It has been five days since Su Yuan landed in Haizhou from the east coast.

He has been leading his troops forward since landing, but he doesn't know much about the local customs. Now that he has temporarily settled down, he also walked around the streets a few times under the protection of his guards.

He observed that the cities in the south of the Yangtze River were indeed very different from the cities in the north of the Yangtze River. Probably because it often rained here, every house had a long edge to protect it from the rain.

And many people have wicker shoes on their windowsills, which are shoes worn when going to the rice fields.

There are a lot of messy things, but few people can see them.

Because Fucheng is still under semi-martial law, people are not allowed to go out on the streets at will. People in the city basically stay in their homes. The only people who can be seen on the streets are patrolling Bei'an Army soldiers.

"Master, there seems to be nothing to see outside." Ju Jian said. She followed Su Yuan for a long time and found that this place was far worse than the capital. Not to mention the capital, it couldn't even compare with Taiyuan.

Su Yuan nodded: "It's a bit frustrating."

In his opinion, Haizhou is a slightly better state in Jiangnan, but the city still gives people a sense of depression. The reason for this feeling is the lack of public facilities.

There are almost no schools or drugstores on the streets. They are all large houses or places used for eating, drinking and having fun, such as restaurants and brothels.

It can be seen that even if Shi Ming, the state pastor, is better than other state pastors, he is not much better. At most, he is the taller among the dwarfs.

Like most state pastors, Shi Ming comes from a large local family, so he naturally has to take care of his family business.

Su Yuan raised his eyes and looked at a teahouse not far away. The four characters "Shijia Tea Industry" on the door plate were particularly conspicuous.

Along the way, he has seen many brands with the prefix "Shijia", which shows that most of the city's economic lifeline is in the hands of the Shijia.

But that was in the past.

Su Yuan withdrew his gaze. Shen Lian is currently leading people to search the Shi family. Soon the Shi family will be the same as ordinary people, or even worse than ordinary people.

The group of people walked all the way to the end of the street, and Su Yuan had an intuitive understanding of the city. He turned around and was about to walk back, when suddenly a private house on the street opened and three men rushed out with machetes!

"ah!

!”

The three of them slashed at Su Yuan, looking very crazy as he stared and opened his mouth.

Su Yuan frowned, and without him needing to say anything, the plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums beside him had already taken action.

Several flashes of sword light flashed, and the heads of the three people holding kitchen knives were separated.

"You actually want to assassinate your master!"

Mei Jian had an evil look on her face, and she rushed into the private house with a single stride. Immediately afterwards, several exclamations came from inside.

Then, Mei Jian came out with his sword in hand and said to Su Yuan: "Master, all threats have been eliminated!"

"Um……"

Su Yuan knew that the remaining people in the private house probably had little fighting ability, but he did not stop Mei Jian.

Facing the assassination, he also believed that the root cause should be eradicated.

Moreover, he now also understands that among the many cities he conquered, the city in Haizhou undoubtedly has the strongest will to resist.

The people here have lived under the management of the Shi family for decades or hundreds of years, and have long been accustomed to the original structure. Now that the Bei'an Army has arrived and killed a large number of Haizhou people, it is natural for the people to be resentful.

But this is war, not just children's play. War kills people, and many people die.

If he had to choose whether to die by himself or someone else, Su Yuan would choose the latter ten thousand times.

When he returned to the governor's house, they heard that he had been assassinated. Zhou Shu and Xun Yu were very worried.

In the yard, Zhou Shu said to Su Yuan: "You should not leave the house recently. There are too many people in the city who want to kill Bei'an Army. It is still very dangerous."

"I can understand, but I cannot accept the hostility." Su Yuandao, "A group of people who are hostile to me and hostile to the Bei'an Army gather together, and sooner or later they will cause trouble."

Su Yuan paused and then said: "Every soldier of the Bei'an Army is very important. I will feel very sad if any one of them dies. If they die in a deliberate attack by the people of Haizhou, then I will definitely not accept it."

His voice was a little cold, and Zhou Shu's expression slowly changed.

"You don't mean...you wouldn't do that, right?"

Zhou Shu looked at Su Yuan, who was stunned for a moment when he saw the pleading look on her expression.

"What do you think I'm going to do? Massacre the city?"

"..."

