The Return of the Demon

#1214 - The richest city

Ning Chen led his men out overnight.

Wu State is to the north of Daxuan, and Bianzhou belongs to the western border of Daxuan, so he has to go back to Xuanwu City first, and then take a detour from Xuanwu City to Bianzhou.

Ride fast and light all the way.

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Now Daxuan and Wuguo have already started trading. The trade route is very smooth and there are post stations along the way, which is suitable for long-distance journeys.

The journey that used to take more than a month now only takes more than 20 days.

Ning Chen rushed back to Xuanwu City exhausted.

In the past, the first thing I did when I came back was to go to Yufulou to eat roast duck.

But this time he didn't have such thoughts and went straight to the City Lord's Mansion.

When Ning Chen entered the city, the guards had already passed the news to the City Lord's Mansion and Jiang Zhengyang.

When Ning Chen is away, Jiang Zhengyang is in charge of the entire Xuanwu City.

Seeing Ning Chen leading the team over, Jiang Zhengyang, Gu Yichun and others hurried forward with excitement on their faces.

They haven't seen Ning Chen for a long time.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Ning Chen got off the horse and said with a smile, "Everyone, get up."

He glanced at Jiang Zhengyang, "Master Jiang has a rosy complexion. It seems that he has made a lot of money. You have gained a lot of weight."

Jiang Zhengyang was startled. "Your Majesty, I dare not."

Ning Chen laughed, "It was just a joke, look how scared you are."

Jiang Zhengyang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and thought to himself that your jokes can really scare people to death.

Ning Chen patted Gu Yichun on the shoulder, "Didn't Xiao Xing say she wanted to go back to the capital to visit Yudie? Why didn't you go back?"

Gu Yichun smiled and scratched his head, "Originally I was going to the capital, but before I left, Xiao Xing got pregnant..."

Ning Chen was slightly startled, then delighted, "Xiao Xing is pregnant?"

Gu Yichun grinned and nodded with a silly smile.

Ning Chen joked: "Sure, how long has it been?"

"The baby will be born after the new year."

"This is a good thing..." Ning Chen said, reaching into his arms and feeling around, his expression somewhat awkward. He didn't bring any silver, so Xiao Yanxi beside him handed him a hundred-liang silver note, "This is a reward from the prince. Pregnant women are very heavy, so let Miss Xiao Xing have a good rest."

Gu Yichun looked at the banknote in Xiao Yanxi's hand, "This, this..."

Ning Chen smiled and said, "Take it!"

Gu Yichun took the banknote and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ning Chen smiled and said, "Let's go in and talk."

After entering the City Lord's Mansion and arriving at the hall, when Ning Chen was about to go in, he paused and subconsciously looked up.

"My Lord, what's wrong?"

Gu Yichun asked cautiously.

Ning Chen shook his head and walked into the hall. He just thought of Xie Siyu.

When he was in Xuanwu City, he could always see Xie Siyu sitting on the roof and acting cool and handsome.

Ning Chen looked at Jiang Zhengyang and said, "I can't stay in Xuanwu City for long. I have to leave early tomorrow morning, so I won't meet with any officials.

Tell me about Xuanwu City's situation this year."

Jiang Zhengyang leaned forward and said respectfully: "Your Highness, according to statistics, the permanent population of Xuanwu City has reached 110,000 this year, and the floating population is as high as 300,000.

This year's tax revenue is 15% higher than last year's. Four new granaries have been built. Together with last year's, the total grain storage capacity is 1.5 million shi.

In addition, the land is fertile, 30,000 acres of new farmland were opened this year, and 17,000 soldiers were recruited...”

Ning Chen listened quietly with a smile on his face.

Putting aside the imperial cities of various countries, Xuanwu City should be the richest city in the world now.

Xuanwu City developed rapidly, and its tax revenue and grain reserves exceeded those of any other city in Daxuan.

The reason why it developed so fast was mainly due to the advantages of trade between Daxuan and Wuguo.

Ning Chen thought for a moment and asked, "You just said that we have 1.5 million shi of grain in stock, right?"

"yes!"

"Transfer one million shi directly to the capital."

Jiang Zhengyang leaned forward and said without hesitation: "Yes!"

"Hurry up, it will be difficult to deal with it once it snows at daybreak."

"I will arrange it tomorrow!"

Ning Chen nodded, "We must send it to Lingzhou before it snows."

Once you arrive in Lingzhou, you can use water transportation.

Now that the East Territory has just been recovered, supplies are scarce, and it is unstable, and food and fodder are urgently needed... The capital city has urgently mobilized food and fodder for transportation, and several national granaries have been emptied.

Transporting these grains to the capital can greatly alleviate the problem of food shortage.

In fact, there was no shortage. The food he looted from the Nanyue Imperial City was enough to deal with the situation in the eastern border.

But the country’s granary cannot be empty. The country’s grain reserves are directly related to the stability of the country.

Ning Chen looked at Jiang Zhengyang and said, "I sent someone to tell you to arrest the guy from Misheng Liquor Store. How is it going?"

Jiang Zhengyang said hurriedly: "Your Highness, I dare not delay after receiving the order. The person has been caught and is locked up in the prison."

Ning Chen looked at Pan Yucheng, "Old Pan, thank you for your hard work!"

Pan Yucheng stood up and said, "Understood!"

Ning Chen nodded, then asked Jiang Zhengyang, "How are Ning Xing and Ning Mao doing recently?"

Jiang Zhengyang said: "They are all good. They all do their job and work very hard."

"Have you ever relied on my name to bully others?"

Jiang Zhengyang shook his head, "I haven't heard of it."

Ning Chen nodded slightly, "Send someone to inform them to come to the mansion, and have a family dinner together tonight. Sir Jiang, you can come too."

"yes!"

Ning Chen was about to say something when suddenly a tiger roar came from afar.

Ning Chen was stunned at first, then he laughed, stood up and walked outside.

He even forgot about Du Bu.

I said before that I would release Dubu back to the mountains, but then I was busy and forgot about it.

Ning Chen came to the backyard.

The backyard door banged.

Du Bu kept pulling at the back door, trying to rush out. He smelled Ning Chen's scent.

Ning Chen stepped forward and opened the door.

Du Bu saw Ning Chen and pounced out with a tiger leap.

Ning Chen quickly dodged to the side and was almost knocked down.

Seeing that Du Bu was about to pounce, Ning Chen said in a deep voice: "Du Bu, squat down!"

Du Bu was stunned for a moment, then squatted down obediently, looking very angry.

Ning Chen walked forward and stroked its big head, "Good boy, you have gained weight again after not seeing you for a while."

Du Bu fell to the ground.

Ning Chen stretched out his hand and rubbed it randomly.

Actually, if you think about it, Du Bu is already an old maid.

Ning Chen patted its big head and said, "Du Bu, I will take you with me when I leave this time. The mountains and forests around Yuzhou are very suitable for you to survive.

You are the king of beasts and should not be trapped in this small space."

Ning Chen said this and suddenly frowned.

"Du Bu, you stink... Let's go give you a bath..."

Ning Chen asked someone to boil some hot water, and then took Du Bu to an empty room to give it a bath.

It took half an hour to wash Du Bu clean.

When they were about to leave, Ning Chen suddenly had an idea, "Du Bu, I have never ridden a tiger before, why don't you carry me for a couple of laps?"

Ning Chen took a stride and rode on Du Bu's back.

Du Bu lowered his body and lay directly on the ground. It was not that he could not carry the load, but that he did not want to carry it... How tiring!