Chapter 49: Shengjing
The armored warships moved closer to the military port of Jiangcheng, Liuhua Continent, amid the people's onlookers.
When Wen Yuan first appeared on the deck, there were screams like a mountain collapse and tsunami everywhere around him. Countless people surrounded the warship. Many unlucky people were squeezed out of the port without standing firmly, and slapped the water surface in awkwardly amid the laughter of the crowd.
Fortunately, a team of guards from the Wujiang Governor's Office appeared in time, dispersing the onlookers, opening up a relatively stable passage, allowing Wen Yuan to lead the team off the warship and board the carriage that specially greeted them.
Long Feng, Yang Tian and the other four did not attract much attention. Long Feng and Yang Tian were originally authentic Celestial people, and Gnu was just a bald monk with a slightly outrageous body. As for Fense, after Long Feng tried more than a dozen methods, her eyes and hair finally turned black. In addition to the outline of her face slightly different from that of the Celestial people, she looked like a beautiful Celestial girl. At Wen Yuan's suggestion, her name also became the name Feng Linger that Long Feng gave her when he was funny.
Thousands of guards surrounded ten carriages tightly, slowly guarded them from the military port, and then rushed towards the Governor's Mansion. Long Feng's ears vaguely heard the complaints of the guards at the military port behind him. At least 100,000 people broke through the fence to welcome Wen Yuan and others. They had to work hard to re-arrange the guard measures for the military port.
A large group of people rushed into Jiangcheng. Yang Tian curiously opened the curtains of the carriage and admired this city, known as the largest city in the Wujiang River Basin and the first external port of the Celestial Empire.
Seeing his eyes wide open suddenly, Qi Zhantian, who was huddled in the same carriage with the four of them, said with a smile: "The architecture of Jiangcheng is a little more delicate than that of Shengjing. It is still far from enough in terms of its momentum."
Yang Tian groaned: "Oh my God, its road is five times wider than the main passage of Saint-Dor. How many people does such a city have?"
Qi Zhantian touched his head and immediately poked his head out to ask a guard beside the carriage: "Brother, how many people does Jiangcheng have now?"
The guard immediately showed an extremely glorious color on his face, and he said respectfully: "Go back to General, there are now two million local residents in Jiangcheng City, more than 300,000 foreign merchant sailors, and there are more than 5 million people in the area controlled by Jiangcheng. If you want to say, the entire ground under the jurisdiction of the Wujiang Governor's Office has a population of more than 100 million."
Yang Tian and Gnu opened their eyes widened, looking at each other and couldn't speak. Yang Tian stammered and asked him, "Brother, then, how many people are in total in the Celestial Empire now?"
Qi Zhantian took over the conversation: "Brother, I know this. Sixteen years ago, the population of the Celestial Empire was more than 400 million. Although it has been against the Black Cloud Empire for more than ten years, the population has been growing. Now there are more than 500 million people. If you are interested, we will know the specific data when we go to Shengjing to find the Minister of Revenue."
The convoy had arrived at the official residence of the Wujiang Governor's Mansion. Governor Xia, who had gained weight a little 16 years ago, greeted him with a smile on his face.
Wen Yuan quickly flashed out of the carriage and politely made Governor Xia, whether sincere or false. Governor Xia said with envy: "Master Wen, this time Your Majesty is eager to recruit you into the capital, but you will have to give you a big reward. Then don't forget to take more care of the officials."
Wen Yuan smiled and said, "Governor Xia is an important official of the Celestial Empire, so why do you need this general's care?"
Governor Xia chuckled a few times and took Wen Yuan's hand to greet the other generals who came out of the car and returned to China with Wen Yuan.
Yang Tian stepped out and smiled at Governor Xia. Wen Yuan was about to introduce that Governor Xia had changed his face. He took a few steps back and almost fell on the steps. He shouted in surprise: "Yang, Yang, Yang..."
Wen Yuan quickly supported him and whispered: "This person is General Yang Wei's son in the Western Continent. His appearance is a bit similar, but it's not him... Governor, this time he followed him to Beijing to find a future in the Celestial Empire. No one knows how His Majesty will reward him... You should pay attention."
