After the recruitment order of Xiliucheng was issued, after careful selection, more than 60 "elites" with special talents were selected.

Of course, it's just unsatisfactory, and really talented people will not be recruited by a small city lord, and Xiaochuan doesn't have that much personality charm.

However, this is also enough, which greatly alleviates the problem of talent shortage in Xiliu City.

As for whether these people are up to the task, it remains to be seen. Whether it is loyal or not will take time to test.

There are signs of prosperity in the business of Hosoyanagi City.

Although there were many minor conflicts, the Izumo Empire and the Daihan Kingdom were not in a state of hostility, and for a long time, they were in a period of relative peace, so the people-to-people trade between the two countries never stopped.

Although the land is barren and there are no decent products, the Raishu Prefecture happens to be connected to the Izumo Empire. It was the first to withstand the flames of war in wartime, and it was also a trade route connecting the two countries in peacetime.

After the reconstruction of Xiliu City, according to the specifications, it has reached the specifications of Jiangcheng, the capital of Laizhou Prefecture, and if it is said that in terms of security level, Jiangcheng is far from catching up with the small Xiaoliu City.

Of course, the current Xiliucheng is just the specifications of a medium-sized city, and according to the level, Jiangcheng, the capital of Laizhou Prefecture, should be a big city, but who made this a barren place, so Jiangcheng is still only a medium-sized city, and its prosperity is much different from other state capitals.

In many cases, the taxes paid in Jiangcheng are largely supported by commercial and trade taxes between the two countries.

However, this part of the tax revenue has been lost a lot recently, and the reason is the reconstruction of Hosoyanagi Castle.

The size of the city in the city of Xiliucheng, the security level is higher than that of a standard military fortress, the smooth and accessible roads, and the more advantageous is that on the road, it is less than a hundred miles to pass through the city, which makes the city attract a large number of caravans from the two countries to settle here.

In just two months, these caravans of trading spontaneously formed a trading bazaar in Hosoliucheng.

Under the instruction of Ogawa, the managers of Hosoyanagi Castle provided a large trading space for these merchants who traveled between the two countries, and what was even more attractive was that the rents of some shops were very reasonable, and the security in the city was also very good, and the goods of the merchants were well protected.

So after a short period of wait-and-see, many people have rented shops in Xiliu City, opened their doors to do business, and invisibly saved a lot of money.

Of course, it is more advantageous to spend money to buy shops, and many merchants with long-term vision have also seen this, but unfortunately, the shops in Hosoyanagi City are not for sale, and no matter how much money you spend, you can't buy them.

Xiao Chuan didn't know much about this, but there were still some people under him who understood, and he explained it to Xiao Chuan in detail, and Xiao Chuan dispelled the idea of selling the store.

Of course, collecting rent is not as fast as selling a store to recover funds, but it is better in the long run, not to mention that once the development momentum is good, the rent will only get higher and higher.

Ogawa has no shortage of gold coins in his hand, there is no need to sell the shop, these are the roots of Hosoyanagi Castle, like the source of spring water, and it can't be broken like this.

Hosoyanagi City can now be said to have everything in place, operating normally, and the personnel are also performing their duties, so there is no need for Xiaochuan to worry about it anymore.

As for Zhifen, who is a "veteran hero", she was sent by Xiaochuan to the medicine garden to be a small leader, there is really no place to place her, she can't do anything, but Xiaochuan brought it out from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is not easy to kick it away, so she simply let her go to plant medicinal herbs, she will not make a big mistake, and she will not be out of sight and out of mind.

But Xiao Chuan never expected that the little people sometimes can't be underestimated, especially the little people who are not right-minded, and sometimes the destructive power is also very amazing.

Zhifen is such a person, his mind is not right, and he can do whatever it takes to climb up.

If it was just an ordinary medicine garden, it would be nothing, but these medicine gardens all relied on the heaven and earth aura absorbed by the Spirit Gathering Array.

The Spirit Gathering Array is the secret of Hosoyanagi City, and once it is revealed, Xiaochuan's trouble will come in the blink of an eye.

With Zhifen here, can such a secret be kept?

......

Chen Baiqian is from Gyeongju Mansion, in fact, he has been here for a while.

He came all the way from the Shendu of the Great Han Kingdom, and he would have had the opportunity to meet Xiaochuan in the Shendu.

However, after hesitation, Chen Baiqian still gave up and avoided Xiaochuan from afar, because he didn't want to disturb Xiaochuan's peaceful life.

Chen Baiqian is becoming more and more uneasy about himself, peeking at the heavens, and finally being punished by God, Chen Baiqian has seen its power, he is worried that he will one day lose his nature and harm others and himself, which he does not want to see.

Xiao Chuan is his nobleman, and Chen Baiqian intellectually wants to get close to him. But he will go crazy from time to time, and he will definitely affect Xiaochuan and harm his nobles, which is equivalent to harming himself.

Chen Baiqian has been hesitating, should he test himself and then decide where to go?

After thinking about it, Chen Baiqian still gave up, doing so is tantamount to drinking water to quench his thirst, he was originally tortured a lot because of his vain speculation, and he knew that his condition would be worse, so Chen Baiqian wandered around Gyeongju Mansion for some days.

And today when I was setting up a stall, I saw an acquaintance, this person met when I was in Maple Town - Feng Ling'er.

The first time Chen Baiqian saw Feng Ling'er was with Xiaochuan. At that time, due to a misunderstanding, Xiaochuan also gave Feng Ling'er a stick.

The second time I saw Feng Ling'er, it was Chen Baiqian who did not hesitate to expose his identity to save Xiaochuan, and Feng Ling'er was also present at that time.

It's fate, this is the third time we've met!

Feng Ling'er was not alone, there were two men and a woman walking with her.

The woman who was traveling with her was about the same age as Feng Ling'er, but she was a little bit beautiful, and she was very close to Feng Ling'er.

The two men who accompanied him were also about the same age, and they were not handsome, but they were also a little heroic.

One of the men was slender, holding a long sword with ancient decoration in his hand, his eyes secretly looked at Feng Ling'er from time to time, and he had always echoed Feng Ling'er in his words, and the discerning person could see at a glance that this man's love for Feng Ling'er.

"Is it you?" Feng Ling'er still saw Chen Baiqian who was setting up a stall on the side of the road.

Chen Baiqian nodded, smiled, and said hello.

Feng Ling'er then remembered that the guy in front of her, who didn't look very old and had a thin yellow face, was a hidden master.

Dare to rob people in the hands of the old man with broken intestines, who dares to do it without any ability. The old man with a broken intestine is a real infant monk, and he is famous.

"Ling'er, do you know?" asked the young man who had been carefully currying favor with Feng Ling'er.

"Well, I've seen it a few times......" Feng Ling'er was a little distracted.

The young man was a little suspicious in his heart, but he carefully looked Chen Baiqian up and down, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, his face was yellow and thin, his appearance was not surprising at all, and he couldn't see the slightest mana fluctuation on his body.

There is nothing surprising in the slightest, maybe Feng Ling'er saw that this child was pitiful, so she paid attention, right?

Thinking like this, the young man was relieved, stretched out his hand and took out two gold coins and put them on the hexagram stall, and said with a pleasant face: "Little brother, this money will be used for you to buy meat cakes to eat!"

Chen Baiqian smiled when he heard this.

Seeing this, Feng Ling'er only felt a buzzing in her head, and her little face turned white all of a sudden......