"In Great Xia, the chief official of a province is the Provincial Governor. Below provinces are prefectures, whose chief officials are Prefects. Below prefectures are cities, whose chief officials are City Overseers. Many cities also have counties beneath them, and the chief official of a county is the County Magistrate."
"Below County Magistrates are towns and townships, whose chief officials are Pavilion Chiefs. Below towns and townships, at the village level, the chief official is the Jia Chief. A Jia Chief is the lowest official post in Great Xia, without rank, elected by the villagers themselves, and classified as the seventh grade outside the regular ranks!"
"Above the Provincial Governors of each province are Protectorates, whose chief officials are Protector Governors! Protector Governors hold positions of great authority and are the true frontier lords of Great Xia. One Protectorate generally governs anywhere from four to nine provinces. You Province, High Province, Ink Province, Passage Province, Qiong Province, Swallow Province, Favor Province, and Morning Province in northeastern Great Xia are all directly governed by the Great Xia Northeast Protectorate!"
In the inner-residence garden of Zhang Tie's Zhang Family estate in Golden Light City, Zhang Tie reclined in a lounge chair beneath a garden pavilion. As he ate fruit Linda had peeled for him, he listened to Beverly hold a copy of Great Xia Code and explain the contents of the Regulations section within it. Fiona stood behind Zhang Tie, letting him rest his head against her full, towering breasts, half-exposed by her cleavage, while gently kneading his shoulders.
It was September, and daytime. The blazing sun hung high overhead, cicadas chirped in the garden, and although the hottest days of summer had passed, the temperature in Sun River Prefecture was still not low at this time, nearing thirty degrees. It was