The affair of Ji Hong’s siblings is surely considered a major event in Hongn City;
But placing it in the entirety of Great Xia, it definitely won’t cause much of a stir.
To put it bluntly, apart from the Dragon Martial Army, Xu Family, Zhao Family, and a small portion of people who have so connection with Ji Hong’s siblings or know them, most people who hear about it won’t pay it much mind.
Great Xia is simply too large now.
At the Cold Yuan Banquet at the beginning of the year, Director of the Military Departnt Yuwen Dao officially unveiled the latest map of Great Xia. Currently, Great Xia’s total territory spans 23,000 square kiloters, and the population reaches as high as 2.66 million. Excluding the 22 districts of the Outer City, there are 65 external posts.
Each of the 22 districts of Xia City has a population of over 100,000; the population of the 65 external posts varies, but even the smallest post has more than 2,000 people, and larger ones like the established city of Long Mountain have populations of 100,000, and even more extre, like the port city of Hongn, where the population is over 300,000 and continuously climbing.
With such large territory and population, isn’t it normal for sothing to happen daily?
Although Great Xia has changed drastically, the dangerous undertone of the Ice Abyss World has never changed. Even today, in the 22 districts of Xia City, there are still frequent occurrences of missing and dead individuals who venture outside; this happens even in Xia City, protected by the Holy Tripod and thoroughly guarded, let alone the external posts.
In fact, if not for Ji Hong’s top-grade battle body talent and his identity as a soldier of the Dragon Martial Army, his defection wouldn’t even beco a hot topic, and his sister Ji Jiang’s death wouldn’t have possibly spread at all.
Since last May, Great Xia formally moved eastward to establish exchanges with the Eight Towns and integrate into the southern slope of Moao Mountain, the entire camp has seen a rapid developnt phase. Following the opening of the port in July and the post-war Three Towns Integration proposed by Xia Hong in September, this wave of developnt was further fueled.
The overall developnt of the camp is intricately linked to individuals.
Just the opening of Hongn alone contained countless opportunities for pursuit of wealth, visible to anyone with a bit of wit.
Not to ntion the subsequent integration of the Three Towns.
For individuals, as long as they keep up with this wave of camp developnt, enhance their cultivation, strengthen their capabilities, change their social class, and totally reverse their fate to beco part of the mid-to-high tier of Great Xia, it is certainly possible.
Across Great Xia, from the high tiers to ordinary hunting and collection teams, everyone is busy and imrsed, with daily tasks overflowing, hardly anyone would have the ti to pay attention to Ji Hong’s siblings.
Therefore, the siblings’ popularity only lasted over a month in Hongn City before it gradually ceased to be ntioned.
As ti slowly passed to May, following the spread of a more exciting and sensational news, the affair of Ji Hong’s siblings was utterly forgotten.
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The ninth year of Great Xia, May 8th, night
Hongn, South City Archway
A team of over twenty young n and won gazed at the bustling South City Main Street, their faces filled with shock and emotion.
"Isn’t the number of people a bit overwhelming?"
"I feel it’s more than our Town City people!"
"Didn’t Second Uncle say, when we ca, that Hongn has a population just over 400,000?"
"Just looking at this section, there must be over 100,000!"
"Earlier in the Town City, I heard people say that the liveliest place in the Nine Towns now is Hongn City. I didn’t believe it initially, but now I do."
.........
Xiahou Qingqing, hearing the surrounding voices of surprise, showed a smile and explained, "It’s because of the population density. Hongn’s total area is only 25 square kiloters, barely a tenth of our Town City, yet its population is already half of ours, so naturally, it appears livelier than our Town City."
Upon hearing her explanation, everyone imdiately understood.
"Wow, look over there, so much delicious food!"
The youngest in the team, Jiang Yining, had already focused on the food stalls on both sides of the main street, her eyes shining with excitent, which made everyone chuckle and tease her.
"Ah Ning, I’ve heard there are at least a thousand kinds of delicious food in Hongn. We’re staying here for over a month, enough ti for you to try them all."
"Won’t that turn you into a little fatty?"
"Haha, no worries, Ah Ning isn’t afraid of gaining weight."
"By the ti Ah Ning goes back, might even be too plump for Third Uncle to recognize."
"Hahaha..."
"Shoo, shoo, shoo, you guys are the ones who’ll turn into little fatties!"
Jiang Yining, just over fifteen this year, was naturally spirited. Being teased by her older brothers and sisters, she instantly retorted but then rembered sothing, she turned to look at Xiahou Qingqing, her eyes rolling mischievously as she playfully remarked, "Qingqing Sis, isn’t your fiancé a bit inconsiderate? We’re so many people visiting, yet he hasn’t shown up at all."
"Yes, yes, didn’t Xiao Hen promise last month in Jiangxia that he would treat us to a al when we arrived in Hongn this month? Where is he? Where is he?"
"Qingqing Sis, quickly call your fiancé here."
"Yes, call him over quickly."
......
Being teased collectively, Xiahou Qingqing’s face suddenly turned red, stamring for quite a while, unable to respond.
"Apologies for keeping everyone waiting, sorry!"
But soon, soone ca to her rescue.
A young man wearing black sumr clothes, with a handso face, hurriedly walked over from the direction of North City. Seeing the group from Jiangxia, he imdiately smiled, cupped his hands, and apologized.
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