Before dusk, the ship sailed into the port of Grindo Island. Just as David said, this port was the only entrance and exit to the island.

"It's really great, it's indeed a natural harbor." After taking a closer look, Wu Lai couldn't help but praise it. The gap was about half a mile wide, with towering cliffs on both sides, facing each other like two protective walls. But after the boat sailed for a few miles, the water surface suddenly widened by about five times, and it was surrounded by cliffs. It was basically a natural typhoon shelter.

There is a nearly three-mile-long waterway from the entrance to the land slope leading to the island. The sea water is so clear that you can almost see the bottom. David once told Wu Lai that the water depth here is between sixty and eighty cubits, which is perfect for a port.

Above the slope is a row of simple wooden houses with two watchtowers on each side. Below the right watchtower, there is a wide road that curves towards the landing point - it is a large pier that was artificially excavated and leveled, and hundreds of people are busy there widening the pier.

As soon as a ship came in, the watchtower gave a flag signal, and soon a small pilot boat quickly slid away from the dock and headed towards the large ship.

"Wu Lai, they're here to pick us up. I guess they don't know you're here, otherwise, the dock would be full of people." Shelley couldn't help but burst out laughing. Seeing Wu Lai's surprised look, he added while holding back his laughter, "I was just thinking, it's a good thing there aren't many people, otherwise some people might have been squeezed into the water."

"Your head..." Wu Lai couldn't help but touch Shelley's head, "Why do you think about these weird things all day long?"

"Does this surprise you?" Shelley raised his eyebrows. "Well, Woolley, I remember you promised to marry me as soon as you returned to Assyria. After landing on the island, we are now settled. So, shouldn't you..."

"Cough, cough, cough..." Wu Lai suddenly started coughing violently, wondering why these women are always more concerned about this issue?

…

Just as I sat down in one of the wooden houses in the row, two figures squeezed in through the door.

"General Woolley! Colonel Commander Otto of the Seventh Regiment reports to you!" Otto puffed out his chest, tears in his eyes.

"General Wu Lai! Colonel Commander Pu Tong of the Sixth Regiment reports to you!" Pu Tong shouted while crying.

Seeing his two favorite generals appear, Wu Lai, who had always been resolute, couldn't help but be moved at this moment. After standing up to return the greeting, he took a few steps forward, stretched out his arms, and hugged the two of them: "Good, good, it's great to see you..."

"General Woolley, the old Seventh Regiment is gone..." Oddo lowered his head in shame. In the battle when the Hulett Army encircled the Salt Marsh Army, the Seventh Regiment continuously launched counterattacks on the enemy to cover the brother troops' breakout. In the end, only Oddo and a dozen soldiers were left in the regiment, and all of them were covered with wounds.

Wu Lai patted Oddo's shoulder heavily and said, "I am proud of the Seventh Regiment."

"General, my Sixth Regiment only has half a battalion left now." Pu Tong said in a crying voice.

"Then let's rebuild it." Woolley consoled him and asked, "I heard from Bailey that, except for you three, the others..."

"Yes, after we broke through, some people dispersed, and some were injured on the way. In the end, a total of 2,711 people came here with us." Odo felt a little sad when he finished answering. Thinking back to the time when the Salt Marsh Army was at its peak, that group of people...

"That's pretty good." Wu Lai nodded and asked, "Where are Vulture and David?"

"Vulture is training soldiers." Pu Tong answered quickly, "General, we have also built a West Point Military Academy on this island. Vulture is the chief instructor. It is only six miles away from here, in a very spacious flat area. By the way, David is a bit far from the port. He is busy building a reservoir recently. He said that there will be more and more people, so we need sufficient water reserves."

"Do you have a blueprint of the island?" Wu Lai nodded and asked.

"Yes, yes, General, wait a moment, I'll get it for you." Pu Tong answered and turned around. Seeing that the door was already tightly surrounded by several layers of people, he waved his hand in annoyance and scolded, "Just do what you need to do first. Why are you blocking the way here? Are you going to let the general have a good rest?"

