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Chapter 528 What Does the King of Yue Mean?
When Jinxiu heard the princess ask whether they had been troubled by anyone in the palace, she still felt a lingering fear when she thought about it.

How come there was no one in the palace to trouble her?
The princess suddenly disappeared in the palace, and Jinxiu became the focus of interrogation after entering the palace with the princess. After being whipped, tortured, and interrogated repeatedly, Jinxiu almost thought she would not survive.

She still shuddered when she thought of those dark days.

Jinxiu recounted what happened, looking a little reluctant to look back, "It's all in the past. Fortunately, I held on until Jiang Changshi picked me up. I also got to see the princess again."

I am so happy to see the princess again!

No one knows how she got through those days.

Lin Zhaoxia felt very sorry after hearing this. She couldn't tell them the reason why she disappeared. She just said, "You have suffered a lot. Live happily in the future. If you want to redeem yourself, get married, or do anything, just tell me. I will agree to everything."

"Then this servant has turned a disaster into a blessing." Jinxiu smiled happily, "I don't want to redeem myself, I just want to follow the princess."

Others also expressed their willingness to follow the princess.

Lin Zhaoxia was very pleased to hear this. In addition to Jinxiu, the servants in the palace were also interrogated repeatedly by the Queen and the Crown Prince. Those who wanted to redeem themselves had been released, and those who were willing to come all the way to the northwest were all willing to stay.

After some farewell talks, Lin Zhaoxia rewarded them generously and said, "It's great that you are here. I was so busy. There are some prostitutes here, but it's very difficult to ask them to find some who can write and count. I really missed you so much."

Nanny Wei, Jinxiu and others were very happy to hear this. The princess needed them and the princess trusted them!

The fatigue from the journey immediately dissipated, and I couldn't wait to get back to the government affairs.

With the arrival of Jinxiu and others, the Generalissimo's Mansion became well organized. Even the generals and military supervisors who had been staying in the guest house for many days were well served.

"The King of Yue still won't see us?"

"The prince is busy opening the trade fair and discussing tariffs, commercial taxes and many other matters with everyone, so he is too busy to spare time. But the prince has instructed that the two adults stay at home and feel at ease. If you need anything, I will ask you at any time. In addition, Marshal Fang will be free these two days, so you may go to Marshal Fang."

The military supervisor and the general didn't know whether the King of Yue was really busy or just wanted to avoid them. They hadn't even seen the King of Yue in all these days.

As soon as they entered the city, before they could choose a place to stay, they were taken to the Grand Marshal's Mansion by the King of Yue's men.

He came and thought he lived close to the King of Yue, but for so many days he hadn't even seen the King of Yue.

How should they deal with the matters entrusted by the Emperor and the Crown Prince in the capital? The two of them had a splitting headache just thinking about it.

He said to his servant, "Now that we are here, could you please arrange a carriage and send someone to take us outside the pass to see the construction of the market?"

"If you need anything, I will do my best to help you. I will arrange it for you two adults."

Soon the group left the house.

Sitting in the car, the military supervisor and the general lifted the curtain and looked towards the bustling Hangu City...

Although the street was old and shabby, it was clean, tidy, well-organized, and full of people. The two were quite surprised. They had originally thought that the northwest was desolate and sparsely populated, but this street was full of people!

Looking around, each shop was welcoming and seeing off customers. The shop owners and their assistants stood at the shop door to solicit customers, all of them with smiles on their faces.

If it continues to operate in this way, Hangu City will surely become the number one city in the northwest.

The two knew that their trip was in vain. The war had ended, and there was no war to fight, so what was the point of having a military supervisor? The King of Yue was holding back hundreds of thousands of troops from the camp outside the capital, so what was the point of having a general?

Lian Fangsheng only showed up once these days and didn't say a few words to them.

Can they expect Fang Sheng to listen to them?
If they make any move, the King of Yue will not give up, and they will have to sleep forever in the northwest.

How to do?
The two looked at each other, their emotions showing on their faces. "Let the Emperor and the Crown Prince worry about it." They simply ignored it.

