Covering the Sky: I, Wang Teng, truly lack the bearing of an emperor.

Chapter 169 The Gap Caused by Strength and Status

The manager of the Wang family mining area is a Supreme Elder. Although it is only the Sendai Secret Realm, it is sufficient for the northwest corner of the Northern Region.

This place is already considered a remote corner of the Northern Region, so much so that even the Thirteen Great Bandits wouldn't bother coming here.

After all, the thirteen bandits primarily targeted the sacred families of the Eastern Wilderness.

The Wang family is not from the Eastern Wilderness, their mining area is in the northwest corner of the Northern Region, and they are very close to the territory of the Northern Plains Wang family.

Are those bandits out of their minds?
Want to get shaved ice here?
Therefore, even over the past few thousand years, the Wang family's mining area has not been attacked by bandits many times and has always maintained a stable and peaceful atmosphere.

As for the future...

With Wang Teng around, it's even less likely that the bandits will come to plunder; they'd be more likely to come and pay their respects to Wang Teng.

Wang Teng and the powerful ancestor of the Wang family followed the person in charge of the Wang family's mining area deep into the mining area, listening to the person in charge's introduction.

Most of the discussion revolves around the benefits brought by the Wangjia mining area.

The profits from just this one mining area each year are enough for most of the Wang family to cultivate!
Not to mention, the Wang family also has other mining areas in the Northern Region; in fact, the Northern Region is merely an extension of the Wang family's influence.

The Wang family are the true local tyrants of Beiyuan!
"The profits are quite good. You've worked hard these past few days," said the powerful patriarch of the Wang family, praising the Supreme Elder.

Compared to his last visit to the Northern Region, this time, the benefits brought by this mining area were indeed greater.

"For the Wang family!" the Supreme Elder said, his eyes filled with determination.

Wang Teng couldn't help but chuckle; another one eager to improve.

Next, the Supreme Elder of the Wang family continued to lead the way, showing Wang Teng and the powerful ancestor of the Wang family many places in the mining area, especially some mines with abundant resources, which he introduced in detail.

"Where do these miners come from?" Wang Teng suddenly asked.

If he remembered correctly, the red-haired guy seemed to really like casting the protagonist as a miner.

The Desolate Emperor in Perfect World and the Emperor Ye in Shrouding the Heavens both worked as miners for a period of time, which made Wang Teng sometimes wonder if he should follow suit.

"Most of the management are cultivators from branches of our Wang family, and some are ordinary miners who rose through the ranks. As for the ordinary miners, most of them come from the Northern Plains, voluntarily following the Wang family to cultivate the mining areas in the Northern Region, while some are slaves from the Eastern Wilderness who were sent here..."

The person in charge of the Wangjia mining area began by introducing the background of these miners.

Wang Teng pondered for a moment. Although it was unlikely that a second Ye Tiandi would emerge, since the decision had been relatively fair, it should be carried through to the end. There was no need to show double standards in some areas.

"From now on, we should discard those who have been trafficked and sold into slavery, and only accept those who voluntarily follow us," Wang Teng said.

The northern plains are not like the eastern wilderness.

If those holy land families in the Eastern Wilderness dared to speak like that, then the miners of the Eastern Wilderness wouldn't be enough for them to share.

But what kind of place is Kitahara?
That's a place with an environment countless times harsher than the Northern Regions!

Chi Di Qian Li?

Even if the land is barren and desolate, at least one can still barely survive!

The northern plains are frozen solid for thousands of miles!

Ordinary people might not even last a few hours after leaving those cities!

In comparison, the Northern Region can be considered "paradise".

Therefore, the Wang family had no need for miners who had been swindled and deceived. They only needed to send people to some cities in the Northern Plains to raise their voices and ask if anyone was willing to work in the Northern Mining Area, and many people would respond.

These are voluntary and involve far less trouble. The only downside might be that they increase some expenses.

After all, slaves don't get paid.

However, the Wang family is not short of money.

“Alright, I’ve got it.” The Wang family’s Supreme Elder said.

Although he didn't quite understand why the young master had made such an arrangement, he still remembered the young master's words and decided to carry them out diligently.

Just as Wang Teng thought, the Wang family was a large and powerful family, and as the local tyrant of Beiyuan, they never lacked even the smallest thing.

In the past, there were no clear regulations for doing so, and coupled with insatiable human desires and some people wanting to line their own pockets, many things became almost customary.

But now that the young master of the Wang family has spoken, and the powerful patriarch of the Wang family is also present, they can only nod in agreement.

As for lining one's own pocket...

They didn't have that idea, nor did they dare to do it.

If only the young master of the Wang family were here, they might still have this idea.

But with the powerful ancestor here, they really didn't dare to think too much.

"Young Master truly lives up to his reputation as the hope of the younger generation of our Wang family! He is always so self-disciplined in any situation and at any time, striving to make the Wang family develop even better and further enhance its reputation!"

One of the Wang family's powerful members spoke up.

This was one of the rulers of the royal city, who had come to the mining area with the ancient golden chariot. He spoke up at this moment, praising Wang Teng.

The others nodded in agreement and showered him with compliments.

What Wang Teng did in the Wang family was no secret for a long time. Over the years, it had spread among the members of the Wang family, and even in the Northern Region, they had heard about it.

Upon hearing this, the head of the Wang family mining area couldn't help but exclaim, "He truly lives up to his reputation as the young master of our Wang family! Everything he does is for the sake of the Wang family, enhancing our family's reputation!"

Wang Teng watched this scene with some emotion.

He still remembers when he first founded the Office of the Way, there was a lot of opposition within the Wang family.

Some elders and even the supreme elders secretly formed cliques, wanting to kill the plan before it even began.

However, those voices were ultimately suppressed by the family head, Wang Chengkun.

However, even after Wang Teng left the Wang family, some people within the family were still not entirely convinced.

Now, these people far away in the northern region are all praising him.

Perhaps this is the difference that comes from strength and status.

When Wang Teng was in the Wang family, although he was the son of the family head and could be called the young master, the members of the main branch of the Wang family who were stationed there were also powerful and complex in their own way. Therefore, they were not convinced that a young man like Wang Teng could do such a big thing, and even threaten their interests and take action against their descendants.

However, in the Northern Region, most of those present were peripheral figures of the Wang family. Upon seeing Wang Teng appear together with the powerful patriarch of the Wang family, their first reaction was to curry favor with Wang Teng, believing that all of Wang Teng's decisions were correct.

This illustrates the impact of the same person occupying different positions in different places.

If this were placed within the Azure Dragon King's small world, Wang Teng would have even more say, since he is already the third-in-command.

Wang Teng naturally knew why this situation had occurred, and he also knew that in the future, when he returned to the Wang family, the entire Wang family would wholeheartedly support everything he did!
At that time, the entire Wang family will be his supporters!
(End of this chapter)