As a lord, I was forced to farm

Suling was established as a county, and a series of changes within the territory could not be hidden from those who were interested. The officials had some guesses and were just waiting to hear a definite answer from their master. Therefore, the officials were particularly excited today.

The sky was still pitch black and it was still very cold in January. Many people couldn't sleep, so they simply put on their official robes and waited for the court meeting to begin, holding a hand warmer to keep warm.

"Master Lin, can't you sleep?" Wu Yun bowed and said to Lin Sha with a smile.

"Isn't this also true, Master Wu?"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

A melodious bell rang, the door opened, and people came in one after another. Everyone looked up at the figure on the high seat and felt that the black and gold-plated clothes made him look even more noble.

The finger with the gorgeous ring gently rested on the handle of the seat with exquisite gold patterns. Jiang Ran raised her eyes and said, "Now my Suling has become a county-level territory. I specially announce it and share the joy with you all."

This voice rang above everyone's head, like the sound of an ancient temple bell flowing down a thawed stream in spring, solemn and melodious. Everyone had actually heard the news, and originally thought they were prepared and would not lose their composure, but when they heard it from Jiang Ran in person, they still couldn't control their excitement.

A few years ago, many people present were just country folk, working in the fields and even unable to feed themselves. Who would have thought that they could help a prince become a county king!

Lin Sha took a deep breath and took the lead in stepping forward to congratulate. His voice was loud and clear, and it echoed in the empty hall. "Your humble servant greets His Royal Highness the Prince! I wish His Royal Highness a long life, prosperity for the four seas, and peace and order in governing the country!"

Everyone knelt down, kowtowed to the person above them, and shouted, "May Your Highness live a long life, and may the world prosper, and may you rule the country with peace and security!"

The sound spread far away, just like the excitement of the crowd that could not be calmed for a long time.

"Get up."

Everyone stood up, and after a long while, Yang Guiying stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, now that Suling has become a county, should we have a city name?"

Jiang Ran nodded, "Of course."

Lin Sha and others pondered, "What should it be called?"

"Of course it's Dasu." Jiang Ran said without hesitation.

Everyone looked up in surprise, but also felt that it was expected.

The name of a territory city is respected by its size. Jiang Ran named the city Dasu, which shows her ambition.

But everyone was used to Jiang Ran's style, and after a moment of surprise, they felt that it was reasonable.

Jiang Ran actually thought about changing "Su" to "Su", which means dawn. However, "Su" was the pursuit of Jiang Fucheng, the previous lord. He hoped that the city-state run by the Jiang family could become a home that the people wholeheartedly supported, so he continued the name "Su".

"From now on, we have to call Suling Dasu." Everyone repeated this several times with smiles on their faces. The more they repeated it, the more they felt that "Dasu" was majestic.

All the officials were having fun together. At this time, Chen Mao took a few steps forward with a serious face and attracted everyone's attention. He said, "Your Highness, since this is the county city of Dasu, this lord's mansion is not suitable for your status. You should build a magnificent palace. Otherwise, if envoys from other cities come to our Dasu and see the current lord's mansion, Your Highness will probably lose face." Although the lord's mansion had been renovated once the year before, manpower and technology were limited at that time. Although the lord's mansion is much more elegant than before, it is not gorgeous and grand enough.

Everyone thought about it and it made sense. Since he was called His Highness, how could the king not have his own palace?

"Yes, Dasu has some money now, and it's time to build a magnificent palace for His Highness." As everyone was talking, their eyes turned to Wu Yun, and they saw that the Minister of Revenue, who had always been stingy, also nodded in agreement.

The ministers were all very interested and discussed one after another what kind of palace should be built for the prince. Since it was a big residence, it should at least not be worse than the palaces in Tianchen County City and Chaolian County City.

Jiang Ran agreed with this, but she thought that if it was to be renovated, it had to be done to the best of its ability. Otherwise, wouldn't it have to be rebuilt again after he became the King of the Capital or the King of the Province in the future?

She actually already had some vague ideas.

The Map of Despair recorded an island floating in the air, just northeast of Dasu, in the ocean, a thousand miles away. Jiang Ran guessed that this was most likely a special secret realm of the Jade Map.

Jiang Ran flipped through books and found a similar record of Sky Island in a book called "Chen Ji".

Sky Island is known as an illusory place between the real space and the Jade Map Secret Realm. It is not like the Xiaohan Mansion Secret Realm, Xiangling Secret Realm and other Jade Map Secret Realms which only show a space gate in the real space after being conquered, but it truly appears in the air with its original volume.

The sky island can be "pulled".

If possible, she would move this sky island and build her own palace on it.

Of course, it is still unknown whether the Map of Despair is correct, and the matter of Sky Island has not been decided yet. Moreover, Jiang Ran may not be able to "pull" it back to Suling with his current strength.

"There is no rush to build the palace. The most urgent task is to repair the city wall at the border of the county city to prevent the invasion of monsters and harm the people." Jiang Ran nodded at Chen Mao, "Organize a team to build the city wall as soon as possible. Before the construction of the city wall is completed, set up an earth spike formation on the periphery and check it every day to resist the invasion of monsters."

If the outer cities might still consider the relationship between the territorial cities and be cautious, then the monsters will do whatever they want. The hungry monsters with low IQ will not care whether there are strong people in the territorial cities whom they cannot afford to offend. Innocent villagers often die at the mouths of these monsters.

Chen Mao nodded. After Jiang Ran said that, he indeed felt that building the city wall was more urgent than building the royal palace.

"In addition, Yajin Town is separated by the Weng River. If you want to communicate with people from other places, you can only rely on boats. This greatly affects the trade between the people of Yajin Town and other people in the territory. It is not conducive to the integration of the ethnic groups in the county. In order to enhance the sense of belonging of the people of Yajin Town to our Dasu, I specially order Wang Qian to build a bridge connecting Yajin and Zeyan for the county city - the 'Anding Bridge'."

At this point, we have to mention the distribution of the main counties and towns in Dasu:

From the perspective of the entire territory of Dasu, Zeyan County is relatively located in the central part of Dasu. It is separated from Yajin Town by the Weng River in the southwest, Qingsong County in the northwest, and Suling County in the southeast. To the northeast of Zeyan County is Zhuoli County.

Zhuoli County is adjacent to Beiyuan Town and Lingqiao Town in the northeast, among which Beiyuan Town is to the north of Lingqiao Town.

"The construction of this bridge is not easy." Qiu Baishui touched his chin. "The two banks of the Weng River are very far apart, an average of two kilometers, so this is a big project. And so far, Dasu has never had experience in building a large bridge..."

"Wang Qian is a master craftsman who can build Qushui Tower." Jiang Ran's eyes were like sparks, and his sight was fixed on Wang Qian as if it were real. "Sir Wang, can I rest assured that I will leave this matter to you?" (End of this chapter)