Pen&Fun&Pavilion www.biquge.inforeadx;? Shangguan Xiu only knew that there was such a person as Nanhuai, but he didn't have much contact with him, so he wasn't too impressed.

After waiting for a while, seeing that Tang Ling just looked down at Nan Huai with an expressionless face, and didn't mean to let him get up, Shangguan Xiu turned his head and said to the few people of the Wind Country who were arguing: "It's none of your business here, let's go back first,"

"Yes...... Yes, Your Highness, villain, villain retires," several wind men kowtowed, stood up cautiously, did not dare to look up, bowed, and retreated into the field,

Nanhuai, who was kneeling on the ground, was already in a cold sweat at this time, and after waiting for so long, His Majesty and His Royal Highness had not allowed themselves to get up, but they were blaming themselves for being late.

Thinking of this, he whispered: "Weichen greets the late, please forgive Your Majesty, please forgive Your Highness,"

Tang Ling smiled and asked, "Lord Nan has been a city lord in Xibu City for a few years,"

"Back to Your Majesty, Wei Chen has served as the lord of Xibu City for a year,"

"Xibu City is not in the mainland of our country, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, it is prosperous and lively, and the people are thriving, in this year's time, the benefits that Nanda people have earned should be a lot,"

Tang Ling asked casually, but Nan Huai was so frightened that his face was like earth, he hurriedly kowtowed forward, and said in a trembling voice: "Weichen doesn't dare, Weichen doesn't dare,"

"Yes, do you mean, did I wronged you?"

"This ...... This ......"

Nan Huai was still struggling, and Tang Ling had already waved his hand and said, "Nan Daren, let's get even,"

"Your Majesty Xie, Your Highness Xie," Nanhuai stood up, his face was covered with beads of sweat,

Tang Ling said indifferently: "Go to Xibu City,"

"Yes, Your Majesty," Nan Huai agreed, and said, "Wechen has prepared the carriage, just ahead,"

The carriage prepared by Nanhuai, it is not a problem for more than a dozen people to sit in it, the carriage is equipped with soft collapse, paving, small bookcases, small coffee tables and other objects, as well as a small iron stove for burning charcoal for making tea, saying that it is a carriage, it looks more like a small house,

From the outside, the horns of the carriage and horses are inlaid with white jade, the edge is inlaid with gold edges, on the body of the carriage, both sides are engraved with exquisite dragon patterns, amazingly, the dragon's eyes are embedded in it by rubies, the dragon is brushed with gold powder, it looks even more lifelike, as if two golden dragons are going to soar from the carriage,

The outer wall of the car body is made of yellow pear, and the middle layer is equipped with a strong steel plate, and the inner wall is wrapped with thick brocade cotton.

Even the well-informed Tang Ling couldn't help but let out an exclamation when he saw this carriage,

Nan Huai explained: "Ten days ago, Weichen received news from His Highness, knowing that His Majesty and His Highness were going to come to Shah to inspect, Weichen and others built this carriage overnight, and it only took nine days before and after, there are rough places, and I also ask Your Majesty and His Highness Haihan,"

He said polite words, but his face naturally showed a look of pride, and it only took nine days to build such a beautiful, luxurious and majestic carriage, I am afraid that even the royal craftsmen could not do it.

His thoughts, how could Tang Ling not understand, she praised lightly: "Not bad," as she spoke, she raised her hand, and the female officer on the side stepped forward quickly and helped her to the car, Shangguan Xiu also floated in,

Entering the carriage, the two sat down, Tang Ling was half-lying on the soft collapse, and said to Shangguan Xiu: "This Nanhuai, the efficiency is quite high,"

Shangguan Xiu shrugged his shoulders and said, "To become the city lord of Xibu City, you must at least have extraordinary abilities,"

The lord of Xibu City is a direct official of the Zhenjun County Government, and if he behaves well, Shangguan Xiu also has a long face, if he does not perform well, Shangguan Xiu will also have a dull face.

Now it seems that Nan Huai can make such a carriage in just ten days, which still adds a lot of points to him, Tang Ling suddenly asked: "Ah Xiu believes that he built this carriage in only nine days,"

"Hmm," Shangguan Xiu didn't quite understand the intention of Tang Ling's words,

Tang Ling said: "Could it be that there was already this carriage a long time ago?"

Shangguan Xiu's eyes flashed, and he shook his head and said, "Nan Huai doesn't have that much courage,"

This carriage has a dragon totem, except for the emperor, no one dares to carve dragon patterns on his carriage, unless he has the heart to rebel, even if Nanhuai is bold, but he must at least have self-knowledge, just a city lord, does he dare to rebel,

Tang Ling looked at Shangguan Xiu with disapproval, she said: "In short, I don't like Nan Huai, and I don't trust this person, and Xibu City is my country's important place in Shah, and Nan Huai is the city lord of Xibu City, I am not very satisfied,"

In this kind of trivial matter, Shangguan Xiu didn't want to argue with Tang Lingqi, he smiled and said, "We have to stay here for five days, and after five days, we will decide whether it is necessary to change the city lord,"

Tang Ling nodded, without saying much,

Entering the city of Sibcheng, on the streets, you can see a variety of ethnic groups, including Feng people, Nanning people, Shah people, Pakse people, and even Tia merchants, Besa merchants, and merchants who can't tell where they come from.

