In the early spring of Canglang City, the biting cold wind remained bone-chilling, sweeping across newly tilled ridges and kicking up patches of un-melted snow.
Above the city gate, the "Blood Wolf" banner whipped violently in the wind, its ferocious wolf's head glaring down at this land struggling to revive.
Inside the Prefect Mansion, the hearth fire crackled brightly. Qin Lie sat at the head of the table, his fingertips tracing a map of the Five Northern Frontier Cities while discussing the final route of the spring irrigation canal with Lin Feng, Sadiq, and several newly appointed officials.
Chapter 225