Capítulo 1829: Chapter 1831: Demand an Explanation
The one who instructed the Dong family to steal the railroad tracks turned out to be a very peculiar master: Duke Changsheng of Donghua Country.
The slave worker bound by the Dong family knew so information, but it was only superficial.
However, the reason given by the Duke’s Mansion for stealing the railroad tracks was quite incredible: he needed a large amount of iron to craft weapons.
Although the duke was known as “Changsheng,” he remained very low-key dostically. Just the ntion of this title suggests the suspicion and pressure he would endure.
Soone from the Dong family was an official in the capital and later connected with the Duke’s Mansion. Five years ago, the Duke’s Mansion hoped the Dong family would prepare a batch of weapons. They didn’t say what it was for, but it was evident that the Dong family had no power to refuse.
In Donghua Country, steel is a monopoly. Additionally, the iron-slting technology in Donghua is sowhat backward. So the Dong family quietly crafted weapons and armor, but the quantities were very limited.
The Duke’s Mansion was sowhat dissatisfied with the Dong family’s efficiency. They originally wanted them to quietly source so black iron from the Zhao Family Fortress, but the Zhao Family Fortress unknowingly provoked Mount Zhige and was completely wiped out by Feng Jun.
Recently, the Dong family was worried about where to gather another batch of steel to craft weapons, and then Mount Zhige started laying railroad tracks.
This was too tempting. The Dong family hadn’t decided whether to make a move when soone from the Duke’s Mansion ca and said, “Aren’t you always complaining about the lack of steel? There’s plenty at your doorstep.”
The Dong family asked if it was appropriate to take things belonging to an immortal.
The person who ca replied, “What about immortals? I am also a Qi-Refining Practitioner.”
This person demonstrated his cultivation level and then told the people of the Dong family, “Mountain Master Feng won’t care about these mundane matters—haven’t you noticed how long he’s been away? As long as you only steal the railroad tracks and don’t harm anyone, there won’t be a major issue.”
The Dong family actually knew that the Donghua Royal Family had connections with the Immortal Family. It seed like Duke Changsheng had rebellious intents—at the very least was discontent with solitude. Therefore, it wasn’t surprising that the Duke’s Mansion could connect with the Immortal Family.
So their subsequent actions, including the ferntation of public opinion, were tacitly approved by a few insiders in the Dong family.
Even Dong Shuisheng—originally known as Brother Shuisheng—was aware of this matter. He wanted to oppose it, but it was useless.
This news took Zhang Caixin by surprise, “This duke… could he have been utilized by so cultivation force?”
She was gradually getting accustod to the mindset of the Kunhao Plane. Mortals usually couldn’t provoke immortals, let alone soone of Feng Jun’s caliber, so… maybe soone in the Cultivation World was plotting against Mount Zhige.
Thus, finding out the mastermind behind the scenes was crucial to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.
Feng Jun smiled indifferently, “It’s unnecessary. What kind of achievent could a mastermind behind stealing railroad tracks really attain? Our ti should be spent on cultivation. Obsessing over such trivial matters might just play into soone else’s hand.”
Gazi couldn’t bear this, “Brother Jun… can we just let it go like this?”
“How could we just let it go?” Feng Jun smiled, “What I an is, we don’t need to worry about such minor matters. Let Donghua Country provide an explanation to Mount Zhige, and that’s enough.”
After speaking, he asked Sister Hong to invite the people from the Tiantong Comrcial Alliance.
The Tiantong Courtyard at the entrance of Mount Zhige was considered an important stronghold for the Eastern Sub-rudder. Although Huang Fu Flawless was already at the second layer of the Out of Dust Realm, she had never given up this position—her cultivation level was even higher than the head of the Tiantong Donghua Division.
However, this was easily understood. Tiantong’s task in the Mortal Realm was to collect certain rare heavenly materials and treasures.
And in Donghua Country, Mount Zhige’s trade was the most frequent. Not to ntion, just perfu’s transaction volu matched the total business volu of other parts of Donghua. Additionally, the Huang Fu Family also monopolized mortal communication in the Cultivation World, so it’s natural for them to value Mount Zhige.
Currently, the person stationed at Mount Zhige on behalf of Tiantong held the seventh layer of the Qi Refining stage, a quite respectable level in the Mortal Realm.
The person in charge quickly arrived and, upon receiving Feng Jun’s instruction, promptly and respectfully stated, “Alright, I will ensure you get an explanation promptly.”
Tiantong’s infiltration and execution ability were indeed strong. They maintained substantial relations with the Royal Family of Donghua Country, and now the Eastern Sub-rudder of Donghua Country was even more dominant than the Tiantong Donghua Division.
Three days later, Mount Zhige received express delivery from Donghua Country—the head of Duke Changsheng.
Zhang Caixin and others showed appropriate surprise—after all, he was a duke. How did they deliver his head in just three days?
Feng Jun was not surprised at all. The Cultivation World had such a strong influence over the Mortal Realm.
It’s like Hong Kong Kowloon on Earth. In the past, whoever was known as a big shot in the underground world, but after ’97, what did they really count for?
However, Gazi still felt a bit regretful, “It’s a pity, with his death, we can’t find out who wants to deal with us.”
