that the Emerald Collar has grabbed through the trade of luxury goods and high-end weapons is enough for Lyster to feed an army of millions, not to mention that the Emerald Collar has always taken the route of elite soldiers, and the weapons and equipment on his body can be sold on the black market to make him rich, of course, no one does this, and the fate of a traitor is much more miserable than that of a coward.

The benefits and morale brought by the high military salary have turned the emperor's *** team into a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, all of them are Yanagi Hui, except for some peerless beauties who stand up and salute at a glance, the little personal wealth that the Ionians value is difficult to become the reason why soldiers break military discipline.

I have to say that war is to burn money, and to be rich is to be capricious,

Lyster, who occupied Presidian and was ready to slowly occupy the entire territory of Navoli Province, naturally had a new way to make money, and it was an unimaginable wealth to resell the special goods of the Ionian continent to the Valoran continent, and when the time came, he would not even need to be paid by the jade to raise troops, and he would be self-sufficient in Presidian.

Of course, the Noxians did not come to Ionia to give benefits to the Ionians, but to the province of Navoli

The method has been closely planned, and after a period of running-in between the Noxians and the Ionians, it is finally time for the Noxians to set up a pole, otherwise, the Ionians are afraid that they will not regard the Noxians as philanthropists.

In addition to maintaining law and order and cracking down on crime, the staff behind Lyster and some of the martial arts representatives of Navoli Province focused on designing the management methods for the Ionian martial arts sect.

From the date of the Empire's promulgation of the [Noxus Empire's Navoli Province Interim Management Measures], within one month, all martial arts sects in Navoli Province need to take the initiative to report to the empire on the development status of all aspects, including but not limited to the number of sects developing, the construction area owned by the sect, the direction of the sect's martial arts research and development, etc.,

Those who do not report will be branded as bandit organizations like the Navoli Brotherhood, and they will all be exterminated, without any room for negotiation.

In addition, each reported martial arts sect needs to provide the Imperial High Command with a batch of warriors to be determined every four quarters to report to the country and join the army, serve for at least four years, and be treated preferentially during the service, and whether to retire after four years is decided by both the empire and the individual after mutual consultation.

Then, unless it is a life and death challenge or an act of revenge by the imperial notarization, or an emergency that requires legitimate defense or sword assistance, or has the [Imperial Special Law Enforcement Talisman] issued by the Imperial High Command, the martial arts sect and its disciples are not allowed to kill people at will,

The laws of the empire are treated equally, whether it is a warrior or an ordinary person, those who break the law will be judged and sanctioned by the empire,

Of course, if you encounter a member of a force on the Imperial sanctions list, such as the Navoli Brotherhood or the Cult Nature Spirit Sect, or other evil forces and bandits who have been adjudicated, the Martial Arts Sect can cut it down first, but it needs to provide sufficient evidence to prove the identity of the enemy afterwards.

Killing people according to the law is not only innocent, but meritorious, and can be rewarded and honored by the empire, which can be regarded as a bounty hunter in a sense.

In general, the law brought the independent sect of Ionia under the supervision system of the empire, and found a relative balance in the free development and supervision and restraint of the sect, and the sect lost part of its freedom, and also got the permission to continue the sect, which is a win-win situation.

As for those Shang Fang swords that are easy to break the rules, [Imperial Special Law Enforcement Talismans], they will only be handed over to top masters of decent martial arts who are similar to Twilight Eye, Shadow Fist, or have been audited and have made great achievements.

Ignoring the law and killing people will definitely increase the difficulty of investigating, but this is also to appease the sect and give the righteous a little privilege, as long as it can play a positive guiding role, it is very meaningful, like the sword of Damocles hanging over the head, and it can be regarded as a deterrent to the younger people of the empire.

The martial arts sect was followed by the native clan forces in Navoli Province,

The empire does not recognize any form of self-appointed "village chief" or "village elder" as the management of the grassroots, all villages and towns are unified under the management of the empire, and personally dispatch grassroots officials to establish political institutions, and the original village chief and village elders and other clan forces are executed by the empire after the villagers' public trial.

Everyone has a scale in their hearts, and they usually know what they do, if there is no big girl who does a big evil, it's okay, but part of the property will be confiscated as a punishment, if you do enough to bully men and women, it is definitely inevitable to cut off your head and destroy your family.

Once the grassroots organizations were established, the empire would levy a per capita tax, allowing scattered villages to be included in the empire's financial system.

In addition, there are many legal rules, the purpose of which is to bring a relatively stable order to the province of Navoli, at least so that ordinary people can have a relatively stable living environment, and then make minor adjustments if there are any problems.

If you look at the problem from the perspective of the people of Ionian Village, it is that there is a group of old and immortal blood-sucking elders missing their heads, and they need to pay some protection fees every quarter, which is much less than the blood sucked before.