"We miss the general too!" someone in the crowd shouted.

"General Woolley, I'm from the First Regiment!"

"General Woolley, I'm from the 9th Regiment! We have many brothers here too!"

"General Wu Lai, please lead us to fight back later. We want to avenge our dead brothers!" someone shouted.

"General Wu Lei, we have been looking forward to seeing you for a long time..."

…

Shortly after nightfall, Wu Lai, accompanied by Vulture, walked into the military academy. This was originally David's forward construction base. It was flat, open, and had two good springs, enough to accommodate thousands of people. After David advanced to the hinterland of the island and Vulture, Oddo and others came here, this place became the West Point Military Academy. It is worth mentioning that everyone on the island needs to participate in training - this was not David's idea, but something Wu Lai mentioned to him before, and David just followed it.

However, Wu Lai's appearance tonight was not to visit and inspect, but to listen to a report.

Shortly after entering the small conference room of the military academy, David hurried over. After seeing Wu Lai, he was naturally mixed with sadness and joy. It was only after Wu Lai comforted him that he calmed down.

"Everyone, thank you very much for your trust and expectation in me. I sincerely hope that I will not let you down." Wu Lai motioned for everyone to sit down, smiled slightly, and said, "Grindul Island is far away from the flames of war, but this does not mean that we can give up our responsibility to the Assyrian territory and innocent people. Therefore, the faster Grindul Island becomes stronger, the faster we can help those people in need on the mainland. Now, I want to hear everyone's reports and ideas. Vulture, come first and tell us your side."

"Yes." Vulture nodded. "West Point Military Academy not only trains officers and soldiers, but also provides short-term military training to civilians and slaves. First, it can cultivate their habit of obeying orders. Second, it can also discover excellent soldiers. The most important point is to remind you that war is around us, and all of us should be ready to go to the battlefield at any time..."

"Currently, West Point has 3,558 soldiers in training, 11 officers in training, and 94 reserve officers in training..."

After Vulture finished speaking, Wu Lai nodded slightly and called out David's name.

"Father, including the people you brought today, there are now more than 37,400 people on the island, including more than 19,500 slaves," David reported. "Six residential areas have been designated. The first and second areas have already been occupied, and the remaining four areas are under construction. The roads connecting the areas are also being built, but due to the lack of tools and logistical supplies, the progress is not fast..."

"...The seeds brought by the Pompeii family have been stored, but they can only be planted for one season this year. So, if we don't find a solution, we will soon run out of food..."

As he listened, Wu Lai frowned, because the difficulties were much greater than he had imagined...

Four days later on the morning, Woolley held another meeting. This time, not only David, Gulu, Vulture, Oddo and others were all present, but also the Coch family, Woolley's followers in the Seneca Kiwanis League, Shelley, Pompey and others. In addition to them, there were also some officers, soldiers and civilians, and even a dozen slave representatives.

However, no one thought there was anything wrong with Wu Lai's arrangement of the meeting. In their opinion, this was perfectly normal. You have to know that it was Wu Lai who organized and presided over the meeting - he never played by the rules.

"Fate has bound us together. While thanking everyone for their trust in me, I believe that we will eventually create brilliance on this isolated island overseas." Wu Lai's opening remarks immediately received warm applause.

"But I have to remind everyone that we are facing many difficulties now. If we don't overcome them, we will be defeated by them and eventually we will reap shame instead of glory." Wu Lai said, "I don't want to see such a result. In the past few days, I have made some countermeasures for the most urgent problems. I am sure that as long as these measures can be fully implemented, we will definitely be able to overcome the difficulties!"

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"In the next three days, I will set up the management department of Greendo Island. Following the old practice, the department will be divided into bureaus. The head of the bureau will be called the director. Each bureau will have one temporary director, two deputy directors, and six to eight civil servants. Nine bureaus will be set up in advance, including construction, commerce, civil affairs, justice, finance, personnel, resources, agriculture, and education. Each bureau will perform its duties and fulfill its responsibilities..."

