Seeing all of this, Hua Tianxiong realized that this would be a massive, monumental project. It would require vast amounts of labor and silver, as well as an enormous supply of food. It would take over thirty years of hard work to transform this sixty-square-kilometer marshland into a prosperous, stable, and desirable paradise—the place where he would build his fortune and rise to power.
Despite the many difficulties, what Hua Tianxiong worried about least was the cost. It was the lack of labor that posed the greatest challenge. After all, with the Star Domain Cauldron—an artifact of divine power—growing Spirit Medicine and refining pills would provide him with what could be called limitless wealth. Thinking of this, Hua Tianxiong looked forward to the day when the construction of New Tieshi City would finally be completed.
With the Xiongnu invasion of the Zhao State continuing, the influx of refugees had partially solved the labor issue for the construction of New Tieshi City, though only about fifty thousand had arrived so far. Since his cultivation of Spirit Medicine and alchemy had solved the financial problem, what could stop him from achieving his grand goals? Thinking this, Hua Tianxiong looked at Li Gang and the others, who had been working tirelessly for days and nights on end, and said with deep emotion:
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