However, the creation of cement had not yet appeared in this world. Bai Yu had deliberately searched for countless formulas in the Devouring Starry Sky World and mixed them together. Finally, he found a cement formula that could be used in this world.
If there was only a small amount of cement, Bai Yu could easily mix it successfully with his cultivation in the Ghost Immortal Realm.
However, Bai Yu was now preparing to use a lot of cement. After all, the role of cement was not only to be used to build ports, but also to build roads, cities, and so on. A lot of cement was needed. He was even going to use cement for the construction of houses in the future.
Bai Yu could not help but think, "I already have quite a number of martial artists under me right now. They can be used to build the port, open up the roads, and build the city. They are all excellent labor. However, I still need a large number of immortal dao experts to handle the finer details like concocting cement and gunpowder."
In Bai Yu's view, in the Yang Spirit World, numbers did have a big advantage in the early stage. For example, if hundreds of Primordial Martial Masters were together, even a Ghost Immortal expert would not dare to fight them head-on.
However, in the later stage, the advantage of numbers was not as great as in the early stage.
Therefore, the biggest role of warriors and Taoist masters was to help build the country.
After all, warriors were much more powerful than ordinary people. Moreover, their bodies were strong. When it came to building roads, a person with a little martial arts cultivation could be compared to dozens of ordinary people.
The role of those Daoist Masters was even greater. They could split their thoughts and use them to control reinforced concrete, build roads, houses, and so on. It was faster than using technology. However, the requirements for Daoist Masters were also higher. After all, ordinary people who practiced Daoist Masters basically had no ability in the early stages. Only when the spirit could control objects could they play a little role. Only when the spirit reached the level of possession could they have a real effect.
After taking out the first batch of cement from the Qiankun Bag, White Feather brought the cement to the port. The gravel around the port had been cleaned up, and the land had been flattened. He began to teach these people how to use the cement.
As for the raw materials such as sand and stones, Bai Yu had already placed them next to this location when he entered the island in advance. Now, he only needed to mix them together with the cement to begin the initial construction of the port.
Even though Bai Yu did not know much about port construction, he had the support of a space civilization, and it was a space civilization with incredibly advanced technology. Bai Yu only needed a few glances to understand the theory behind this kind of basic information. He could be considered an expert in port construction.
Next, Bai Yu began to instruct the hundreds of people to start working. First, they created the prototype of the harbor. This way, the ships could dock in batches, and then all the slaves could enter the island.
When the number of people increased, the speed of the construction of the port would be faster. Moreover, Bai Yu planned to build a port city around the port first. Only in this way could the island develop quickly.
Watching the warriors start to work with their tools, Bai Yu did not stay idle. He began to go under the water and began to use the Interspatial Cloth Bag to clean up the silt at the bottom of the sea.
This was a very huge project. Fortunately, he had reached the Ghost Immortal Realm and had a divine weapon like the Interspatial Cloth Bag. Otherwise, cleaning up the silt at the bottom of the sea would be very difficult.
After all, it was very difficult to work at the bottom of the sea. Even warriors who were proficient in swimming could not last long at the bottom of the sea, let alone cleaning up the silt at the bottom of the sea.
The construction of the temporary port was very fast. It was completed in less than a day. One day was not enough to completely harden the cement. Bai Yu used some Taoist magic to speed up the hardening of the cement. However, the cost of this was that the lifespan of the temporary port became only a few days.
However, this was enough. It was enough for the more than 70 ships to dock at the shore in turn and transport all the slaves from the ships.
After most of the slaves arrived at the island, Bai Yu only left a group of crew members and loyal subordinates to control the ships. The rest of the people began to divide into two groups under his command. The majority of the 30,000 people in one group were to cut down trees and clear weeds in the surrounding area. They would open up an area with a length and width of 20 kilometers and an area of 400 square kilometers. This would be the first city of the Yunhua Island.
The remaining 5,000 people were in the port area to cultivate the port together. This time, Bai Yu was preparing to build a huge port that could at least stop tens of thousands of ships at one time. This would be considered a large port.
However, the manpower and material resources needed to build such a port could be said to be astronomical. Fortunately, Bai Yu had a large amount of gold and silver left behind by the Great Zen Temple as capital. This was why he could develop a huge island without restraint.
Now, what Bai Yu lacked the most was manpower. He lacked a large number of slaves to develop this huge island.
After all, the initial investment to develop an island was the largest and most troublesome. Bai Yu also wanted to reach the goal in one step. First, he would build the port and the port city. Then, he would further develop the resources on the island. For example, mining, smelting, planting various fruits and grains, and so on. All of these required a large amount of manpower.
For the next period of time, Bai Yu had been busy on the island. On one hand, he had to command the people to work and control the general direction. When there were problems, he had to personally solve them. On the other hand, he had to propagate faith. This was a secret technique from the Future Death Scripture. It could use faith to slowly control people's hearts.
Although the faith power produced by this small number of people didn't have much effect on him, the stability of the people's hearts was the most important thing now. Making these people work together and build a new home was the most important thing. Especially those pirates, they were the most chaotic. During this period of time, he had killed dozens of people with thunderous means. However, there were still people who dared to commit crimes.
After staying on Yunhua Island for about ten days, Bai Yu quietly left. It wasn't that Yunhua Island didn't need him anymore. Instead, the various materials needed for the island's construction had been used up. He needed to purchase another batch.
This time, he had already refined all the gold and silver again, so they could all be used again.
