Just as Yang Rui had expected, after he, Ding Yuan, and Qiao Mao left Luoyang Imperial City, they didn't encounter any unexpected situations along the way. However, because all the soldiers were in a horse stance, their marching speed naturally couldn't be fast. It wasn't until six days later that they finally walked out of the administrative region.
"System Notification: Respected player Blazing Sun, because you have successfully escorted Ding Yuan out of Si Li territory, Zhang Liao's follower quest has been completed. Do you accept Zhang Liao's follower quest? Please make your choice! "
As soon as the group left Si Li territory, Yang Rui received the system notification that Zhang Liao's follower quest had been completed. Yang Rui didn't hesitate and immediately chose "Yes". Yang Rui's character information list immediately showed Zhang Liao's simple character information.
"Zhang Liao: (Follower Status)
1. Crushing Edge Ambush: Level 1 support skill. Consumes 20 inner strength points per second. Within a range of 1000 * 1000m2, the target's attack power and defense power are increased by 100%. The target's attack power and defense power are decreased by 50%. Can be used with other support skills. The highest support attribute of the same type will be used. Cannot be stacked.
2. Counter: Level 1 battle skill. Consumes 100 inner strength points per use. After use, basic attack power and defense power will increase by 700%. Each use can reduce the target's attack power by 20%. "
Because Zhang Liao was currently in a follower status, his status wasn't much different from Sun Qian's. From his character information, only his main skills could be seen. However, from the two skills that Zhang Liao had, he was comparable to Gao Shun. Thinking about it, he should be a Level 1 historical general!
Actually, Yang Rui had a feeling. Even Gao Shun and Zhang Ning's stats weren't completely displayed. For example, skills like "Tenacious Battle" and "Counter". It felt more like an innate skill. Skills like the "Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain" that came with Zhang Ning's Heavenly Spirit Set didn't appear. Therefore, Yang Rui guessed that there should be more stats unlocked for the historical generals.
Because the marching speed wasn't fast, during the six days of traveling with Ding Yuan and the others, Yang Rui also paid attention to the player territory's status other than practicing inner strength and skills.
The second system update would take 3 days in real life, which was 36 days in game. Currently, only three days had passed. There were still 20 days before the other players would go online.
After Yang Rui's observations, players' territories were currently protected by the system. they couldn't be attacked or communicated with each other. However, the mines and spawn points outside of the players' territories were not protected. Yang Rui, however, he didn't care about these things right now..
Among them, Starlight's base was located in Mengjin, not far northwest of Luoyang Imperial City. Dragon Soul's base was located in Hong Nong's territory. It was unknown how these two parties would choose their factions in the second large-scale game storyline. It was very likely that he would side with Dong Zhuo. Otherwise, his base would be in danger!
When they passed through Hulao Pass, Yang Rui carefully observed the surrounding terrain. Previously, when Yang Rui escorted Zhang Rang and the others, he had only used the Flying Carpet to travel along the river. Only after passing through the pass did he truly experience its majesty. As expected, the impregnable pass was as tough as iron. Aside from the Yellow River's surface, Hulao Pass had firmly blocked off the rest of the pass. Guarding this place also meant guarding the throat from the east to Luoyang.
Hulao Pass was one of the main battlefields of the upcoming crusade against Dong Zhuo. In the near future, Yang Rui might very well come here again. After asking around, the surrounding NPCs only knew about Hulao Pass. They didn't know about the existence of Sishui Pass. In the end, the soldiers guarding the pass answered Yang Rui's doubts. It turned out that Hulao Pass had once been called Sishui Pass. The two names were actually the same pass.
Wild Jujube and Chen Liu were not far from Hulao Pass. The distance between the two was even closer. Yang Rui even considered leaving the 1,500 water soldiers on the bank of the Yellow River, between Chen Liu and Wild Jujube, so that they could be used to attack Dong Zhuo in the future. However, as there was still some time left, he ultimately gave up on the idea.
In the current chaos of war, if he left the water soldiers here for too long, who knew what kind of problems would occur? However, he had to admit that the water soldiers would most likely be the only ones that would be useful when the time came to attack Dong Zhuo. As long as Dong Zhuo did not cause any trouble on the Yellow River, the water soldiers could easily pass by Hulao Pass.
Now that Zhang Liao's task of tagging along was complete, there was no longer any danger in continuing their journey east. Hence, when everyone arrived near Chen Liu, Yang Rui parted ways with Ding Yuan and Qiao Mao. Ding Yuan headed to Taishan County to take up his post as governor, and Qiao Mao returned to the East County. As for Yang Rui, he went to gather the cavalry and water soldiers stationed near Chen Liu.
The horses that Yang Rui had consigned to Chen Liu had already arrived at the relay station. However, this trip was destined to be a waste of money. Yang Rui might even have to spend a lot of effort to get the horses back. Yang Rui could not help but feel a headache coming on.
Fortunately, in the end, Yang Rui found A Pint of Incense Inn in Chen Liu City. After explaining his identity and his relationship with A Pint of Incense, he successfully entrusted 12000 horses to the inn.