I can't care anymore. The 5,000 soldiers and horses that came with them have now been detained by the King of Yue, and are probably incorporated into the army at Hangu Pass. It's really a one-way trip, a meat bun hitting a dog.

They are now commanders without troops, how can they expect others to obey their orders? Thin arms cannot twist thighs, forget it. Put aside the worries in your heart and take a serious look at the northwest scenery that is different from the capital.

After leaving Hangu Pass, the carriages continued to rumble.

There were caravans all along the way, with all kinds of horse-drawn carriages, ox-drawn carts, and donkey-drawn carts stretching out in an endless stream.

The two were shocked. "Didn't they say the market hasn't been built yet? Are these people going to continue their journey west to the Western Regions?"

Looking at the people coming and going, the two of them were full of questions. As a result, they were attracted by the bargaining sounds nearby...

"Three liang!"

"Five taels!"

"Five ounces is not enough! I have to transport it back to the interior of the country. I will have to eat a lot of food and grass along the way, and I don't know if it will adapt to the local climate. You are a cow from the Western Regions, and you may not be able to eat the grass and fodder of our Great Qi. If you get sick and die on the way, I will suffer a great loss."

"You're really good at bargaining. Three taels? For three taels, I might as well kill the dog and sell it as meat!"

"Western Rong lost hundreds of thousands of livestock. If you kill them and sell the meat, who will you sell it to? These days, the people of Hangu City are fed up with the smell of meat in every household. You want to sell meat? It won't sell if it stinks! If it wasn't for the coming spring and the need to cultivate the fields, I wouldn't have come all the way here to sell cattle."

"Never mind, never mind. Four taels, the lowest. The King of Yue has told us to give a better price if we buy them back as oxen. The King of Yue cares about the people, and we are willing to help. It's just four taels, and we can't sell it any lower."

The two of them chatted back and forth, bargained, and quickly closed the deal.

The military supervisor and the general were stunned. "Is that the cow that Xirong paid as compensation?"

The accompanying attendant nodded and said, "That's right. The Central Plains will soon be civilized and there is a shortage of oxen. Cattle are selling especially well." Sheep are also selling well. They have been eating mutton every day these days.

"Didn't the King of Yue ask the soldiers to sell it? Why did he let the merchants sell it?"

"How many people in the army know how to do business? The two adults have seen that the horsemen in the army can't learn such eloquence. There are hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and the amount of grass they eat in a day is a huge number. The soldiers in the army don't have to do anything, just looking for grass for the livestock."

They would rather go to the battlefield and fight than cut hay or shovel manure.

The princess's idea was the best. Contract the goods to merchants in various places, and then the merchants in various places will take the goods to other places for distribution.

This way, there would be less work to do. The soldiers no longer had to look for fodder everywhere, nor did they have to worry about the livestock getting sick or dying, or being beaten by their superiors. Since they had already bought the goods, they didn't care.

"Wouldn't that mean we would have to charge a lot less money?"

"It's true that we sell for less silver, but there are many benefits here." When merchants have fatter pockets, they will think more about doing business in the market, and when the people benefit, they will remember the kindness of the King of Yue.

Anyway, they couldn't think of the benefits here, so they had to ask the princess to come. They admired the princess the most.

"Can these grassland cattle plow the fields?" The general and the military supervisor were a little confused. Their hair was so long that it was dragging on the ground. How could they plow the fields?

"Who cares if it can be used? It's a cow anyway. I can buy it and use it to pull carts and carry goods. At worst, I can kill it and sell the meat. Where can I find a cow this big at 150 grams?"

"That's right." The two of them felt that the servant had some truth in what he said.

Turning around, I saw on the other side that several foreigners were gesticulating and bargaining with the Qi people in their unskilled Qi language.

Such scenes are everywhere in the market. In the market that has not yet been built, merchants from all over are doing business in simple stalls, creating a busy scene.

The two of them were thoughtful. Maybe this trade fair could really be opened?