Finally, there is the arrangement of [Psychedelic Forest],

In order to ensure that the situation of the sacred tree of Omikayalan would not continue to deteriorate, the Empire deliberately divided enough habitat for Vastaya, and relied on the spiritual labyrinth to build a sufficient isolation

A magic seal that reduces the speed at which natural magic passes.

It's not that Omi Kayaran and the Psychedelic Forest are completely banned, but you need to get a pass to enter and exit, and pass the review of the watchtower set up by the empire, which is one more complicated procedure than usual.

When Rist returns to Omikayaland, Vastaya will also fall under the rule of the Empire, which will increase the frequency of circulation between Vasaya and ordinary people.

The Ionians don't have any opinion on this move of the Empire, anyway, no one usually gets close to the range of the Spiritual Maze, it's just a little more than a little more expansion of the scope of the forbidden land.

It's easy to win a battle, but it's hard to govern the country, even if Lyster has the entire Noxian Empire as a foundation to be Hoho, if you want Ionia to change smoothly in the established direction, it will take enough time, turnips and sticks are indispensable, and it will take at least two generations for Ionians to completely identify with Noxus.

It has been two years since this expedition, and the next group of imperial *** regiments with grassroots civil servants have boarded ships and are heading towards Ionia.

After soliciting personal opinions, some of the Noxian soldiers who had established families would continue to be stationed in Presidian, and the rest of the soldiers who wanted to return to their hometowns would naturally return to Noxus by boat for rest and vacation, and by the way, let their families take a look at their Ionian wives, and only hope that the soldiers who married Vastaya would not be beaten out by their families because of Fury.

In general, the time of the Plessidon was at its smoothest, the resistance from the outer provinces had not yet reached Navoli, and the Brotherhood was overwhelmed by the Camille of the expanding forces, and in addition to some decisions that had to be decided personally, Lyster had a lot of free time.

On this day, Lyster had finished all his official business ahead of time and happened to receive a request from Jax to meet.

"This guy, after watching the drama for so long, finally wants to talk to me?"

With a relaxed smile, Lyist greeted Sindra, took off his mask and changed into civilian clothes and left the makeshift palace.

The meeting place was about to be in a flowerbed tavern in Presidian, and the layout style was very suitable for an idle crane like Jax.

Walking into the private room on the second floor, Jax was sitting by the window, tapping his fingers nimbly on the table, making rhythmic clicking sounds.

"Long time no see, old man."

After locking the door, Lyster sat opposite Jax, took the initiative to pick up the wine bottle and poured a glass of wine for Jax, and filled it for himself.

"What wine?"

"Spirits."

Smelling the bottle, Lyster's eyes lit up.

"The liquor is good, it's worthy of you, come, make a drink before you speak."

Sighing softly, Jax, who was not ready to delve into Lisandro, took off his mask, clinked glasses with Lyster, and drank it all in one gulp.

"I'm honored that sitting across from me now is Lyster, not the Grand Commander, otherwise I'd be the one who poured the wine, or bent over like that."

"Haha, I didn't expect you to learn humor too."

Lyist was unimpressed.

"Whether it's the Grand Commander, Lyster, or even Liszt, when our personal strength reaches the point where we are, power is not so important, what matters is friends who can fight side by side,

After all, there really is a god in this world, and no matter how great the worldly power is, if you annoy God, you have to finish playing with a meteorite."

Jax laughed too.

"It seems that you are here to deal with God?"

"It's not to deal with, it's to kill the gods, pull those guys off their horses and spank them hard."

"And then sit down on your own?"

"Or else?"

Lyist shrugged, and Jax laughed.

"You're so ambitious."

"It's better than sitting back and waiting for the robbers to come and kill you."

And then, Jax's smile vanished.

In the sudden silence, a bitter Jax poured a second glass of wine for himself and Leist.

"Cheers."

"Cheers."

Putting down the wine glass, the two had a tacit understanding to skip the previous topic.

"I have to say, your army has really had a positive impact on Ionia, and it doesn't even look like an 'army', and I've only seen soldiers like this in Demacia."

"Because Noxus doesn't want to be a passerby, gentle means can reduce the resistance to resist, no matter how nice it sounds, it can't hide the fact of aggression, no matter how much we do, we are also bad people in the hearts of the Ionians, and it will take at least two generations to change the impression."

"A compassionate and capable bad guy."

"Actually, such a bad guy is quite attractive, isn't he? Since Ionia is so weak, someone will always come and stab her, so why can't it be me? At least I'll stab me gently to make Ionia less painful, and true growth always comes with pain."

Jax sighed a second time.

"You're under too much pressure, Lyster, you'd better get some rest."

This time, it was Lyster who was silent.