After almost one week's flight from Yunfeng City in the west of Yingzhou Province to Fuhai City, the airship landed in an airship airport in the west of Fuhai City at dawn on May 16.
Yunfeng City was in the inland of Yingzhou Province; however, Fuhai City was on the coast. Therefore, the products of the two airships were greatly different. Therefore, many people who traveled between Yunfeng City and Fuhai City by airship were small businessmen.
Big business groups had their own airships. Of course, they didn't need to take such a public airship.
Additionally, this public airship was not cheap. After 6 days and 6 nights' flight from Yunfeng City to Fuhai City, plus the mid-way supply, a common soft berth ticket cost 2 gold coins and 20 silver coins.
When the airship was going to land, a slightly fat steward entered the soft berth cabin with an iron trumpet and shouted, "The airship has arrived at Fuhai City. Please prepare to get off the airship with your own luggage. After getting off the airship, please take your own consignment certificate and collect your goods at the cargo exit!"
After the steward repeated it twice, all the passengers in the soft berth cabin started to get up and move.
After informing the passengers in this soft berth cabin, the steward went to inform the other cabins.
Over 30 people were sleeping in this soft berth cabin. The three floors of single beds were lined up, making the space very narrow and crowded. Of course, as over 30 old men who had not taken a bath for one week, the air in the cabin was not good. The soft berth cabin was filled with the odor of feet, sweat and tobacco. After the airship landed, they might have to open the window and blow the wind for half an hour to disperse all the odor.
"The airship route from Yunfeng City to Fuhai City is getting more and more stingy. I remember that we even had a breakfast when we came here two months ago. I've not imagined that the airship would speed up during the mid-way supply and flight. As a result, we could arrive at Fuhai City before 8 am. Even our breakfast is saved!" A 40-odd pedlar got up and packed up his things as he shook his head, "People are not as old as they used to be..."
"It's said that in order to deal with the holy war, not only the airship, but also the railway network across Taixia Country should be fully accelerated. They are preparing to put in new steam locomotives. It's said that the new steam locomotives could reach 180 km per hour, which is almost 1/3 faster than the current railway locomotives. If we come to Fuhai City in the future, we might try to take a train. It's not slower than airship!" A passenger who was getting off the high bed on the other side opened his mouth.
"Wow, this is a big business. It would cost hundreds of millions of gold coins to upgrade and reform the railway network across Taixia Country!" Someone exclaimed, "I wonder which clan in Taixia Country will produce this new steam locomotives!"
"Such a big business could never be shared by a clan or a business group. Only the Imperial Servant's Mansion and the Geomancy Department of Xuanyuan Hill could provide the technologies and standards. After that, all the powerful clans and business groups across Taixia Country could bid for a piece of cake. The powerful ones could have more pieces; the weak ones could have less pieces. Everyone could make profits." An experienced Taoist opened his mouth. Closely after that, he called out, "It's said that some big ships from Yinyue Subcontinent have arrived at Fuhai Harbor these days. Many people from the frontier frontier are also there. Who wants to take a look with me?"
"Let's go, let's go!" Someone shouted at once.
After staying in the same soft sleeper cabin for 6 days, even those who were not familiar with each other had become familiar with each other. If they communicated with each other, they might find some business opportunities.
There were many peddlers in the soft sleeper cabin; however, not all of them were peddlers. When the people in the soft sleeper cabin prepared to get off the airship, a person who was sleeping in an obscure corner stretched himself and stood up. After sorting out his clothes, he followed the others off the airship.
At the sight of this person, some peddlers in the narrow aisle hurriedly gave way to him.
He was a 7 m tall tough man. The moment he stood up, the entire soft sleeper cabin seemed to be shorter. Commoners had to lower their heads at least in front of this tough man.
This burly man had a ferocious shaved bald head. His face was covered with a messy beard, and his bones were majestic. Although he was only wearing a coarse cloth, one could see a body of strong, steel-cast muscles underneath. Not to mention anything else, just the thickness of his upper arms alone was not much thinner than the thighs of ordinary merchants. His pair of large hands, which were like praying mats, could completely cover a person's head when they were spread out. A man stood on his fists and a horse galloped on his arms. These words were not exaggerated at all when applied to this burly man.
The burly man's face was dignified and ferocious. His bald head was brimming with murderous intent. Beneath his thick eyebrows were a pair of slender and spirited eyes that faintly revealed a trace of red light that made one's heart tremble. A timid person standing in front of this burly man would probably be scared to the point of wetting their pants.
After staying in the soft sleeper cabin for six days, apart from eating and defecating, the burly man only slept. Because the burly man had a ferocious look on his face, none of the people in the soft sleeper cabin dared to communicate with him. Thus, until now, no one knew the name of this burly man.
