I Built a Territory in Ancient Times - Chapter 170

Merchants cannot afford it.

However, after listening to Ma Jinyu’s message, Duan Wang did not seem to be angry, but let them go and stay at will, which is a bit puzzling. What does King Duan mean? At first, he strongly persuaded them to go to Liangzhou for field investigation together, but now it seems that this is not the case anymore? How can this Duan Wang’s mind change?

Although I don’t understand the meaning of it, Duan Wang didn’t blame him, which makes people extremely fortunate.

Everyone pondered over these words, and what Duan Wang said made sense. Since we have all come, we will be able to reach Liangcheng in a few days. It is really not worthwhile to give up halfway at this time. Why don’t you take a look at Liangcheng? As for the good opportunity Duan Wang said, some people are not hopeful.

“Since the words have already been said, let’s wait and see?” Someone suggested in a low voice.

When these words came to everyone’s heart, everyone nodded in agreement.

“Hey! It took so long to travel, and I don’t care about that. Since I decided to visit Liangcheng at the beginning, I don’t want to take a look at it now.”

“Hahaha! Exactly, I’m going to Liangcheng anyway, you guys like to go or not.”

As a result, many people were shaken, “That’s it, the people and Ma’s family didn’t say anything back? Are we in a hurry here?” Drift, these are all money! No matter how rich the Ma family is, the money is not blown by the wind, right?

As soon as Ma Jinyu heard this, he felt sore in his teeth, what is this called? Do they really think that the Ma family will lose everything this time? Tell you, there is no way to see a joke.

Even if Liangcheng’s goods can’t be sold, isn’t there still a west side? Duan Wang was able to travel west at the beginning, why couldn’t their Ma family? What’s more, Duan Wang now presides over the Xiqi Corridor, isn’t it just to facilitate businessmen to travel westward? He really didn’t believe that this thing would rot in his hands.

After meeting Ming Yu, Ma Jinyu suddenly became enlightened, and the layout of their Ma family was not limited to this small piece of land in Liangzhou.

Now that he is at ease, his father must have his plans. Just watch it on the side, learn it, and learn it in your heart before you can turn it into something useful to you.

Ma Jinyu raised his hand, “Hey! What do you want? Our Ma family can’t control it. Anyway, the Ma family is going to Liangcheng.”

“Hahaha, we all know that your Ma family’s goods are going to be sold in Liangcheng. I’ll follow along to see, as long as your Ma family sellers sell them, we will immediately go back to deliver the goods and sell them, and we will never break our promises!” Someone joked.

“Exactly, exactly! Young Master Ma, don’t say we broke your exclusive deal when the time comes!”

Ma Jinyu waved his sleeves, “Go, go! If it’s an exclusive deal, how can our Ma family only transport more than a dozen trucks of goods? I’m still worried that this thing will be grabbed before it enters Liangcheng. It’s over.”

Ma Jinyu is also a big talker, and he can’t lose face of the Ma family no matter what? Regardless of whether he has the bottom line in his heart, he must never do anything that will destroy his own prestige by raising the ambition of others.

“If this is the case, Mr. Ma won’t be as frowning as he has been in the past few days. Even if he falls asleep, he will wake up with a smile, right?” someone joked.

These days, the eldest son of the horse family sighed, and they did not miss the look of frowning. Who doesn’t know that his eldest son Ma is worried about the problem of his own goods? At this time, he is still stubborn, why is it not funny.

The well-meaning jokes made everyone laugh, and the jokes of everyone released the emotions that had been suppressed these days. Everyone’s heart is much more relaxed, Liangcheng is still a state city no matter what, and it can’t be worse than this wilderness, right?

Ma Siyong, who was not far away, saw this scene, smiled and nodded, his son is not stupid. He wasn’t worried about his own goods at all, and if he wasn’t sure, he wouldn’t set out with the caravan’s goods. Now that King Duan reminded him of Liangzhou’s needs, and he did what he said, let’s see how it works.

In short, what Ming Yu asked Ma Jinyu to convey did have an effect, at least most of the people changed their minds, so they are not in a hurry to go back. When a small number of people saw this, they couldn’t say anything more, so they could only hold their noses and go to Liangcheng.

After another seven or eight days, the entire team became restless, because they could see the long city wall in the distance, looming in the gray sky.

“Is this the boundary of Liangcheng?” Someone asked in surprise.

“Should, maybe.” Someone replied, though not sure.

“Hey! Whether it’s true or not, is it alright to send someone out to inquire about it?” Such a simple thing, where is the use of guessing here?

Before they need to ask people to inquire, there is news from the front.

Duan Wang’s team was fully armed, and all the guards of honor were displayed.

