Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

The dock of Shenmu Island is right next to the river. When you get on the dock, you will see a river that is more than ten feet wide. It is not quite accurate to call it a river. It should be a lake.

The lake is only more than ten feet wide where it enters the sea, but it gets wider as it goes in. The widest part is about two or three hundred feet.

The sacred tree of Shenmu Sect is on the east bank of the lake, and the residential areas on the island are also on the east bank of the lake.

Shenmu Sect did not build a city, but only built many houses and courtyards around the sacred tree, and of course there is a majestic temple.

Apart from anything else, the aesthetics of Shenmu Sect is still commendable.

Their buildings are full of natural charm. Although they look like courtyards and pavilions, with blue bricks and green tiles, the details show the natural charm, especially the green plants, which are lush and green, as if you are in a natural jungle.

It can be said that it perfectly integrates humanity and nature.

"There are many courtyards here, so we don't have to build new ones!" Yang Zhengshan looked at the courtyards and smiled.

The people who live here are all high-ranking members of the Shenmu Sect. Naturally, their living places are not bad. Each courtyard is not only fresh and natural, but also very simple and has a lot of historical heritage.

Yang Mingzhi said: "There are still a few courtyards. If everyone moves here, there will definitely not be enough to live in!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "In the future, we will allocate a piece of land to each family and let them build it themselves!"

"Yes!" Yang Mingzhi said happily.

Building houses is easy for Xingyue Island. Don't forget that Xingyue City has been expanding for more than ten years.

Yang Zhengshan walked and browsed the surrounding scenery. "How deep is this lake? How big a ship can enter?"

"It's about three or four feet deep. Big ships definitely can't pass. Only some small boats can pass!" Yang Mingzhi said.

"Is there a suitable place to build a dock on the island?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

The Yang family certainly can't close Shenmu Island like the Shenmu Sect. It's better to have a dock on Shenmu Island that can dock big ships.

"Yes, in fact, a port can be built there, and it is no problem to dock more than a dozen large ships!" Yang Mingzhi pointed to the west coast and said.

Yang Zhengshan looked over and smiled.

It would be most appropriate to build a port there.

After the port is built, large ships can dock, and small boats can sail in the lake, and all kinds of goods can go deep into the island along the lake and river.

In this way, villages and towns can be built on both sides of the lake and river.

With rivers and lakes as transportation routes, it is enough to radiate the land of 20 to 30 miles on both sides, so there is no need to build too many roads.

"What about the upper reaches of the river?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

"This river is the largest river on the island. You can go upstream for hundreds of miles by boat." Yang Mingzhi said.

Shenmu Island is oriented east-west, and the mountains on the island are also oriented east-west. What is amazing is that this river is also oriented east-west. It is formed by the confluence of many small streams and rivers on the mountains, and flows eastward along the mountains.

The terrain of Shenmu Island is high in the northwest and low in the northeast in the north, while the terrain in the south is just the opposite, high in the southeast and low in the southwest.

So there are two big rivers. The river in the north flows from the west to the northeast, and the river in the south flows from the east to the southwest.

Both banks of the two rivers are very suitable for farming.

As they were talking, they had already arrived under the sacred tree, no, it should be under the banyan tree.

The lush branches and leaves covered the sky, and thick aerial roots connected to the ground. There was almost no grass under the tree, and there was a thick layer of rotten leaves, filled with the smell of rotting leaves.

Shenmu Sect laid a bluestone road under the tree. Going deeper along the road, the light inside was a little dim.

But after going deeper, it didn't feel uncomfortable, and the smell of rotting leaves was not very unpleasant.

After walking two or three miles, you can see a low altar. This altar looks a bit scary. There are many dead bones around the altar, and even many skulls.

"Arrange people to demolish this place, and bury the bones, don't scare the children!" Yang Zhengshan said with some displeasure.

"Yeah!" Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao responded together.

Yang Zhengshan looked around and said, "Arrange some people to take care of this tree in the future. This tree is a treasure!"

He doesn't believe in the sacred tree, but this ten thousand year banyan is a rare resource.

The leaves, bark, and fruits can be used as medicine, and the aerial roots can be used to make strong bows. Just this tree is enough to be called a rare treasure.

There are still many ten thousand year banyans on the Seven Islands of Shenmu, but those ten thousand year banyans are much smaller.

Walking out from under the tree, Yang Zhengshan saw the clear sky again.

"In the future, we will settle around the lakeside, and both sides of the river can be reclaimed into fertile fields!"

Yang Minghao said: "Dad, it will probably take two or three years to reclaim fertile fields!"

The Shenmu Cult did not reclaim fertile fields on this island. Except for the area around the big banyan tree, other places basically maintained their original appearance.

If you want to cultivate the land into good farmland, it will definitely take a lot of time.

After cultivating the land, you have to cultivate it into mature land, which will take at least three years.

