The total Merit points and Contribution points were related to the final ranking of the storyline. However, Yang Rui had already obtained more than 30 million Merit points. The second-place Tracing Dragon Soul had only obtained a little over 2 million Merit points. Even if Yang Rui exchanged for the remaining Flowing Cloud Tent, it would still be several times more than that!
After exchanging for the Drifting Cloud Tent and settling the matters in Grand Mountain City, Yang Rui rode the Flying Carpet to Qingzhou. Grand Mountain City was already very close to Qingzhou. After arriving here, Yang Rui could not help but want to take a look. ()
Yang Rui originally wanted to bring 10000 maids with him to Qingzhou. They could be used to train in the Penglai Land Map. However, in the end, they were too eye-catching. He could only wait until after the Dong Zhuo Rebellion storyline ended. When Yang Rui's Storage Ring could be used again, he could then transport them all at once.
At present, these 10,000 maids and 1000 advanced lifestyle players were still in Wei Tang Town. Yang Rui had already asked Wu Anguo to take some time at night to transport these maids and lifestyle players to Grand Mountain City through the waterway while guarding Grand Mountain City.
With the strong protection of Wu Anguo, the First Warriors, and Daggerboat, as well as all the bandit leaders staying in Mountain City, Yang Rui didn't have to worry about any accidents in terms of transporting palace maids and life professions.
Yang Rui traveled lightly. He rode the Flying Carpet and quickly left Taishan County and entered the Qingzhou Kingdom of Qi. Along the way, he encountered two groups of migrating NPC civilians. After asking, he found out that they were going to the North Sea Kingdom. Yang Rui was surprised and, of course, secretly happy. There were more than 1000 people in the two groups of migrating people.
Moreover, from what Yang Rui learned, there was an endless stream of NPC civilians migrating to the North Sea Kingdom recently. Most of them were going to the Qingzhou Kingdom to implement the farm policy and the resource exchange policy. This at least showed that the two policies implemented by Yang Rui were very successful.
The reality of the situation was better than he had expected. Therefore, Yang Rui did not stay any longer and went straight to the county seat of Northern Sea Nation. Firstly, Yang Rui wanted to understand the recent situation in Qing Province as soon as possible. Secondly, Yang Rui was still in the midst of Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, so he had to hurry back to Heyin County. In the meantime, Yang Rui also planned to go to the East County to check on the situation of his troops and Ding Yuan.
"Cheng Yu greets the general!"
After about two hours, Yang Rui rushed to the Drama County and saw Cheng Yu. Cheng Yu took the initiative to talk about the recent situation in the North Sea Kingdom and the entire Qingzhou.
The two talked for a while. As Yang Rui learned some information before, the implementation of the farm policy and the resource exchange policy in the North Sea Kingdom had achieved initial results. At present, there was still some surplus after satisfying the Liegeman of the North Sea Kingdom and paying the funds due to the various counties. This also showed the huge advantage of the farm policy.
The amount of resources that a Liegeman of a county could collect in a day was very large. Even so, the food produced by the farm policy was still enough to exchange. This basically showed that the North Sea Kingdom had achieved self-sufficiency in food even though the disaster was still serious.
To be able to achieve such an effect, Yang Rui had the production resource of sweet potatoes in the farm policy. The production performance of sweet potatoes was indeed excellent. In the drought and the hilly areas of the North Sea Kingdom, it was still able to defend 40% of the city. This was one of the prerequisites for the success of the Army Farm System.
Secondly, before the implementation of the farm policy, Yang Rui had formulated the resource exchange policy and fully mobilized the initiative of officials at all levels. As a result, he had mobilized and gathered enough refugees and civilian NPC labor force. Under the circumstances of making full use of a large amount of abandoned land, the production of sweet potatoes was also guaranteed.
This was only on the level of food. In fact, the biggest income of Qingzhou was various basic resources! As most of the food produced by the farm policy had been exchanged by the NPC Liegeman, the amount of resources hoarded in Qingzhou was already a large number. It was so large that it could only be counted by the number of warehouses.
Since the implementation of the farm policy and the resource exchange policy, the Drama County of the North Sea Kingdom had built more than 10 large warehouses. The entire North Sea Kingdom had built more than 100 large warehouses. If it were to be compared to the entire Qingzhou, this number would be more than double.
It was clearer to compare this scale with Dashan City. The entire territory of Dashan City, including food, wood, stone, and other basic resources, did not have more than 15 large warehouses. This meant that the number of newly added warehouses was about 20 times that of Dashan City!
Yang Rui had already mentally prepared himself on the way back to Qingzhou. However, the actual situation still exceeded Yang Rui's expectations. In North Sea Kingdom and most of Qingzhou, the current NPC Liegeman's life had already stabilized. There were no refugees or disaster victims to be seen. Instead, all kinds of basic production were flourishing.
