Fengyun smiled and said:

"Then stay. I plan to take over Shikoku Island next. But I have two candidates in mind. One is Otomo Sorin, and the other is you. Who do you think I should give it to?"

What Fengyun said is actually a candidate.

Whether it is Otomo Sorin or Xu Huang, they are all one family.

He just wanted to hear Xu Huang's thoughts.

It was not known whether Xu Huang really did not want to or was being modest, so he said:

"I don't have any qualifications, so of course it's him."

Feng Yun didn't want to let him go, and continued to ask:

"He's not as experienced as you, and he's not even as capable as you."

"Sir, please don't say that. I'm just a reckless man, how can I talk about my ability?"

Fengyun knew what he meant. As a vanguard officer without military power, he really could not compete with Otomo Sorin. However, since he did not recognize himself as the master, Fengyun could not give him military power.

His situation is different from Ma Chao's.

Although Ma Chao had not yet surrendered to him, he actually regarded Fengyun as his brother.

And the relationship between their Ma family and Fengyun is also tied together.

The Ma family needs Fengyun, so there is almost no possibility for Ma Chao to defect to others.

And Xu Huang is now just Otomo Sorin's son-in-law.

Fengyun let him stay in Yingzhou for so long so that he would submit to him imperceptibly.

In order to know whether Xu Huang intended to surrender to him, Feng Yun asked:

"Gongming, you've been in Yingzhou for so long, don't you want to lead the troops and become the commander?"

"May I, sir?"

Fengyun could see some anticipation from his expression.

So he laughed and said:

"With your abilities, there should be no problem. Although you haven't had the opportunity to lead troops before, I think as long as your father-in-law guides you, you should be fine."

"But my father-in-law doesn't seem to have that in mind."

Xu Huang said with a frown.

"Hahaha, maybe your father-in-law thought he was too good at leading troops and didn't feel comfortable teaching you. I'll give you 100,000 soldiers, what do you think?"

Xu Huang was very surprised and said:

"Sir, this is probably inappropriate. No merit, no reward. With so many soldiers, I..."

Seeing his hesitation, Fengyun quickly said:

"Gongming, you've been in Yingzhou for so long, you know my strength. Now the entire Saikaido belongs to the Matsushita family on the surface, but in reality, as you know, it's my territory."

Feng Yun saw that he was still frowning and continued:

"Besides, in the Han Dynasty, my strength is no less than that of Yingzhou. If you follow me now, it won't disgrace your name Xu Gongming, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Huang immediately bowed and said:

"No, no, sir, your strength is more than enough to be my lord. But I always feel that it is not so, and I don't know why."

Fengyun knew he would say that, so he advised:

"Gongming, you're not a woman. Why are you so sentimental? It's fair to say that I'm a big shot in front of His Majesty in the Han Dynasty. I'm also the only one with the power to influence the court. Do you think there's anyone else in the Han Dynasty who's worthy of your support?"

Fengyun's words made Xu Huang suddenly enlightened, and he knelt down on one knee.

"Please accept my respects. I was dull, but thanks to your guidance, I finally realized my mistake."

"Hahaha, get up. I'm glad you woke up in time. If you keep dithering, I'm afraid you won't have many chances."

"Yes, yes, I've figured it out. Who cares? My lord's strength is real. If I hesitate any longer, I'll be nothing."

"Okay, now go and select the soldiers you want from all the soldiers in Yingzhou. But General Lian Po's soldiers cannot be moved."

"yes."

Fengyun watched him leave and thought of his strength. He was at the same level as Sun Jian, but a little lower.

Now the only person he needs to deal with is Taishi Ci.

He doesn't need to worry too much about Taishi Ci. When the time comes, he will naturally follow him.

Fengyun felt very happy.

Now he has many brave generals at his command, but he still lacks some civil officials.

It seems that I need to work harder in this area in the future.

This made Fengyun turn his attention to Yingchuan and Jiangdong.

These two places are home to many civil officials and strategists.

There is no need to go to Jiangdong for the time being. Sun Ce can go back and take care of it. In the end, these people will take over all by themselves.

Then Yingchuan would be his next destination.

All matters concerning Saikaido have been explained, and Fengyun is not in a hurry to return to the palace.

He has to go to Lujiang Wancheng.

As soon as Fengyun stepped onto the streets of Wancheng, he smelled the scent of a beautiful woman.

"Brother, let me ask you something."

"What's up?"

"Have you heard? I heard that Da Qiao has come of age and the Qiao family's door is about to be broken down."

"It's a pity that no one succeeded, and I don't know who can take advantage of this good cabbage."

"Need I say this? It must be Sun Ce."

"I don't think so. With so many people coming here because of your reputation, I don't think Sun Ce will be able to wait until that day."

“…”

Fengyun didn't expect that everyone on the street was talking about Da Qiao.

"What's going on?"

Although the Qiao family is an open secret in Wancheng, it is not to the point where everyone is talking about it in the streets and alleys.

But before he took a few steps, he saw the Qiao family's shop.

It seems that this store didn't exist before.

Fengyun went to the shop out of curiosity, but before he arrived, he saw everyone queuing up.

"Huh? What's going on? We have to queue up to buy things?"

Fengyun has no intention of following Changlong to the store.

He wanted to go in directly, but was stopped by the waiter.

"Sir, we are queuing to enter, please do not cut in line."

Feng Yun didn't even have the consciousness to lift his legs, but asked:

"I'm curious, what are you selling? Why are there so many people lining up?"

The waiter smiled again and said:

"Sir, you don't know this. Let me put it this way. Our Qiao family store exclusively sells goods from the Western Regions. They all buy items from the Western Regions."

Fengyun now understood that they were selling their own products.

But he asked again:

"How do you prove that what you're selling is from the Western Regions?"

The waiter then pulled Fengyun over mysteriously and whispered in his ear:

"To tell you the truth, my master has a partnership with General Fengyun, and we are the only ones selling these in Lujiang. They are not available anywhere else. They are all genuine Western Region goods. We in the Han Dynasty don't have these things."

"oh!"

Fengyun smiled.

They didn't even say it themselves, but they actually thought of using this method to sell goods from the Western Regions.

This is the agency model.

With stable sales channels, their influence in the Western Regions is growing.

Fengyun now understood why Da Qiao was being discussed in public. It turned out that the Qiao family’s shop was very popular.

Then there was no need for him to go into the store, so he turned around and headed towards Qiao Village.