Castle of Black Iron - Chapter 1455

Chapter 1455




Even though the day had just broken, Zhang Tie found that the outside of the airport had begun to be active when he left the airport .  

Being over 12 miles away from Dongyang City, this airport was previously barren saline and alkaline land . A small town had already taken shape around this airport .  

There were two boisterous commercial streets outside the airport with hotels and various stores in the streets . As the sun had come out, the hotels and taverns had started to sell breakfast .  

Some taxis were already waiting in the parking lot outside the airport for the business . Among those taxis, Zhang Tie found 2/3 of them were traditional coal-fueled steam vehicles; 1/3 of them were fiery-oil taxis . These taxis were all matched with dual-drive engines whose displacement was basically below 1 . 0 liter, fewer than that of cross-country vehicles . Recently, as Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory pushed out more and more dual-drive engines of different types and displacements, these dual-drive engines with minor displacements were improving the lives of people in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory .

Besides, many farming machines in farmland, such as combine harvester and multi-functional tractor were installed with dual-drive engines, which brought people great efficacy in the farmland .  

With a buzz, a two-wheeled motorcycle rushed out of the exit of the underground garage of the airport behind Zhang Tie . The rider wore a helmet and a leather jacket which were similar to that of pilot's .

The buzz of the motorcycle aroused the attention of many people in the street . The rider enjoyed being attractive very much . Accelerating his vehicle, he drove into the distance and disappeared in the street .



The production of the dual-drive engine also led to the reappearance of this traffic tool which could only be seen in the materials about the times before the Catastrophe . The motorcycle won the favor of some people . Before fiery oil was produced, the volume and power of its engine could barely coordinate with its manipulation . In this age, motorcycles could be rarely seen in the street . Some factories or mechanical manufacturers could build two-wheeled motorcycles, which, however, were as odd-looking as monsters and suffered from shortcomings in poor convenience, safety and amenity .  

Watching that motorcycle which drove away like a lightning bolt and those fiery-oil cars which could be taken as taxis, Zhang Tie suddenly had a blurry, strange feeling .

Finally, Zhang Tie revealed a smile as he got on a common steam taxi . . .

. . .

"Ahh, they're repairing the road ahead . My car couldn't pass by . Therefore, you'd better get off here . . . " It took the taxi more than half an hour to arrive there .  

Many building materials were piled on roadsides . As a result, taxis could barely pass by it . The moment the day broke, many people had started their work on the roadsides . In the rising dust, some locomotives were shattering those stones, causing loud sounds . . .

"Alright, just let me get off . I will take the rest of the distance by foot . . . "

"If you went to God's Favor Tower, it would still be 1 . 5-2 miles away . I'm afraid you have to bear the bad road condition . When I came here last time, it was still an unsurfaced road . However, I could pass by it last time . I'm afraid that it would take a few days for the road to be paved well . . . " The driver reminded Zhang Tie .



"Master, I will give you one gold coin . May you wait for me here for a few hours and send me back to the airport when I come back?"

"Ahh, aren't you kidding me or cheating me?" The driver looked at Zhang Tie with a dubious look as he added, "Even if I wait here one day for you, it wouldn't cost 10 silver coins . You let me wait for you here for one gold coin like an idiot? What if you escaped away without payment? If that really happens, I would be in vain today . Whom would I ask for money from? Do you really treat me as an idiot?"

After being dumbfounded for a second, Zhang Tie revealed a smile as he took out a gold coin and gave it to the driver, saying, "I pay you one gold coin in advance and you only need to wait for me here . If I don't come back when the sun sets, you could leave!"

After weighing the gold coin, the driver instantly revealed a brilliant smile as he said, "Sure, I will wait for you here . It's no problem for me to wait for you for 1 week, not to mention 1 day . . . "

Zhang Tie then gave the driver a gold coin before getting off . The driver turned the car around as he parked it in a tree shade on the roadside .  

. . .

Zhang Tie got off the vehicle in a new farm village and town about 40 miles away from Dongyang City .

Although vehicles couldn't pass by it, people could pass by it easily .  Neither did Zhang Tie feel the road dirty as he walked towards the distance along the roadside drainage ditch made of stones and cement .

As it was in April, the farms on roadsides appeared green because of luxuriant French beans . At this moment, the day had totally broken as more and more farmers entered the farmland .  

Like those in farmland, construction workers could be seen almost everywhere on the road . These construction workers just lived in roadside tents, male or female, old or young . Although the accommodation condition was not good, everybody enjoyed very high morale when at work . With hopeful eye light and smile, they looked very thrilled . Someone even sang work songs, the rhythm of which aroused the resonance of all the others .  

"Come on, come on . . . "

"Heyo . . . heyo . . . "

"Let's repair the road . . . "

"Heyo . . . heyo . . . "

"Let's fix the road . . . "

"Heyo . . . heyo . . . "

"For the bright future . . . "

"Heyo . . . heyo . . . "

The work song was passionate and generous with the special rhythm of dialect in Hua regions . It was of strong influence . The tone was featured by people in the western provinces of Taixia Country; instead of that in Youzhou Province and Northeast Military Region .

Zhang Tie didn't see any indolent person on the road . Everyone was doing labor work in laughter and songs . Maybe only these laborers could sense how happy and hard it was for them to build their own homeland with efforts .  

The others might only feel it interesting; however, Zhang Tie felt pretty satisfied as the forthright work song sounded as beautiful as the nature call . . .