On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month of the fourth year of Shenwu, Ganlu Hall.

Ma Jin was wearing a robe and a high seat on the dragon platform. His face was gone without the majesty of the past, but with a little smile, making him look in a good mood.

"Your Majesty, Queen Yaoguang of Jialan Kingdom has submitted a letter to the whole country to submit to our Great Zhou rule. This is because Your Majesty suppresses the rebellion of foreign races, and is a result of being threatened by all living beings. It is a great thing that everyone celebrates together. I would like to ask Your Majesty to issue an edict to the world and have fun with the people!" Changsun Wuji stood in the middle of the hall and bowed and said, looking happy.

"Accurate!" Ma Jin thought for a moment, then nodded with a smile. He had never thought about the surrender of the whole country in Jialan Kingdom. Just a day ago, the letter of the Jialan Kingdom and the battle report from Li Jing were sent to Shendu at the same time, but Ma Jin was surprised for a long time.

When Changsun Wuji retreated to the list, the Privy Councilor Xie Xuan also came out to report:

"Your Majesty, the army led by Li Shumi has now advanced to the edge of Endless Mangshan Mountain. The boundary channel strongholds built by the Yaoyue Dynasty. When our army arrives, the army of the Yaoyue Dynasty has withdrawn all the troops back to the southern region. Li Shumi has now sent heavy troops to guard the boundary channel to prevent the Yaoyue Dynasty from sending troops to invade the land of our eastern region!"

"Li Jingke has clearly investigated what's going on in this realm channel?" Ma Jin nodded and asked after hearing this.

"When you go back to your Majesty, Mr. Li has sent someone to investigate. This realm channel is just an underground channel formed by the underground river eroding over the years. It can directly lead from the southern region to the edge of the endless Mangshan Mountain in the eastern region. Moreover, the tunnel is very spacious and can accommodate ten people to pass through in parallel.

However, the situation on the southern region is unclear, and Shumi Li dared not act rashly, so he submitted a report to the court for His Majesty to make a decision!" Xie Xuan bowed slightly and replied.

Ma Jin kept knocking his fingers on the dragon throne, pondered for a while, then slowly said: "Xie Qing, you send me my order and tell Li Jing that he would build a city at the boundary passage, which is called "boundary city". Choose a general to lead heavy troops to defend. I will be of great use in the future. As for the southern region, we don't need to pay attention to it for the time being. Our focus now is on the southern region, and we will talk about other things in the future."

"I obey the order!" Xie Xuan hurriedly bowed.

Ma Jin nodded and waited for Xie Xuan to retreat to the lineup. Ma Jin looked around at the ministers in the hall and said aloud:

"The land in the southern part of the territory has been destroyed by the beast tribe, and almost one out of ten countries exist. Now the Jialan Kingdom has all the whole country to join our Great Zhou. Except for the Jialan Kingdom, there are only a handful of countries with some strength in the southern part of the territory. If I want the entire southern part of the territory to be under the Great Zhou rule, what are the good ways for all my dear ministers?"

The ministers in the palace were stunned when they heard the emperor's words, and were all jumped by Ma Jin's appetite. You should know that the entire southern land of the territory is even wider than the entire Zhou Dynasty, with hundreds of countries. Although most of them are small countries, there are also countries like Jia Lan, and for a moment the hall was silent.

"I call your Majesty. I think that besides Jialan, there are only Baoyue Kingdom, Fengyin Kingdom and Longxiang Kingdom, and other countries are not worth mentioning in small places.

Therefore, I think that as long as we send an envoy to lobby all countries, with the mighty power of our Great Zhou, we can make these small countries be governed without any effort!" This is the remark of Fang Xuanling, the cabinet's political officer, suddenly came out of the list.

"I think what the old master of Fangge said is very true. With the power of our great Zhou Tian and the power of defeating foreign races, hundreds of thousands of battles were enough to make these small countries peaceful." Kou Zhun, the deputy to the cabinet, also made a list of his words.

"What should I do with Baoyue, Fengyin and Longxiang? Send troops to attack?" Ma Jin asked. This was also what he was most concerned about. As for other small countries, it was indeed not worth worrying in his opinion.

"As for the remaining Baoyue, Fengyin and Longxiang, I think Fengyin and Longxiang are easy to deal with. Both countries are bordering our Great Zhou. The people in their country have admired our Heavenly Kingdom for a long time, so I think we can combine our country in three steps.

First, we send envoys to lobby and explain the benefits and disadvantages; second, we give the people of both countries the benefits and win the hearts of the people; then we lure the ministers to be noble, take advantage of the opportunity to make the king and his ministers disunited; third, we set up troops on the border and intimidate them with great force. Three steps can force the royal families of both countries to submit!" Changsun Wuji made a statement at this time.

When Ma Jin heard this, he nodded repeatedly, sighed that these civil officials were just lively, and asked again: "What should Baoyue Kingdom do about it?"

When Changsun Wuji heard Ma Jin's inquiry, he frowned and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this Baoyue Kingdom is different from other countries. Most of its territory is on islands on the endless sea. Even its capital Guanghanjing is located on the largest island of Baoyue Kingdom - the Lai Island. It would be a bit difficult to make it fall under the rule of our Great Zhou..."

Ma Jin frowned slightly when he heard this. It was indeed a bit troublesome. The biggest difference between Baoyue Kingdom and other countries is that they don’t have to be afraid of the military front of the Great Zhou Empire. After all, no matter how powerful the Great Zhou army is, it’s useless to not be able to fight others.

Although there were several naval troops in the Great Zhou Dynasty, they were all inland water navigators, and the ships they used were not suitable for sea at all, and even if they could barely sail on the sea, it would not be useful.

Because the oceans in this world are not as calm as those in Ma Jin's previous life, most of the time, the oceans in this world are simply a gathering place for storms, and are shrouded in storms all year round, which is better if they are within ten nautical miles of the sea.

The storm of this endless sea seems to be conscious. There is nothing wrong with sailing within ten nautical miles along the coast. The wind is calm, but as long as you pass this node, you will be torn to pieces by the storm in the sea.

As far as he knows, the only one who can freely travel in the endless sea is Baoyue Kingdom. As for why they can have no taboos, it is unknown, because this Baoyue Kingdom is extremely xenophobic, and people from other countries cannot step into their borders at all.

The trade between Baoyue Kingdom and other countries is carried out on the border, and the most amazing thing is that no one has seen the people in Baoyue Kingdom look like, because when people in Baoyue Kingdom show up, they always wear a hat covering their whole body, even the soldiers guarding the border are the same.

Ma Jin thought for a long time, but there was no way to deal with this Baoyue Kingdom for the time being. He had a headache for a while, so he simply put it aside and said to Changsun Wuji: "Let the matter of the Baoyue Kingdom be put aside first. After our Great Zhou solves other countries in the southern part of the territory, we will deal with this Baoyue Kingdom!"

Speaking of this, Ma Jin couldn't help but look at a middle-aged man wearing a purple robe with a wise face and a wise looking middle-aged man shouted:

"Su Qing!"
Chapter completed!