Standing on the top of a mountain peak outside Jinwu City, Zhang Tie couldn't prevent his heart from racing when he looked at Jinwu City in front of him .
4 years ago, Jinwu City was only on the drawings; however, it had already come true today .
Compared to Class A cities in Taixia Country, covering a bit more than 100 square miles, Jinwu City was just a small city . However, the boisterous scenery of constant airships above Jinwu City and the bustling crowd outside Jinwu City made it more like a prosperous commercial center or regional air traffic hub than a small city .
Railways and highways had been built . Standing on the top of the mountain peak, Zhang Tie could see crisscrossed railways and highways radiate in all directions from Jinwu City . Smoking trains were running on the railways like boas while various vehicles were shuttling back and forth on the highways .
As it was too boisterous inside the city, Zhang Tie had not imagined that there were two high and magnificent castles being about 1 mile away from the city . They were defending Jinwu City like two silent guards and could divide human flows . Many airships accessing to Jinwu City were parking in the airship bases in the periphery of the two castles .
There were some villages, towns and plants around Jinwu City and two castles within dozens of square miles . Everything in front of Zhang Tie's eyes was thriving and vigorous .
Zhang Tie even caught sight of a huge camp outside the city .
Like that inside Jinwu City, that large-scale camp also looked very boisterous . Of course, the boisterous scene was composed of shuttling steam armored vehicles, battle calls, collisions and sweat of numerous fighters and the dust flying in the air .
In Zhang Tie's lotus-flower eyes, although being dozens of miles away, that camp was still as clear as his own palm prints .
The banner in the camp was not the banner of the official army in Youzhou Province, Taixia Country, but the Jinwu banner of Zhang Clan, Huaiyuan Palace .
The Jinwu Banner was as overbearing as the emblem of Jinwu Business Group . On both sides of the golden bird, its one claw was holding a shield while its the other hand was holding a sword .
This was the symbol of the armored guards of Jinwu Business Group . In another word, it was the symbol of Zhang Tie's private army .
Under the Jinwu banner, the frozen fighters' firm and persistent looks didn't escape away from Zhang Tie's eyes .
Black sweat stains were left on the fighters' faces; the military officers and the steam armored vehicles were roaring . With the extremely rhythmic shocks and booms, the targeted slope was covered with pits . . .
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Only after throwing a glance at the size of the camp and the trainees on the battlefield, Zhang Tie had estimated the population of this armored forces——about 100,000 people .
Zhang family had changed a lot after 4 years .
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Being excited, Zhang Tie watched the Jinwu City in the distance for quite a while before finally taking in a deep breath and flashing away from the top of the mountain peak .
Half an hour later, Zhang Tie appeared in the huge shadow of the city wall of Jinwu City . He looked up at the super high city wall of Jinwu City .
When he looked at it from the top of the mountain peak in the distance, he didn't feel that the city wall of Jinwu City was too high; however, when he came to the foot of the city wall, Zhang Tie realized that it was really too high .
The city wall of Youzhou City, as a Class A city was only a bit higher than 70 m; however, the city wall of Jinwu City was higher than 100 m like a high tower . Standing at the foot of the city wall and looking up at the city wall, Zhang Tie felt its overwhelming qi .
There were various city-defense machines on the city wall . The steam ballistas and heavy centrifugal cannons made the city wall an iron hedgehog . Besides, there were many pieces of movable iron armors over the city wall . It was more like the configuration of a battle fortress than a city wall .
Jinwu City was just a small city; however, it was more like a huge battle fortress .
After Zhang Tie was framed by demons and Three-eye Association and had to escape away, his family members had started to build this city . At the sight of such a firm city wall, Zhang Tie knew what his family members were thinking about when they built the city .
'If not for the sake of safety, Jinwu City would not have such a deterrent city wall . This city wall is actually the portrayal of my elder brother's thought . Over the past 4 years, my elder might be thinking about how to make our family firmer everyday in case that any one of our family would suffer from any misfortune like me once again . '
'No, it won't . As I'm back . From then on, nobody could bully us anymore!'
Zhang Tie mumbled .
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"Wow, the city wall of Jinwu City is even higher than that of a Class A City . . . " A 17-18-year-old adolescent was exclaiming at the foot of the city wall .
