Chapter 138: Establish Town and Station Troops

Zhang Gui is a good hand at pretending, and usually, the more greedy people are for something, the more they will lose their composure and rush to seek it.

But he is different.

Clearly, he is very covetous of the marvel in Shen Shijing's hand.

And 'Heavenly Craft Opening All Things' is in Zhihai Town, so with the rule ability of its territorial divine authority combined with capital elements, even if he stole it, he could always get it.

But Zhang Gui is doubly restrained.

Just because he is afraid that if he acts rashly, it will attract the attention of that Mr. Yin in Prince Zhen's camp, which might ruin the big event.

So whatever Shen Shijing wants, he arranges it honestly.

After busy work for two full days, everything was ready.

Shen Shijing stood on the Zhihai pier looking at the sea and finally said the plan,

"This is actually Mr. Yin's layout.

To build cities and station troops on several large islands in the Eastern Inner Sea with 'Heavenly Craft Opening All Things'."

Zhang Gui pondered for a long time upon hearing this and showed a sudden realization expression,

"The founding emperor of the Ming Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhusha, one of the 'three strategies for gaining the state' was to establish military towns and station large armies.

Without spending a grain of food, he got a million elite soldiers.

Prince Zhen wants to imitate his ancestors and follow suit.

Sea islands are far more difficult to build a foundation than land, but with the marvel 'Heavenly Craft Opening All Things', everything is no longer a problem.

Ah, the rest is the source of soldiers.

Now in the Song Ming Kingdom, it is hard to find a three-legged toad, but there are plenty of living people who are destitute and homeless.

I don't know if that Mr. Yin intends to recruit 'righteous soldiers' who are rebelling in the north, disaster victims who are about to starve to death.

Or directly incite the tenants who cannot live in the farms of the local famous families in the Southern Kingdom..."

"In my opinion, that Mr. Yin is at least a cultivator of 'Class A Superior Great Fortune', and may even have reached the 'Heavenly Position'.

He practices the power of the Primordial Spirit, so you had better be polite."

"Heavenly Position!

Isn't that an immortal of the current world!

Mr. Shen, don't scare me, let alone talk nonsense that I am disrespectful to Mr. Yin.

You must know that I once saw Mr. Yin with my own eyes to protect Zhihai Town, defeating the invading enemies of Yuanshan and Qianji.

I am extremely grateful to him.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have cooperated so much with your instructions this time.

Those words just now were just jokes.

Now our Ming Song Kingdom has produced many natural and man-made disasters because of successive years of drought and the invasion of Yuanshan barbarians.

But as long as we work together, the future will be bright!"

Zhang Gui's series of ghost stories left even a sharp person like Shen Shijing speechless for a while.

It took a long time before she said with a smile that was not a smile:

"Is that so? Then maybe I misunderstood Caiyang Longhu.

Since you admire Mr. Yin so much and are full of confidence in the future national strength of Ming Song.

Then please take care of it in the future."

"What does this mean?" Zhang Gui felt an ominous premonition rise in his heart upon hearing this.

Shen Shijing didn't explain, but used rhetoric to give him a 'honey date',

"Caiyang Longhu, rest assured, no matter if you are insincere or fake, as long as you are willing to contribute to Prince Zhen in reality.

Prince Zhen will definitely not regard you as an enemy again.

Mr. Yin is even more so.

A sentence he often says is, 'Slow in speech but quick in action, can be called a husband'."

Although he didn't want to admit that he was extremely wary of that Mr. Yin, Zhang Gui had to admit that he felt a sense of relief in his heart upon hearing such a guarantee.

Even his expression became more vivid,

"I can't be considered 'slow in speech' either.

Prince Zhen can take out many marvels to station troops at sea, which can be called winning by surprise and cannot be imitated.

But this move is contrary to the imperial laws.

In case it is known by the 'Current Emperor', uh, ha, ha, I am really eating radishes and worrying about light food.

Prince Zhen has hundreds of strategists from the Imperial Academy, and naturally, there will be ways to deal with it by then."

Shen Shijing nodded silently, her expression becoming peaceful,

"Caiyang Longhu, you are not yet twenty years old, yet you can drive the Divine Cluster and use 'True Form Transformation'.

Your talent for cultivation can be called outstanding; you broke through the first heavenly moat after entering the Dao in just two or three years.

Becoming a 'Class Bing' seventh-grade cultivator.

It is not an exaggeration to call you a genius.

But the more talented a young person is, the easier it is to die young.

Prince Zhen established a 'temporary residence' in Zhihai Town last time, and he saw everyone in your Longhu Shogunate who had a grade, but he didn't see you, the Shogunate General.

Yet you blame him, which is actually wrong.

To be honest, if it weren't for your full cooperation in preparing the initial materials for me to build a city on the sea island.

I wouldn't have interacted with you too much.

Do you understand?"

"So that's it.

It seems that because my 'hole card' is too strong, although I know how to pretend to be a grandson, I didn't pretend well.

Making the 'big shots' unhappy."

A thought flashed through Zhang Gui's mind, and he smiled dryly,

"I understand, Exiled Immortal Shen; it was my shallow knowledge and too much arrogance before.

It serves me right to suffer some setbacks."

Seeing him follow the trend and no longer stubborn, Shen Shijing's attitude became even gentler,

"Actually, I didn't expect that there would be such a person as Mr. Yin assisting Prince Zhen.

Maybe this is the mandate of heaven.

I believe that such a person can deter you.

But I don't believe that you really feel sorry for yourself and feel that you 'deserve it'.

Otherwise, those dozen or so people under Lü Zhenduan..."

"Exiled Immortal Shen, please show mercy.

Those who died before were indeed caused by accidents and have nothing to do with me.

I was already troubled by these rumors, so please don't speculate anymore."

"Traitors deserve to be cut into a thousand pieces.

Everyone looks down on them, so killing them is just killing them.

Why does Caiyang Longhu have to pretend like this."

Shen Shijing showed extreme contempt for traitors, which is the norm for those of noble birth.

Zhang Gui saw that the consequences of him killing more than a dozen traitorous generals were indeed as he had expected, with no consequences.

He smiled slightly and said nothing.

Shen Shijing showed a gesture of relaxation and said nothing more.

More than ten days passed.

Shen Shijing had long since left Zhihai Town.

And Zhang Gui was still sitting firmly on the fishing platform, and the business of his fief was getting better and better.

He also had a better reputation among the merchants coming and going.

Thus, he was convinced that his relationship with Prince Zhen's camp had been brushed from 'cold' or even 'hostile' to 'neutral' or even 'friendly'.

He felt whether he should continue his previous plan to open the coastal piers of the Ming Song Eastern Yue Province and the trade gate to the Western ocean hub cities.

As a result, a cargo ship from a company called 'Joseph and Kadika Cotton and Linen Clothing' established in 'Civilization Pioneer City'.

Appeared one step ahead at the berth of Zhihai Town pier.

Later, through communication with the Gaul merchants on the ship, Zhang Gui learned.

It turned out that a group of pirates in the sea area of the Ming Song Southern Kingdom Eastern Yue Province in the Eastern Inner Sea had recently abandoned darkness for light and became the armed merchant fleet under the 'White Sail Chamber of Commerce'.

Now, the outer ring of the Chaotic Tooth Archipelago and the islands in the middle ring, and the Ming Song Eastern Yue Province, are already in so-called 'unrestricted trade'.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 139 =====