A Man in the Snow: Starting with a Sword Challenge to the Northern Liang Prince's Palace

Although Ye Yu was only Ye Yun's clone, he possessed Ye Yun's memories from the future.

Dominating the world is not an easy thing. Even with unparalleled martial arts skills, it is impossible for one person to become emperor.

What we lack most right now is territory and a legitimate designation, but before that, we need to strengthen ourselves and gain enough popular support.

If he were to suddenly raise an army, it would be a rebellion and would not win the hearts of the people. This is why Ye Yun took over the Lu family of Jiangnan Road and made his clone the priest of Shangyin Academy.

The first batch of craftsmen arrived at the back of Huishan Mountain on this day.

This is the first step in Ye Yu's development.

"Chancellor Ye, what are you planning to do?"

Xuanyuan Jingcheng asked with great curiosity.

"I'll do some things that don't exist in this world. You'll find out later. All you need to do is cooperate fully and provide me with financial and material resources."

Ye Yu plans to build a processing workshop here, for future generations.

The main focus is on improving machinery, mechanisms, and agricultural tools, as well as gunpowder. As for weapons and armor, these can be entirely entrusted to the Dongyue Sword Pool.

When Xuanyuan Jingcheng looked at the blueprints in Ye Yu's hand, he realized the abilities of this priest.

He knew this was also Ye Yun's skill, since this person was Ye Yun's clone.

"Master, it seems you understand people's hearts better than I do."

Xuanyuan Jingcheng smiled slightly.

"The people are the foundation of a country. What they care about most is not grand principles, but whether they can have enough to eat and whether they can live in peace."

Ye Yu knew that the war on the front lines, as well as the power struggle within the Li Yang royal family, had already left countless dead people.

If someone steps forward now and can provide the people with a peaceful and prosperous environment, then you will be their king.

"Xuanyuan Jingcheng has learned a great deal!"

"Sir, there's no need for that. From now on, within the sphere of influence of Huishan, we will open up the land and vigorously develop agriculture. For the time being, we need to establish a state within a state."

Ye Yu said confidently.

Xuanyuan Jingcheng gave Ye Yu a deep look.

"But how can Huishan afford such a large expense?"

This is a problem that Xuanyuan Jingcheng is quite worried about.

Although Xuanyuan Huishan is very powerful, he probably can't sustain himself for long if he has to support tens of thousands of refugees.

Ye Yu chuckled and took out a seal from his pocket with the character "Ye" written on it: "Don't worry, someone will deliver it."

Several years ago, Ye Yun secretly had people establish numerous brothels in Beiliang and Liyang.

Brothels and gambling dens.

It is the true place to accumulate wealth, and it can also control a great deal of intelligence and information transmission.

Ye Yun also has an assassin organization under his command. Apart from the one that suffered heavy losses when it stormed the Northern Liang Prince's Mansion, this organization is still operating.

He can send out his entire force at a moment's notice.

Assassinate anyone you want to assassinate.

"This is the chief priest."

"The Ye family's power was established by me several years ago, and Mr. Xuanyuan can use it at will from now on."

He finished speaking.

Ye Yu then handed this extremely important seal to Xuan Yuan Jingcheng.

The heavy seal deeply moved Xuanyuan Jingcheng; it was a sign of absolute trust in him.

"Thank you for your trust, my lord."

At this moment, Xuanyuan Jingcheng addressed Ye Yun as his subject and completely submitted to him.

Ye Yu was overjoyed and hurriedly helped him up, saying, "Please rise, sir. I am sure I will be extremely pleased when I find out. With you by my side, the world will be at peace."

In the days that followed, Ye Yu became a complete tool, drawing all sorts of blueprints every day, drawing out everything he could use and couldn't create in his previous life.

Even if the current technology can't make it, it was still drawn. Maybe some genius will come along in the future and be able to make it.

It was only after Xuanyuan Jingcheng first utilized the power Ye Yun had built up over the years that he realized its immense scale.

Whether it's the Li Yang royal family, the Northern Liang Lingzhou, or the Northern Mang lands, they all have their own influence, though it may seem small, perhaps just a simple tavern.

There were only a few members of the Ye family among them. What if I told you that there were dozens of taverns in the city, all owned by Ye Yun?

Xuan Yuan Jingcheng finally understood why Ye Yun was able to break into the Northern Liang King's Mansion alone; it wasn't just because of his absolute martial prowess.

There are so many forces behind him helping him.

Only then did he realize how terrifying Ye Yun was.

With ample financial support, Xuanyuan Jingcheng was busy gathering refugees every day, and initially did not attract anyone's attention.

As more and more refugees gathered, various forces discovered something amiss.

In recent years, due to Ye Yun's influence, Longhu Mountain has become weak and dares not confront Huishan head-on. However, this does not mean that they do not want to cause trouble.

Huishan continued to expand its influence, and it was becoming the largest Jianghu (martial arts world) force in the entire Jianzhou.

On this day, Xuanyuan Jingcheng came to Ye Yu's side: "Chancellor, the Huishan territory has now gathered nearly 100,000 refugees, but they are only being supplied with plain porridge every day, which is still unsustainable!"

Even with Ye Yun's past wealth accumulation, it couldn't withstand prolonged turmoil.

"Hmm, is someone in Liyang watching us?"

Ye Yu was not in a hurry, and instead asked a question.

"Yes, but since we didn't use the refugees to build an army, we didn't pay much attention to it."

Xuanyuan Jingcheng had already considered this point, so he did not build any military equipment.

"Hmm, come and see what this is."

Ye Yu led Xuanyuan Jingcheng to a section of the workshop, where neat rows of curved plows, all of which had been improved, were placed.

Xuanyuan Jingcheng's eyes lit up. Although he was a scholar, he knew that this was a farming tool, but its shape was different from the ones he had seen in his books.

"Chancellor, this is...!"

"The curved plow has been improved to be lighter and less strenuous, so that one person can operate it with ease."

Let's give it a try.

Ignoring Xuan Yuan Jingcheng's objections, Ye Yu directly picked up a curved plow.

Xuanyuan Jingcheng wanted to stop him, but ultimately remained silent.

Ye Yu is, after all, the head priest of Shangyin Academy, and he can be considered a Confucian sage. Now he actually has to do farm work like a farmer.

After the craftsmen behind him brought over an ox and set up the curved plow, they saw Ye Yu's somewhat clumsy operation, yet he was still able to plow the field.

Looking at the figure in the field, Xuan Yuan Jingcheng was a little dazed.

Is this really Ye Yun's clone?

Little did he know that this was a clone formed by Ye Yun using his own righteous energy, imbued with the goodness in his heart.

"Sir, is it possible for us to address the problem of insufficient funds?"

Ye Yu asked with a smile.

This is his first step: to improve people's livelihoods and win over the hearts of the people.

The world is about to descend into chaos, and he wants to create a pure land that belongs to his heart.

Then, this pure land will continue to develop and spread throughout the entire world.

"The libationer can indeed solve some problems, but your curved plow is quite expensive."

"With a cost of only one or two ounces, we can rent the land to the people along with it. Once they have the land, they become our people."

Ye Yu had already planned everything out.

The purpose of gathering refugees is to attract more people.

As for farmland, don't those large clans have plenty of it?

The land of all people should naturally be cultivated by all people themselves.