Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 1304: Chapter 26 Work to Pay Off Debt! No Embarrassment (Vote for Monthly Tickets)_3 Chapter 1304: Chapter 26 Work to Pay Off Debt! No Embarrassment (Vote for Monthly Tickets)_3 “Anye already has protection, and Your Majesty need not worry about Jiang Xueqing.”

“?” Emperor Longchang suddenly felt suspicious, “Since when did the Wang family recruit a guardian of the Divine Power Territory?”

“Cough cough~” Old Yao coughed twice from the side and said, “Your Majesty, it was this old servant who took on that task. Therefore, I won’t be able to serve Your Majesty for this extraction of Spirit Veins.”

“…” Emperor Longchang was startled for a moment, then his brows shot up in anger, “Old Yao, you are my person.”

“Your Majesty, this old servant also needs to make a living,” Old Yao said with a pitiable face. “As you know, for old eunuchs like us, the meager provisions are not enough. While Your Majesty was in power, I could still scrape by with some benefits. But now that Your Majesty has retired and succumbed to gambling addiction… Alas~ there’s no talk of benefits anymore, not to mention Your Majesty’s rewards have diminished!”

“This old servant had no choice, Madam Ruolan offered too much.”

“You old thing! I’m not dead yet, and you’re already planning to pledge allegiance to a new master.”

“Your Majesty, please forgive me; I’m just taking on odd jobs to earn some daily expenses.”

At the entrance of the courtyard, Wang Anye was about to enter when he heard the commotion inside and immediately his mouth twitched, and he silently backed away.

Forget it~ he might as well wait for Grandfather Emperor to leave the courtyard before going in and saying goodbye to Grandmother~ … A few days later.

Great Wilderness Marsh.

After decades of development, the Great Wilderness Marsh had undergone earth-shattering changes compared to the past.

North of Peace River, the area of the Great Wilderness Marsh that was once isolated by the dike had now been divided into many different zones.

A large area near the edge of the Great Wilderness Marsh had been fenced off for lake encirclement and farming, merged with the existing Spirit Fields nearby, and transformed into a vast area of fertile Water Spirit Fields dedicated to growing “Crystal Spirit Rice.”

Every fall, when the fruit of the Crystal Spirit Rice becomes plump, the uneven husks crack open, revealing grains of crystalline, translucent Spirit Rice inside. From a distance, it looks just like stumbling upon a crystal mine.

The dense, small Water Spirit Veins throughout the Great Wilderness Marsh provided them with an abundance of Spiritual Energy. The Crystal Spirit Rice grown here was of good quality, generating significant economic benefits each year.

Inside the Great Wilderness Marsh, according to different terrains, many economically valuable Water Spirit Plants were intercropped, including some Spiritual Medicines and Spirit Fish. Although the grades weren’t too high, they were all varieties with high economic value. As long as they were cultivated, there was basically no worry about sales channels, and the economic benefits each year were quite good as well.

Apart from that, there were also special enclosures within the Great Wilderness Marsh for cultivating aquatic Fierce Beasts, housing the symbolic creature of the Great Wilderness Marsh—”Wild Marsh Crocodile.”

The ranking of the Wild Marsh Crocodile was not low; they had thick skin and a lot of meat, requiring less space to roam and possessing relatively lower Intelligence. If they could be raised to Level Six, the meat yield was vast, making them an overly suitable meat-producing Fierce Beast.

Moreover, their skin was rough and thick, and also served as good defensive Refining Material. With a little processing, it could be turned into protective gear with considerable defensive power.

When Wang Shouzhe learned about the habits of this beast, he saw its economic value. This breeding farm was also a key part of the Great Wilderness Marsh development project, generating huge economic benefits every year.

Over the years, not only did the Wang family gain much, but the Wang family also completely turned their fortunes around, having long shed their former plight.

Decades later, even the towns surrounding the Great Wilderness Marsh had prospered.

Around the output of the Great Wilderness Marsh, a very comprehensive industry chain had formed within these towns, from the processing of Spirit Rice, handling of Spirit Plants, slaughtering of crocodiles, further processing of crocodile meat, treatment of crocodile skin, to dealing with various by-products, and so forth; each link was quite mature.

In the last twenty years, with the comprehensive development of the Great Wilderness Marsh north of Peace River, the Changning United Marsh Economic Development Company led by the Wang family began to set their sights on the Great Wilderness Marsh south of Peace River and devised a series of development plans.

The plan started smoothly, but as development progressed, the Great Wilderness Marsh encountered some troubles.

The Azure Dragon lineage residing in the ancient marshes of the Southern Wilderness felt threatened by humanity’s constant encroachment into marsh territory, leading to conflicts with the Economic Development Company.

The contradictions and conflicts between the two sides were escalating day by day.

It was during this critical period.

The Wang family unleashed a powerful move.

Wang Anye rode on a flashy Jade Horned Pegasus, crossing the southwest side of Ping’an Town’s ring-shaped mountain, passed through a remote and rugged hilly area, and entered a small delta plain.

This belonged to the domain of Changning’s Wangxia Town, originally a habitat opened up by descendants of the Celestial Lei Family who split off and settled on the edge of the Great Wilderness Marsh across Peace River.

This branch of the Lei Family was hence known as the “Wangxia Lei Family.”

The Wangxia Lei Family was originally just a Grade Eight Prominent Family, but as their mainline, the Celestial Lei Family of Changning, formed a marriage alliance with the Wang family, they naturally clung closely to the Wang family.

As the Wang family’s Great Wilderness Marsh development plan unfolded, Wangxia Town was chosen as the bridgehead. The now-famous headquarters of the Changning United Marsh Economic Development Company in Changning were constructed in Wangxia Town.

Thus benefited, the Wangxia Lei Family, in less than sixty to seventy years, had risen from an Eighth Grade Prominent Family to 7th Rank.

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