Chapter 241: I don't know that there is Ningyuan City, no matter the business

"Woo! Woo! "The low horn sounded for the first time at the head of Ningyuan City. It was an urgent warning call, informing people from outside the city to enter the city, summoning soldiers to enter the defensive posts.

Ningyuan City, which was in its infancy, faced the enemy situation for the first time.

Tension suddenly enveloped the city, and the people in the city panicked. They more or less knew a little about the general's expedition, and the enemy's revenge in fear was finally coming!

"I just said that the Turks can't be provoked, you see, it's only been a few days, and the Turks are here? We're going to be finished! ”

"The general said that something was wrong, otherwise, how could the Turgish people appear here?"

"It's over, it's over, God bless, don't slaughter the city by the Turgish, we're just slaves......"

Panic and rumors spread wildly among the slaves, and then spread to the people of the Light Ministry, the baggage soldiers, and the military cavalry, and for a time the people were panicked.

The slaves were nervous, the soldiers were equally nervous, and without the general in charge, they all felt that they had lost something, and their hearts were always empty, and the rumors further undermined their confidence.

Fortunately, Wu 'Meng' gave an order in time, allowing dozens of cavalry to gallop back and forth on the spacious avenue in the city, and kept shouting: "Turn to the general's good news, the Northern Expedition army is invincible, behead more than 10,000 people, and triumphantly return to the division on the same day." If anyone 'confuses' people's hearts, they will be killed! ”

Deception and intimidation have temporarily suppressed rumors, but they have not been able to dispel the panic of the military and civilians.

In the face of the sudden crisis, Wu 'Meng' frowned, but there was no better way. Since Li Huaitang waved his army to the Northern Expedition, he spent every day in anxiety, worried that the Northern Expeditionary Army would be in danger, and he was also worried about the retaliation of the Tuqi Shi people, so that the grass and trees were all soldiers, and the head of the city was guarded every day and looked north.

The days passed day by day, and the news from the north in anticipation was like a mud cow into the sea, and there was no news. The only thing that makes Wu 'Meng' talk about masturbation is that Ningyuan City is "growing" day by day, the city walls are getting higher and higher, and the city defense is getting more and more perfect. During this period, the scouts of the Turgish came several times, but they were all repulsed by the cavalry, and they never reappeared, as if they had forgotten about this place.

Perhaps the absence of movement for a while is good news, and Wu 'Meng' gave himself a reason to comfort himself and try to keep his mood calm. Unexpectedly, the one who was about to come finally came, and the habitual tranquility was broken today by the light cavalry scouts who had only been turning from a regular cavalry for a long time.

Early in the morning, the scouts rushed to tell Wu 'Meng' that there was an enemy situation in the north, and in the hazy blur, on the other side of the Zizi River, thousands of troops appeared!

Hearing the news, Wu 'Meng' was startled, and his hands trembled slightly uncontrollably. In an instant, a series of imaginations flashed through his mind: the Northern Expeditionary Army was in danger and defeated, and the Turks gathered a large army to cross the Fergana Mountains and kill Benning Yuan City in retaliation......

"General, tell me what to do?" Under the expression of Wu 'Meng' pretending to be calm, there was a complaint of suffering. Fighting is not his strong point, besides, the generals have not heard from them so far, and their morale is very bad.

In a hurry, several horsemen galloped from a distance until they reached the north 'gate' of the city.

"The general rides! It's the general ride! Wu 'Meng' exclaimed, jumped up in a faux puff, and frightened the soldiers around him to quickly grab him.

"Great victory! Great victory in the Northern Expedition! More than 30,000 beheaded, and millions of cattle and sheep were seized! The knights of the city shouted proudly to the head of the city.

The gates of the city slowly opened, and the knights galloped into the city, and soon, at the behest of Umeng, the knights of the general's cavalry spread the news of the victory to every corner of the city.

There was jubilation in the city, and this time, no one dared to doubt that it was the general's cavalry, the general's personal cavalry, who sent back the good news! Even if some people were skeptical, the arrival of nearly a million cattle and sheep immediately dispelled any doubts.

Li Zhongxin didn't know that his negligence and recklessness had brought a false alarm to Ning Yuancheng. Supposedly, he should have sent a herald to inform the base camp first, but he didn't. It wasn't until he got into trouble near the Purple River that he sent two horsemen to report back.

At this moment, on the beach of the Zizi River, Li Zhongxin was crazy, and he was helpless in the face of a huge and 'chaotic' herd of cattle and sheep. It is not an easy task to drive nearly a million cattle and sheep on the march, let alone cross the river.

"The general is invincible on the battlefield, but he can't help the cattle and sheep?" Shang Qi's schadenfreude sounded again. Along the way, Li Zhongxin was very tired of this open-mouthed guy, they seemed to be born opponents,-for-tat.

"Don't be complacent, you just need to prepare the color head, and I'll see how you handle yourself when you get to Ningyuan City."

For the sake of Ning Yuan City, Shang Qi and Li Zhongxin made a gamble. Bet on the scale prospect of Ningyuan City, and the lottery head is two 'women'.

In Shang Qi's cognition and impression, there is no Ningyuan City in this world, Bahan was still in the midst of a hot civil war a few years ago, it would be good if the soldiers did not destroy everything, and they could build a giant city as Li Zhongxin said?

Shang Qi thought that these knights who were proud of their military might just love face, and the so-called Ningyuan City was probably made up of countless tents, at most a small stone castle was added in the middle.