In fact, this was not surprising. A Pint of Incense originally had a horse trading business. Now that Yang Rui was the Governor of Yi Province, even if he directly went to the inn, A Pint of Incense would still accept this business out of respect. Furthermore, Yang Rui and A Pint of Incense had a long-term relationship and had several agreements. In the end, A Pint of Incense did not even charge a copper for the fodder, and the fees for custody and so on were all waived.
Moreover, because of Yang Rui entrusting the horses, another thing was revealed. It turned out that the boss behind A Pint of Incense was the Wei Clan in Chen Liu City. When they arrived at Chen Liu City, they would arrive at the headquarters of A Pint of Incense. Yang Rui did not know this before.
When Yang Rui found A Pint of Incense, the head of the Wei Clan, Wei Zi, had already taken out a lot of financial resources to support Cao Cao and help him go to Yangzhou to recruit soldiers. Even so, the Wei Clan still attached great importance to Yang Rui as the Governor of Qing Province. Not only did they promise to hold Yang Rui's horses for free for a month, the head of the Wei Clan even sent a son to follow Yang Rui and be fully responsible for the cooperation between A Pint of Incense and Yang Rui. He also coordinated the business of A Pint of Incense in Qing Province and Yan Province.
This son was called Wei Xiu, and he was only seventeen or eighteen years old. When they first met, he was very close to Yang Rui. There were not many taboos in his behavior and speech, so he was repeatedly reprimanded by his father for being impudent. If that was all, it would be fine. The key point was that Cheng Yu at the side discovered the abnormality at a glance. Wei Xiu was not Wei Zi's son! Wei Xiu was originally a girl!
When Cheng Yu whispered this fact to Yang Rui, the behavior of Wei Xiu and his daughter was somewhat thought-provoking. However, Yang Rui did not care too much about this. The key point was that he had another follower by his side that he could use.
"Wei Xiu (Follower Status): Speculation (Talent Skill), can save 10% of the purchase cost."
Although Wei Xiu was not a famous historical figure, after he followed Yang Rui, a skill was displayed. It was a talent skill that belonged to the business category. Moreover, a 10% skill range was not considered low among similar talents. Yang Rui was looking forward to its use.
At this moment, they were already out of the administrative region. The storage ring and other storage equipment could be freely used. Therefore, after negotiating with A pint of incense and gaining a helper, Yang Rui placed all of his subordinates into the storage ring and used the teleportation formation in Chen Liu City to teleport directly to Juping City.
Yang Rui patrolled the various territories such as Dashan City and made some adjustments to the production and defense of the territories. Then, he continued to rush to Linzi, the administrative center of Qingzhou. He quickly sent a message to the various counties and vassal states, requesting their leaders to meet Yang Rui in Linzi.
Now that Yang Rui had become the Governor of Qingzhou, he was in charge of the military and political power of Qingzhou. The six counties and vassal states under his jurisdiction treated Yang Rui differently. After receiving Yang Rui's message, they all came obediently, including the two prefectures of the counties and the three state ministers of the vassal states. Among them, the position of the state minister of North Sea Nation was vacant, so they sent a replacement.
It was undeniable that the identity of the Governor of Qingzhou was the main reason why the six counties obeyed his orders. However, the prestige that Yang Rui had established in Qingzhou also played a huge role. At the current stage, most of the Governors appointed by the Han Dynasty had to put in a lot of effort to control a prefecture. In comparison, Qingzhou had Yang Rui's previous accumulation of power.
It was also at this time that Yang Rui realized that he did not know more than half of the five prefectures and state ministers present. It was even the first time that he had met them!
However, this was not important. Yang Rui did not intend to use these people for a long time. This time, he summoned them only to let the counties know that Yang Rui had been promoted to the Governor of Qingzhou. In addition, it was to settle some basic matters, and at the same time, to witness the establishment of Yang Rui's prefecture.
"Blazing Sun has been entrusted by the Han Dynasty to be the Governor of Qingzhou on behalf of the Emperor. In the future, I will have to rely on the help of all of you present."
Yang Rui first greeted the five people who came forward, then his tone changed and became serious as he continued to say, "I'm sorry.
"As this Governor has only taken over Qingzhou for a short time, I have invited all of you here mainly to order the counties to carry out a census of the population, land, and resources as the basis for the development of Qingzhou. I hope that all of you will pay attention to this matter!
In addition, from today onwards, this Governor will officially establish a prefecture and establish a prefecture. The Governor's Mansion of the State of Qi will be used as the Governor's Mansion of Qingzhou. Cheng Yu will be appointed as the Governor's Mansion of Beihai Nation of Qingzhou. Sun Qian will be appointed as the Governor's Mansion of Qingzhou. Gao Shun will be appointed as the Governor's Mansion of Qingzhou. Zhang Ning will be appointed as the Governor's Mansion of Qingzhou. Zhang Liao will be appointed as the Governor's Mansion of Qingzhou. The above positions will be reported to the Emperor later. Is everyone clear? "
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