Now Su Yuan's reputation and status in the world are no longer the same as before.

When he only had the small town of Beifeng, he said that he wanted to be the enemy of the Yunshan Sect, which caused a lot of ridicule and curses in the world. Later, when he dealt with the Beggar Gang, he aroused a lot of doubts, but in the end the Beggar Gang overturned.

But now, after Su Yuan captured the capital and Zhou Chengnan escaped, everything was completely different.

Now anyone with a discerning eye in the Jianghu can see that it is a foregone conclusion that the Great Zhou Bei'an will be ruled by the river. Jiangbei belongs to the Qin and Xu states of the Great Zhou, and it only belongs to the Great Zhou for the time being. If Su Yuan wants to get it, it is as easy as picking something out of a bag.

As a result, half of the country in the Great Zhou Dynasty fell into Su Yuanshu's hands.

Although there are only four prefectures in Jiangbei and eight prefectures in Jiangnan, the surrounding areas in Jiangbei are higher in a strategic sense.

In terms of war horse output alone, Qingzhou occupies an absolute position.

Although Jiangnan is a fertile land, the horses it can produce are not as good as those of Qingzhou in all aspects. In addition, Jiangbei overlooks Jiangnan from a high place, so it completely takes the initiative to attack.

Since ancient times, it has been easier to go south than to go north.

Zhou Cheng wanted to make an expedition from the south of the Yangtze River to the north and fight back to the four states in the north of the Yangtze River, but he didn't know how difficult it would be.

But if Su Yuan wants to go down the Qin River and attack the south of the Yangtze River, all he needs is some big ships.

Now Su Yuan does not have a big ship, which makes the Jiangnan states feel relatively reassured. But this peace of mind is undoubtedly only temporary. Who knows when the Bei'an Army will build a big ship?

But if you have wine today, you will be drunk today, no matter how worried you will be tomorrow... Many wealthy families in Jiangnan are in a muddle-headed mood.

Su Yuan controlled half of the country. There were not many sects in the world that wanted to make fun of him. Those who did were all Jiangnan sects.

What caused an even greater sensation was the collective announcement by the Mobei sect to join the Bei'an Army.

When this incident came out, the entire Jianghu was shocked. It has always been the default rule that the Jianghu and the imperial court should be separated.

Previously, the Beggar Gang broke the rules and was shamed by the entire world. Now, the entire sect in Mozhou has turned to Su Yuan. This is really going to change.

Faced with doubts, various sects in Mozhou also stated that Jianghu would not cooperate with the imperial court, and they were talking about the Great Zhou Court. However, the Bei'an Army was different from the Great Zhou Court, so it was not considered a violation of the rules.

Naturally, this kind of sophistry won't get much recognition, but regardless of whether others admit it or not, it has become a foregone conclusion that the Mozhou sect will join the Bei'an Army collectively.

As a result, Qingzhou sect, Jingcheng sect, etc. will inevitably have this trend.

If the entire Jiangbei world turns to Su Yuan, then things will really change a lot.

Su Yuan didn't care much about these things, and he didn't have time to care about them, because there were so many people who wanted to see him these two days that they had to queue up.

He just met Furukawa yesterday, and today another envoy from the Eastern Japanese Kingdom asked to see him.

Su Yuan did not have a good impression of the Eastern Japanese Kingdom at all. This was also related to the fact that the Japanese pirates from the Eastern Japanese Kingdom often harassed Qingzhou and Haizhou. Even the ferry in the capital was attacked by them.

In the past, the Great Zhou Dynasty had a war with the Eastern Japanese Kingdom for this reason, but in the end the fight was only a 50-50 draw.

However, the envoy asked to see him, and Su Yuan still wanted to hear what he had to say, so he met him in the teahouse where he met Furukawa yesterday.

"The envoy Shimono Ichiro has met Prince Bei'an."

The envoy from the Eastern Japanese Kingdom was named Shimono Ichiro. He was short in stature, with thick limbs, and wore a bamboo hat on his head. Da Zhou spoke quite well.

Su Yuandao: "Envoy from the field, what did your Eastern Japanese country ask you to tell me?"

He was in no mood for small talk and just wanted to get to the point right away.

Shimono Ichiro smiled and said: "The daimyo asked me to congratulate the prince for successfully defeating the Great Zhou Dynasty and occupying the capital."

"anything else?"

"Our daimyo knows that the prince lacks ships and wants to do business with him." Shimono Ichiro said, "The prince also wants to take advantage of the victory and continue to chase the Zhou Dynasty, right? We, the Eastern Japanese, are willing to send the prince hundreds of small boats to help him expand his victory."

Su Yuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this and said, "Send it off?"

"Yes."

"Then what do you want?"

There is no such thing as a free lunch. Rather than wanting these boats, Su Yuan wanted to know what the conditions of the Eastern Japan were.

Shimono Ichiro said: "That's right. If the prince wants to repay us, he can give us Ozu Island in Xuzhou after conquering Xuzhou."

"Ojin Island?" Su Yuan smiled. He usually looked at the map when he had nothing to do, so he naturally knew the location of the island.

To the east of Xuzhou, twenty miles away from the East China Sea is Ojin Island. According to book records, this island is very large and contains many minerals. The most important thing is that it has a large flat tidal flat, where an overseas island can be established.

ferry.

In such a key location, if a ferry is built and some warships are stored, we can attack in almost all directions. Go straight to Dongwo to the north, Hali to the northwest, and go to Haizhou to the south...

