30 years ago, when a bizarre metal called "air floating gold" was excavated from the underground world, this marvelous airboat appeared. However, this item could only be seen in Taixia Country. Additionally, very few people in Taixia Country could own such an item. In the sky of Taixia Country, airships were still the main air traffic. Such an airboat could barely be seen in normal times. Zhang Yang had only seen it twice since he came to Taixia Country a few months ago, including today.
There was a crowd of people getting off the boat. Some of the people who got off the boat were looking up at the sky and didn't pay attention to the road under their feet. When they were pushed, they accidentally fell from the embankment and into the water. They screamed and screamed, and the people beside them hurriedly pulled them out of the water.
"That's an airboat made of air floating gold..."
Just as a group of people who had just disembarked looked up at the strange object in the sky, a dark brown-skinned sailor who was fixing the anchor chain came down from the ship and explained to those people in fluent Chinese.
"Ahh, can we buy it? How much does it cost?" A middle-aged man with a big belly, who was surrounded by a group of people, asked as his eyes lit up. The expression on his face was as if he was saying, "I don't lack money." "Ahh, how much money does Qin Clan have?" Zhang Yang sensed the sarcasm in the water sign language. The middle-aged man who was surrounded by a group of people asked in a slightly unconvinced manner.
"Qin Clan is a prominent clan in Yingzhou State. They have rooted here for over 40 generations. Qin Clan has a nickname — — Qin Hundred City! "
"Qin Baicheng?" the man repeated. He had just spoken Hua language proficiently. Therefore, his tone was a bit jerky. He was not familiar with some specific words in Hua language. "What does that mean?"
"This means that the Qin Clan is a clan that owns over a hundred cities. If you have that kind of wealth, you can also buy an airship! " "Hmm, almost. Although it's a bit exaggerated, it's said that Qin Clan has 70-80 cities, dozens of them are large-scale towns. Adding up these cities and towns, there are definitely more than a hundred of them. That's how the Qin family got the name Qin Hundred City! " When it came to the wealth of Qin Clan, even that sailor's voice turned respectful and admiring. "I'll teach you a lesson. In Taixia Country, if your wealth is less than one city and your annual tax is less than 1 million gold coins, don't say that you're rich; otherwise, you would be ridiculed by others. They would treat you as ignorant aborigines."
After hearing the sailor's words, that man's arrogance disappeared in a split second. He even dared not ask about the price of the airboat. Watching the airboat disappearing in the sky, that man then led those people away in a docile manner. Only that little girl was still looking up at the sky.
Zhang Yang also revealed a smile. Before coming to Taixia Country, these people all lived superior lives. Many of them were rich in their former places. However, the so-called wealth was relative. After coming to Taixia Country, the standard of the so-called wealth would be out of the imagination of commoners. Even in Yingzhou State, many clans owned cities. Cities in Taixia Country were divided into official cities and private cities. Official cities were managed by the government and the imperial court of Taixia Country; private cities belonged to individuals or clans. Private cities accounted for at least 2/3 of those cities in Taixia Country.
Qin Baicheng's nickname was well-known in Yingzhou Province. When Zhang Yang came to Yingzhou Province, he had heard about it from others. Such a major clan like Qin Clan in Yingzhou State had a very deep foundation. Qin Clan had been operating in Yingzhou State for over 700 years. Thanks to the efforts of generations, Qin Clan could have such a great undertaking today. In other places, Qin Clan's undertaking was like a peerless dynasty; however, in Taixia Country, Qin Clan was just a local prominent clan.
The laws of Taixia Country guaranteed the sacredness of private property. According to the laws of Taixia Country, as long as you built a private city in a place, the private city would belong to you forever. Additionally, you could have the right to collect taxes in that private city. Additionally, you could formulate tax policies so as to gain "tax profits". Additionally, you could recruit troops and guards for your private city...
In your private city, you could collect taxes however you wanted. The laws of Taixia Country didn't restrict it. Instead, it even protected your right. Meanwhile, the laws of Taixia Country guaranteed the right to move freely for all the non-slave population in Taixia Country. If your private city didn't have enough conditions and attraction to attract people to do business and settle down in your private city, your private city would eventually become an empty city. You could raise as many powerhouses as you wanted. The laws of Taixia Country didn't restrict it either. Instead, the laws of Taixia Country even encouraged the major clans to raise powerhouses to do business and expand their territory by force. However, the laws of Taixia Country forbade those who violated others' legal rights and interests by force.
In this case, all the major clans and those real rich people in Taixia Country were passionate about building cities and treated it as the best foundation for their offsprings.
There was a proverb in Taixia Country — — commoners keep their houses, major clans leave their cities. Their houses could stand for 100 years, their cities could last forever.
After coming to Taixia Country for a few months, as Zhang Yang got to know about Taixia Country, he gradually became ambitious. As for all the Hua people, Taixia Country was a place full of hope. Here, you could realize your revenge and dream on a vast stage. Others could build a city to leave the world so that their offsprings could live in luxury for generations and have a good life. Additionally, the whole clan would be prosperous and gloomy. 'Why can't we two brothers build our own foundation in Taixia Country? '
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When it was almost noon, Zhang Yang finally saw Safety and Tranquility slowly moving towards this dock under the guidance of a pilot ship. In Huaiyuan Prefecture, Safety and Tranquility was a big ship. However, here, Safety and Tranquility became a small ship.
Soon after Safety and Tranquility docked, The moment the ladder was put down, all the people on Safety and Tranquility who had been on the sea for almost 10 months poured off it at once.
