Barley and his family members didn't completely lose their "lofty aspiration" in Blackhot City; neither did they make any heaven-defying heroic deeds to dominate a region. Like many other commoners, they were also striving to climb on the road that they could see and touch.
With Zhang Tie's support and their united efforts, it took a few years for a group of young people to settle down in a strange place. Additionally, they had successfully accumulated their capital from 200,000 gold coins to 600,000 gold coins. It was very difficult. Among most of the young people at this age, such an achievement was absolutely excellent. However, in Zhang Tie's eyes, such an achievement was as plain as water compared to what Zhang Tie had experienced.
Zhang Tie was reflecting.
Doug's passion and Zhang Tie's plain reaction made him realize at once — — Barley was still the same Barley, Doug was still the same Doug. None of them had changed. It was Zhang Tie who had changed. Therefore, facing these things and undertakings that could make Barley's group passionate, Zhang Tie could not maintain the same passion anymore.
Over these years, after experiencing so many things, such as exterminating Waii Sub-continent and establishing the Sacred Iceland Kingdom, Zhang Tie's group and Doug's group had become more and more passionate. To be honest, Barley's group and Zhang Tie's group were not on the same level anymore. In Zhang Tie's eyes, they were not on the same level at all. The total business scale of several hotels was hundreds of thousands of gold coins, which was not even a small business.
Perhaps, the strong inertia had another name, namely, fate. If not in Castle of Black Iron, what would happen to him? Zhang Tie asked himself. Closely after that, he sighed with emotions.
The sharp gap between him and his former friends didn't make Zhang Tie feel any sense of superiority. However, it didn't make Zhang Tie feel any sense of superiority; instead, he cherished this friendship more.
Barley, Doug, Hista and all the others were watching Zhang Tie with gleaming eyes and waiting for his reply.
After being silent for a short while, Zhang Tie let out a deep sigh as he watched them with sincere eyes, "I'm afraid that I cannot leave Youzhou Province now. These years, I've experienced so many things and shouldered more and more responsibilities. In many cases, I could not live as capricious as before! "
"I know. Is it because of your family? I've not imagined that you could have 3 sons at once. He's the strongest among us! "Bagdad said in a bold and unrestrained manner.
"That's not the only reason!" Zhang Tie smiled.
"Do you still follow the order of Huaiyuan Palace?" Sharwin asked.
"Not exactly. However, the relationship between me and Huaiyuan Palace is very complicated. It's really not something that can be separated just because you want to! "
"Then what's the reason?" Leit asked.
"I've told you, I hope you won't be too shocked!" Zhang Tie watched them with a solemn look.
"Alright. Say it! "The few of them became serious for once.
"When I was in Waii Sub-continent, I've already promoted to a knight. I'm now the dean of the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province. As you've been in Taixia Country for so long, you should know the title of the dean of the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province."
Barley and the others looked at each other, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became weird.
After a few seconds of silence.
"Hahahahaha …" The group of fellows suddenly burst into laughter, each of them convulsing with laughter.
Doug even spurted out his saliva when he burst into laughter. The other guys were so happy as they patted their bellies and thighs.
Zhang Tie had not imagined that he could arouse such a reaction from these guys after telling the truth.
"F * ck, don't this father look like a knight? This father has practiced a lot to promote to a knight. What are you guys laughing at?" Zhang Tie swore inside as his forehead was covered with black lines.
"Bighead, you're really humorous!" Hista burst out into laughter as he patted Zhang Tie's shoulder forcefully once again. At the same time, he winked at Zhang Tie, "If you're a knight, you must have been a clan elder of Huaiyuan Palace. Knights could rule a corps in Waii Sub-continent. Previously, Andaman Alliance didn't even have a single knight!" After saying this, a lustful expression appeared on Hista's face once again as he lowered his voice, "Actually, I've used this trick before to coax women to go to bed. However, I found that this trick didn't work as none of the women I met believed in it. One time, I met one who believed in it. When I was happy, I didn't expect that my purse and that woman would disappear the next day when I woke up. From then on, I didn't use this trick anymore!"
"I'm indeed a clan elder of Huaiyuan Palace. These years, I've been leading Hurricane Corps to defend Huaiyuan Prefecture in Waii Sub-continent as the corps leader!" Zhang Tie said helplessly.
"Hahahaha..." the other guys burst out into laughter even more exaggeratedly.
"This is the Bighead that we know. His humorous cells are as same as before. Erm, erm, very special..." Barley laughed so hard that his belly started to quiver like waves.
"Hmm, it's good to have such a thought. At least we have a target!" Sharwin said implicitly.
"Like how I always fantasized that I was a young master of one of the four major clans in Blackhot City and could eat enough stewed beef and potatoes at home every day!" Doug nodded seriously.
"Being a knight is also the goal of my life!" While saying this, Bagdad bulged his muscles again.
"If you're a knight, our brotherhood would have a reliance in Taixia Country. We could do business in the future..." Leit stopped at once. Because in a split second, Zhang Tie had changed into another person. At this moment, Zhang Tie seemed to have changed into another person as an extremely powerful and strange qi rose from Zhang Tie. That powerful pressure of a Knight instantly froze every cell in the body of everyone in the room.
At this moment, even Bagdad, who was the most powerful among them, felt that his consciousness and body had been forcibly separated by that huge pressure. Their consciousness and body seemed to have been imprisoned in a firm and despairing cage. If Zhang Tie wanted to, he would only need to give them a glance. If Zhang Tie wanted, he could make their heads explode with a single glance. As long as they remained in this state, they would not be able to control their breath and die of suffocation.
