Yongchang City and the East City operates the four-way treasures, and the West City sells daily needs.

The western city covers an area of ​​two yards, nearly 3,000 acres. The tic-tac-shaped streets divide the western city into nine large blocks, and countless small streets and alleys divide the nine large blocks into small blocks. There are 40,000 merchants here, which operate daily necessities such as clothing, food, housing, transportation, medicine, etc. Although it is not as good as the "golden city" that "all the treasures in all directions" in the east city, the prosperity is more prosperous than the east city and is an indispensable place for ordinary people and is called "Jinshi".

Da Zheng traded with surrounding countries. Most merchants from the Northern Desert, Western Regions and South China countries lived in western cities or nearby markets, selling specialties from their respective countries, and then transported silk, porcelain, tea and other goods from Zheng State back to China, making a lot of profits. Many foreign businessmen became rich and liked the prosperity of Zheng State, so they simply bought houses and bought property in Zheng State for a long time. Some even became Zheng State people, allowing their descendants to study for imperial examinations and become officials of Zheng State.

There are walls on all sides of the east and west markets, and there are two doors on each side of the walls. Not far from the northwest gate, there is a fur shop that operates fur. It is east-west, three meters wide, and three floors deep, and both sides are adjacent to the street. A convoy stopped at the back door of the fur shop. The shop owner Yuan Dafu and four men were already waiting there. The car was loaded with bundles of fur, including cow and sheep skin, wolf skin, bear skin, and fox skin.

Kalu, who was a pseudonym Mondo, got off the carriage and greeted the neighbors passing by. He ran between Zheng and Mo Kingdom all year round. This fur shop was actually his stronghold in Yongchang City, and the shop owner and the clerk were actually Mo people. Since Zheng's north expedition, Kalu had not come to Yongchang City for more than a year. Now that the alliance was first decided, the caravans between the two countries began to communicate, Kalu brought a caravan to Yongchang to find out the news.

In the secret room, Yuan Dafu talked about the recent debate about Jiang Anyi in the capital, and Kalu smiled and said, "Mr. Qu's plan has come into effect. Now the storm in Yongchang City is coming, so you might as well add another fire. The Zheng people are dissatisfied with the covenant, but they are not clear about the content of the covenant. You send someone to secretly reveal the content of the covenant and encourage the people of Zheng to be dissatisfied. Now the troops on the border of Zheng people have been greatly reduced. As long as the Zheng people dare to tear the covenant, Limankhan's hundreds of thousands of troops will have reason to go south. Then let the Zheng people use more benefits to exchange for peace."

In the East City, a shop that operates Western Regions jewelry is much more spacious than the jewelry store, which has a two-story high store carved beams and painted buildings. Two strings of red lanterns are high under the eaves. There are three golden characters "Baohuiguang" on the floating guise, which is full of spirit. There are many fragrant cars and BMWs parked in front of the store. Most of them are royal relatives and nobles. There is also a side door next to the gate, which is dedicated to receiving women. The guy inside is also a white-skinned Hu Niang.

Bao Huiguang's boss Hegude is from Xiuli. He has been in Yongchang City for 24 years and is an authentic Zheng Guotong. In the tea room on the second floor, four high-nosed and concave-eyed Westerners sat around to drink tea, and the topic of discussion was also about Jiang Anyi. Hegude said: "This Jiang Anyi set up a border city in Huazhou. The goods transported into Zheng Guo were taxed once, and the taxes to be paid in the east city must not be less. I heard that Zheng Guogong was preparing to double the tax on jewelry, perfume and other industries, and this business could not be carried out."

He sat opposite Mushar, the shopkeeper of the spice shop, wiped his thick beard on his chin and said, "Brother, you are coming and going downstairs.

, every day, money is worth a lot of money, even the rich people in Zheng State will also send you money. The tax revenue is high and the goods are sold at high prices. What are you afraid of? At present, Huazhou is fighting, and the goods cannot be transported in, so you can only venture through the sea of ​​sand from Qingzhou. The spices I transported at the beginning of the year encountered a sandstorm, which lost 30% and lost more than a dozen people, so I really couldn't support it."

Hegude said: "When Jiang Anyi was the governor of Huazhou, he collected taxes, but the goods were very safe. In the past, bandits in Huazhou were rampant, and the silver that only hired escorts to protect the escort was worth twice the tax. Speaking of which, I would rather pay more taxes, but unfortunately, Lord Jiang could never return to Huazhou to be the governor of Huazhou."

The strong man sat on the left was mostly the Sha in Hu Ji’s wine shop. He named him Sha Luo. The invasion of the Western Regions coalition forces had little impact on him. The Hu Ji’s wine shop, where girls from Western Regions sang and danced and served wine, was highly praised by the candidates who came to take the exam. He "smiled in Hu Ji’s wine shop", and sang and danced every day until the closing of the shop.

Sha Juduo said to the public that he was a native of Tian Wei. In fact, he was a secret spy of Rong Mi Kingdom. He used the wine shop to collect information about Zheng Kingdom. In recent days, Sha Juduo saw the trend in Beijing. His wine shop often argued, and sometimes even changed from arguing to a big fight. The day before yesterday, Sha Juduo received secret letters, asking him to find a way to make a fuss about the Zheng Mo Covenant, and used the Jiang Anyi incident to create rumors, saying that Emperor Zheng deliberately pushed his fault to his ministers in order to cover up his failure. Jiang Anyi was one of the scapegoats.

In Zheng State, there was a great chaos and no intention to interfere in the war in Huazhou, so the coalition forces could seize more spoils. Sha Juduo rubbed his chin and was thinking about how to spread rumors.

