Chapter 158 Finale (Section Begin) 1

Among the five continents and ten nations, when talking about the strongest and most prosperous nation whose high-echelon including the Emperor and officials from other nations and common people, everyone undoubtedly agreed it was Da Shi.

Within eight years, Da Shi had grown from a small county, which was as big as a small city, to an independent country around one-sixth of Da Hui. No wonder why it became famous.

Needless to say, Da Shi Nation, with Mount Da Shi as the center, was surrounded by Fan Luo, He Yuan, Xin Shi, and Xi Lou.

Fan Luo was the imperial city also Da Shi’s center of culture and politics.

All of the policies and orders were issued by the national capital, which was in the center of Fan Luo. All events and festivals were held in Hu Cheng Square, the biggest square in Fan Luo.

There was also the biggest compulsory school and library in Da Shi…

He Yuan was the foundation of Da Shi. All of the production sectors were planned and established in He Yuan before spreading out to other places in Da Shi, or even to other countries.

Situated along the two big roads, which were enough for four horse carriages traveling at the same time, connecting Fan Luo to He Yuan were almost all of the primary industries famous in five continents and ten nations. This included the pickle shop in He Yuan, the silk farm, the essence workshop, the wood carving and furniture workshop, the blacksmith shop… They had even penetrated the smaller industries in different fields, there were too many to emulate.

Xin Shi and Xi Lou were established six year ago. These areas used to be wasteland and isolated mountainous areas in the South where Da Hui didn’t pay attention. It was unknown why they were merged together with Da Shi’s territory. They had spent two years acquiring the land and four years to build up the areas. This year, these two cities had become the focus with a brand-new position.

Xin Shi was a small city where citizens mingled with merchants. It was pretty similar to the former Fan Luo City since it had a national road crossing the city from the West to the East to connect the two nations. Along this road were many inns, restaurants, bathhouses, groceries… built next to each other. Behind those shops were rows of beautiful and green courtyards, prepared for new residents or the businessmen who wanted to invest in this area.

Those people waiting for resettlement would move there when they received the compensation for their land acquisition. Their houses in Fan Luo City would be leveled to build more buildings for people or other public constructions.

Xi Lou was a unique city. Inside the city, besides the enormous farms exploited by Mount Da Shi’s foothills that belonged to private sectors, people could buy or sell the two-story, garden-styled courtyards. The grand shops on the business street in the center of the resident areas belonged to the imperial court. For example, they were the rows of shops that integrated inns and restaurants into one, or the general groceries that had all kinds of products customers could choose freely.

Many tourists from other places liked to shop for souvenirs here, or they could even place big wholesale orders to resell them later in their countries. Everybody knew that the bamboo products, carvings, essence, and silks from Da Shi were all the specialties. They were very reasonable and of high quality.

Several miles South of the national road was the immense sea. Thus, Xi Lou, the coastal area, was planned to become rows of workshops and factories. Da Shi’s Emperor was preparing to make ships to exploit the sea within the next five years.

Every year, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Da Shi was extremely lively and bustling. Perhaps it was because of the busy harvest season and everyone hoping for a good harvest.

Every family paid attention to this Dragon Boat Festival.

The square in imperial city had prepared for the theater to play for three days. Eating zongzi, bumping eggs, dragon boat racing, as long as they were the activities that could attract many people to join, they would be held cheerily.

Fan Hua Private Mansion, He Yuan.

The kitchen was packed. People were wrapping zongzi while talking about rumors everywhere.

“Chef Fang, did Young Master come to see you?” Xin Zhi swayed through the noisy, busy crowd, walking to the stove and asking worriedly.

“Young Master? I didn’t see him. I’ve been here all the time today to wrap and steam the zongzis. I haven’t left the kitchen.” Chef Fang agilely placed zongzis into the pot while answering.

“That’s not good. No one knows where the Young Master’s gone. Her Ladyship is looking for him.”

“Could he be at Cui Yu Zhai?” Chef Fang thought then guessed. “Didn’t he say that he must make the chef from Cui Yu Zhai as his Shifu?”

“Aiya, it may be very possible. Thank you, Chef Fang.” Hearing the answer, Xin Zhi held her skirt and ran toward the Lin family. If the Young Master accepted a chef as his Shifu, the Great Master would be so enraged.

She must find him first then she would think any further.