This was an island, a very large island, with an area of more than 3,000 square kilometers.
The entire island was slightly long and narrow, like a leaf. It was more than 200 kilometers long from north to south, and about 70 to 80 kilometers wide from east to west.
Its name was Chaotic Rock Island, and it belonged to the Gui clan of Linhai City.
However, it had never been a high-ranking warrior territory, and no high-ranking warrior would be willing to come to such a damned place.
This was because this island could not produce anything. Other than sand and stones, there was nothing here. Not to mention growing food, even weeds could not grow.
The entire island only had one color, and that was greyish-brown, the color of sand and stones. Otherwise, why would it be called Chaotic Rock Island?
This was probably the most barren island, and there was no other.
Most of the island, there was not even a trace of green, not even grass or shrubs.
The only green spot was a large mountain in the center of the island, and there were trees growing on it. However, at this time, it was almost completely developed, and only the top of the mountain still had some green.
The soil layer below the mountain had disappeared, and the bare rock layer was completely exposed.
Therefore, although this island belonged to Linhai City, most people treated it as if it did not exist. Even when the Gui clan calculated the size of their territory, they did not include this island.
Because it was a barren land that could not even produce a single grain of food.
…
"This, this is the territory you ceded?" The clan leader, Suo Mu, said angrily.
In Linhai City, Shi Yanting Yi said, "Yes, is there a problem? The area of the entire island far exceeds the stipulated 2,000 square kilometers. Moreover, it does belong to the Gui clan's Linhai City. "
Suo Mu said, "Can this damned place even grow a grain of food? There are stones and sand everywhere, not even a single blade of grass can grow. "
"That is none of our business." Shi Yanting Yi was still polite, "In the treaty, there is no stipulation on how fertile the land must be and how much food it can produce, right? It only stated three points. Within three days, it will cede no less than 2,000 square kilometers of land that belongs to Linhai City. And this Chaotic Rock Island completely meets these three points. "
"Despicable and shameless Gui Xingfu, this is a blatant fraud!" The chief warrior of the family, Suo Mu, was enraged.
Yan Ting said, "Then you have to blame your ruler. Why did he sign the contract in such a hurry? He was so hungry that he couldn't be choosy. Don't blame him for not eating a piece of fat meat, but a rock. A rock that could choke someone to death."
The family warriors still wanted to vent their anger and question him, but Søren raised his hand and stopped them from getting angry. He then looked at the handsome middle-aged man and said, "Sir, and Prime Minister Yan Wuji, how do I address you?"
"The Prime Minister is my cousin." Yan Ting said, "Of course, I'm just a disappointing disciple of the Yan family."
The Prime Minister's cousin had come to be the Minister of Internal Affairs of Duke Gui Xingfu. This almost ignored the iron-clad rule that forbade the Cabinet from associating with the dukes.
Gui Xingfu was really something, he married the sister of the kingdom's first commander, Turin Tuo. And the number one civil official under him was the Prime Minister's cousin. His daughter, Gui Qinshao, was going to marry the Crown Prince's attendant in the future, and one of the kingdom's highest commanders in the future.
Compared to his father, Suo Mu, Gui Xingfu was much more outstanding in the area of weaving the web of power.
But, with such a crisscrossing web of power, wasn't it a little too disregarding the existence of His Majesty the King? Their strength was much stronger than he had imagined.
Yan Ting continued, "This is the map of Messy Rock Island, the land contract, and the seal that we rushed to make. Now, we will officially hand it over to you. Do you accept it? "
Everyone looked at the Messy Rock Island again. Everywhere they looked, there were only rocks and sand. Everywhere was bare. What was the use of such a piece of land? It was more like a mass grave.
Søren smiled, "It's a waste not to accept it. Of course, I accept it."
Then, he officially signed all kinds of contracts and documents, and finally received the seal of the Messy Rock Island territory.
"Everything has been handed over. Just waiting to be sent to King City for filing." Yan Ting said, "Do you have any questions?"
Søren said, "The entire island, is there not a single citizen?"
"Yes, there were originally two thousand people. Now, I don't know how many are left. They will belong to you in the future." Yan Ting said.
"Where are these people?" Søren said, "In the official records of Waterfront City, there is no one on Messy Rock Island."
Yan Ting said, "On the north side of the island, around the mountain in the middle, you will see it. I hope that when the time comes, these citizens will be able to surprise you. "
"Very good." Søren said.
Yan Ting said, "Everything has been handed over. If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first. From now on, this more than three thousand square kilometers of territory belongs to you. I hope … you can have a good time. "
Then, Yan Ting brought his followers and warriors, a total of more than a hundred people, and left the rocky island on a boat, leaving without a trace.
