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.”

to ask for fifty thousand

the hall concluded their

that’s all the grain you

have at least seven to eight hundred strong men under you in the Mortal Realm. A martial artist consumes three to five

the jurisdiction of Tang Mi. So the shipping companies in Xiling only train sailors

on the water by training sailors, laborers, and fishermen. Although not considered a scholarly family of Xiling, they are still well respected and

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 these people, Elder Nian’s request for

man, whose name had been called, suddenly blushed, standing up in confusion and waving

Luo waved at Elder Nian before addressing everyone, “I understand your reluctance to cause me further trouble. But there’s something you all need to know. The flood

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

nature, but only if the floodwaters are indeed likely to recede. Otherwise, on this Red Cloud Mountain with only a few basins, their frugal approach will only make

here initially thought that this was a once-in-a-millennium flood,

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 sudden disaster, I’ve offered it as a place for you to live. In exchange, I hope you can lend some assistance to your dwelling place, which I’ll elaborate on later. Finally, I have some Soul

people, who were initially stunned by the news of the unrelenting flood, were now utterly

Luo.

they have been courted by countless influential families promising wealth, beauty, and futures.

artists and household servants. External families become appendages, and although

seemingly casual remarks had caused

the son of any other family, they would not openly disclose

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