Governor Xia immediately replied to normal, held Yang Tian's hand enthusiastically, and said with a quack smile: "So that's it, I'm so good. I remember General Yang and I were good friends back then." He vaguely passed the word Yang.
Long Feng jumped out of the carriage and hurriedly said, "This, haha, our highness is coming to the Heavenly Kingdom for the first time. There are many things we don't understand, and we need more care for our family friends like you."
Gnu followed him out of the car without saying a word, stretched his muscles and bones, and made a "crackling" sound all over his body. His majestic figure, which was one more head taller than Long Feng, immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Yang Tian smiled and said, "Hello, Shi Bo... These two, one is my chief court magician, and the other is the chief court sword master of the Principal of Saint Dole, which makes you laugh. There is also a Miss Feng Linger in the car, who is the confidante of Mr. Long Feng. Hehe, I would like to ask Shi Bo to treat him very much."
Fense (from then on, he changed his name to Feng Ling'er) stepped out of the car door lazily, ignored Governor Xia, staring at the men in black behind Governor Xia with interest, and emitting a spiritual wave slightly. However, those people also happened to scan Long Feng and the others. The two energy burst slightly in the air, shattering their headscarf and revealing their bare heads.
It seemed that nothing had happened. Everyone was tactful and did not mention this inexplicable thing. They slowly walked into the more magnificent official residence of Governor Xia in a burst of laughter. Only the disciples of the Dahei Tian Divine Sect who were ugly looked at Long Feng and the others with a little anger, but they themselves couldn't figure out who had a gentle battle with them.
Because of the emperor's fate, Wen Yuan and the others dared not stay in Jiangcheng too much, so after resting for one night, after using the feast that Governor Xia had exhausted his energy to prepare, a group of more than 40 people led two thousand light cavalry and said goodbye and left.
When Long Feng went out, Governor Xia secretly stuffed a box into his arms and whispered: "Mr. Long Feng, this little thing is to give His Highness a strong sense of courage... Hehe, everyone must take care of each other more in the future?" Long Feng nodded and agreed quickly, smiled at each other with Governor Xia, walked out, and handed the mahogany box to Gnu to take.
Gnu opened the box casually on the road and suddenly widened his eyes. Inside the box was a silver note of two million taels and a lot of top-quality jewelry. Long Feng glanced at Gnu, grabbed the box and stuffed it into the package behind Yang Tian's mount. Several generals next to him saw it, smiled and shook their heads, and said nothing. They also got a lot of benefits from Governor Xia, and everyone knew it was.
Yang Tian deliberately said softly: "Fortunately, if it weren't for Governor Xia's money, we wouldn't have spent any money to go to Shengjing. I thought it would cost me much to go out to join the army to fight, so I only brought 10,000 gold coins, which was not enough for us to spend a few days."
Qi Zhantian laughed and said, "Your Highness, it doesn't matter. As usual, all your expenses in the Celestial Praise and Shengjing are expenses from the Ministry of Revenue, so you don't have to pay for it yourself..."
Feng Ling'er shook her head and asked, "Is there any fun place in Shengjing? It's too tiring to walk with you all day long. It's better to go out and play by yourself."
Feng Ling'er possessed Fense is a stunning beauty. Although Long Feng's eyes turned black and his hair looked a bit weird, his bright appearance also brought her a lot of benefits. At least Qi Zhantian was a little excited and began to brag about the scenery near Shengjing. Long Feng couldn't help but think maliciously, if there is any problem that cannot be solved in the future, he would just use the beauty to calculate. Anyway, it's not Long Feng's style.
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There was nothing to say along the way. Although Wen Yuan was a little anxious, he rushed a little faster, but there was no hard work.
The upper class of the Celestial Empire did not spread the news of Wen Yuan and his return. After all, they also felt that the situation was a bit weird and uncontrollable, and there was no need to make a big splash. So, the group rushed into Shengjing City directly, and naturally someone took the soldiers they brought from Jiangcheng to camp and rest.
At a moment, the latest order was received, and everyone was waiting for the morning court the next day to meet the palace. He did not say in detail about how Yang Tian handled it, but just said something nonsense that the old friends kept coming and the holy heart was very comforted. In the end, Yang Tian and the other four people were asked to enter the palace together.