They left Søren and the others on this barren island.
…
Looking at the departing figures of the fleet, everyone felt desolate.
"Master, what do we do now?" Suo Mu asked sadly, "Do we go back to Royal City to think of a way, or … or go somewhere else?"
Søren said, "Somewhere else? Where else can we go? "
As soon as these words came out, everyone present felt extremely sad. Yes, they could not go back to Royal City, nor could they go back to Tianshui City. The whole world was so big, and there was no place for them to live.
"The world is so big, but there is no place for the Suo Clan to live?" Suddenly, a warrior said desolately.
Suo Mu's eyes turned red, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Why don't you take us to the southern border? There are crooks and honest people mixed in there. We will fight to the death and fight for a place for Master to live."
"Hahaha …" Søren laughed and said, "Who said we don't have a place to live? This Messy Rock Island is our place to live. It is more than three thousand square kilometers, is it not enough for us to live? "
Looking at the Messy Rock Island, all the warriors thought, "There is not even a blade of grass on this island. If we want to live here, we can't even eat grass. Do we have to eat stones?"
Suo Ningbing suddenly raised her head and asked, "Little Brother, is this the territory that you schemed to take from Gui Xingfu?"
"Yes." Søren said, "I want to rely on this territory to earn 150,000 gold coins in five months and gather an army of 20,000."
As soon as these words came out, all the warriors present were frightened and looked at each other.
Because they thought of the same answer, their master had gone crazy. After a series of blows, he had completely lost his mind and gone crazy.
This Messy Rock Island, other than stones and sand, there was nothing else. Not even a grain of food could be grown. And their master actually said that he wanted to rely on this barren land to earn 150,000 gold coins in five months. If this wasn't crazy, then what was?
Only his sister, Suo Ningbing, revealed a look of trust.
"Let's go to the north side of the island to receive our first batch of people." Søren said.
Then he directly jumped on a horse and galloped towards the north side of the island.
In total, there were only twenty horses and a few dozen mules. At this time, these horses and mules were all carrying rations. Even the hundred warriors, each of them was carrying a few hundred jin of rations.
A total of more than 70,000 jin of rations, this was all Søren had.
…
With despair, more than a hundred warriors carried the rations and walked along the coastline towards the north.
After going around the mountain on the island, they finally arrived at the north side of the Messy Rock Island.
The terrain on the north side of the island was even flatter. There was an endless beach everywhere, and finally, some weeds could be seen.
These were all saline-alkali land, only a few weeds could survive, so there was no need to think about rations.
After walking for more than four hours, Søren and the rest finally arrived at the only inhabited area on the Messy Rock Island, and entered this so-called … village.
Then, not only Søren, but everyone behind him was completely stunned.
This, this is a village? This is completely hell!
This, these people on the ground are all people? Why do they look worse than ghosts?
The so-called village, was just a few hundred small, black mud houses, scattered on the flat land by the sea. These houses did not even have thatch, only mud and stones.
And in front of each mud house, there was a big stove made of stones, but the big pot on it was already gone.
What was even more chilling was that hundreds of black people, all lying on the ground, not moving at all. From the looks of it, it was like a field of corpses.
Every one of them was emaciated, even when they saw Søren and the rest coming, they did not move, only the rising and falling of their chests proved that they were still alive.
Be it women or children, they were basically naked, their bodies were black, and their faces could not be seen clearly. Everyone's eyes were numb and scattered.
A warrior stepped forward, checked these people's breathing, pulse, and then said to Søren: "Master, they are hungry, they have not eaten for a few days."
The ground was littered with people on the verge of death. These are his people?
Søren could see at a glance, these people were all slaves, slaves that could not see the light of day. And this village, it was a secret business of Gui Xingfu, using these slaves to earn black-hearted gold coins.
Now, everything here had been abandoned, these slaves were also thrown here to fend for themselves, waiting to starve to death.
How many people were there in total? Yan Ting said that there were 2000 people, but a part of them had already starved to death, and now there were only about 1000 people left.
This was not left for Søren's people, this was a huge burden that Gui Xingfu threw to him.
"Cook porridge, save people." Søren ordered.
Suo Mu said: "Master, we only have 50,000 jin of food, and there are more than 1000 people here. If we save them, in less than a month, our food will run out. "
"Cook porridge, save people." Søren ordered again.
As for Ye Jingyu and Suo Ningbing, they went to the only castle in the middle of the village.
Although it was called a castle, it was actually just a slightly bigger stone house, and it had been abandoned for a few days.
The furniture in the castle was also very simple, and most of it was made of wood. And there was nothing inside, no food, no vegetables, even the water tank was empty.
However, Suo Ningbing was very excited, even if this castle was simple, it was still her home.