It was precisely because of the good situation in Qingzhou, especially the fact that North Sea Kingdom was the first to promote the farm policy and the resource exchange policy, that the phenomenon of NPC civilians constantly migrating to the nearby counties had appeared. According to Cheng Yu's rough calculation, the number of NPC civilians who had migrated to Qingzhou from all over the country had exceeded 200,000 in the past month!
Yang Rui could not help but feel emotional. "Mr. Cheng, thank you for your hard work!"
"Although Qingzhou's development is gratifying, there are still some problems. General, you still have to pay attention to them. There are also some counties that are not very cooperative with the farm policy and the resource exchange policy. Among them, the situation in the north of Pingyuan County is particularly prominent … "
Next, Cheng Yu pointed out some of the problems encountered during the implementation of the two policies throughout Qingzhou in detail, including those that did not obey Cheng Yu's orders and did not hand over food and resources on time. Pingyuan County, in particular, relied on the fact that it was relatively far away and delayed the delivery of food and resources. Cheng Yu instructed Yang Rui to pay more attention to the situation.
Cheng Yu's judgment had always been very accurate. Therefore, Yang Rui had always paid more attention to Cheng Yu's opinions. Pingyuan County was highlighted by Cheng Yu, so Yang Rui took it to heart. He was prepared to vigorously rectify Pingyuan County after the Dong Zhuo's Rebellion plot ended.
After learning about the overall situation in Qingzhou, Yang Rui was relieved to temporarily hand it over to Cheng Yu. As the Dong Zhuo's Rebellion plot could change at any time, Yang Rui did not stay in North Sea for long. After half a day, Yang Rui rode the Wind Carpet and flew in the direction of the East County.
Although it was night, Yang Rui had already discovered some clues before he arrived at Puyang, the administrative center of the East County. There seemed to be no trace of the Black Mountain Army in the East County. It was not until Yang Rui arrived at Puyang that he learned that the Black Mountain Army had retreated four or five days ago.
Yang Rui also realized that it was no wonder that Xingyao and Dragon Soul had their eyes on Dashan City again. It turned out that they had freed themselves from this place!
"… I didn't expect Lu Bu to really follow that old thief Dong Zhuo. My rule is tyrannical!"
After Ding Yuan saw Yang Rui and greeted each other, he first talked about Lu Bu. When Ding Yuan came from the east near Hulao Pass to kill the Black Mountain Army, Lu Bu had not officially appeared. It turned out that Ding Yuan had been paying attention to Lu Bu's whereabouts all this time!
"Brother Jianyang, you don't have to care too much about this matter. Lu Bu's nature is not right, which is why the current situation has happened. It has nothing to do with Brother Jianyang's rule."
Seeing that Ding Yuan was very disappointed, Yang Rui also spoke up to persuade him. From Ding Yuan's performance, it could be seen that he still cared about Lu Bu very much. However, it was not clear whether he cared about Lu Bu's extraordinary combat power or the relationship between father and son.
"Sigh! Lu Bu is an outstanding person. His nature is not bad, but he is impatient and not resolute. I originally wanted to temper him with all my heart and did not have any selfish desires for him. Who would have thought that the result would be like this … sigh … "Ding Yuan seemed to have high hopes for Lu Bu as he sighed incessantly.
Yang Rui could only persuade him from the side. Yang Rui had some understanding of Ding Yuan. He knew that he did not have the heart to fight for hegemony and should be loyal to the Han Dynasty. However, looking at the current situation, the Young Emperor was in Yang Rui's hands and Emperor Xian was in Dong Zhuo's hands. Even if Ding Yuan wanted to be loyal, it would not be easy.
Especially now that the Black Mountain Army had retreated and Lu Bu had submitted to Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan seemed to be in low spirits. Yang Rui could see this clearly from the side. Thus, he did his best to persuade Ding Yuan to return to Taishan County to develop his power and wait for an opportunity to repay the Han Dynasty.
Ding Yuan was originally somewhat at a loss. If not for Yang Rui's persuasion, he would have gone to Luoyang to meet up with the heroes and suppress Dong Zhuo together. However, after Yang Rui told him that the heroes all had their own ulterior motives, Ding Yuan listened to Yang Rui's advice and led his troops to Taishan County.
It was not that Yang Rui had never thought of subduing Ding Yuan. However, Ding Yuan was also one of the heroes and there was basically no possibility of him being subdued. Now that Yang Rui had advised him to return to Taishan County and set up a separatist regime, it was a better choice. At least for a period of time, Yang Rui and Ding Yuan's strength would be close and they could help each other out.
After Ding Yuan led his troops, Yang Rui also ordered all the troops that had followed Ding Yuan to return to Green Province. This included more than 120,000 Fourth Grade Green Province soldiers, more than 2,000 Fifth Grade cavalry, more than 1,000 Fifth Grade Yellow Turban strongmen, and more than 30000 Fourth Grade Yellow Turban soldiers. Before this, they were all led by beginner and intermediate generals.
The current situation in Green Province was good, but Yang Rui could sense the difficulty of implementing the policy. Yang Rui sent most of the soldiers back to Green Province so that Cheng Yu could implement the policy freely.
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