Jinwu City, Yanghe Prefecture...
Standing on the top of a mountain peak outside Jinwu City and watching Jinwu City, Zhang Tie couldn't hide his excitement.
4 years ago, Jinwu City was just a design on the blueprint of Zhang Tie and his elder brother Zhang Yang; however, today, the design had become a reality.
Compared to Class A cities in Taixia Country, Jinwu City which only covered about 60 square miles was just a small city. However, the boisterous airships above Jinwu City and the bustling crowds outside Jinwu City made people forget that it was just a small city; instead, they treated it as a prosperous commercial center or a regional air traffic hub.
At this moment, railways and highways had already been built. Standing on the high ground, Zhang Tie could see the railway and highway network radiating in all directions from Jinwu City as the core. Smoky trains were running on the railway like long snakes while various vehicles were coming and going on the highways.
As it was too boisterous inside the city, there were two tall and magnificent secondary castles over 500 meters away from the city. Like two silent guards, they guarded Jinwu City and diverted people. Many airships coming and going to Jinwu City directly parked in the airship bases in the periphery of the two high secondary castles.
Some villages, towns and factories had already formed around Jinwu City and the two secondary castles within dozens of square miles. Everything in front of Zhang Tie was thriving and full of vigor.
Zhang Tie even saw a large military camp outside the city.
Like that in Jinwu City, that large-scale military camp also looked very boisterous. Of course, it was boisterous on the battlefield, which was composed of the roars, collisions, sweat and dust of numerous fighters.
With his lotus-flower eyes, although being dozens of miles away, Zhang Tie could still see everything clearly in that military camp as clearly as his own palm lines.
The flag over this military camp was neither that of the official army of Youzhou Province, Taixia Country nor that of Zhang Clan of Huaiyuan Palace; instead, it was a Jinwu flag.
That Jinwu flag was as same as the emblem of Jinwu Business Group. However, it was more aggressive. On both sides of that Jinwu, one of its claws was holding a shield while the other was holding a sword.
It was the symbol of the armed guards of Jinwu Business Group. In other words, it was the symbol of Zhang Tie's private army.
Under the Golden Crow Flag, Zhang Tie noticed the firm and persistent looks on the faces of those soldiers who were training under the Golden Crow Flag.
The dust was mixed with sweat, leaving streaks of black sweat on the faces of the soldiers on the battlefield. The officers were roaring, and so were the ballistae on the steam armored vehicles. In the rhythmic vibrations and booms brought by the steam weapons, the target ground on the slope was full of holes and hollows …
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Only after throwing a glance at the size of the camp and the number of people on the battlefield, Zhang Tie had estimated the population of this armed force of Jinwu Business Group — — about 100,000 people.
After four years of not returning home, the current Zhang Clan was no longer the Zhang Clan of the past.
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Being a bit thrilled, Zhang Tie watched Jinwu City in the distance for quite a while before taking in a deep breath. Closely after that, he left the top of the mountain.
Half an hour later, Zhang Tie appeared in the shadow of the huge city wall of Jinwu City. Raising his head, he watched the extremely high city wall of Jinwu City.
Just now, when he looked down from the top of the mountain in the distance, he didn't feel that the city wall of Jinwu City was too high. After coming to the bottom of the city wall, Zhang Tie felt that the city wall of Jinwu City was too high.
As a Class A city in Youzhou Province, the city wall of Youzhou City was only a bit higher than 70 m; however, the city wall of Jinwu City was higher than 100 m like a high tower. Standing below the city wall of Jinwu City and looking up, Zhang Tie felt the overwhelming qi field of Jinwu City.
There were various city-defense machines on the city wall. Steam ballistae and heavy centrifugal turrets armed the entire Jinwu City like an iron hedgehog. Outside the city wall, there were pieces of movable steel armors. It was more like a battle fortress than a city wall.
If Jinwu City was a city, it was just a small city; however, if Jinwu City was a fortress, it was already a huge fortress.
Jinwu City was built after Zhang Tie's accident. At the sight of this Jinwu City, Zhang Tie knew how his family members and his elder brother felt when they built Jinwu City.
If not for the sake of safety, Jinwu City would not build such a high and powerful city wall. 'This city wall is actually the reflection of my elder brother's inner thoughts. Over the past few years, my elder brother might have been thinking about how to strengthen this family in Taixia Country each day so that nobody in this family would suffer any misfortune anymore.
No, he was back this time. From now on, no one could bully the people in this family!
Zhang Tie muttered to himself inside.
