After a few words of explanation, Zhao Rui directly ordered Dashang's troops to immediately return to the court.
Princess Yao Yue was stunned for a moment. Lu Zhou was now in a state of devastation, and the entire country could not even muster an army of 100,000.
The Great Shang had over one million troops in Lu and Zhou, so occupying the entire Lu and Zhou could be said to be a piece of cake.
However, Zhao Rui didn't seem to have such thoughts at all, and looked like he was leaving in a hurry.
"Your Highness!" Princess Yaoyue knelt directly on the ground: "You made a bet with me before, but now it seems that I lost. According to the bet, I should agree to merge the entire Lu Zhou into Dashang."
Zhao Rui chuckled: "That was just a joke between Her Royal Highness and I. Why should we take it seriously? Tell your brother to govern Lu Zhou well, and I will not meet with him."
With these words, Zhao Rui left Jiujiang Royal City with his army in a mighty manner.
Above the court hall in Luocheng, Murong Bing was sitting there steadily wearing a newly made dragon robe, quite imposing as the Lord of the World.
"Your Majesty, the first batch of officials have been sent to Pengwei and Nanqi. People from the Ministry of Industry have also set off. It won't be long before they can inspect these two places."
As soon as Shangguan Mu finished speaking, the civil and military ministers present laughed heartily.
"His Royal Highness King Zhao is truly a man of heaven. He managed to pacify Southern Qi in such a short period of time!"
"There are not many princes left in the world. It is better to gather the army and go out to fight. I believe it won't take long to bring peace to the world."
"His Royal Highness King Zhao is now in the territory of Lu and Zhou. Maybe Lu and Zhou may also be incorporated into our Great Shang territory."
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The laughter and laughter in the court seemed a bit impetuous, and even Murong Bing couldn't help but frown.
In the past, when the Great Shang Kingdom was still in Dragon City, she acted cautiously every day.
All day long I was either afraid of foreign invasion or afraid of sudden attacks from other vassal states.
Even now, she seems to be prepared for danger in times of peace.
However, after wiping out several vassal states in succession, many ministers in the court seemed to have impetuous thoughts.
It seems that in their view, the domination of the world by the great merchants is a certainty.
However, Zhao Rui has already analyzed the situation in the world. Apart from some vassal states that are extremely difficult to conquer, Nanchu in the south is a real giant.
The territory of the world, Nanchu, occupies the entire south. It is the richest place in the world. Not only are the waterways developed, but also the products are rich. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and the population is extremely dense.
Although today's large merchants have occupied most of the world, they can only be regarded as having a vast number of waiters.
After all, many places are vast and sparsely populated.
Moreover, within the current territory of Dashang, the newly occupied vassal states have not yet achieved true surrender, and there are still some small-scale rebellions in some places.
Only by resolving all these messy things can the world be further unified.
Shangguan Mu could naturally see what Murong Bing meant, and he immediately turned around and looked at the civil and military officials in front of him.
"Aren't you a little complacent? You should be very clear about the current situation in the world. At present, our great merchants can only recuperate and recuperate, and the newly calmed land can be completely digested before we can continue to mobilize our troops."
It can be said that these words poured cold water on everyone present, and they immediately withered away.
They all lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Shangguan Mu.
Many of them were selected by Shangguan Mu, so naturally they did not dare to be too presumptuous.
Nangong Yi, who had been standing aside, also took a step forward, with the same worry as Shangguan Mu on his face.