Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Qin Hui hasn't been found?"

After Huyan Zhuo and Qin Ming returned from beyond the Great Wall with their troops, Sun An noticed that their expressions were not good and asked them directly.

"No, but I saw a lot of wreckage."

Qin Ming's face was gloomy, and his tone was very unfriendly.

"Human?"

Sun An's expression also turned cold.

"Yes, there are wrecks everywhere, all human remains, probably those of the captured soldiers."

Hu Yanzhuo stated that he could not have mistaken the human remains.

"It seems that the Jurchens really don't have enough food to eat."

Sun An's expression was very serious.

"Tell all soldiers to strengthen their defenses during this time, and at the same time assist the engineering battalion in building the city walls, and rebuild the city's defenses as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, the orders have already been given."

Qin Ming nodded, then continued to ask:

"Should we save Qin Hui or not?"

"You didn't see his body?"

Sun An was somewhat surprised.

"No, he was a scholar and his health was rather weak. Although there were ruins everywhere, I looked and he wasn't among them."

Hu Yanzhuo added.

"I'll ask my brother for his opinion again. By the way, Pengju and Zaixing, we'll have to trouble you two brothers."

Since Sun An had already decided to play the villain against Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing, others had to play the good cop.

"Don't worry, we'll talk to them. Those two guys aren't ordinary people; they won't understand."

Qin Ming and Hu Yanzhuo said that they would communicate well, and that Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing, those two little rascals, would definitely be fine with them too.

As for Qin Hui... we are truly sorry, they have done their best, but in the end they could not find him, and there was nothing they could do.

……

The situation in the north has temporarily come to an end. When the news reached Bianjing, Ren Yuan shook his head helplessly.

Qin Hui was abducted and never found. It seems that history sometimes really does correct itself.

"Tell Su Ding and Xie Ning to keep an eye on Qin Hui's whereabouts in secret. If they can find him, they should check on him."

"What if we defect to the enemy?"

"kill."

Ren Yuan's words carried an indescribable chill.

"What if they didn't defect to the enemy?"

"We can try to save them, but what if we can't..."

Ren Yuan thought for a moment, then changed his wording:

"Then end his suffering."

"Yes."

When Shi Qian left the hall, he found that his back was unusually damp. He wondered if it was just his imagination, but after learning that Qin Hui had been kidnapped, the murderous aura around his brother suddenly became particularly strong!

Even at the very end, her own brother showed no intention of saving Qin Hui! This was something unimaginable before.

Either Qin Hui's capture this time must be due to something special, or... he changed after his brother took that position?

Shi Qian shook his head. The possibility of the second idea was almost non-existent, because his brother treated his brothers the same as always, so only the first possibility remained.

"Just who is this Qin Hui? Why is my brother so wary of him?"

Although Shi Qian believed that his brother was born with knowledge, no one had ever made him pay so much attention before. Therefore, Shi Qian decided to investigate Qin Hui thoroughly again and decided to use the elite of the Shadow Army to find out about Qin Hui's whereabouts in the Jin Kingdom.

He would eliminate any potential threat for his brother! That was the very reason for the existence of the Shadow!

Meanwhile, Ren Yuan finally put down his pen. After spending more than a month, he finally compiled a policy suitable for the current Yi Kingdom. It included and integrated various strategies that he had previously discussed with the strategists. He called it the Three-Year Plan. In the next three years, as long as the plan is followed well, the national strength of Dayi will definitely rise sharply!

Looking at the snow falling outside, Ren Yuan clenched his fist.

The Jin Dynasty, is it? I'll give you three years! We'll come back in three years!

……

Three years later,

In the south of Yiguo, Quanzhou Port.

This is now the largest port in southern Yi Kingdom. Almost every day, large ships can be seen sailing in and out of here, bringing all kinds of goods to the dock. The dock is bustling with people.

The State of Yi has been established for three years since 1117. During these three years, Ren Yuan has focused on improving people's livelihoods and has vigorously implemented various policies to benefit the people.

