Chapter 297 Request
Ren Lian Lingyi was not worried that the tasks he assigned would disrupt Wang Dongyao's own plans. He knew and deeply believed in Wang Dongyao's abilities, and that Wang Dongyao would be able to get everything done.
"Master Renlian, the present-day divine priestess of the Coral Palace wishes to see you."
Ever since Kaiju Island was connected to the Internet and joined the big family of Wanzhong Shenji, the Coral Palace, a force that had always been secretly connected with the shogunate, finally and openly turned to the shogunate.
The shogunate also began to publicly support the Coral Palace.
They also fulfilled part of the agreement signed with Renlian Lingyi that year, namely withdrawing part of the shogunate troops and handing over the security management authority of some non-important urban areas to the Coral Army of the Kaido Island people themselves.
This is actually a win-win situation for the Shogunate army and Kaido Island.
Because even now, the entire Haiji Island is just barely able to get enough food.
In terms of taxation alone, Kaiju Island can only barely support its own Coral Army, let alone the Shogunate Army stationed on Kaiju Island.
The military expenses of the shogunate army stationed on Kaido Island were still allocated by Tenryo Bugyo.
It was fine in the first few years, Tianling Fengxing could still hold on for the sake of face, but in recent years Tianling Fengxing has been trying to apply for withdrawal.
After all, the cost of transporting food, weapons and other things from Ming Shen Island and Kujo Jinya to Kaiju Island was really unbearable for them.
Not to mention the remnants of Kanriya and monsters encountered along the way.
Now it was the Coral Palace that had been trying to retain the garrison - because the Kanreya people's revenge on the Sea God Island was quite severe at that time. At the peak of her career, the current human-goddess priestess encountered more than forty assassination attempts in a single year, and other high-ranking officials also encountered assassination attempts to varying degrees. Fortunately, most of the time they returned empty-handed.
At this time, the armies of Kaido Island and Coral Palace had not they naturally could not let the shogunate army escape.
Now the Coral Army of the Coral Palace has begun to grow, and its combat power is comparable to that of the ordinary Shogunate Army. In this case, it is natural that they want the Shogunate Army to fulfill their agreement.
Tianling Fengxing and Coral Palace, who had been looking forward to this for a long time, hit it off immediately.
It was decided to withdraw troops from some non-important cities.
The total number of this garrison exceeded 5,000. In addition to ordinary foot soldiers, more than 2,000 of them were samurai.
There are more than two hundred samurai at the level of Yori, and there are also a large number of samurai at the level of Hatamoto commanders, more than forty in total.
Well, this is only a part of the garrison.
The shogunate army had a strength of 30,000 at its peak on Kaiju Island. Even now, there are 20,000 permanent troops. The number of hatamoto generals exceeds 500, there are five generals, and there is also a legendary figure (LV80+).
This is just the power of the Tenryo Bugyo alone. After accepting the garrison on Kaiju Island, there are the acting Bugyo, the ninjas of the last group, the monsters of Kagemukaiyama, and the members of the Iwakage Raiko no Kizuna who have been here for a long time.
All of Inazuma's forces have branches in Umijima Island.
Of course, most of these forces are not here to fight against the people of Halong Island, but to do business with them.
After eliminating water pollution, the coral pearls from the island of Aegean have regained their former quality and have become the top luxury product on the continent of Teyvat.
What they came here to buy were not top-grade corals or pearls. Most of those things had to be paid as taxes or tax deductions to the shogunate, as this was related to the shogunate's reputation. Every year, a large number of people were required to escort this tribute.
What they want are the defective products that have been screened out and those irregular pearls.
The best quality defective products can be made into some jewelry, while the not-so-good quality defective products and those irregular pearls are ground into powder and consumed as medicine and alchemical materials.
Coral pearls are a material that appears in almost all high-level cosmetics and are deeply loved by women throughout Teyvat.
Even in some remote areas of Teyvat, the entire Aegean Island is not as famous as the Coral Pearl.
The current human god of the Coral Palace came to find Ren Lian Lingyi this time to deal with some problems after the withdrawal of the garrison.
Originally, this matter should be handled by Tianling, but their request was between reasonable and unreasonable. Their request was that the garrison should not withdraw all at once, but should conduct a normal work handover with the Coral Palace Army. This was not agreed upon in the original treaty.
So this time, Coral Palace Jingyuan came to find Ren Lian Lingyi.
"It's not impossible actually." Ren Lian Lingyi said, "As long as you, the Coral Palace, are willing to bear the military expenses and logistics incurred during this period."
"Of course, if you are willing to bear the expenses of returning the garrison troops, I believe that those people in Tianling Fengxing will be happy to give you time to buffer and get it done."
Coral Palace Jingyuan smiled awkwardly: "Isn't it because the finances of Haiji Island are not rich?"
Ren Lian Lingyi would not indulge her. After all, he knew how profitable the luxury goods market was. "Although Haiji Island has invested a lot in scientific research in recent years, according to my calculations, you have a surplus of several hundred million Mora every year."
Ren Lian Lingyi smiled and said, "And you don't have to keep all the soldiers. You can just keep some key people to help you get familiar with the work."
"I think about two months should be about right."
"The two-month military expenses and logistical supplies for the garrison should not be a problem for you."
In fact, the Coral Palace did not have as much surplus wealth as Ren Lian Lingyi said.
Because Ren Lian Lingyi didn't know that when the shogunate was unaware, Coral Palace had also provided additional support for a dependent-level being, that is, Coral Palace Jingyuan's mother, Coral Palace Yingyue.
After withstanding the backlash from the dragon bloodline, Yingyue of Coral Palace successfully became an existence comparable to the immortals in Liyue.
Afterwards, Coral Palace Yingyue accepted the invitation of the Witch Society and successfully joined the Witch Society. With the help of the Witch Society, she successfully hid her own destiny.
This is also the reason why Ren Lian Lingyi has not discovered that Coral Palace Yingyue is still alive.
Her constellation and destiny line have been hidden by several astrology masters of the Witch Society. Although Ren Lian Lingyi's astrology is very good, he can easily become blind when facing astrology of the same level or even higher level than his.
And out of political considerations, both Lei Dianying and General Lei Dian gave the Coral Palace a great deal of independence. It was also because of this that they were able to hide Yingyue in the Coral Palace.
Of course, Coral Palace Jingyuan would not tell Ren Lian Lingyi these secret information.
After much negotiation, Ren Lian Lingyi was finally willing to help her build a bridge between her and Tian Ling Fengxing. As for the subsequent specific negotiations, Ren Lian Lingyi was unwilling to participate in any way.