However, this time, Bai Yu didn't go to the Divine Wind Nation. Instead, he went to other small nations. After changing his appearance, he quietly bought a large number of materials and placed them in the Qiankun Bag. Then, he transported them back to Yunhua Island.
This time, he bought a lot of materials, such as sand and stones. There were more than ten hills piled up in the Qiankun Bag.
Although Yunhua Island also had sand and stones, it was still a bit troublesome to mine them himself. In addition, these materials weren't expensive. He could just buy them all directly.
… …
One month later.
On the vast coast, a huge port had begun to take shape. It was very shocking to see it from the sky. The area close to the port had been cleared and a huge open space had been completely poured with cement. Only the walls on the four sides had not been built yet.
Now, Yunhua Island could be said to be a scene of prosperity. However, it would take at least half a year to complete the construction of the port and the huge city.
Half a year was still a long time for Bai Yu. He didn't have much time left. He could only develop for more than twenty years, so he couldn't waste any of it.
Therefore, Bai Yu prepared to go out. On one hand, he would continue to buy a batch of slaves. On the other hand, he would look for the surrounding pirates and then eliminate them to obtain new financial support.
Although Bai Yu had part of the legacy left by the Great Zen Temple, to develop such a huge island, and now to build a large port and a large city, it would require at least tens of millions of money. The subsequent construction of the island would require more money. The money left in the Qiankun Bag wasn't enough to develop the entire island.
In addition, Bai Yu didn't need to supervise and command the matters on the island. He had directly imparted some knowledge to the warriors who had been controlled by him through the soul.
Now, some of the Martial Masters had also stepped into the realm of Xiantian Martial Masters after taking a large number of secret medicines in the past month. Now, Bai Yu had a total of twenty-three Xiantian Martial Masters under his command. This force, coupled with the top warriors, was enough to control any situation on the island. Even if he left and there were people who wanted to rebel, he could easily suppress them.
What's more, after more than a month of brainwashing, all the people had adapted to the life here. They didn't have to worry about food and drink. When Bai Yu set foot on Yunhua Island, he had already promised these slaves that as long as the construction of the huge city was completed, most of the slaves would be restored to the status of commoners.
Therefore, there was no need to worry about those ordinary slaves. As for those pirate slaves, after a month of bloody lessons, they could be considered to have restrained a lot. In addition, the force left behind was enough to make them not dare to have the slightest thought of rebelling.
With 70 ships, Bai Yu majestically headed towards the Heavenly Wind Nation. After all, the Heavenly Wind Nation was the most prosperous nation in the Outer Seas. The slave trade there was even more prosperous. Therefore, going to the Heavenly Wind Nation to buy slaves was a better choice.
Of course, it would be cheaper to sail inland, but the distance was too far. It would take more than a month to sail on the sea. If it was just transporting ordinary goods, it would be fine, but most of the people being transported were ordinary slaves. They couldn't withstand such a torment at sea.
It was estimated that more than half of the slaves would die when they were transported to Yunhua Island. One must know that the last time it was only half a month's journey, and there was enough food and water, but dozens of people died on the way, not to mention the further journey.
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Standing at the bow of the ship, Bai Yu's eyes were closed. His soul was constantly visualizing the Milky Way, slowly growing stronger bit by bit.
Although he had been in a busy state for the past two months, he hadn't stopped cultivating. His soul was maintained in meditation every day, and there was a lot of progress every day. It was estimated that in another year, his soul would be strong enough to pass through one Thunder Tribulation.
This speed was already very fast compared to most of the Ghost Immortal experts, but for Bai Yu, this speed was a bit slow. According to this speed, the further he went, the slower the progress of his soul would be. In more than twenty years, he would at most reach the level of four or five Thunder Tribulations.
Now, the bottleneck of cultivation wasn't a problem for Bai Yu, but the accumulation in the process of cultivation couldn't be directly skipped. It could be done slowly, or with the help of heaven and earth treasures. There was always a process of accumulation.
Arriving at Shengfeng Country again, the seventy ships majestically sailed into the Peach God Port, and immediately attracted the attention of a large number of merchants.
After all, a caravan with so many ships was very rare even in Da Qian.
After disembarking from the ship, Bai Yu immediately went to Peach God Dao and continued to buy slaves with them. This time, the number of slaves he bought was very large. There were fifty thousand of them, and five thousand of them were warriors. Just these alone cost him twenty million taels of silver.
The fifty thousand slaves this time weren't bought randomly. Each of the slaves had to have at least one skill, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, stonemasons, gardeners, and so on. They were all talents needed for future construction.
There were also some high-level talents, such as exiled generals and officials, who had the ability to govern. Bai Yu also bought them.
Then there were all kinds of iron ores, tools, grains, seeds, and so on. These were all things that could be put to use immediately.
In addition, with such a huge expenditure this time, he finally bought a peach wood Furious Whale Ship from Peach God Dao.
This was normal. Bai Yu spent more than thirty million taels of silver in two purchases. This was a huge amount of wealth that many aristocratic families couldn't take out, but he spent it so easily.
There were even elders of Peach God Dao who personally came to test Bai Yu. After testing his strength as a ghost immortal, they didn't go any further.
After all, to be able to take out such a huge amount of wealth with such a cultivation realm, he must have a huge force behind him.
Otherwise, if it was an ordinary person or someone with low strength, such a huge amount of wealth would have been stolen by Peach God Dao.
Although Peach God Dao had always had a good reputation, wealth moved people's hearts. Tens of millions of taels of silver was enough to make them several years of income. It was worth it. As long as they did it carefully, no one would find out.
With a large number of people and resources, the seventy ships majestically left Peach God Port once again.
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