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"Wow, the city wall of Jinwu City is so high. It's even higher than Class A cities..." A 17-year old teenager was standing at the foot of the city wall not far from Zhang Tie as he raised his head and exclaimed about the magnificence of the city wall of Jinwu City.
Beside the young man was a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties. Both of them were dressed like merchants. The young man looked a little immature, while the middle-aged man had a shrewd air about him. Their faces were similar, so they were probably father and son.
Many people who came to Jinwu City for the first time would stop under the city wall for a short while before raising their heads to appreciate the magnificent city wall of Jinwu City. Because of this reason, Zhang Tie and that teenager standing under the city wall didn't look special.
"Do you want to take photos at the foot of Jinwu City? 2 gold coins per time. This is the highest city wall in the territory of Northeast Military Region. Don't miss this chance …" At the sight of Zhang Tie and that teenager, someone immediately came over here with a camera on his shoulder to attract business.
'It turns out that the city wall could also become a scenery of Jinwu City. '
Zhang Tie burst out into laughter inside.
"Let's go. We'll stay in the city first. Tonight, we'll go get our cards and queue up. If we're lucky, we should be able to get a slot to buy a box of potions from the whole school after queuing for a few days …" The middle-aged man pulled the young man and ignored the peddler's words as he pulled the young man into the city.
"Dad, is this all-purpose medicament really popular in other provinces?" The teenager asked in a low voice with vigilance.
"It's very popular. I've already contacted the market. It's in Tongzhou Province. 12 vials of all-purpose medicament for one box. If you take each vial of all-purpose medicament for 2 gold coins, you could make a profit of 24 gold coins. Although it's a bit hard and bumpy on the way, if we're lucky, we could make a trip twice a year..." The middle-aged man said in a low voice as he walked.
"If I'm rich in the future, we will also buy an airship!" The teenager said in a tender voice like a fearless newborn calf.
"Yes, it's good that you have this ambition. The Hong Family in our city also relied on the two of you to start a small business …" The father patted his son's shoulder and encouraged him with gratification.
After whispering, the father and the son squeezed into the crowd. There were two teams of city guards and military officers at the city gate of Jinwu City. All the soldiers and military officers were watching the faces and carry-on packages of people entering the city with gleaming eyes. Unless they met something eye-catching, they would not make it difficult for them.
Watching the father and the son entering the city, Zhang Tie also walked over there and prepared to enter the city in the bustling crowd.
At this moment, Zhang Tie was of medium height and a bit strong. In the uniform of a warrior that could be seen everywhere in Taixia Country, he was neither ostentatious nor mediocre. He looked strong and vigorous. There was nothing special on his face except a bit ferocity and toughness that a warrior should have. Besides, he was carrying a common saber on his waist.
Zhang Tie could see 7-8 people in the surrounding crowd who were in the same look.
The guards of the merchant groups, the solitary warriors, and some powerful merchants were almost all like this.
Compared to when he came to Taixia Country at the beginning, Zhang Tie found that more people were carrying weapons in the crowd.
The moment Zhang Tie was going to enter the city, he saw a military officer hurriedly coming down from the tunnel above the city gate. After whispering something to a military officer at the city gate, the military officer became spirited at once as he hurriedly tidied his clothes.
The military officer's words drifted into the ears of both the guard and Zhang Tie.
The military officer said, "The mayor is coming, watch out..."
After hearing this sentence, Zhang Tie almost stopped his footsteps at once.
'Mayor? Isn't he my dad? '
Only after a few seconds, a fleet of 4 luxurious black sedans had rapidly arrived at the city gate and parked outside the city gate. After that, some people got off the black sedans. The military officer at the city gate hurriedly walked over there and gave a salute to them respectfully. Closely after that, he followed those people and started to give directions outside the city gate.
Because of the arrival of these people, many people who were entering the city turned around and looked at them out of curiosity.
However, the sharp gazes of the bodyguards standing around them and the aura emanating from them that was above LV 13 made the curious onlookers unable to approach them. They could only stare at them curiously. None of them dared to approach them.
Zhang Ping, Zhang Tie's dad, came to the side of where Zhang Tie stood just now. Raising his head, he covered his eyes with his hand and watched the high city wall of Jinwu City, "This city wall is indeed a bit too high. It looks ferocious. As a result, the atmosphere in Jinwu City is a bit intense. It seems that it's necessary to beautify it..."
As Zhang Tie's dad said this, an accompanying stenographer had rapidly written down his words in a notebook...
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