After leaving the Manor Main Hall, Chen Chuan and Deputy Head Lu arrived at the residence arranged for them.
The entirely wooden house followed Great Shun architectural designs and styles. It was said that the timber had all been shipped from Great Shun, and the craftsmen were Great Shun artisans who had crossed the sea years ago. It was thoroughly authentic.
Standing in this foreign city, yet beneath his feet was a building from the Old Era of the Eastern Continent. It gave him a distinct sense of time and space being out of place.
Chen Chuan went to the flower-shaped window and listened to the babbling sounds of the waterways and springs outside. Looking out from here, he could see the faintly glimmering lights beyond.
There was also the bright light produced by special burning materials atop the Hatikhan Great Altar and the surrounding serpent pillars.
But that little light was insufficient to illuminate all of Kavatua. Only a few places in the city were permitted to install electrical wires, though this manor was one of them.
But as they had said, this was the Year of Hibernation. A group of conservatives demanded a return to tradition, so even if they had electricity, they did not use it.
Deputy Head Lu walked to the window and said, "Xin Hongtu is a thoroughgoing radical reformist. They believe that everything as it is should be overturned and that they should imitate Great Shun in every respect."
Chen Chuan nodded. The group led by Xin Hongtu had all studied in Great Shun, and they were the firmest pro-Great Shun faction.
Great Shun had long anticipated this and had been making arrangements for it. There were now many First People noble immigrants and mixed-blood descendants in Great Shun.
If Kavatua truly leaned entirely