That day, he led the navy to wipe out the water bandits at the Broken Dragon Beach and returned with a full load. Apart from the treasures of the water bandits, there were also more than 20 small boats. These boats were a little smaller than the Navy's boats, but their quality was much better. Moreover, their design was extremely reasonable. When they ran on the surface of the Luo River, their speed was two to three times faster than the Navy's warships of Jiang City, or even faster. With these warships, they greatly made up for the shortage of warships of the Navy of Jiang City, and brought the strength of the Navy of Jiang City to a new level. Of course, the most eye-catching one was Junior Leopard's new ride, the "Black Pearl".
Riding on the Black Pearl, he returned with the captives of the water bandits at the Broken Dragon Beach and the head of the bandit leader Li Sanbao. As soon as he entered the port, he caused a sensation in Jiang City.
Li Sanbao, who had run amuck in the Luo River for more than 10 years, was gone just like that. This was really beyond the expectations of everyone in Jiang City, including the Magistrate and Guard Ding.
However, in front of the facts, they had no choice but to believe it. Li Sanbao had run amuck in the Luo River for so many years, and there were at least 800 people who recognized him, including the Magistrate and Guard Ding.
After seeing the head, the two were overjoyed. On one hand, they reported their merits, and on the other hand, they hung Li Sanbao's head at the port for three days as a warning to others.
The whole of Jiang City was lively because of Li Sanbao's death. Everyone was overjoyed, especially the merchants in the city. On the second day, they rushed to make an umbrella for the people and sent it to the navy's barracks. At the same time, there were also countless invitations. They were all to thank the Navy of Jiang City for getting rid of a big threat in Jiang City. They wanted to invite Junior Leopard and his officers and soldiers to a banquet.
Junior Leopard felt a headache just looking at it. Apart from the ones organized by the Magistrate and Guard Ding, he did not participate in any of them.
In fact, when he came back from the center of the river, his mind was on those medicinal herbs. There were enough medicinal herbs to make dozens of Bone-Forging Pills, and Junior Leopard also saw enough materials to refine Tendon-Changing Pills.
Yes, sufficient, extremely sufficient materials.
If these materials were used to wash the body with the Tendon-Changing Decoction, they were far from enough. However, Junior Leopard didn't need to use them at all. He only needed to refine the Tendon-Changing Pill. The medicinal materials on River Heart Island could at least refine 20 Tendon-Changing Pills. The effect was equivalent to nearly 100 times of the Tendon-Changing Decoction. What kind of concept was that?
Even for those truly powerful families, thousand-year-old families, and ten-thousand-year-old sects, it was impossible for them to let a disciple in the Bone-Forging Realm enjoy the cleansing of the Tendon Changing Decoction for nearly a hundred times.
Junior Leopard believed that it was only a matter of time before he could step into the Tendon-Changing Realm after he had refined all these medicinal herbs. Compared to his original estimation, it would be at least five years earlier. How could he not be excited?
It was also because of this reason that he decided to speed up his cultivation and step into the Bone Forging Realm earlier.
In fact, before this, he already had enough accumulation to step into the Bone Forging Realm.
He had already taken 18 Bone-Forging Pills, which was equivalent to using the Bone-Forging Decoction to wash his body more than 80 times. The cultivation of the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique had also reached the Full Closure. The cultivation of the two External Elixirs was also as high as Level Six.
Especially the Fiery Eyes External Elixir between his eyebrows, which had the same origin as the Internal Qi in his body. While maintaining a strong pressure on his body, it was also washing his tendons and bones from time to time. It could be said that the strength of his body had already reached a critical point and he could step into the Bone-Forging Realm at any time.
Before, he was unwilling to step into the Bone-Forging Realm mainly because he was afraid that he would progress too fast and be suspected by others. But now, it was different. He had obtained a large number of medicinal herbs from River Heart Island. He could just wash his tendons and bones openly and step into the Bone-Forging Realm.
Therefore, after coming back from River Heart Island, apart from going to the county magistrate's place to accept the congratulatory banquet jointly invited by the county magistrate and Guard Ding, he did not go out and diligently practiced martial arts. All the affairs in the Navy Camp were handled by Wang Cheng, just like before.
Of course, the most important thing in the Navy Camp recently was to take over River Heart Island and build a drill ground. During this period of time, Wang Cheng had been running around for this matter.
Junior Leopard also thought that this matter should be a done deal and there shouldn't be any problems. Unexpectedly, now Wang Cheng came to tell him that it was not done, which was beyond his expectation.
"Why didn't the Magistrate and Guard Ding agree?"
"It's all because of the Yellow Dragon Gang. The Yellow Dragon Gang has taken a fancy to the big port at Broken Dragon Beach. The water there is deep, the port is wide, and it's located in a strategic location. Now that Li Sanbao of Broken Dragon Beach is dead and his underlings have been annihilated by us, the whole Broken Dragon Beach can be navigated again. The benefits here are great. Handing over River Heart Island to us is equivalent to giving us this new waterway!" Speaking of this, Wang Cheng's face revealed a look of remorse. "It's my fault. I thought too simply and didn't think of this!"