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Shi Chongwei looked tired, and the tide in the capital became more and more turbulent. From the initial dispute between Jiang Anyi and Liao Jianhui and the Zhengmo alliance leaked, the people were extremely dissatisfied with the compensation for the property of Mo Kingdom. The copper pot was filled with memorials of dissatisfaction with the court. Recently, the emperor appeared to conceal the failure to conquer the Mo Kingdom and deliberately pushed the fault to his subordinates. Jiang Anyi was just a scapegoat. Longwei and the secret guards went out to arrest many detailed works of the Mo Kingdom and the Western Regions. King An of Chu did not dare to take Li again. The situation in the capital was strangely quieted down. Shi Chongwei asked Dali Temple to suspend the interrogation, and strictly supervised Jiang Anyi and Liao Jianhui, not allowed to contact others, and waited for the emperor to make a decision.

On the 29th day of the first lunar month, the emperor's condition finally improved. Shi Chongwei received a message from Empress Wang and hurriedly set off to Yanshan Villa. Shi Fangzhen had a protruding cheekbones and was extremely thin. His eyes regained their spirits and sat on the soft couch.

After not seeing his son for many days, Shi Fangzhen smiled and said, "Wei'er, I have been feeling unwell these days, and you will deal with the affairs in the court. I heard your mother say that the capital is stable, the officials are dedicated, and the people are peaceful. I am very happy that I am not as good as you when you are so old."

Shi Chongwei felt uneasy, and Empress Wang praised him very much. How did the chaos in the capital speak to his father? Empress Wang smiled and said, "Since Wei'er was in charge of the country, she dared not be negligent. She went to bed at the end of Hai and got up at the beginning of Mao. She was diligent in the king's affairs. Ma Xiang and several ministers praised him for his majesty's style."

Shi Fangzhen nodded with relief and said, "Wei'er must also pay attention to her health when she is diligent. Take time to practice archery and horses every day. Being strong is the fundamental reason. Cough cough, don't be like me who was in my fifties and was ill in bed."

Shi Chongwei saw that his father's eyes were gloomy and quickly comforted him.

He said: "The father has always been strong, but he has occasional discomfort and will be safe and sound. Someone offered him a few good horses. After his father recovers, he will still be in Qiushou with him."

Shi Fangzhen sighed: "I have been busy with the northern expedition. I have not had autumn hunting for the past few years. If my health recovers, I will go to autumn hunting this year to see how Wei'er's riding and shooting skills are. I am old, and I am afraid that I will see you if I pacify the royal court of the desert."

When Queen Wang saw that the emperor was touched by the sad things, she hurriedly said, "In the past autumn, I was waiting in the palace. Long live this year, I have to take me with me. Although I can't draw the bow and arrow, I can cheer for Long live and the emperor."

The family was talking and laughing. Half an hour passed quickly. Shi Fang was really tired. Queen Wang winked at her son and said with a smile: "Wei'er, didn't you say that you had something to tell your father?"

Shi Fangzhen leaned on the soft pillow and closed her eyes slightly and said, "I have ignored the government for many days, what's the important thing in the capital?"

Shi Chongwei gritted his teeth and said, "Father, the case of the Military Information Department in the Beijing hotly discusses Jiang Anyi and Tongmo. General Qi sent Jiang Anyi to Dali Temple to be tried. Liao Jianhui went to the hall to sue Jiang Anyi for three major crimes. The judge was angry when Liao Jianhui took off his clothes and showed his injuries. He gathered at Zhuque Gate to knock on the palace and submitted a memorial..."

The further he listened, Shi Fang's face became more gloomy. Shi Chongwei was whispering and did not dare to say anything further. Shi Fang said angrily: "Jiang Anyi Tongmo, why don't you make a decision in time? You have to wait until the sensation is so popular before coming to report to me, Kong Sheng, what is Ma Suizhen doing? This is how they assist you? Xiong Zhiren, why don't he persuade you?"

Shi Fangzhen was excited as she spoke, her face flushed and she began to cough, which scared Queen Wang and Liu Weiguo repeatedly said: "Long live the anger, long live the anger."

Shi Chongwei said aggrievedly: "My son wants to release Jiang Anyi from prison immediately, but my second brother insists that the national law cannot be violated and asked Dali Temple to interrogate Jiang Anyi. Kong Xiang also believed that since Jiang Anyi had been imprisoned in Dali Temple, he would simply interrogate openly according to the court laws, so that people all over the world can understand it and show justice and selflessness."

Shi Fangzhen was as insightful as the battle between the two sons, and even intentionally or unintentionally acquiesced to indulge indulgence. At this moment, Shi Fangzhen felt powerless. From Shi Chongwei's vague words, he could hear the struggle between the two, and the Jiang Anyi case was the target of their struggle.

Queen Wang knew Shi Fang's true temperament. She could also find out her mood with a subtle action by the emperor. Queen Wang hurriedly said, "Longsui doesn't know. Wei'er often came to Yanshan Villa because of the Jiang Anyi case. However, I asked him to go back and wait for news. It was all because of Wei'er's mention that the court officials were not convinced. King An of Chu and Huang Ping were aggressive and secretly manipulated the son to cause trouble. There was a reason for the chaos in the capital, and no wonder Wei'er."

Queen Wang explained his son and gave him some eye drops to King An. Shi Fangzhen closed his eyes tiredly and said softly: "I am tired and I need to rest. Wei'er, please go back first. I will issue an order to deal with this matter."
Chapter completed!