Li Yi walked to the corner of the street, and shopkeeper Qian, who was still waiting, urged the horseman to stop the carriage right in front of Li Yi.

Shopkeeper Qian jumped down and looked at Li Yi's face carefully, "Master..."

Li Yi nodded and boarded the carriage.

Shopkeeper Qian immediately got in.

The air was a little solid. Shopkeeper Qian looked at Zhang Sibao and Lin Yuanlei who were staring blankly in the distance, then looked at the young master's indifferent expression, and suddenly couldn't help but shudder.

For some reason, he felt that the air around the young master was a bit cold.

"How many people do we have in Baoding Mansion?" Li Yi asked.

Shopkeeper Qian felt the chill in Li Yi's words, lowered his head and said: "He San is in charge of the shop guards in Baoding. There are about thirty people, and they are all trustworthy men."

"That's enough. Let He San meet me at the store."

"Yes, I will order you down immediately." Shopkeeper Qian responded, and the carriage fell into silence.

The carriage slowly turned around and drove away from the county government office.

Zhang Sibao watched Li Yi leave in a carriage, and then he snorted heavily.

"No matter what, we must bring down Li Yi this time." Zhang Sibao gritted his teeth and said.

Lin Yuanlei looked away from the carriage, his eyes already very gloomy.

"Now that the county examination has begun, Wangzhi County has successfully delayed this hurdle. If you want to force them again, you can't give them too much time. You must take action as soon as the county examination is over."

Lin Yuanlei had completely lost his original gentleness at this time, and his tone was sinister and full of murderous intent.

This commanding tone made Zhang Sibao a little dissatisfied, but thinking of Lin Yuanlei's future, he swallowed his words and said: "Of course I know this. As soon as the county examination is over, I will immediately take action to entangle more scholars.

Come to make trouble."

Lin Yuanlei nodded and said: "Those rogues planted among the people have been of great use today. They must be properly arranged by then, and it is best to arouse public anger."

Hearing this, Zhang Sibao hesitated and said: "Instigating people to cause trouble is a big deal. If it is not controlled and it leads to riots, it will be terrible."

"What? Are you afraid?" Lin Yuanlei said in a sarcastic tone, "This time the momentum is so big, if you can't do anything to Li Yi, you will lose all your face. After being harmed to such an extent by a pariah, do you still have a way out?

"

The aristocratic family members have a circle of aristocratic family members. To them, causing trouble is a small matter, but losing face is a big deal. Lin Yuanlei has obviously mastered their mentality.

Sure enough, after hearing such stimulating words, Zhang Sibao's eyes were even more frightening. Thinking of the humiliation he had suffered before, he nodded heavily and said: "Don't worry, I will make sure that guy dies without a burial this time."

Lin Yuanlei's plan succeeded and a smile appeared on his face.

The two exchanged a few words, and Lin Yuanlei said goodbye and left.

Time was tight, and Zhang Sibao also had to rush to the examination room with several of his subordinates.

Walking on the road, a scholar said: "Brother Zhang, Lin Yuanlei just used a method to provoke the general and make you take responsibility for your actions. I'm afraid you have fallen into his treacherous plan."

Zhang Sibao glanced at the man and said, "I know."

Hearing the answer, the scholar was surprised, "Brother Zhang knows, why did you still agree to Lin Yuanlei?"

Zhang Sibao's expressionless face suddenly showed a sly smile, and said: "Lin Yuanlei is a confident and smart man. In his opinion, I should be dumber than him, so why should I act smart? Since Lin Yuanlei wants to show off,

Then I will throw the limelight to him."

"Throw the limelight to him?" the scholar next to him asked.

Zhang Sibao smiled coldly, "Li Yi is not that easy to deal with."

The scholars next to him were all stunned.

Zhang Sibao's intention when he said this was very obvious, that is, he was leaving a way out for himself.

What ability does Li Yi have that makes Zhang Sibao so afraid? Even with so many arrangements they made, Zhang Sibao didn't dare to ensure that everything was perfect.

Thinking of this, these scholars were all secretly thinking, should they also leave a way out?

Li Yi was sitting on the main seat, and a warrior in powerful clothing stood in front of him honestly, not daring to make the slightest mistake.

"He San, sit down." Li Yi said.

This well-armed warrior was He San whom he had met when he annexed Yahang. He had been his personal attendant for a period of time. Later, Yahang expanded its stores and needed some guards who knew martial arts, so Li Yi let him out as a guard.

Stewardship.

At present, there are two types of shop stewards, one is civil servants and the other is military attachés.

As the name suggests, civil servants are people who specialize in doing business, running trade routes, and settling accounts. They are divided into three levels. The lowest level is the clerk. If you do well, you can be promoted to steward. If you are talented and have outstanding achievements, you will be ranked

The shopkeeper is in charge of a shop, and the one above is the big shopkeeper, who manages the shops in an area. Shopkeeper Tian is the big shopkeeper under Li Yi, and together with An Xin and Zhang Qian, they manage all the shops under Li Yi.

Wu Guan was specially established to deal with the increasingly chaotic world. The lowest level is the guard, and the ones above are the stewards. If you are good at it, you can become the leader. The leader can lead thirty to fifty people.

, will undergo specialized training for a period of time, and will be responsible for protecting the shops when trouble occurs. On weekdays, they will do some physical labor. There is also a general manager above the team leader. Currently, Li Yi has Sun Yaowen in charge, and Liu He is taking charge.

