Those who
were in the knows were envious that Zhou Jinjiang was given a mystical beasts
just for making this trip. That was so lucky of him!
Cheng Xiao
Xiao rolled her eyes at the laughter. She didn’t feel that what she had done
was wrong, so she didn’t care if others were laughing at her or not.
Mrs. Cheng
looked a bit helpless. She had worried about it in the past, now that the words
had spread, there was not much she could do to stop others from talking about
it. All she could do was to cast an unhappy glance in her daughter’s direction.
“Yes,
brother Zhou, please do share!” nodded Cheng Biyuan.
“The emperor
first thought the beast tamer must be you or Zheng Yuan or Zheng Bin. We never
expected Xiao Xaio to be the true beast tamer!”1
As he was
saying this, Zhou Jinjiang looked over at Cheng Xiao Xiao quickly before he
continued, “The emperor’s intention was that once we have confirmed that the
Cheng’s indeed has a beast tamer, he will grant your family the entire Qing’an
Province. From this point forward the entire Qing’an Province will become your
personal property. It will be a city of its own, and you will no longer need to
make contributions to the emperor. Everything will belong to you and your
family.”
“Giving us
the entire city?” Cheng Biyuan was dumbfounded. He was too surprised!
Zhou
Jinjiang nodded and continued to talk, “He will also grant you the title of a
Count, with the name Zhongyuan. So you will be Count Zhongyuan, and the city
that you will build can be named Zhongyuan City!”
“Ugh… that
is a very grand award!” Now Cheng Biyuan was completely shocked.
“Too grand?”
Zhou Jinjiang smiled and shook his head, “No, not really. Since there is a
beast tamer in your family. From this point forward, your family’s mystical
beasts will be protecting Dafeng. If Dafeng is attacked by any other country,
you must lend your assistance. That’s the emperor’s only condition!”
“Dad, that’s
not a problem. Let’s accept the deal!”
Replied
Cheng Xiao Xiao directly. It wasn’t like they can turn it down, so might as
well reap the benefits. Why would they not?
Cheng Biyuan
wasn’t sure how he should react to his daugther’s reaction. He shook his head
helplessly. It wasn’t like he didn’t understand the workings behind it all.
Zhou
Jinjiang laughed and, smiling at Cheng Xiao Xiao, said, “Xiao Xiao is all grown
up!”
“Hehe, Uncle
Zhou, we can use your help figuring out how we can run this Zhongyuan City. We
don’t have the capacity to worry about that right now. Look, our new home is
still being buit!”
“Oh, you
little brat…..”
Zhou
Jinjiang stayed at the Cheng’s for three days. Three days later, he departed Willow
bringing with him mystical water as well as a batch of mystical animals and food
to return to Emperor City.
At the same
time, he made the promises that he would see if he could put in a transfer
request with the emperor so he could leave his post in Emperor City and
transfer to Qing’an Province to help Cheng Biyuan in the construction of the
new city.
After their
departure, words of the gift from the emperor spread all over… about how Cheng
Biyuan went from a normal peasant to a count, and how the entire Qing’an
Province because his personal property.
All of a
sudden, the news were boiling in Dafeng!
Especially
those who were concerned, reacted all sorts of ways. This gift from the royals
were no doubt an announcement to the entire world that there were, indeed, a
beast tamer at the Cheng’s, without a doubt!
The news had
deterred those from the School of Divine Condor. They were also backed by the
royals, but now that the emperor had gifted the Cheng’s, if they continue to
seek troubles with them, they worried the royals wouldn’t sit by quietly.
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Random
translator notes:
1. Of course, why would it be the only
girl? GRRR
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aha, don't worry your pretty little head.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK !
Thank you
ReplyDeleteBut she’s not the only girl. Remember she has a little sister 👩🏻👧🏻 But yeah I agree ugh misogynistic societies.
ReplyDeleteThey assumed it was one of the 3 because all three of them had rides while she didn't it's like how if you see a person driving a car and a person in the passenger's seat you would assume the person driving the car owns it not the person in the passenger's seat. This is not entirely due to misogyny. Its merely them taking into contex what they know and there common sense. Why would a beast tamer give others mounts while not having one themselves
DeleteNot to mention, beast tamers are low tier usually and can't delegate beasts for others to ride etc. After seeing 3 people with 3 mounts, the common sense of the world would be that they're beast tamers instead of the unlikely high tier tamer who delegated out their beasts to others.
DeleteThank you
ReplyDelete"how the entire Qing’an Province because his personal property."
ReplyDeletei think it should be "become" (?)
I find the female main character just as sexist as the royals. After all the girls of the village are only fit to be maids (and even then they need to be trained so they they don't forget their station with their lords and masters).
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