"All six residential areas are town-level, with one mayor and two deputy mayors. The town-level construction, commerce, civil affairs, justice, finance, personnel, resources, agriculture, and education are managed by the mayor and deputy mayors. There are 10 to 20 grassroots civil servants, who must obey the orders of the higher-level bureau..."

"I believe that as long as all civil servants can work conscientiously and be honest and dedicated, Greendo Island will get better and better!"

After another round of enthusiastic applause, Woolley proposed three measures for the first step. Many years later, Guru wrote these three measures and their results into the book "Walking with the King" -

Wang said: "My first measure is to reclaim wasteland. In the early layout, Greendo Island has planned the construction sites, areas and scales of mountains, water, fields, farms, forests, roads, canals and settlements. However, we still have a lot of wasteland outside the planned areas. I declare that citizens, civilians and soldiers have the right to reclaim wasteland in the form of cooperation or independent completion, but the upper limit for each person to reclaim is ten acres. There are the following requirements: first, only wasteland outside the planned area can be reclaimed; second, what crops to plant on the reclaimed wasteland must be arranged by the unified plan; third, the reclaimed wasteland It is not allowed to sell or transfer the land, because you only have the right to cultivate and harvest, the land does not belong to you, but as long as you do not violate the prohibition of selling or transferring, then the right to cultivate and harvest the land can be inherited from generation to generation. Fourth, if no one cultivates the reclaimed land for a year, the original cultivator's right to cultivate and harvest the land will be revoked. Fifth, land tax is collected according to the area of ​​the land, the ratio is 1 in 20. Sixth, freed slaves have the right to participate in the reclamation and obtain the right to cultivate the land with an upper limit of 10 mu. The original owner of the slave can collect private taxes on this part of the land, but the maximum limit is 1 in 10. "

"There is plenty of land on the island, and there are plenty of seeds in the warehouse. If there are no tools, we will make them. If there are no roads, we will build them. Our only goal is to make Greendo Island self-sufficient as soon as possible."

Wang said: "My second measure is to develop diversified agriculture based on land reclamation, including food, cash crops, bamboo and wood, oil, glue and paint, poultry and livestock, silk cocoons and silk, fruits and vegetables, condiments, local by-products and fishery products. Everyone can make a plan based on their own conditions and then submit it to the relevant management department for approval..."

Wang added: “My third measure is to build an industrial zone that covers all the production and living needs of the entire island and integrates the resources of craftsmen…”

…

At the end of the meeting, Shelley raised his hand to Woolley, indicating that he wanted to speak.

After a slight hesitation, Wu Lai called Shelley's name: "Shelley, you have something to say, right?"

"General Woolley." Shelley stood up with a smile. "As a former clergyman, I have no objection to your arrangement of Priest Mikoyan and High Priest Pompey to be in charge of the construction of the temple on Grindo Island. If you need me, I will do my best to help. I just have another question."

"Oh? What kind of question?" Wu Lai asked curiously.

"I think everyone should call you Lord, because this Greendo Island is your private territory. But why don't you use this title?" Shelley asked with a smile.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Is it important?" Wu Lai smiled bitterly and shook his head. The reason why he developed this island was because David said that when he was alive, Lini had originally planned to build this private territory with Wu Lai, saying that it could become a support for everyone and a good way out. Wu Lai readily agreed. In fact, he had never seriously considered whether to be the lord or not, although he had actually spent a lot of time and energy on the development of Greendo Island.

"Important!" Odo and David stood up and answered at the same time. From Odo's point of view, he felt that Wu Lai was the well-deserved first person, and the title of lord was a must, not to mention David. This island was originally Wu Lai's private property. Although Assyria was in chaos now, there was no missing procedure from the documents to the actual practice.

"Yes, from now on we will call you Lord." The representatives of the Kochi family echoed.

"Yes, that's what it should be called." said the representative of the Pompeii family.

Wu Lai glanced at Shelley with a wry smile and waved his hand for her to sit down, which also meant that he agreed to her proposal.

Little naughty boy. Woolley gave Shelley a look.

Humph, what do you care about me? Shelley responded with a snicker...