On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

The waves are surging, the waves are like snow, and it is magnificent!

And at the mouth of the giant dragon, a sandbar shaped like a newborn crescent moon was prominently outlined with the purest cinnabar, gleaming with fine gold powder! It was none other than Chongming Sandbar!

The outline of the sandbar is extremely clear, and even very fine ink lines are used to outline the vague shapes of mudflats, reed marshes and waterways!

The sea area around the sandbar is not only marked with the precise water depth (clearly indicated by numbers), but also with fine dotted lines to mark the dangerous reef areas, and even with smooth blue arrows to clearly depict the direction of the ocean current!

What is even more amazing is that the map deliberately uses three huge, blood-like rubies (actually specially made red glass inlays) to prominently mark three "natural deep-water anchorages"!

There is a note in small regular script next to it: "The water is more than five meters deep and can berth a huge ship of ten thousand tons"!

However, the most exciting thing is that the map is not static!

On the edge of the sandbar, extremely delicate, lifelike brushstrokes were used to draw pale golden dotted lines radiating outward, like blood vessels!

These dotted lines are lively and flowing, full of the rhythm of growth!

Next to the dotted line, in tiny script, was a note: "The Xirang Sacred Soil is nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Its direction and rate of natural sedimentation and expansion are deduced by the force of river and sea tides (Supervised by Master Chu of Wenchang Pavilion)."

These golden veins, as if alive, spread steadily towards the depths of the East China Sea, as if foreshadowing the unlimited and crazy expansion potential of this land in the future!

Below the map, in Yan's regular script, which was so powerful that it could penetrate sheepskin, were written a few huge golden characters: "Huxian Special Economic Zone, Chongming Deepwater Port and Xirang Sacred Land Development Master Plan"!

At the signature point, there was a bowl-sized, bright red seal with a coiled dragon on it, symbolizing the supreme authority of the Zhenbei Palace!

The ink is thick and gleams with a metallic luster under the firelight!

"hiss--!"

“Oh my god!!”

"Holy soil! It really is holy soil! Look at that golden thread! It's growing! It's moving!"

"Deepwater port! A natural deepwater port! A huge ship weighing ten thousand tons! Oh my god! This... can this be connected to foreign countries?!"

"Look at the direction of expansion! In the future... in the future, won't we even be able to connect to Japan?! No! Even Southeast Asia is possible!"

"The Great Seal of the Prince's Palace! The Great Seal of the Zhenbei Prince's Palace! Absolutely true!!"

The audience instantly erupted in even more enthusiastic exclamations and almost uncontrollable discussions!

The merchants could no longer remain reserved. They jumped up from their comfortable armchairs, stretched their necks, and rushed to the front of the platform as if attracted by a magnet, greedily and almost obsessively examining every detail on the map!

His eyes were filled with fanaticism, shock, and a fierce look of determination, like a hungry wolf pouncing on its prey!

Heavy breathing, rapid heartbeat, and suppressed exclamations intertwined together!

The smell of money in the air suddenly became ten times stronger!

It was as if what I saw was not a picture, but a holy mountain that was within reach, made of gold and silver, and shining brightly!

Wang Youde stood on the edge of the platform, looking down at the boiling crowd below, feeling the greedy heat that almost ignited him. The pitiful fear in his heart was replaced by a huge, almost pathological excitement (he knew very well that this was the value of his chess piece).

He picked up the heavy brass trumpet, his voice hoarse with excitement, but full of demagoguery:

"Everyone! Everyone, please look!"

He picked up a long red sandalwood pointing stick (the shaft was carved with coiled dragon patterns) with a tip inlaid with warm white jade, and trembling (this time it was a trembling of excitement) pointed to the sandbar on the map that was outlined in gold powder and beat like a heart:

"This! Is the decree of His Highness the Crown Prince! The divine oracle sent down by the Star Lord Wenchang! The 'Sacred Soil of Xirang' bestowed upon me by Daqian!"

His voice suddenly rose, with a fervor that was almost like a charlatan preaching:

"This land! It's no ordinary land! It's an ancient divine object! It grows when it encounters water! It grows when it encounters wind! It's everlasting! It will never dry up!! Its magical properties are recorded in history books! The Classic of Mountains and Seas can prove it!"

"Everyone, look at this picture again!" He used a wooden stick to tap heavily on the golden dotted lines that spread outward like life veins. The white jade reflected a dazzling light in the firelight.

"His Highness personally invited Master Chu from the Royal Academy! He brought along twenty-two of his disciples! They observed the stars, measured the hydrology, and analyzed the earth's veins! It took three months of painstaking effort! Only then did they obtain this divine map!"

