"You seem to have thought of everything, just put a circle for me to drill?"

Ye Li said to Li Rushan with half-squinted eyes.

Li Rushan laughed and said, "I'm not a circle, after all, what you do is also to save the world."

As for the casters, the ones I will find for you are all my royal casters, and those who have been loyal to the royal family from generation to generation can be trusted. ”

Ye Li nodded when he heard this, and said, "Okay, I understand." ”

After the two made up their minds, Li Rushan left with a smile on his face.

Three days later, Li Rushan sent Ye Li the token of the Wushuang Guoshi, which was made of cyan glaze, and was engraved with Ye Li's name and the word Wushuang.

In addition to the token, Li Rushan also sent Ye Li's certificate as the owner of Dongfang County, as well as a map of Dongfang County's forces.

After all, Dongfang County was a place near the border of the Tang Kingdom, relatively poor and backward, and mixed forces.

In addition to the formation of factions among local officials and gentry clans, there are also bandits and evil households.

However, Li Rushan told Ye Li that these are not troubles, as long as Ye Li is willing, these small things can only be solved in half a month.

After Ye Li has subdued the entire Dongfang County, he can form an army, and he will fully cooperate with Ye Li at that time.

After packing up everything, Ye Li left the palace two days later and set off towards Dongfang County.

Li Rushan arranged two entourages for Ye Li from the palace to follow, one named Qian San and the other named Ding Si, both of whom were brought into the palace for cultivation since childhood, and were absolutely loyal people.

Before leaving, Li Rushan told Ye Li that the two could be absolutely trusted, and if Ye Li had any secret things to tell him, just let the two find a way to pass the message.

And both of them have the strength of the Void God Period, although they are not too strong, they are definitely not too weak, and they can do a lot of things for Ye Li.

Ye Li originally didn't want anyone to follow him, but thinking that he was going to a strange area now, if there were some people around him who could handle trivial matters for him, it would definitely make him a lot easier, so he accepted the existence of the two.

The three of them rode in a large carriage, Qian San was responsible for driving, and Ding Si was responsible for doing all kinds of chores for Ye Li.

Both of them are in their forties, they are very steady and measured, and they will not disturb Ye Li.

Ye Li was basically contemplating the soul seal alone along the way, time was pressing, and his cultivation could not be stopped.

"Young Master, we still have three days to get to Dongfang County, do you want to make some preparations in advance?"

Ding Si asked Ye Li.

Before he came, he had already memorized the information of some important people in Dongfang County in his mind, so that Ye Li would not know anything after he arrived in Dongfang County.

Ye Li nodded and said, "Fourth Brother Ding, tell me, now that the time is just right, I will first learn about the distribution of forces in Dongfang County." ”

Qian San has a rough appearance, a beard and a formula face, and sits in front of the carriage like a coachman.

Ding Si is the complete opposite, wearing a scholarly robe, wearing a square crown on his head, and looking like a literati.

Ding Si touched his lips and stroked his mustache, reached out and took out a map, placed it in front of Ye Li, and said, "Young Master, this is the distribution map of Dongfang County's forces."

You see, in the middle of the map is where your estate is located.

Dongfang County has always been a three-way zone in the past, and it has only been taken over by our Tang Kingdom in recent years, so there is no city built there for the time being.

There are three towns and several villages in the vicinity of your estate, all of which will be your subjects and will have to pay you taxes every year.

In addition to these towns and villages, there are also three underworld forces in Dongfang County, one is the yellow-clothed bandits on Huangliang Mountain, who are entrenched in one side all the year round and are troublesome traders.

The second force was the fish hunters on the edge of the Qingjiang River, who were originally a group of fishermen, but later felt that fishing was not as fast as fishing, so they simply started to grab fish.

Later, I felt that grabbing fish was not as fast as robbing people and goods, so I became a gang of water thieves.

And the last underworld force is the Mengshan Society.

This Mengshan Guild is not a unique gang in Dongfang County, but the second largest gang in the entire Tang Kingdom, and their tentacles have long been extended into the imperial court, and it is even rumored that some officials are their people.

This Mengshan Society also has a stronghold in Dongfang County, and it is not a good deal, in short, the interests of the entire Dongfang County have been divided up by these forces.

Now the imperial court's control over Dongfang County is actually very weak, after all, the candidates from the town mayor to some squires and village chiefs have nothing to do with the imperial court, and they were all elected by the three towns themselves.

The imperial court had already sent someone to set up a temporary county guard position, and wanted to change the county guard to the city guard after the city was built, so as to control one side.

However, the county guards sent basically couldn't do it for even three months, so they would resign and leave, and their existence became the common enemy of the black and white in the Eastern County.

After all, Dongfang County did not have the slightest affection for the Tang Kingdom, let alone a sense of belonging and loyalty, so he was not willing to let the imperial court touch and share their interests at all. ”

Ye Li couldn't help but smack his mouth when he heard this, a trace of dissatisfaction appeared in his eyes, and said, "Brother Rushan, he knows the situation here at all, and he asked me to come over." He just wants me to clean up the mess for him.

Anyway, it's so chaotic here, why don't you send troops to suppress it, are these forces still capable of confronting the Tang State?"

Ding Si pretended not to hear Ye Li call Li Rushan's name, and said, "It's not that we don't want to send troops, but there are too many places that need to send troops, and it won't be here at all for a while."

Most of the counties or cities on the border have similar problems, and if we send troops to suppress them, it is very likely that these people will run clean.

When they leave, they will take most of the residents with them, and soon the entire Dongfang County will become sparsely populated and lose its vitality.

Without enough population, let alone a city, even the original town would be abandoned. ”

Hearing Ding Si's words, Ye Li pondered for a moment and said, "So the current situation is that I have to find a way to subdue these forces, instead of sending heavy troops to exterminate them?"

Ding Si nodded when he heard this, and said, "That's right, we must subdue them, or find a way to restrain them, instead of suppressing them."

The difficulty of this task will increase a lot because of this, otherwise the problem here would have been solved long ago. ”

Ye Li sighed, and couldn't help but complain to Swallow Ri, who was also listening to Ding Si's spark: "Senior Swallow Sun, I feel that the situation here is really a lot, and I don't know if it will be too delayed." ”

Swallowing Sun said: "It will definitely delay time and consume your energy, but you can't refuse, after all, it is very necessary to form an army that can compete with the forces of the Great Soul Heaven."

The time you delay now will save you a lot of worry in the future. ”