This is an island, a very large island, covering an area of more than 3,000 square kilometers.
The entire island is slightly long and narrow, just like a leaf. It is more than two hundred miles long from north to south and about seventy or eighty miles wide from east to west.
Its name is Rock Island and it belongs to the Gui clan of Linhai City.
But it has never been considered a high-level warrior kingdom, and no high-level warrior is willing to come to such a ghost place.
Because this island cannot produce anything, there is nothing here except sand and stones. Not to mention growing food, even most weeds cannot be grown.
The entire island has only one color, which is grey-brown, the color of sand and stones. Otherwise, how could it be called Rock Island?
This is probably the most barren island, bar none.
In most parts of the entire island, there is almost no trace of green, not even grass or shrubs.
The only thing with a bit of green is a big mountain in the center of the island, with trees growing on it. But it has been almost completely developed at this time, and there is only a little green on the top of the mountain.
The soil layer under the mountainside has disappeared, completely exposing the bare rock layer.
Therefore, although this island belongs to Linhai City, most people think it does not exist. Even when the Gui family calculated the area of their territory, they did not include this island.
Because it is a barren land that cannot produce even a grain of food.
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"This, this is the territory you ceded?" Suo Mu, the leader of the family warriors, said angrily.
Shi Yanting in Linhai City said: "Yes, is there a problem? The entire island area far exceeds the stipulated two thousand square kilometers. Moreover, it does belong to the territory of Gui's Linhai City."
Suo Mu said: "Can you grow a grain of food in this damn place? There are stones and sand everywhere, and you can't even grow a single piece of grass."
"Then it's none of our business." Yan Tingyi said still politely: "There is no stipulation in the treaty about how fertile it must be and how much food it can produce, right? It only stated three points, within three days.
The cession is not less than 2,000 square kilometers and belongs to the territory called Linhai. And this rocky island fully meets these three points."
"Despicable and shameless Gui Xinggui, this is naked fraud." Suo Mu, the leader of the family warriors, said angrily.
Yan Ting said, "Then it's your lord's fault. Why did you sign the contract in such a hurry? Why do you want to be so hungry? Don't blame me for eating not fat meat, but just a stone, a stone that can choke someone to death."
The family warriors wanted to vent their anger and question them. Sauron raised his hand to stop their meaningless anger. Then he looked at the middle-aged handsome man and said, "What do you call your Excellency and Prime Minister Yan Wuji?"
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I am my cousin." Yan Ting said, "Of course, I am just an unsatisfactory descendant of the Yan family."
For the Prime Minister's cousin to be the internal historian of the return trip of the princes, this is almost ignoring the iron rule that the cabinet and the princes are not allowed to associate with each other.
Gui Xingfu is amazing. He is marrying the sister of Turing Tuo, the first commander-in-chief of the kingdom. And the first civil servant under his banner is the cousin of the Prime Minister. His daughter Gui Qinshao will marry the prince's attendant in the future.
, one of the supreme commanders of the future kingdom.
Compared to his father Zoro, Gui Xingfu is much better at building a network of power.
However, such a criss-crossing power network seems to ignore the existence of His Majesty the King. Their power is much stronger than imagined.
Yan Tingyi continued: "This is the map of Rock Island, the territorial contract, and the seal we made temporarily. Now I will officially hand it over to you. Do you accept it?"
Everyone took a look at the rocky island again. Everything they saw was stones and sand. There was nothing everywhere. What was the use of such a piece of land? It could just be used as a mass grave.
Sauron smiled and said: "If you don't want it for free, of course I will accept it."
Then, he formally signed various contracts and documents, and finally received the seal of the Luanshi Island territory.
"Everything has been handed over and is just waiting to be sent to the royal city for filing." Yan Ting said, "Do you have any questions?"
Sauron said: "Is there not a single citizen on the entire island?"
"Yes, there were originally two thousand people, but I don't know how many are left now. They will also belong to you in the future." Yan Ting said.
"Where are these people?" Sauron asked: "In the official records of Linhai City, there is no one inhabited on Rock Island."
Yan Ting said, "On the north side of the island, go around the mountain in the middle, and you can see it. I hope these people can surprise you by then."
"Very good." Sauron said.
Yanting said: "Everything has been handed over. If there is nothing else, I will take my leave. From now on, these more than 3,000 square kilometers of territory belong to you. I hope... you can have a good time."
Then, Kontei Yi, his entourage and samurai, more than a hundred people, left the Rock Island by boat and left cleanly.
Leaving Sauron and others on this barren island.
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Looking at the fleet's departure, everyone felt desolate in their hearts.
