Now, Yang Rui had helped Yuan Shu gain a lot of living space. In the end, he had also bought time for himself to develop. Yang Rui still had many things to consider.
Among them, the opening of the Yizhou route was very important. If he could open up a route to Yizhou and develop Yizhou in time, Yang Rui's power would be greatly strengthened.
Although Yizhou was smaller than the other thirteen states of the Great Han Dynasty and was even smaller than the larger counties, Yizhou was still a state of the Great Han Dynasty. This could be seen from the map of the fourteenth state that Yang Rui had obtained.
Furthermore, Yizhou's geographical location was very important. Its strategic position in the game was no less than in the real world. Especially when there was a high possibility of a naval war in the form of a national war, Yizhou was even more important.
Putting all these aside, Yizhou's rich resources were a rare treasure. Currently, Yang Rui could quickly develop and use wood, wild sugarcane, and so on.
In the real world, Zhongbao Island's name was not just for show. Yizhou in the game should also have rich resources.
After walking around Yizhou Island, Yang Rui had found that the land was fertile and had abundant rainfall. At least, it was very suitable for the growth and production of crops. In the near future, Yang Rui was confident that he could turn it into his own granary.
At the same time, Yang Rui found a lot of fruits on the island. Some of them were rarely produced in other regions. It was also a resource that was worth developing and promoting.
Speaking of the opening of the route, Yang Rui had already intended to open the national barrier to South Korea. He wanted to control the rights of the route between the two civilizations and occupy an advantageous position in the possible national war between the two civilizations.
However, Yang Rui had never stopped before. He did not have time to complete the series of missions related to the national barrier, so he did not have time to talk about controlling the route.
Yang Rui had completed the series of missions related to the national barrier to the Japanese civilization, so he was quite familiar with the process. Basically, he would not stray too far from the content of the airworthiness challenge, the sea monster challenge, and the pirate challenge.
It could be said that Yang Rui had enough ships and experience to complete the mission of opening up the South Korean sea route. The only thing he lacked was the time to complete the relevant mission.
At the same time, according to the information obtained on the forum, the Korean civilization's internal battles were also very intense. Although their territory was not big, they could not change their easily excited nature. In fact, their battles were even more intense than the other civilizations' regions.
Therefore, Yang Rui had to make relevant preparations before breaking through the country's barrier. At the very least, he had enough control over the sea route to prevent the Koreans from diverting their internal conflict to the three civilizations through seizing sea routes or national war missions.
The opening of the sea route was only one of the important things that Yang Rui needed to complete at the moment. In addition, Yang Rui urgently needed to focus on the governance of the new territory, the development of the workshop industrial cluster, the forced trade with the Nihon civilization, the development of the business alliance, the control of the flying dragon coin, and so on.
After Yang Rui returned to Linzi City, he spent two game days dealing with the land under his jurisdiction and various internal affairs. Then, he started to prioritize opening up the sea route to Yizhou.
Yizhou was originally set as the fourteenth state of the Great Han Dynasty. At least, it was within the radiation range of the three civilizations, just like how Shrimp Island targeted the Nihon civilization.
Therefore, the difficulty of opening up the sea route to Yizhou should be much easier than completing the series of missions related to the national barrier. It was just like how Yang Rui opened up the sea route from Shrimp Island to the Nihon civilization's territory.
After another ten or so game days, Yang Rui was ready to start the opening of the sea route to Yizhou. This time, Yang Rui did not let Taishi Ci miss out. He made him the commander of the navy to complete the exploration of the sea route.
For this reason, Yang Rui swapped Taishi Ci and Fang Lan. Fang Lan temporarily commanded the navy battleships on the Yellow River, while Taishi Ci commanded Fang Lan's navy in the Wenshui and Sishui regions to open up the sea route.
Most of the ten or so game days of preparation was spent on the navy and the ships. In total, more than 50 fully armed turreted ships and 100 large transport ships were sent out.
The reason why so many ships were sent out was because Yang Rui was very confident in opening up the sea route. He wanted to put in enough soldiers and NPCs to develop the Yizhou in all aspects.
During the ten or so game days that Yang Rui mobilized the navy and ships, he also mobilized the cavalry generals and soldiers. The number exceeded 200,000, and this did not include the navy.
The cavalry generals that Yang Rui chose included Guan Hai, Nan Lou, Bu Dugen, Asano Ningning, and Mi Fang. In addition, Yang Rui brought Huang Wudie, Guo Jia, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, the imperial guards, and Mogami Yohime.
At this time, the most troublesome competitors on Yizhou Island were the savages. According to Yang Rui's rough investigation, there should be more than one million savages in the entire Yizhou area. The total number of savages in the central and western villages was less than 100,000.
This was also the reason why Yang Rui had brought so many soldiers to Yizhou. Although there were many savage tribes and their fighting power was not weak, there was a large gap in terms of leadership and coordination. Yang Rui was prepared to sweep through all the savage tribes in Yizhou with lightning speed and do his best to wipe out all the savage tribes in Yizhou in one go.
In addition to the soldiers, Yang Rui also recruited more than 300,000 NPC Liegeman. These NPC Liegeman were all newly exchanged by Yang Rui from Yuan Shu. Their original residences were in Yangzhou, which was more suitable for living and building in Yizhou's climate.
Although there were many NPCs in Yang Rui's territory, most of them lived stable lives. Only the NPC Liegeman in the newly acquired Xuzhou area was not at ease. They were also in a situation of a shortage of people, so Yang Rui directly chose to do a temporary business deal with Yuan Shu.
"System Notification: Respected player Blazing Sun, the Yizhou Sea Route Opening Series Challenge Quest is about to enter the third stage — the Sea Demon Challenge. Please make the necessary preparations. You have ten minutes to prepare!"
After the personnel and ships were organized, Yang Rui led everyone out of Guangling Prefecture to shorten the distance needed to explore the sea route. In less than seven or eight game days, Yang Rui's fleet welcomed the final stage of the sea route opening challenge.
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