Wen Yuan did not arrange them in the residential area where foreign envoys entered, but took them back to his home and served as his own private guests. However, he soon began to regret his decision. The endless stream of visitors almost made him dizzy. Inadvertently, Yang Tian, who originally wanted to deal with it in a low-key manner, appeared openly in front of officials of Shengjing in all sizes. His faces of eighty or ninety-ninety were similar to Yang Wei, which made all the visiting officials take a deep breath of air conditioning, and then began to think about what Yang Tian’s sudden appearance in Wen Yuan’s mansion might mean…
Yang Tian's appearance suddenly made the originally lively hall unconscious. Wen Yuan stood there a little embarrassedly. Gnu carried his giant sword and stood steadily behind Yang Tian, not moved by the more than 20 Celestial officials in front of him. Feng Ling'er had already flew over the roof and went to Youshengjing by herself. Long Feng was fun wearing his magician robe, standing behind the screen and looking at the people who could change the fate of the entire continent by just one sentence.
After a long time, Fang Lingyun, the current boss of the Ministry of Justice, was the first to greet Yang Tian. Fang Lingyun, a long time ago, had a nickname of Qingzhu. The two most powerful generals under him, namely his two senior brothers, were called Qingmei and Qingsong. Sixteen years ago, when the current Emperor Tianyou raised his army, they began to hook up with Emperor Tianyou's army, successfully retained their position, and gained a high position in the new dynasty.
Yang Tian quickly greeted him kindly, shook hands and greeted Qingzhu warmly, which made the officials around him feel a little uneasy suddenly relieved. After all, many of them were veterans of the three dynasties, from Emperor Shenren, Emperor Shenning, and to the current Emperor Tianyou, they all knew about Shenning's sudden capture and killing Yang Wei, and for their own interests they had more or less stabbed the knife in the back... Now, it seems that Yang Tian does not know much about the matter of the Emperor Tian, so of course they feel much more comfortable.
No one wants to offend a distinguished guest who is obviously a distinguished guest like Wen Yuan, especially the identity of this distinguished guest is so strange.
After the atmosphere in the hall finally returned to normal, Wen Yuan's father, a retired minister of the Ministry of Personnel, quickly ordered the housekeeper to prepare a dinner to entertain the officials. The visiting officials said goodbye one by one, ready to calm down his excessively vibrated heart and carefully consider whether Shengjing would start another turmoil.
When all the officials left, Yang Tian smiled and presented gifts to Wen Yuan's father, which were some specialties from the Western continent. When they left from the Southern Plains, they purchased some of them. They were not very old, but because of their son, they were granted a marquis and retired. The father of Wen Yuan happily accepted Yang Tian's gift and ordered the housekeeper to prepare a family banquet to entertain Yang Tian and others.
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Under the shaking lights, Wen Yuan's father, Wen Yuan, Yang Tian, Long Feng and Gnu, who were sitting upright by the big round table, all looked a little bad, especially Gnu, staring at the greasy roast chicken and roast duck in front of him. Feng Ling'er had already scolded Feng Ling'er to death in her stomach, and died after she died. Feng Ling'er, who jumped alone to the roof and went out for a walk, has not come back until now.
Yang Tian was dry and smiled embarrassedly, and said to Wen Yuan: "Did we eat this first? She shouldn't be lost."
Wen Yuan's father shook his head firmly and said, "It's all guests, so let's wait for this girl to come and have dinner together."
Long Feng shrugged his shoulders and said to Wen Yuan, who was puzzled, "This, there is no need to send someone to find him. She will not get lost. If she is teaching people a lesson now, I believe it." He narrowed his eyes slightly, and his powerful divine thoughts instantly enveloped the entire Shengjing and began to search for Feng Ling'er's traces. But what he saw made Long Feng quickly retract his mental power, opened his mouth wide, and could not speak.
A dull explosion sounded from afar, and the ground under everyone's feet swayed slightly. Yang Tian quickly glanced at Long Feng inquiring, and Long Feng nodded slightly, looking bitter.
After about a cup of tea, Feng Ling'er jumped off the eaves of a girl about thirteen or fourteen years old and beautiful, and walked into the hall with a cold look on her face.
Wen Yuan's father was a little dumbfounded and didn't say anything. Wen Yuan grinned slightly. Gnu's hand secretly touched the chicken legs in front of him. Yang Tian looked up at Tian without saying a word. Long Feng could only ask her, "I said, sister, you didn't cause any trouble, right?"
