Chapter 490: Chapter Four Hundred and Eighty Six:

Building the City

‘”‘Is the Heavenly Pride serious about this?”

“Of course.”

“Then the old man would like… would like…” Shen Dafa struggled uncomfortably, wringing his hands repeatedly in front of him. After repeating “would like” over a dozen times, he finally forced out a number, “I would like two, no! A million catties of grain.”

Having made his demand, he looked at Tang Luo anxiously, feeling guilty as if his request was too much.

“Understood.” Tang Luo’s face remained impassive as he willingly agreed.

With Shen Dafa as an example, all the other renowned people of Xiling started to voice their grain needs, even though they were much more conservative with their numbers.

“Eight hundred thousand catties.”

“Six hundred thousand catties.”

“Five hundred and fifty thousand catties.

“Five hundred thousand catties.”

only dared to ask

concluded their requests, Tang Luo asked

all sure that’s all the

a thick beard, Tang Luo spoke with exasperation, “I can understand others, but Elder Nian, you have at least seven to eight hundred strong men under you in the Mortal

shipyards in Xiling, located in Fenling Port and Yongning Port under the jurisdiction of

sailors, laborers, and fishermen. Although not considered a scholarly family of Xiling, they are still well respected and have been a benevolent family for

the Nian family, even the poor souls under Elder Nian’s care, who have no grain, all rely on his handouts. There are thousands of them, families included. As the man in charge of taking care of

in confusion and waving his burly arms, repeatedly saying,

me further trouble. But there’s something you all need to know. The flood is not receding. If you’re pinching pennies to survive this winter, hoping for the waters to recede after, then it’s time to give

want to avoid entanglement with the young masters of influential families, preferring to endure through thrift rather than seeking assistance from the

Otherwise, on this Red Cloud Mountain

initially thought that this was a once-in-a-millennium flood, now they were utterly

placed both hands on the table, his fingers locked in a relaxed gesture, “First, I can obtain a large amount of grain and am willing to provide it at regular prices. Do not worry, I won’t force you to serve me through grain demands. Secondly, Red Cloud Mountain, where you are currently residing, is now my territory. Given

the news of the unrelenting flood, were now utterly

Luo.

and futures. Yet, they were still sitting here as

which was clear to every Xiling craftsman. The young masters would only trust their family’s martial artists and household servants. External families become appendages, and although establishing kinship fares better in preserving some degree of autonomy, the common consequence for

remarks had caused a huge

were the son of any other family, they would not openly disclose the non-receding flood,

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