Chapter 996: Fire Dragon Bounty Territory
Trantor: WQL Editor: Aleem
The patch ofnd that Zhang Tie chose was in the southwest of Youzhou Province. The core region of thend was a part of Yangui Mountain Range. It was Miyun Prefecture of Youzhou province in the northeast of thend. Three cities in the north of Yangui Mountain Range were included into thisnd.
Zhang Tie remembered that he had met the head and elders of Li n from Miyun Prefecture in White Tiger tform when he fought for the provincial governor of Youzhou Province for Zhang Taixuan 3 years ago. The overall strength of Li n only ranked lower-middle among the so many major ns in Youzhou Province. Zhang Tie remembered that the entire Li n only had 4 ck iron knights, plus the head and elders. It could not even match Zhang n of Huaiyuan Pce who had caught up from behind after winning thepetition for the provincial governor of Youzhou Province, not to mention deep-rooted Lu n and Gu n in Youzhou Province.
It was the south border of Yangui Mountain Range in the southernmost part of this privatend which neighbored Tongzhou Province. Zhang Tie found that 4 cities being close to Yangui Mountain were included into his privatend.
It was the north border of Yangui Mountain Range in the northernmost part of this privatend which neighbored Yangzhou Province, the hub of the Northeast Military Region of Taixia Country. Four cities of Yangzhou Province were included into Zhang Tie’s privatend.
Those cities in Zhang Tie’s privatend were not advanced in development level given the map; additionally, most of the privatend was mountain areas and mountain forests. Therefore, this green block was almost thergest one among all the green clocks on the map. Only after a glimpse at it, Zhang Tie had known that this privatend was about 0.8 million square miles because it was 1/3rger than the area of Yanghe Prefecture of Zhang n.
Coincidentally, this triangr region was only thousands of miles away from the Zanggu teau that he had bought at a high price in Youzhou Province in the north.
There were over 100 green blocks on the map of Taixia Country. If Zhang Tie adored prosperity, he could have chosen some provinces and prefectures which were much better than the Youzhou territory in the Northeast Military Region of Taixia Country. If Zhang Tie was ambitious, he could choose his privatend near the south border of Taixia Country, where he could revitalize the Great Wilderness Sect over billions of square miles’nd and be the king in the south of Taixia Country as long as the conditions became mature.
When he caught sight of the block on the south border of Taixia Country, Zhang Tie’s heart indeed raced; however, the domineering thought was instantly ignored. As the Great Wilderness Sect had been exterminated, Zhang Tie was not interested in raising this banner once again. He didn’t even know the enemy of the Great Wilderness Sect yet. It was very risky for him to inherit the legacy of the Great Wilderness Sect on the south border of Taixia Country at this moment. Now that those people could annihte the Great Wilderness Sect in its heyday, it was not difficult for them to crack down an earth knight. The Cloud Crane had made it clear in the will that it was very risky yet profitable to raise the banner of the Great Wilderness Sect. It was meaningless for Zhang Tie to establish his undertaking at this moment.
By contrast, if he selected the privatend near Youzhou Province, he could protect his family members and asionally meet them in another status. He could receive the message from his family members at any time. As for Zhang Tie, it was very hard for him to refuse this choice. With this choice, the arrest order for him almost became ineffective in Taixia Country; additionally, he could develop his own force in the status of Cui Li and continue to investigate the one who framed him secretly. One stone for two birds.
’I’m afraid that nobody could imagine that I would return to Youzhou Province in this way after being wanted for 2 years.’
When he thought that he might meet his family members soon, Zhang Tie became thrilled inside.
However, Zhang Tie also knew that it was not the right moment for him to return to Youzhou Province. It was notte at least after the battle in Tiewei Mountain. This battle was a rare opportunity for him to make military exploits.
"Thend that you’ve chosen is in the southwest of Yangui Mountain Range. Neighboring three provinces of Northeast Military Region in Taixia Country, the privatend contains 18.76 million people. Although its poption is notrge, the 10 cities have reached a scale in industrial andmercial industries. Additionally, the privatend had over 70 resources such as iron ores, copper ores, coal mines, silver ores, lead-zinc ores, etc.. There were also a lot of rare resources in Yangui Mountain Range, most of which had not been explored yet. After you took over thisnd officially, Taixia party would only keep the taxation and judicial agencies in all the cities of your privatend in order to maintain the orders inside your privatend. You would have the right to manage all the other aspects in the 10 cities. You could appoint the administers of your private cities, issue private regtions in your privatend on the premise of not being contradictory to Taixia Laws!"
The major general started to exin it to Zhang Tie with a solemn look after seeing the privatend that Zhang Tie had selected, "Of course, you could also entrust your administrative right over your private cities to relevant authorities in the Northeast Military Region. The administrative fees will be deducted from the taxes in cities. There’s one point that you should know that the ownership of private properties and resources will remain unchanged after you took them over as they are under the protection of "Taixia Laws". You have the ownership of the governmental real estates and assets and the corresponding jurisdiction and disposal right on them!"
"There are private properties in my privatend?"
"Of course, as long as there were people, there would be private properties. The ownership of these private properties and resources are mainly fixed assets in the 10 cities, such as private real estates and shops of residents. The private properties and resources outside the 10 cities are mainly viges and arablends as well as private mines. Generally, as the 10 cities were built by the country, the government still owns over 60% ofnd and real estates in each of the 10 cities. As for thend outside the cities, 99% of them belong to you; at least half of the ores belong to you. The relevant materials about ownership were carefully recorded in these cities and the Northeast Military Region, which will be transferred to you!"
"How?"
"After you deal with the formalities here, you can take your authorized documents and certificates to the authorities in the Northeast Military Region whenever you want.. After you tell them about your status, the Land nning Department in Northeast Military Region would dispatch exclusive staff to deal with the corresponding formalities and documents for you! Later on, we will notice the relevant officials in the Northeast Military Region. From today on, until you came to deal with the formalities for your privatend, the ownership of all the officialnds and resources in your privatend would be frozen."
’I’ve not imagined that Taixia could be so considerate.’ Zhang Tie grinned after knowing the details, "Haha, let’s do it then. This Cui Li will select this green block as my privatend!"
"ording to the rules about privatend. Because your privatendbines different administrative regions from three provinces, you should name your privatend. From then on, it would be the official name of this privatend in official documents!"
Zhang Tie burst out intoughter as he felt it was funny, "Is there any learning about naming a privatend?"
"Privatend being rewarded due to military exploits would be named as XX bounty territory regardless of its area. In Taixia, bounty territory represents honor, which indicates that it is not bought, but is rewarded due to military exploits!"
Touching his bald head for a short while, Zhang Tie uttered, "Just call it Fire Dragon Bounty Territory!"
"Are you sure?"
"Sure!" Zhang Tie determined his decision.
"Okay!"
...
Half an hourter, an official document and the corresponding certificates being marked with some red seals had been prepared for Zhang Tie.
The moment Zhang Tie took these documents, he had thrown them into Castle of ck Iron. Until he left the tower, his heart was still racing.
Only after a short while, when Zhang Tie reappeared in the lobby, all the knights over there watched him in a formidable way.
...
2 dayster, a grim and vivid shadow demon specimen appeared in ck Armor Battlefortress.
On the same day, Zhang Tie left ck Armor Battlefortress and disappeared into the dense ck mist of Tiewei Mountain...