In the battle at the bank of Weishui River last year, Zhang Tie saved over 200 million civilians who were going to be used by demons as a minefield. After being saved by Zhang Tie, over half of these civilians, namely over 100 million civilians, came to Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory and chose to settle down in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory as Zhang Tie's subjects.
Previously, it was almost impossible to transport over 100 million people to Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory from the bank of Weishui River in Taixia Country in a short period of time. Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory didn't have such an ability. Thankfully, Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory had so many allies. Each major clan and sect which cooperated with Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory in producing Fiery Oil dispatched an airship team or some airboats, each of which was responsible for transporting over 100,000 people to Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Through their joint efforts, these people were finally transported to Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory.
Heavens Fortune Sect and Lord Guangnan's Mansion respectively dispatched airboats and airships to coordinate with each other and were responsible for the transportation of almost 10 million refugees.
In Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, there were over 1,000 towns which contained about 100,000 people like God's Favor Town which were distributed across Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. All these towns shared a common feature — — Immortal Qianji, as mighty as a mountain and reborn by grace.
These towns had just appeared in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory in the last couple of months. All the residents in these towns were innocent civilians who had been saved by Zhang Tie. The words "Immortal Qianji, you're as mighty as a mountain; you've given me a new lease of life" also symbolized Zhang Tie's position in the hearts of those civilians who had been saved by him.
Zhang Tie saved them from demons and was their benefactor.
When they came to Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, they were penniless. With the help of Zhang Tie, they settled down in Zhang Tie's territory. They lived in the houses built for them by Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, farmed the lands gifted by Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory and worked in the factories and workshops invested by Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Their kids were also studying in the schools opened by Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory …
With such a relationship, they had all turned from refugees to direct subjects of Zhang Tie's, and Zhang Tie had become their lord and clan master.
The word "benefactor" was the common appellation of these people for Zhang Tie.
These people were different than those in the cities in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Previously, those people had independent properties. Although they lived in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory and were residents in Zhang Tie's territory, they were not attached to Zhang Tie. They could leave or stay whenever they wanted. However, over 100 million people who came to Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory had a much deeper relationship with Zhang Tie than those people. They enjoyed everything that Zhang Tie brought to them and were willing to attach themselves to Zhang Tie. To a certain degree, they had already become members of Zhang Tie and Zhang Clan. Although they enjoyed all the rights of commoners in Taixia Country outside, they had to follow Zhang Tie's order completely inside. However, they were not slaves; instead, they were basically like servants of Zhang Tie and Zhang Clan.
Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory was vast, sparsely populated and fertile. With the support of all parties and the wealth of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, it was not a problem for Zhang Tie to settle over 100 million people in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory.
In the following 3 months, over 100 million people would arrive in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Finally, over 200 million people who were saved by Zhang Tie at the bank of Weishui River would come to Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory and become the servants of Zhang Tie and Zhang Clan.
Servants and land were the foundations of major clans in Taixia Country. These servants and land were passed down from generation to generation and bound to each other. A clan and a major clan were the most solid masses and material foundation. In major clans in Taixia Country, servants, stewards, managers, family generals, private guards and dare-to-die fighters were basically selected from servants. It could be said that there would be no major clans in Taixia Country without servants. The rise and fall of major clans were bound to the rise and fall of servants. Both parties were like fish and water, sharing weal and woe. Therefore, they couldn't be separated.
Both Zhang Tie's family and Huaiyuan Palace had some servants. Zhang Tie's elder brother had tens of thousands of servants in Jinwu City; Huaiyuan Palace had over 1 million servants from Waii Sub-continent. In Zhang Tie's Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, over 100,000 servants had been added to Zhang Tie's Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory since those dare-to-die fighters were gifted to him by Bai Suxian.
Soon, after all these people arrived at Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, Zhang Tie would have 200 million servants in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, who would become Zhang Tie's firmest supporters and the foundation of Zhang Clan.
In the eyes of many old major clans in Taixia Country, if the number of households in a clan was less than 100 million, it was not qualified to be called a real major clan. What was a major clan? Over 100 million land, over 100 million households, herds of knights, a long history of the clan and the establishment of ancestral shrines.
Zhang Tie didn't care about the foundation of major clans; instead, he only cared about people in these new towns outside Dongyang City.
Nobody could understand Zhang Tie's mind.
Zhang Tie didn't do anything. He just took a look at the lives of those people whom he saved from the bank of Weishui River and the smiles of those kids. Zhang Tie felt very satisfied as if he had taken an elixir. Even though his wounds had not recovered, Zhang Tie felt that everything was worthwhile.
The situation in the other towns was almost the same. Therefore, Zhang Tie became reassured.
If a person could do this for the rest of his life, he would not live in vain.
As for the others, Zhang Tie was very open-minded.
At noon, when the sun was high in the sky, Zhang Tie returned to the taxi with some steamed buns in hand while gnawing them.
"Master, let's go back to the airport!" Zhang Tie said as he passed the two wrapped steamed buns to the driver, "I'm afraid that you haven't eaten lunch here. Therefore, I brought two steamed buns back for you …"
After taking the steamed buns, the taxi driver watched Zhang Tie for a short while before letting out a sigh all of a sudden, "You're a good man. I feel embarrassed to take your money …"
"Haha, don't be like that. If you didn't take my money, I would not even dare to take your taxi. It's not easy for you to make money. Just take it as two steamed buns …" Zhang Tie burst out into laughter, "Don't choke. We're not in a hurry. Let's finish it before setting off …"
After eating the steamed buns, the taxi driver sent Zhang Tie back to the airport at the fastest speed.
After returning to the airport, Zhang Tie returned to Iron-Dragon Sect in the same plane that he used in the morning …
When Zhang Tie returned to Iron-Dragon Sect, his disciples had already prepared bloody figures for the bloody sacrifice.
(To be continued.)
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