On that one day, Gu Shouxin took a few girls out of the west city to play. The next day, he didn't take them with him and let them do their own thing.
Lu Zheng wanted to accompany Gu Xin, but Gu Shouxin ruthlessly took him to continue the survey outside the west city.
Therefore, during the latter part of the first lunar month, whenever Gu Xin had free time, she would complain to her grandparents, Cai Xiaolian, and Gu Nian about Gu Shouxin, which made them all laugh.
Unfortunately, every night when Gu Shouxin came home, he would question Gu Xin about what she had done that day, so even when Lu Zheng came to the Gu family with him, he couldn't say more than a few words to Gu Xin.
After the preliminary survey of the land outside the city was completed, Madam Peng and Cai Xiaolian took over the coordination.
Gu Shouxin was worried about Cai Xiaolian going out every day, so he asked the Peng family to send someone over. However, the Peng father and son could not come to meet with Cai Xiaolian alone, so they had to send Madam Peng instead.
Having been in Kuncheng for over a year, Cai Xiaolian and Madam Peng didn't have much interaction. They didn't know each other very well, but they appreciated each other.
Cai Xiaolian admired Madam Peng's remarkable abilities as a woman, while Madam Peng admired Cai Xiaolian's business acumen.
In Gu Xin's words, Aunt Yin was a heroine who was just as capable as any man on the battlefield, and my mother was a heroine who was just as capable as any man in the business world.
After spending several days talking with Cai Xiaolian, Madam Peng grew to like her more and more. She felt that Cai Xiaolian possessed a quality that many women of the Great Zhou Dynasty lacked. Although she was not well-educated and could not express it in words, she simply liked her.
After several days, by the end of the month, Cai Xiaolian had completed the design drawings for the mixed city.
It wasn't that she was fast, but rather that she had enough information and experience.
Madam Peng also provided house plans from several neighboring countries. Some of them were similar to those in the Great Zhou Dynasty, while others were quite different.
Cai Xiaolian incorporated elements of the Great Zhou Dynasty into the design of the mixed city based on their living habits.
Madam Peng was a woman of action; once she received the blueprints, she immediately gathered her people to begin work.
Gu Xin was also whispering to her sisters that it would be better to establish a county instead of a city there. That way, they could move further west and the city walls shouldn't be built too high, otherwise it would cause trouble later.
After Cai Xiaolian overheard this, she told Gu Shouxin. Gu Shouxin had the same idea. He thought the high city wall was just a way to lull people into a false sense of security. He was eager to build the western city wall of Huncheng all the way to the border of Langge Kingdom!
Gu Shouxin had his own ideas, so Cai Xiaolian didn't say anything more.
On the thirtieth day of the first lunar month, a long procession of carriages and horses arrived on the official road outside the northeast gate of Kuncheng. The soldiers guarding the city said that this was definitely the most spectacular caravan Kuncheng had ever seen.
As a result, when they checked their identities, the city guards immediately knelt down. This was no ordinary caravan; it was the dignified Prince Kang, his family of three, and the Duke of Chengen and his wife's entourage.
Why are the powerful and wealthy in the capital suddenly thinking of doing business in Kuncheng? No, this is not doing business, it's moving, absolutely moving. Don't think I can't see it just because I have small eyes. Those carriages are full of decorations, not even food or drink.
"Kid, is it alright for us to leave these things at the city gate?" King Kang, with his large belly protruding, glanced sideways at the city guard.
Well, without Princess Jinghe around, Prince Kang couldn't control his appetite at all. He ate himself into a fat man in a year and hadn't lost weight even after traveling for more than half a month.
"It's alright, it's alright, I'll definitely keep a close eye on things for Your Highness!" the soldier quickly replied.
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