Gu Nian and Madam Xue's relationship is growing stronger, and Madam Xue even complains that Xue Qianyu is spending less time with Gu Nian!
She couldn't wait to resolve the issue with the Sand God Kingdom; sometimes, when she saw people from the Sand God Kingdom in the city, her eyes would glare at them. It's all because your king is so insensible that my son and daughter-in-law have had less time together.
The people of the Sand God Kingdom: We've been wronged!
Overall, Kuncheng is developing very well in all aspects. Some artisans who came here for Qixi Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival don't want to leave anymore. Kuncheng doesn't have any houses to sell to them now. Some of them who have savings have reserved new houses in the next batch at the government office, while those who don't have savings have moved their household registration directly to villages around Kunzhou.
As the population grew, Gu Shouxin recruited another batch of yamen runners, and only now did the yamen truly look proper.
Even though Gu Shouxin had money before, he couldn't recruit people. Now, however, a large number of young and middle-aged men have flooded into Kunzhou.
By the end of September, people from neighboring countries had begun to move into Huncheng.
Since Jinnan Kingdom became Jinnan Prefecture, the people of Jinnan could choose to live in Huncheng or other places in Kunzhou, but most of them chose to live there.
Living outside the city is not safe; who knows when the Great Zhou and the Lang Kingdom will go to war!
Gu Shouxin specifically counted that there were only about twenty households in Langge Kingdom that bought houses in Huncheng. They were all doing business, buying things from Kuncheng and transporting them back to sell.
It would take two days for them to travel from Kuncheng to Langge Kingdom by fast horse, so it would be good for them to have a place to rest.
Gu Shouxin had secretly investigated these twenty-odd households; they were all people who had been honestly doing business since the trading area opened, but the servants they brought with them often changed.
Even without Gu Shouxin's reminder, the Peng family knew to instruct the city gate guards to be more careful.
Previously, due to the matter of the Goddess Kingdom, Peng Sanlang and Lu Zheng led troops to fight against the Izumo Kingdom. Now that the mixed city is ready for occupancy, the Izumo Kingdom has added many new buyers of mixed city houses, which is a good sign for the Great Zhou.
Many people in Izumo and Sand God Kingdoms are homeless. They have always lived in tents and herded sheep and horses. Sand God Kingdom is a little better, as some tribes have fixed territories, but there are always disputes over territory. However, in Izumo Kingdom, there is really no fixed place. Even their king often changes locations. The area is only suitable for raising sheep and horses, not for human habitation.
By the time all the homebuyers in the mixed city had moved in and completed the handover, it was already the end of September.
With less than a month until Gu Hui and Peng Ze's wedding, Gu Hui was called back in early September to await her marriage.
Everyone in Kuncheng knew that the eldest daughter of the Gu family was getting married to General Ze of the Peng family's naval camp. Whenever they encountered the two on the road, they would offer their sincere blessings.
Meanwhile, the three younger daughters-in-law of the Gu family had all completed their 42-day postpartum confinement period and were now helping Grandma Gu with the preparations for Gu Hui's wedding.
The Gu family doesn't have many friends in Qingzhou, only a few families. This time, they came with Gu En, who was studying in their ancestral home.
Gu En passed the imperial examination and became a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the county-level imperial examination), ranking first in Qingzhou, just like Gu Shouxin back then.
Well, this kind of happy event is nothing compared to Gu Hui's happy event. Gu En was not disappointed. He had grown taller and looked more mature since he left home more than half a year ago.
Not only did he bring back the honor of being the top scholar, but he also brought back another piece of news.
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