"Your Majesty, please be patient."
Nan Feng raised his little hand and pressed it down, signaling Xue Ye to calm down. "What your Majesty said, the high priest is so wise that he naturally sees it very clearly."
"So, although the high priest is limited by the rules and cannot directly send Sea God Island's Soul Master army to participate in the battle on the mainland. However, in order to maintain the balance, the high priest is also willing to express our Sea God Island's attitude to the Spirit Hall... within the scope allowed by the rules."
Xue Ye's originally gloomy eyes suddenly brightened up again. "Oh? What you mean is..."
Nan Feng did not answer directly, but changed the topic and suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, have you ever heard of an overseas island named Purple Pearl Island?"
Xue Ye was stunned for a moment, as if searching for this name in his mind. After a moment, he frowned and said with an unnatural look on his face:
"I have heard a little bit about it. It is said that it is a desert island far away from the mainland, and the most ferocious pirates in the entire continent are gathered on it."
"I, Heaven Dou Empire, have always had big problems in controlling coastal cities. Even coastal defenses are ineffective. A large part of the reason is that these pirates are too rampant."
Having said this, Xue Ye smiled bitterly and sighed:
"To be honest, Your Majesty, I have also thought about sending a large army to eliminate them. However, the combat effectiveness of those Sea Soul Masters on the sea is extremely terrifying. Ordinary steel battleships are as fragile as paper in front of them, and they can be easily destroyed by them with the help of wind and waves and Soul Skills."
"Not to mention our Heaven Dou Empire regular navy, even the now arrogant Spirit Hall would not dare to rashly enter the deep sea to provoke these Sea Soul Master."
"Your Majesty is right. Those pirates are indeed a bunch of cancer."
Nan Feng nodded with deep understanding, "However, that was all in the past."
"Just a few days ago, Purple Pearl Island was completely subsumed by me."
"What?!" Xue Ye and Ge Feng were shocked at the same time.
The most troublesome pirate den in the entire continent was completely conquered in just a few days?!
"Since Sea God Island's Soul Master is restricted by rules and cannot leave the island, and it is inconvenient for people on the mainland to go directly to the island to meet the high priest. Then, we need a buffer zone."
Nan Feng said lightly.
"The high priest has given me full authority to use Purple Pearl Island as the only transfer station for Sea God Island!"
"Next, I will reorganize the more than 500 high-level Sea Soul Master on the island. They will no longer be pirates who rob families, but regular troops directly commanded by me."
"They will be responsible for clearing the surrounding waters, maintaining the absolute order of maritime shipping, and opening up an absolutely safe maritime trade route!"
"At the same time, I want to develop Purple Pearl Island into the largest deep-water port and duty-free trade zone in the continent!"
"In this way, Purple Pearl Island is equivalent to Sea God Island's external appearance in the secular world! It can establish the closest contact and interest alliance with the Heaven Dou Empire in an open and honest manner through huge maritime trade."
"Your Majesty, think about it. If Heaven Dou Empire participates in the construction and trade of Purple Pearl Island, then this island will tie up the core interests of your Heaven Dou Empire."
"What if Spirit Hall launches an attack in the future and takes the opportunity to attack Purple Pearl Island's property that belongs to Sea God Island, and even hurts the residents on the island who are already related to Sea God Island..."
Nan Feng shrugged, "Spirit Hall dares to touch Sea God Island's facade, then the high priest will naturally have a legitimate reason to interfere!"
"At that time, with this layer of broken rules, Lord Sea God will be furious and may issue an oracle to allow Sea God Island's Soul Master army to leave the island and directly intervene in the affairs of the mainland!"
"Your Majesty, what do you think of... this plan?"
Xue Ye frowned, frantically weighing the pros and cons in his mind.
The old emperor had to admit that the "Zi Zhenzhu Port" plan thrown out by Nan Feng was incredibly tempting!
Not only can we take the opportunity to eliminate the pirates that have troubled Heaven Dou Empire for many years and open up a maritime trade route flowing with gold, but we can also directly establish a substantial "interest bundle" with the legendary Sea God Island who has a profound heritage.
This is definitely a great move that can be called a killer move!
"Huh..."
After thinking for a long time, Xue Ye exhaled a long breath and said in a deep voice, "The plan under the Demon God Crown is indeed exquisite. If it can really facilitate this matter, I, Heaven Dou Empire, will naturally be willing to help with all my resources and money to help Sea God Island establish this external appearance."
