Chapter 284 The Unfortunates

Even so, the area under cultivation on Bukgu island is only a small one.

After Cui Bin and his team came back in the afternoon, we held a large meeting involving more than 100 people. Establishing the highlands as a great city and ending farming altogether; Enlarging tributaries of diversion channels; The use of volcanic ash combined with lime production of lime, the construction of a unified two-story building; Rational arrangement of residential areas and forest areas; Rebuilding the market economy; The establishment of a tax system and many other important issues.

After the meeting, it was already evening. The meeting continued after dinner. The men from the Island of Brass, who had been educated, were appointed officers.

Return home in the evening, in li Wanxue's entwine, also satisfied her once.

From the second day on, they began to deal with the affairs within the scope of their own authority.

Almost a week later, the first fleet arrived on the island. The king of El Dorado. Three boats carried more than 200 people.

The horde is well staffed, and my dignity as chief will take the next step. Li Ding was arranged to receive them. I sat in the council chamber and waited for them to arrive.

After Li Ding came in to announce it, the king of El Dorado came in with a dozen people and a lot of things. After kneeling down, he took the initiative to explain, "Chief, the golden kingdom is willing to accept the rule of the leader from now on. This time, I have brought the household registration and property records of my kingdom for your inspection."

Zhang Yutong went up and took over, took over a few big books.

I can't go through them all. "Give me the rundown," he said.

"Be." He was in his fifties or sixties, grizzled, and straightened up. "I am the seventy-first king of the Golden Kingdom, which now has a population of 70,000 and controls 25 tribes. Gold reserves of 10,000 jin. Two hundred and forty thousand animals..."

He said so much that I can't remember the rest.

When he had finished, I lifted him up and sat him down to tea. "How many days is your kingdom from the island of Cuckoo?" he asked.

"For a big ship, it's four days' journey. That's a long way." He fell on his knees again. "Chief, I have come to surrender with all my heart. This time, I brought a thousand jin of gold, all to you. The rest is available whenever the chief needs it. I only ask one thing of you. Will you please not destroy my kingdom. From now on and throughout the generations to come, we will serve the prince with all our heart and with all our might."

"If you can do what you say, I promise."

"Thanks to the chief, thanks to the chief." 'said the King, and he burst into tears.

"But I have one condition."

"Speak, chief."

"Ship all your gold reserves to Bukgu island as soon as possible. From now on you are not allowed to mine. Can you do it?"

"Yes." He quickly answered: "As long as the leader does not abolish my throne."

I nodded. "Besides, the tribes under your control are no longer under your jurisdiction. You can only manage your own kingdom and people."

"Is......"

"I'll give you a lot of treats when we make the money again, so you don't have to worry about your finances." He was the first to surrender. I had to do my job.

El Dorado, by rights the richest, the most able to resist, is the first to submit. I guess it's because I'm so rich. It is better to surrender voluntarily and retain as much royal power as possible for the fear that we will lose nothing after we destroy the country by force. He was a wise king.

I wanted to turn several kingdoms back to tribal times, but he was so wise that I accepted all my requests, so there was no need to do so much. But of course I will suppress his ruling authority and anxiety by some means later on.

"Have you brought the Archbishop with you?" I inquired.

"Please, Sir," the king replied, "I would have brought the Archbishop with me, but the Archbishop would not."

"Won't come back?"

"Yes, I have tried again and again."

"All right, then." I nodded, arranged for someone to pick up the supplies, and gave lunch to everyone he had brought. And told him to stay on the island for a few days.

After luncheon, they were shown to the guest house. As we walked back, I suggested that Cui Bin and Li Yunna go together to pick up old Cheng.

"Cheng Shu, why don't you want to come back? Isn't it good to be with us?" Li Yunna puzzled of ask.

"You'll have to ask Lu Fei," Cui said.

Li Yunna turned to look at me. "Oba, why?"

I laughed and answered, "You go together, let Uncle Cheng come back, after all, we are our own people."

'Is my uncle afraid you'll kill him? Li Yunna once reaction come over.

"Don't ask me any more questions. Pack up and come with me to the kingdom of Gold." Cui Bin pulled her away.

When the golden King said Cheng wouldn't come back, I knew why. He knows I'm not the easiest person to talk to. I should have killed him for being a traitor myself. So I can understand his concern. But unlike the other traitors, he has done great service to our tribe, and he is one of our survivors. I had no intention of killing him.

The golden King's party stayed on the island for three days, leaving one of his sons to serve on the island and releasing the rest.

In sending him off, he repeated his loyalty. Reassure me about the golden Kingdom.

I laughed. "It's all right to rebel. I'll take my firearm and visit you."

"No, no." The king fell on his knees.

I picked him up, put him on board and said a few polite words before disembarking. I sent a hundred soldiers to Cui Bin, alone in a ship of our own. He did not take Li Yunna, because the boat is all men, she a woman more inconvenience.

Back in the tribe, I was eager to take the three women to the basement to look at the gold. As soon as I went in, I found that the basement had completely changed. The floor and walls were paved with bricks and the width was increased. When I went into the basement, I found that heavy wooden doors had been installed. After going in, I saw that it had become several rooms, which were connected with each other by passageways.

"When did you do it?"

"This is the time." "I thought about this when the coalition forces surrounded us with floods," Li said. The tunnels must be reinforced. Fortunately, there were so many people that it was completed in a few days."

"Good, good." Compared with Luci's "strategist" type, Li Wanxue is a doer. This is in keeping with her corporate style.

When I got to the bottom, I saw a pile of wooden boxes. When I opened them, there were layers of fine linen. When I opened them, I saw the gold. Irregular shape, rectangle, triangle, polygon. But all are yellow, or very high purity.

"Brother Lu Fei, make me a gold house." Zhang Yutong said.

"You want to keep a beautiful house?" I asked with a smile.

Zhang Yutong grinned and said he was joking.

After looking at the box and covering it, Li Wanxue said, "Lu Fei, let's make money out of gold in the future. Too much brass, over time, can lead to counterfeiting."

"No, gold is too valuable for money. I'll use coppers." I can't bear to waste gold like this. Gold is a precious metal, and if used as money, I'm afraid it can't be supplied to the market.

"I've been thinking about it the last few days." Li Wanxue said: "I found a few carving skills, made some models, home for you to see. You'll be surprised."

"Then go back and see now." I should like to see how much better she is at it than I am.

Back home, Li Wanxue took out several different sizes of molds, carved very delicate, the front is actually my head, on the back with Arabic numerals engraved face value, there is a circle of our revised aboriginal characters - "Printed in Bugu Island".

I'm happy with the carving, but the phrase "printed in Cuckoo Island" always feels a little out of place, just low in tone.

"Can't these words be changed?"

"Change to what?"

"Divine right of Kings, or our great leader is Lu Fei." Zhang Yutong grabbed to say.

Li Wanxue skimmed the lower lip: "all appropriate. Let's think it over."

"Forget it." I decided to give up: "The mold is done, there is no need to change it. That's ok. But there is one caveat. The gold coin must be made in the original style."