Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

Seeing that everything had been arranged, Li An took his three disciples to stroll around the city, inspecting the construction progress of various new departments, especially the reconstruction of several people's banks and the construction of academies and military schools.

As for the Salt and Iron Bureau and the Agriculture Bureau, those were matters that the palace should be concerned about, so Li An didn't take them too seriously.

Needless to say, the Agricultural Department will be very useful in promoting crops in the later stage, but the three disciples should still be the main force in the early stage. As for the Salt and Iron Department, Li An plans to hold a meeting at the end of March and ask salt merchants across the country to send representatives to Shangjing City to participate in the bidding.

Now we are just passing on this news.

Several people met Hong Kaijia at the new site of the academy. Several disciples seemed very happy, but they were secretly sad because of the matter of the Xu brothers.

"Open armor, how's the progress?"

"Teacher, the academy will be available at the beginning of next month, but as for the military academy, we may have to wait for a while."

Because Hong Kaijia had to complete some strange requirements of his teacher for the military academy, he had no choice but to extend the construction period in order to achieve excellence.

"Try to speed up the process!" Li An nodded helplessly.

There is no other way. If we want to train military academy students according to the method in the mobile phone, we will need to use a lot of facilities and equipment, and there will also be many requirements for the venue.

Now that Ang Lee can mobilize resources from across the country, he will naturally not be polite.

"Have there been any progress with the Military Equipment Manufacturing Office and the Shipbuilding Department?"

"Hey! The military equipment is OK, after all, I also worked as a blacksmith with you for a while." Hong Kaijia scratched his head embarrassedly, this is a habit of his. "As for the Ship Department, we are still recruiting shipbuilders from all over the country, so it's not urgent. As for the taxation of river and sea transportation, you have to ask my junior brothers and sisters to help me!"

Li An nodded. He knew that it was difficult for his eldest disciple. He was at a loss as to who to choose. After a moment, he thought of someone.

"can!"

Hong Kaijia then breathed a sigh of relief and went on to introduce the academy.

When Li An returned to Wanshizhai, it was already evening. The three disciples who specialized in agronomy would go to bed early today and go to the suburbs to start planting tomorrow.

When the carriage stopped at Wanshizhai, Li An was startled by the long queue outside. He quickly ordered the coachman to make a circle, and several people returned to the mansion through the back door.

Zhao Tong'er was still making money for her teacher in the front yard at this time. After they had a quick dinner, Li An called Chen Xiao over.

That’s right, this person was the disciple who was previously arranged to go to Qing Yu Tang to learn skills.

Li An then arranged for him to form an imperial merchant in Shangjing, annex the existing imperial merchants of Northern Qi, and take charge of all affairs. He gave him his own jade pendant and asked him to take it to the palace to handle everything in the future.

He is the head of the imperial merchant that Li Ang has prepared!

Not only that, when the People's Bank is on the right track in the future, this disciple will take over.

Li An wanted to see whether the Taiping Money House controlled by Si Gu Jian's disciple Li Bohua was better, or the People's Money House controlled by his own disciple Chen Xiao was stronger!

Now, everything is ready and we just have to wait for the academy to open at the beginning of next month.

Ang Lee returned to his study and began to organize the teaching materials and outlines needed for future teaching.

He planned to teach only the knowledge that was useful to Qi at this stage, with the focus on training the grassroots officials needed by the whole country. These officials were used to collect tax revenue, measure land, conduct censuses, investigate and draw mountains and rivers, and draw traffic maps. At the same time, they could also educate the people to a certain extent. Otherwise, if there were any policies and decrees issued in the future, the people would not understand them, which would be funny!

This kind of official will have a hard time, but the world is most in need of such people.

As for the source of students, Li An would exclude all the powerful families and only recruit children from poor families. The ideal situation is to train the first batch of students within a year. In addition to leaving some people to substitute for classes, the rest will be arranged to take up posts in towns and villages in counties and prefectures. Each person will be accompanied by a Jinyiwei, Heibingtai or military academy graduate, who can be regarded as Zhan Zhao beside Bao Gong. This is considered to be a harmonious government and people, with ears and eyes all over the country, eliminating those who are not suitable!

Just as Li An's mind was running wild, he was thinking, checking his phone, and supplementing the lesson plan from time to time, when he suddenly stopped the brush in his hand and looked in one direction.

Outside the window, there were figures floating around. It looked like there were two of them, and they were very far away.

Li Ang's ears moved slightly, feeling the meaning of the wind, he tapped his feet lightly, and instantly turned into a beautiful flying swan under the moon, disappearing into the vast night.

