After coming to Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, it took Zhang Tie 2 days to complete the relevant formalities with the Ministry of Land and Resources of Northeast Military Region. After leaving boundary stakes on the border of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory became Zhang Tie's territory.
Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory was located in the southwest of Yangui Mountain Range in Taixia Country. The entire bounty territory covered 1.34 million square miles, which was connected with Youzhou Province, Tongzhou Province and Yanzhou Province in Northeast Military Region. There were 18.76 million people in the bounty territory. There were 10 cities in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory.
3 of the 10 cities were located in Miyun Prefecture, Youzhou Province, namely Tianxuan City, Xinlu City and Langyun City. Tianxuan City was a LV I city in Taixia Country, which was the largest among the 3 cities with the largest population. As for Xinlu City and Langyun City, one was a LV I city in Taixia Country, the other was a LV I city in Taixia Country.
As for the other 7 cities, 4 of them were located in Xingyuan Prefecture in Tongzhou Province, namely Ningan City, Xuesong City, Yande City and Qinghe City. All the 4 cities were LV I cities in Taixia Country.
In Gaoping Prefecture of Yanzhou Province where the cardinal of Northeast Military Region of Taixia Country was located, Dashang City, Wugong City and Dongyang City were included in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Dashang City and Wugong City were LV 2 cities while Dongyang City was LV 1 city.
As Tianxuan City was located in Youzhou Province and was the only LV I city in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, Zhang Tie directly held the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect in Tianxuan City.
Zhang Tie's golden invitation cards were sent out by the official courier station system in Northeast Military Region on August 1st. On the same day, two notices were posted in Tianxuan City, Xinlu City, Langyun City, Ningan City, Xuesong City, Yande City, Qinghe City, Dashang City, Wugong City and Dongyang City at the same time.
The first notice was that Cui Li the owner of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory founded Iron-Dragon Sect and would recruit disciples in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory.
The second notice was that all the cities in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory would select local representatives. From then on, all the cities, districts, counties and towns in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory would be determined by local representatives.
Only after the two notices were posted, the entire Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory had been in an uproar. Not only Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, the two notices even spread over the three neighboring prefectures like the wind.
It was not strange for the local people to govern themselves in Taixia Country. The so-called democratic parliaments on other continents were just borrowed from Taixia Country thousands of years ago. They just changed their names and forms. However, as Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory was almost as large as a prefecture of a province, the selection of local people became unusual.
Previously, all the cities in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory were under the jurisdiction of the government of Taixia Country. Each city had its own owner and administrative agencies on all levels. However, after Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory was granted to Cui Li and became his private territory, the nature of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory changed. All the officials on all levels in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory became dispensable. Across Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, besides the taxation and judicial agencies of Taixia Country, the existence of other agencies and officials would depend on the owner of the territory. The selection of local representatives indicated the owner's intention at once.
The so-called country bumpkins were all people who were famous and respected in the area.
According to the announcement, each city in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory would select 21 local representatives to form local representatives' committees. As long as those who wanted to select local representatives could gather the signatures of 3,000 people, as long as they were legal citizens of Taixia Country who always lived in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory and didn't commit any crime, they would be qualified to be candidates and be received by Cui LI, the owner of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory.
As long as they formed local representatives' associations, it meant that the 21 local representatives in each local representative's association would control the power of a city. Their social status would soar in a split second and be close to that of the owner of the city.
Soon after this news was spread, all the slightly famous clans in each city in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory became active at once. It was a good thing to become local representatives. Who wouldn't be jealous about it?
What was more eye-catching was the news that Cui Li the owner of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory had recruited a disciple.
The news that Cui Li the Fire Dragon Hermit cultivated the marquis-level secret method "Fire Dragon Sutra" had been spread over. If anyone could join Iron-Dragon Sect and become the personal disciple of Fire Dragon Hermit, he would have a powerful earth knight as his master and might learn the marquis-level secret method. It was absolutely a shortcut to the sky. Across the Northeast Military Region of Taixia Country, even major clans with knights were attracted by it, not to mention commoners.
After Cui Li's golden invitation card and notice was sent out, Tianxuan City which was not eye-catching in the territory of Northeast Military Region immediately became the focus of the entire Northeast Military Region. As a result, the number of airships and people entering and leaving Tianxuan City increased abruptly …
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On August 6th, Boss Liu and his wife in Yuean Inn in the south of Tianxuan City got up very early. Before daybreak, they had already gotten up by lamplight.
The Yue An Inn occupied an area of slightly more than one mu. It had a small four-story building and a courtyard with two entrances. There were more than thirty guest rooms. Although it was not big and the inn was only a mid-tier inn in Tianxuan City, it was the result of Manager Liu and his wife's hard work for more than twenty years that the inn could reach its current scale. Therefore, Manager Liu and his wife had to do many things in the inn by themselves.