On the way, Duan Wang was afraid of disturbing the government and disturbing the people, so he did not reveal his identity. At this moment, Duan Wang asked people to put out the guard of honor, and everyone was amazed by the grandeur of the prince.

They followed behind the convoy along the way, almost forgetting the identity of Duan Wang in front of them. Thinking of what they had complained privately a few days ago, it was only now that they were afraid. If it was passed into Duan Wang’s ears and blamed by Duan Wang, their heads would not be enough to chop off.

“My lord, there is a welcoming team ahead.” Some people came to report.

Ming Yu lifted the curtain of the car and looked at it for a while. There was indeed a group of people in front of him, but he didn’t know who was coming to greet him.

“Who is the leader?” Since he couldn’t see it, he asked.

“It’s Liu Zhifu and General Wei, and Commander Mo who guards the battalion is also here.”

Because of the new imperial guards sent by the emperor, Ming Yu left Mo Jiang and the guard battalion behind when he returned to Beijing this time, so that they could prepare for the expansion of the army and the training of new recruits.

The people in the guard camp are all old people brought out by Ming Yu. This time Ming Yu will not let them guard them, making these people worry about gains and losses. They failed to protect the prince well before, and let the prince be tricked by the villain. This is their inescapable responsibility.

Later, the court sent the Imperial Guard Jingwei to rescue the prince. Everyone knew that the Imperial Guard was the emperor’s private army. The emperor did not hesitate to point out a thousand people to the prince, so the thousand guards of the imperial guards became the guards of the prince’s private army, and the elite guards of the prince’s exclusive guards. This is a precedent that has never happened before. With this group of people, their status can only be receded.

They had a sense of crisis at that time, did the lord really want them? Although they were reluctant to follow the prince to the borderland at first, the prince also promised to give them a chance to return to Beijing. But now, they regret it, and they are willing to stay on the sidelines all their lives and follow the prince. They also do not seek wealth and glory in the capital, they only hope that they can make achievements with the prince, and their children and grandchildren can be proud of themselves in the future.

However, when the lord returned to Beijing, he left them behind and no longer allowed them to be guarded, which meant that the lord no longer needed them.

Mo Jiang naturally saw their worries, and he was very clear about the changes in his subordinates’ thoughts. At that time, His Highness’s words were still in his ears. At that time, he had already indicated that he would be loyal to His Highness for the rest of his life and would never leave the Prince’s side.

Mo Jiang watched the palace grow up step by step, and His Royal Highness was working hard towards his own goal. But even if they try to follow in His Highness’s footsteps, they are no longer worthy of being by His Highness’s side!

Ming Yu’s trip made him stay, which really made Mo Jiang sad. He just thought that His Highness had abandoned them. Unexpectedly, Ming Yu patted him on the shoulder and told him that there would be no other reason for him to stay because Liangzhou would have great changes. Next, he will be handed an unprecedented major task, which is related to the transformation of the army and the situation that is about to change in the border areas.

Although Ming Yu didn’t say it clearly, he could see from His Highness’s solemn expression that His Highness trusted him, so he would stay and entrust him with the most important tasks.

This gave him renewed hope, His Highness did not abandon them, and His Highness wanted to reuse them. Since His Royal Highness trusts him, he must do his best to do what His Highness explained.

Until a few days ago, Ming Yu heard news from the capital that Liangzhou allowed to recruit new soldiers from the common people. Let him start preparing, implement the detailed plan as soon as possible, and start recruiting troops as soon as the imperial decree arrives.

Only at this time did he know that the game Ming Yu played was an unprecedented military change in the Dayan Dynasty. And he is really responsible. If he is not careful, if he fails to do a good job, he will be a sinner through the ages.

He has been trembling and acting according to Ming Yu’s letter, for fear of making mistakes, he is looking forward to Ming Yu’s return to preside day and night. Now that Ming Yu is back, that is a reassurance pill, and he is extremely happy.

Watching the motorcade with the flags fluttering from a distance, Mo Jiang finally calmed down, ready to welcome the return of His Highness.

Ming Yu waved his hand to indicate that he knew, and when his relatives resigned, he smiled and said to Xie Yixiu, who was in uniform and riding on a horse: “So they all came, and I didn’t intend to alarm them, but now it’s better, I also traveled ten miles out of the city to meet me.”

“This is the righteousness of being a courtier.” Xie Yixiu said softly.

Ming Yu smiled, but pointed his chin towards Xie Yixiu, “Remember when this king first came to Liangcheng, someone was afraid that he didn’t know what he should do as a courtier?”

It turned out that he remembered that when he entered Liangcheng for the first time, officials of all sizes came to greet him, but Xie Jiang was missing.