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 or

concluded their requests, Tang Luo

that’s all the

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 Realm. A martial artist consumes three to five catties of rice per day. How is a hundred

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

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

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

man, whose name had been called, suddenly blushed, standing up in confusion and waving his burly arms, repeatedly saying, “Enough,

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

simply want to avoid entanglement with the young masters of influential

human nature, but only if the floodwaters are indeed likely to recede. Otherwise, on this Red Cloud Mountain with only

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

to serve me through grain demands. Secondly, Red Cloud Mountain, where you

by the news of the unrelenting flood, were now utterly bewildered. They had never seen a young master

Luo.

courted by countless influential families promising wealth, beauty, and futures. Yet, they were still sitting

families become appendages, and although

had caused a

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

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