The establishment of the Celestial Dynasty began with the bestowal of the title upon the River God.

Judging from what Commander Zhong said, the military merits of the garrison scouts should have been calculated, but Sanyizhuang was left out.

Could it be that Li Yi failed to enter the city that night, causing the clerk to miss him when counting the number of people?

Fortunately, after guarding the city gate for one day, it was no longer considered their official duty and they could move around at any time.

Li Yi then led his men to the garrison headquarters.

The capital of the Great Yan Dynasty was built against the mountains, not in a square shape. The southwest sides were built against the mountains, forming a tortoise-shaped city.

Because there was more open space and farmland on the northeast sides, the garrison headquarters was also located in the eastern part of the capital, occupying a former mansion of the Great Yan Emperor.

The five of them found the place and had just stepped over the threshold when they bumped into Gongsun Ling leading two men, one with small eyes and the other with tall eyes, out of the mansion. They were all overjoyed.

"I've heard of Brother Li's outstanding military achievements; it seems he's doing quite well among the scouts!"

Li Yi smiled and bowed to the three people in front of him, asking, "Where is eldest sister going?"

Gongsun Ling couldn't help but roll his eyes. "The commander-in-chief wants to abolish the kingdom and establish a prefecture. He will take one character from the names of the local earth god Zhu Xing and the city god Jin Mantang, and replace 'Da Yan' with 'Manxing'."

The man with the large and small eyes chimed in, "From now on, this place will be Manxing County. We, the people in the garrison, must remeasure the fields and spread the news far and wide."

Li Yi nodded knowingly. Since the Great Yan dynasty had ended, the Great Zhou dynasty naturally had no reason to leave its name for the people to remember.

The name "Manxing" is a good choice, as it is named after two gods, and the people of Da Yan might be happy to see it happen.

Gongsun Ling, engrossed in their conversation, led Li Yi and the others into the mansion and asked:

"What great achievements has Brother Li made that have prompted the Assistant Magistrate to summon me for questioning?"

After a moment's thought, Li Yi realized that he hadn't done anything outrageous, except for smashing a hole in the tree cage in a moment of panic when rushing to Meng Qianhu's aid. Could it be that Meng Qianhu had praised him in front of his superiors?

"It's just part of my job," Li Yi said dismissively.

Although they had only been apart for three or four days, they missed each other terribly and decided to linger for a while to chat about their recent experiences.

Since the garrison army did not have to face the border, and their main opponent, Zhu Xing, had three Foundation Establishment cultivators delaying them, they actually exerted very little effort. Instead, they only became tireless after conquering the Great Yan.

Gongsun Ling has been tasked with settling prisoners and pacifying the people around the capital for the past two days, and he has almost covered the entire area.

Li Yi suddenly remembered someone, "Big sister, have you ever seen a metal element cultivator whose limbs have had their major tendons severed?"

Gongsun Ling suddenly remembered that person and chuckled:

"I've seen him. He has a terrible temper! The physician reattached his limbs, but he still tried to fight back. The tall guy beat him up before he finally behaved himself."

"Later, I took him to meet with a group of subordinates, and he finally stopped causing trouble."

The tall man clearly remembered the person and subconsciously turned his wrist.

"Lord Xu gave the ordinary soldiers of the Great Yan two choices: either convert them to civilian status or disband them and incorporate them into our army."

As for cultivators who have entered the Dao, they can return to their hometowns to establish immortal clans, governing a village or township, or remain in the army; in any case, they cannot follow the Great Yan court.

"Xu Gong is truly righteous!"

Li Yi sincerely praised the Qifeng County army, saying that although they had conquered cities and territories without bloodshed, their casualties were minimal.

The war between the two countries ended in such a satisfactory way.

"What choice will the man make?"

"Judging from his appearance, he's naturally ready to retire from the military and return to his hometown. He has no desire to establish any immortal clan. In that case, he can either become a rogue cultivator and venture into the immortal cultivation world of the Great Zhou or the Great Li, or he can return to his hometown in glory and not have to aspire to the path of immortal cultivation, but simply enjoy a life of pleasure."

"He seems quite at ease." Li Yi paused, then suddenly asked, "What's his name? Where is he from?"

The tall man thought for a moment and said, "I don't remember his name, I only know that his surname is Huo and his hometown is Laoni Village in the south."

Li Yi was taken aback. It was Laoni Village again. What a coincidence...