This island already belonged to the Suo Clan, and this small castle also completely belonged to the Suo Clan.
Compared to the Count's residence in Royal City, this small stone castle was many times simpler, but it was truly her home.
"Jingyu, let's go find water, clean up the castle, and then boil water for Søren to cook." Suo Ningbing said excitedly.
Then, the two women couldn't wait to go out of the castle, carrying buckets to find water, and began to clean up their home.
…
At this time, in the large open space outside the village, there were only a few big pots set up, and they began to cook rice porridge.
The porridge was not cooked yet, but the aroma wafted out. Suddenly, hundreds and thousands of black-clothed people crawled up from the ground and walked out of the pitch-black mud houses. Each of them held a broken bowl in their hands and surrounded the big pot. Their eyes revealed a crazed look.
They had not eaten for a long time, and many people had starved to death.
Suo Mu and the other warriors of the family, afraid of causing a riot, immediately looked fierce, and held the hilt of their swords. If anyone dared to rush up to steal the porridge, they would not hesitate to cut off their head.
But, what they were worried about did not happen.
These thousands of people, despite their crazy eyes, trembling with hunger, and almost unable to hold a bowl, still stood in place and waited, and even unconsciously lined up.
This was a group of slaves that had been tamed for a long time, and no longer knew how to resist. On them, the ugliest evil in the world had been performed.
After the porridge was cooked, everyone lined up and got a bowl.
Then, this group of people, completely disregarding the scalding heat, desperately wolfed down the food. When there was only half left, they could not bear to eat anymore, and began to carefully lick, not even letting go of a drop of rice soup.
The look of happiness and satisfaction when eating, the look of survival when looking at Søren, was shocking.
Moreover, after a bowl of porridge was finished, no one came up to ask for more, even though they were still very hungry.
They carefully put down their bowls and chopsticks, and then, under the leadership of a few people, the thousands of people neatly knelt down in front of Søren, kneeling on the ground, motionless.
Søren looked at the black mass of people kneeling on the ground, and said indifferently, "I am Søren, a duke of the kingdom, the Earl of Tianshui, the Lord of Tianshui City. From today onwards, the entire Messy Rock Island is my territory. "
The thousands of people were still kneeling on the ground, motionless.
Soran continued, "I know you are all slaves who have been captured. You have no freedom, no identity, no name, no property, and you can't see the light of day at all. Your only mission is to use your own lives to earn every dirty gold coin in this secret base for the Returnees."
Slaves were indeed shameful, because the Raging Wave Kingdom had legislated to completely abolish slavery. And even the so-called serfs were not real slaves, but just servants and farmers without property.
Slaves were animals without freedom, without even the right to live. In order to liberate productivity, the Raging Wave Kingdom issued an order decades ago, that no nobles or dukes were allowed to keep slaves, or they would be severely punished.
However, there were still many nobles and dukes who secretly used a large number of slaves to mine and cook salt, earning black gold coins. Because using slaves did not require any salary, they only needed to provide rations to survive.
Søren continued, "And now, even as slaves, you have been abandoned, and will starve to death in this barren land."
The people kneeling on the ground began to cry softly. They were indeed completely abandoned, thrown on this Messy Rock Island, with no one to answer, no grass to eat, and had been starving for nearly ten days. If Søren had come a few days later, everyone here would have died.
"I don't care what your identity was before, but from now onwards, from this moment onwards, you are saved."
"I will be your new master, and you will be my first batch of people. I can't guarantee that you will have a good life, but I will make sure you have food to eat every day, and even have a full stomach. "
Immediately, the people kneeling on the ground began to tremble, and began to cry.
"Tonight, you can still feel sorry for yourselves for the last night. From tomorrow onwards, you will work for me, and begin to build my territory, my castle. " Søren raised his voice, "Tonight, you will cry for the last night. From tomorrow onwards, you will follow me and start to build a new world, do you hear me?"
"Yes, master!" The thousand people on the ground all kowtowed.
Then, Søren left a few dozen warriors to maintain order, and he walked towards the small castle. Sister Suo Ningbing might have already finished cooking.
Looking at the group of black slaves, Suo Mu immediately followed and said, "Master, you, you are going to rely on these slaves to earn 150,000 gold coins in half a year?"
Søren nodded, "Yes, not only that, I will also build this barren land into a prosperous city of miracles."
"This, how is this possible?" Suo Mu said, "This damned place can't even earn half a gold coin, let alone 150,000 gold coins."
Suo Mu could not believe it, and could not even imagine it.
"You will know very soon." Søren said, "Tomorrow, we will start the Miracle Platinum Plan, and use this barren land to earn 150,000 gold coins in half a year."
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