This He San is currently the leader of the Baoding team, with more than thirty people under his command.

When He San heard Li Yi ask him to sit down, his face relaxed slightly and he sat down carefully.

Although the young master is usually approachable and rarely gets angry, after following him for a long time, his strategizing methods are still admired by people like He San.

Especially when one of them overcame the city defense soldiers and beat down the Wang family, a wealthy family in Gaoyang, they were so admirable that they were afraid of being slighted and letting the young master think that they were bullying him because of his youth.

Li Yi sat in the main seat, his eyes flickering, obviously thinking about something.

He San sat quietly, waiting for instructions.

"He San, are you familiar with Baoding City?" Li Yi looked at him and asked.

"Familiar, of course familiar." He San showed a smile on his face and said: "I am originally from Baoding and grew up in the city. It was only after I injured someone that I ran to Gaoyang to escape."

Baoding and Gaoyang are only a few dozen miles apart. If you commit a crime in Baoding and run to Gaoyang to escape, it seems very stupid, but it was a common thing in ancient times when traffic was bad.

Li Yi naturally understood this and said: "It's good to understand. Take people to investigate and see who participated in this trouble today and find out all the troublemakers inside. If there is a lack of manpower, send

Go find Sun Yaowen and ask him to send someone over."

Hearing that this was the case, He San was immediately relieved and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir, I have been among these rogues since I was a child. It won't take long for today's incident to be investigated clearly."

Li Yi nodded and said: "That's good. You go to the shopkeeper Qian and get thirty taels of silver, and you can take care of it yourself."

Hearing this, the smile on He San's face became even brighter and he said: "This makes me even more confident. I hope you will wait for me. Tomorrow at the latest, I will be able to get things done."

He made repeated promises, said goodbye and left.

Looking at He San's leaving figure, Li Yi let out a long breath.

Now that his power has expanded too much, his subordinates are even more complicated. Although nothing will happen at the moment, if you want to reorganize in the future, you will inevitably spend a lot of effort.

The Anxin lineage is my foundation. It is the Anxin sect composed of the old patriarch, Zhang Mingde and others, while Chen Hongyan, Wang Kui, and Zhao Youlin are the gangster group. Now the Fuguo Society has expanded and there are many people in the world.

, the strength increased greatly, and it became the Fuguoshe faction that cannot be ignored under his subordinates. Now that Yahang has been regained, there are Sun Yaowen, Shopkeeper Tian and Ma Hewen.

The Anxin Faction, the Bandit Faction, the Fu Guo Faction, and the Yaxing Faction are generally the four factions under my command. As for Wang Jin who left, the veteran Wei Sanjin and the refugee Liu He who were conquered before, as well as the mysterious Jin Yiwei Hidden Zhuang*, are

are some individual existences.

Li Yi had previously purposefully integrated the Anxin Sect and the Gangster Sect. This step went very smoothly, because Chen Hongyan had no ambitions, but wanted to help herself wholeheartedly. Wang Kui has now become one with Li Si and others

, called him brothers and sisters, while Zhao Youlin was still a little bit repulsive.

Under the general trend of integration, Zhao Youlin's influence will become smaller and smaller, and it is only a matter of time before a new Anxin faction appears.

On the other hand, Li Yi is also promoting the connection between Fuguoshe and Yaxing to form a more unified and orderly organization.

Sun Yaowen had read books, and he felt Li Yi's intentions keenly, so he kept in contact with Yahang and Fuguo Society, and he also developed friendships with the Jianghu people of Fuguo Society.

Now Ma Hewen has become the manager of Fuguo Society, helping Prime Minister Sun Cerium manage the affairs of Fuguo Society. Shopkeeper Tian has also gained a reputation as a manager. It will not be long before the commercial affairs are reorganized into the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

, merged into Fuguoshe.

In the final analysis, Yaxing is just a Jianghu gang, and it cannot gain much publicity. It is necessary to clean up its name, and Fuguoshe is just suitable to give them a new look.

In the end, as long as Li Yi firmly controls Anxin and Fuguoshe, the control of the entire force will be much stronger.

Among them, Anxin is the foundation and production base. It accumulates wealth and enhances its strength through the continuous production of goods and weapons, and then recruits refugees to form armed forces and accumulate strength to cope with the upcoming troubled times.

As for Fuguoshe, it will absorb various talents and form a high-quality group. It will operate by selling weapons and goods produced by Anxin. It will collect intelligence, analyze current events, and establish various plans and strategies as a force to participate in troubled times.

Strength, try to correct the chaos as much as possible.

An Xin is like a heart, constantly providing strength to Fuguoshe, allowing Fuguoshe to help the country in this troubled world. If it advances, it will help the country to calm down the chaos, and if it retreats, it will protect the land and bring peace to the people.

This is Li Yi's current ambition.

This ambition is not allowed to be blocked by anyone.

Because this is the hope for the 50,000 people from Anxin and the thousands of talents from Baoding to survive in this troubled time.

Li Yi rolled up his wide sleeves and walked to the door with his hands behind his back. The sunset outside was red, and his eyes couldn't be seen clearly for a while.

The second session of the county examination lasted for two days. Once today is over, the county examination will come to an end.

June 14, the first year of Chongzhen

Sky, cloudy.
To be continued...