In August of the 17th year of Huaxia, Hua Kai sent the colonists to Eastern Deity Island for the fourth time. The seas this year were calmer than the previous year. The sea that used to have many demonic beasts now had fewer demonic beasts. Hua Kai's subsequent trips had more people than before. In the past, a standard room was suitable for four people. Now, six or even eight people were squeezed in. Sometimes, there were even people lying in the corridor. The Junk Ship could transport 40,000 people at its peak.
Although it was not safe, with Wuren Tuya scouting ahead and Hua Kai personally piloting the Junk Ship to escort the ship, their safety was still very high.
Secondly, they transported 130,000 people, including many elderly and children. This year, Hua Kai planned to complete one more trip. If possible, he planned to go to Java to see if he could exchange for a batch of people.
Now, the total population of the Divine Prefecture of the East was about 33 million. This was because Huaxia's population had been increasing rapidly over the past few years.
According to the current situation, it would take at least 20 years to reach 50 million people.
According to the Government Affairs Council, even though Huaxia had always encouraged childbirth, the population growth remained between 500,000 and 600,000 every year. Moreover, with the rise of unemployment in recent years, the population growth rate was slowing down.
To reach 50 million people as soon as possible, Hua Kai had to find a way to bring in people from other places.
A world's population growth could not be achieved overnight. There were newborns and deaths. To maintain the rapid population growth, employment and basic livelihood were one aspect. Bringing in people from overseas was another key. Hua Kai had the Junk Ship. This was Huaxia's advantage, and it had to be used.
Returning to the forbidden palace of Eastern Deity Island, after more than a year, it had gradually grown to a hundred acres in size. There were hundreds of palaces, and there were also palace maids and guards. The largest palace in the palace was the central garden. Only the palace maids and guards could go there. Only Qiqige, Hua Kai, and Wuren Tuya could enter the center.
When Hua Kai arrived, he saw Qiqige holding a baby in her arms. In July of this year, Qiqige gave birth to a prince for Hua Kai. This was Hua Kai's 26th prince.
There were already 33 princesses in the Huaxia Dynasty, and 59 children of Hua Kai. Currently, there were already five princes and princesses who were over 16 years old, and 23 princes and princesses were already studying at the Hua Cheng Aristocratic Academy.
Hua Kai had a total of 24 princes and princesses over the age of 12. Excluding Hua Chengmin, among the remaining 23, one had SS- grade aptitude, two had SS + grade aptitude, six had SS grade will, nine had SS- grade aptitude, four had S + grade aptitude, and one had S grade aptitude.
If this had happened to any other family, the entire family would have been overjoyed. However, Hua Kai was not happy about this.
Only one of them had the potential to reach the Soul Formation stage, and all of the children's wills were closer to their mother's. It seemed that it would not be easy to have a large number of children above the SSS- level.
If Wuren Tuya could get pregnant again, the child would definitely have an SSS- grade aptitude or above. However, she had not gotten pregnant since she gave birth to Hua Chengmin. Until now, Hua Kai did not have much hope.
Hua Kai's children had the potential to make the entire Huaxia Kingdom even stronger. Moreover, the children of the core members of Hua Kai's generation of Huaxia Kingdom were about to get married. Many of their aptitudes were S- or above, and the future of Huaxia Kingdom was promising.
After spending a day with Qiqige, Hua Kai was playing with his son in the palace. At this time, his Fourth Uncle, Hua Zihuan, came to find him. "The climate of Huaxia Kingdom has changed drastically.
The temperature has dropped, causing the number of livestock to decrease. The price of ordinary meat in Huaxia has increased. The number of wild beasts and savage beasts has decreased, causing the price of spiritual meat to increase a lot. This month, the price of ordinary demon beast meat has increased to 120 gold per catty. Should we raise a herd of cattle and sheep on Eastern Deity Island? This can slow down the increase in the price of meat in the country, "Hua Zihuan said to Hua Kai.
"The main task of Eastern Deity Island is to produce food. As long as the country has sufficient food, its foundation will be stable.
If we want to raise cattle and sheep on Eastern Deity Island, then we have to isolate the entire island. This is not a small project.
If any cattle or sheep escape into the restriction matrix and activate the great matrix on Eastern Deity Island, the entire 200,000 people on Eastern Deity Island will be in danger, "Hua Kai said after thinking for a while.
"Hmm!
I didn't think of that. We don't know how long this cold winter weather will last. If this continues, the commoners in the country may not be able to afford meat. Not being able to afford meat will affect the improvement of the cultivators' abilities, "Hua Zihuan said.
"The last time we hunted a Sky Blue Whale, Huaxia Kingdom ate it for two years.
The meat of the Sky Blue Whale is better than most demon beast meat, and the Spiritual Energy is rich. It seems that we should think of a way to hunt a few more Sky Blue Whales, "Hua Kai said.
With the Sky Blue Whale meat in Huaxia Kingdom, the middle-level cultivators would be able to eat ordinary savage beast meat and wild beast meat. The price of meat would drop, and the commoners would be able to afford beef and mutton.
This would also prevent Huaxia Kingdom's animal husbandry from deteriorating too quickly. Hua Kai had already used all sorts of methods to increase the country's luck, but the country's luck was still increasing at a rate of 10,000 to 30,000 per day. This greatly slowed down the speed at which Huaxia Kingdom's 5,000 members could train. Now, Huaxia Kingdom had to be careful when refining elixirs and forging weapons. At this time, Hua Kai did not dare to let the country's luck drop too low and overthrow the Hua family's rule. Hua Kai was not afraid. He was afraid that a sudden snowstorm would cause too many casualties to the people of Huaxia Kingdom.
After deciding to hunt the Sky Blue Whale, Hua Kai did not hesitate.
