Half a month has passed since Zhou Tai came back from exterminating Three Snake Island, and Zhou Tai also led the Zhou family to return to Three Snake Island twelve days ago, ready to work hard for Xia Ren's goal.

Xia Ren's palace in the middle of the lake was also completed, which lasted more than two months, and finally the decoration was completed in these two days, and all the furniture was installed.

But Xia Ren did not move over, but continued to live in the City Lord's Mansion, after all, his personal bodyguard had not returned, and Xia Ren was a bit empty to live alone on the island in the middle of the lake.

At this time, Xia Ren was checking Haiyuan City's report with Fang Xuanling.

"Mr. Fang, now that the development of Haiyuan City has reached a bottleneck, how should this be?"

After reading Haiyuan City's report in the past few days, Xia Ren asked with some concern.

Fang Xuanling nodded and frowned: "Indeed, Haiyuan City is just a small city, with limited potential, even if we develop well, it can't be compared with those big cities, it's okay now, when our army increases in the future, Haiyuan City's tax revenue will not be enough for the army to consume." ”

After speaking, he thought about it again and said, "Unless we can expand the territory of Haiyuan City and increase the population, then we can supply the expenses of our army in the future." ”

Xia Ren said helplessly: "Most of the cities in Donghai Prefecture have backgrounds, and those without backgrounds are also some cities with poor geographical locations, and it is not cost-effective to spend energy on operating those cities." ”

Fang Xuanling also frowned helplessly.

Now the situation of the entire Great Xia Dynasty is like this, since the founding of the country for nearly 10,000 years, countless princes and marquis have emerged, and most of them will receive fiefs rewarded by the imperial court, so that now more than half of the cities of the entire Great Xia Dynasty have fallen into the hands of these people.

Even when Xia Ren had just been crowned king and distributed the fiefs, the ministers also distributed Xia Ren to those poor and remote places, and there were really no good cities to distribute, and the good cities were in the hands of those family ministers.

Unless you have a background and have the support of forces behind you, you can get a good fief.

Just like Xia Ren, although Haiyuan City is not big, it is much better than those poor and remote places, but this is the matter of the Li family's words.

After a while, Fang Xuanling slowly spoke: "Lord, with the advice of our subordinates, we don't have to focus on Donghai Prefecture at present, after all, Emperor Xia is still here, and we can't mess up for the time being, and we don't have to be the first bird, let's secretly develop the army first, and after the court is in chaos, we can take the opportunity to expand to Donghai Prefecture." ”

"As for the issue of resources, we can now rely on the support of pirates and sects in the East China Sea, not only to train troops, but also to obtain a large number of resources, after all, the pirates and sects in the East China Sea have existed for a long time, and there must be no shortage of family resources. ”

"After our navy is formed, we can start training the army, and then go south along the East China Sea to secretly transport the troops to the junction of the Endless Mountain and the Barbarian Empire, where we can fight with the demon beasts of the Endless Mountain and the barbarians of the Barbarian Empire. ”

"What's more, the Barbarian Empire often plunders the people of Daxia, we can rescue those people and bring them back to the East China Sea for resettlement, so that we can obtain a large number of people, and the soldiers will not be a problem at that time. ”

After hearing this, Xia Ren bowed his head and said: "Mr. Fang's words are reasonable, we are not suitable to be the first bird at the moment, after all, the Great Xia Dynasty has not yet started to be chaotic, and it is easy to be labeled as a chaotic minister and thief." ”

After speaking, he smiled again: "So we are currently fighting in the East China Sea, the East China Sea is so big, plus our Sea King type warship is about to be built, and then we will have inexhaustible resources in the entire East China Sea." ”

Fang Xuanling also smiled: "That's right, when the world is in turmoil, we will definitely sweep the East China Sea Prefecture with a thunderbolt, and then the entire Great Xia Dynasty." ”

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East China Sea, Three Snake Island.

Zhou Cang looked at the people in front of him, and bowed slightly, the shipyard at this time has a rough outline under the construction of more than a thousand pirate prisoners, and I believe that in about half a month, the shipyard will be put into use.

However, this is only the first shipyard, and Xia Ren's plan is to prepare to build three shipyards, and when the three brothers of the Zhou family are responsible for one, the speed of building the Sea King warship will also increase.

Fortunately, the place of Three Snake Island is big enough, a radius of 100 miles, such a large place, it is still easy to find three places suitable for manufacturing shipyards, and Zhou Tai also went to see the natural port that Zhang Jun said, and it is really suitable for docking warships, even if it is a Sea King type warship, it can stop more than a dozen.