Feng Ling'er patted the head of the girl beside her and said relaxedly: "It's nothing, but there is a place where many people want to bully this girl. I blow up the yard called 'Lancui Pavilion', but no one died. I threw them out before I exploded."
Wen Yuan's eyes narrowed and he looked at Feng Ling'er carefully. Long Feng quickly explained: "This, although Lord Fense is a warrior of the Green Empire, her magic genius is still very good. I taught her a lot of magic along the way. Her current level has surpassed me... I just don't know where the "Lancui Pavilion" is. How much will it cost to be compensated if it blows it up?"
Wen Yuan laughed a few times and said repeatedly: "Come on, little girl, eat under your seat, don't be afraid, when you get here, no one can bully you anymore... That 'Lancui Pavilion' is the largest brothel in Shengjing before. Well, although the backstage boss is a bit troublesome, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone, it doesn't matter. I'll tell him then..."
Long Feng frowned and smiled bitterly at Yang Tian helplessly... He suddenly realized that Feng Ling'er seemed to be out of control of the magic crystal now, and his energy was becoming stronger and stronger, and there was already a vague sign of surpassing him. If this female ghost from trillions of years ago suddenly went crazy, no one on this continent could deal with her. Long Feng made up his mind in distress and must break through his current energy bottleneck in the shortest time. He has never liked that there are factors that he could not control...
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The fact that the "Lancui Pavilion" on Wanhua Avenue was completely destroyed by a mage with a fireball has alarmed all aspects of the Celestial Empire, especially the female mage who was following behind several senior guardians of the Dahei Tian Shen Cult followed the female mage and found that she had actually entered the mansion of the general of the dynasty of the military and horses of the dynasty... Especially according to the secret camp's investigation, this mage was the "guardian" of the prince of the Duke of Saint Dore in the Western Continent, and she was also a senior noble of the strongest Green Empire in the Western Continent. All these factors gathered together, which made some people, especially the backstage boss of the "Lancui Pavilion", have to think carefully before deciding what to do.
Wen Yuan was dressed in the uniform of a top military officer, and brought a group of senior generals from the Western continent to ride a horse in front of him, while whispering to discuss the aftermath of Feng Ling'er. They went to the military headquarters early in the morning to meet up and then go to the morning court.
Around ten feet away from the back, Yang Tian's long hair was gently tied into a ponytail whip with a silver ribbon, and he leisurely swung a few strands of hair in the wind. He was a light and luxurious silver knight armor with finely inlaid gold wire on it, and his waist was his gorgeous sword. More than a dozen huge gems shone in the morning light. Under his feet were the best lambskin boots, and the toe was a cloud dragon pattern carved in soft jade. A long silk silver cloak wrapped around his tall and handsome body, and his whole body attracted the attention of pedestrians on the roadside like a moving jewelry store.
Long Feng's dress was even better. A ribbon with hair tied with more than a dozen pearls the size of longan were inlaid with silk, and a black robe of the wizard covered the whole body. The sleeves and hem were covered with complex lily petal patterns. The belt at his waist was a jade belt supported by Wen Yuan's father. Long Feng dug seven holes overnight and inlaid with seven diamonds in it. For the first time, a magic wand appeared in his hand, a mutton fat jade wand that was nearly one person tall, and a black crystal the size of a human head was on his head, emitting a strange light that was fascinating. His outfit was also started preparing on the southern plains, and it looked like an open-air box filled with jewelry.
In comparison, Gnu's dress was much better. He was covered with overweight armor that even had fingers to protect his fingers. The armor made of black black iron was a thousand. It was originally a decoration for Wen Yuan in the office lobby of the military headquarters, but he was attracted by Long Feng, which happened to be suitable for Gnu's perverted tall figure, so he ransomed from Wen Yuan. Gnu's hand was his big sword with a high neck of an ordinary person, and his whole body was simply a moving weapon. No horse could bear the weight of his body, so he could only follow the horse team with a grievance and quickly walked forward. Basically, each foot broke a square brick on the road, which almost made the subordinates of the Ministry of Justice who were patrolling the roadside daily was stunned.