Beside this adolescent, there was a middle-aged man at his 30s . They both looked like businessmen . The younger one looked naive while the elder one looked shrewd . Given their similar looks, Zhang Tie knew that they were father and son .
Many people who came to Jinwu City for the first time would stop and appreciate the magnificent city wall . Therefore, the demeanors of Zhang Tie and that adolescent at the foot of the city wall didn't look special at all .
"Do you want a photo at the foot of the city wall of Jinwu City? 2 gold coins per times . This is the highest city wall in the entire Northeast Military Region . If you pass by, you will miss this opportunity . . . " At the sight of Zhang Tie and the adolescent standing still there, a man with a camera instantly came to them for soliciting trade .
'The city wall could even be a scenery of Jinwu City . '
Zhang Tie burst out into laughter inside .
"We need to enter it now . We'd better settle down at first; after that, we have to take the sequence number and queue up tonight; if we're lucky enough, we could gain a chance to buy one case of vials of the all-purpose medicament . . . " The middle-aged man pulled the adolescent directly into the city, ignoring the photographer .
"Dad, is this all-purpose medicament really that popular in other provinces?" The adolescent asked him in a low and vigilant voice .
"It's very popular . I've already contacted the purchasers in Tongzhou Province . We could make 24 gold coins by selling one case of 12 vials of all-purpose medicament after increasing 2 gold coins for each vial . Although it's not too profitable and is a bit painstaking on the way as well as it will cost us some time, if we're lucky enough, we could travel here twice a year . . . " The middle-aged man replied in a low voice as he walked .
"When we're rich in the future, we will also buy an airship!" The adolescent said in a naive yet ambitious tone .
"Yup, it's nice to hear that you're so ambitious . Our Hong family's undertaking was gradually established through doing business by your father and your grandfather . . . " The father patted his son's shoulder and encouraged him pleasantly .
When the father and the son talked in low voice, they entered the crowd at the city gate . There were two teams of city-defense guards and military officers at the city gate of Jinwu City, who were watching the passers-by's faces and personal packages with flickering eyes . Unless they saw something special, they would not check or purposely make difficulties for someone .
Watching the father and the son entering the city gate, Zhang Tie also prepared to enter the city among the bustling crowd .
Zhang Tie was in a medium-sized figure; he looked a bit strong and was dressed like a common warrior that could be seen everywhere in Taixia Country . In this way, he was neither eye-catching nor mediocre . Besides a tough, fierce and intrepid face, there was a common walking saber on one side of his waist .
Zhang Tie could almost see 7-8 people in the similar dress among the crowd .
Besides, guards of business groups, independent warriors and some valiant pedlars almost looked similar .
After making a comparison, Zhang Tie found that more people carried weapons in the crowd than when he came to Taixia Country for the first time .
The moment Zhang Tie wanted to enter the city, he had caught sight of a military officer who hurriedly walked downstairs the tunnel in the city gate . The military officer whispered something to another military officer at the city gate . After hearing that, the military officer immediately became spirited as he hurriedly sorted his clothes .
The whisper of the military officer drifted into Zhang Tie's ears too, "The castellan is coming, watch out . . . "
After hearing this words, Zhang Tie almost stopped his footsteps right away .
'Castellan? Isn't he my dad?' Zhang Tie mumbled .
Only after a few seconds, a fleet of four black limos rapidly drove towards one side of the city gate and parked outside the city gate . Some people then got off the black limos . At the sight of this, the military officer at the city gate hurriedly walked over there and made a military tribute to one of them . Closely after that, he followed those people who had just got off vehicles and started to introduce something to them outside the city gate .
Because of sudden arrival of these people, many people who were accessing to the city gate turned around and looked at them out of curiosity .
However, after looking at the sharp eyes and sensing aggressive qi of those bodyguards, who were above LV 13, surrounding those people, none of the onlookers dared approach them .
Zhang Ping, Zhang Tie's dad was escorted by the crowd and came to the place where Zhang Tie stood still and looked up at the high city wall . He put his hand over his forehead to prevent sunlight from entering his eyes as he said, "This city wall is indeed high . It looks aggressive; as a result, Jinwu City feels intense . It's necessary to beautify it . . . "
When Zhang Ping said, a stenographer took down his words in shorthand . . .
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