Chapter 158: Vice Island Overlord
After becoming the overlord of the secondary island, Yan Xu was at a loss for a while, because he himself did not expect that the once bustling secondary island would be left with only him so soon. The sense of accomplishment came a little too suddenly, and it was a little unsatisfying.
But soon the busy work made him sober up and he felt extremely distressed.

Yan Xu then realized that starting a war was easy, but managing the aftermath could cost lives. These were his own businesses, so he couldn't just ignore them and had to bite the bullet and do it.

First, the remnants of the Otomo family needed to be dealt with, then the rebellious farmers needed to be appeased, the bandits who took advantage of the chaos needed to be eliminated, and the delayed production in various places needed to be picked up. All these messy things gave him a splitting headache.

Yan Xu has quite a few people under him, but he has to make decisions on many things. At the same time, he has to consider the subsequent impact, and it is not something that can be done on a whim. In case there is a conflict between two orders, no one in charge of the execution dares to give in, because once they give in, it would be disobeying orders and they would have to die to atone for the crime, so he has to make the decision in the end.

In addition, promoting faith and collecting incense is also very important. After all, luck and incense are his main purpose of coming to Japan, so he is even busier.

Fortunately, all the talents of Fuejima have been used by him, including the old man Kadokuma Ishimune.

The old guy was willing to serve because Yan Xu did not continue to kill people.

Yan Xu did not kill any members of the Otomo family or the Sagara family. Instead, he moved them to the newly rebuilt Fukushima Castle and buried the daimyo of the two families next to the Fukushima daimyo to keep them company.

In addition, Yan Xu also allocated 500 acres of farmland to each of the two families, as a way to retain the last bit of dignity. However, if one wanted to become a warrior, it would take three generations.

This greatly appeased the newcomers and gave them more motivation to serve the Moroboshi family.

But this is not enough. Yan Xu needs a more efficient and complete management team, which can at least free him from the tedious affairs instead of wasting his precious time on these trivial matters.

After understanding the nature of the small world of Japan, Yan Xu no longer had any previous concerns and prepared to carry out some reforms.

At present, the Moroboshi family has quite a few talented people, including Fukushimahime, Teruwamaru, Morisame, Kazuha Shizuka, Fuhime, Nomura, Kakukuma Ishimune, Fukushima Masaki, Kiryu Tomohito, Shimazu Kubo, Shimazu Katsukuni, etc., all of whom have the ability to stand on their own.

Among them, Kadokuma Ishimune has the strongest ability, the most experience, and the best overall view. If it weren't for Yan Xu's cheating, even if he had the same strength as the Otomo family, he would not be able to beat this old guy's calculations.

Next are Shizuka Ichiba, Nomura, Tomohito Kiryu, and Kubo Shimazu, all of whom are steady and capable people. If they are trained well, they may not be inferior to the old guy Kadokuma Ishimune in the future.

Yan Xu included several of them in the newly formed cabinet, with Kadokuma Ishimune as the cabinet elder and the others responsible for the territory's internal affairs, agriculture, commerce, industry, etc. This was not only a heavy responsibility, but also trust, and more importantly, confidence. The confidence that even if the whole world betrayed him, he could suppress them single-handedly.

There are also four independent departments, namely the Navy, Army, Religion, and Intelligence, which are respectively headed by Fukuhime, Karakumaru, Fukushimahime, and Morisame.

To put it bluntly, the existence of the four ministries is both a supplement to the cabinet and a check and balance. No matter how incompetent he is, he will not concentrate all power in one department.

In this way, the cabinet acts as the brain, the four departments become the limbs, and the system warriors gradually delegated to the villages and towns act as nerve connections, turning the entire territory and the people into living flesh and blood, forming a powerful whole. Whether it is future planning or grassroots execution, it will be efficient and fast.

With the cabinet and four ministries, Yan Xu felt much more relaxed. He first took time to replenish the troops that had been lost previously.

For Yan Xu, the difficulty has never been recruiting soldiers, but maintaining them.

Soldiers recruited by the system are also human beings. They also need to eat, drink, defecate, urinate, and have clothing, food, shelter, and transportation. It is impossible to just find an empty space after recruiting them. Yan Xu is responsible for all these before they die in battle. Therefore, he needs to prepare three meals a day, replace worn-out armor, prepare barracks, and solve the problem of the soldiers' lower body. If he does not want his army to become the chrysanthemum-shaped Theban Sacred Army, he has to find a way to solve all these.

Moreover, the ratio of military to civilians in the Zhuxing family was too small before, and the farmers in the territory simply could not feed so many professional soldiers. Therefore, part of the military rations had to be transported from the modern world. This was the reason why Yan Xu limited the number of troops.

Now that he has occupied the entire secondary island, Yan Xu can definitely strengthen it. After all, the next step is to gain a foothold on the main island and then participate in the battle for hegemony over the world. A strong military force is indispensable.

After becoming the overlord of the secondary island, Yan Xu obtained a stable source of luck and incense. He only needed to transport some modern goods regularly, and he could also obtain gold and silver from the main island continuously, and it still became a stable rear base.

Apart from this, the only things of value to Yan Xu in the Japanese world are the monsters and demons, such as Yu Nu and Nu Nu, which each represent the characters for water and moisturize.

Unfortunately, his strength was not enough. Fukushima-hime's spiral extraction was bottomless, Hibiki's violent exploitation was a critical hit, and with Hui Ruomaru and Mori Yu slipping in to fill in the gaps, Yan Xu was really in no shape.

After dealing with matters in the Japanese world, Yan Xu, eager to cultivate his character, went to the world of the late Qing Dynasty.

The world was in trouble at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Although the Qing Dynasty was only a shell left, it was not something that he could overthrow on his own. Therefore, he could not act rashly in many things and could only do them slowly.

Fortunately, the establishment of the factory, Guandi Club and Lulutong Logistics laid a good foundation for him, so he was not at a loss as to where to start.

Unfortunately, there are too many interests involved, and the current situation is already the limit of Yan Xu. Any further major moves will inevitably lead to another wave of counterattacks, and by then it will not be something that can be solved alone, so he focuses his energy outside the Magic City to avoid unnecessary consumption.

Howling Wolf recruited a group of people from the north, not many, only about a hundred people, but each of them was a man who could chop and kill. They could ride on horses, with a knife in one hand and a pistol in the other. Even if they encountered an army of thousands of people, they could still fight.

However, he had to take into account the ideas of various forces in the Magic City. In addition to selecting some backbones to serve as factory security, Yan Xu formed the rest into a caravan, responsible for the external sale and transportation of goods produced by the factory. In this way, not being in the Magic City all year round would reduce the other party's vigilance.

However, Yan Xu has already planned to build large and small strongholds along the way from south to north. This will not only facilitate traveling merchants, but also accommodate more people and accumulate considerable strength.

He even had the idea of ​​supporting Xiao Tianlang to become a small warlord, and once the first shot was fired, he would also gain an identity.

Unfortunately, he didn't dare to interfere too much in domestic affairs. It was because of these hardships that he developed a strong character, passion, and the belief that he could change the world.

If he causes any butterfly effect, the consequences will be unbearable.

Maybe then he can turn his attention to foreign countries, for example, to support a failed student in strong oil removal, so that future generations will not be so dirty.

In comparison, things in the modern world are much simpler. As long as you grasp the finances and personnel, basically nothing can go wrong.

(End of this chapter)