"Master, what should we do now?" Suo Mu asked sadly, "Should we go back to the royal city to find a solution, or... or go somewhere else?"
Sauron said: "Other places? Where else can we go?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present felt extremely sad. Yes, there is no way back to the royal city, and there is no way back to Tianshui City. The whole world is so big that there is no place for anyone to stay.
"The world is so big, but there is no room for me, Suo Clan?" Suddenly, a warrior said with great sadness.
Suo Mu's eyes turned red and he said hoarsely: "Otherwise, you take us to the southern border, where fish and dragons are mixed together. We will fight to the death to create a safe place for our master."
"Hahaha..." Sauron said with a smile: "Who said we have no place to stay? This rocky island is our place to stay. Isn't it more than three thousand square kilometers enough for us?"
Looking at the rocky island, all the family warriors thought to themselves: "On this island, not even a blade of grass can be grown. If you want to settle here, you can't even eat grass. How can you eat stones?"
Suo Ningbing suddenly raised his head and asked: "Brother, is this the territory you are deliberately trying to seize from Gui Xingshui?"
"Yes." Sauron said: "I just want to use this territory to earn 150,000 gold coins in five months and recruit an army of 20,000."
As soon as these words came out, all the warriors present were frightened and looked at each other.
Because, they thought of the same answer, their master was crazy, and under a series of blows, he completely lost his mind and went crazy.
This rocky island has nothing but stones and sand, and not even a grain of food can grow. And the owner actually said that he would make 150,000 gold coins in five months by relying on this barren land.
What is this if not crazy?
But only sister Suo Ningbing showed an extremely trusting look.
"Let's go to the north of the island to receive our first people." Sauron said.
Then he got on his horse and ran towards the north of the island.
The entire team totaled only twenty horses and dozens of mules. At this time, these horses and mules were all carrying grain. There were even a hundred family warriors, each carrying several hundred kilograms of grain.
A total of more than 70,000 kilograms of grain. It was Sauron's entire possessions.
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With a feeling of despair, more than a hundred family warriors carried food and walked north along the coastline.
After bypassing the big mountain on the island, we finally arrived at the north of Rock Island.
The terrain in the northern part of the island is even flatter, with endless beaches everywhere, and you can finally see some weeds.
These are saline-alkali lands, and only a few types of weeds can survive, so don't even think about food.
After walking for more than four hours, Sauron and others finally arrived at the only gathering place on Rock Island. They entered this so-called... village.
Then, not only Sauron, but everyone behind him was completely stunned.
This, this is a village? This is complete hell!
Are all the people on the ground here human? Why do they look worse than ghosts?
The so-called village is just a few hundred short black mud houses scattered on the flat land by the sea. The houses don't even have thatch, just mud and stones.
In front of every mud and stone house, there is a large stone stove, but the large pot on it has disappeared.
What's even more chilling is that hundreds of dark people are all lying on the ground, motionless. It looks like they are littered with corpses.
Everyone was so skinny that even when they saw Sauron and others coming, they hardly moved. Only the rising and falling chests proved that they were still alive.
Regardless of whether they were women or children, they basically had no clothes on. They were all covered in darkness, and their faces could not be seen clearly. Everyone's eyes were numb and scattered.
A warrior stepped forward, checked the breath and pulse of these people, and then said to Sauron: "Master, they are hungry. They have not eaten for several days and nights."
These dying people lying all over the ground are his people?
Sauron could tell at a glance that all these people were slaves, shady slaves. And this village was a secret industry owned by Gui Xing, which used these slaves to earn black-hearted gold coins.
Now, everything here has been abandoned, and these slaves are left here to fend for themselves, waiting to starve to death.
How many people are there in total? Na Yan Tingyi said there were two thousand people, but some of them have starved to death, and now there are only more than a thousand people left.
This is not left to Sauron's people, this is a huge burden thrown on him by the return journey.
"Cook porridge and save people." Sauron ordered.
Suo Mu said: "Master, we only have 50,000 kilograms of food, and there are thousands of people here. If we want to rescue them, we will run out of food in less than a month."
"Cook porridge and save people." Sauron ordered again.
Ye Jingyu and Suoning Bing went to the only castle in the center of the village.
This is called a castle, but it's actually just a larger stone house that has been abandoned for several days.
The furniture in the castle is also very simple, mostly made of wood. There is nothing inside, no food, no vegetables, and even the water tank is empty.
However, Suoning Bing was very excited. No matter how simple this castle was, it still belonged to her.
This island already belongs to Sox, and this small castle completely belongs to Sox.