Hearing this, Nan Feng picked up the tea cup and took a sip. He knew that there must be a "but" behind the old emperor's promise.
As expected.
Xue Ye The topic changed and his tone became solemn. "It's just... Your Majesty, opening up sea routes, establishing large deep-water ports and trade zones, such huge projects, are of great importance. And..."
The old emperor paused and his eyes flickered. "That place is the sea after all, and it is the territory of Sea Soul Master. Even with the escort of Purple Pearl Navy, ordinary private chambers of commerce do not have the courage and foundation to get involved in such a huge overseas trade."
"If only the Heaven Dou Imperial Family family participates, I am afraid that the schedule of financial and material resources will still be somewhat stretched and it will be difficult to achieve the construction speed expected by Your Majesty."
"So, I hope that the Demon God Crown can allow me to recruit one more person... or, in other words, recruit a force to join in and jointly develop Purple Pearl Island."
Nan Feng put down the teacup, leaned on the back of the guest chair, and asked knowingly, "Oh? Who does Your Majesty want to recruit?"
Xue Ye didn't hesitate at all and spit out the name directly. "Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi."
"Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"
Nan Feng touched his chin and pretended to think deeply, "One of Upper Three Sects? The only Soul Master sect among Seven Great Sects that is based on the auxiliary system?"
"Your Majesty's Majesty's Clear Guide."
Xue Ye nodded and explained, "In today's mainland Soul Master World, after the Clear Sky Sect leaned towards the Spirit Hall many years ago, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has become the leader of all Soul Master forces that are unwilling to succumb to the Spirit Hall's despotic power!"
"The most important thing is that Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and I, Heaven Dou Imperial Family, have always had a close relationship. We are like-minded and absolutely worthy of trust."
"Moreover, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is known as the richest man in the world, and the business of his chamber of commerce is spread all over the continent. Whether it is the ability to mobilize funds or the influence of business operations, the sect even has two world-famous Titled Douluo in Sword and Bone..."
"If they participate with huge chamber of commerce funds and top Soul Master power, Purple Pearl Island's port construction and trade routes will definitely get twice the result with half the effort and be much safer!"
Seeing Xue Ye working so hard to pull Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect onto this "thief ship", Nan Feng almost laughed out loud in his heart.
The development of Purple Pearl Island is indeed a piece of fat, and it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be related to Sea God Island.
But Xue Ye is an extremely cautious politician.
In the eyes of the old emperor, what is the difference between Sea God Island, the legendary terrifying force that is transcendent and even as powerful as Spirit Hall, and Spirit Hall?
They are both superior and have an absolute monopoly on force!
The reason why Xue Ye is so active now is just to use Sea God Island's momentum to blackmail and fight against the aggressive Spirit Hall.
Otherwise, if one day Sea God Island really comes to an end, Spirit Hall will be destroyed.
Who can guarantee that Sea God Island will not swallow up the two great empires and become the next new "Spirit Hall" to dominate the entire continent?
Moreover, facing the powerful "Demon God Douluo" and the unfathomable Sea God Island, Heaven Dou Imperial Family itself is at an absolute disadvantage in this cooperation.
By dragging Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into the water, it seems that part of the maritime interests have been divided.
But in fact, they are looking for a rich and powerful backer!
Not only can they share the huge cost of building the port, but they can also stay together with the royal family and face the huge risks brought by the unknown beast Sea God Island.
This old guy, in order to check and balance, really plotted against his allies.
"That's it."
After listening to Xue Ye's long speech, Nan Feng fiddled with the silver chopsticks on the table, looking very generous and indifferent:
"Of course. As long as we can put up Purple Pearl Island's frame as soon as possible and show Spirit Hall my Sea God Island attitude as soon as possible, I don't care who you want to recruit or how the funds are allocated."
"The high priest and Sea God Island only look at the final result."
Hearing that the demon god agreed so easily, Xue Ye's heart hanging in his throat finally fell back into his stomach, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty has a broad mind, and I would like to thank you on behalf of Ning Fengzhi!"
Xue Ye quickly raised his wine glass, and finally showed the most sincere smile in the past month, "I will summon Ning Fengzhi to the palace early tomorrow morning to discuss this matter in secret. In less than a month, the first fleet full of supplies and top craftsmen will sail for Purple Pearl Island with His Majesty!"
"In this case, I wish us... a happy cooperation in advance."
Nan Feng also picked up the juice cup in front of him, touched it with Xue Ye in the air, and raised an extremely secretive and malicious smile at the corner of his mouth.
Done!