Volume Four, Volume 37, Chapter 14, Golden Crow City
Yanghe County, Jinwu City...
Standing on the top of a mountain outside Jinwu City, Zhang Tie could not hide the excitement in his heart as he looked at Jinwu City. ↖,
Four years ago, Jinwu City was just an idea on the drawings of Zhang Tie and his brother Zhang Yang. Today, the idea has become a reality.
Compared with Taixia's Class A city, Jinwu City, with an area of only about one hundred square kilometers, can only be regarded as a small city, but the excitement brought by the constant shuttle of airships over Jinwu City and the bustling crowd outside Jinwu City
, but people forget that this is a small city, and regard it as a bustling commercial center or a regional air transportation hub.
Railways and highways have been built at this time. Standing on a high place, you can see the extensive railway and highway transportation network radiating in four directions with Jinwu City as the core. The trains emitting thick smoke are like long snakes on the railway.
As we raced along, various vehicles came and went on the highway.
Because the city was so busy, just over a mile outside the city, there were two tall and majestic auxiliary forts that Zhang Tie did not expect. They guarded the Golden Crow City like two silent guards and played a role in diverting the flow of people.
Many of the airships traveling to and from Golden Crow City park directly at the airship base outside the two tall auxiliary forts.
And surrounding Golden Crow City and the two auxiliary forts, some villages, towns, and factories have begun to form on the ground within a radius of dozens of kilometers. Everything in front of them is thriving and full of vitality.
Zhang Tie also saw a large military camp outside the city.
Like Golden Crow City, the large-scale barracks also seemed very lively. Of course, this liveliness was the excitement on the battlefield. It was composed of steam armored vehicles speeding back and forth, as well as the shouts and collisions of countless soldiers, and the flying sweat and dust.
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Under Zhang Tie's Lotus Eyes, even though they were dozens of kilometers away, everything about that military camp still appeared clearly in front of Zhang Tie, as clear as looking at the palm prints in his own hands.
The flag hanging on this military camp is not the flag of the Taixia Youzhou army, nor the flag of the Zhang family of Huaiyuantang, but a Golden Crow flag.
The Golden Crow flag is exactly the same as the logo of the Golden Crow Merchant Group, but it is more murderous. On the left and right sides of the Golden Crow, the Golden Crow's claws are holding the shield on one side and the sword on the other.
This is the symbol of the Jinwu Merchant Group's armed escort, in other words, it is the symbol of Zhang Tie's private army.
The determined expressions on the faces of the soldiers who were training under the Golden Crow banner did not escape Zhang Tie's eyes.
The dust condensed with sweat, leaving black sweat grooves on the faces of the soldiers on the battlefield. The officers were roaring, and the ballistas on the steam armored vehicles were also roaring. The extremely rhythmic vibrations caused by the steam weapons
Amidst the roaring sound, the target area on the uphill slope of the shooting range was hit with bumps and bumps everywhere...
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Just by looking at the size of the military camp and the number of people training on the battlefield, Zhang Tie roughly estimated that the number of armed members of the Golden Crow Merchant Group was about 100,000.
After not returning home for four years, the current Zhang family is no longer the original Zhang family.
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Zhang Tie, who was feeling a little excited, looked at the Golden Crow City in the distance for a long time, finally took a deep breath, moved and left the top of the mountain.
Half an hour later, Zhang Tie appeared under the huge shadow of the Golden Crow City wall. He raised his head and looked at the ridiculously tall wall of the Golden Crow City.
Just now, I was standing on the top of a distant mountain and looking down from a high position. I didn't realize how high the walls of Jinwu City were. When I got to the bottom of the city wall, Zhang Tie felt that the walls of Jinwu City were really too high.
In the entire Youzhou, the city wall of Youzhou City, which is a Class A city, is only more than 70 meters high, while the city wall of Jinwu City is more than 100 meters high, like a high tower. Standing under the city wall of Jinwu City, raising your head, you can feel
When you arrive at the Golden Crow City, it is as imposing as the top of Mount Tai.
All kinds of defense machinery are lined up on the city wall. Steam ballistae and heavy centrifugal turrets arm the entire Golden Crow City like a steel hedgehog. On the outside of the city wall, there are pieces of movable city wall steel armor.
It is no longer the setting of the city wall, but the configuration of the battle fortress.
If Golden Crow City is considered a city, it is just a small city, but if Golden Crow City is considered a fortress, it is already a large fortress.
The Golden Crow City was built after his accident. Looking at the Golden Crow City in front of him, Zhang Tie knew how his family and his elder brother felt when they built the Golden Crow City.
If it were not for safety reasons, Golden Crow City would not have built such a high and deterrent city wall. This city wall is actually a reflection of my heart. Over the past few years, I may have been thinking about what to do every day.
This can make this family strong in Taixia and prevent anyone in this family from encountering any misfortune again.
