New World (10,000 bonus)

Great Chang Empire, Fufeng County, New World Port.

It was early morning. A thin sea mist drifted over the distant sea, and the newly risen sun cast down its warm golden light. The once-quiet harbor was beginning to stir and grow noisy again.

New World Port had been completed less than ten years ago, but its location at the far western edge of the empire was excellent, and it was a deep-water port. Business was therefore thriving, with a steady stream of passenger ships coming and going, bringing the tax officials a handsome income.

In fact, according to the administrative divisions of the Great Chang Empire, even Fufeng County was a recently established county, acquired through annexation.

The Great Chang Empire had once issued an order to settle and cultivate the frontier, declaring that any subject of the empire could obtain fifty mu of farmland in Fufeng County. Those with noble titles were granted progressively more land, and taxes were waived for the first three years. After ten years of cultivation, the land would officially become the settlers' property.

This sparked a wave of westward migration across the empire. To keep Fufeng County secure, the Great Chang Empire even stationed a permanent settlement army there. It had the character of a military colony, and because it often fought various natives and Western barbarians, it had earned a fearsome reputation on the empire's western frontier, even though it was not part of the regular army.

"So this is New World Port? It's quite lively!"

Wu Ming wore a blue-green robe, a fine piece of white jade hanging from his waist. He idly waved a folding fan as he strolled along the harbor streets, looking every inch the elegant young master.

He naturally wasn't using William's appearance now. He had returned to