Four months later.
Wangguan Island.
Jianye City.
A corner of the Royal Palace, which also served as the Lord's Mansion.
"As expected of me, such a magnificent palace perfectly hits my inner preferences!" Uchiha Tenxiu stood in the seven-story pavilion, looking out through the window at the entire grand Royal Palace, a hint of satisfaction involuntarily appearing at the corner of his mouth.
That's right, after four months, the main layout of Jianye City was completely finished. This included the inner and outer city walls, all the sewer systems for the inner and outer cities, and all related water conservancy facilities, enough to ensure the cleanliness and safety of the entire city.
Of course, when building an empire, the most important thing is the monarch's residence, its importance like a dazzling pearl on a crown, the core of the core.
As the location of the Lord's Mansion and the Royal Palace, it was the first to be built. Its foundation was two meters higher than most of the main city, paved with bluestone, demonstrating supreme authority.
This also meant that Uchiha Tenxiu's will was as hard as steel, towering above everyone else. He would never show any pretense of loving his people like his own children, so as to prevent the people from gradually becoming arrogant and developing inappropriate thoughts.
Therefore, the residences of the ordinary people outside were initially just simple tents, enclosed by Earth Release walls to prevent the invasion of cold wind, maintaining only the most basic living conditions; they shouldn't expect any extraordinary treatment.
At least, before Uchiha Tenxiu's own residence was completed, they were not qualified to have better dwellings.
And the entire Jianye City was a magnificent building beyond the imagination of the people of the Ninja World, yet full of majesty and gravitas.
Especially the central Royal Palace, like a towering mountain, stood between heaven and earth.
Even though Uchiha Tenxiu had reduced the size of areas like plazas and courtyards at the Royal Palace, its solemnity and sacredness still flowed like a mighty torrent, shaking people's hearts.
Every bluestone and red tile was like a meticulously carved artwork, exuding the unique charm of an Eastern palace.
The double-eaved hip-and-gable roof was like a phoenix about to spread its wings and fly, full of endless vitality and majesty.
As a family that wielded fire, Uchiha Tenxiu also combined fire and the phoenix to use as his family's totem.
Above the double-eaved hip-and-gable roof, the four sides were decorated with the images of fire and phoenixes.
In this scene, the main scale of the Royal Palace was very grand, with both its length and width reaching one kilometer. The city walls surrounding the Royal Palace were even more striking, standing ten meters high and eight meters wide. The walls not only had roads that allowed multiple people to fight side by side, but also had a watchtower every forty meters. Each of these watchtowers was three stories high, with each story being three meters, which not only allowed guards to stand higher and have a wider field of vision, thereby better monitoring the situation around the Royal Palace, but also allowed guards to rest inside and store a certain amount of combat supplies.
In addition, each one-kilometer-long wall of the Royal Palace had four gatehouses. These gatehouses were not only important defensive nodes for the Royal Palace but could also accommodate a large number of defensive forces. Of course, all these defensive measures could only defend against armies composed of ordinary people for now; as for the future, they would certainly be modified and arranged based on the special abilities and techniques of Ninja.
For example, a large number of barriers, sealing techniques, and secret technique ambush traps were all to deal with possible incoming enemies.
After all, if only relying on the city's own defenses, it would be almost useless against Ninja. Because Ninja possess various unique skills and abilities, they can easily break through the city walls' defenses. However, once reinforced with sealing techniques and barriers, even with the strength of Ninja, they would only be able to choose close-quarters combat to break through and enter.
However, for Uchiha Tenxiu, this inner Royal Palace was not merely a simple defensive facility.
It not only had ornamental value, becoming a beautiful scenic line, but also could deter ordinary commoners, thereby winning their hearts. This majesty and uprightness would inevitably make them feel submissive towards him.
Since this palace was built, every time personnel came to report to him, they couldn't help but feel greater respect and a subservient attitude towards him. From this, one could see how effective this palace was.
More importantly.
This Royal Palace satisfied Uchiha Tenxiu's deep desire to possess a Royal Palace of his own.
This was an extremely important point.
"After all, I really wanted a Royal Palace of my own, especially one like those from ancient times, full of such majesty!" Uchiha Tenxiu thought excitedly, looking at the foundation he had laid, his heart filled with satisfaction.
The one-kilometer-long Royal Palace complex.
Like a winding giant dragon, it majestically sprawled across the land. The main body of the Royal Palace was divided into two parts: front and back.
Among them, the front palace was like a towering castle, serving as the future administrative palace for the entire kingdom, with its own conference hall and the main administrative offices for various future departments. This was the core of power, where he and his future ministers would handle various state affairs, shining like a brilliant pearl, radiating wisdom and light.
