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.”

dared to ask for

concluded

that’s all the

spoke with exasperation, “I can understand others, but Elder Nian, you have at least seven to eight hundred strong

Yongning Port under the jurisdiction of Tang Mi. So the shipping

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

how many people are in 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 these people, Elder Nian’s request for only a hundred thousand catties of gram left Tang Luo bewildered on what he could do with such

in confusion and waving his

“I understand your reluctance to cause me further trouble. But there’s something you all need to know. The flood is not receding. If you’re

simply want to avoid entanglement with the young masters of

this Red Cloud Mountain with only a few basins, their

the people here initially thought that this was a

Luo 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.

initially stunned by the news of the unrelenting flood, were

Luo.

Elements crafts, they have been courted by countless influential families promising wealth, beauty, and futures. Yet, they were still sitting here as independent entities because they saw only greed and ambition in these offers,

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 such families was to disintegrate

had caused a huge

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

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