Chapter 1048
Chapter 1048: Flames of War in the Immortal Province (I)
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Huian City, 80 km away in the south of Pingsha Valley . . .
Huian City was a Class D LV 3 city in Taixia Country .
The area of this city within the city wall only covered less than 30 square miles . There were large tracts of farmsteads outside the city . Taixia Country had been in peace for a long time . As one of the nine immortal provinces in Taixia Country, Zhongzhou Province had not broken out any war for hundreds of years . Therefore, Huian City maintained its original look . Although being matched with steam city-defense facilities, the city wall was only about 10 m in height .
From a certain degree, Huian City was an ancient city . Native residents were very proud of their own city . As Zhongzhou Province had many Class A cities, Huian City, as a small city which maintained its original look looked special and thought-provoking .
As the granary of Zhongzhou Province, Longxi Prefecture was famous for Huian rice and wheat . Additionally, Huian City was close to Huihe River, the water quality of which was suitable to brew liquor; therefore, Huian City was also famous for some brands of liquor in Longxi Prefecture . Huian City's Double-well Liquor was sold to other provinces and could even be seen in Xuanyuan Hill .
Huian City was famous for brewing liquor . Grains and liquor produced in Huian City were sold across Taixia Country . Over hundreds of years, local residents lived better and better due to diligence and intelligence . People in Huian City and its surroundings were wealthy and safe . Even the buildings inside the farmsteads nearby Huian City were tasteful and exquisite under the governance of the immortal province . Many barbarians who came to Huian City from subcontinents and saw the broad farmlands, garden-like farmsteads and the tidy buildings with rich Hua style in the farmsteads would exclaim that this was a paradise on the earth .
In an early morning of August, the sun had just risen . The boundless plain outside Huian City was covered with golden ears of wheat, which were very eyeable . . .
The wheat outside Huian City had grown mature . As it was a good weather, a lot of farmers had started their steam machines and prepared to reap ears of wheat . Due to the holy war, the prices of grains were rising steadily; especially this year . It was a bumper year . At the sight of the heavy ears of wheat in the fields, all the farmers outside Huian City revealed big smiles as they felt pretty pleasant inside . . .
The city gates in Zhongzhou Province would not close all the year round; the soldiers at the city gates would be on duty by shifts .
Even though native old men in Huian City didn't remember when the city gate of Huian City was closed last time . Last time, it might be closed during the 2nd holy war . From then on, nothing else could enable Huian City to close its city gate .
However, it was an exception today .
In the morning, a series of tidy and urgent footsteps drifted from the Zhengde Avenue being connected to the north gate of Huian City . In the astonishment of those who were accessing to the north city gate, a team of over 1,000 fully armored soldiers of Huian City rushed over here under the leadership of an officer . Those with sharp eyes even noticed some criminal hunters and officers in Huian Municipal Court among those soldiers .
"At the order of the castellan, close up all the city gates of Huian City right now; close up all the city gates of Huian City right now; Class I war preparedness; start all the steam city-defense equipment on the city walls right now . . . "
Before arriving at the city gate, the officer had started to roar .
Hearing the roars and watching the flurried movements of these soldiers, the north gate of Huian City became bustling at once . They didn't know what happened at all . Additionally, 2/3 of a fleet of vehicles was still in the city . After hearing that the city gate was going to be closed, the fleet sped up to leave the city .
"What's wrong with you? Haven't you heard me? Close the gate right away!" The officer was driven mad and rushed towards the driver of one vehicle which was still leaving the city orderly followed by some soldiers and two criminal hunters from Huian Municipal Court when he found that the pneumatic device remained still .
Watching the officer walking over here with a furious look, the squad of guards at the city gate remained silent . The team leader of these guards looked a bit embarrassed . A person who looked like a steward moved a few steps forward with a big smile as he explained, "Officer, this is the fleet of Double-well brewery . They are going to discharge cargo in the airship base outside the city . The rest of the fleet will leave the city gate in only 2 minutes . As these people at the city gate are all familiar with us, I invited them to spare 2 more minutes for us . Please forgive us . We only need 2 minutes . . . "
As Huian City had been in peace for so long, when the guards received the emergency order of closing the city gate, they were perplexed because they didn't have the sense of urgency at all . Additionally, as they were familiar with people from Double-well Brewery, which was well-known in Huian City, they intended to postpone 2 minutes to close the city gate so that the fleet of Double-well Brewery could leave the city gate .
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