Also gone was a silver box!

Chapter 186: Second Sacrifice to Master Sanshi.

At the end of February, spring had not yet fully sprouted, the wind was still cold, and the entire Shangjing City was still covered with a thin layer of frost. It was late at this time, and except for some places that opened late and special industries, there were not many pedestrians walking on the street.

Li An landed on the eaves of a house and stood there. The sword box moved silently behind him like a shadow.

At this time, he was still quite a distance away from the two men, but he could clearly see their clothes and appearance.

One of them was an old acquaintance. His face was as pale as a corpse and was wrapped in a white towel. Apart from his very ordinary linen clothes, his burly figure attracted people's attention.

The other one was very mysterious. He was tall and wore a straw hat. There seemed to be an invisible barrier around his body. Even the cold wind could not lift the brim of the hat.

Li An couldn't see the second person's appearance clearly, but he already understood who the other person was, or what he wanted to do.

This giant man wearing a bamboo hat is Master Sanshi, the second priest of the Qing Temple who traveled thousands of miles and endured untold hardships to visit Jiangnan, Qingguo and Northern Qi.

How did these two get together?

Sanshi withdrew his gaze from the lights of Shangjing City and sighed sincerely, as if he was still not satisfied. But seeing that the target of this trip had appeared, he lowered his body and used his strength to shoot in the direction of Li An first.

Perhaps sensing the motive of the visitor, Li An did not make any extra movements. He just stroked the outer wall of the sword case with his left hand from time to time, as if thinking about something.

"Meet the Imperial Master of Northern Qi!"

"Three stones?"

"The wise eye of the national teacher."

"You have something to say."

"cooperate!"

"Oh?" Li An was slightly startled, but that didn't stop him from chuckling. Is this a good thing?

With his mind racing, Li An asked, "Are you here on behalf of Emperor Qing or the Junshan Society?"

"Both!"

The face under the Sanshi hat is unknown, but Ang Lee is very unhappy.

"No matter who it is for, the most basic courtesy between people is to show your true colors. Obviously, you are not sincere." Li An became interested. It is not known whether it is a success or a failure to be a person like Sanshi. Since you want to make profits by playing both sides, you must be prepared to be abandoned by both sides.

And that is indeed how it actually developed.

"What does appearance have to do with it? Just like when I wear this hat, the Imperial Master can still recognize my identity."

"After all, it's our first meeting, so I can forgive you once. But the next time, you'll have to risk your life. Or will you never appear in front of me again?"

Sanshi fiddled with the willow branch in his hand. It was his favorite thing and also the embodiment of his spirit. But as soon as he exerted force in his hand, the willow branch was broken into two ends.

He took out the first willow branch and said, "Let's talk about the first thing first."

Li An did not get into his rhythm, but just cast his eyes on the sackcloth-clothed man in the distance. Looking at his tightly wrapped appearance, it was like a fine object becoming incomplete, which suddenly made people feel dull.

Seeing that Li An ignored him, Sanshi continued to talk to himself: "The Spring Examination has already started in advance, and half a month is enough to finish it, and that is the time I came to Shangjing from Jiangnan."

"Tell the important point!"

Li An's hand, stroking the sword case, had already exerted a little force, as if a volcano was cooling down and would erupt mercilessly soon!

"Fan Xian is about to go to Jiangnan. I will go and kill him."

Sanshi said in a calm tone, as if it was a non-significant matter.

"What do you need me to do?"

"Take the troops to the border, and take the Northern Qi imperial merchants and enough silver to Jiangnan."

Li An nodded. He understood who Sanshi was representing to discuss this cooperation.

"What can Li Yunrui give me?"

"The entire Junshan Society!"

Li An burst out laughing. To be honest, he and Fan Xian were somewhat close friends. But things always develop. Although the two did not say it explicitly, they both wanted to kill each other. The reason was that they were on different paths and had serious differences.

The reason why Li An hasn't taken action against Fan Xian yet is, firstly, he hasn't found the right opportunity; secondly, he doesn't intend to kill him, because it's not the right time.

Killing Fan Xian at this time would undoubtedly unite the entire Qing Kingdom into a whole, and this whole would have only one goal: to defeat Northern Qi and kill Li An.

If it was three years later, Li Ang would naturally not be afraid, but now, it is not the case.

The most critical thing is that he will provoke Wu Zhu. By then, he will not know how many grandmasters he will face.

I wonder how many masters my sword can defeat?