Feng Ling'er's outfit was fine. Her light leather armor and a light sword were more in line with her identity as a swordsman and guest official. She was originally unwilling to use weapons, but her tribe members never had the habit of using physical weapons. Every time they needed it, he directly transformed it with energy. Long Feng threatened and tempted her for half an hour before she chose an iron sword that was extremely light and would not cause any burden.
The four of them did not talk about any serious topics. Gnu was savoring the roast chicken for breakfast, and Feng Ling'er was instilling his request into Long Feng at a frequency of hundreds of millions of hertz: "My tribe's body..." Yang Tianze smiled and discussed the appearance and figure of the roadside girl with a ghost look on his face. From time to time, he threw a few blew kisses, which made the imperial commander who led the way feel chill all over and a goose bump burst out on his neck.
Seeing the gate of the Celestial Imperial City from afar, Yang Tian took a light breath and showed a fascination, but this expression flashed and no one noticed it except Long Feng.
Thousands of golden armored guards lined up in the shape of a geese-feathered formation at the palace gate ten feet high, staring at them with bright eyes. Wen Yuan took the lead in getting off the horse, sorted out his official uniform, and signaled Yang Tian and others to follow him tightly and walk towards the palace gate.
The commander of the Imperial Guard confiscated everyone's weapons without hesitation. A guard caught Long Feng's wand with a wry smile. He listened to Long Feng's constant nagging: "Be careful, it took more than ten years to find this black crystal. It took two years to polish it. It is worth more than three million gold coins. Don't break it." The guard let out a wail in his heart, hugging Long Feng's wand tightly, and did not dare to be careless at all.
The commander's eyes glanced at Gnu, who had only a bald head, and it took him a long time to follow Gnu, who was wearing heavy armor, into the palace gate. Several eunuchs in the palace looked stingy and looked fiercely at the white jade slabs that had cracked thin cracks under Gnu's footsteps.
All the civil and military officials arrived at the temple early. Under the leadership of several eunuchs of Sili, the group slowly stepped onto the twelve floors in front of the temple with breath, the 360-level white jade steps. Except for the sound of stones shattering under Gnu's feet, the entire team was very solemn.
Yang Tian secretly looked at the heart of the country that determined the fate of two continents, more than 200 countries, and hundreds of millions of people. Forty thousand imperial soldiers, all wearing armor, were alerted near the entire Seminar Hall. A powerful evil aura soared into the sky. In the spring sunshine, the vast jade square also emitted the sun-like brilliance. In the distance, there was the sound of golden bells and jade drums from the inner palace. At the same time, the slightest smell of ambergris came into his nose. A solemn and dignified aura of a great country instantly made Yang Tian feel like he had entered the temple.
He secretly said in his heart: "Wait, this world." Yang Tian followed Wen Yuan into the palace lightly.
Everyone stopped, Wen Yuan walked thirty-six feet forward, knelt down on the ground and worshiped and danced respectfully, saying respectfully: "Your Majesty, I am Wen Yuan led the invincible army of the Heavenly Dynasty to completely defeat the Black Cloud Bandits. The entire Western continent has already belonged to the Heavenly Dynasty. I sincerely hope that the Heavenly Dynasty will be blessed with the benevolence and make the people happy."
Emperor Tianyou, who had a clear face, nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "You are worthy of being the most wise general of the Celestial Empire. This time, you have made contributions to pacifying the Western Continent. I specially appointed you as the Holy Dragon General of the Celestial Pilgrimage and the King of Loyalty and Brave. You will be given a fief of one million households and a fief of five hundred miles."
A turmoil surged among the civil and military officials. In the history of the Celestial Dynasty, those with the surnames of other people were only three. The civil and military ministers showed an uncontrollable expression of envy in their eyes. Only Emperor Tianyou and the core officials with no more than five people understood what the minerals on the southern continent meant to the current Celestial Empire.
Long Feng was not interested in listening to the rewards from Emperor Tianyou to the generals. He quickly glanced at all the ministers, his eyes on a middle-aged man who was extremely obese and looked overly obese, but he was wearing the robe of the prince of the Celestial Dynasty, sitting upright in a wide four-clawed golden dragon chaise under the dragon stairs for a little longer, and secretly pulled Yang Tian's sleeve.