"Then take your time, we are not in a hurry!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

This matter cannot be rushed, we can only take our time.

It will definitely not be done in ten or eight years to relocate the people and open up Shenmu Island.

There are also new dynasties and the development of Lingquan World, which all take time.

There are many things that need to be done patiently one by one.

"You should contact the Zhang Dynasty first to see when to attack the Tarot Dynasty together. As for this, leave it to Jiang He and let him move slowly!"

Yang Zhengshan once again became a hands-off shopkeeper. After a simple arrangement, he returned to Xingyue Island.

After he returned to Xingyue Island, Xue Ping, Yang Mingzhi, Yang Minghao, Luo Jinsong and Wu Zhan led the army south.

And Xingyue Island also prepared to move. Jiang He first arranged the things on Xingyue Island, and then took a group of officials and yamen runners to take over the Shenmu Seven Islands.

They need to establish an official office on the Shenmu Seven Islands, first build the framework of the official office, and then turn the remaining Shenmu believers into the people of the official office.

The remaining Shenmu believers are actually the lowest level of people. The fact that they can survive shows that they have no faith in Shenmu religion.

In fact, it is more appropriate to say that they are slaves of Shenmu religion. They are not even poor peasants. At most, they are just a group of serfs.

Now they have all become ordinary people in the official office, which is undoubtedly a happy thing for them.

After the officials of the government office landed on the island, the first thing they did was to distribute land to them and let them continue to cultivate.

The process was very cumbersome, and there were many troubles of all sizes, but with strong military force and favorable conditions, these people soon happily accepted the rule of the government office.

As the government office gradually appeased these ordinary people, the migration of Xingyue Island to Shenmu Island was also put on the agenda.

Jiang He first allocated the buildings on Shenmu Island. He wanted Yang Zhengshan to live in the temple. The temple was not only magnificent, but also had many courtyards behind the temple. The high priests and priests of Shenmu Religion used to live behind the temple.

Yang Zhengshan had seen the temple, and he didn't want to be worshipped by others, so he asked Jiang He to divide the temple directly. The temple in front could be used as the government office, and the courtyard in the back was just right. He lived in the largest courtyard, and the three brothers Yang Mingcheng lived in the three smaller courtyards. As for Yang Mingzhao, the courtyard next to it was allocated to him.

As for other courtyards, each family has several sets. The principle is to take the previous temple as the center. The older generation lives near the temple, and the younger generation lives outside. If the courtyard is not enough, some small courtyards will be built.

Yang Zhengshan no longer requires the whole family to live together, and the other families are also separated on Xingyue Island. There is no situation where the whole family is enclosed in a large courtyard.

In addition to the old site of Shenmu Religion, Yang Zhengshan also made some plans for the island.

The two angles between the lake and the coast, the east side is built into a commercial area, and the west side is built into a port and warehouse.

The big banyan tree is across the old site of Shenmu Religion in the east. The big banyan tree must not be moved, but two roads will be built on the lake embankment and the east side of the big banyan tree for vehicles and horses to pass.

Although there are waterways on the island, roads are also necessary.

Going south around the big banyan tree is to set up a market town along the lake and river banks, and then build a village with the market town as the center.

The plan is determined first, and the development will come slowly.

Under Jiang He's arrangement, the migration of Xingyue Island to Shenmu Island is gradually progressing, and on the other hand, the joint attack of the Yang family and the Zhang Dynasty on the Tarot Dynasty was soon reached.

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With Zhang Juhai's support, and the loss of the Tarot Dynasty on Xingyue Island, the monarchs and ministers of the Zhang royal court made the decision without any hesitation, and completed the gathering of the navy at the fastest speed.

The monarchs and ministers of the Zhang royal court were so active, one because of Zhang Juhai's status in the Zhang Dynasty. As the ancestor of the royal family and the strongest person in the Zhang Dynasty, Zhang Juhai almost had the final say within the dynasty. Even the current king of the Zhang family had to respectfully call Zhang Juhai his great-uncle.

The second reason is that the Zhang Dynasty has been suppressed by the Tarot Dynasty for many years, and it is almost suppressed to the point that it can't raise its head. Now there is a rare opportunity to destroy the Tarot Dynasty. As long as the monarchs and ministers of the Zhang royal court are not all fools, they will definitely seize this opportunity.

Moreover, after this battle, he could also obtain a large piece of territory. They would not miss such an opportunity to expand their territory.

Therefore, on February 20, the Zhang Dynasty summoned 30,000 naval forces to go to war, and 20,000 young and strong civilians followed the army.

Then it was over.

When the Tenglongwei Navy and the Zhang Dynasty Navy rushed to the Tarot Dynasty, the remaining navy of the Tarot Dynasty turned around and ran away.

When the naval officers and soldiers of both sides landed, the ministers of the Tarot Dynasty opened the city to surrender.