At that time, in addition to being used to dock some Sea King warships, this natural port can also be used as a cargo dock to receive various supplies.

"Wang Jun, you have been in the East China Sea for a long time, you know which pirates and sects are in the East China Sea, tell them and Ben General in detail. ”

It has been ten days since he arrived on Three Snake Island, and seeing that the construction of the shipyard is now on the right track, Zhou Tai is ready to attack those sects and pirates, first, to train troops, and secondly, to collect what Xia Ren needs.

As for those captive pirates, Zhou Tai was not afraid at all, all of them who had cultivated their true qi had been abolished and cultivated, and they really thought that those shipbuilders of the Zhou family were all powerless people.

Wang Junyi, who was next to him, heard Zhou Tai ask about the situation in the East China Sea.

Hurriedly said: "General, my subordinates don't know much about the entire East China Sea, but the forces in the waters around Three Snake Island still have some understanding. ”

Say. ”

Wang Jun thought for a while and said, "As far as my subordinates know, there are a total of seven forces around our Three Snake Island, three of which are pirates and four are sects. ”

"Among them, the pirate forces are Green Snake Island, the Bloodthirsty Alliance, and the Flying Thief. ”

"The four sects are the Water Spirit Sect, the Heart Sect, the Black Demon Sect, and the Forget Worry Pavilion. ”

"Among these forces, the strongest should be the Flying Thief and the Forgetting Worry Pavilion, followed by the Water Spirit Sect, the Black Demon Sect and the Green Snake Island. As for the rest of them, they are similar to our Three Snake Island. ”

After speaking, after a pause, Wang Jun said again: "But my subordinates don't know that there was a sixfold metamorphosis before the Three Snake Island, so the Three Snake Island should be similar to the Water Spirit Sect." ”

Zhou Tai frowned, he didn't expect that there were seven forces around one Three Snake Island, and none of them were weak.

But then the fighting spirit is boiling, these seven forces are not weak, they must have what Xia Ren needs, and they must have the strength to play the role of training, otherwise they can't even compare to the Three Snake Island, so what kind of soldiers do they have to train.

"Let's talk about the Flying Thief and the Forgotten Nest. ”

The only thing that can make Zhou Tai interested is the two strongest forces that Wang Jun said.

"General, the Flying Jiao Thief is a pirate force with a relatively long heritage in the East China Sea, their first leader is nicknamed Feijiao, so it is called the Flying Jiao, and each of their leaders in the future will be called Feijiao, and the current Feijiao is five generations of Feijiao, as for the previous generations, only the first and second generations are determined to be dead, and the third and fourth generations are not clear. ”

"As for the Forgotten Worry Pavilion, the origin is more mysterious, and the subordinates are not very clear, I only know that more than ten years ago, a six-fold East China Sea scattered person forcibly broke into the Forget Worry Pavilion and was beaten to death at the gate of the sect, and he didn't even enter the door, so no one has provoked the Forget Worry Pavilion over the years. ”

After speaking, Wang Jun pondered for a moment and hesitated: "But the subordinates have heard that this Forget Worry Pavilion was established by an outcast of the Listening Rain Pavilion. ”

"Listen to the outcasts of the Rain Pavilion?" Zhou Tai wondered.

"Yes, but even if he is an outcast, he is also a disciple of Tingyu Pavilion, and his cultivation power is not comparable to ordinary people. ”

Listening to Zhou Tai of the Rain Pavilion, he also told Xia Ren last time, this is the well-deserved overlord of Donghai Prefecture, and now Xia Ren is still very immature, before he understands the attitude of the Listening Rain Pavilion, the Forget Worry Pavilion can't move for the time being.

Then Zhou Tai asked, "Do you know the strength of the Flying Jiao Thief Leader?"

Wang Jun said respectfully: "The contemporary flying Jiao should be a beginner in the sixth level of metamorphosis, and my subordinates occasionally heard the blood-eyed snake mention it last time. ”

"As for the third and fourth generations on Feijiao Island, the subordinates don't know, and they don't know if they're still there. ”

After listening to Wang Jun's analysis of the surrounding situation around Three Snake Island, Zhou Tai probably knew it in his heart.

He is going to start cleaning up the weak forces first, accumulating strength during the period, and finally taking down the Flying Thief, as for the Forgotten Worry Pavilion, he needs to make a decision after Ming Xia Ren.