No, I am back this time, and from now on, no one can bully anyone in this family!
Zhang Tie said to himself secretly.
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"Wow, the walls of this Golden Crow City are so high, higher than even Class A cities..." Not far from Zhang Tie, a boy of 17 or 18 years old was standing under the city wall, raising his head and marveling at the Golden Crow.
The majesty of the city walls.
Next to this young man, there is a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties. Both of them are dressed as businessmen. The young man looks a little immature, but the middle-aged man has a shrewdness about him. Their faces are similar.
They are somewhat similar, probably father and son.
Many people who come to Jinwu City for the first time, when entering the city, will stop for a moment under the city wall and look up to admire the majestic city wall of Jinwu City. For this reason, Zhang Tie and the young man standing under the city wall do not look like they are
special.
"Do you want to take photos under Jinwu City? Two gold coins per time. This is the highest city wall in the entire Northeast Governor's Mansion. If you pass by, don't miss the opportunity..." Seeing Zhang Tie and the young man stopping here, they immediately
A man with a camera came over to solicit business.
It turns out that this city wall can actually become a scene of Golden Crow City.
Zhang Tie laughed in his heart.
"Let's go and stay in the city first. We have to queue up to pick up the cards tonight. If we're lucky, as long as we wait in line for a few days, we should be able to get a quota to purchase a box of potions for the whole school..." The middle-aged man said.
Pulling the young man, he ignored the words of the person selling photos and directly led the young man into the city.
"Dad, is this full-effect medicine really easy to sell in other states?" the young man asked in a low voice, very wary.
"It's very popular. I've already contacted the salesperson. It's in Tongzhou. There are twelve full-effect potions in a box. If you take it and add two gold coins to each pill, you can make a steady net profit of 24 gold coins. It's not a lot of money.
Although the road is harder, a little bumpy, and takes a lot of time to go back and forth, but if you are lucky, you and I, father and son, can make two trips a year..." The middle-aged man said in a low voice as he walked.
"If I have money in the future, we will also buy an airship!" the young man said, his childish voice revealing the ambition of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.
"Yes, it's good to have this ambition. The Hong family in our city also started off by doing business and small business between father and son..." The father patted his son on the shoulder and encouraged him happily.
The two fathers and sons of Xingshang whispered, and then squeezed into the crowd entering the city gate. There were also two groups of city guards and officers at the gate of Golden Crow City. The soldiers and officers guarding the city looked at the people entering with stern eyes.
The faces of the various people in the city and the packages they carry with them are generally not scrutinized or made difficult unless they encounter something particularly eye-catching.
Seeing the father and son entering the city, Zhang Tie also walked over, mixed in with the bustling crowd, and prepared to enter the city.
At this moment, Zhang Tie is of medium build, slightly strong, and is dressed like a warrior that can be seen everywhere in Taixia. He is neither ostentatious nor mediocre. He looks powerful and has nothing too strange about his face. He is the only warrior.
He had a hint of ruthlessness and strength as he should have, and he had an ordinary saber on his waist.
Among the surrounding crowd, Zhang Tie could also see seven or eight people dressed in almost the same style.
The guards of the merchant group, the lone warrior, and some powerful merchants all looked like this.
Compared with when he first arrived in Taixia, Zhang Tie made a careful comparison and found that the number of people carrying weapons among the crowd had quietly increased.
Zhang Tie was about to enter the city when he saw an officer walking down the passage above the city gate in a hurry. He whispered a few words directly to an officer guarding the city gate. The officer suddenly became energetic.
He also quickly arranged his clothes.
The words of the officer who came down from the city tower not only reached the ears of the guarding officer, but also reached the ears of Zhang Tie.
That sentence is, "The city master is here, please pay attention..."
Hearing these words, Zhang Tie's footsteps almost stopped all of a sudden.
City Lord, isn’t that my father?
Just a few seconds later, a convoy of four luxurious black cars drove quickly from the driveway to the city gate and stopped outside the city. Several people got out of the black cars.
The officer at the city gate quickly walked over and saluted respectfully. Then he consciously followed the people who got off the car and stopped outside the city to give directions.
Because of the arrival of these people, many people who were entering the city turned their heads to look at those people curiously.
However, the sharp dagger-like eyes of the several bodyguards standing around those people and the aura of level 13 or above conveyed by them made those who were curious and looking at them can only keep their curious and sizing eyes, and no one could leave.
past.
Zhang Tie's father, Zhang Ping, was surrounded by the crowd and came to the place where Zhang Tie was standing just now. He raised his head and covered a pergola with his hands, looking at the tall city wall of Jinwu City, "This wall is indeed too high.
, it looks murderous and makes the atmosphere in Golden Crow City a bit tense. It seems that it is really necessary to beautify it appropriately..."...
As Zhang Tie's father said, the accompanying stenographer took a notebook and quickly wrote down his words... (To be continued...)