The Tenglongwei Navy landed on the East Island of the Tarot Dynasty on February 28, and arrived at the capital of the Tarot Dynasty on March 5.

As soon as the army arrived at the city, the Tarot capital opened the city gates and surrendered the next day.

Almost all the civil and military officials in the court were traitors, and they took their monarchs and hundreds of royal families to surrender.

Yang Mingzhi stood in front of the army, looking at the figures kneeling on the ground in front of him, with a somewhat embarrassed look.

Damn, they were supposed to fight a few hard battles this time, but they never expected that the whole journey was just like a trip.

It would be fine if the Tarot Dynasty's navy didn't dare to fight, after all, the mighty Tenglongwei navy was still very terrifying, but after landing, they deliberately rested for two days, and the Tarot Dynasty had enough time to mobilize troops to block it, but in the end there was no resistance.

The Tarot Dynasty was so useless that Yang Mingzhi didn't feel any sense of accomplishment.

"Why did you surrender so quickly?" He asked the question in his heart.

The ministers knelt on the ground and dared not speak, while King Taro and the royal family were tied up and gagged, unable to speak.

"I asked them to surrender!"

At this moment, a figure flew over from the tower on the city wall, and a woman who looked to be in her fifties landed in front of Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao.

The woman was wearing a blue robe, similar to a Taoist robe, with a silver hairpin on her head, looking very simple.

The hair was mixed with black and white, and her face was marked by the years.

Obviously, this was a congenital warrior, but she should have just broken through to the congenital realm not long ago, and her face had hardly changed.

"Are you the Sword Lord Sui Qingmo?" Yang Mingzhi looked up and down at the woman and asked.

The Taro Dynasty also has its strengths, such as the Taro Dynasty's sword tradition is very powerful.

Don't look at Xiang Anxu's defeat under Yang Zhengshan's gun, in fact, Xiang Anxu may be a famous sword god in the central and western parts of the Wanli Sea.

His title of Jade Sea Sword God is not in vain, and he has indeed mastered the Dao, but he himself does not have a clear understanding of his own Dao.

There are not many innate warriors in the Tarot Dynasty. In addition to Xiang Anxu and Wen Qing, there is only the Sword Lord Sui Qingmo in front of him.

Sword Lord Sui Qingmo is also an outstanding warrior, and a legendary figure.

Sui Qingmo was born in the middle-class aristocracy of the Tarot Dynasty. She has shown outstanding talent since she was a child, and her face is beautiful and refined. When she was young, she was called the first beauty of the Tarot Dynasty.

However, fate is a trick, perhaps because Sui Qingmo is too outstanding, or perhaps because Sui Qingmo's talent and beauty are hated by God.

When Sui Qingmo was 18 years old, the entire family of 32 people in the Sui family were killed, and only Sui Qingmo escaped the disaster.

Then Sui Qingmo embarked on the road of revenge, and the people who killed her family were the powerful people of the Tarot Dynasty.

Her revenge was not to hide and practice, but to offer herself to the previous generation of Tarot King, and to seduce the Tarot King with her beauty to help her destroy her enemies.

Although she succeeded, she also suffered backlash.

After the death of the previous king, she was retaliated by many ministers in the court. If she had not cultivated some of her own power in the court, she might have been killed by the civil and military officials in the court.

She entered the Taoist temple and became a female Taoist priest.

However, the matter did not end there. Don't forget that she is still a warrior with extraordinary talent, and she has her own confidants and power in the court.

She practiced in the Taoist temple while secretly accumulating power in the court.

As her cultivation became higher and higher, everyone only knew that she was already a congenital warrior, but no one knew that she had secretly controlled half of the court.

If she had not been afraid of Xiang Anxu's strength, she might have usurped the throne long ago.

Although she was the concubine of the previous king, the current Tarot King was not her son, and she had no offspring.

She secretly cultivated her own power in the court just to take revenge.

Although the previous king had avenged her for the extermination of her family, there are still many people in the court who are her enemies, including the current Tarot King.

If it weren't for these people, she wouldn't have ended up hiding in a Taoist temple as a female Taoist priest.

Originally, she wanted to wait until Xiang Anxu died before overthrowing this shitty court, but she didn't expect Xiang Anxu to die, and the Tarot Dynasty's giant whale navy was wiped out.

She herself had no good impression of the Tarot Dynasty's monarchs and ministers, and even hated the previous king who helped her take revenge.

So when the Tarot Dynasty was about to be destroyed, she chose to surrender without hesitation.

In short, this is a petty woman who has always held a grudge against those who have offended her, and is always thinking about how to take revenge.

But now, all the people she wanted to take revenge on were imprisoned, and the Tarot Dynasty she hated was destroyed. She had no regrets and surrendered to a force that had nothing to do with her without any psychological burden.