"Boss..." At the sight of Zhang Yang, all the people who got off the ship were very thrilled. Some of them even dropped off tears at once. They finally arrived at Taixia Country and didn't need to be afraid anymore.
"Alright, everyone has finally arrived safely. We've been tossing and turning on the sea for so long. No matter what, you'd better take a rest for a couple of days. I've already arranged your residences. After a few days, we will negotiate about the following affairs! " Watching the backbones of Jinwu Corporation and their family members arriving, Zhang Yang let out a sigh inside. 'No matter what, as long as they arrive, I will have some helpers. After coming to the strange Taixia Country, a group of people from Waii Sub-continent could only tide over the difficulties together with each other. ' 'These people will be more loyal to me. '
"Boss, we've been on the sea for over 300 days. We've been bored to death. When can we reassemble those machines? As long as we find some more people and straighten out the raw material channels, our Jinwu Airship Manufacturing Company will be able to produce airships at once!" An engineer of Zhang Yang's dad suggested very actively as he couldn't wait to show his value.
Zhang Yang threw a glance at that engineer as he knew what he was thinking about. At this moment, these people were shocked by the prosperity of Taixia Country. What these people and commoners feared most was that they could not find a place to show their value and position in the new environment. "Don't worry about the resumption of the factory. The situation in Taixia Country is a bit different than that in Huaiyuan Prefecture. I've not figured out many things yet. I just want to tell you that as long as you would like to follow me and continue to serve Jinwu Corporation and our Zhang family, as long as I have food, I would never let you starve. Our Jinwu Corporation would never abandon anyone who would like to go through thick and thin with us!"
At this moment, Zhang Yang looked more and more like a leader. Only after a few words, he had reassured everybody at present.
This time, Zhang Yang had over 100 subordinates from Huaiyuan Prefecture. Plus their family members, there were over 1,600 passengers on Safety and Tranquility. The proportion of family members was a bit high. At this moment, it was hard to get a ticket to leave Waii Subcontinent. Almost all the passengers who could come here had brought their family members with them. Zhang Yang's single subordinates also came here with a lot of beautiful wives. After asking Zhang Yang carefully, Zhang Yang found out that since these guys were allowed to bring their family members to Taixia Country, they had been introducing their wives to Huaiyuan Prefecture constantly. Many of them even recommended themselves. Before boarding the ship, these guys had fallen in love with their wives, parents-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Finally, they had to bring their wives, parents-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law to Taixia Country with them.
If the water was too clear, there would be no fish. Zhang Yang didn't want to find out whether there was something fishy about it or not. At this moment, numerous people wanted to leave Waii Sub-continent. A ticket out of Waii Sub-continent was enough to attract people. Like what his mom said, at this moment, he should save as many people as possible. There was no need to find it out.
The berth of the Safety and Tranquility Airship at the wharf of Fuhai Harbor cost 180 gold coins a day, which was not cheap. However, it was not the right time to save money. After dealing with the relevant formalities in the harbor, Zhang Yang arranged some people to guard the Safety and Tranquility Airship before leaving Fuhai Harbor with those people.
Like how Zhang Yang was shocked when he came to Fuhai Harbor for the first time, he was deeply shocked by the prosperity of Taixia Country as he watched the over 70 km long harbor and those huge ships above 1 million tons in the harbor.
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Right over 10 miles away from the harbor area of Fuhai Harbor, Zhang Yang booked a big hotel in a relatively tranquil place. He had these people settle in the hotel for a couple of days so that they could adapt to the situation facing Yingzhou State. They had to take a rest. When they got off the ship, they were pretty spirited; however, after a short while, many of them had started to feel dizzy as if they were seasick. This was also a common problem. Just like how some people would get carsick when they were on a boat or a car, after being tossed about at sea for too long and suddenly coming to a stable land, some people's bodies would not be able to adapt to this change and would also experience a short period of discomfort. Many old sailors had almost all experienced this.
After coming to the big hotel, Zhang Yang had a meal which they had not eaten for 10 months. After comforting them and having a good rest, Zhang Yang left the hotel by car.
On the way back home in the black sedan, Zhang Yang took out a thick "Laws of Taixia Country" and started to read it.
The best and fastest way to understand a place was to understand its laws. There was only one "Laws of Taixia Country" which contained over 360,000 words across Taixia Country. The entire "Laws of Taixia Country" was divided into "Major Law", "Civil Law", "Commercial Law" and "Criminal Law", which regulated the operation of the entire Eastern Empire. It was the supreme code of law across Taixia Country.
The authority of the "Laws of Taixia Country" could be seen from one aspect — — The "Laws of Taixia Country" was last amended over 500 years ago. It only added 28 words to the "Commercial Law" of "Laws of Taixia Country", which clearly stipulated the maritime priority of maritime merchants whose "Civil Law" and "Commercial Law" overlapped with each other. From then on, the "Laws of Taixia Country" had remained unchanged for over 500 years. However, Taixia Country was growing increasingly powerful.
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Only after half an hour, a manor covering over 20 square meters had appeared in front of Zhang Yang's black sedan. At the sight of the black sedan, two Spirit fighters at the gate of the manor opened the gate of the manor and let the black sedan in.
The moment Zhang Yang got off the car, he had seen some female servants running around in the manor. The atmosphere in the manor seemed to be a bit intense.
"Aunt Sun, what's wrong?" Zhang Yang hurriedly asked an old man who came to Taixia Country together with his family members.
"Ah, first young master, you're finally back. Second young master's three wives are going to deliver babies!"
"Ah, now?"
"That's right. The three madams broke their water within half an hour after noon today. The three little guys either didn't come, or they came together. What a coincidence …"
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