Shimono Ichiro asked: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"You have the nerve to ask." Su Yuandao, "Do you really think that you can exchange for such an important island with some shabby boats? Have you big names been kicked in the head by a donkey?"

Hearing this, Shimono Ichiro immediately changed his expression and said angrily: "You actually insulted our emperor!"

"He deserves to be insulted if he can put forward such conditions." Su Yuan said coldly, "Even if I really insulted something, I also insulted the donkey."

"you!"

Shimono Yihe's face turned blue, and he looked like he was about to explode. But he probably also knew that this was Su Yuan's territory, not Dongwa. With his only remaining sense, he only dared to say harsh words.

"Hmph, Prince Bei'an is so uncooperative! Then don't blame us Dongbo for being unkind in the future!"

"Get out of here quickly."

Shimono Yihe left angrily, and when he came to the door he muttered "Damn you bitch". His voice was low enough, but Su Yuan had practiced internal skills and his five senses were beyond ordinary people, so he heard it immediately.

A murderous look flashed in his eyes and he said: "Kill."

"yes."

Mei Jian, who was sitting at another table, suddenly drew his sword and stood up, and when Shimono Ichiro turned around in horror, he chopped off his head.

"ah!

"

The crowd burst into exclamations, but when some people found out that the dead man was a Japanese, they all cursed him for killing him well!

At this time, the patrolling Bei'an soldiers arrived. Su Yuan asked them to throw the body to feed the dogs, while he went to find Lu Wuyou.

When he told what happened just now, Lu Wuyou frowned and said: "The small country of Eastern Japan has been harassing people because of Zhou's reluctance to engage in war. Now seeing the civil strife in Zhou and the rise of the prince, he must have thought that an opportunity has come and wanted to

We’re going to make a lot of money out of it.”

"Now the people in Dongbo and Jiangnan think that I don't have warships and there is nothing I can do against them." Su Yuandao, "And this is indeed a fact. Zhou Cheng's group of people ran forward and killed many people who knew how to build ships.

The craftsmen also destroyed other ships, so now we can only build our own."

"Building a ship is not difficult. Your Majesty, don't be too anxious." Lu Wuyou said, "I will be recruiting skilled craftsmen in this field in the next few days. If we give a sufficient salary, many people will apply."

"Yeah. But at the crossing, we need to make more arrangements during this period."

Su Yuan originally wanted to grow up quietly for a while, but he didn't expect that the Dongwa Kingdom wanted to take advantage of the situation.

Now that he has killed the Eastern Japanese envoy, the Eastern Japanese Kingdom will definitely not give up and will probably send warships to cause trouble soon.

Su Yuan was not afraid of the Eastern Japanese countries coming ashore, but he was worried that some fishermen living in villages near the ferry would be harassed and killed by Japanese pirates. For this reason, before the warships were built, he planned to deploy more defense forces near the ferry.

After leaving Lu Wuyou's place, Su Yuan thought for a moment and simply went to the ferry by himself.

He had already been here once before when he was chasing Zhou Cheng and others, but he came and left in a hurry last time and didn't observe carefully.

After arriving this time, he took a closer look and found that there were three small villages near the ferry. Most of the villagers were fishermen and relied on fishing for their livelihood.

Su Yuan randomly approached a black-faced man dragging a fishing net and asked him about Japanese pirates.

The man didn't know Su Yuan, he only thought that the latter was a noble son. He said with a bitter look on his face: "Those damned Japanese pirates come to harass you every now and then. Sometimes they sneak ashore at night to burn and kill. Sometimes, although they don't

Come up, but scare away all the fish in the nearby waters, and then laugh at us."

Su Yuan asked: "Did the soldiers of Zhou Dynasty not care about it in the past?"

The man spat: "What the hell! I guess many of those bastards are hooked up with the Japanese pirates! Several times, when the Japanese pirates came, they happened to be away, and they happened to go to 'change defenses'. This was not hooking them.

What!"

"..."

"Fortunately, the Bei'an army is here now. I guess they won't collude with the Japanese pirates like those Zhou soldiers, right? I heard that the Bei'an soldiers are all against the common people."

"Of course." Su Yuandao said, "Now that the Bei'an Army is here, the Japanese pirates issue will definitely be solved."

Hearing this, the man showed his big white teeth and said, "That would be great!"

Then Su Yuan chatted with the man for a while before leaving.

On the ferry side, Su Yuan had previously deployed a total of 500 soldiers. They were originally placed here to prevent the Zhou soldiers from Haizhou from suddenly coming over, and to report them in time if they were discovered.

But now, if we want to deal with Japanese pirates, five hundred people may not be enough. He had heard from the man before that there were many Japanese pirate boats, hundreds or even thousands, with six or seven people on each boat, which added up to a lot.

Su Yuan didn't like close battles. He always liked more people to fight against fewer people. It was best for him to wipe out all the opponents without any casualties. This was what he wanted to see the most. He thought for a moment and decided to build one here at the ferry.

Let a sufficient number of soldiers be stationed here in the small barracks, so that if the Japanese pirates dare to come here in the future, they will only die.

He just did what he said, and he immediately returned to the capital to let people prepare for the matter.

The next day, news spread that he had killed Shimono Ichiro. Naturally, Towa was furious at this time and expressed that he would definitely take revenge.

Su Yuan didn't care. He said that if the Japanese had the guts, they would send people over. As many as they came would be sent to the sea to feed the fish.

When Zhou Cheng, who was located in the south of the Yangtze River, learned about this, he was overjoyed and immediately sent an envoy to contact Dongbo.
Chapter completed!