Gu Shouxin's plan to relocate the city was quite perfect. General Peng and General Peng only raised a few questions, and after receiving the answers, they agreed.
The first step in building a city is to construct its walls. The people who need to build these walls are all soldiers. Fortunately, after the cement was laid, the soldiers themselves reinforced the walls at the west gate.
Now all the bricklayers in Kuncheng have been dispatched to Uncle Gu and Fourth Uncle Gu.
Gu Shouxin also discussed with the Peng family father and son that, taking advantage of the construction of the city, they should first obtain a batch of troops from the emperor.
The Peng family father and son were also worried that if there were too many troops on this side, the emperor might become suspicious!
Gu Shouxin also looked worried, but he took the responsibility upon himself, saying that at worst he would sacrifice something else.
The Peng family father and son were deeply moved, thinking that Gu Er was a good person, a very good person, and a person they could befriend, unlike those civil officials in the court.
They had no idea that the emperor trusted Gu Shouxin implicitly, and had even once encouraged Gu Shouxin to rebel!
Anyway, the Peng family father and son wouldn't believe such a bizarre story.
After returning from the Peng family, Gu Shouxin sent people to post notices in the trading area, stating that a city would be built specifically for businessmen from neighboring countries in the next six months. He asked everyone to look forward to it and that if they had any questions, they could just ask at the address of the city, since everyone would have to pass through that place to come to Kuncheng anyway.
People from neighboring countries cheered, finally they no longer had to live a life of hardship, and after settling down, they could eat the delicacies of the Great Zhou every day and keep up with the latest products from the Gu sisters. How happy they were!
On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, Gu Shouxin led Gu Xin and her sisters, along with Qian Liangduo and Hu Liang, out of the west gate.
Also traveling with him were General Peng, Peng Erlang, Peng Wulang, Lu Zheng, and Meng Meng.
The Gu sisters were curious about the area outside the West Gate. They had been there for a year and had been to all the other gates, but the West Gate was the only place where they could only look out at the world from the gate; they weren't even allowed to go up to the gate tower.
The Peng family army has strict military regulations and would never let you go into battle just because you are a princess or the daughter of Lord Gu.
Once you exit the west gate, the scenery is similar to that of the east, north, and south, but the further west you go, the more noticeable the difference becomes.
General Peng led his entourage westward for about ten miles before stopping.
Gu Xin looked into the distance, where all she could see was desolation, devoid of green vegetation, with only a bustling crowd of people from neighboring countries heading to or returning from Kuncheng.
Lu Zheng, standing next to Gu Xin, pointed ahead: "At the end of that road is the Kingdom of Lang, which is also the country that has fought against our Great Zhou the most times."
Gu Xin had heard before that the king of Langge Kingdom was a general from the previous dynasty who fled there, raised an army, and almost conquered Kuncheng.
That battle, which was also the battle in which General Peng and Lu Zheng's grandfather distinguished themselves, took place decades ago.
Afterwards, Lu Zheng's grandfather returned to the capital due to his injuries, and General Peng's family stayed in Kuncheng.
Gu Xin suddenly thought, "If anyone objects to our expansion of Kun City, it's probably the Langge Kingdom, isn't it?"
General Peng gave Gu Xin an approving look: "Langge Kingdom, the name itself suggests wolfish ambition. It is said that the first King of Langge was not only a general of the previous dynasty, but also a prince of the previous dynasty, and he even wanted to restore the previous dynasty! When we expand the city, they will definitely attack and head west. This will not affect the Sand God Kingdom and the Izumo Kingdom, much less the Goddess Kingdom and the Jinnan Kingdom across the river. It will only affect the Langge Kingdom."
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