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This wild scene made Li Ji couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly, somewhat losing his composure.

Why was Gan Ning so naturally skilled in this kind of pirate warfare?

However, not every personal guard around Li Ji recognized Gan Ning.

This caused Gan Ning, in this rash manner, to just land on the deck and suddenly find that nearly a hundred of Li Ji's personal guards had drawn their swords and aimed them at him, with even more archers on the periphery drawing their bows and aiming at Gan Ning.

Especially since these soldiers had just experienced the Battle of Youzhou, many of them now clearly possessed a bit more of an iron-blooded and stern aura than before.

This caused Gan Ning, who had just landed, to immediately feel countless sharp edges approaching, and a deadly sense of crisis frantically rising in his brain.

"Alright, alright."

Only when Li Ji raised his hand did the many personal guards who had drawn their weapons and aimed at Gan Ning withdraw their alert posture.

Gan Ning breathed a long sigh of relief. At that moment, Gan Ning felt that if he made the slightest move, he would be shot with a thousand arrows and dismembered by countless knives.

However, Gan Ning almost instantly forgot the sense of crisis he had just felt, and said with a grin, patting his chest.

"That scared the hell out of me…"

However, looking at Li Ji, who was walking over with Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Sun Ce, with a slightly playful expression on his face, Gan Ning immediately woke up, withdrew the playful look on his face, and quickly explained.

"Mr. Zikun, this is just a verbal tic of mine, definitely not implying anything…"

"Alright, alright."

Li Ji looked at Gan Ning, who was clearly used to being wild at sea, and didn't bother with such trivial matters. Although Gan Ning seemed arrogant and spoke without restraint, he knew very well what he should do.

At least, when Gan Ning jumped over first, he was only wearing a single layer of clothing and didn't even bring any weapons, in order to prove that he had no malicious intentions. Moreover, this kind of performance undoubtedly expressed loyalty and closeness to his superior in a certain sense.

Immediately, Li Ji waved his hand to let the surrounding personal guards retreat a certain distance, clearing a space for confidential conversations, and asked directly.

"How is the situation in Yingzhou?"

Gan Ning heard this and said solemnly.

"I was just about to report to Mr. Zikun. Previously, Jiang Gongyi and I followed Mr. Zikun's orders and temporarily obeyed the command of Chief Clerk Jia, leading ten thousand sailors to Yingzhou."

"After arriving in Yingzhou, Chief Clerk Jia had me and Jiang Gongyi divide our forces into two groups. One group, led by me, circumnavigated Yingzhou to draw a map of the surrounding sea, and the other group, led by Chief Clerk Jia, landed in the southern part of Yingzhou to contact the Kingdom of Yamatai."

"And I had only just finished drawing a preliminary map of the entire surrounding area of Yingzhou and reunited with Chief Clerk Jia not long ago. However, Chief Clerk Jia seems to have successfully completed contact with the upper echelons of the Kingdom of Yamatai and is garrisoning troops at a natural port near the Kingdom of Yamatai."

"As for the specific matters, I only secretly inquired once with Jiang Gongyi, but Jiang Gongyi is also unaware of the specifics of what Chief Clerk Jia did."

Li Ji felt a strange sense of familiarity upon hearing this.

Garrisoning troops in Yingzhou?

Why does it feel so strange?

"Then, what is the status of our Han army in the garrisoned area?" Li Ji asked.

Gan Ning's originally somewhat serious expression now unconsciously revealed a smile as he said.

"The Woren are all short and small in stature. How can they compare to our Han people? Therefore, wherever our Han people go, they are naturally deeply respected. Even though there is a language barrier, the Woren who admire our Han people are endless."

"If it weren't for the strict military law, which strictly forbade the soldiers from leaving the garrisoned area without permission, I'm afraid we don't know how many Han seeds would be left in Yingzhou."

Li Ji couldn't help but support his forehead upon hearing this…

Sure enough, some things that are deeply ingrained in the bones will not change.

Does Yingzhou generally possess a natural constitution for garrisoning troops?

As for how Jia Xu managed to get the Kingdom of Yamatai to set aside a piece of land for the Han army to garrison, Li Ji was not surprised by this at all.

On the contrary, if Jia Xu only managed to achieve this level, Li Ji would instead suspect that Jia Xu was slacking off and secretly being lazy.

Immediately, Li Ji opened his mouth and said.

"Where is the sea chart drawn by Xingba?"

Gan Ning immediately took out a cloth map that he kept close to his body from within his single layer of clothing and presented it to Li Ji. Li Ji took it and opened it to take a look.

With just one glance, Li Ji recognized that the shape drawn in the map was indeed roughly consistent with his memory. The three large islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu were all present, with only Hokkaido missing.

However, Li Ji recalled slightly and remembered that people only began crossing the sea from Honshu to build cities in Hokkaido at the end of the sixteenth century.

Therefore, the current Hokkaido cannot yet be considered a part of Yingzhou.

Then, Li Ji asked. "How is the distribution of power within Yingzhou?"

Gan Ning moved closer to Li Ji, pointed at the map, and introduced.

"Currently, there are countless small countries on Yingzhou, with bizarre names. There are also many struggles between them. Until recently, two countries have grown stronger, and then made many small countries on the island respect them as lords."

