Convenient transportation had greatly shortened the distance between regions.
From Qingluo Guard in North Sea Bay back to Zhenze Guard of the Southern Six Guards in Longzuo Prefecture, Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan took their private flying carriage and needed only two and a half days.
In the past, they would first have had to take a sea vessel, then switch to land travel. Without ten days to half a month, they would never have made it.
However, purchasing a private flying carriage itself cost an astronomical sum. Then there were the ongoing expenses of raising spirit birds, maintaining the carriage cabin, and hiring flying carriage drivers. Over time, the cost was considerable indeed.
Thus, most patriarchs or ancestors of sixth-grade aristocratic families could only gaze longingly at private flying carriages. When it came to actually acquiring one, they simply could not bear to spend the money.
By comparison, though the Wang Clan was also sixth-grade, even the portion of the Wang Clan displayed to the public was far beyond what ordinary sixth-grade aristocratic families could compare to. Not to mention, the Wang Clan's true foundations went far deeper than that. Aside from the Wang Clan's true core members, outsiders had no way of knowing them.
Wild Marsh, Gourd Mouth.
Under the Wang Clan's efforts, the flood-control dike and sluice gates had basically taken shape, while the number of water dragon carts had nearly doubled.
One enormous water dragon cart after another rumbled away, water pouring out in a roaring rush as the water from the pools of the Wild Marsh was continuously pumped beyond Gourd Mouth.
The Wāng Clan's two Celestial Realm ancestors had even personally acted, breaking through the barriers between pool after pool. The water flowed from high to low, all pouring toward Gourd Mouth.
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