Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

In the afternoon dusk.

Gu Chan finally led the Yao Duoduo caravan and entered South City safely.

Compared with Zhongyuan City, Nancheng is at least half a city larger, and due to the different regions, the degree of wealth is also different.

The further south the Tiancang Kingdom goes, the more developed the light industry is. Industries like silk, tea, salt, wine, vinegar, and medicine are all very developed in the south, which leads to very few refugees here.

Many light industrial workshops require a large amount of manpower for production. Even if refugees come here, they can find a good job to support their families.

After Gu Chan and the others entered the city, they saw the hustle and bustle of people coming and going in the city. When they compared it with the huge gap between the rich and the poor in Zhongyuan City, they all felt a sense of emotion.

Ma Zheng sat in the carriage and sighed, "No wonder everyone says the south is good. The emperor also loved to go to the south a few years ago. Now, it seems that there are indeed very few people in the south who don't have enough food. Everyone has a job and work to do. It is not a problem to earn some money to eat."

"Yes! I heard from Xuanyuan Qing that the head tax in the south is not that heavy. If I had known it was so good here, I would have led everyone to move here." Gu Chan nodded.

"Then when the market for menstrual napkins expands here, let Sister Wan'er and Sister Ziyue lead everyone to move here!" Ma Zheng said happily.

Gu Chan shook her head and said, "It's not appropriate. Zhongyuan City is now our base camp after all. We have already established a foothold there, and this place is very unfamiliar to us. It is not easy to establish a foothold in a short period of time. We can only do business here first. As for whether to move here or not, we have to wait and see the follow-up situation."

"Okay then! Boss, you've thought it through carefully." Ma Zheng said helplessly.

Gu Chan reached out and touched his head with a doting look.

Then the two of them didn't say anything more, but looked at the scenery outside through the car window.

Gu Chan can say that the cities in the south are also full of various high-rise buildings. Whether in terms of prosperity or wealth, they are no worse than the Central Plains, and in fact, they are better than the Central Plains.

And the most important thing is that the weather here is good. It is winter now, but it doesn't snow here. It's just a cold wind. You can resist the severe cold by wearing a little thicker clothes. You don't need to wear a thick cotton jacket to withstand it like in the Central Plains and the border.

After looking for a long time, Gu Chan suddenly froze, her eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, "Now I finally understand why the Earth Moon Nation advanced towards the Central Plains as soon as it captured the border."

"Boss, what do you mean?" Ma Zheng asked puzzled.

"The Central Plains is the most important gateway for the Tiancang Kingdom. As long as the Central Plains is conquered, you can go straight to Kyoto in the north and to the Jiangnan area in the south. The Jiangnan area is the Feng Shui treasure land of the Tiancang Kingdom. If the Jiangnan area is conquered, the Tiancang Kingdom will almost be doomed. Therefore, the Diyue Kingdom must first conquer the Central Plains and then go south to conquer the Jiangnan area." Gu Chan explained.

Ma Zheng stood there in a daze, with cold sweat oozing out of his forehead.

If the facts are really as Gu Chan said, the previous battle is indeed enough to make people feel scared. Fortunately, Gu Chan helped Xuanyuan Qing defend the Central Plains and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop to recover the border. Otherwise, if the enemy really took over the Central Plains and went all the way south to capture the Jiangnan area, then the Tiancang Kingdom would probably be completely finished!

Thinking of this, Ma Zheng couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and said with a look of fear, "Fortunately, we won the previous battle. If we had lost, I'm afraid Tiancang Nation would be finished."

"Yes! Now I just hope that Xuanyuan Qing, that brat, won't get into any trouble. He guards the border well and builds up the border. Otherwise, if the Diyue Kingdom recovers and then continues to attack, he will probably have a hard time." Gu Chan said worriedly.

Ma was about to speak when the carriage stopped.

Cheng Hao walked to the carriage, lifted the curtain, and said to Gu Chan, "Boss, this inn called Yuanlai Inn looks good, why don't we stay here!"

"Okay! I'm tired too. Let's settle down before dark and have a good meal in the evening." Gu Chan nodded.

Then she got out of the carriage with Ma Zheng and walked straight into the inn.

After a while, Gu Chan booked several rooms and asked everyone to check in.

Cheng Hao and his three companions led everyone to the inn, and after they settled the horses and goods, they went to their rooms to rest.

After dark, Gu Chan asked the innkeeper to prepare three tables of good wine and food, and everyone sat together, talking and laughing while eating and drinking.

On the other side, in a study room at the back of the Qixing Sect.

At this time, Bai Zhuo was supporting Qi Xingtong and standing in front of a middle-aged man.

This middle-aged man was in his fifties, a little bald, with a full beard, about seventeen meters tall, wearing a blue robe. He was sitting behind a desk, checking the sect's account books.

And he is none other than Qixingba, the current leader of the Qixing Sect.

Without even looking up at his daughter, he just checked the accounts while saying, "You useless thing, you brought ten people to beat them up, and now you're done for! Not only did they spank you, but they also broke your wrist. I'm telling you, you'd better not spread this to embarrass me, or I'll have to beat you up again."

"Dad! My daughter was beaten so badly by that brat, not only didn't you comfort me, but you also scolded me?" Qi Xingtong said pitifully.

"You call this cruel? When he was in Lianyin Mountain, he only led 800 cavalrymen and beat the 100,000 soldiers of Diyue Kingdom so hard that they ran around in disarray. That's cruel! If it weren't for the fact that you are my daughter, that guy would have treated you even more cruelly. You just got a few slaps on your butt and dislocated your wrist, and you are secretly happy now!" Qixingba looked up at Qixingtong and said with a gloomy face.

Qi Xingtong was so frightened that her face turned pale on the spot.

Bai Zhuo was also shocked and said, "Master, are you kidding? That guy named Gu Chan only looks about twelve or thirteen years old! Can he be that powerful?"

"The Ninth Prince recognized him as his brother and bestowed on him the title of the Seventeenth Prince of Tiancang Kingdom. In the border battle, the Emperor personally issued an imperial decree to reward him. How could he not be powerful?" Qixingba said unhappily.

Obviously, he had secretly sent someone to investigate Gu Chan as early as last night after his daughter was scolded by Gu Chan.

Otherwise, he would not have known so much about Gu Chan.

Qi Xingtong and Bai Zhuo looked at each other and both opened their mouths in surprise.

Only then did she realize that she had really hit a wall last night, and she was lucky to have only suffered minor injuries.