Upon entering the western half under Tiger Chasing's management, Huo Xuanhao clearly felt the gap between the two sides.
Befeng City's eastern half had undergone no development whatsoever; it was simply a vast, untouched expanse of Gobi desert.
Yet in Tiger Chasing's western half, not only had the main roads been roughly leveled and paved with sand and soil, but even road signs and markers were all in place.
Every stretch of the way clearly showed where one was, while the destinations of the branching paths along the route were also obvious at a glance.
If one only wanted to travel, there was no need for a map at all.
This was clearly preparation for future trade.
Opening the market now was equivalent to a trial operation phase.
That gap became even more apparent when Huo Xuanhao followed the road into the Yang Family's territory.
The three main roads within the Yang Family's territory had not merely been leveled with packed earth; brick and stone had already been laid and stacked into them.
"Another one. This makes the third I've seen along the way."
Huo Xuanhao raised his eyes and spotted a small relay station not far away.
These were buildings found only within the Yang Family's territory. They could not be seen anywhere else in the western half.
Though these relay stations were not large, their internal facilities lacked nothing. The aboveground section held ordinary rooms, while twenty cave dwellings had been excavated underground.
The Yang Family had not only hired Late Qi Gathering cultivators from the Dynasty to stand guard, but had also specially brought in craftsmen to set up isolation and warning restrictions in both the rooms and cave dwellings.
Compared to the inns in the market, these conditions were hardly inferior, while the price was only