"Is this Eight-Hundred-Li Azure Ripples Lake?"
"How magnificent!"
Xu Changqing and Zhang Daoxuan were here for the first time, so they stood where they were and watched for quite a while.
When they were still three li from the lakeshore, the dirt road beneath their feet had already become a stone-paved road.
The stone slabs had been cut square and neat, with fine gravel filling the gaps between them. Walking on them was not only comfortable underfoot, but also gave one a reassuring sense of solidity.
Fields began to appear in broad swathes on both sides of the road.
The field ridges had been stacked straight with stones, while irrigation channels drew water in from the river by the lake.
At intervals, there was a water-diversion outlet, each fitted with a sluice gate.
In this era, ordinary mortal tribes were still using animal bones and stones to break the earth.
Yet the farmlands within a god's territory already possessed a rudimentary irrigation system.
Zhang Daoxuan looked at the vast stretch of houses lining the lakeshore in the distance and could not help smacking his lips. "How many people would this take to manage?"
Xu Changqing shook his head. "At least several hundred thousand, I'd say?"
They had known Azure Wave Lake was the territory of a Great God, but they had not expected it to be so extraordinary.
At first glance, it was no different from the fabled paradise beyond the worldly realm.
Especially compared with the Xi Tribe, it was like heaven and earth.
The farther the two went, the denser the population became.
Rows of wooden houses began appearing on both sides of the road. Their foundations had been raised more than a foot with stone blocks, and strings of dried fish and bundles of aquatic grass hung