Gongsun Ling leaned against the screen wall, his interest in conversation now exhausted. He propped himself up, bid farewell to the five men from Sanyi Manor, and the two sides then parted ways.

Meng Yunjie's office was temporarily located in the second courtyard of the west wing of the government office.

Li Yi ordered four subordinates to wait outside the courtyard while he requested an audience alone. Unfortunately, he missed the commander, so he had to borrow a courtyard and practice for half a day. Finally, in the afternoon, he waited for Meng Yunjie to arrive.

"grown ups."

"It's Commander Li."

Meng Yunjie smiled faintly and led Li Yi into the government office, where he sat at the head of the table.

"The sentries are busy with official duties right now, why are you still staying in the city?"

Li Yi felt a little helpless; he had really forgotten about Sanyi Manor.

"I was summoned by Lord Liao on the day the city was breached and was unable to enter the city. I have not been assigned any duties yet, and my military merits need to be assessed."

Meng Yunjie immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "That's right!"

He pulled out the roster and looked around.

"Your military achievements have been reported by He Xiaoqi, and I and the rest of the brothers in the team have also verified them, and there are no objections."

"Li Zongqi was commended for his meritorious service in supplying pills to this official, and was awarded ten points for his service as a third-rank official; he was also commended for his service as a messenger to the City God of the Underworld, and for his service as a third-rank official, and for his service as a scout, for subduing a mid-stage cultivator of the Metal element, and for his service as a third-rank official, he was awarded another ten points."

In addition, the squad leader of Sanyizhuang and the captain of the first squad were commended for their meritorious service in searching for and capturing enemy soldiers, totaling fifty points of third-rank military merit and thirty points of second-rank military merit.

Meng Yunjie paused, swept his hand across the table, and took out seven bottles of pills from his spiritual acupoint.

"The five bottles of Blood Qi Pills and the two bottles of Qi-Boosting Pills were borrowed by me that day."

Li Yi was slightly embarrassed, but accepted the five bottles and left one bottle of Qi-boosting pills on the table.

"The adults gave too much."

"It's alright," Meng Yunjie said, waving his hand and pushing the roster to Li Yi. "Li, you can take a look at the military merits of the other brothers from Sanyi Manor yourself."

Since it concerned his brothers' military achievements, Li Yi did not refuse and watched the proceedings in person.

Li Erhu and Guan Tianyou both possessed cultivation skills and each received twenty points of second-rank military merit.

Liu Zhi only had five points, which was enough for him to exchange for Blood Qi Pills. With his previous accumulation, he could easily consume them for two or three months.

However, Zhong Wending has not yet earned any military merits, which is somewhat different from Li Yi's original plan.

I originally thought that military merits would be calculated based on small flags and general flags after the expedition, but because of the difference between mortals and cultivators, they were mostly calculated separately. The remaining merits that were uniformly distributed were really not worth mentioning.

This would be unfair to Chung Man-ting.

Although there are explicit regulations among the major martial dynasties that aim to keep Qi cultivators out of the military system, Li Yi doesn't care about those. He spends every day with Zhong Wending, so naturally he should think about him.

Li Yi already had a general plan in mind and planned to discuss it with his brothers when he got back.

But before that...

He looked up at Qianhu, his expression hesitant.

Meng Yunjie asked with a smile, "Is there a discrepancy in the military achievements of some of your brothers?"

"I remember that when the scouts were exploring the territory of the local deity, their merits were calculated according to the fourth rank..." Li Yi pointed to the "supply of pills" item, "This item should also be considered as having had direct contact with the local deity, and perhaps it can be calculated as a fourth-rank military merit."

"Could you please, sir, put in a good word for me with the military governor?"

Meng Yunjie chuckled and shook his head. "It's clearly written on the roster that Commander Li was credited with supplying pills, not with fighting against the local government. His military merit is naturally not high enough for a fourth-rank official."

"I know you did contribute, but the local deity was attacking me with all his might, which weakened the tree cage. Your punch really didn't amount to much, and to write it down would be taking credit for it."

So that's what Commander Meng was thinking?

Li Yi was suspicious, but since his superior had said so much, if he continued to pester him, he would seem ungrateful, and things wouldn't go so well for him in the future.

So he clasped his hands in farewell and turned to leave, but suddenly Meng Yunjie called him back.

"Commander Li, there's still one bottle of Qi-boosting pills left."