Hunting the Sky Blue Whale mainly depended on Hua Kai alone. However, to bring the Sky Blue Whale to Western Deity Island and kill it and dissect it would require many people.
Hua Kai gathered 17 Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators from Eastern Deity Island. Including himself and Wuren Tuya, there were a total of 19 cultivators. There were also more than 800 Innate Realm cultivators in charge of accelerating the Tower Ship. They quickly exited Eastern Deity Island's matrix and boarded the Tower Ship to head north.
When they arrived at the Sky Blue Whale territory, Hua Kai did not find a single Sky Blue Whale. He asked the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators to wait at sea while he and Wuren Tuya sat on the Sky Chariot and began to search for Sky Blue Whales.
Very quickly, Hua Kai found one. Sky Blue Whales were generally territorial. The one that Hua Kai saw was about 130 meters long. It was much smaller than the Sky Blue Whale that he had hunted last time. Its ability was about the seventh tier of the Golden Elixir Realm. When it saw Hua Kai come out of the Sky Chariot, it sensed danger and let out a warning roar.
Hua Kai asked Wuren Tuya to sit in the Sky Chariot. The Sky Chariot could block the Sky Blue Whale's Spiritual Energy attacks. Hua Kai floated above the Sky Blue Whale. He was not in a hurry to attack it. Instead, he used his Spiritual Energy to provoke it.
The Sky Blue Whale was an overlord of the ocean. How could it endure Hua Kai's provocation? When it saw that its Spiritual Energy attacks were ineffective against Hua Kai, it charged toward Hua Kai from the bottom of the sea. It gathered all its strength and was about to swing its tail at Hua Kai.
When Hua Kai saw that the Sky Blue Whale had taken the initiative to attack him, he gently retreated. The Ice Will enveloped the Sky Blue Whale, and the Sky Blue Whale's speed slowed down. The Night Spear quickly appeared in Hua Kai's hand. Hua Kai injected one million Nation Luck points and threw it at the Sky Blue Whale. Just as the Sky Blue Whale's tail was about to hit Hua Kai, the Night Spear sank into the Sky Blue Whale's abdomen.
I used too much force. If I don't use Nation Luck, I should be able to use the Night Spear to heavily injure a seventh tier Golden Elixir Realm cultivator. However, it won't affect me much, Hua Kai thought.
The huge Sky Blue Whale began to roll around in the sea. It seemed to be in great pain and tried its best to escape into the depths of the sea.
Hua Kai floated above the sea and waited quietly. After half an hour, the cold air on the surface of the sea became colder and colder. A white object slowly floated up from the sea. It was the Sky Blue Whale, wrapped in countless ice crystals. Hua Kai flew to the Sky Blue Whale's head and asked Wuren Tuya to call the Junk Ship over.
Although the Sky Blue Whale was not dead yet, the Night Spear had already absorbed all the energy in its body. It was very easy for Hua Kai's Ice Will to freeze a seventh tier Golden Elixir Realm demonic beast.
When the people of Eastern Deity Island saw that Hua Kai had already hunted the Sky Blue Whale, they happily flew over with hundreds of thick ropes. They tied the ropes to the Sky Blue Whale's teeth or directly cut a hole in its body. They tied the ropes securely to the back of the Junk Ship.
Because the Sky Blue Whale was smaller this time, even though there were not as many people as last time, they still transported it to Western Deity Island. There was no need for Hua Kai to do anything. More than a dozen Foundational Realm cultivators happily began to dissect the Sky Blue Whale.
Hua Kai saw that there was no need for him to do anything. He continued to head to the Sky Blue Whale's territory with Wuren Tuya. In less than two hours, Hua Kai found another 110-meter-long Sky Blue Whale. It was at the fourth tier of the Golden Elixir Realm. Hua Kai quickly turned it into a large ice crystal. He released the Junk Ship and tied the Sky Blue Whale to the back with Wuren Tuya. Then, they drove the Junk Ship to Western Deity Island.
When they were five miles away from the periphery of Western Deity Island, Hua Kai saw that the Sky Blue Whale had already been dissected into several large pieces. The people of Eastern Deity Island had a clear division of labor. The Innate Realm cultivators took the meat, and the Foundational Realm cultivators took the skin and bones. When Hua Kai returned, there were already hundreds of pieces of meat that were ten cubic meters piled together. Hua Kai put all the meat into his portable space.
This Sky Blue Whale was only an ordinary mid-level demonic beast. It could not be compared to the Sky Blue Whale that was about to become a great demonic beast. It was easy to dissect, and its meat could not be compared to that Sky Blue Whale. However, no matter what, it was still a mid-level demonic beast meat, and it was of the highest quality.
It only took four hours for such a large Sky Blue Whale to be completely dissected. Hua Kai passed the entire Sky Blue Whale to Xue Chen through the Family Secret Zone so that Xue Chen could put it on the market as soon as possible.
When the first Sky Blue Whale was completely dissected, everyone boarded a small boat and came to the side of the Junk Ship. They drove the Junk Ship all the way to Western Deity Island. The Junk Ship and the Sky Blue Whale slid for more than a mile on the layer of ice created by Hua Kai's Will of Ice. They arrived at the place where the Sky Blue Whale had been dissected. The fate of the Junk Ship was no different from that of the Sky Blue Whale.
When the sky gradually darkened, Hua Kai led the cultivators of Eastern Deity Island Prefecture back with a bountiful harvest. Everyone who hunted with Hua Kai obtained a large amount of Sky Blue Whale meat. The market here would also have Sky Blue Whale meat to buy tomorrow. Many of the people of Eastern Deity Island were actually quite capable youths. Most of them came from various aristocratic families in Hua Xia, and they did not lack money.