"The following information is paid content, do you want to hear it?"

Sanshi didn't ask about the price, and said in a deep voice without hesitation: "I want to."

Li An nodded and said, "There is only one possibility for Fan Xian to go to Jiangnan. The high priest above you will die, and you will die. The Ming family and Junshan will be destroyed or turn into darkness."

"Perhaps the Grand Master doesn't know our strength yet." Sanshi did not deny the truth of Li An's words. He was just stating a fact that he believed in. "Junshan Society was originally a loose union. Perhaps this organization did not have a specific goal, and once everyone found a certain goal, they would move towards that goal together."

"And how can a collective that is originally loose be defeated?"

"With your ability, the Imperial Master may be able to guess who the people and forces that make up the Junshan Society are! How can you still say the above?"

"One million taels of silver, to be delivered to Shangjing within a month!"

Li An's momentum was rising. He said, "The list is your connection, not to mention that I know the information of these members. What, don't you worry that I will take action against Junshan? Or do you plan to kill me afterwards?"

Sanshi shook his head, as if explaining that if this scene was seen by someone who knew him well, they would doubt the world on the spot: "We will not attack you, but if the State Master wants to destroy Junshan, I'm afraid it will be beyond his reach."

What he said was not wrong. The two places were thousands of miles apart, and Jiangnan was in the heart of Qing State.

"Then let me tell you, your death was not because of Fan Xian, but because of Emperor Qing?" Li An raised the corner of his mouth. The other person's face was covered by the hat and no changes could be seen, which made Li An disappointed.

"The one million taels will be delivered within a month."

Obviously, the first collaborative project fell through, but both of them gained something, and it was worth their acquaintance.

"The second thing is naturally His Majesty's order."

Li An raised his right hand, signaling him not to say anything more, and asked in return: "You've spent your money, don't you want to know why Emperor Qing attacked you?"

The second priest looked at him coldly and said, "I work for His Majesty only because it is beneficial to Junshan Society. I don't need to know his purpose."

He said word by word: "If one day your Majesty becomes an obstacle, then he will naturally not be worthy of sitting in that position!"

"Your joke is the funniest I've heard this year!" Ang Lee remained noncommittal. In this world there are always frogs in the well, people who overestimate their own capabilities and just try to make others laugh.

"I'm curious, since Junshan Society doesn't have any clear goals, how did it bring you together?"

"We're just trying to get everything back on track!"

This was the first time that Ang Lee was shocked tonight.

The meaning of this sentence actually has the shadow of a temple?

When did robots become intelligent?

Chapter 187 Junshan Meeting.

"Ming family."

Li An muttered to himself in a low voice.

The Jiangnan Ming family and some of the major families that are dependent on it can be said to be the biggest cancer in this world!

This family is crazy!

The Junshan Society was also organized by them. Not only did they secretly control the power of the entire Jiangnan region, but they also took some ministers and military forces in the court into their pockets.

It can be said that we will not discuss other territories. Even in the vast land of Jiangnan in Qingguo, any bandits or merchants and escort agencies that appear are basically related to Junshan!

"These words are not enough to impress me."

Li An shook his head slightly, "Maybe you can show me some sincerity."

"Cooperation does not allow one party to make endless demands. After the deal is done, just as we discussed before, Junshan will be yours!"

"Perhaps it is indeed hard to believe that the Qing Temple is the Qing Temple of the Qing Kingdom, but the sacrifices there are the main forces secretly fighting against Emperor Qing."

"The Qing Temple belongs to the entire Qing Kingdom, not just one person!"

Li An's heart moved, and he heard some flaws in this sentence, and hurriedly raised his left hand to start divination. Faced with the result, Li An was slightly surprised.

It’s so much earlier?

"The high priest is dead?"

This sentence finally broke the defense of Sanshi, who had been calm all along. Although he was the second priest of Qing Temple, he was not very keen on external power. He was more like an ascetic monk who inherited from the temple. He did not even have much say in Junshan Society, and sometimes he would even oppose some of Junshan Society's decisions.

But now the high priest has been cleared, maybe because the person in front of him doesn't have too many interests, or maybe because Li An can't be in the same group with Emperor Qing, Sanshi didn't hide his emotions in front of him. At this time, he couldn't help but feel sad, and even his tone of voice was a little trembling.

"I just want to create such an opportunity to ask Emperor Qing in person why!"

Sanshi believed in Junshan Society because he knew the power of Junshan Society, an energy that could even make this ninth-rank master feel fear.