The palace behind was tightly enveloped by even higher walls, like a mysterious garden, a warm home belonging to him, his future wife, and children.
It was also commonly known as the Inner Palace.
It was structured in a layout of three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two halls, like a splendid and colorful painting, showcasing endless beauty and charm. It included a series of structures like gardens and pavilions. Even though the space for squares had been relatively reduced and the height of these palaces had been increased, allowing more people to reside in this future palace, the entire palace still exuded solemnity and grandeur, like an inviolable sacred hall.
Just looking at the main inner city of this royal palace, it was spacious enough to house ten thousand people without any feeling of crowding.
“However, cleaning it will be a bit strenuous, but thankfully, I won’t be the one doing it!” Uchiha Tenxiu said indifferently, looking at the dozens of children, around ten years old, adopted and cleaning the palace below the pavilion, his face showing no emotion, as if everything was as it should be.
“Naturally, Lord Tenxiu, you are simply a good man dispatched by the heavens to establish this great endeavor!”
Beside him, Uchiha Sakurako even knelt behind Uchiha Tenxiu as if worshipping a true god, her beautiful eyes filled with adoration, faith, and undying love.
The completion of this city not only garnered the submission of all ordinary people who came to this strange land.
It also caused Uchiha Sakurako’s already maxed-out loyalty to skyrocket again, transforming into devout faith.
From this, so-called love emerged.
This was something Uchiha Tenxiu had never expected!
“Perhaps, even if I asked her to assassinate the clan elders, she would, like a protective mother hen, try her best to find reasons to agree!” A thought flashed through Uchiha Tenxiu’s mind, and he couldn’t help but feel a surge of satisfaction and pride, like a rising tide, at Uchiha Sakurako’s trust in him.
“It’s just…”
Uchiha Tenxiu still shook his head, frowning slightly, and said uncomfortably, “You are not allowed to describe me as a ‘good man’ in the future. It reminds me of a disgusting guy who likes to dance naked. Do you hear me, Yingzi!”
“Yes, Lord Tenxiu!” Hearing the slight tone of reproach in Uchiha Tenxiu’s voice, Uchiha Sakurako quickly bowed her head deeply to the ground in regret, reflecting on her mistake.
At the same time, Uchiha Sakurako couldn’t help but wonder who the disgusting guy Lord Tenxiu was talking about was, and she secretly thought, “That damned, disgusting guy who likes to dance naked, he’d better not let me find him in the future, or I’ll tear him into ten thousand pieces to vent my hatred!”
Then, Uchiha Tenxiu continued to admire the outer city outside his royal palace, which was the residence of his subjects.
The entire city was like a giant chessboard, five kilometers long and wide, with city walls only eight meters high and five meters wide, and a barrier would be constructed in the future. The interior of the city was divided into countless squares by crisscrossing streets and alleys, as if it were a world full of life and vitality. The straight lines, both horizontal and vertical, divided the city into a total of fifty streets, and besides the citizens favored by Uchiha Tenxiu and various elites who resided there.
The rest of the ordinary people were intentionally dispersed by Uchiha Tenxiu into Villages residing outside the city in all four directions.
The place chosen by Uchiha Tenxiu for building the city was a relatively high terrain, with a medium-sized plain nearby that could be cultivated into a large amount of land for planting. After several years of good development, it would be sufficient to form a perfect granary, capable of self-sufficiency for a million people, and even produce a surplus.
Although it was close to the coastline,
The nearest point was about ten kilometers away.
However, at a distance of one kilometer near the coastline, it was already about 7 meters above sea level, and at five kilometers, it was already over twenty meters above sea level. At this height, it was sufficient to withstand ordinary tsunamis, and there would be no danger.
Not to mention, the city's location, ten kilometers away, was twenty-five meters above sea level, and the surrounding planting areas to be developed in the future were basically in a safe zone.
Among them, there was also the main water source gushing from near the central volcano of Wangguan Island, serving as a source that split into east, west, north, and south, constantly flowing in all directions, becoming the life source of the entire island. A part of it surged into the sea, passing through this area, located around Jianye City, which basically met the water requirements for Jianye City as a city.
“Hmm, in the future, if it’s possible, I should build a few natural reservoirs near those small mountains nearby, just in case. After all, as the population on the entire Wangguan Island has surged, even if the city itself is full, a population of nearly several hundred thousand is no small pressure!”
Uchiha Tenxiu’s gaze flickered towards the direction outside the city, where urban personnel occasionally walked by, constantly appearing before his eyes.
Looking at the individuals walking through the city who appeared before him, Uchiha Tenxiu couldn’t help but think of the population he had stolen through his daily efforts over the past few months, and at the same time, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “The Daimyo of each country are simply as stupid as pigs and dogs; they didn’t have the slightest defense!”