This place had already left Yanghe Prefecture; however, it was adjacent to Yanghe Prefecture. It was a barren land in the territory of Youzhou Province. It was a bit closer to Youzhou City than Yanghe Prefecture. ¥◆
Zhang Tie, Zhang Yang and the other members of Zhang Clan were glancing at the land under their feet in the command module of a fury-level airship in the sky.
Compared to Yanghe Prefecture, the land below the airship was undulating and sparsely populated. Such a land could be found everywhere in a lower province like Youzhou Province.
Due to the snow, the woods below the airship had a special scenery. A large area of pine woods was covered with rime. Some rivers and streams on the ground were frozen. Zhang Chengze, Zhang Chenglei and the other kids were lying in front of the optical imaging device in the command module and adjusting the focal length and display area of the imaging device as they exclaimed out of excitement.
Zhang Tie, Zhang Yang and Zhang Ping were standing on the other side of the command module and watching the land below through the downward porthole of the airship.
"Dad, what do you think about this place?" Zhang Yang asked Zhang Ping.
Recently, Zhang Tie felt that his dad's wrinkles at the corners of his eyes had been smoothed out probably because he had promoted to LV 6 and was in a cheerful mood. Additionally, his dad's face had turned rosy and looked very shiny.
"I just followed you two brothers here to take a look. As for the details, it's up to you two brothers!" Zhang Ping said with a big smile.
"Dad, there's a herd of deer down there..."
Before Zhang Yang opened his mouth, the other kids had seen the herd of deer running on the wild through the imaging device. They clapped their hands and exclaimed loudly.
"Follow the herd of deer for a while. Let the little guys have fun! "Zhang Tie told the captain of the airship. Zhang Tie told the airship to follow the herd of deer.
"Chenglei, the other kids have become more and more wild after following you for a few days. Other families have strict fathers; however, our sons have been spoiled by you!" After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Linda, who was chatting with Zhang Tie's elder sisters-in-law, started to complain about Zhang Tie's crimes, causing all the other women to burst out into laughter.
As the weather turned cold, the women of the Zhang Family began to wear heavy clothes. The moment they put on the scarves of sable and silver fox and the expensive and delicate rune or alchemist's jewelry on their hands, they looked more like noble ladies.
"No matter what, this airship is going to fly in the sky. It's the same no matter where we fly. Just make them happy!" Zhang Tie explained with a smile. After saying that, Zhang Tie turned around and asked Zhang Yang. "What's the price of the land below?"
Although being the dean of provincial court of a province, Zhang Tie didn't know too much about commercial affairs. He rarely cared about money anymore. It seemed to be Gorath's sequela. Speaking of money, the first whim that occurred to Zhang Tie's mind was to rob Three-eye Association clans as it was the fastest way to make money.
"You Province is a lower province. The land below was undeveloped wasteland 200 kilometers away from the city. Two-thirds of the land was mountainous. Plains only occupied 1/3 of the land, mostly mountainous. According to the grade, it could only be Class C or Class II land. The listed price of this land is 430 gold coins per square kilometer in the Land Office of Youzhou City. If the quantity is large, you could enjoy a discount! "Zhang Yang explained skillfully.
"So cheap?" Zhang Tie answered after being stunned for a second.
"It's not cheap. Those lands in the wild provinces in the north are all ownerless. According to the laws of Taixia Country, as long as you build a city there, the land within 5 square kilometers around the city will be gifted to you for free. It's an additional land with the ownership of the city. If a mineral deposit is discovered in those wild provinces, the major clans in Taixia Country would occupy the mineral deposit by building a city near the mineral deposit. The ownership of the mineral deposit would belong to the owner of the city. Besides the stipulated tax, the imperial court would not interfere with it. Neither would they pay any other fees. Therefore, it's a big business in Taixia Country to develop wastelands in wild provinces. "Zhang Yang further explained. When he said this, Zhang Yang's eyes sparkled as if he was very interested in developing wastelands in Taixia Country.
After thinking for a short while, Zhang Tie realized that it was true. The wild province of Taixia Country was basically in a semi-anarchic state. However, anarchic state didn't mean that there were no people. If there were people, there would be contradictions. For instance, if different pioneering clans were involved in the ownership of mineral deposits in the wild province, they would have to file a lawsuit. Given the principle of nearby administration, the lawsuit in Liaozhou Province in the north of Youzhou Province would have to be heard by the Supreme Court of Youzhou Province. That was to say, Zhang Tie would be in charge of this case. Actually, before the establishment of Liaozhou Province, Zhang Tie was the dean of the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province.
