As dozens of messengers set off from Lanzhou, the news of Ji Ya, the princess of Liang, descending on Ganliang, spread quickly. The 3,000 Battle cavalry were also divided into ten groups to patrol and escort the trade routes. Sweep up all the sand bandits.

Whether it was a real bandit or a straggler sent by some forces, they were either defeated or exterminated within a month. Although the two prefectures of Ganliang are administratively less than half of the four prefectures of Yunzhong County, the geographical area is about the same, and even the Ganliang region is larger. But most of them are the Gobi, deserts, and some grasslands. The messengers came and went, counting the delivery of the letter and the bad road conditions, even if it was the best fast horse, it took nearly forty days to travel from Lanzhou to the farthest place.

During this period, Ji Ya was not idle, while continuing to adjust the army, while hoarding grain, grass and supplies. Even if there is no need to fight in the future, I am afraid that there are many places that need material support.

Several tribes closer to Yunzhong got the news and expressed their willingness to recognize Ji Ya's dominance, and sent representatives to congratulate them. Droy City and Battle City, who have communicated with Ji Ya for a long time, are the most active, and this time it is not only a simple congratulations, but also to further discuss the cooperation between the two sides.

Ji Ya met with several delegates separately, accompanied by Monmonda and Zhu Ye Qingrou.

Battle City is okay to say, as long as Ji Ya is willing to pay the right price, the Battle people can raise the strongest army for her. Of course, Ji Ya demanded that it must be a qualified army, not a mercenary form.

The two sides agreed to first let the Battellians form a 10,000-strong army, known as the Wild Sands, with Scimitar Bermonda as the commander. In the future, he will no longer be the youngest centurion in Battle City, but a lieutenant general under the princess of Liang State.

If the cooperation works well, the Ten Thousand Miles Wild Sand Legion will expand to 30,000 people, and become the two main forces under Ji Ya, just like the White Tiger Fengcong composed of the Zhou people.

On the Droy side, they mainly talk about commerce, in addition to more business cooperation, the Droy merchants also want Ji Ya to borrow more money from their northwest trade bank, but Ji Ya's attitude towards this is ambiguous.

After talking about business cooperation, Ji Ya said with a smile: "The last time I went to your city, I had a relationship with Old Burke, I don't know how Old Burke has been doing recently?"

A merchant said: "Thank you for the greetings of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Lord Burke, he is very good, since the cooperation with His Highness, the entire city of Droy has benefited from this, and the goods from the southern flowers are all in demand." Master Burke was so happy that he even ate a few more plates of pilaf. ”

Ji Ya smiled: "Very good, this is also what I am pursuing, whether it is a cultivator, a craftsman, or a businessman, I hope everyone can have a better life." ”

"Yes, the Droy people believe that the whole Gan Liang will do something new under the leadership of His Highness, but this ......" The Droy merchant who was still praising was about to say something.

"Your Excellency has something to say, but it's okay to say it, isn't what I'm doing well enough?" Ji Ya already knew that this group of people had something to say, and I was afraid it was not just as simple as praising themselves.

"Your Highness has ambitions to develop Ganliang, and we are naturally willing to fully support it, but I'm afraid that someone will not cooperate with Your Highness. ”

"Oh, really? Tell me about it. ”

"Now that Your Highness is here, you must also know about the Ganman Alliance. ”

"I've heard of it, it seems that some tribes have formed an alliance to resist bandits and youkai. "Ji Ya deliberately didn't mention Zhou Ren and Demon Cloud Sea, just to see what these businessmen were going to do?

Seeing this, the merchant also understood, and immediately said, "Indeed, at the beginning of the establishment of the Alliance, many good things were done for all races, and even our Droy City has benefited a lot. However, in the past 20 years, under the leadership of Ukrainian Tia, the taste has changed more and more. It has become the place where the big tribes oppress the small tribes, but if they take a small offense, there will be a disaster of destroying the city and destroying the clan. Especially the newly appointed Great Khan Duchang, who not only controls the economy and manipulates prices, but also suppresses non-alliance cities in all aspects. Not only us, but also the Ganman Alliance has long been dissatisfied with him. ”

Ji Ya nodded: "So that's the case, so it's likely that they won't cooperate with me?"

"Not only that, but there has been a lack of control in the Ganliang region over the years, and the people of the Ganman Alliance have always felt superior to others. I'm afraid that they won't easily recognize His Highness's right to rule, so it's not like I rushed over as soon as I received His Highness's official letter. ”

"It seems that this is a big problem, I have sent messengers everywhere to announce my intentions, if they are really not willing to settle peacefully, then I will not give up the development of Ganliang because of such a few people. ”

The merchant was overjoyed: "If Your Highness can obey the will of the people and raise a banner to punish his crimes, my whole city is willing to provide money, food, and goods for His Highness's righteous deeds, and contribute our modest efforts." ”

Ji Ya also said politely: "With your help, I believe that our career will get better and better, Ji Ya has thanked me here." ”

After sending off these merchants, Monmonda said: "In the past, I wondered, with the prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty, didn't I know the importance of commerce and trade, why for hundreds of years it was the mainstream of heavy agriculture and suppression of commerce? ”

Zhu Ye Qingrou nodded and smiled: "I feel the same way." ”

Ji Yazan said: "Monmonda is right, this group of Droy merchants has something to say, and it seems that they have been encouraging me to go to war with the Ganman Alliance, even at the expense of money and goods. Isn't this like Droy's style, they have a grudge against the Ganman Alliance?"

Monmonda shook his head: "As they say, not only is there no hatred between the two sides, but even Droy has benefited a lot from the Ganman Alliance. ”

"Then why do the Droys want me to destroy the Ganman Alliance?"

