Ten days after the Lord Governor's visit to Torch Dragon Territory, Zhang Tie set out from Torch Dragon Commandery aboard an airship with his wives, Tang De, and a number of attendants, personally heading to inspect and take over the more than one hundred million mu of official farmland in Peaceful River County, Swallow Province.
Olina's words that night had deeply moved Zhang Tie—give the children a more hopeful future.
Those words were not only the driving force behind Zhang Tie's actions now, but also the driving force behind the actions of mothers like Olina.
Over the past few days, the women who had sprung into action had taken over the Sect Master's Confidential Affairs Office that Tang De had established in Torch Dragon Territory. With that office as its core, they began forming a new institution—Ironheart Pavilion.
Zhang Tie's joking remark, "the wives' cabinet," had suddenly become reality.
Within Ironheart Pavilion, Aurora took charge of Torch Dragon Territory's internal affairs, Olina oversaw economics and commerce, and Shabalina handled intelligence. The six sisters of the Spencer Family, along with Linda, Fiona, and the others, had all found their own positions and duties within Ironheart Pavilion.
Among them, Beverly and Fiona were responsible for the most crucial internal and external flow of information and secrecy at the Sect Master's Confidential Affairs Office, Ironheart Pavilion's most important department. This work was of tremendous consequence, involving every secret of Torch Dragon Territory and allowing direct contact with Zhang Tie. Only people Zhang Tie trusted absolutely could hold such posts.
The six Spencer sisters each handled matters such as accounting and auditing. The sisters Ai Mei and Ai Xue were responsible for assets and inventory. Linda had a gentle temperament and a mind as meticulous as a hair, so she oversaw the entire administrative