Like all-purpose medicament, Zhang Tie only produced 500,000 tons of high-power alcohol in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory in the first phase. What Zhang Tie needed was time for this production base to produce high-power alcohol as soon as possible. The biggest function of the high-power alcohol produced by this production base was to serve as a window to show the ability of high-power alcohol.
As long as high-power alcohol was produced, such a small output might only be able to meet the demand of one prefecture of Youzhou Province. Facing such a huge market in Taixia Country, such a useful product would definitely become popular and have a huge market demand. Therefore, Zhang Tie and Immortal Deyang also wanted to cooperate with Heavens Fortune Sect to establish a larger production base of high-power alcohol within the sphere of influence of Heavens Fortune Sect.
This production base of high-power alcohol would not only produce 500,000 tons of high-power alcohol; instead, it had to produce 10 million tons of high-power alcohol at the very beginning.
The production and layout of large-scale industrial bases were specialized knowledge. Experts in this field were required to undertake such issues as site selection, design optimization of production lines and the construction of supporting railways or highways. Zhang Tie didn't worry about these issues. Given the ability and resources of Heavens Fortune Sect, it was a piece of cake for them to deal with this issue. Zhang Tie just gave Immortal Deyang a drawing of fermenting raw materials tank, which was the core component of the production base of high-power alcohol. With it, as long as fermenting raw materials tank could produce high-power yeast constantly, the production base of high-power alcohol would be able to produce high-power alcohol constantly.
If Heavens Fortune Sect could move fast enough, this production base of 10 million tons of high-power alcohol could be put into use before this autumn harvest. It could catch up with the surplus of straws.
As bloody figures were rioting across Taixia Country, the influence of the holy war on Taixia Country was growing fiercer and fiercer. Nobody could predict what would happen to Taixia Country in half a year. Therefore, although it was fast enough to put into use this production base in half a year, both Zhang Tie and Immortal Deyang had a sense of urgency.
Now that Huaiyuan Palace could discover that Heavens Reaching Church might cheat the grain supply of Taixia Country, Heavens Fortune Sect could also discover that. Zhang Tie had to admire the insightful vision of those figures of Heavens Fortune Sect once again. According to Immortal Deyang, within the sphere of influence of Heavens Fortune Sect, the agricultural production and grain supply of clans and regions under Heavens Fortune Sect were always controlled by business groups of Heavens Fortune Sect. Heavens Fortune Sect always guarded against foreign grains like guarding against thieves; especially foreign grains. As a "black hand" (in the words of Immortal Deyang) of the imperial household of Taixia Country, of course, Heavens Fortune Sect had to guard against the infiltration of Gold and Power Law and the Finance Minister's Mansion into the grain production in their territory. Therefore, although those clans of Heavens Reaching Church could have their grains and grain seeds spread across Taixia Country, they could barely enter the sphere of influence of Heavens Fortune Sect.
Actually, not only Heavens Fortune Sect, all the other top 7 sects in Taixia Country besides Gold and Power Law were also guarding against the imperial court and the Finance Minister's Mansion in terms of grain supply. They would never allow their grains to be in the hands of others.
This might be the only good news that Zhang Tie had heard over the past months.
The reason why Zhang Tie said "might" instead of "for sure" was that he was not sure about the situation facing Taixia Country. Would it be better or worse? If a large-scale grain crisis broke out in Taixia Country, grains would become the most important resource. By then, the imperial court of Taixia Country would be hard-pressed while the top sects of Taixia Country had a lot of grains. By then, the balance between the imperial court of Taixia Country and the top sects of Taixia Country would be maintained, not to mention the popular sentiment. As long as the balance was broken, the leverage and strength of both parties would be reversed. By then, the imperial court of Taixia Country would not be able to suppress the top sects of Taixia Country anymore. By then, what would happen to Taixia Country?
When he thought about this question, Zhang Tie had a faint concern inside.
'I'm not the only one who's concerned about this. Why didn't Commander Cheng attend my rotating chakra ceremony? Since the beginning of spring at the end of January, Commander Cheng had been making an inspection tour across the entire Northeast Military Region, especially the major grain production areas. He personally inspected and urged the provinces to do a good job in spring plowing. As a result, those agricultural officials in Northeast Military Region were very busy.
In the past two decades, it was Commander Cheng's first time to care about the grains and agricultural production in Northeast Military Region.
As an official of Commander Cheng, Xuanyuan Hill might have already reported something to Zhang Tie.
In response to this, Zhang Tie's family also added millions of gold coins to build irrigation works, reclaim fertile farmlands and set up farming villages around Jinwu City with the greatest determination.
These years, over 2 million mu of cultivated land around Jinwu City had been reclaimed. This year, Zhang Tie's cultivated land around Jinwu City would reach 3 million mu.