As for the Silk Center, the statement of the Commerce Center is even more ridiculous, if Ningyuan City can trade with the Tang Dynasty, what else is he doing at this risk to run to Broken Leaf Town? Ever since his merchants were trading in the Western Regions, he hadn't heard of this city, no matter how much of it traded.

"Alright, don't put gold on your face. I admit that you are brave and invincible, although my life was saved by you, but I still dare not agree with your statement about Ning Yuan City. You know, what you say is in your mouth and what you want in my heart is Chang'an and Luoyang. These are the only two cities in the world that live up to what you describe. ”

Shang Qi unceremoniously hit Li Zhongxin.

It's not interesting to entangle the argument on the lips, and Li Zhongxin can't say anything about Shang Qi, but facts speak louder than words, he knows that the color he wants has been decided, two Tang Dynasty 'women'! Despite the brilliant results of the expedition with the army, he also had a 'woman' as a reward, but he was still dissatisfied with those 'women' of different races.

When the magnificent Ningyuan City appeared in front of Shang Qi's eyes, a hole appeared in his mouth exaggeratedly.

In terms of the size of the area, Ningyuan City is slightly smaller than Chang'an Luoyang, but it is much taller, and the unfinished city wall is still increasing. The walls are not made of rammed earth like the castles of the Central Plains, but are made of stones, which is extremely strong.

Entering the city, Shang Qi believed that what Li Zhongxin said was true.

The whole city is divided into four parts, residential areas, military barracks area, industrial and commercial areas, pastures, warehouses, all arranged in an orderly and grand scale.

In the days that followed, Shang Qi had to admit that he had lost his bet with Li Zhongxin.

The world is very big and very small, and in Ningyuan City, he met an old friend unexpectedly.

"Oh, nephew. What a coincidence that I was allowed to meet you here. Quick, come in and sit! "Kang Shalai will go to the northeast of the industrial and commercial area every morning, if it is not a particularly important matter, now the caravan does not need him to go out in person, the Kang family has placed five shops and two leather workshops in the industrial and commercial area, and all the goods in and out of this place pass through his hands.

Shang Qi walked around Ningyuan City every day with amazement, the buildings in the city were in full swing, a large number of laborers were diligently and meticulously building all kinds of houses, there was no leather whip, few supervisors, but he could faintly feel an unknown powerful force pulling the enthusiasm of these slaves.

In the whole Ningyuan City, the most attractive business area is the industrial and commercial area, its scale is staggering, accounting for nearly a quarter of the city's area. After visiting for several days, Shang Qi has not completely finished reading. In front of a bustling shop, he heard a familiar voice calling out to him.

The information spit out from Kangshalai's mouth made Shang Qi feel that time was running out, and he hated to see each other too late.

The caravans in Ningyuan City are increasing day by day, there are from the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu, there are 'Bo's, and Tocharo, and the 'trade' is extremely hot.

Konsalai was elated, radiant, and a little ostentatious.

"San Lang, I have received a lot of hospitality from you in Bahuan City, and now that I have arrived in my land, just say what difficulties there are."

Shang Qi pointed to the silk, porcelain and tea in the Kang family's shop, and said, "The little nephew has an idea in his heart, and he also asks the shopkeeper of Kang Da to give him advice." ”

Konsalai said, "Oh? Please speak. ”

Shang Qi said: "Presumably this thing is my green 'color'?" ”

Konshale laughed: "That's right, exactly! ”

"However, how did the big shopkeeper transport these goods from Datang back to Ningyuan City? As far as I know, the trade roads are controlled by the Turgish people, and the little nephew is not angry that the trade roads are controlled by your predecessors, so he wants to follow you, and 'wants' to find a way to succeed, but he almost lost his life, but fortunately the general appeared in time. ”

Shang Qi knew that Kang Shalai was definitely not going to take the Bodaling and take the trade route of Broken Leaf Town. Li Zhongxin had already unknowingly leaked out the secret business. He just wanted to use the tone of Kanshalai.

Unexpectedly, Kang Shalai did not hide it, and said heartily: "The virtuous nephew doesn't have to go around the bend." There is a Jinkang Avenue, I don't know if the virtuous nephew is willing to go? I can show you the way, and I can lend you the capital. ”

Shang Qi was overjoyed, and almost wanted to hug the Kangda shopkeeper who he thought became cute in an instant.

"Virtuous nephews don't have to 'agitate', it's not that I'm helping you, it's the general. The general said that a hundred 'flowers' blooming together is 'spring', and while funding you, it is also helping me get rich. ”

Konsarai is honest. Of course, the so-called funding was conditional, and Konsalai stipulated that the caravans financed by him had to sell goods to him first. Several old friends he had financed before had brought him huge benefits, and he didn't even have to bother to go to the merchants to buy goods, he just had to sit back and enjoy the results, and he realized considerable profits by dumping the goods in hand to the caravans in various places. In addition, the leather goods in his own workshop were also very popular, and the Kang family's financial resources became stronger day by day.

"The virtuous nephew doesn't have to waste time observing, believe me. Sign an IOU for me, take the capital, and quickly set up a caravan, I have a lot of goods here, all kinds of spices, leather, wine, all kinds of 'color' gems, white cloth, in Datang are all best-sellers. ”

"Of course, the silk, porcelain and tea that my nephew brought from Datang have to be sold to me first."

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