"Yellow Dragon Gang?" This was not the first time Junior Leopard had heard of this name. The Yellow Dragon Gang was like the Black Dragon Triad in Qingyang Market. They were of the same nature and were equivalent to the subcontractor of the County Government in Jiang City. The difference was that there was only one Black Dragon Triad in Qingyang Market, while Jiang City was much bigger and more complicated than Qingyang Market. There were at least five or six gangs of the same nature as the Yellow Dragon Gang. The good docks in Jiang City were almost all occupied and managed by these gangs. They were very powerful in Jiang City.
"River Heart Island is so big. Are you going to give it all to the Yellow Dragon Gang?" Junior Leopard squinted and asked.
"Of course not. The Magistrate and Guard Ding agreed to give us the original camp of the water bandits at Broken Dragon Beach as a drill ground. Because River Heart Island is too big and the terrain is flat, that place alone is enough for our Navy to drill. Because of this, I have no reason to say anything!"
Wang Cheng said very gloomily.
"Well, let's not worry about the port first. Let's occupy the drill ground first. It's not your fault. It's also my fault that I didn't think it through at that time. I just wanted to get the River Heart Island, but I didn't expect the place to be too big for us to swallow. By the way, have the things in the treasure house been transported back?"
"Everything has been transported back. Your Excellency, what should be rewarded has been given out. The boys below are all very grateful. They are all praising Your Excellency!" Wang Datong hurriedly said. The smile on his face became very bright. To be honest, as a Navy Quartermaster, he had never been as rich as he was now.
"Well, that's good. The brothers have worked hard. We can't let them work for nothing!" Junior Leopard nodded and said, "Your Excellency Wang, find someone to build a camp on the island now. Although the original camp at Broken Dragon Beach is good, it is, after all, water bandits'. It's not good to use it directly. It's better to repair it!"
"Yes!"
"Also, be more careful when you go to occupy the land. Occupy as much as you can. The bigger, the better!"
"Yes!"
"Your Excellency Jiang, you stay here. The rest of you can go!"
"Yes!" Wang Cheng and the others looked at Junior Leopard in surprise. Then they looked at Jiang Xiao, who was surprised. They didn't dare to say anything and all left.
"Your Excellency Jiang, sit!"
After the four people left, Junior Leopard pointed to the chair in the room and said to Jiang Xiao.
"I dare not!"
"Just sit. Don't talk so much nonsense!" Junior Leopard said impatiently, "I have something to tell you!"
"Yes!" Jiang Xiao saw that he couldn't refuse, so he sat down directly.
"Your Excellency, you asked me to stay here. Do you have anything to tell me?"
"What do you think about the matter of River Heart Island?"
Jiang Xiao's eyes flashed. He thought for a while and then raised his head and said, "Your Excellency was right. We thought about this matter too simply. The area of River Heart Island is too large. No one would give it all to the navy. It's already good enough for them to let us set up a camp there."
"Is it because we thought too simply before, or you saw that I was excited and didn't remind me?"
"Uh —?" Jiang Xiao was shocked and his vest was instantly soaked in sweat. "Your Excellency, you must be joking!"
"I'm not joking!" Junior Leopard said, "Among the navy, you're the only one who could see through this from the beginning. You just didn't say it. As for me, I don't mean to blame you. I just want people to know that if they encounter such a thing in the future, they can just say it directly. Otherwise, I'll be hot-headed again and lose face like now!"
"Yes!"
Jiang Xiao answered in a low voice. Since it had come to this, what else could he say?
What Junior Leopard said was true. When he heard what Junior Leopard said on River Heart Island, he knew that it was difficult to achieve. But at that time, Junior Leopard was in high spirits, so he couldn't say much. After all, although they were in a relationship of superior and subordinate, they were not very familiar. If Junior Leopard was disturbed and flew into a rage, he wouldn't be able to bear it.
"Well, let's not talk about those useless things. Your Excellency Jiang, you've been in Jiang City for a long time. You're more familiar with the situation here and the situation of Broken Dragon Beach than me. On this River Heart Island, how can we get the most benefits?"
"That depends on what benefits you want, Your Excellency!"
"I'm the Navy Commander. Naturally, I'm concerned about the benefits of the navy of Jiang City. In addition, the Admiral asked me to come to Jiang City for two reasons. One is to suppress the bandits, and the other is to ensure the smooth waterway of Jiang City. The things in the past two years sound the same, but in my opinion, it's not the same. Besides the bandits, the waterway of Jiang City seems to have other problems!"
Jiang Xiao didn't say anything. Junior Leopard's words were very vague. He couldn't judge Junior Leopard's real intention. However, since he had already said it, it wouldn't do him any good to hide it.
"Your Excellency has just come to Jiang City, so you're not familiar with it. Therefore, you don't know the serious relationship. Since Your Excellency trusts me so much, then I'll boldly analyze it for Your Excellency!"
"I'm all ears!" Junior Leopard smiled.
Jiang Xiao came in front of Junior Leopard. He dipped his hand in the water in the teacup and drew on the table. "Your Excellency, look, this is Luo River, this is Jiang City, and this is River Heart Island. River Heart Island is 60 miles away from Jiang City. Comparatively speaking, it's closer to Flower City. It should be the territory of Flower City!"
"Then why does it belong to Jiang City now?"
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