For example, when it came to road construction, all the post stations in various places carried out construction work under Ren Yuan's orders. Ren Yuan did not directly assign the long sections of roads that ran through the entire prefecture to the local government. Instead, he adopted a method of contracting out sections, with the government responsible for one section, the people responsible for another section, and the local wealthy merchants and powerful families responsible for another section. The three parties could supervise each other's construction period and quality.

As for the construction blueprints and requirements, the military informed the contractor in charge. Moreover, every quarter, shadowy forces would randomly inspect the progress. If corruption or dereliction of duty was discovered, the responsible officer would be arrested and taken to the capital, and all subordinates who were accomplices would be executed without mercy.

Some wealthy merchants and powerful families in the Jiangnan region initially tried to oppose Ren Yuan by delaying construction and withholding wages. Ren Yuan, without any further discussion, led his army directly to the scene, annihilating the two most vocal families. All the confiscated money and grain were invested in road construction throughout Jiangnan. The assets that those powerful families thought they could preserve were ultimately transformed into resources for the development of Jiangnan.

Of course, the killings were indeed quite brutal. Some powerful families couldn't stand it anymore. They felt that even the Song Dynasty could only govern the country together with the scholar-officials. How could Ren Yuan, a mere military man, be so arrogant after he had luckily gained the country?

They then planned to launch a rebellion in Jiangnan, but the rebellion failed because the entire Eastern Field Army of Dayi came out, and Bian Xiang, ranked fifth on the martial arts list, personally took action, plundering all the powerful families and gangsters in Jiangnan, to the point that even the children of Jiangnan would stop crying at the mere mention of Bian Xiang's name.

The effect was good; both the legitimate and criminal factions in Jiangnan were completely pacified and dared not have any more thoughts of going against the imperial court. However, because he offended powerful families, Bian Xiang also offended some scholars. Among the marshals of the four major field armies of Dayi in the past three years, Bian Xiang was the one who was attacked the most.

Besides road construction, Ren Yuan vigorously promoted maritime trade and commerce. There were plenty of resources overseas, especially in the southeast, where there were crops and minerals. The South Sea Fleet set sail in the second half of 1117 and recovered Ryuchiu in three months. A major port was established in southern Ryuchiu. Li Jun saw that the terrain around the port was very high and magnificent, so he directly named the port "Kaohsiung Port"! Ren Yuan naturally approved it directly.

Now, the local ports of Quanzhou and Kaohsiung in Liuchiu have become the gateways to the outside world for the entire Dayi Sea. Under the threat of the Nanyang Fleet, the countries of Southeast Asia have come to pay tribute.

At first, they thought that Yi Kingdom's tribute was the same as that of the previous Central Plains dynasties. As long as they brought some local specialties, they could exchange them for things worth ten or even a hundred times more from Yi Kingdom.

But when they first came to pay tribute with all that rubbish, Ren Yuan smiled, smeared them with honey, and threw them into a jar full of ants and insects. Amid their pleas for mercy, he gave them his orders.

Either we fight Yiguo, or from now on we open up maritime trade between all countries and do business with Yiguo, as long as it's real gold and silver or anything of value.

Those small countries naturally dared not go against Ren Yuan and were willing to return to their countries to allow their rulers to open up maritime trade. However, once they reached the sea, they changed their minds and began to curse and mock Ren Yuan.

However, what they didn't expect was that this was exactly the opportunity the Nanyang Fleet had been waiting for. Not long after they finished cursing Yiguo, Li Jun appeared with the Nanyang Fleet and taught those small countries a lesson with their powerful ships and cannons!

During that tribute mission, each small country sent only one envoy to return with a bag full of the heads of his colleagues. This powerful military deterrence directly led the Southeast Asian countries to completely submit to the emperor!

Today, Li Jun's fleet is about to return home. They are very happy because, after tireless efforts, they have finally found the high-yield seeds that Ren Yuan and his strategists mentioned back then! They are determined to bring these things back safely!

"It's been almost two years since I've been back. I wonder what Yiguo is like now..."