It is actually not easy to take over such a hot potato.
Su Chen understood in his heart that Qiongzhou and Zhenzhou were not just two states, but also two relatively broad outlets to the sea.
Although Yazhou has been plagued by pirates and Japanese pirates for a long time, as Yazhou's own strength has increased, these Japanese gradually no longer dare to invade Yazhou.
But Qiongzhou and Zhenzhou are different.
Yazhou's real outlet to the sea is not very broad.
All in all, there are many cliffs. Even if the opponent wants to land, it will not be that easy. The estuaries of Qiongzhou and Zhenzhou are relatively wide. There are a lot of beaches, plenty of open space, and it is located on the southeast side of the entire island.
Japanese and pirates can come and leave as they please. It is basically impossible to have a large-scale annihilation war!
Especially the warships and soldiers in these two places are not of high standard!
Su Chen frowned deeply and tried his best to calm down his emotions.
If you want to take over these two places, the first thing you need to do is to eliminate foreign troubles. But now, part of the troops are allocated to Danzhou in order to prevent mutiny in the military camp in Danzhou, and the other part of the troops is allocated to Jinniuling, which also has an iron mine.
There is another minefield in the west of Danzhou, and part of the Yazhou Navy is also stationed on the edge of the minefield!
As a result, the entire Yazhou can now deploy less than 5,000 troops.
Even the cooking soldiers are included in this!
Under this situation, if another part of the force is allocated to take over Qiongzhou and Zhenzhou. Yazhou was really hollowed out.
"To put it bluntly, we still don't have enough troops!"
However, under this situation, even if you want to expand the army, it will take a certain amount of time. Thinking of this, Su Chen shook his head helplessly, with a bit of speechlessness in his eyes.
"However, this fish has been fed to the mouth, and the fish bones have been picked out. It's impossible not to eat it!"
Su Chen said to himself.
"It seems it's time to go to Qiongzhou and Zhenzhou. However, before that, we need to make good arrangements for Fat Toutuo and Thin Toutuo!"
"Go and notify Wang Chuanshi and Chen Baixu and ask them to come to Yazhou to meet me!"
Su Chen's voice was very soft.
"yes!"
Zhang Hu nodded, and then hurriedly accepted the order.
…
“I’ve met King Guang Xuan!”
At this time, Zuo Ya bowed to Wang Yingying of Guangxuan, paused slightly with some indifference in her eyes, and then continued: "The servants have already performed the ceremony, right?"
"hey-hey!"
King Guangxuan laughed and said, "The performance is over. I wonder when we can see Her Majesty the Empress?"
"Your Majesty!"
Zuo Ya's voice was very soft: "His Majesty has been quite busy these days. He has ordered me to take you all for a walk around the divine capital!"
"good!"
King Guangxuan smiled and nodded.
The other envoys were already anxiously scratching their heads. On the contrary, King Guangxuan, under the leadership of Zuo Ya, kept wandering around the divine capital and seemed to be very interested in everything!
"What is this?" King Guangxuan asked curiously.
"The name of this thing is candied haws, which is a relatively famous snack. If the prince likes it, you can try it!" Zuo Ya said seriously with a faint smile on her lips.
"Oh? Then I really want to taste it."
While speaking, he asked the woman: "Auntie, why did you sell this candied haws?"
"Hey, this official, you can eat for free..." The aunt already realized at the first sight of King Guangxuan that the clothes he was wearing were definitely not the kind of clothes that ordinary people could wear. He was so energetic that he couldn't afford to offend this kind of person, and the group of people behind him were definitely not simple!
How dare you ask for any money!
"One tael of silver per bunch!"
At this time, Zuo Ya smiled and said, "My lord, do you really want to try it?"
"Your Majesty..."
The aunt was trembling all over, as if she wanted to say something, but was stopped by Zuo Ya.
"eat!"
King Guangxuan was not a fool. He could naturally see that Zuo Ya was deliberately making things difficult for him. However, he was not angry. He just nodded slightly: "How can you not eat such delicious food? You haven't even entered your mouth yet." , I smelled a sweet scent!"
While speaking, he took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and slowly gave it to the aunt in front of him: "I haven't weighed this, but I think it should be enough for one or two. If it is not enough, you can go to Nanyuan. At the restaurant, ask the shopkeeper there and ask him to replenish it for you!"
"Enough, enough, absolutely enough!"
At this moment, the aunt felt that she was in dire straits and wanted to leave in a hurry.
He took the money and the candied haws on his back and disappeared there in a flash!
King Guangxuan took the candied haws and stuffed one into his mouth casually!
"I've seen it. I didn't expect Dazhou's hospitality to be like this. Even eating a bunch of candied haws on a stick has to pay for it, but I have to say, it tastes really good!" King Guangxuan's eyes lightened up as he spoke. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and you could feel that he was very satisfied with the candied haws.
"That's natural!"
Zuo Ya nodded: "Your Majesty himself is sometimes greedy, so he will spend his own money to buy it!"
“Only by not competing with the people can we benefit the people!”
Zuo Ya said quietly.
King Guangxuan smiled: "I have learned a lesson."
Zuo Ya nodded: "Okay, let's continue!"
"I've almost walked around the city of Shendu. There's really nothing that interests me. I just heard that the peonies are about to bloom. The peonies in Shendu City are famous all over the world, but I haven't noticed anything along the way. Have you seen it?" King Guangxuan asked softly with a bit of surprise in his eyes!
Zuo Ya nodded slightly: "This year, the Peony Flower Festival is cancelled!"
"The Peony Festival is only held in certain places. If the prince really wants to see peonies, he can go to the Peony Garden in Dongcheng to enjoy them!" Zuo Ya said with a faint smile in her voice.
"cancelled?"
King Guangxuan was stunned: "How could it be cancelled?"
"It's easy!"
Zuo Ya smiled: "Because Kui Wen at this year's Great Court Meeting is too stunning and too conspicuous, so His Majesty specially ordered to cancel the peony flowers and only hold peony appreciation in a few fixed places!"
"In this way, we can save people and money!" Zuo Ya's voice was very soft.
"oh?"
King Guangxuan seemed to be interested: "I have long heard that every year at the Great Zhou Dynasty meeting, Kuiwen will be selected from all the articles in the world!"
