Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 614 Building a Settlement

Originally it was just a temporary idea, but after this idea emerged, Tie Xuan became more determined to build a Huangdi ancestral hall first.

All of them have different identities, including officials, soldiers, farmers, and craftsmen.

There are also homeless refugees and prisoners who have been pardoned and exiled.

All classes, all colors, everything.

They traveled across the ocean to this coveted place and accomplished feats worthy of being recorded in history.But there are also many people who died in the sea halfway. They came for this beautiful continent, but before they could even see a single plant or tree here, they slept forever in a deep sea far away from their homeland.

Their bones could not even be buried in stable land.

Among them, the most distressing thing for Tie Xuan was not Pao Ze who died in the storm or Ju Kun, but Pao Ze who died in the butcher's knife of his former compatriots in order to put down the rebellion in the fleet.Everyone set out on the deck with the same ideals as everyone else, but in the end some people were unable to withstand the almost endless despair on the sea... The compatriots who were supposed to be united became divided, which caused The most distressing thing for Tie Hyun.

He was thankful more than once that his master had the foresight to ask for Mao Xiang, who was proficient in detection and surveillance... Although Mao Xiang's too secretive methods made him disagree, Tie Xuan had to admit that because of Mao Xiang With Xiang controlling the overall situation in the dark, this fleet can avoid more terrifying rebellions and divisions.

This also made Tie Xuan clearly realize that the most difficult thing to open up territories is not because of how rugged the terrain is or how ferocious and terrifying the wild animals are; it is how to let the few compatriots We always remain united.As long as all Chinese people can unite, think in one place, and work hard in one place, Tie Xuan firmly believes that even if millions of hostile troops are already stationed on Fengming Island, they will definitely be able to conquer this fertile land. Let’s take a piece of the land for the Chinese nation.

Mao Xiang used his own methods to suppress the rebellion, while Tie Xuan wanted to use his own actions to promote unity.

And how to unite the Chinese people, there is no doubt that everyone should remember that they come from the same ancestor.

When they heard that it was to build a temple for their ancestors, all the craftsmen became even more energetic.The bricklayers went into the woods to dig clay regardless of the danger. Even if they stayed up all night, they had to polish each piece of tiles to be shiny. The stonemason who built the wall took a chisel and chipped each stone bit by bit. It is in the shape of a block. If there is even a slight flaw in the chisel, the defective stone will be discarded in front of Tie Xuan. The carpentry part of the ancestral hall is done by Old Dingtou himself. The old man selects every beam with great care. Pillar, this is the first temple built for our ancestors in this place, so don’t be careless.If something goes wrong, I'm sorry if Huang Di's ancestors don't tell him, but in the future, all the Chinese people in Fengming Continent will poke his head in the back.

Not to mention the master who was responsible for shaping the statue. He personally selected the clay every day and followed Tie Xuan's requirements to shape the figure of Xuanyuan Huangdi bit by bit, even trying to restore every hair.

At the place where the Huangdi Temple is built, every evening when work is over, people who are responsible for other affairs will always come here to take a look. Whether they are soldiers or civilians, craftsmen or sinners, they will stop here for a while.I don’t know if they are paying attention to the construction progress of the ancestral hall, or if they are thinking of their hometown thousands of miles away through this unbuilt ancestral hall.Tie Xuan became the patriarch of this city under construction. Not only did he have to naturalize and allocate manpower to build various buildings, he was also responsible for allocating supplies that were becoming increasingly scarce and making plans for the future.He also kept in mind the "divine seeds" specially taught by Lao Zhu and Zhu Su, and every day he carefully identified the plants and trees brought back by other compatriots that he had never seen in his hometown in China.The first expedition was not very powerful and could not bring many literati. Only Tie Xuan himself did these things.Fortunately, Mao Xiang had taken over the surrounding defense and exploration work. Otherwise, how to protect these helpless civilians and guard against the endless wild beasts emerging from the primitive jungle would be enough for him, Tie Xuan.

Fortunately, a week later, Tie Xuan welcomed back another of his capable helpers: Zhang He, who had gone to explore the waterway, brought his soldiers back to the station, which gradually began to look like something.

"There are big lakes to the east and north of this place." Zhang He gestured to the map he drew. To the east and north of the entrance to the sea were two connected large lakes. "This is very vast, probably no less than Poyang and Dongting. If my Ming Dynasty navy comes, I can hold it no matter how many."

"Brother Tie chose this place just right. It is at the hub of two lakes. It is enough to avoid wind and waves. We can build a shipyard on the east side. After the ship is repaired, we only need to turn around here and enter the sea to return home. .”

"It's a pity that the Fengming Continent is too vast. Even His Royal Highness King Zhou only has a rough idea of ​​the terrain here... The terrain that has been discovered now is not enough to know where we will land." Mao Xiang said.

"If you don't know, you don't know. There will always be time to know in the future. When we gain a firm foothold and set up a boat to sail around Fengming Island, won't we know?" Zhang He was very optimistic. "Being able to find this place is enough to prove that what His Highness the Fifth Prince said is true. There are many good places in Fengming Continent. Can we just stay here?"

"Hanghang Hou is right." Tie Xuan nodded, "We also need supplies. If we explore slowly, we can always know the exact location."

"If it doesn't work out, we'll head west with our heads covered. We already know the location of our hometown, are we still afraid that we won't be able to go back?"

They followed the ocean current when they came, and if they wanted to return, they would not be able to retrace their steps.However, they have successfully found the New World, proving that the Map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms is not a lie.The most terrifying thing on the sea is the boundless despair that seems to never reach the destination.But now that we have determined that the direction of our home is in the west, we are still worried about not being able to find a channel.

So the three people began to work together here: Tie Xuan was responsible for coordinating the manpower and building the city, Mao Xiang was responsible for maintaining public security and protecting the city base from being attacked by wild beasts, and Zhang He was responsible for commanding the manpower, exploring the terrain by land, improving the map, and ascertaining the surrounding details. Condition.

The construction of the settlement progressed in an orderly manner, and everyone lived a busy and fulfilling life, until one day, a message from a visiting horse broke the tranquility of the settlement.Zhang He solemnly summoned Tie Xuan and Mao Xiang in the temporary government office.

"We found people inhabited!"

(End of this chapter)