Lords of Hegemony: Conquer from the Mermaids

Chapter 155 Branch Site Selection
"As for the southeast," Li Gen paused briefly, as if weighing the pros and cons, "there's a lake and mountain in the southeastern region that's very close to the Black Gold Iron Armored Crab Tribe. It's convenient for mining black iron ore, and it can also serve as an outpost for advancing into the central area of ​​Tianyu Lake. The only problem is that the closer you get there, the greater the danger, and a large number of troops will be needed to garrison there."

After Li Gen finished speaking, he looked at Meng Zheng again, waiting for his decision.

Meng Zheng fell into deep thought. He had considered two of the three directions given by Li Gen, but the one he valued most was the lake and mountains in the southeast.

Tianyu Lake is vast and boundless. After exploring for so long, there is still no more news. Meng Zheng can't wait any longer. He must advance to the central area so that he can obtain more intelligence and prepare to rule Tianyu Lake.

In the early stage, the development of Canghai Village was very good and it had accumulated considerable foundation.

Meng Zheng wanted to use this momentum to flatten the entire Tianyu Lake in one fell swoop. Otherwise, if he dragged it on, there was no telling whether he could dominate Tianyu Lake in the future.

Even the idea of ​​entering the sea and land had to be scrapped.

The resources in the sea and land are definitely richer than those in Tianyu Lake.

If we continue to allow those lords to develop, their advantages will be eroded bit by bit, and they will eventually become losers.

"Li Gen, your analysis is spot-on." Meng Zheng nodded approvingly, then turned to the crowd. "I have some ideas about where to branch out. First, the kelp forest and the sandy land are both good choices, rich in resources and easy to establish defenses. But considering the future development direction of our tribe, I believe the lakes and mountains in the southeast are more strategically significant."

Meng Zheng paused and continued, "Hushan is close to the Black Gold Iron-Armored Crab Tribe, making it convenient for us to mine this important resource, black iron ore. It can also serve as a forward point for our advance into the central area of ​​Tianyu Lake, facilitating our exploration of more unknown territories. Although it's quite dangerous there, as long as we deploy sufficient forces and strengthen training, I believe we can gain a foothold there."

After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

Meng Zheng looked at everyone's agreement and continued, "Very good. Since everyone agrees with this decision, let's get started and prepare to establish a branch tribe in a month."

Meng Zheng began to give orders, "Li Gen, you will lead a force to the Hushan area to conduct exploration and preparations to ensure that we can successfully establish a branch tribe there."

"Yes, my lord." Li Gen replied.

Meng Zheng looked at Jiang Bin and Xie Aotian again: "You must allocate the materials and personnel needed for the branch tribe. I hope that when the time comes, we can get it all in one go without any mistakes."

"Yes, Patriarch/Lord." Jiang Bin and Xie Aotian answered in unison.

"Jiang Tao, the training of the tribe's soldiers is now left to you. I want you to continue to expand my army and increase the number of mermaid shield spearmen and hydraulic catapult soldiers. If you need any kind of manpower, just ask Jiang Bin." Meng Zheng said to Jiang Tao again.

"After you have trained all the soldiers, I will begin to arrange the military tasks of each unit to ensure that the area within a thousand miles of our Canghai Village is under our control."

Jiang Tao's eyes flashed with excitement when he heard this. He nodded seriously and replied, "Yes, Chief! I will definitely do my best to train the most elite troops."

"Well, in addition to training, the roads near the branch and connecting to our tribe need to be cleared, and all monsters along the way must be eliminated to avoid accidents during the transportation of supplies." Meng Zheng finally said solemnly.

"I understand, Patriarch." Jiang Tao nodded seriously.

"Very good. Now that everyone understands this, let's prepare." Meng Zheng waved his hand, signaling everyone to disperse. With the future direction of development confirmed, everyone was full of fighting spirit, even the three newly joined tribes.

Ten days passed in a flash.

After waking up from his practice, Meng Zheng finished his daily practice course. Today he decided to go to the office hall of the administrative department, where Jiang Bin and other government officials worked.

As the territory continued to expand and the number of people increased, Jiang Bin alone could no longer handle the situation.

Therefore, a number of talented people with administrative abilities were promoted and all concentrated here to assist Jiang Bin in handling the increasingly complicated government affairs.

Meng Zheng walked into the office of the administrative department and glanced at the busy mermaids and fish people. They were either sitting or standing, busy processing various government documents in their hands. The whole room was filled with a tense and orderly working atmosphere.

Meng Zheng saw at a glance that Jiang Bin was buried in a pile of documents, with a frown on his face, as if he had encountered some difficult problem.

These documents are all made of animal skins and are not as thin and light as white paper. As a result, every time the office is in use, the documents they move often pile up into a small mountain, which is daunting.

"Jiang Bin, are you busy?" Meng Zheng asked softly.

Jiang Bin looked up and saw that it was Meng Zheng. He quickly stood up and saluted: "Chief, why are you here?"

Meng Zheng waved his hand, signaling Jiang Bin not to be polite, and found a seat to sit down.

Most of the people in the administrative department are not combatants. Although they all have cultivation, their cultivation is generally not high. Jiang Bin is only at the third level of the Yellow Rank so far, and his body is only about three meters tall.

Therefore, although the office of this administrative department is very large, there are too many documents of various kinds, which are piled up everywhere. Meng Zheng really feels a little cramped here.

In the underwater world, everyone can easily swim to the ceiling. This leads to the fact that when building houses in the Canghai tribe, people are more keen on building tall and large houses, which can prevent the people living in them from feeling depressed and cramped.

The office hall of the administrative department was specially approved by Meng Zheng. Ever since the last time Meng Zheng saw Jiang Bin working in a small shack, he ordered Cangmu to build a hall specifically for the administrative department.

I didn't expect that when I came back now, the hall was built smaller and it felt no different from the previous shack.

Meng Zheng frowned as he looked at the piles of documents surrounding him. He said, "Jiang Bin, your office is too small. How can you fit all these documents? You need to expand it."

Jiang Bin smiled wryly upon hearing this and replied, "Chief, as you know, our administrative department has an increasing amount of work and documents. There's really nothing we can do about it. However, I will arrange for the office expansion as soon as possible."

Meng Zheng nodded and said, "Well, you should hurry up with the expansion. Also, these documents are made of animal skins, which is too troublesome to carry. I'd like to try to find a lighter and more durable material to replace them."

(End of this chapter)