"This is Zhang Gui, my... subordinate. And this is my pet mount. It looks fierce, but it understands human nature. As long as no one provokes it, it won't hurt anyone. Liu Xing, make arrangements for them. On the airship, aside from eating over thirty kilograms of raw meat every day, this Thunder Falcon also needs to drink five Panacea Potions..."
In front of outsiders, Zhang Tie introduced Zhang Gui as his subordinate.
Subordinate was a vague term. Household retainers could be subordinates, troops could be subordinates, servants could be subordinates, and hired workers could be subordinates. Although Zhang Gui was in fact Zhang Tie's slave, Zhang Tie would not say so publicly. There was no point in flaunting it. Treating a knight as a slave—even if Zhang Gui did so willingly—was still a little too eye-catching in a place like You Province. Even among Great Xia's top aristocratic clans, there were only a handful who could afford such extravagance. For example, the knights under Bai Suxian's father, the Prince of Guangnan, such as Uncle Zhong, were household retainers rather than slaves...
After introducing Zhang Gui and the Thunder Falcon, Zhang Tie headed into the airship, intending to check on Bai Suxian first and leave the remaining matters alone.
As soon as Zhang Tie left, Liu Xing personally took Zhang Gui to arrange Zhang Tie's quarters, while the Thunder Falcon was surrounded on the airship's deck by Zhang Tie's disciples.
At first, everyone was somewhat afraid of the Thunder Falcon. It was simply too huge, too imposing, and its arrival just now had been far too spectacular. It was also incredibly fast. But now that they had heard Zhang Tie say that the Thunder Falcon understood human nature and would not hurt people, they all rushed over at once to