“You always miss the point, you can’t go on like this,” Feng Jun spoke bluntly, “Sing the right song for the right mountain; since we’re developing in the Secular World, intimidating it is enough. If there’s really a problem in the Cultivation World, we can deal with it there.”
He truly didn’t think the Cultivation World would have any significant impact—if there really was a mastermind behind the scenes, their vision was simply too narrow. That level of scheming posed no threat to Mount Zhige.
Yang Yuxin supported his view. Despite being the lowest in cultivation level among the people from the Earth Realm, her sense of the big picture and insight might even surpass Sister Hong—it’s not that Sister Hong lacked ability, but she didn’t have Director Yang’s experience.
Director Yang’s suggestion was, “Hang the head of General Changsheng at the Dong Family Village to intimidate the petty crooks as much as possible.”
One must say, the elites that erge from the inherent system are indeed sharp; she keenly identified what Mount Zhige currently needed—it’s about establishing deterrence in the Secular World!
The matters of the Cultivation World no longer troubled Feng Jun, and his future developnt would also be in the Cultivation World, so now in the Mortal Realm, Feng Jun just needed to leave a reputation.
Thus, keeping General Changsheng’s head at Mount Zhige was truly insignificant, as Feng Jun wouldn’t have much ti to manage here in the future. It would be better hung at Dong Family Village.
Dong Family Village already had too many heads hung and nurous corpses dangling.
The magistrate of Zhige County took the train to Mount Zhige, wanting to know what happened there, but he didn’t even enter Feng Jun’s territory before being told—Dong Family Village was disrespectful to the immortals, daring to steal railroad tracks, so… that’s what happened.
The news had already spread in Fushan County and was even expanding beyond. A punishnt of mortals by an immortal hadn’t been heard of for nearly twenty years, and this news was shocking enough.
It’s believed that for three to five years, no one would contemplate stealing railroad tracks. Adding the head of General Changsheng could perhaps ensure ten years of peace—but it’s hard to say for longer, who knows what might happen in the future?
The killing of General Changsheng actually stirred so waves in Donghua Country, and so even thought it was a conspiracy by the Royal Family.
The Royal Family certainly wouldn’t take the bla for this. Although they had wanted to kill General Changsheng for a long ti, why take the bla when there’s a ready scapegoat?—It was General Changsheng who offended the immortals of Mount Zhige; we wouldn’t have been able to protect him.
Under such circumstances, Lord Beiyuan’s younger brother ca, and Brother Bao said: “Your railway is quite nice, can you sell a set?”
Brother Bao was an old acquaintance of Feng Jun. He wasn’t particularly wealthy but liked to show off. In short, he was another pitiful person, engaging in antics just to make everyone know he hadn’t fallen out of the mainstream circles.
Feng Jun didn’t want to provoke him and just asked why he wanted to buy the railway, knowing many saw its potential but no one thought it worth spending a fortune on.
The foundational investnt of a railway was simply too large, especially as Donghua Country was a vast but sparsely populated place with low productivity. Why use a railway when carriages could solve the problem?
This wasn’t Feng Jun’s speculation; it was feedback from much information.
The trade fair had been running for many days already; could the new trains and railways not catch people’s attention?
Plenty of people were interested, but no one was foolish. They all noticed that the cost was too high, and not even inquiries were made about the cost of the railway—at most, they asked how much a locomotive was worth.
In a materially deficient society, this was the reality. They didn’t even inquire about the cost of carriages because they could make them themselves—though they might lack comfort, did adding so wheels to a flatbed cost money?
Feng Jun was a bit curious as to why others weren’t planning to buy trains, but Brother Bao wanted them?
Brother Bao’s answer was as consistently profligate as ever. He felt his villa was a bit large, and taking friends around was rather tedious. Since you have this thing, he wanted to build a track from his ho to the villa and even lay a circle within the villa.
Feng Jun listened and felt a bit emotional; indeed, typical sparsely populated ntality, similar to those wealthy tycoons in the Earth Realm, actually laying railroads in his own ho… But why hadn’t I thought of laying a railroad around Mount Zhige? My horizons are indeed lacking.
Joking about horizons aside, the key was that this was not a place he frequently stayed, and besides, building a railroad around Mount Zhige would be quite a large project.
But since Brother Bao wanted to buy a train, Feng Jun didn’t intend to make much money, so he recomnded a small train.
A few steam era the parks used this type; the track width was the sa, and while the equipnt was simpler, the horsepower was limited, capable of pulling four fifty-ton freight cars or ten passenger cars.
Brother Bao wanted a bigger one, but Feng Jun wouldn’t sell it; he didn’t even sell the sleepers, saying he would sell him so equipnt for a small cent plant instead, to make them himself, saving money, and the cent plant could still make money after making the sleepers.
Brother Bao wasn’t good at business, but after learning about cent, he imdiately expressed that he wanted as much of this equipnt as Feng Jun had.
He considered cent a relatively high-end product; initially, there might not be many users, rather similar to Feng Jun’s judgnt. In a society where adobe houses were the norm, wooden houses were considered luxurious, but it represented the trend for future developnt.
He even thought about where cent should be sold in the early stages—it would be used to repair city walls, of course.
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