Chapter 441

As the dawn’s radiance fell, one after another, steam airships of a new design descended amidst the thunderous roar of huge propellers onto the flat river valley in Xiaoshi Town, Shantong Prefecture. This was the very place where Zhou Tieyi had first landed upon his arrival; it had now been completely leveled, forming the embryonic shape of an airship port. Following the landing of the steam airships came a vast quantity of supplies, along with monks of the Mohist Giant and the Gongshu family. The Divine Path rebellion in Taihang Province had been thoroughly purged, and under Zhou Tieyi’s suppression, the aristocratic families had willingly confessed their crimes and accepted punishment, intending to redeem themselves through meritorious service. A massive influx of resources was consciously or unconsciously converging upon Shantong Prefecture. As the vanguard of the reform, Xiaoshi Town naturally received the lion's share of these resources. The ley line fissures caused by the previous great battle had been patched up by Zhou Tieyi, while the moderate earthquake triggered by that clash had instead proven the superiority of the "Zhou Public Building." Ordinary tile-roofed and mud-brick houses had collapsed in droves during the earthquake, whereas the Zhou Public Building, blessed with a solid foundation and a stable steel structure, remained completely undamaged.