The style of the buildings in the city is also diverse, to the surprise of Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling, there is a small church built by the merchants of Besa in the city, you must know that in Beijun, the church of the Besa people has been expressly banned, but here in Xibu City, you can see the Besa Church, which is surprising,

Tang Ling lifted the corner of the curtain, turned out his mouth, and said with a smile: "Ah Xiu, it seems that Nan Huai has not implemented your decree thoroughly, and even allowed the church of Besa to appear in the city," her tone of voice was faintly gloating,

Shangguan Xiu glanced out lightly and said, "In the Shah area, in the city of Sib, I have not ordered the ban on the Besa Church,"

"Why is that," Tang Ling looked at him with a puzzled face,

"The city of Zeb is used to make money, no matter which country the merchants come, the city of Sib will welcome, as for the entanglement between countries, it is never in the scope of the city of Sib,"

Even the merchants of Ningnan will receive due courtesy when they come to Xibu City, Xibu City is a place where everything speaks with money, as for the racial war and the national battlefield, it has never extended into Xibu City, and it is precisely because of this open and free attitude that Xibu City has been able to rise rapidly and become an international town that can accommodate all races and ethnic groups, and merchants from all over the world flock to come to pan for gold.

The prosperity of Xibu City, even Tang Ling couldn't help but salivate when he saw it, especially after visiting the granary and silver warehouse of Xibu City, Tang Ling also coveted Xibu City even more, the granary and silver warehouse of Xibu City are not one, but many,

There were sixteen granaries in the city, and each of them was not empty, but it was full of rice, and the harvest of each season was concentrated here in the city of Sib, and basically the total harvest of one season filled all the sixteen granaries in the city of Sib.

As for the silver vault, there are two in Xibu City, the big silver vault is located on the top of the mountain, which is guarded by the people of Shura Hall, and the small silver vault is located at the bottom of the mountain, which is guarded by the city army, and the silver vault on the top of the mountain is much larger and more secretive than the silver vault under the mountain, and the silver vault under the mountain is more like a disguise, and the silver vault on the top of the mountain is the real place where the gold and silver are stored in Xibu City.

There are three gates in the silver treasury on the top of the mountain, even if someone attacks, even if the guards are killed, if there is no key to open the gate, and the mechanism to open the gate, don't want to enter it, the three gates, there are three keys, Nanhuai only has one of them, and the other two are in the hands of the branch master and the city captain of the Shura Hall, and the three of them are in charge of the silver vault.

The entrance to the treasury is on the mountain, and when you enter it, you have to go all the way down, through a long tunnel, and then through three gates, before you can enter the core of the treasury, in which gold ingots, silver ingots, gold coins, and silver coins are classified and piled up like a mountain.

As if offering a treasure, Nan Huai opened a silver box, grabbed a handful of silver coins from it, and sent it to Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling, explaining: "This is a Tia silver coin, which is a high-grade product, with extremely high purity, and in Xibu City, Tia silver coins are also the most popular,"

Tang Ling picked one up casually, looked at it a few times, handed it back to Nan Huai, and asked, "So, what about the silver ingots of my Wind Country,"

"The silver ingots in our country are of slightly worse purity, they are of medium grade, and the worst purity is the silver coins of the Pakse country, and in the city of Xibu, the silver coins of the Pakse are also the least valuable," Nan Huai gushed out: "Most of the gold and silver taxed by the city government are stored in the silver treasury on the top of the mountain, and the silver treasury under the mountain is only stored in a small amount of gold and silver, mainly used to store copper coins and copper coins, and the guards are relatively poor, but there has never been an accident,"

"Well," Tang Ling responded, looked around the silver vault again, and said, "I should see it, I've seen it all, let's go out," the silver vault is located in the interior of Xibu Mountain, it is not ventilated, it is stuffy and hot, and staying in it for a while is sweating,

Nan Huai hurriedly turned sideways and said, "Your Majesty, please,"

As he walked out, Tang Ling deliberately paid attention to the other two Shura Hall branch masters and city captains who were in charge of the keys to the silver vault, these two were not good people, and they seemed to be down-to-earth, Tang Ling was quite satisfied with the two of them,

After visiting the granary and silver treasury of Xibu City, Nan Huai invited Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling to the city lord's mansion for a feast and hospitality.

The city lord's mansion in Xibu City is newly built, big and luxurious, and it is not clear which country's architectural style, square, the main body of the building is all marble, according to Nanhuai, the city lord's mansion is designed by the architect of Tia,

Walking to the front of the city lord's mansion, the building looks even bigger, although it is only one floor, but the height is ten meters away, and the whole is ivory white.

Walking up the stairs to the front door, a row of thick marble pillars erected in front of the door, each of which is about seven or eight meters high,

Passing through the surprisingly tall main entrance and entering it, you will be greeted by a huge space that seems to be empty, the ground is black marble, polished with oil, like a mirror, in the center of the ground, a long waterway is dug out, and what flows in it is not water, but red liquid,

Tang Ling looked at it, frowned, pointed to the red liquid in the waterway, and asked, "Is this ......?"

Nan Huai slapped his face, and immediately a row of maids walked in, the maids who were not destined to hold silver cups in their hands, they walked to the end of the waterway, and took a glass from each of the fountains, Yuguan walked back, Nanhuai took two silver cups, handed them to Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling respectively, and said: "This is the wine pool designed by Weichen, and the wine pool is full of red wine from the Oss country, please taste it with Your Majesty and His Royal Highness,"

Tang Ling looked at the wine glass handed by Nan Huai, and did not take it, but turned his head to look at Shangguan Xiu,

A mere city lord not only built a city lord's mansion as brilliant as a palace, but also had the luxury of digging a wine pond in the city lord's mansion, even if she, the emperor of the Gale Empire, was not so luxurious, how dare Nan Huai, and who gave him such courage, this is the reason why Tang Ling looked at Shangguan Xiu,

Shangguan Xiu was silent, took a wine glass from Nan Huai, who was full of embarrassment, and took a sip without care, the taste was sour and astringent, and after tasting it for a while, it revealed sweetness, he nodded with a smile, and said: "It tastes good, Your Majesty might as well taste it,"