After the onset of spring, temperatures rose again, and the ice and snow atop Yunlian Mountain began to melt. Water flowed fiercely from the source of the Dan River, bringing life back to the stretches of Ganzhou Guard that had run dry for over a decade.
The Wang Clan, following a personal trip to Shiqukou by Xiao Yeyang and Daohua, moved their entire family to Ganzhou Guard.
Ganzhou Guard was vast and sparsely populated. Wang Qi, after repeatedly studying maps, sought Xiao Yeyang's approval and finally chose to establish a village in the southeastern part of Ganzhou Guard.
Wang Qi took the one thousand and one hundred taels of silver funded by Xiao Yeyang and, after drawing up a layout of the village, got ready to report to Ganzhou City.
Xiao Yeyang, upon meeting Wang Qi, didn't immediately set him to work, but instead gave him two days to familiarize himself with the people and affairs of the garrison, with Zhang Da showing him around.