"These two countries are the Kingdom of Yamatai and the Kingdom of Yamatai that Mr. Zikun previously knew. Among them, the sphere of influence of the Kingdom of Yamatai encompasses the largest island in Yingzhou, and the remaining two islands belong to the sphere of influence of the Kingdom of Yamatai."

Following Gan Ning's finger, Li Ji immediately understood that what Gan Ning was talking about was that the Kingdom of Yamatai ruled Honshu Island, while the Kingdom of Yamatai ruled Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island.

Of course, perhaps the names of these islands are not yet like this today.

However…

Li Ji had a personal guard bring a writing brush, directly named the places on the map, and then said.

"From now on, these three islands will be named accordingly."

"If the Woren up and down Yingzhou know that they can be given a name by Mr. Zikun, they will definitely be grateful and speechless."

Gan Ning immediately sent a rainbow fart, without considering whether the Woren living in Yingzhou would accept this naming.

Or rather, in Gan Ning's view, Mr. Zikun only needs to be responsible for naming it.

If there are those who do not accept it, then Gan Ning and the Han army will naturally have a way to make them gratefully accept the naming from the national scholar of the suzerain state.

Afterwards, Li Ji carefully memorized the map in his hand.

However, in fact, this map only depicts the general outline of Yingzhou and does not have the ability to be directly used as a military map. However, considering the situation in Yingzhou, the Woren may not know how to draw maps.

Therefore, this map instead has considerable reference value and can be continuously improved on this basis to eventually draw an accurate map of Yingzhou.

Li Ji put away the map and asked. "Xingba, Wen He asked you to come and meet me in person, presumably he has some instructions, right?"

"Mr. Zikun is truly like a god, Jia Chief Clerk does have a word for me to tell Mr. Zikun." Gan Ning replied.

"Speak." Li Ji weighed the map and signaled Gan Ning to speak.

"After Jia Chief Clerk asked me to see Mr. Zikun, he asked Mr. Zikun to stay in this sea area for three days before going to the garrisoned area. Jia Chief Clerk will prepare a surprise for Mr. Zikun," Gan Ning said.

"Surprise?"

Li Ji pondered slightly and asked Gan Ning in return, saying. "Speaking of which, Jia Mu is also in the Kingdom of Yamatai, has Xingba seen Jia Mu?"

"I've seen him."

Gan Ning replied without thinking. "Jia Chief Clerk can be said to always bring his嫡son with him, so naturally he wouldn't not have seen him."

Upon hearing this, Li Ji's last trace of doubt also disappeared for the most part.

If something unusual had happened, Jia Mu, this hidden pawn, would not have failed to find an opportunity to warn Gan Ning.

In this way, Li Ji was instead a little curious about what kind of surprise Jia Xu would offer him.

And Yingzhou was already close in sight, so Li Ji was not in a hurry at this time.

Li Ji nodded and agreed. "Alright, then we'll rest in this sea area for three days."

…

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three days, Li Ji also asked Gan Ning in detail about the current development of Yingzhou.

When mentioning this topic, Gan Ning's tone always revealed an undisguised look of contempt and disdain.

The Woren, as their name suggests, are all short in stature like monkeys. Gan Ning saw in the Kingdom of Yamatai that not a single person could reach Gan Ning's shoulder height.

As for clothing and attire, it is even more extremely simple. Even some of the noble officials of the Kingdom of Yamatai, in Gan Ning's view, their clothing is only barely enough to cover their bodies, let alone the lower-level Woren.

To Gan Ning, who usually likes brocade clothes and takes pride in them, this is simply heresy.

In addition, the weapons and armor of the Woren have also developed a certain amount of ironware, but the technology is obviously generations behind that of the Great Han. The main weapons and armor are still wooden spears and wooden armor.

If there is anything in Yingzhou that is worthy of Gan Ning's attention, it is that the internal system of the Kingdom of Yamatai and the Kingdom of Yamatai is much superior to those of the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Xiqiang tribes, and vaguely has an internal system similar to that of the Central Plains dynasty.

After being described in detail by Gan Ning, Li Ji had a further impression of the current Yingzhou.

However, Li Ji still needs to meet Jia Xu to further confirm the current situation before he can determine how to manage Yingzhou specifically.

As three days passed, under Gan Ning's navigation, the fleet began to slowly head towards Kyushu Island in Yingzhou.

At this moment, in the Han army's garrison, in addition to Jia Xu, Jiang Qin, Jia Mu, and the Han soldiers who had completed their formation, there were also more than three thousand Woren arranged among them.

It's just that compared to the relatively tall and strong Han army, which is fully equipped with armor and glittering cold weapons.

Most of the three thousand Woren soldiers are wearing wooden armor, with only a few iron pieces in some key parts, and most of the weapons in their hands are also wooden. Only a few of them, who belong to the leaders, hold some iron weapons in their hands.

In stark contrast, the Japanese soldiers appeared somewhat like monkeys in hats beside the Han soldiers.

Besides them, a group of dignitaries, dressed differently from the common Japanese, stood beside Jia Xu and the others.

These dignitaries were also short in stature, their eyes constantly observing the attire of the Han people, filled with both awe and curiosity.

(End of Chapter)