Mu En walked in quickly and said, "Young Master, the slaves of the Great Xia Kingdom have arrived. Tomorrow, new slaves will be sold in the slave market. ”

When Yi Xingchen heard this, he smiled: "I've waited for so long, I've finally arrived." Muen, how much money do we have?"

"We have five hundred gold coins and three thousand silver coins. Mu En replied.

"That's just a little bit of gold coins?" Yi Xingchen was slightly disappointed when he heard this.

Seeing this, Mu En still didn't understand, Yi Xingchen must have thought that the funds were not enough, so he was relieved: "According to my understanding, one gold coin is enough to buy two or three adult slaves. ”

When Yi Xingchen heard this, his heart was relieved, he smiled, and said, "Then, the matter of buying slaves will be handed over to you." Also, I want to know, when can we go back home?"

"According to the information obtained by the probe, the city guards have returned to the city. The City Lord's Mansion has also issued a security bulletin, stating that the thieves outside the city have been cleared. Therefore, there should be no danger on the road to the west of the country, and we must be able to leave for China at any time. Mu En said.

Yi Xingchen thought for a moment and asked, "Are some of the ingredients we need ready?"

"It's all ready, and we've got enough horses and vehicles, so there's no problem with capacity. Mu En said.

"Good. Leave tomorrow and return home!" Yi Xingchen made the final decision at the moment. This news is the best for him in recent times.

Immediately afterwards, Yi Xingchen continued: "Mu En, the matter of Xilin City, I will ask you to put more thought into it and sit here. ”

Mu En looked at Yi Xingchen gratefully and said, "Thank you for Your Majesty's care! However, the minister doesn't want to support his old age yet." ”

Yi Xingchen arranged for Mu En to be stationed in Xilin City for a long time, obviously sympathizing with Mu En's old age, letting him settle down, and in a place with a good environment, he couldn't bear to let him continue to run around and work hard.

When Yi Xingchen heard this, he said, "No, you're not pensioning! With you in Xilin City, I can feel more at ease." You are an important person in our Xinghua country. ”

Mu En thought for a while and said, "In that case, please ask Your Majesty for permission, I will go to Xinghua Manor." There, I can build our Xinghua estate, strengthen the connection with the surrounding villages, protect the trade routes, and increase the influence of Xinghua. In Xilin City, the power of the government is too strong, and there is not much I can do. ”

Mu En's words did get to the point, and they did convince Yi Xingchen.

Yi Xingchen considered that the foundation of Xinghua Kingdom in the East is actually Xinghua Manor. As long as the development of Xinghua Manor is stronger day by day, in the near future, Xinghua Manor will definitely become an important base for Xinghua to leave the country in the east.

Moreover, Xinghua does need to have a Xinghua Manor, which exists between the two countries, but can become a buffer zone for the hub of the two countries.

After Yi Xingchen figured it out, he also gave up persuading Mu En to stay in Xilin City, but his tone also became more solemn: "You're right, Xinghua Manor really needs a person of high moral standing to be in charge. However, in view of the potential threat to us from the city guards of Xilin City, I believe that Xinghua Manor should build a walled city to replace the current simple structure, so as to ensure the safety of Xinghua people. ”

Mu En was silent for a moment, and then seemed to think of something, and said with a particularly solemn expression: "I really can't understand that they can do it to their own people. ”

With the return of the Xilin City City Guards, the intelligence officers of the Xinghua Merchant Group gradually transmitted back more and more secret information about Xilin City. However, not only did this information not make Yi Xingchen and them let go of their suspicions, but they all confirmed Yi Xingchen and Mu En's conjecture - the city guards of Xilin City were indeed slaughtering civilians in their own country, just to rob the civilians of their food and make up for their salaries!

The so-called killing of thieves and the thorough defense of inside and outside the city are nothing more than smoke bombs released by the government for convenience and deception of the people.

Now, the situation in the city has finally stabilized, but the information received by the Xinghua merchant group about the people killed made Yi Xingchen and them feel a chill down their spines - in the end, about five villages, no less than 3,000 civilians, died in this massacre. Moreover, in order to survive, many villages around Xilin City did not dare to rebel against the orders of the city lord at all, and almost all of them obediently offered eighty percent of their family's food.

"The nobles and landlords who left the country in the east, they didn't care about the life and death of the commoners at all. In their eyes, the property of civilians is their property. As long as their hands and feet are clean, no one will find out. What's more, they slaughtered some marginal villages, and they could completely shift the blame to the attacks of wild beasts or the raids of bandits, while they themselves went unpunished. Yi Xingchen said what he thought without hesitation, even if he gritted his teeth, he couldn't vent his shock and anger.

"It's a pity, if those people can become the citizens of our Xinghua Kingdom before they are persecuted by these wolf-hearted city guards in Xilin City, they will be able to leave their lives behind, and it will undoubtedly be a huge help to our Xinghua Kingdom. Mu En sighed.

"Don't be sorry, we still have a chance. It is impossible to completely cover up what the city guards have done. If people don't know, they can't do it unless they do. You see, Zhao Jin and they are very smart. And, I think, they might know something. You are in Xinghua Manor, you can try to contact people like Zhao Jin who have left the country and unite some civilians who have left the country. Do something to win the hearts and minds of the people in a low-key manner. Yi Xingchen said face-to-face.

Mu En nodded, as far as he knew, the five villages that were slaughtered were indeed villages that were relatively remote in terms of geographical location from the center of the Eastern Departure Country. Because of the remoteness, there was no support for anything that happened. The civilians here are even more natural, and even if something happens, no one will cry out for them.

In the long run, the people here will certainly not be so loyal to their country. Therefore, what Yi Xingchen said is true, their Xinghua merchant group can indeed start from this, first, they can protect these lives and give them a way to live, and second, they can also guide these civilians to Xinghua Kingdom more quietly.

Subsequently, Yi Xingchen, Mu En, and Allen continued to discuss the issues that the merchant group needed to pay attention to when returning to China for a while, and Mu En said goodbye and left.

The next day, Yi Xingchen's brigade began to assemble and prepare to return to Xinghua Kingdom. This time, the Xinghua merchant group also had a huge lineup, organizing a total of more than 200 horses, loading goods with hundreds of gold coins, and bringing more than 500 newly recruited farmers and talents to set off together.

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