Zhou Shu was silent, and Su Yuan was also speechless: "Of course I wouldn't do that."

Zhou Shu actually knew that Su Yuan was not that crazy, but his expression just now was too serious, which scared her a little.

Now that she heard Su Yuan's clear denial, she felt relieved, but she was also curious about how Su Yuan would solve this dilemma.

This hatred cannot be easily resolved, and it cannot be done by providing some benefits to the people.

"Then what are you going to do?" Zhou Shu asked.

"It's very simple." Su Yuan said a solution that surprised Zhou Shu.

"When the time is right, I will disperse the people of Haizhou and send them to different places."

"ah……"

"Send all the people to Jiangbei and scatter them in various counties. Even if they have hatred in their hearts, what can they do if they don't have enough manpower? In this way, as time goes by, the hatred will disappear."

The method Su Yuan mentioned is not common in modern times. It is often referred to as "changing the environment".

Before he traveled through time, he often heard comments like this. Many people said they felt too much pressure at work, and their colleagues were crazy about working overtime. Then he might as well change to a more comfortable environment, so that he could relax.

This method can be used on the people of Haizhou.

If a group of people with hatred in their hearts gather together, their hatred will only deepen every day. But if these people are broken up and scattered among the people who respect and love the Bei'an Army, then these people will slowly change.

This is the reason why those who are close to vermillion are red and those who are close to ink are black.

After Zhou Shu figured out Su Yuan's strategy, he had to sigh with emotion. It was indeed a good strategy, but it was also a very cruel one.

Fortunately, it does have an effect, but it is cruel in that it forces many people to leave their homes and start a new life in a completely unfamiliar place.

You must know that many people have never left the city in their lives and know nothing about the world outside the city. Forcing them to leave is undoubtedly a different kind of torture.

Of course, this approach is naturally hundreds of times gentler than massacring a city.

Zhou Shu did not object to Su Yuan. She knew that this was a sign of Su Yuan's humanity. If he really felt angry again, no one knew what he would do.

The emperor's wrath will lay down millions of corpses and bleed for thousands of miles. Su Yuan, who controls the Bei'an Army, will only be more terrifying than the emperor... For this reason, not stimulating his emotions is the most correct choice.

This is Zhou Shu's experience. She grew up in the palace and knows all about this kind of thing.

"If we want to do this, we have to wait until the unification is over."

"Of course." Su Yuandao, "Before reunification, we couldn't have so many ships to transport the people. Speaking of which, counting the days, it will probably be here after Guangming."

…

The Bei'an naval fleet docked on the east coast of Haizhou, where the soldiers left by Su Yuan were there to meet them.

After the meeting, Qi Jiguang first arranged for someone to report to Su Yuan that he had arrived. Then he followed the path of Su Yuan's advance.

Although Su Yuan's vanguard troops captured many cities along the way, they did not actually occupy them.

There are only a thousand people in total. Su Yuan can't just leave a group of people after conquering a place, otherwise his few people will not be enough.

So after Su Yuan led his troops away, the places he conquered returned to their original state. Now Qi Jiguang walked again and completely occupied them.

…

Su Yuan, who was in the Prefecture Mufu, had received news two days ago that Qi Jiguang would arrive in Fucheng today. But what he was more concerned about was what he could summon with this summons today.

The number of summons in seven days has been refreshed. Su Yuan held the weapon talisman and chose to summon after early morning.

The Xuanwu last time was enough to surprise him. No matter what it is this time, he will accept it calmly.

[Summoning successful: Obtain ancient artifact fragments]

Damn it!

Su Yuan was immediately shocked when he saw the prompt.

Last time it was a divine beast, this time it's a fragment of an artifact?

Did I transfer?

He continued to look at it, and when he saw what fragments it was, he took a deep breath.

[Ancient artifact fragments: Nuwa stone fragments]

Type:Special

quantity: 1

Note: It contains a trace of the spiritual energy of the great goddess Nuwa. Carrying it with you can prolong your life and speed up your cultivation.

…

Nuwa stone fragments!

Su Yuan summoned it without saying a word, and immediately, a colorful round stone appeared in his palm.

It was a little cold in the hand, but very comfortable. From the moment he held it, Su Yuan felt an extremely majestic but gentle force pouring into his body.
To be continued...