Yang Tian looked at the prince deeply. He was staring at Feng Ling'er with a look of hatred. Yang Tian couldn't help but smile bitterly. It would be that the boss of the brothel "Lancui Pavilion" is this prince with obvious weight, right? Feng Ling'er really got into an amazing character for them.
This prince who could sit upright in the hall was the one who took him in when Emperor Tianyou was fleeing the most, and without saying a word, he handed over all his troops to Emperor Tianyou to rebel. His former third prince, His Highness, and the most noble King of Tianhu in the Heavenly Kingdom. However, this prince was not interested in military and national affairs, so he liked to open brothels, casinos and taverns. Of course, if you give him a lot of gold and silver, he would not mind saying a bunch of good things to you in front of Emperor Tianyou. Emperor Tianyou, who is deeply grateful to him, even though he knew that the person he recommended was a piece of manure, he would basically arrange a good and leisurely position for that person.
Emperor Tianyou deliberately delayed the reward time uneasy, but in the end, he had to face Yang Tian and others. Yang Wei was kind to him, but Emperor Shenning "killed" Yang Wei. Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him. From the bottom of his heart, he was willing to give Yang Tian some compensation. The problem was that if Yang Wei raped a girl and gave birth to Yang Tian during the Western Expedition, he would be very happy to give Yang Tian an official title like a duke. However, his mother was the queen of Saint Dore, and Emperor Tianyou had to consider what other people in the Western Continent would think if he added Yang Tian. If Saint Dore was the most powerful country in the Western Continent, it would have nothing to do with Yang Tian. But Saint Dore was the weakest military force, the least land and the sparse population in the Western Continent.
At the same time, to be honest, when Emperor Tianyou ascended the throne, in order to appease the hearts of the ministers, he killed Shenning's bestial friends, and no other military veterans moved. If Yang Tian colluded with the general because of Yang Wei's relationship, he would not feel good...
Therefore, Emperor Tianyou, who had been pondering for a long time in the hall, finally smiled and said to Yang Tian with a smile: "This is His Highness, the prince of Saint Dore? Well, he is indeed young and promising, elegant and extraordinary, and a famous family... (Over 30 words omitted) This time, the Qing family has made contributions to the traitors of the Heiyun Empire, and I must give it a good reward. I reward you with a house with the prince of the Qing family, with a fiefdom of a hundred miles south of the Shengjing City, and a million gold... I have added the Qing family to be the first-rank hereditary marquis of the Heavenly Dynasty, allowing the Qing family to freely enter and exit the palace to meet the saints, and not worship the saints when they see the saints. At the same time, I will give the Qing family a gold medal so that all civil and military officials in the Heavenly Dynasty will not be allowed to discuss the Qing family, the big and small yamen, and have no right to deal with the Qing family. How about it?"
Long Feng curled his lips and it was clearly a hypocritical title. With a little money and something, he wanted to appease the entire military... However, that gold medal was very useful. Even if he killed or set fire in Shengjing City in the future, he would not be afraid of trouble.
Yang Tian had already run up with a smile and knelt down to thank him. Emperor Tianyou himself breathed a sigh of relief. He was in a good mood and continually awarded Long Feng as a first-rank worshiper of the Heavenly Dynasty and a master Chongde; Feng Ling'er as a third-rank count of the Heavenly Dynasty and Yang Tian's guard leader; Gnu as a first-rank general of the Tiger Cave, a warrior of the Heavenly Dynasty, etc.
Except for Gnu strode forward to thank him, and shocked the dust on the beams of the palace, there was no trouble. Things were decided so. Although Yang Tian did not get any actual official position, the beginning was still good. Long Feng also understood the mood of Emperor Tianyou. Since he was not worried about Yang Tian taking office as a military official, it seemed a good idea to let Yang Tian go to the civil servant to develop for a while.
As for Wen Yuan, after the morning court dispersed, he visited the military bosses overnight and asked Yang Tian to them. These old heroes agreed to take care of Yang Tian. After all, Yang Tian was considered his own person to them. Three days later, Wen Yuan, who had received the title of King of Loyalty and Brave, took a team of renovated new armored warships and set off for the "Shuiyun" Port, accompanied by a large number of skilled technicians and equipment from the mining industry.
Chapter completed!