"No matter, it's just a Domain, there's no need to rush," Shiki said, her arms crossed, her words full of strategic confidence.
"Additionally, the development plan for Seirai Island needs to begin. If you feel that a Domain alone isn't enough for you every day, you can go take a look at Seirai Island."
"Eh? But I remember there's a rampant thunderstorm there, isn't there?"
"It's fine, I'll dispel it."
Shiki planned to take action on Seirai Island. Thoma had been arranged for Watatsumi Island, the Fatui had reached an agreement and would completely withdraw from Inazuma soon, and the immortal power that had troubled her for a long time had also been refined.
If not now, when would be the best time to develop Seirai Island?
As for the method of cultivating immortal power, Shiki planned to give it to Ayaka after some time. For this system, different from elemental power, created by the Geo Archon, it was better to understand it more first.
Shiki was not sure how different the method she had researched was from that of the Liyue Adepti, nor did she know if others could use her method.
Everything needed to be fully prepared. Who knew if she herself was the special case?
When people conduct experiments, they need multiple control groups. She was just a beginner, so directly giving it to Ayaka was definitely not an option.
"Since you're prepared to make a move, then I'll arrange the plan," Ayaka said upon hearing this.
She and Shiki had begun planning the development of Seirai Island after the war on Watatsumi Island ended. Now they already had a preliminary plan.
Although it was only preliminary, there were absolutely no problems in terms of construction.
"Hmm, arrange it," Shiki nodded. "Just right, recruit some people and ships in advance. No matter what, let's build the port on Seirai Island first."
Transportation has always been a very important issue since ancient times. Poor mountainous areas wanting to escape poverty first build roads, so for islands, it's naturally building ports first.
Having a port for ships to dock is equivalent to having a road on the sea.
And in their "Seirai Island Grand Development" plan, building a port was also an important part of it.
Shiki planned to build a port on Seirai Island similar in scale to Ritou Port, not because the island was large, but because there were too many of them.
Because of the Thunderbird, Seirai Island as a whole presented a sense of fragmentation. Each island could accommodate many people, but each island was separated by the ocean, which meant that Seirai Island had a great demand for water transportation.
Just like Venice on Earth.
That's why Shiki planned to build a port on Seirai Island comparable in scale to Ritou, so that the transportation of the entire Seirai Island could reach various islands through this port.
As for the location of the port, it was naturally chosen at the old site of Koseki Village.
The reason for choosing this location was also very simple: Koseki Village had a relatively flat terrain overall, it was the largest island apart from Amakumo Peak, and both its west and north sides were large areas of ocean with no obstacles.
Ships could easily enter and exit, and a large area of ocean meant that the port could easily be expanded without needing to clear mountains or anything.
The preliminary plan was the development of the northern half of Seirai Island. The southern half, Amakumo Peak, was temporarily put aside due to the Thunder Manifestation and the ruins.
However, the four islands surrounding Amakumo Peak could be included in the development plan after the port on the northern half of the island was completed, after all, the trouble with the entire Seirai Island stemmed from Amakumo Peak.
As long as the rampant thunderstorm and Thunder Manifestation above were resolved, then everything would be easy to talk about.
"Okay, so if I find anything on Seirai Island, I don't have to hand it over, right?" Lumine began to show her money-loving nature.
"Of course not. Even if it's something important, we will buy it. The Inazuma Shogunate is not some rogue organization."
Shiki shook her head. Although her attitude was a bit strong when she first met the Traveler, it shouldn't give off the feeling of a rogue organization, right?
"Ah hahaha, that's good, that's good..."
With the joy of obtaining Primogems, the Traveler and Xinyan left Kamisato Estate, while Shiki and Ayaka discussed the time to go to Seirai Island.
"It's still early today. If we go to Ritou now and take a boat to Seirai Island, we should arrive by evening. Given the Waypoint, we should be able to return by dinner time."
"Of course, we can also recruit workers and prepare ships today, have them gather in Ritou, and then depart for Seirai Island tomorrow morning, and we'll go with them."
"Both methods work, you choose one, Ayaka," Shiki said.
"Then... the second one," Ayaka said after a moment of thought. "Tomorrow morning, we'll go with the fleet. To be honest, even if we dispel the thunderstorm today, it won't be of much use."
"The construction of Seirai Island still needs workers, otherwise, even if the thunderstorm is dispelled, it will just sit there."
"Moreover, nighttime navigation has very large safety hazards. We can return in an instant, but the ship carrying us cannot."
"That's true... Then let's do as you say, we'll go with the fleet tomorrow morning," Shiki agreed.
"I'll leave the matter of recruiting workers to you. I'll go to Tenshukaku to prepare the budget. Since people are working for us, we naturally can't treat them unfairly."
"Don't worry, the wages I offer are 30% higher than the market standard, and boat fees are directly reimbursed, plus three meals are provided. I believe many people will be interested," Ayaka said.
Shiki: "Hmm, don't forget we also need shrine maidens."
The only difficulty in recruiting workers was that the construction site was on Seirai Island, which was too far from Narukami Island, and a big explosion had occurred there hundreds of years ago, with rampant thunderstorms that no one wanted to go near.
Even with the guarantee that the thunderstorm would be dispelled, many people would still not want to go due to the distance, which is why more money was needed.
The reasons boiled down to two: first, life safety, and second, Mora.
As long as life safety could be guaranteed and enough Mora was given, one could go anywhere. Not to mention Seirai Island, even the distant Liyue Harbor would be no problem!
Of course, it was still in a state of isolation, so people basically couldn't leave.
Atsuko, who wandered around Liyue Harbor looking for work every day, was simply lucky. For ordinary people, trying to cross a thunderstorm with a sampan would simply be a suicidal act.
Shiki planned to fly directly over to Seirai Island as soon as it was visible, dispelling the thunderstorm in advance, after which workers and shrine maidens from Grand Narukami Shrine could land.
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