Chapter 367: Kicking the iron board
At dusk in the afternoon.
Gu Chan finally led the Yao Duoduo caravan and entered Nancheng safely.
Compared with Zhongyuan City, Nancheng is at least half a city larger, and due to different regions, the level of wealth is also different.
The further south the Tiancang Kingdom goes, the more developed the light industry becomes. Industries such as silk, tea, salt, wine, vinegar, and medicine are all very developed in the south, so there are very few refugees here.
Many light industry workshops require a lot of manpower for production. Even if refugees come, they can find a good job to support their families.
After Gu Chan and others entered the city, they saw people coming and going in the city and it was very lively. When compared with the huge gap between the rich and the poor in Zhongyuan City, they all felt a little confused.
Ma Zheng, sitting in the carriage, sighed and said, "No wonder everyone says the south is good. The emperor also loved going to Jiangnan a few years ago. Looking at it now, there are indeed very few people in the south who don't have enough to eat. Everyone has a job, so it’s not a problem to earn some money to eat.”
“That’s right! I heard that guy from Xuanyuan Qing say that the head tax is not that heavy here in the south. If I had known it was so good here, I would have brought everyone here," Gu Chan nodded.
"When the market for menstrual towels expands here, let Sister Wan'er and Sister Ziyue lead everyone to move here!" Ma Zheng said happily.
Gu Chan shook his head and said, "It's inappropriate. Zhongyuan City is now our base camp after all. We have already established ourselves there, but this place is very unfamiliar to us. It is not easy to establish ourselves in a short time. All we can say is Let’s get the business here first. Whether we can move it here or not depends on what happens next.” .
Gu Chan reached out and touched his head, looking doting on him.
Then the two of them did not say any more, but looked at the scenery outside through the car window.
Gu Chan can say that the city in the south is also full of high-rise buildings. In terms of prosperity and wealth, it is no worse than the Central Plains area, and is even better than the Central Plains area.
And the most important thing is that the weather here is good. It's already winter now. It's not snowing here yet, it's just a cold wind. You can resist the severe cold with a little thicker clothing. It's not like in the Central Plains and the border. Likewise, you have to wear a thick cotton jacket to carry it.
After watching for a long time, Gu Chan suddenly froze, his eyes lit up, and he exclaimed, "Now I completely understand why the Earth-Moon Kingdom immediately advanced towards the Central Plains after seizing the border. "
"Boss, what do you mean?" Ma Zheng didn't explain.
“The Central Plains is the largest pass of Tiancang Kingdom. As long as the Central Plains area is captured, one can go directly to Kyoto in the north and directly to the Jiangnan area in the south. As the geomantic treasure of Tiancang Kingdom, the Jiangnan area can be reached wherever Jiangnan is After attacking this area, Tiancang Kingdom is almost exhausted, so Diyue Kingdom must have conquered the Central Plains area before going south and directly conquering the Jiangnan area." Gu Chan explained.
Ma Zheng froze in place as he listened, with waves of cold sweat oozing out from his forehead.
If the facts are true as Gu Chan said, the previous battle was indeed scary. Fortunately, Gu Chan helped Xuanyuan Qing to defend the Central Plains area and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop to regain the border. Otherwise, the enemy would have conquered the Central Plains area. , if we go all the way south and capture the Jiangnan area, the Cang Kingdom may really be completely finished that day!
Thinking of this, Ma Zheng couldn't help but stretched out his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and said with a look of fear, "Fortunately, we won the battle before. If we lose, I'm afraid Tiancang Kingdom will be destroyed." It’s over.”
“Yes! Now I just hope that nothing happens to that brat Xuanyuan Qing, and he can guard the border well, or wait until Diyue Kingdom calms down. If he continues to attack, he may have a difficult time," Gu Chan said worriedly.
Ma Zheng was about to speak when the carriage stopped. Cheng Hao walked to the carriage and opened the curtain, and said to Gu Chan, "Sir, this inn called Yuanlai Inn looks good, why don't we stay here!"
"Okay! I happen to be tired too. If we get settled before dark, we can have a good meal in the evening." Gu Chan nodded.
Then she took the horse out of the carriage and walked straight into the inn.
After a while, Gu Chan opened several rooms for everyone to stay in.
Cheng Hao and the other two led everyone, took the horses and goods to the inn and settled them before they went to their rooms to rest.
After dark, Gu Chan asked the innkeeper to prepare three tables of good wine and food, and everyone sat together, eating and drinking, talking and laughing.
On the other side, in a study room behind the Seven Star Sect.
At this time, Bai Zhuo was supporting Qixing Tong and standing in front of a middle-aged man.
This middle-aged man is in his fifties, slightly bald, with a beard. He is about 17 meters tall. He is wearing a blue robe. He is sitting behind a desk, flipping through recent religious articles. Check the account book inside the door.
And he is none other than Qixing Ba, the current head of Qixing Sect.
Without raising his head to look at his daughter, he just said while checking the accounts, "You're a good-for-nothing, and you brought ten people to beat someone up. Now you're fine! You got spanked instead of talking about it. I broke your wrist, and I tell you, you better not spread this matter and embarrass me, otherwise I will give you a beating.”
"Dad! My daughter was beaten so hard by that brat. Why don't you comfort me and scold me?" Qixing Tong said pretending to be pitiful.
"This is called ruthlessness? When I was in Lianyin Mountain, with only 800 cavalry, I beat the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Earth and Moon Kingdom to the ground and ran around. This is called ruthlessness!" If it weren't for the fact that you are my daughter, that kid would probably have beaten you even harder, and you would have been slapped a few times on the butt and your wrist would be dislocated, so you can have fun now!" Qixing Ba looked up at Qixing Tong, gloomily. Said with a straight face.
Qi Xingtong’s face turned pale with fright.
Bai Zhuo also looked shocked and said, "Master, are you kidding me? That guy named Gu Chan looks like he is only twelve or thirteen years old! Can he be so powerful?"
"The Ninth Prince recognized him as his adopted brother and gave him the title of Seventeenth Prince of Tiancang Kingdom. During the border battle, the Emperor personally issued an imperial edict to reward him. How can he not be awesome?" Seven Star Ba said angrily.
Apparently, he had already secretly sent someone to investigate Gu Chan after his daughter came back from being taught a lesson by Gu Chan last night.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to know so many details about Gu Chan now.
Qixing Tong and Bai Zhuo looked at each other, and both of them opened their mouths in surprise.
It was then that she realized that she had indeed been kicked onto the iron plate last night, and she was very lucky to have only suffered such minor injuries.
(End of this chapter)