The blazing sun of July was like a stream of fire. It was noon, but under that blazing sun, a dark cloud flew over from the east. It covered the scorching sun in the sky and cast a thick and huge shadow on the ground … ….
Wherever the dark cloud passed by, all the mountains, rivers, cities and farms would be covered in the shadow. Watching the dark cloud in the sky, all the soldiers and commoners of Taixia Country were dumbfounded, whether in the cities or in the wild.
Even those who were used to seeing big scenes couldn't help but be shocked when they saw the dark clouds in the sky.
The dark cloud was a huge airship group. Over 10,000 huge transport airships were slowly moving in a huge formation in the sky from thousands of m to tens of thousands of m high. A commander-level airboat was leading the way at the front of these airships. On the two wings and behind these airships were a huge escort group of light cavalries.
In addition to the shadows that covered the sky, the roars of the huge airship group and the engines of tens of thousands of airplanes were even more earth-shattering.
It was a declaration of strength and a manifestation of the will of iron and steel …
Although those people on the ground didn't know what mission the airships and airplanes were executing, they were still greatly spirited when they saw such an overwhelming iron and steel group flying towards the west. They were convinced by the strength of Taixia Country. Numerous people were waving their arms and towels towards the sky. Some people were even running and cheering after the huge shadow.
The maximal flight range of light cavalries couldn't match that of huge airships. Therefore, in every hundreds of miles, some airplanes would land on the newly built airports. Meanwhile, the other airplanes which had long taken off from the airports would join this huge escort group.
The huge iron and steel group flew all the way from Kangzhou Province to Taixia Country. Wherever they passed by, they would cause a great shock on the ground.
Since the beginning of the holy war, some soldiers and civilians in the theater of operations might have seen so many airships; however, nobody had seen so many airplanes. Since the Catastrophe, nobody had seen so many airplanes in the sky.
On the front airboat of the huge iron and steel group, a handsome youth in snow-white clothes was standing at the head of the airboat, hands on his back. Watching the billows and clouds in the sky and the dancing mountains and rivers under his feet, he was thinking as fast as a lightning bolt …
Of course, this youth was Zhang Tie.
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Tie had returned to the earth's surface for over 2 months.
In June, Huanzhou Province, Kangzhou Province, Ningzhou Province and Military Province had a bumper harvest of 13.8 billion mu, which shocked the entire country …
Since last year, Huanzhou Province, Kangzhou Province, Ningzhou Province and Military Province had been suffering from grain shortage. After taking office as Weiji General for less than half a year, Zhang Tie had successfully solved the grain shortage in the theater of operations. Starting from June, the news that Huanzhou Province, Kangzhou Province, Ningzhou Province and Military Province in the Western Theater of Operations of Taixia Country had spread over the world in only a few days like having wings. As a result, everybody across Taixia Country was thrilled and their morale was greatly boosted.
Taixia Country and the Western Theater of Operations really needed such a boost. Since the riot of bloody figures broke out in Zhongzhou Province on the 903rd year of Black Iron Calendar, Taixia Country, the huge eastern empire, had been shaking in the wind and rain for over 1 year. Before the riot of bloody figures in Zhongzhou Province was pacified, the catastrophe in Xuanyuan Hill had shocked the world. Closely after that, the riot of bloody figures broke out across Taixia Country. Before the riot of bloody figures was pacified, the grain shortage had arrived. The grain shortage was growing more and more severe. The army of demons had started to sweep across the provinces and prefectures in the west of Taixia Country, causing Taixia Country to be involved in the holy war completely.
Over the past 2 years, the entire Taixia Country was like taking a roller coaster. Yesterday, the holy war seemed to be far away from Taixia Country; today, Taixia Country was covered with flames of war while over 10 billion civilians were trapped in the area occupied by demons.
Over the past 2 years, all the people in Taixia Country, including the imperial households in Xuanyuan Hill and the commoners in the lower provinces in the wilderness, had been feeling intense.
Undoubtedly, the military and civilians in Huanzhou Province, Kangzhou Province, Ningzhou Province and Military Province in the west of Taixia Country were the frontline against demons and the grain shortage in Taixia Country. As long as there was any trouble, the four provinces would be in great chaos; especially the grain shortage. Without grain, the four provinces might be in chaos before demons arrived, not to mention fighting demons.
Since the second half of last year, Taixia Country had been transporting grains to Huanzhou Province, Kangzhou Province, Ningzhou Province and Military Province. The imperial court of Taixia Country had spent an astronomical figure to transport grains to the four provinces in the second half of last year.
In such a situation, the four provinces of Huankang, Ningbing and Military had bumper harvests in June, which was even greater than the best harvest in the past years. Under the dumbfounded or ecstatic gazes, the morale of the soldiers in the theater of operations stabilized at a stroke. Additionally, under the demonstration effect of the four provinces, not only the four provinces of Huankang, Ningbing and Military, but also the neighboring provinces and those military regions had stabilized. At the critical moment, the significance of the bumper harvests in the four provinces of Huankang, Ningbing and Military could never be overestimated.
Everybody attributed the bumper harvest in the four provinces to Zhang Tie, which completely pushed Zhang Tie's reputation as Qianji Hermit to a new peak. This was a great meritorious deed for stabilizing the country in the critical moment.
To be honest, besides Zhang Tie's meritorious deed, the grains seeds provided by the Ministry of Land Resources were the most important factor for this bumper harvest in the four provinces. However, since the second half of last year, the Ministry of Land Resources had not only supplied grains seeds to the four provinces in the theater of operations but also many provinces and prefectures which were suffering from grain shortage. As a result, Huanzhou Province, Kangzhou Province, Ningzhou Province and Military Province under the leadership of Zhang Tie gained an unprecedented bumper harvest. As a result, all the other provinces and prefectures which used grains seeds from the Ministry of Land Resources were eclipsed by Zhang Tie's achievement. Some provinces and prefectures even failed to harvest. In this case, who would remember the meritorious deed of the Ministry of Land Resources? Of course, they all attributed the great achievement to Zhang Tie.
The bumper harvest of grains in the four provinces attracted the attention of the world. This meritorious deed could never be concealed. In this case, both Xuanyuan Hill and the crown prince had to commend Zhang Tie. Xuanyuan Hill dispatched an imperial envoy to Kangzhou Province to bring Zhang Tie a golden robe and a jade belt to Kangzhou Province; the crown prince even dispatched a special envoy to Youzhou Province to confer the title of "Madam Rong" on Zhang Tie's mom and "Lord" on Zhang Tie's dad …
(To be continued.)
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