Castle of Black Iron

In early July, the news that Zhang Tie shared properties with each other aroused a shock in Youzhou Province. It was normal for brothers in ordinary families to share properties with each other; however, Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang were almost the most popular ones in Youzhou Province. Of course, this news was attractive in Youzhou Province.

Additionally, Zhang Tie declared a message in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory soon after sharing properties with his elder brother——Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory was looking for business groups and clans across Taixia Country to produce Fiery Oil through cooperation. This news made the news that Zhang Tie had shared properties with his elder brother more shocking.

Soon after this message was released, many major clans became spirited.

In the past months, perhaps even Zhang Tie had not realized that Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory had become the focus of many clans across Taixia Country.

Except for idiots, anyone could realize the great value of Fiery Oil in economy and military; especially, Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory had already proved the value of Fiery Oil with new engines and airplanes. As a result, those major clans couldn’t wait to cooperate with Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory.

However, those who were qualified to be involved in the business of Fiery Oil in Taixia Country were definitely not ordinary business groups or clans. Besides focusing on the cooperation with Fiery-Dragon Bounty Territory on Fiery Oil, they were also focusing on Xuanyuan Hill.

In Xuanyuan Hill, Meng Shidao the leader of the Gobbling Party was destined to take over the position of prime minister of Taixia Country, which was one of the most remarkable positions in Taixia Country.

Everybody had known the animosity between the Gobbling Party and Zhang family of Huaiyuan Palace; especially Zhang Tie.

As Meng Shidao was going to ascend to the peak of his power in Taixia Country, many major clans in Taixia Country were weighing the advantages and disadvantages of cooperation with Qianji Hermit and Huaiyuan Palace on Fiery Oil.

Because of the hesitation, wait-and-see attitude of those major clans in Taixia Country towards Fiery Oil, Fiery Oil which had an extremely sensational effect and a time-epoching significance in black iron age didn’t arouse too much attention across Taixia Country except in Youzhou Province and the northeast military region.

Of course, it was just a superficial and temporary phenomenon; in the final analysis, the great value of Fiery Oil couldn’t be ignored.

Those major clans were slowly considerating and weighing the advantages and disadvantages of cooperation with Fiery-Dragon Bounty Territory on Fiery Oil as none of them would like to offend the top three chancellors in Taixia Country first; however, in Taixia Country, there were always many people who didn’t care who were top three chancellors.

After Lord Guangnan’s Mansion and Heavens Fortune Sect declared that they started to produce Fiery Oil within their own territories, those major clans in Taixia Country gradually became relaxed.

The current situation was as follows: a group of hungry kids was drooling as they watched a cage of steamed stuffed buns. However, when they saw an adult with a whip in hand a few meters away, they hesitated at once. Those kids exchanged glances with each other and were itching for a try; however, nobody dared rush out first. They were all waiting for someone brave to rush out…

Those kids were clear that they would not be punished if they all rushed out at the same time; however, the one who rushed out first would be punished for sure.

When these kids were hesitating, two adults walked over there and picked up the steamed buns before enjoying them.

Those kids kept swallowing their saliva as they longed for the steamed buns.

Those kids were major clans in Taixia Country while steamed buns referred to Fiery Oil. Of course, the 2 adults were Heavens Fortune Sect and Lord Guangnan’s Mansion.

When these kids were hesitating, another one walked to the table and started to enjoy the steamed buns.

This one was Guan Clan of Mingwu Palace, the very clan of Guan Qianchong the commander of Black Armor Army of Taxia Country.

Guan Clan was the third partner of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory on Fiery Oil. Guan Clan of Mingwu Palace’s participation in the feast of sharing Fiery Oil made those hesitating major clans relaxed at once. Besides preparing to cooperate with Qianji Hermit to produce Fiery Oil, Guan Clan also brought the orders for Fiery Oil and airplanes to Fiery-Dragon Bounty Territory. Later on, Black Armor Army even assigned 2,000 crews of airships to learn how to drive airplanes in the aviation academy in Fiery-Dragon Bounty Territory…

Black Armor Army was one of the top 4 armies in Taixia Country. Such an army was almost a good model of all the other armies in Taixia Country. To a certain extent, the attitude of Black Armor Army was as same as that of the top 4 armies, the military and the commander-in-chief, one of the top 3 chancellors in Xuanyuan Hill.

Black Armor Army needed Fiery Oil, what did this mean?

It meant that the military and the commander-in-chief of Taixia Country thought that the value of Fiery Oil to armies was much more important than the reputation of the Gobbling Party even the moods of Meng Shidao.

Now that Black Armor Army had expressed their stance, of course the other 3 top armies in Taixia Country stood on the side of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Now that the top 4 armies had expressed their attitude, not to mention the provincial and prefectural armies across Taixia Country. As a result, the market of Fiery Oil in Taixia Country was opened at once.

Except for profit, those private armies of major clans would also regard the top 4 armies of Taixia Country as their good models and try their utmost efforts to enhance the military capability of their private armies by Fiery Oil. Even Lord Guangnan’s Mansion, Heavens Fortune Sect and Guan Clan had stood on the side of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, not to mention the other major clans.

Right then, the news that Qianji Hermit and his elder brother shared properties with each other spread over. Closely after that, the news that Qianji Hermit was looking for cooperators to produce Fiery Oil spread over Taixia Country.

Especially the second news which was really a timely rain for those major clans who had been longing to cooperate with Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Now that Qianji Hermit had thrown out the olive branch, many people’s dream would come true.

Therefore, Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory was filled with airboats once again.

Only after a few days, Qianji Hermit had declared in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory that all the major clans that had cooperation and marital relations with Tang Clan the Shengzhou provincial governor’s clan would be excluded from this feast for Fiery Oil. Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory would never collaborate with these clans.

After hearing this news, someone was muddle-headed; someone felt pleasant; however, those major clans which collaborated with Tang Clan in Shengzhou Province became dumbfounded completely.

Everyone knew that the Tang Clan was the backbone of the Gobbling Party. But why Qianji Hermit fired Tang Clan this time? After inquiring about it secretly, they had known the reason. It turned out that a grandson of Tang Gaolin the Shengzhu provincial governor talked rubbish in Jinwu City by slandering the relation between Qianji Hermit and Zhang Yang a few days ago. Later on, he was put behind upon bars in Jinwu City. After this event deteriorated, the Supreme Court assigned an exclusive official to save him out of there. Even so, his ramblings and this event still spread over Jinwu City and Youzhou Province. Qianji Hermit even shared properties with his elder brother due to this event.

Qianji Hermit was infuriated. Of course, he would vent his spite on Tang Clan.

Provincial governors’ clans like Tang Clan must have marital relations with a lot of clans. Now that they had marital relations with each other, it was normal for them to have trade ties. Actually, major clans in Taixia Country were always close to each other through marital relations and trade ties.

Therefore, Qianji Hermit directly prevented these major clans which had relations with Tang Clan from sharing the feast of Fiery Oil out of fury…

Only after Qianji Hermit released the message for 2 days, the marital relation between Tang Clan and another major clan in Shengzhou Province had blown up…

Zhang Tie’s one sentence sent many clans in Shengzhou Province and the neighboring provinces in general turmoils…

Fiery Oil, crop failure, the aftermath of the catastrophe of bloody figures, the threat brought by the remnants of Heavens Reaching Church. This July was not only hot but also berserk…

Among disruptions, the news that demons corps appeared outside a barren province in the west of Taixia Country and many cities collapsed in one day struck everybody in Taixia Country like a basin of icy water in winter…