Everyone listened to Yun Ruoxi talking about her plan non-stop, and she seemed to be glowing.
The eldest and second brothers kept writing down what Yun Ruoxi said. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were writing furiously.
Yun Ruoxi: "As for the construction of the city, I also have my own ideas. Although our city is built on an island, it is not ruled out that the court will send warships to attack us. The first defense that comes to my mind is the formation. With the formation in place, it is not easy to attack us. Then there are the city walls. Our city walls must be built higher so that we can have some defense."
"Next is to improve the strength of all the guards. The five brothers should be aware of this, and they will directly carry out the operation. In addition to improving strength, there is also the use of weapons. The weapons here do not refer to cold knives and cold guns, but the hot weapons provided by my master. With hot weapons, no matter what battle, we can save half the effort and achieve twice the result with half the effort. If the hot weapons charge first but it is ineffective, we will consider other combat methods."
No one present had expected that Yun Ruoxi had thought so far, but according to Yun Ruoxi's plan, if this continued, they would definitely build an impenetrable paradise.
Yun Ruoxi: "Aside from military defense, the next step is the development of the city and agriculture. If the island I find has mountains and forests, we can plant some fruit trees on the mountains, and we'll also need to clear some land for growing food. So the size of the island is very demanding. It must be able to accommodate a city of 20,000 people and also have space for planting trees and arable land. It must not be too small."
Grandfather couldn't help but remind him, "Xixi, have you ever considered that if you build a city according to your current concept, the financial and manpower required will be a considerable amount."
Yun Ruoxi nodded. "Don't worry, Grandfather. I've definitely thought about this. Not to mention the huge fortune my master left me, with the silver I have now, I can buy a lot of bricks. There's no problem buying materials for building a house. Secondly, there's the issue of labor. Besides these 1,000 guards, Grandfather, don't forget, there's also the three-year drought. These three years are enough time for us to recruit a lot of refugees. As long as we can feed the refugees, we won't have to worry about not having workers to build the city."
"Xixi means that when the drought comes, you want to recruit refugees and build a city for us?"
Yun Ruoxi nodded. "That's right. However, we do have requirements for recruiting refugees. We can't just accept everyone. If we do, it will ruin our plans. And all refugees who come to our paradise must take the Loyalty Pill."
Yun Ruoxi: "Also, as time goes by, we may not need 20,000 people. 5,000 people in three years will be more than enough to build the city. If conditions permit, I think it would be best to recruit some young men, and eventually some young women. Once we have a city, we can't have all the men alone. We also need to consider the issue of them getting married and having children in the future."
"Besides, we built this paradise first to escape the seven-year-long war. We must be able to survive on this island for at least ten years, or even longer."
The Duke of England nodded. "Yes, Xixi has thought things through very carefully. There is indeed no problem with this. What other ideas and opinions does anyone else have? Feel free to share them today. We can discuss them while we have plenty of time. If we get busy later, we may not have as much time."
Yun Qingyong said, "Dad, since we're going to build a city, then managing it is a problem. Besides the Duke of Ying's Mansion, people from the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion should also be there, right? How will the city be managed then?"
Yun Ruoxi chuckled and said, "Since it's a city, we can have a main city lord and a deputy city lord. As for the division of power, it depends on which family pays the most money."
Yun Ruoxi: "As far as the current situation is concerned, no matter from which aspect, the people of the Yingguo Mansion have the advantage. First of all, in terms of money, the Yingguo Mansion's assets are dozens of times that of the Xiao family. Then there is the combat power. Currently, all the guards of the Yingguo Mansion add up to 1,000 people, while the Xiao family has nothing. If possible, one position of elder in the city can be reserved for the Xiao family. As long as they have the right to participate in meetings, it will be fine. As for the rest, I believe the Xiao family will not have any other ideas."
Yun Ruoyang raised his head and expressed his own opinion, "This is just your opinion, and it may not fully represent the Xiao family's opinion. When the time comes, we still have to ask for the Xiao family's opinions before making a decision."
Grandfather nodded. "That's right, but in order for us to survive the war, we must build a city on the island. Fortunately, we still have plenty of time to prepare."
Yun Ruoxi finished what she wanted to say, and left the rest of the matter to the other people in the Duke of Ying's Mansion to discuss.
Yun Ruoxi and Mu Ruxue continued on their journey to pick someone up.
The two best friends took a whole month to pick up the person. During this month, except for occasionally having time to go back and rest at night, they spent the rest of the time on the road.
Since Xiao Jingrui and Xiao Jingxuan learned about their best friends' plan, they simply moved to Caiyun Town together and lived with the people from the Duke of England's Mansion without any embarrassment.
Yun Ruoxi finally heard the punishment results of Fangcao's family.
As she had guessed, the village chief expelled Fangcao's family from the village, but he did not do anything too extreme. Instead, he wrote a letter to Fangcao's mother's family in advance. Before they were expelled from the village, the villagers on the other side had already sent people to pick them up.
Yun Ruoxi could also understand Village Chief Gu's feelings. He didn't want to offend either side, but he had to do this for the sake of the Duke of Ying's Mansion.
Sure enough, no matter how hard they tried and how sincere they were, these outsiders from the village would still be excluded.
When something really happens, the first ones to be abandoned will definitely be these outsiders.
Yun Ruoxi and Mu Ruxue were right. They were completely disappointed with Taohua Village, but fortunately, they had not spent much time with everyone and did not have many feelings for them.
Since they had already decided to find an island to build a paradise, they decided to put the affairs of Taohua Village behind them and not waste their time on unimportant things.
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