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Chapter 1368: Chapter 42: Great Emperor VS Earth Emperor (Requesting Monthly Tickets)_3 Chapter 1368: Chapter 42: Great Emperor VS Earth Emperor (Requesting Monthly Tickets)_3 “Marshal, rest assured, this matter is on me.”

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Xinping Town, Changning Defense.

In just under a century, Xinping Town had already become the leading town in the Pan-Anjiang Basin and the Pan-Eastern Sea Basin.

Changing with each passing day perfectly describes Xinping Town.

Now, according to the statistics from the household registration center of Xinping Town, the total population of the area had reached three million people. Apart from the local population, it also included a large number of migrant workers who were distributed across various farms, major production bases, and numerous industries.

The earliest group of civilians who were relocated from near the main residence of the Wang family in Ping’an Town were now rich enough to live comfortably; just renting out the land allocated to them initially for housing was enough to ensure a heavenly life for each family.

For the enterprises and prominent families of Da Qian, not having a branch or a base in Xinping Town meant truly falling behind.

Thanks to the deepening expertise of the Wang family in cement development, high-grade cement had been widely applied in Xinping Town and transformed into buildings structured with reinforced concrete, maximizing the use of limited land area.

However, cement belongs to a high-energy-consuming and somewhat polluting industry, and the Changning Defense area had gradually phased out outdated cement industries. The cement manufacturing industry had gradually been relocated to the territories governed by the Yan family in Longzuo.

Of course, while phasing out outdated industries, the Wang family also made several improvements to the new production processes in terms of environmental protection and energy consumption, to minimize the damage to the natural environment as much as possible.

Of course, it was just an improvement as much as possible.

Now, including the Wang family, the demand for cement in all of Da Qian was growing year by year, and the current production capacity was still far from meeting the demand; stopping was absolutely impossible.

Xinping Town, Xitang Street.

A hundred years ago, this place was considered a remote area outside the jurisdiction.

Now, it had turned into a bustling commercial street with a dense flow of people.

The geographical advantage near Xinping Port had made the shops along the street become hotspots for branches of various industries and residences of prominent families; the prices of the shops here were changing daily and had even surpassed those of Longzuo County Town.

Xinshun Building, a fifty-year-old restaurant, was situated in the busiest area.

“Waiter, a pot of Fire Crystal Burn, five catties of cooked Spirit Horned Yak beef, a large plate of steamed Red-tailed Spirit Fish, and a few Spirit Vegetables. I’d like a table near the window,” said Captain Zhuge Liangcai of the patrol team, who was rarely off duty today. He wore a well-tailored suit as he entertained some distant relatives.

“Hey, isn’t that Captain Zhuge?” the waiter greeted Zhuge Liangcai with a beaming smile, “I’m really sorry, all the window seats are taken today. How about I arrange a quiet private room for you?”

Zhuge Liangcai was just about to respond with a smile when one of the middle-aged female distant relatives behind him said, “Uncle Liangcai, aren’t you the Captain of the Wang’s Patrol Team? How can you not secure a window seat?”

Zhuge Liangcai was taken aback and somewhat lost face.

He scanned around and indeed found no window seats available. He then said, “Guihua Six Aunt, Xinshun Building is really busy today, indeed there are no seats left. How about we make do today, and I’ll reserve a window seat for tomorrow?”

The ancestors of his Zhuge family were from Lingbei, who fled south during a major flood in Peace River many years ago and were later sheltered by the Wang family in a refugee camp.

Later, by working for the Wang family in building dikes and dredging rivers, they settled in Ping’an Town. After an expansion of Main Residence of the Wang Family, the Zhuge family moved to the vicinity of Xitang Street in Xinping Town, and, over the years, thanks to the development benefits from the Wang family, their living conditions improved significantly.

There’s a saying that goes, “In bustling cities, no one asks the poor; in remote mountains, rich relatives appear.”

It was also strange that after their ancestor stabilized his position, he insisted on going back to his hometown, claiming that “when dead, leaves should return to the roots.” While relatives acknowledged this, it brought about a lot of trouble. Now that Xinping Town had developed more prosperously, distant relatives came to seek refuge every now and then.

Just Zhuge Liangcai alone had already received seven batches of distant relatives, laboriously helping them arrange accommodations and jobs.

To be honest, he was incredibly annoyed inside, but he feared that these distant relatives, who couldn’t even be considered closely related, would badmouth him behind his back, poking at the spine of the Zhuge family, so he could only bear it for the time being.

After all, the tombs of his great-grandfather Zhuge Wenya and second ancestor Zhuge Tiedan were still in their ancestral land, fearing someone might act out of spite.

“Hehe~” Guihua Six Aunt raised her eyebrows sarcastically, “Folks say your branch is thriving in Xinping Town, wielding power and wealth. If you disdain us few poor relatives, just say so openly. We won’t cling and refuse to leave.”

The expressions of the other distant relatives also soured.

Being a captain of the patrol team and unable to secure a window seat—did that not show lack of importance?

“Liangcai, you mustn’t be heartless. It’s us who take care of your ancestor’s graves…”

“Guihua Six Aunt, Brother Six, and the two uncles,” sighed Zhuge Liangcai helplessly, “please wait here, I’ll see what I can arrange.”

Saying this, he took another look at the situation at several tables by the windows.

A few of them were obviously either rich or noble and seemed difficult to deal with, while only one table was occupied by two plainly dressed elderly men, who, observing their whispering and restless glances, did not appear to be very influential.

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