He looked around the stage with a burning gaze:

"This divine land! Nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth! Feeding by the tides of rivers and seas! It is expanding outward at a rapid rate, advancing an inch each day and a foot each month!!"

"Today! What you all bought! Is not just a piece of land! It's a piece of land that will grow on its own! A piece of land that will connect the four seas and the eight wildernesses in the future! A treasure trove!"

He suddenly pointed the stick towards the depths of the East China Sea. The veins on his arm bulged from the force, and his voice was like thunder.

"Ten years?! What a joke! Five years! Just five years! This sandbar! Will surely expand many times over! It will become a giant maritime port connecting the north and the south, linking the inside and the outside! The Pearl of the Orient!"

"Hundreds?! Thousands?! Everyone! Just imagine, hundreds or thousands of years from now! This place will become our Daqian... No! The most prosperous! The richest! The most dazzling capital of wealth in the entire universe! A place where all nations come to pay tribute!"

His saliva flew everywhere, his face flushed with a sickly red due to extreme excitement, and his eyes flashed with madness:

"Think about it! Everyone! Think about your descendants! What a glorious foundation they will build on this sacred land! What immense wealth they will control! What supreme glory they will enjoy! Your family name! Will be engraved in history because of this sacred land! It will be praised for eternity!!!"

The audience was completely boiling!

It was like a long-suppressed volcano erupting!

The merchants were breathing as fast as bellows, and their eyes were red as blood!

The heavy breathing merged into a low roar!

Some people slapped the backs of their chairs excitedly, some pulled their collars open in a fit of rage, and some clenched their fists so tightly that their nails dug into their palms!

The flames of greed burned fiercely in their eyes, almost bursting out! It was as if mountains of gold and silver were right before their eyes, and an eternal foundation was within their grasp!

Wang Youde took a deep breath and forced down his heart that was about to jump out of his chest (and the fear that followed him like a shadow). He knew that the most critical and deadly moment had arrived!

He picked up the heavy rosewood stick and drew thirteen straight, crisscrossing lines on the sandbar on the map that was outlined with gold powder and beat like a heart. He drew it forcefully, clearly, and with a solemnity that was almost like cutting gold!

Instantly, the entire sandbar was divided into thirteen areas of varying sizes and shapes! It was like dividing a huge cake into tempting portions!

"Everyone! His Highness the Crown Prince has issued an order! The sacred land is precious! It will benefit generations to come! Therefore... we are only selling the right to use it! We are not selling ownership!"

His voice suddenly turned deep, with an unquestionable, imperial-like majesty (a fox borrowing the power of a tiger):

"Ownership! Belongs to the court! Belongs to His Majesty! Belongs to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! This is the law of nature! It will last forever! Just like the sun, moon, and stars! It will never change!!"

"What you bought! It's the exclusive franchise development and operation rights for thirty years!!"

He looked around the audience, his eyes sweeping across faces distorted by excitement, his voice carrying a hint of bewitching "frankness":

"Within thirty years, the land you win will be your kingdom! Your foundation! You can build a dock, open a business, establish a workshop, and develop various industries here! All the profits will belong to you! It's like establishing a new territory and operating it independently!"

He changed the subject, his voice carrying a hint of "compassion" in his reminder, like an old friend speaking from the heart:

"Of course! His Highness the Crown Prince also sympathizes with you all! The Divine Land is newborn! It's still accumulating sediment! Like a swaddled baby! Its muscles and bones haven't grown yet! Right now, we really can't start large-scale construction! Building houses! This is the law of nature! It can't be forced by human power!"

He showed an "understanding" and compassionate smile on his face:

"But! Everyone!!" He suddenly raised his voice and hit the map hard with the wooden stick again, making a dull "dong" sound, like the beating of a war drum!

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! It's hard to come by in a million years!!"

His voice was filled with extreme temptation, like the devil whispering in one's ear:

"Now! Circle this land! Set up boundary markers! Lay the foundations! It's yours! It's like planting a divine seed!!"

"In the future...it will grow! It will become bigger! More fertile! More valuable!!"

"Every ounce of silver you spend now is buying an inexhaustible gold mine for you! For your son! For your grandson! For your great-great-grandson... For your great-great-grandson's great-great-grandson!"

He opened his arms as if to embrace the entire future:

"Just think! Thirty years from now! When your descendants stand here! Looking upon this vast fertile land that you personally created, now filled with forests of buildings, bustling merchant ships, and a flourishing splendour! How will they thank you for your foresight today?! Your name! Will be like a monument! Standing tall at the highest point of the family ancestral hall! Worshipped by generations to come!!"

"This! Isn't a business deal! It's an investment! It's a legacy! It's a blessing! It's... the foundation of wealth and prosperity for generations to come!!!"