The elder who made the last statement turned away.
“Well, I'm just telling you what rumors are circulating, that doesn't mean I believe them....”
Hu De snorted, looked at the others, and took a deep breath:
“Doesn't matter. We must follow his orders, this is Huashan's will. And if he himself is like you say, then even more so.”
“What if he, unknowingly, ruins everything? We have a complex system here, a couple of mistakes and that’s the end of it. What to do then?”
“That's right, these true disciples will go to the most risky lengths to become in charge. In the worst case, they will not receive the title, and how can we live after their “improvements?”»?”
“Even mice won’t covet our capital, what should we do with his wishes? Where to get money?”
A verbal altercation began. Hu De shouted:
“Well, what do you propose?! Oppose him? Don't even think about it! If he decides that he is being deceived, we are all finished! Three months. Be patient for three months, then he will leave. Even if he does not become a master disciple, he is still a true disciple of Huashan. Moreover, a heavenly genius! You can't insult such a person! For the sake of your own families, endure whatever he demands.!”
Several old men rubbed their aching heads. The others looked at each other gloomily..“Oh, yes, and tell everyone to come at dawn tomorrow! No lateness!” Hu De barked, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and went out.
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“Big brother, we found the archives,” Xiaoyu reported for his three comrades.
Lin Yi rose from his chair.
“Where are they? Take me away immediately.”
“Oh, okay, follow us.”
Crouching, they left the pavilion and, under the cover of darkness, approached a separate building.
“There, elder brother, there is all the information about the Huashan disciples in the vicinity of the city and the territory of the Hangzhou Court.”
Lin Yi nodded:
“Clear. Come back and I'll take a look.”
“Okay,” they nodded and left..
Before they disappeared, he jumped into the attic window and suddenly saw several people behind it.
They also saw a man in a purple robe, turned pale, and immediately folded their hands in a respectful gesture:
“Mr. Lin, hello!”
“Yes, yes, I went to look at the archives. You can go.”
Even the attic was filled with bookcases filled from floor to ceiling with books. Lin Yi nodded in satisfaction, and the people hurriedly ran away.
There was only information and no secret techniques, so the security was not too serious. Lin Yi didn’t care, he took one of the files and read.
“Su Qiang, forty-three years old, a student of the Huashan Lower Court, top third grade. Hm. Hu Feng, twenty-five years old, lower court disciple, inner strength: none...”
Lin Yi continued to sort through files when he suddenly heard a ringing sound..
The system reported that the card was saved.
His eyes went wide.
Map!
He thought the thing was still in the game. However, even there it was available only to the leaders of sects and gangs.
He focused on the angle of his peripheral vision and the system displayed a map of the Hangzhou Court in front of his eyes.!
But it was practically empty, and in the list of names in the corner there were only a few names - the ones he had read in the file, and also Deputy Hu De.
Closing the card, Lin Yi began to sort through files and books as if he had lost his stash in one of them..
The system icon flashed periodically, indicating that information had been added to the map.
While he was doing this, the guards watching from the edge of the stairs looked back and forth between him and each other. They had no idea what he was doing.
He suddenly grabs the file, flips through it, immediately closes it and grabs a new one. In a few minutes he passed one closet, another...
All the records in the attic were soon opened, closed, and put back.
Lin Yi turned to them and asked loudly:
“There are more entries?”
“Um... yes... yes, there is...”
Lin Yi, without even thanking him, ran to another floor, past them.
They looked at each other.
“What is he doing?”
“You're asking me?”
There were even more books on the first floor. Lin Yi leafed through them all, went down to the basement, and there he repeated the procedure for the third time..
Before the moon was halfway across the sky, he was done. A list of all the Huashan disciples in the area around the city appeared before his eyes, as did information about their families, martial arts, and everything else. Separately, information was presented about the population of different districts of the city, some details about them, and stuff like that.
Joyful, Lin Yi left the archive and returned to his room. He waved his hand to his comrades who came out to greet him, locked himself in his room, and opened the map.
Now even empty territories have been signed.
Thirty kilometers away was the city of Hangzhou, divided into forty-nine regional cities and hundreds of villages.
The forces of large and small sects, as well as bandits and pirates, were separately identified.
The most suspicious looking places were the Muzhon estate from Gusu, the villages of Mandala and Guiyun, and also Peach Bud Island far out in the ocean. These four forces were the largest in the region.
Forty-nine regional cities were bright dots on the map, by clicking on each of them he could open a detailed map.
On the left was a long list of Huashan people in the territory, starting with the first-class expert, Elder Bai, followed by Lin Yi, Hu De's deputy chief, another twenty second-class experts, and everyone else.
In total, there was one first-class expert, twenty-two second-class, two thousand third-class, and twelve thousand fighters without inner strength in the territory.
By choosing any name, he could look at a detailed dossier about the person.
And if you zoom out on the map, you can see almost the entire territory of the Central Plains and the Western Region. But not so detailed, of course - only a few places were marked there, mostly well-known sects, with an approximate assessment of their strengths.
But with one glance at this map one could assess the situation in the world.
One of the advantages of the system. In fact, all this information was already in the documents, but the map arranged them in a convenient and easy-to-understand form.
Moreover, the more information he found, the more accurate it became.
However, this thing would be indispensable, even if it allowed you to simply view information about people in one click.
One could say that thanks to her, Lin Yi turned into a living archive.
The routes along which tea was delivered were clearly outlined, information about the forces of the convoys could be found out at any time. Over the course of hundreds of years, these archives have been replenished, and now all the data has become available to him upon request..
He saw that the Court's influence was indeed quite weak in the territory, but the amount of information they had collected was impressive.
However, now he understood even better why the others mocked his appointment. Hangzhou did not deliver anything except tea accessories - they did not even produce them, they simply bought them from suppliers and delivered them locally. How can such a place be developed? Deliver more tea? To whom?
«Take a caravan, make it bigger." This strategy did not suit Lin Yi, he was going to completely remake this place, turning it into the power of the city of Hangzhou.
At least put on the level of the Muzhon clan of Gusu.
And you have to fight for it!
But will people who have been engaged in regular delivery for decades be able to fight?
Lin Yi frowned slightly as he scrolled through the list of people on the map. Plans appeared in his head, he remembered the best ones, discarded the worst ones.
Soon the sunrise began.
After a sleepless night - and a very long journey - Lin Yi was a little tired, but his inner strength drove away the drowsiness again.
After quickly having breakfast, Lin Yi led his comrades to the central estate of the Hangzhou Court.
A crowd had already gathered outside, including all the important people. When they noticed him, they bowed and clasped their hands in greeting..
Lin Yi waved his hand in response and entered the hall, through which stretched a long table.
Twenty elders gathered on both sides of the table, Deputy Hu De sat in the first left seat.
Lin Yi sat down in the center seat, his comrades standing behind.
There were more than a hundred people there, so there was a buzz in the room, but when he patted the table, there was silence. Everyone held their breath.
The new boss schedules a meeting on the first day after receiving the position. Whether he was a good leader or not meant they were in for some tough times..
Almost all the elders looked worried, while the younger ones, on the contrary, looked worried. Slowly looking around everyone, he introduced himself:
“My name is Lin Yi. I am a true disciple of Huashan and was appointed by the sect as the temporary head of the Hangzhou Court. But I just arrived here and therefore don’t know the situation well. Please give me an update and your thoughts on how things can be improved.”
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