After the battle, on Xia Yu's orders, all the captured pirates were escorted to prison to await punishment.
They had no strength left to resist. After all, their kidneys still hurt; it was already impressive that they were still breathing.
The villagers returned to their homes and resumed their normal lives.
Hai Xing and Hai Shen led Xia Yu and Honoka to the Daimyo Mansion.
"Lord Daimyo, please stay here for now. If it isn't to your liking, I'll have people build you a new Daimyo Mansion as soon as possible. Whatever else it has, I guarantee there'll be plenty of bedrooms~"
"Oh?"
Those words were exactly what Xia Yu wanted to hear. Looking at Hai Xing's meaningful gaze, Xia Yu gave a wicked smile.
"So you understood the deeper meaning of what I said earlier about 'strengthening the nation through offspring.' Not bad. You're a talented man..."
Hai Xing hurriedly cupped his hands in reply. "You flatter me. Your painstaking consideration is far beyond anything I could match, Lord Daimyo. Besides, this truly is for the good of the Land of Sea's future, so naturally, I'll support it wholeheartedly..."
"Mm..."
"Lord Daimyo, you've just been through a great battle. Please go and rest. Leave everything else to this old man. Whatever else, I guarantee priority will go to the young, pretty ones with big bottoms who are well suited to bearing children, to build up a plentiful reserve of high-quality Uchiha blood for the nation. Time waits for no one. I'll do my utmost."
"Good. Sorry for the trouble~"
The next day.
Wave Island, near the southern border of the Land of Water.
This was the Funato Clan's main base. Ever since breaking away from the Land of Water over a decade earlier, they had hidden here, secretly