Chapter 1440
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Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem Zhang Tie was waiting for the arrival of the airboat of Iron-Dragon Sect in the airboat as he contacted Lord Guangnan's Mansion and prepared to partially develop his bounty land in South Border.
The bounty land gifted by Lord Guangnan covered over 600 miles with Centralpillar Mountain as the center. This bounty land was one of the top 10 ferocious places in South Border.
Of course, the so-called top 10 ferocious places was just a term in the past. Previously, Centralpillar Mountain was indeed a ferocious place due to its strong magnetic field and the fiery cave under Centralpillar Mountain which could even kill knights. However, after the Dongtian of Great Wilderness Sect appeared and everybody knew that the fiery cave under Centralpillar Mountain was the entrance of the Dongtian of Great Wilderness Sect, of course, this ferocious place was not a ferocious place anymore; instead, it was a treasure land.
Basically, nobody could live in this bounty land. Those who could come here were all knights or barbarians living in the surrounding mountains and woods. Therefore, Zhang Tie didn't intend to build a city on the top of Centralpillar Mountain. Because the conditions didn't allow him to do that at all. In the early period, he just had Lord Guangnan's Mansion build a castle on the top of Centralpillar Mountain for people to settle down.
Of course, it was very difficult for others to build a castle here; however, it was very easy for Lord Guangnan's Mansion.
During the period when Zhang Tie was waiting for the arrival of the airboat of Iron-Dragon Sect, Lord Guangnan's Mansion had dispatched some airboats and over 400 modified airships whose steam boilers and some metal parts had been removed. Those airships formed a formation in the air and directly converged with Zhang Tie's group by being towed by airboats by ropes. After entering the influence range of Centralpillar Mountain, the airboats stopped. After that, knights started to drag those airships into Centralpillar Mountain. When they arrived at Centralpillar Mountain, all the skilled craftsmen got off the airships while the accompanying knights took out the building materials that they had prepared in their space-teleportation equipment. After that, they chose a location with water source near the top of Centralpillar Mountain and started to build the castle.
Zhang Tie's castle was not large in scale. It could accommodate about 1,000 people. Additionally, it didn't need to have a powerful defensive ability. Nor did it need to install any city-defense equipment. As long as it was habitable and had basic living facilities, it would be fine.
It was very easy for the thousands of skilled craftsmen dispatched by Lord Guangnan to build such a castle. Only after 3 days, before the airboat of Iron-Dragon Sect arrived, a castle made of stones and woods in a bizarre southern border style had been erected on Centralpillar Mountain.
On the day when the castle was built, Zhang Tie received the notice and invited Celestial Treasureflame and the others to visit the castle and celebrate the completion of the castle.
It was Zhang Tie's first time to leave the airboat since he returned to the airboat a few days ago.
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They flew to Centralpillar Mountain again. While they were still in the air, everyone saw the castle standing on Centralpillar Mountain.
The outer wall of the castle was in two colors. The bottom of the castle was made of greyish-brown stones; the top of the castle was a 3-storey building made of stones and woods. The woods looked dark red like rust, which was very special. There were some towers on the top of the castle. The entire castle covered over 20 square meters. Right at the entrance of Centralpillar Mountain, it overlooked the surroundings of the entire Centralpillar Mountain.
When Zhang Tie and the others arrived, thousands of craftsmen and some knights of Lord Guangnan's Mansion were standing on the square in the middle of the castle and waiting for them quietly. Zhang Tie and the others directly descended onto a high platform inside the castle. Some knights of Lord Guangnan's Mansion hurriedly came over here to greet Zhang Tie, Bai Runshan and Bai Suxian. Almost at the same time, those craftsmen knelt down on one knee to greet Zhang Tie and the others.
What surprised Zhang Tie was that most of these craftsmen were Hebrews with fair skin. Many of them had blond hair and blue eyes. Some of them even had brown or black skin. However, Zhang Tie became stunned as he almost thought that he had returned to Waii Subcontinent.
"Who are they?" Zhang Tie became slightly stunned as he turned around and asked Bai Suxian, "Who are they?"
"These craftsmen are domestic slaves of craftsmen who have been raised by Lord Guangnan's Mansion for many generations …"
"Ahh, it seems that they're all Hebrews?"
"Almost. These people are just the lowest-level domestic slaves of craftsmen. They were sold to Taixia Country in the last two holy wars and were taken in by Lord Guangnan's Mansion over the past hundreds of years. Of course, even when there were no holy wars, those subcontinents and continents were always facing natural disasters and man-made disasters. As a result, people were constantly being sold here due to various reasons!" Bai Runshan turned around and said in a disapproving tone, "What? Do you want them? If you want them, I will gift them to you. Gather tens of thousands of people and have them sent to Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. However, these foreign people could only do some rough work. They could do some craftsmen's work; however, they would be a bit rude if they were ordered by Lord Guangnan's Mansion. Most of these Hebrews smelled fishy. Additionally, they couldn't match Hua people in terms of cultivation aptitudes. Although women were a bit better, they were not presentable; instead, they would arouse ridicule. Like those domestic slaves of craftsmen that Suxian gifted to you last time, they were all carefully selected by Lord Guangnan's Mansion, which could never be matched by these Hebrews … "Zhang Tie was born in Waii Subcontinent and lived with Hebrews since he was young.
Zhang Tie was born in Waii Subcontinent and lived with Hebrews since he was young. Although Zhang Tie was proud of his Hua identity, he didn't discriminate against Hebrews. His brothers and even his wife were all Hebrews. Watching so many Hebrews' domestic slaves in front of him, Zhang Tie became really speechless. It was said that some racists treated Hebrews as upper class people before the Catastrophe; some Hua people even felt that Hebrews were superior people. It was out of Zhang Tie's imagination that Hebrews were the lowest kind of domestic slaves in Lord Guangnan's Mansion. Watching this scene, Zhang Tie really became speechless.
"How many Hebrews are there in Lord Guangnan's Mansion?"
"Not too many, just over 140 million!"
"They came to the Southern Border, don't tell me their identities are all border dwellers?"
"Border residents?" After throwing a glance at Zhang Tie, Bai Runshan burst out into laughter, "Only Guizhou Province has a bit more border residents in Taixia Country. All the foreigners who could be border residents are rich. At least, they would not starve in Taixia Country. Besides the official fields of the government, few major clans in Taixia Country would have border residents. How could the so-called border residents be more useful than domestic servants and slaves?"
(To be continued.)
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