A few days ago, Zhang Tie silently released a lot of No. 1 earthworms in Castle of Black Iron to the vicinity of Yanghe Prefecture and Jinwu City. Besides, Zhang Tie also gave Zhang Yang a batch of potatoes, rice and wheat which were cultivated in Castle of Black Iron over these years for Zhang Yang to plant this year.
When Zhang Tie established an alliance with Heavens Fortune Sect, he had also communicated with the representatives of Gold and Power Law and Supreme Court who attended his rotating chakra ceremony for a few days and reached an agreement with them.
Interestingly, both Gold and Power Law and Supreme Court extended an olive branch to Zhang Tie once again.
Gold and Power Law offered Zhang Tie a bright gold dragon head as a bargaining chip while Supreme Court offered Zhang Tie the position of the minister of justice of Taixia Country. This position was high and powerful. It was in charge of all the buildings of righteousness in Taixia Country and all the bounty criminal hunters in Taixia Country.
Zhang Tie declined all the invitations of Gold and Power Law and Supreme Court euphemistically.
After Han Zhengfang's affair was exposed, Gold and Power Law's position among the top 7 sects in Taixia Country had suffered a sharp decline and was on the verge of being condemned. Over the past 2 months, Zhang Tie received the news that all the top 6 sects in Taixia Country had dispatched elders to hold two conferences in order to cope with the catastrophe of bloody figures. However, the top 6 sects in Taixia Country didn't invite the representatives of Gold and Power Law to attend the two conferences. It was impossible for such a thing to happen two years ago; however, it became possible now. As Gold and Power Law was being marginalized by the top 6 sects in Taixia Country, the top 6 sects in Taixia Country might remove Gold and Power Law from the list of the top 7 sects in Taixia Country. As Zhang Tie had been betrayed by Gold and Power Law once, if he joined Gold and Power Law which had been favored by the other top 6 sects in Taixia Country as an earth knight, it would be impossible unless Zhang Tie was out of his mind.
'What bright gold dragon head? How could it be better than being the boss?'
However, although Zhang Tie refused it, he recommended his elder brother to join Gold and Power Law. If Gold and Power Law was regarded as a pure business alliance or trade association instead of a top 6 sect in Taixia Country, it would be promising for Zhang Tie to join Gold and Power Law. However, Emperor Xuanyuan was arrogant. In order to suppress the top 6 sects in Taixia Country, he insisted on establishing a sect on the same footing as the top 7 sects in Taixia Country. Therefore, Gold and Power Law became a bit nondescript. From a pure business point of view, Zhang Yang who was the head of Jinwu Business Group could only benefit if he joined Gold and Power Law.
When the representative of Gold and Power Law left Youzhou Province, Zhang Tie's elder brother, Zhang Yang, had already become the bright gold CEO of Gold and Power Law with one more halo.
Gold and Power Law was also very satisfied with such a result. After all, it was Zhang Tie's elder brother who joined Gold and Power Law. From another perspective, Zhang Yang's joining Gold and Power Law also represented Zhang family's conciliatory attitude. Organizations like Gold and Power Law actually welcomed people like Zhang Yang who were running businesses and had knights and powerful forces as their backers. The purer a businessman was, the more he would understand the value and power of gold coins and could integrate into Gold and Power Law easily. This was the main purpose of Gold and Power Law.
From a certain perspective, Zhang Yang's joining Gold and Power Law represented the balance between the imperial court of Taixia Country and the other top 6 sects in Taixia Country.
Zhang Yang joined Gold and Power Law; however, Zhang Tie freed Donder from Gold and Power Law and made Donder a free man who could work for Zhang Tie.
Both Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory and Iron-Dragon Sect needed a reliable person who was good at economy and management. Zhang Tie felt that Donder was the most suitable one.
Of course, Gold and Power Law would not insist on Zhang Tie's request.
After Donder came to Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, Zhang Tie told him that he was the general steward of Iron-Dragon Sect, which had a great power. Donder had the right to inquire about the daily necessities, rice, oil and salt of Iron-Dragon Sect, the taxation management of the 10 cities under the jurisdiction of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory and the management and development of millions of square miles' land in Zhang Tie's name. In Donder's words, he had not imagined that he could have such a great power one day. If Zhang Tie's territory was compared to a small country in a subcontinent, Donder was already the prime minister of a small country.
Zhang Su, Zhang Tie's cousin, was also invited here by Zhang Tie.
To be honest, Zhang Su, Zhang Tie's cousin, almost had the best cultivation aptitude among this generation of Zhang family. Zhang Su's cultivation aptitude was definitely greater than that of Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang. Additionally, Zhang Su was brave, resourceful, responsible and courageous. Additionally, he was on good terms with Zhang Tie. Of course, Zhang Tie would like to keep such a cousin and relative on his side.
Zhang Tie felt that there was only one knight in Zhang family; however, his cousin Zhang Su was one of the most promising ones in Zhang family to promote to a knight in the future …
As Zhang Tie's business grew larger and larger, of course, he needed more and more people on his side …
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