Only after a few seconds, Zhang Tie had recovered his qi. When that qi disappeared from his body, he seemed to have recovered his previous look. The laughter in the room stopped at once. Even though it was a cold day, Barley and the other guys oozed sweat all over. Even their clothes were wet and stuck to their bodies.
At this moment, they all looked at Zhang Tie. Their eyes had changed as if they had seen a ghost in the daytime. Additionally, their mouths were so wide that a goose egg could be put into it.
"It's … it's really … a … a … a … knight!" Doug's tongue seemed to be tied into a knot. He couldn't even speak fluently. "I just … patted … patted a knight's shoulder and he didn't die?"
"God's Will Brotherhood. We have a... a... knight! "Fatty Barley was also affected by Doug's stammering disease. The way he looked at Zhang Tie made Zhang Tie feel disgusted as goosebumps appeared all over his body.
"Huaiyuan Palace has just won the position of the provincial governor of Youzhou Province. The current provincial governor of Youzhou Province is Zhang Taixuan, the head of Huaiyuan Palace. I was appointed as the dean of the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province. As you've been in Taixia Country for so long, you must know the job of the dean of the Provincial Court!" Zhang Tie watched them calmly, "As it's a chaotic world, Taixia Country might be the last pure land for humans. I can see that you're living a good life. Each of you has a bright future. I'm happy to see that you're happy too. Because this is what I hoped for and the original purpose of establishing the God's Will Brotherhood. I don't want to disturb your lives; neither do I want to force you to make a decision against your will. If you like, you could come to Youzhou Province to help me. The knight's world is full of opportunities and dangers. As I've just come to Taixia Country, I don't have any foundation. I cannot guarantee that I could give you anything. This decision might involve you in a great crisis in the future. Therefore, you'd better think about it and negotiate with me. You don't need to reply me right away. If you want to come here, I will welcome you. If you still want to live your current life, I will also be happy for you! "
"What... what... can we do in Youzhou Province?" After knowing Zhang Tie's real identity and hearing Zhang Tie's invitation, they exchanged a glance with each other. However, Barley opened his mouth in a hesitant and unconfident tone.
All the members of the Hit-Plane Brotherhood knew that they were nothing in front of a knight and the dean of the provincial court of Youzhou Province. If they were already in charge of a city, they might be favored by the dean of the provincial court of Youzhou Province; however, their achievement was nothing but a castle for Zhang Tie.
"What are you best at now?" Zhang Tie asked.
"When we came to Youzhou Province at the beginning, we had analyzed our advantages carefully. As we graduated from middle school, we didn't have technical skills, fighting strength or relationship. The only thing that we could rely on was the gold coins that you gifted us, our smart brains and our diligence. Therefore, we decided to make a choice from the service industry. We chose to invest in a small hotel and a small bar. After that, we gradually accumulated our experience and reached the present scale. Our best is to open hotels!" Barley said.
"If so, open hotels in Youzhou Province and do what you're best at!" Zhang Tie revealed a smile, "However, we are not going to open 3 hotels, but at least 300 hotels across Youzhou Province..."
As Zhang Tie said this, the eyes of Barley and the other guys gradually turned bright...
"You're already the dean of the provincial court of Youzhou Province, what's the use of opening so many hotels for you?" Doug asked Zhang Tie with a silly look.
"Now that opening hotels is an investment, of course, the first purpose of investment is to make money. Of course, I also want to make money. It's reasonable. Money is also a kind of strength and power. The most direct way to accumulate strength and power is to make money and save money!" Zhang Tie replied with a smile, "The hotels are distributed across Youzhou Province. In the future, they could even be opened across Taixia Country. They could contact people from all walks of life. Each hotel has a pair of eyes and ears. It's very convenient for them to inquire about and collect information. In many cases, a piece of key information could even be more useful than a corps. This is the second function of hotels. Thirdly, the hotel industry is a comprehensive service industry. We can get in touch with basic necessities, food, accommodation, and transportation. At the same time, it is a labor-intensive industry. The more hotels we open, the more territories and strongholds we have, the more stakeholders we have around us. The more people who rely on us to make a living, the more influence we have. If we combine all these aspects and do them well, make them bigger and stronger, that's our foundation! Now that we've decided to make a living in Taixia Country in the future, we have to take root in this industry. "
From Golden Roc Bank, Zhang Tie learned how to do one thing and one industry to the extreme. These days, Zhang Tie was actually thinking about how to take root in Taixia Country. Besides building cities and building Jinwu Business Group, Zhang Tie felt that he could do something else. Hotel industry was one of the industries that Zhang Tie had considered. Besides hotel industry, Zhang Tie had also considered mining industry, construction industry and machinery manufacturing industry. Of course, Zhang Tie admired banks like Golden Roc Bank the most. However, given the high requirement of opening a bank in Taixia Country and the limited accumulation of Zhang Clan and himself, Zhang Tie didn't have the ability to open a bank in Taixia Country at this moment, Zhang Tie just gave up.
If he wanted to open a bank in Taixia Country, he would need 10 billion gold coins as the capital of a state-level bank which could operate within a province. Most of the major clans in Taixia Country would not be able to open a bank in Taixia Country.
It was out of Zhang Tie's imagination that Barley and the other members of Taixia Country could come here all of a sudden; additionally, they could run their hotels so well in Guizhou Province. Therefore, Zhang Tie told them about his idea.
Now that he had told them about it, Zhang Tie had almost made up his mind. Even if Barley and the other members of Taixia Country didn't come here, Zhang Tie would find someone else to do it. Zhang Tie could afford the loss even if he invested in dozens of hotels. Because of this confidence, Zhang Tie told Barley and the other members of Taixia Country that he would open 300 hotels or more. Such a number was actually too little for such a large province as Youzhou Province. (To be continued, please search? Astronomy? W, better novels, faster updates!
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