Monmonda asked rhetorically, "Do you know what is the most fundamental reason for the maintenance of the Ganman Alliance?"

Ji Ya felt that Mengmonda had another deep meaning, and through the understanding of the information, there were multiple reasons for the existence of the Ganman Alliance, the military deterrence of Ulantiya, the external pressure of the Ganliang region, and the prestige of the older generation, all of which could be regarded as a reason.

"Because of the rules. In the past few days, she has also been constantly studying the overall situation in the northwest, although she is the first talented woman in the capital, but her vision is not just the wind and snow.

Monmonda nodded and praised: "What the people of Zhuye She said is good, Your Highness may not know that although the area of the Ganliang region is large, it is far less than that of the Great Zhou. However, the Great Zhou was centralized, and all the will could be sent directly from the imperial court to the four directions. However, the tribes here are mixed, and the writing is easy to say, except for the language of the own tribe, most of them use the official dialect of the Great Zhou. But there are very differences in other aspects, taking the measurement as an example, here a catty may be sixteen taels, thirteen taels or ten taels. The currency is also dominated by strip coins and round coins, and the gold and silver content varies slightly in different places. ”

Strip coins are made of gold and silver in finger-length strips, which can be held together or tied into bundles. The round coin is a round coin and is also the most widely circulated coin.

Meng Mengda also said: "Since the gratitude of the Ganman Alliance has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, since the previous generation of Great Khans, the internal unified measurement and currency have been all taken as ten taels per catty, and the coins have also been replaced by golden eagles, silver sheep, and copper fish, and the language and writing are the official dialect of the Great Zhou Dynasty. ”

As she spoke, Monmonda took out a few coins, Ji Ya picked them up and looked at them carefully, only to see that the gold coin was a big eagle, the silver coin was a sheep, and the copper coin was two fish connected from end to end.

Zhu Ye Qingrou said: "Your Highness, this copper fish is equivalent to a copper coin in the Great Zhou. Therefore, the merchants in the clouds can go to the Ganman Alliance according to the weekly money parity. ”

Ji Ya nodded and motioned for Monmonda to continue.

"If there are different currencies and measurements in different places, although the conversion is troublesome, there is also a lot of room for the Droy merchants to operate and make profits. It's just that the Ganman Alliance not only sets the rules, but even intervenes in the market. Fixed the standard for many buying and selling. It is naturally a kind of protection within the alliance, and some small cities that are not very wealthy have benefited from it, but for Droy City, it has forcibly scraped away a large part of the profits. But they were helpless. The force of the Ganman Alliance is too strong. Even if Deroy did everything he could to recruit troops, he wouldn't have been able to do it. Moreover, the income and the effort are not equal. ”

Ji Ya suddenly realized: "I understand, so Deroy has been waiting for an opportunity to completely eliminate the Ganman Alliance." ”

"Yes, the third generation of the Great Khan of the Ganman Alliance has only been in power for a few years, and the internal situation is already very unstable. Your Highness, you have risen strongly, and in order to unify Gan Liang, it has become inevitable to oppose the Gan Man Alliance. That's why Droy City is willing to pay for you to go to war. This also exposes one of your problems, you are too deeply entangled with capital. ”

Ji Ya suddenly understood that although she occupied the barren land in the northwest of the Great Zhou, she was richer than anyone else at the beginning. Not to mention those princes with family background, Qihou Yingrui started as a few hundred prisoners at the beginning. Wuhou Chen Shuming was driven to the shelves by a group of noisy military households, and when he was the poorest, he couldn't even take out the benefits of the eunuchs, and he was almost put on small shoes.

What about Ji Ya's side? Not only does it have the endorsement of the world-famous Lin Yue platform, but also the high-end combat power of the original Beichen Army and the Holy Maiden Sect, plus the original strong soldiers and hard horses in the clouds. Even the investment is made of 100,000 yuan, and there is more than one million capital behind him. That is, Ji Ya, if this falls on any other prince, you will have to wake up laughing when you sleep.

Zhu Ye Qingrou also deeply agreed: "Your Highness, what Mr. Monmonda said is right, the Ganman Alliance and these Droys are not only not enmity, but also gracious. You can sell it for your own benefit. Now that His Highness is strong, they are quite deferential. When they follow in the footsteps of His Highness and expand the trade circle to the entire Ganliang and even the clouds, I am afraid that they will become a force that can coerce you, and Huaduhou is a lesson from the past. ”

Of course, Ji Ya understands that Huadu Hou is a puppet who has been held up by the Big Four, in addition to being able to issue an official seal, that is, he can borrow money from the royal money bank in the name of the local government, why can his junior brother Haole be with the eldest lady Lang Siqi, who has been trained by the nobility since childhood? He was originally a country boy who couldn't even read a word, but with the title of Lin Yue's disciple and the upstart of the Huadu Chamber of Commerce, everything became possible. Of course, now there is a junior brother of Princess Liang Guo. A typical down-and-out aristocratic lady with an illiterate nouveau riche. In the peaceful and prosperous era of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the past, no matter how rich he was, he couldn't climb the young lady of the marquis's family.

Now Ji Ya's forces are also beginning to take shape, and the two capitals on the Huadu side and the Deroy City side are deepening their influence on Yunzhong County and the Ganliang region.

Ji Ya got up and walked a few steps in the room: "Before coming here, I also thought about how to deal with Ganliang, but now I find that the situation is worse than I thought. Not only is the situation chaotic, but there is also a lack of management talents. What policy should I adopt first if I unify Ganliang?"

Monmonda said: "Heavy agriculture and suppress business. ”

Zhuye Qingrou: "Yangshi works." ”

Emphasis was placed on agriculture and animal husbandry, the suppression of merchants, the development of education, and the revitalization of industry. Hearing this, Ji Ya frowned, not knowing what she was thinking.