Compared to the Earl's Mansion in the Royal City, this small stone castle was countless times simpler, but it was truly her home.
"Jingyu, let's go find water, clean and tidy up the castle, and then boil water for Sauron to cook." Suoning Bing said with great interest.
Then, the two women couldn't wait to leave the castle, carried buckets to find water, and began to clean up their homes.
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At this time, there were only a few large pots set up in the large open space outside the village, and they began to cook rice and porridge.
The porridge was not cooked yet, and the aroma wafted out. Suddenly, hundreds or even thousands of dark people got up from the ground and walked out of the dark mud house. Everyone held broken bowls in their hands and gathered around
Around the cauldron, there were almost crazy looks in the eyes.
They haven't eaten for a long, long time, and many people have starved to death.
Suo Mu and other family warriors were afraid of causing a riot. They immediately looked fiercely and held the hilt of their swords. If anyone dared to rush up to grab the porridge, they would chop off their heads without hesitation.
However, what they worried about did not happen.
These thousands of people, despite their crazy eyes, trembling with hunger, and barely being able to hold a bowl, still stood there waiting obediently, even lining up unconsciously.
These are a group of slaves who have been tamed for a long time and no longer know how to resist. The ugliest evil in the world has been performed on them.
After the porridge is cooked, everyone queues up and gets a bowl.
Then, this group of people completely ignored the hotness and devoured it with all their might. When half of the food was left, they were reluctant to eat it and began to lick it bit by bit, not even a drop of rice soup was missed.
The look of happiness and satisfaction after eating the food, the look of looking at Sauron to survive, is shocking.
Moreover, after finishing the entire bowl of porridge, no one came up to ask for it, even though they were still very hungry.
They carefully put down their bowls and chopsticks, and then, under the leadership of a few people, thousands of people knelt down neatly towards Sauron, and just knelt on the ground, motionless.
Sauron looked at the dark crowd of people kneeling on the ground. He said calmly: "My name is Sauron. I am a prince of the kingdom, the Earl of Tianshui, and the lord of Tianshui City. From today on, the entire Rock Island is my territory."
Thousands of people on the field were still kneeling on the ground, motionless.
Sauron continued: "I know that you are all captured slaves. You have no freedom, no identity, no name, no property, and you are completely invisible. Your only mission is to use your own lives to serve in this secret base.
Go back and earn every dirty gold coin."
Slaves are indeed invisible, because the Kingdom of Nulang has legislated to completely abolish slavery. And even the so-called serfs are not real slaves, but just proletarian servants and farmers.
Slaves are animals that have no freedom at all and do not even have the right to survive. In order to liberate productivity, the Kingdom of Nulang issued an order decades ago that no noble princes are allowed to keep slaves, otherwise they will be severely punished.
However, there are still many nobles and princes who secretly use a large number of slaves to mine and boil salt to earn black gold coins. Because using slaves does not require any salary, just providing them with rations to survive.
Sauron continued: "And now, even as slaves, you have been abandoned and will starve to death in this barren land."
The people kneeling on the ground began to cry softly. They were indeed completely abandoned. They were left on this rocky island, making the heavens and the earth useless. They didn't even have grass to eat. They had been hungry for nearly ten days.
.As long as Sauron comes a few days late, everyone here will die cleanly.
"I don't care what your previous status was, but from now on, from this moment on, you are rescued."
"I am your new master, and you are my first subjects. I cannot promise you a better life, but I will make sure you have food to eat every day, and even be full."
Suddenly, the person kneeling on the ground began to tremble and began to cry.
"Tonight, you can have one last night of self-pity. From tomorrow on, you will work hard for me and start building my territory, my castle." Sauron said in a high-pitched voice: "Tonight, you will finally
Cry one more night, and from tomorrow onwards, you will start following me and start creating a new world, do you hear me?"
"Yes, Master!" Thousands of people in the field all kowtowed.
Then, Sauron left dozens of warriors to maintain order and walked towards the small castle. His sister Suo Ningbing might have finished cooking.
Suo Mu looked at this group of dark slaves, and immediately followed him and said, "Master, are you going to earn 150,000 gold coins with this group of slaves in half a year?"
Sauron nodded and said: "Yes, not only that, I also want to build this barren land into a prosperous and miraculous city."
"How is this possible?" Suo Mu said: "You can't even earn half a gold coin in this damn place, let alone 150,000 gold coins?"
Suo Mu can't believe it at all, and can't even imagine it."
"You will know soon." Sauron said: "Tomorrow, we will start the Miracle Platinum Project, using this barren land to earn 150,000 gold coins in half a year."
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