Lu Yu instructed his men to tell them, "If you follow us, you must obey orders."
Among this group was their former base commander and Jin Cheng's former leader, surnamed Hong. These people were temporarily placed under his management.
After finishing these tasks, Bai Shuang and the others continued searching for a suitable location.
A month later, Bai Shuang and her group came across a small island. After finally reaching land, they stopped and went to take a look.
The island was very small, about the size of a middle school playground. It could be submerged by a slight breeze or wave, so it must have only recently emerged.
Everyone was overjoyed to be on the island, as this was the first time they had set foot on land since the storm.
Bai Shuang released the snow leopard and Hua Hua, letting them frolic and jump freely on the land. When she got into the mood, she even sparred with Bai Jiu and the others, practicing the aerial fist technique she had learned from the Emei Sect Leader.
A group of soldiers formed a circle, cheering and encouraging each other from time to time.
Commander Liu and his group were certainly aware of Bai Shuang's skills, but Xu Xin and his group from the southern base, as well as those from Jincheng, were truly amazed.
Sun Xiangming said, "I always thought that my wife was a delicate woman who needed protection, but I never expected that she would be a woman who is just as capable as any man."
Commander Liu: "You're only finding out now? You know Liu Hui, right?"
Xu Xin said with a smile, "I'd still recognize you even if you were burned to ashes."
"Liu Hui has a master who is the head of the Emei Sect, you know that?"
They nodded. "Of course we know about our southern base."
"Master Liu Hui was defeated by the lady. That aerial punch was learned from fighting with Master Liu Hui."
"Ah, so you're talking about Madam? I've heard them say that Liu Hui and her master were defeated by a very powerful person. I never imagined that person was Madam!"
After having fun for a while, everyone still needed to go back to the submarine to sleep at night.
The next day, Bai Shuang and her group quickly surveyed the area around the island, but she was still not satisfied.
The seabed around this area is very undulating, which will be difficult to manage in the future. Moreover, the crustal rock layers are not stable enough and are prone to geological disasters.
The world's current population is less than one-thousandth of what it used to be. Given the vastness of the land and the sparse population, Bai Shuang would never compromise on the location.
When she left, Bai Shuang took out an old express delivery box and asked the soldiers to help fill it with soil and take it to the fishing boat. She also took out some seeds and asked the people to try planting some things.
Then everyone prepared to leave. The boats in front had already started moving, but the fishing boats behind hadn't straightened up yet.
Commander Liu asked Mr. Hong, "Why haven't you left yet?"
“Some people don’t want to get on the ship.”
"Don't want to board the ship? Then let them stay on the island. They are free to come and go as they please. Nobody forced them to come along."
The problem is, they showed compassion for their compatriots earlier, rescued them, and gave them boats and food.
We explained it to them clearly, and then they were expected to obey orders. But before we could have a few days of peace, trouble started again.
Commander Liu was a soldier who didn't often interact with ordinary survivors and spoke rather bluntly.
He had conveyed his message, and then the large submarine crew left.
But Bai Shuang and her submarine never stopped.
Mr. Hong looked at the noisy crowd, who were now bigger than a bucket.
One of them said, "Weren't we looking for land? Now that we've found it, why not stay here?"
"Exactly, exactly. We finally found land, why do we have to leave again? Isn't that a waste of resources and manpower?"
When one person says something like that, many others start arguing along with it.
Some people are just twisted in their minds. When they were enslaved by the Japanese, they didn't dare to utter a sound. But after being treated like human beings by their own compatriots for a few days, they forgot who they were.
Mr. Hong watched as the submarines drove away without stopping, and he grew anxious.
Clearly, they don't care whether they follow or not.
Once they leave these soldiers, they might be captured by that force and enslaved again.
Either we wait until the food runs out and starve to death.
Thinking of this, he shouted to the group, "Those who don't want to leave, stay."
Then he shouted into the wheelhouse, "Start the boat!"
Mr. Hong has been a leader for many years, so he certainly has an imposing presence.
The boat slowly left the island, and people rushed to board, each afraid of being left behind.
In the days that followed, Bai Shuang and her group searched everywhere for a future foothold for the country. Whenever they encountered land that was about to emerge or had already emerged, they would stop and examine it carefully.
To observe the continental shelf's orientation and seabed undulations, one must travel by submarine. Once this hurdle is overcome, one must use a compass to conduct on-the-ground investigations of the geology, hydrography, and other features to determine if the area is suitable for habitation.
Often, after passing the first few levels, observing the geological structure of the area reveals that it will lack water or minerals in the future, so people give up.
The level of hardship involved is self-evident.
When Bai Jiu and the others had nothing to do, they said to Lu Yu, "Young Master, if the country really develops in the future, my young lady will be the new generation's cultural ancestor, and a monument should be erected for her."
Xiao Zhao and the others said, "A monument should be erected for the general and his wife."
Bai Shuang smiled and said, "I don't want to erect any monument. I just want a peaceful and smooth life."
The boat rescued the thirty-odd people, and after that island incident, nothing else happened.
In our spare time, we all try to grow things in the delivery boxes.
But no matter how I try, I can't grow anything in that soil. It seems like I'll have a long way to go if I want to farm in the future.
Finally, having no other choice, Bai Shuang soaked the seeds in the spiritual spring water until they sprouted before planting them.
Some wilt as soon as they are planted in the soil, while others can barely survive, but they are very thin and grow slowly.
Finally, Bai Shuang had to take out the spiritual spring water and water the soil before the plants began to grow normally.
Then it was handed over to those thirty-odd people to take care of, so that they wouldn't be idle and cause trouble.
Mr. Hong handed over all the first batch of harvested vegetables to Bai Shuang to handle.
This proves that Mr. Hong is a pretty good person and can be used.
Although it's just a matter of a few dozen boxes of vegetables, rules are rules, and they affect future management, so they can't be taken lightly.
“Keep half of it. From now on, keep half of the harvest and hand over the other half.”
Bai Shuang distributed the portion they handed over to the soldiers in the two submarines and the large submarine cabin.
The submarine houses all have planting platforms, but there are many people in them, and if they rely solely on the planting platforms, they can barely survive.
Therefore, everyone's food needs are currently being subsidized by Bai Shuang.
The Babylonians would come every now and then to exchange grain, even though the price was raised again and again until it reached 10 liters of fuel per kilogram of grain.
But they still had to exchange, because only Baishuang had food to exchange for.
However, prices cannot be raised indefinitely, because the rest of the world can only obtain fuel from them.
Six months later, Bai Shuang and her group encountered another piece of land. To their excitement, there were two submarines moored in the waters near the island...
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