"Walk!"
After hearing Juan's reminder, Hu Yunqing was also a little reluctant to leave. It was true that he had stayed in Wenrou Township for too long and was nostalgic for this place.
The time spent in the shipyard was what I had been looking forward to.
Five days later, Hu Yunqing led his people back to Shanhaiguan.
After riding a horse into the city, I looked at the border gates now. They were much more numerous than when I first came here.
"Go, ask Ma Shang to come to the city lord's mansion."
After returning to Shanhaiguan, Hu Yunqing thought about the mutual trade with other countries, which was what he valued most now. Instruct Juan to find Ma Shang.
After all, I left this matter to him. After almost two months, I don’t know what happened.
"As you command!"
When he heard that he was going to find Ma Shang, Juan also smiled. The two had a good relationship before. After not seeing each other for such a long time, he thought about it a little and rode towards Ma Shang's house.
Hu Yunqing led the others towards the city lord's palace.
When Juan arrived outside Ma Shang's mansion, he saw that there were twice as many guards at the door as before. Some don't understand what's going on.
The guards at the door were all trained after the Twelve Secret Guards. They all knew Juan's identity and led him into the house without stopping him.
"Master, Master Hu is here."
He took Juan to outside Ma Shang's study, knocked on the door and said inside.
"Huan, you are finally back. Has the prince also returned to Shanhaiguan?"
When I heard that Mr. Hu was coming, the only one who could be called Mr. Hu was the prince personally accompanying Huan. The other person came to me, there must be something important, so he opened the door anxiously. He asked, holding Juan's hand in both of his.
"That's for sure. I'm following you closely. The prince asked me to come to you this time. I want to know how the mutual market is going."
"I happen to have something urgent to report to the prince. Take me to see the prince quickly!"
Ma Shang hurried back to the study, took some things and walked out, heading towards the door anxiously.
Juan didn't know what happened to make Ma Shang so anxious, but he didn't ask any more questions and quickly followed.
Juan returned to the City Lord's Mansion and found that the City Lord's Mansion was still the same as before.
"Where is Han Kedi?"
After entering the mansion, I found that there were not many guards in the mansion. Thinking of leaving Han Kedi here, I asked the housekeeper.
"My lord, since you left, Han Kedi has been leading his men to suppress bandits outside the city. He rarely returns to the city. I don't know where he is now."
The housekeeper is just in charge of the city lord's palace. After all, Han Kedi is the prince's bodyguard. How dare he, a housekeeper, say anything.
"Your Majesty!"
Just as he was about to send someone to retrieve him, he saw Juan and Ma Shang coming.
"How's business lately?"
After looking at Ma Shang who came in, Hu Yunqing asked him urgently.
“I didn’t make any profit, but I still suffered some losses.”
Ma Shang saw the prince's expectant eyes and quickly lowered his head and replied.
"What are you talking about? I gave you such good resources, and you are the only one who can carry the goods out of the customs. You tell me that you are not making any money?"
After hearing what Ma Shang said, Hu Yunqing was so angry that he stepped forward and grabbed the latter's collar and asked.
"This is what happened recently. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."
Ma Shang had already recorded everything that happened, took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to the prince and said.
Taking Ma Shang's booklet, he found that there were more than a dozen of them, all of which were full of various things. It was either that the goods were robbed by bandits, or that there was an inexplicable fire in the warehouse, and the goods transported outside the customs were also destroyed. The slaves looted on a large scale, and no one paid them at all.
"Is it always like this for two months?"
After reading the contents of the booklet, Hu Yunqing was so angry that he couldn't stand still. He held his chair and asked Ma Shang.
"My lord, when you first left, business was doing pretty well. A few days later, some people focused on our goods. We increased our manpower in time, but we were still seriously injured by the sneak attack."
"Where is Han Kedi? Didn't I ask him to go out of the city to suppress the bandits?"
Looking at the contents of the booklet, Hu Yunqing was very puzzled. When he was still in Shanhaiguan, he had sent Han Kedi to kill the bandits. Why were there still bandits coming out to steal the goods now.
"Han Kedi? I haven't seen him for a long time. I don't know where he went!"
I heard that there were still people suppressing bandits, and there were more and more bandits. I originally wanted to let Han Kedi protect the caravan, but I didn't expect that even the bandits were not found. Ma Shang also said to him helplessly.
"It's chaos! Everything is in chaos. Let the news out immediately and tell Han Kedi to get back!"
Hu Yunqing was really angry to death because Han Kedi did not follow his orders and ordered to Huan.
"Yes, I will go to Shanhaiguan to call for help. I will find Han Kedi as quickly as possible."
Juan also knew that the prince was angry and went to find Han Kedi anxiously.
At this time, Han Kedi was enjoying himself outside the city. He was roasting sheep and drinking wine with some of his subordinates.
"drive!"
While everyone was drinking, a man rode towards them on horseback.
"Master Han, the prince is back and wants you to return to the city lord's mansion immediately!"
"Walk!"
As soon as the others heard that the prince was back, they put on their armor and prepared to ride back to the city.
"What are you doing? Come over here and eat roasted lamb. If you roast it for a while longer, you'll get old."
When he heard that the prince was back, Han Kedi was not in a hurry at all and called everyone over to eat.
"Sir, don't be ridiculous. Your Majesty summoned us back urgently. There must be something important."
"That's right, you can eat this roasted lamb anytime."
The few guards who followed Han Kedi also wanted to eat. After all, they had been waiting for so long, but they had to obey the prince's order.
"What are you afraid of? You'll wait until I finish eating."
Han Kedi didn't care so much. He waited for an hour to finish roasting, but he couldn't waste it like this. He quickly tore off a bite of meat and put it in his mouth.
"Master Han! Please hurry up!"
The guard who was responsible for finding Han Kedi couldn't stand it anymore, it was too slow, and he said with a somewhat impatient expression.
"Okay, let's go."
After taking two bites, I felt a little annoyed at being urged, so I wrapped up the remaining roast lamb and prepared to take it home and eat it slowly.
"My lord, you are back."
Han Kedi dismounted from the door of the City Lord's Mansion and walked in with a smile on his face.
"What's wrong?"
After arriving in the lobby, Han Kedi found Juan Marshang and others, all looking at him solemnly.
"What did you go to do?"
Hu Yunqing looked at Han Kedi who was still laughing and asked.
"I, I went to suppress the bandits outside the city."
Hearing the prince ask himself, Han Kedi couldn't tell him to go out to roast the sheep, and then said to him with a smile.
Anyway, the bandits were not wiped out. This reason has always worked.
"It's been two months since I left Shanhaiguan. How many bandits have you killed?"