When the tough man was going to get off the airship, a voice suddenly sounded from his back.
"Warrior in front, please wait!"
"What?" The tough man stopped and turned around. The captain of the airship immediately felt a sense of pressure as he revealed a fervent smile.
"This humble man is Liu Chuan, the coxswain of this airship. May I know your name, brave man?"
"My surname is Cui. Hurry up, say it. Don't waste my time!" The tough man's deep and sonorous voice sounded from his chest like a thunder. When he spoke, he waved his hands impatiently for a short while, causing the coxswain to feel a strong wind in his face. At the same time, the coxswain revealed a more amiable smile.
"It's like this. I see that you are as strong as a mountain, so you must have extraordinary skills. Our merchant group's armed guards have been recruiting heroes from all over the world recently, and we need a strong man like you. I wonder if you …"
It turned out that Captain Liu wanted to recruit people for the armed guards of the business group he was in. Not to mention anything else, just by looking at Cui's majestic figure and size, he looked like a Titan. Even if he did not have much ability and his combat level was not high, he could intimidate ordinary thieves and robbers just by standing there. He was more than enough to be a guard of a business group.
The tough man surnamed Cui blinked his eyes as he pointed at his own nose, "Do you want to recruit me for the armed guards of your business group?"
"Yes, the guards of our Fengyun Business Group have a good treatment. At least 30 gold coins a year. Additionally, after joining the guard, you might receive guidance from famous masters hired by the business group. You will gain a lot of battle skills!"
The brawny man surnamed Cui laughed out loud. His laughter was like thunder, which directly made Captain Liu's ears ring.
The tough man patted Coxswain Liu's shoulder, which almost made Coxswain Liu sit down on the ground, "Hahaha... thanks for your kindness. But you can't afford me!"
Although half of Coxswain Liu's body became numb, Coxswain Liu still smiled, "30 gold coins is the lowest treatment. If brave man Cui has a great ability, of course, your treatment will be higher!"
"Can your Fengyun Business Group grant me a title of nobility?"
Coxswain Liu's smile froze, "Brave man Cui, you must be kidding. Only the imperial court could grant it!"
"That's it..." With laughter, the tough man surnamed Cui shook his head as he turned around and left. After that, he got off the airship and entered the underground tunnel of the airship base...
'Did I misjudge this guy surnamed Cui? Is he an eccentric person who likes to play games in the human world... '
Watching that tall figure leaving the airship, Coxswain Liu became stunned as such a whim occurred to his mind...
...
After 1 hour, the tough man surnamed Cui appeared on a street which was surrounded by major families on both sides of Fuhai City.
The gate of Director Fan's mansion was tightly closed and locked from the outside. There was nobody in the mansion. However, two white lanterns were hanging outside the gate, on which two big characters "Memorial" were written. Some pieces of yellow and white paper money were left on the edge of the gutter of the parterre outside the mansion. Some evil-repelling objects were silently hung on the gates of some major families which were adjacent to and opposite to Fan's mansion...
After the seventh day of death, Fan Clan came here to perform a rite of expiation and sacrifice to the dead. After that, they took Director Fan back to their own clan. As a result, the former boisterous Director's Mansion in Fuhai City became completely empty.
When he passed by Director Fan's mansion, the tough man surnamed Cui threw a glance at the mansion before continuing to walk forward.
On the way, he met two patrolling criminal hunters. The tough man surnamed Cui directly walked forward, "Excuse me, where's the Building of Brightness in Fuhai City?"
The moment the two patrolling criminal hunters turned around, they felt that there was one more tower in front of them.
Now that they could ask the criminal hunters for the location of the Building of Brightness, of course, they were not villains.
One of the criminal hunters patiently showed the way.
"Thanks!" The tough man surnamed Cui replied as he strode away.
'What a tough man! ' After exchanging a glance with each other, the two criminal hunters of Fuhai City cheered inside.
...
The Building of Brightness in Fuhai City was an 8-storey pavilion. Similar to the Bounty Criminal Hunters Association in Fuhai City, it was the gathering place for bounty criminal hunters in Fuhai City.
In the Building of Brightness, bounty criminal hunters could inquire about various news, communicate with each other, accept entrusted tasks or form teams with other bounty criminal hunters to hunt down figures on the wanted list.
As a shocking case happened in Fuhai City two weeks ago, the Building of Brightness in Fuhai City was pretty boisterous. At this moment, 5-6 of the 10 people in the Building of Brightness were discussing the case that happened a few days ago.
The man surnamed Cui did not enter the Tower of the Righteous Path. Instead, he sat down in a teahouse not far from the Tower of the Righteous Path. While drinking tea and eating, he listened to the storyteller in the teahouse …..
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