Since August 2nd, the business of the inn in Tianxuan City had been booming at once. In only a couple of days, the greater part of the guest rooms had been fully occupied. Not only Boss Liu and his wife, even those waiters in the inn had been busy these days.
"The people who live in the No.1 and No.2 rooms are rich guests from Yanzhou Province. They practice martial arts and just moved in yesterday. They are a bit picky about their food and don't mind spending a few silver coins. You can go to the market and buy some good food in the next couple of days …" Shopkeeper Liu's wife was the landlady of the inn, and they were quite diligent and shrewd. When Shopkeeper Liu was going to take the waiters of the inn to the market and buy some good food as soon as possible, his wife pulled him aside and gave him a serious explanation.
"The kitchen will be a little busy these two days. Keep an eye on it!" Shopkeeper Liu also reminded.
"Got it. Yesterday, I've invited Aunt Liu and the youngest aunt of Zhao Clan to do some temporary work in the kitchen of the inn. They're both diligent. After a short while, they'll be here. You can go now!"
Hearing that Boss Liu's wife had made an arrangement, Boss Liu felt reassured. Then, he sat on the back of a tricycle with a waiter and told him to ride the tricycle to the vegetable market.
At this moment, those who came to the vegetable market to buy food were mostly the bosses of restaurants and inns in the city, stewards and waiters of some major families.
After buying all kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables, Boss Liu saw a snow deer hunted by a hunter. It might be hunted last night as its meat was fresh and tender. Thinking of those magnates from Yanzhou Province in the inn, he and Boss Zhou, who owned another restaurant, ate half of the snow deer. After weighing it, they put it on the tricycle.
After doing all this for half an hour, Boss Liu came to the gate of the old store of Rong Shengxiang and took today's beef and mutton.
As he was a regular customer, the moment he saw Boss Liu, the waiter of Rong Shengxiang had already carried the meat to his tricycle.
After a frame of meat was put on the tricycle, the tricycle sank a bit.
'It seems that the meat is a bit too much today!'
Boss Liu muttered inside as he told the chubby Boss Zhao in Rong Shengxiang, "Boss Zhao, it seems that the meat is too much today. Yuean Inn doesn't need so much meat today. As it's hot now, it will be tasteless tomorrow!"
"Hahaha, it's not too much, it's not too much. Even if it's the same amount as before, as you're a regular customer, I can give you a 20% discount …" Boss Zhao said with a smile.
Hearing Shopkeeper Zhao, who had always been known as a miser, say this, Shopkeeper Liu suddenly became worried. He carefully checked the beef and mutton. They were all very fresh and of good quality. There was no problem. Could it be that the miser had changed?
Boss Zhao walked towards him with a big smile as he took out a roll of white cloth and said, "Hehhehheh, Boss Liu, don't worry about it. Boss Qian of Rong Shengxiang is collecting signatures and supports of local barbarians these days. According to his order, Rong Shengxiang is offering a discount to regular customers these days. As long as Boss Liu signs his name on this and takes it back to your waiter's sign their names or fingerprints on it by turns, Boss Liu will pay the same price for the next month …"
After hearing Boss Zhao's words, Boss Liu widely opened his eyes, "Ahh? Boss Qian is also selecting local barbarians in Xuantian City?"
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem In the inn, Boss Liu had known all the major events across Tianxuan City, even Youzhou Province and Taixia Country by listening to the talks of the guests. Boss Liu knew that Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory was going to select local barbarians at once.
"Our Big Boss Qian can be considered as the number one figure in Xuantian City. He has more than ten ranches, farms, and slaughterhouses in total. One-third of the meat eaten in Tianxuan City is supplied by our Big Boss Qian. If others can choose a country bumpkin, our Big Boss Qian can naturally choose one too!" Shopkeeper Zhao, who was smiling just a moment ago, saw the shocked expression on Shopkeeper Liu's face, and his expression immediately turned solemn. "Could it be that Shopkeeper Liu thinks that we are of low birth and looks down on us butchers and butchers?"
Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly revealed a smile on his face. "How could that be? I'm just curious. Boss Qian has four to five thousand employees in total. How could Boss Qian have so many signatures of support?
No matter what, Boss Qian can't match a woman in prostitution … "
"Hahaha, Shopkeeper Liu, you don't know this. The more people who support us, the more glorious our Boss Qian will be, right? I heard that even Boss Feng of Tianxuan City is going to select the country bumpkins and has collected more than 5,000 signatures. Although our Boss Qian was born in a butcher's family, he has done a lot of good things for Xuantian City by building bridges and paving roads these years. No matter what, he can't be inferior to a woman rolling in the dust of prostitution …"
The Boss Feng mentioned by Shopkeeper Zhao was another legendary female heroine in Xuantian City. She was the top courtesan and the big sister of the prostitutes in the 27 brothels in Xuantian City. Compared with Boss Qian's reputation in the "food and beverage industry" of Xuantian City, Boss Feng's reputation in the "entertainment industry" of Xuantian City was equally as resounding as that of thunder …
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