However, the Barren State had its own laws of survival. Under normal circumstances, conflicts within the Barren State would rarely be resolved outside the Barren State. Wild Province was the place for bounty hunters and major clans in Taixia Country to show off their muscles.
"I think it's better here. After a few days, I will have someone take a look at it. After confirming the boundary, I will buy over 100,000 square miles' land." Zhang Tie said casually as if he was talking about buying over 10 kg of cabbages.
After Zhang Tie finished his words, he found the command module became quiet in a split second. Zhang Ping and Zhang Yang were watching him. Linda, Beverly and Fiona also stopped talking as they turned around and watched him.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Tie touched his face out of curiosity. His dad glared at him while Zhang Yang looked a bit bashful.
"Ahem... ahem..." Zhang Yang pretended to cough twice, "Jinwu Business Group has developed very fast these years. However, Jinwu Business Group only has over 60 million gold coins in liquid funds. It's a bit difficult for us to make such a big investment with such a small amount of money. We might have to borrow a loan from the bank. If the loan amount is too large, Jinwu Business Group would face a greater financial stress."
"Oh, I see!" Zhang Tie touched his chin as he almost forgot that it was too stressful for Jinwu Business Group and his family to buy so much land at once.
"After considering it for a short while, I feel that we only need to buy 20,000 square miles' land and build a small city. It doesn't need to be too large, just as a Class D city in Taixia Country. Of course, that city could be a bit better and have its own features. When Chengze and Chenglei grow up, we could expand it to other areas if necessary!"
Stroking his jaw, Zhang Tie was thinking about those women and their babies in Ice and Snow Wilderness. He felt a bit guilty about it. Therefore, he didn't tell his mom, Linda, Beverly and Fiona about it. Zhang Tie was thinking that when Zhang Chenglei, Beverly and Fiona grew up and knew that he left tens of millions of square miles of Ice and Snow Wilderness to his half-brothers while they stayed in a small place, would they feel that he was partial to them?
Zhang Yang's words were reasonable. However, after thinking about the future, Zhang Tie still felt that he could buy more land. After all, it was just some money. Besides those that he deposited in Golden Roc Bank and those that he plundered from Three-eye Association clans were still in Castle of Black Iron, he could even buy several lands as large as Yanghe Prefecture. Why should he save money at this moment?
"Elder brother, I agree with you about building a city. As it's our first time to build a city, given the current situation facing Jinwu Business Group and Youzhou Province, the city indeed doesn't need to be too large. Given the requirement of a Class D city, the city should cover less than 100 square miles. However, we don't need to buy this land in the future!" After considering it for a short while, Zhang Tie continued, "Nobody could predict what would happen in the future. After 10 or 20 years, Youzhou Province might be completely different. It's hard to say whether we could have such a good opportunity or not. We could buy this land first. It would be convenient for us to build a city in the future. There are many mountains and produce here. Additionally, it has not been thoroughly explored. Additionally, it's close to Yanghe Prefecture and is not far from Youzhou City. Let's keep this land as our ancestral property. In the future, even if Jinwu Business Group fails to run its business, as long as we have this land, Chengze and Chenglei could also live a good life!"
After hearing the word "accident", Zhang Yang's heart raced. As Zhang Tie's brother, Zhang Yang knew that Zhang Tie didn't say something at this moment. Zhang Tie was afraid that Zhang Tie might meet some unexpected danger. After all, the holy war had just broken out for a few years. As a knight, it was reasonable for Zhang Yang to go to the battlefield in the future. In this family, all the wealth that could be moved might be lost. Only this piece of land could not be taken away by anyone else as long as Taixia Country and Hua people were not collapsed.
"What you said makes sense, but …"
"A few years ago, I made over 200 million gold coins by gambling with someone in Waii Sub-continent. All the money was deposited in Golden Roc Bank. I could have Golden Roc Bank transfer 100 million gold coins to the account of Jinwu Business Group. Elder brother, you could buy this land with the 100 million gold coins!" Zhang Tie said.
Everybody in the command module was startled by Zhang Tie's words.
"How much did you make?" Zhang Tie's dad almost sprung up as he asked with an unbelievable look.
"Over 200 million gold coins!" Zhang Tie replied frankly.
Linda, Zhang Tie's family members also watched Zhang Tie with a shocked look.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
