Hua Mulan brought her trusted aides and flew towards Jinzhou without stopping.
After three days of running, they finally saw Guangyuan, the capital of Jinzhou.
Guang Yuan City was the name of the world. There were many mountains in Jin Province, and Guang Yuan City was located on the only plain among the mountains.
Guang Yuan City guarded the entire Tai Yuan Mountain Range.
This city was also very sturdy. It was also because of the sturdiness of Guangyuan City that the Northern Barbarians had not invaded Jinzhou.
The main forces of Jinzhou were also in Guangyuan City.
Hua Mulan, the defense envoy of Jinzhou, was also in Guangyuan City.
As the name suggested, Hua Mulan's job was to do a good job in the defense of Jinzhou.
He quickly arrived at Guangyuan City. The defense yamen of Jinzhou was already lined up neatly, waiting for this country's brother-in-law.
Jinzhou was not far from the capital, and the news of Hua Mulan becoming the defense envoy of Jinzhou had already reached Guangyuan City.
For this gilded country's brother-in-law, the Defense Commissioner's yamen naturally received him carefully.
Hua Mulan did not bother with any formalities. After handing over the seal, she began to patrol the Defense Commissioner's office. Then, she pulled her subordinates to the camp outside the city to inspect.
By the time he returned to the yamen, it was already midnight.
Hua Mulan's trusted aide, Hua An, had already arranged a bed for her.
Hua An was Hua Mulan's errand boy, and also a trusted aide who grew up together with her.
"Lord Marquis, why are you so worried?”
" It's said that the defense of the border states is lax." Hua Mulan sighed." I didn't expect it to be this lax."”
"The soldiers are not trained enough, and their armor and weapons are not good.”
"It would be good enough if such an army could defend Guang Yuan City.”
"Lord Marquis, how can the troops of Jinzhou be compared to the elites of the Royal Guards?"”
Hua Mulan also knew that he was being too hasty. He said,"Pack up. I will move to the barracks tomorrow. I will report to the emperor about the equipment, but the soldiers have to be trained first.”
"Yes, Lord Marquis."
Almost at the same time, at a mountain entrance dozens of kilometers away from Guang Yuan City, a huge market was almost completed.
The person who supervised the construction of this market was the Minister of Rites, Jia Daode.
He had personally chosen the location of this market. The location was easy to defend and difficult to attack. It could cut off the retreat of the Northern Barbarian merchants at any time.
After the construction of the market was completed, Jia Daode stayed here as the border trade ambassador to supervise the first transaction.
The last time they collected business taxes, they had uprooted the powerful people who smuggled goods to the Northern Barbarians.
The Northern Barbarians had already stopped trading for more than a month.
Weapons and armors were still fine, but without many of Da Qian's resources, many of the tribes were already unsettled.
Without the exquisite luxuries of the Great Gan Lord Dynasty, the tribal chiefs could not hold it in any longer.
After the construction of the market was completed, a large number of Northern Barbarian merchants came with all kinds of Northern Barbarian specialties.
Ginseng, winter pearl, mink skin.
There were also the warhorses that Minister Jia had specially mentioned.
Other than that, some tribes also brought their own specialties.
It could be said that the Northern Barbarians were very sincere in this transaction.
The Great Gan Lord Dynasty was not stingy.
The silk, gold, silver, and jewelry that Minister Jia had prepared were all eye-opening to these bumpkins.
All these good things were snatched away in an instant.
Apart from that, the Great Gan Lord Dynasty's strong liquor was also popular.
The Northern Lands was bitterly cold, and drinking a mouthful of this strong wine could drive away the cold.
The strong liquor that Minister Jia had prepared was all blinded by the strong light.
The only regret was that only a few merchants were willing to buy some of the Five Stones Powder that Minister Jia had tried his best to promote.
Minister Jia simply waved his hand and directly gave away the remaining Five Stones Powder along with the goods.
After three days of trading, the merchants of the Northern Barbarians returned to the Northern Barbarians with a full load of goods.
As for the Great Gan Lord Dynasty, they had also earned a lot.
If these goods were sent to the capital, their prices would rise several times over.
Minister Jia was very satisfied with this transaction. He returned to Guangyuan City, the governing city of Jinzhou.
He did not expect to receive a visiting card from the current defense envoy of Jinzhou, Hua Mulan, the moment he returned.
Hua Mulan?
Isn't this the emperor's brother-in-law?
Ever since Minister Jia had accepted the task of supervising the construction of the market, he had left the capital without stopping.
He was not clear about the state of affairs in the imperial court.
However, he still knew Hua Mulan. He was the current Qing Yuanhou, the Emperor's brother-in-law.
The Emperor sent his brother-in-law to Jinzhou?
Minister Jia began to think.
Jinzhou had always been peaceful and the Northern Barbarians had never invaded Jinzhou.
Jinzhou wasn't a good place for gold.
If the Emperor really wanted to promote his brother-in-law, he should have arranged for him to go to Liao Town.
Could it be that the emperor had some deeper meaning?
Minister Jia didn't know much about military affairs.
Unexpectedly, after a while, the butler reported that the defense envoy of Jinzhou, Hua Mulan, wanted to see him.
Minister Jia was the Minister of Rites, but Hua Mulan was also a distinguished official.
Because Minister Jia was older, Hua Mulan treated him with the courtesy of an elder.
Minister Jia was very satisfied with Hua Mulan. She was handsome and had the appearance of a young general.
"What brings the Defense Envoy here?”
Hua Mulan also said directly,""Lord Jia, I'm here for money.”
Minister Jia laughed out loud.”
Hua Mulan said directly," His Majesty said that the business tax for the first three years belongs to Jinzhou. I went to the governor of Jinzhou a few times, but he kept saying that you were the one who collected the money."”
"So you came to me directly to ask for it?" asked Minister Jia with a smile.”
"Yes."
"What do you want money for?"
"Prepare a new army!"
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