After dinner, they all rested on the island.

next day

Chu Chenjing and several other officers discussed the ownership of the island together, and finally decided to seek the opinions of the island's residents. If the island just wanted to remain an independent island, they would not disturb the people on the island. This small island is about the same distance from Western Chu and Eastern Qin.

Many of the remaining people on the island were captured from the Western Chu State, some from the Eastern Qin State, and some were from some smaller islands around it.

Most of them are unwilling to leave the island. Some have started families, some have gotten used to the life here, and they hope to live on the island. However, many still have concerns, wondering whether the same brutal people as before will appear on the island.

Chu Chenjing ordered the soldiers to gather the people on the island in the square of Tomatsu Castle, and their soldiers were neatly lined up on both sides.

Seeing that the people had all arrived at the square, Chu Chenjing and Ouyang Yunyao walked to the center with the general and some officers.

The people heard yesterday that the most important general coming this time was the God of War Prince Jing of Western Chu. Now they saw Chu Chenjing and Ouyang Yunyao beside him.

"Prince Jing, Princess Jing." The people of the former Western Chu State all knelt down and saluted them. Seeing this, other people also knelt down and said, "Prince Jing, Princess Jing."

Especially those imprisoned in the prison city, they were very grateful to the army for rescuing them, they knelt down and kowtowed their heads loudly.

They had to do extremely heavy labor in the place where they were imprisoned, and were constantly whipped by the pirates. Everyone was covered in wounds. Some were beaten to death, and some died of exhaustion.

Their wives and children were bullied by the pirates at home. Most of the pirates were the superior people on this island.

Chu Chenjing looked at the people kneeling on the ground, stood with his hands behind his back, and said in a cold voice: "Everyone, please stand up. No need to be polite. I am here to ask for your opinions."

After hearing what Prince Jing said, the people all stood up and looked at each other. They wondered what Prince Jing said and why he had to ask for their opinions. They had never seen a prince treat them as human beings in their lives.

Seeing that all the people had stood up, Chu Chenjing said to them: "It seems that you all know that I am the King Jing of Western Chu State, this is my queen, and this is..." He introduced several generals.

The people clapped their hands excitedly.

Chu Chenjing calmed everyone down and continued, "This king, several generals, and our soldiers came to this island to chase the pirates who invaded our Western Chu country. They burned, killed, and looted in our Western Chu country. Today we have eliminated these bandits, and we are leaving here."

Some of the people below started crying when they heard this.

Chu Chenjing continued, "I heard from the people on your island that this island is called Naihu Island. I would like to ask you here, if any of you want to return to Western Chu, you can go back with our soldiers.

If you don't want to leave, you can organize yourself and continue to live on this island. We, the people of Western Chu, will not invade you."

"Your Highness Prince Jing, Princess Jing, and fellow generals, this island should belong to our Western Chu State. We will all live on this island in the future, but this small island belongs to Western Chu State. Do you agree?" The carpenter named Lu Hai knelt in front of Chu Chenjing and the others and said.

"Yes!" "Yes!" the people all shouted loudly.

The people on this island all believed that this island originally belonged to the Western Chu Kingdom, because the earliest people on the island were fishermen from the Western Chu Kingdom, who were blown here by the sea breeze while fishing at sea. They hoped that the emperor of the Western Chu Kingdom would take care of their island.

After some discussion, Chu Chenjing and several generals said, "People, I still have to go back to report to the emperor. Now General Rong will take charge of this place for the time being."

The people below clapped and cheered, and some even shouted, "Prince Jing, we need to change the name of our island to Rescue Island, because you are the ones who rescued us."

The people on the island also shouted, "Save the island!"

Chu Chenjing and the others didn't expect that the people would have such a request, but they felt it was a bit strange to hear about the rescue island.

Ouyang Yunyao, who was standing aside, twitched her lips and shook her head helplessly. What kind of name was this? At this moment, a light bulb suddenly flashed in her mind, and she suddenly thought of her previous life, when everyone liked to go to the island to play, with blue sky and clear water, so pleasant.

Although it is difficult for people in this world to come here to play, they can open a route, that is, the ship from Linhai City to this island, which only takes two days and two nights. The bigger and better the ship is, the two sides will sail two ships at the same time every three days. It will be very pleasant for her and Chu Chenjing to bring their children here to play for one or two months every year. She blushed and shook her head. Hey, why did she still think of their children?

Then she looked at Chu Chenjing and the others and said, "Ah Jing, generals, and common people, I have a suggestion. This island can be renamed Happy Island, which means you can live happily here in the future. We can also come to the island to play. What do you think?"

Chu Chenjing's eyes lit up. When Ouyang Yunyao said this, he knew that his little princess was planning to come and play in the future. Great! He could bring her to spend some time alone together in the future, Chu Chenjing thought.

"This is a great idea, little princess. I can build a house here, bring some people here to play every year, and go fishing." Han Fengli was the first to raise his hand in agreement.

"That's called a vacation. We can build some inns and restaurants on the island."

"Yes, yes, very good."

The people on the island were all stunned. Looking at the beautiful Princess Jing, who spoke to them so gently and asked them how they were, they didn't know what to say and stared at Ouyang Yunyao blankly.

Ouyang Yunyao looked at the people who were staring at her in a daze and asked doubtfully, "Do you think it's bad?"

It was only then that the people reacted and shouted, "Okay! Okay! The princess is right, we call this place Happy Island." Their faces were filled with rare smiles.

……

After lunch, General Rong Zhihan took his men to take over and reorganize Happy Island.

Chu Chenjing asked Chu Feng to find some carpenters who built and repaired ships, and Lu Hai was one of them. Chu Chenjing and Ouyang Yunyao came to the seaside where the boat was released and met these carpenters who repaired ships. He saw that Lu Hai was very enthusiastic and familiar with ship repair. He had some influence among the carpenters, so he said, "Lu Hai, right?"

"Prince Jing! Princess Jing! The younger one is Lu Hai."

"Well, I heard about you. Do you want to go back to Xichu?"

"I want to go back to Xichu to see the place where my mother was burned. I still want to live on this island in the future."

"Okay, then you will lead them in repairing and building ships here in the future."

"This... Prince, Princess..."

"Why don't you want to?"

"No, little one...little one...can you do it?"

"Sure, why not? I heard that you have great skills and are capable. You used to help other carpenters." Ouyang Yunyao raised her eyebrows and looked at him.

Tears welled up in Lu Hai's eyes after hearing what Ouyang Yunyao said. "Yes, I will definitely do this well."

"Well! Lu Hai, can these two ships be repaired in one day?" Chu Chenjing asked

"Prince Jing, Princess Jing, it can be repaired in one day."

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