I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

"Hahaha! Director Zhang is indeed Director Zhang; that mouth of his seems born for Versailles, and now we have high-quality men of humanity making a timely reference!"

"But his words are indeed faultless. How tough must it be to be an Emperor, how many of them died from overwork? Wouldn't it be so much better to be a carefree billionaire instead of a derided foolish ruler?"

"Did you see the international news just now? It has now been thoroughly proven that Director Zhang is the descendant of the owner of this relic."

"In that era, didn't that make him pretty much equivalent to an Emperor?"

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"Mr. Zhang is as witty as ever," Sa Xining hurriedly took over the conversation, "but I'm curious, why did your ancestors abandon such a city they established? Was it because of geological changes?"

After preliminary research, scholars discovered that there was a major shallow geological upheaval here more than 5,000 years ago, which buried this city underground.

However, the cause of this geological upheaval remains inconclusive to this day.

"That's right," Zhang Menglong bluffed, "there are two reasons. One is that my ancestors predicted this severe geological change through certain methods. Although the city was advanced, it wasn't enough to resist Mother Nature, so he decided to abandon it."

"Your ancestor had such abilities?" The earliest human understanding of geological activity is associated with the seismoscope invented by Zhang Heng.

"That's all basic stuff," Zhang Menglong shrugged.

"And the second reason?" Sa Xining continued to ask.

"Well, the city that my ancestors built here was probably the largest and most prosperous city for humans, but one day he felt the world seemed too empty. There were no signs of civilization elsewhere, so he decided to let our Huaxia blood flourish and take root around the world."

"So he proposed the concept of 'surrounding the cities from the countryside,' blossoming everywhere through time, and establishing one civilization after another."

"The heck, 'surrounding the cities from the countryside,' isn't that Chairman Mao's famous quote?"

"They had 'surrounding the cities from the countryside' 5,000 years ago?"

"According to his account, aren't all civilizations in the world originated from Huaxia?"

"This is no longer simply 'originating from Huaxia'; it's as if all world civilizations originated from Zhang Menglong's family."

"Such a robust reason, I actually believed it!"

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"I object!" an international reporter immediately stood up, "According to Mr. Zhang, are all civilizations originated from the Zhang family?"

"Tonsils, take a seat. It's not your turn to get inflamed. We're in the interview stage, not the Q&A stage yet. Hold your questions!" Zhang Menglong didn't even deign to glance at the impolite reporter.

"Hahaha! Director Zhang is dominating!"

"Hold your questions if you have them; it's not your turn to speak yet. Why are you trying to draw attention?"

"Look, you hit a sore spot; they're getting anxious!"

An interpreter rushed to the reporter's side and whispered in his ear for a long while; the reporter bit his lip but eventually sat down.

"You can choose not to believe what I say. If you don't believe it, just walk out and turn right, as if your belief somehow benefits me. Sorry, I'm not impressed, nor do I care!" Zhang Menglong said, and without giving them another look, acted indifferent, as if he couldn't be bothered.

"Hahaha, Mr. Zhang, every time you speak, you refresh our understanding. Of course, I am also willing to believe that everything you say is true," Sa Xining said, "We all know, Mr. Zhang has already proven to all authorities today that this ancient city was indeed established by your ancestors. So next, we would like to hear more stories about this city."

"Yes, Mr. Zhang, we are very interested in this city and hope you can tell us about every detail," many curious scholars from the audience also shouted.

"Okay, then I'll tell you about it!"

At that moment, the projection screen behind showed a plan of the city drawn after manual measurements to date. Most areas of the city had already been discovered and were outlined on this diagram.

However, it was clear that the scholars' exploration was still very preliminary, and the diagram was merely a rough distribution of the structures, especially the central fortress, which was only roughly partitioned, rather crude indeed.

"What's up?" Zhang Menglong looked at the organizers.

"Mr. Zhang, this is so you can better explain to us."

"But isn't this map too shabby? How am I supposed to explain?" Zhang Menglong passed over a USB drive, "Put this in!"

The museum director hesitated before opening it. In such a situation, Zhang Menglong wouldn't have loaded it with a few romance action movies to cause a stir, right?

"Wow!"

The moment the file was opened, the entire scene erupted in amazement.

This is... This is actually a perfect panorama! It not only perfectly showcased the splendor of the city from 5000 years ago, but even restored the landscapes of the region as explored by the scientists!

"This is the panorama of our family's home!" said Zhang Menglong.

"My God! There's actually a panorama!"

"Good heavens, snap a photo of this!"

"Oh, sorry, my mistake, it's not a panorama, it's a floor plan!" Zhang Menglong stood up and began to explain.

"Hahaha, a floor plan, what a goddamn floor plan!"

"The poor tears of those enslaved by their mortgages."

"I always thought my 200 square meters were impressive, maybe one of Zhang's ancestral toilets is more than 200 square meters, huh?"

"Those with 125-square-meter homes are trembling."

"95-square-meter homeowners are begging online."

"Renting commoners are exclaiming experts within."

"What others call a large flat, good lord, Zhang has bagged an entire city, a proper landlord indeed."

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"Our city is located at the edge of a desert oasis, with plains to the north, an oasis to the south, grasslands to the east, and glacial mountain ranges to the west; one could say it's an extraordinary place. If it were in the modern world, it would definitely be of the standard of river-view and school-district houses!"

"Look, both waterways and roadways here are highly developed, making it an ideal habitat for human development; that grassland teems with a variety of wild animals, serving as a natural breeding farm!"

"Such a prime location, if you manage to buy it... sorry, I used to work part-time in real estate sales, even won the sales crown! Occupational hazard!"

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"Isn't Mr. Zhang from De Yun Society?"

"Is he really introducing the city, or do I feel like he's trying to sell us a house?"

"This is just ridiculous!"

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Zhang Menglong got more and more excited as he spoke.

"This is the living area for our family's low-level slaves, with a total construction area of about 10 square kilometers!"

"This is the plantation zone, this is the pasture area, this is the market place."

"This is where my ancestors normally lived; the spots I marked in red are where I'm taking our scholars today. Now, this place, about 1200 square meters, is one of my ancestor's toilets."

"Through this corridor of about 2.4 kilometers is where my ancestor usually slept; but to be honest, the designer was pretty rubbish—he had to walk through a 2.4-kilometer corridor to go to the toilet every morning after waking up."

"This 20,000-square-meter area is a gym; my ancestor and his 27 wives exercised there regularly."

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