Large auction houses could only sell or purchase Silver-rank soul items slowly. Moreover, they also had to wait for the pressure brought about by the approaching origin tide. Many people would delay as much as possible to prevent other changes.
After thinking through this point, Yang Rui was no longer in such a hurry. There was still quite a bit of time left, and he could let the atmosphere continue brewing. When the origin tide truly approached, and the people who needed it had yet to obtain a Silver rank soul type item, the situation would most likely be different.
Yang Rui handed over the large auction house and a group of scouts to Xiaohui. Then, he shifted his attention to the various matters within the territory. With his participation, the territory's development naturally became more orderly.
The various matters within the territory were straightened out. In fact, Yang Rui still had one thing to do. That was when Liu Biao attacked Yuzhou, Yuan Shu's remaining troops all declared their surrender to Yang Rui and received protection from him.
Now that Liu Biao had retreated and Yuan Shu's former subordinates had also retreated to their respective territories, it was reasonable to say that Yang Rui could have taken Yuzhou into his pocket and complete the basic unification of the northern region in one fell swoop.
However, after Yuan Shu's former generals retreated to their original positions, they never mentioned the topic of surrendering. Yang Rui had been thinking and discussing with his officers many times whether to take the initiative to take over Yuzhou or wait for an opportunity to present itself.
Regarding this issue, Yang Rui himself was somewhat conflicted. Moreover, there was no small disagreement among Yang Rui's subordinates. The ones who took the initiative to take over Yuzhou believed that since the other party had already made a move to surrender, it was normal to take over Yuzhou at this time. Moreover, it was not as if they did not have the strength to occupy Yuzhou.
On the other hand, several people on the other side believed that if they took over Yuzhou, Yuan Shu's former subordinates might not be convinced. This point could be seen from the fact that they did not mention this matter again after returning.
Some of Yang Rui's subordinates believed that if they were to forcefully take down Yu Province at this time, there were likely to be two situations. First, the other side might directly turn against Yang Rui and become enemies.
This was not impossible. Since Yuan Shu's subordinates had sided with Yang Rui under Liu Biao's attack, then if Yang Rui was the one who invaded Yuzhou, the other party might also side with Liu Biao.
Of course, if Yuan Shu's old subordinates were to make such a choice, they would have more scruples than when they faced Liu Biao's subordinates.
However, the other possibility was very high. Once Yang Rui wanted to intimidate a few of Yuan Shu's old subordinates and Yu Province, it would be easy to leave behind some hidden dangers.
Yuan Shu's former subordinates might be intimidated into surrendering to Yang Rui for the time being. However, in the face of some powerful enemies or other special situations, they might be the first ones to defect. It was not impossible to transfer all of them out of Yuzhou.
Yang Rui wasn't willing to leave behind such hidden dangers, nor was he willing to face another direct conflict. As such, he decided to maintain the status quo for the time being and deal with this matter after the origin tide and the national war.
At the very least, Yuan Shu's old subordinates still owed Yang Rui a favor under the current circumstances. Yang Rui could still request some help during the national war.
Even if Yang Rui didn't need the help of Yuan Shu's old subordinates at that time, it would still be beneficial if they didn't add to Yang Rui's troubles.
That was why Yang Rui delayed asking about Yuan Shu's old subordinates and Yu Province for so long. It was also after repeatedly weighing and considering during this period of time that Yang Rui made the decision to temporarily put this matter aside.
The warm spring season had passed. As the temperature gradually rose, lush and firm greenery burst forth everywhere. Just like the various industries under Yang Rui's jurisdiction, it was full of vitality.
After a period of relaxation in the real world, Yang Rui felt that there were fewer and fewer things that he could personally do during this period of time when he logged into the game again. Everything was moving towards normalcy, and the management of the territory's affairs was becoming smoother and smoother.
After Zhang Rang took out a large batch of high-level soul equipment, Yang Rui suddenly thought of a possibility. As the origin tide approached, perhaps it wasn't just the three civilizations that were like this. Would a large batch of high-level soul equipment appear in other civilizations in different ways?
After all, the needs of the origin tide were there. Moreover, according to the principle that the various civilizations' regions in the game had always been relatively fair, they shouldn't break the balance and give a big gift to the three civilizations' regions, right? Even though Yang Rui was the only one who had received the gift.
Thinking of this, Yang Rui decided to find Wako Uesugi to ask about the situation. If there were any clues, Yang Rui might have to make a trip to the Egyptian civilization's region and see if Cleopatra VII could find this "gift bag" at the same time.
Yang Rui rushed to the Wo civilization's region and explained the matter to Wako Uesugi. They considered and discussed together. If a soul item of such quality and scale appeared in the Wo civilization's region, who was most likely to have it in their hands?
The starting point to consider this question was undoubtedly to use Zhang Rang as an analogy and speculate about people with similar identities in the Wo civilization's region, or the shogunate itself and the big shots in Kyoto.
Fortunately, this matter didn't need to be avoided. Although it wasn't realistic to search for it with great fanfare, they could line up the key targets and ask them in the name of normal acquisition.
Yang Rui believed that if there really was such a "gift bag" in the Wo civilization's region, and if it fell into the hands of someone like Zhang Rang who was in dire straits, it was very likely that the other party would be able to trade it.
Following this train of thought, Yang Rui first had Wako Uesugi send a letter of request to the shogunate's general. The letter clearly stated that he wanted to buy Silver-grade and above soul items from the other party, and also gave a price range.
Under Yang Rui's instructions, Wako Uesugi's lower price was higher than the market price of similar items, not to mention the upper price. This was a clear signal to the other party.
Wako Uesugi even indicated in the letter that he could accept all kinds of resources, daily necessities, and all kinds of props as bargaining chips, imitating Yang Rui's transaction model with the Ten Constant Attendants.
In addition, Wako Uesugi also promised the shogunate's general in the letter that he would send troops to prevent the Daimyo from going to Luo at a critical time. In Yang Rui's opinion, this was the most important bargaining chip.
Of course, the shogunate's general was the most likely person to have the "gift bag" after much analysis by Yang Rui and Wako Uesugi, if this gift bag really did exist in the Wo civilization's region. After all, the shogunate's general had been in charge of the country's affairs for many years and had declined.
The shogunate's experience was somewhat similar to that of the Ten Constant Attendants.
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