Chapter 423 is all true, but it also seems like it isn't.
Early that morning, Burileg and Shen Huaichen were discussing whether the border town should start stockpiling more goods next month.
The city lord of Wuyun City rushed over.
"You rushed here at dawn? What happened?" Burileg was startled to see the anxious look on the face of the City Lord of Wuyun.
Could it be... that the Imperial Court has attacked?
If that's true, we need to send someone to inform the Weiyuan Army immediately.
After meeting Changsheng Gong last time, he made a deal with Weiyuan Army.
If the border city is invaded by the imperial court, the Weiyuan Army will provide full assistance.
Of course, the border town also has to pay a small price...
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened!"
"A merchant caravan has been intercepted and killed," the Lord of Wuyun City said urgently.
Burileg stood up immediately.
"The merchant caravan was intercepted? Are you sure?" Burileg asked with a grim face.
Lord Wuyun nodded.
"I'm absolutely certain it's outside of Dark Cloud City."
Your Highness, as you know, due to the special location of Wuyun City, transactions within the city have decreased in the past two months.
I specially built a simple market outside of Dark Cloud City so that people from outside Dark Cloud City could trade there.
Therefore, if itinerant merchants wanted to make transactions, they had to take their goods to the outskirts of the city.
Although it's a bit troublesome, the situation is special right now, so this is the only way.
The merchant caravan was ambushed less than two miles outside of Wuyun City.
All the goods were looted; not a single person survived.
"Your Highness, what should we do now?" the Lord of Wuyun City said anxiously.
After being burned, killed, and looted by the former Northern Hu imperial court, Wuyun City has finally begun to take shape after several years of painstaking efforts.
It has also regained some vitality.
But now...
Burileg felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
Merchant caravans were the economic foundation supporting all border cities.
The fact that a caravan of merchants has been intercepted and killed will surely frighten the merchants in the border cities.
Because Dayu has opened official channels for merchants, many Dayu merchants now have their own shops in the border city.
If this matter is not handled properly...
It's true that merchants love money, but even if you have a lot of money, you still need to be alive to spend it!
"Where are these merchant caravans from? From Dayu or from the border city?" Burileg continued to ask.
“It’s from Da Yu. I went to the site myself to confirm, it’s definitely from Da Yu.”
Furthermore, this merchant caravan was actually a small merchant under the same imperial merchant, Boss Ye.
Your Highness, the people of Wuyun City are in a state of panic!
Many merchant caravans began to relocate.
"Now...how do we solve this now!" The Lord of Wuyun City became more and more anxious as he spoke.
Burileg didn't know what to say.
The interception of merchants, specifically those from the Great Yu region, is a very serious matter.
“Sir…” Burileg looked at Shen Huaichen.
Although Shen Huaichen knew this would happen sooner or later, he really didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
However, even if he doesn't know what's going on behind the scenes, it won't affect Shen Huaichen's performance now.
"Is it that serious?"
In broad daylight, how dare they intercept and kill a caravan of merchants?
For so many years, nothing like this has ever happened in the border town.
Or should we intercept and kill the caravans of Dayu?
"This... Lord Wuyun, are you sure that's a merchant caravan from Dayu?" Shen Huaichen asked a series of questions.
The Lord of Wuyun City was so anxious he was about to jump up and down.
"Mr. Du! Would I dare to lie? How could I not know what kind of thing this is and what the consequences will be?"
The first person to discover it was an old herdsman outside Wuyun City.
When I took my men there, I had already investigated everything thoroughly.
The people were hacked to pieces, how could the clothes of the people of Dayu be the same as those of our border city?
And those horse-drawn carriages that transport goods belong to the transportation company under Boss Ye's name!
One of Mr. Ye's housekeepers came to confirm with me this morning.
"That shipment was just transported from Tianji City last night," the City Lord of Wuyun quickly said.
Now, Burileg is completely convinced of this.
The merchant caravan of Dayu was ambushed and killed in the border city...
"Then... is it possible to find out who did it?" Shen Huaichen continued to ask.
"It must have been done by those soldiers under the imperial court!"
The carriage was hacked to pieces, and the people were killed by long-range arrows, then hacked to pieces beyond recognition.
Judging from the marks on the carriage.
"Apart from the imperial army's Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword), no other weapon could have made such marks," the Lord of Wuyun City hurriedly said.
Burileg and Shen Huaichen exchanged a glance.
"I will send someone to inform the Weiyuan Army!"
"This is no small matter. Since it's something the imperial court did, the people of Dayu must know about it," Burilege said.
Shen Huaichen expressed his agreement.
Chang Sheng Gong should be very happy to hear this news.
"I'll go and talk to Young Master Shen."
He's a member of the royal family, and he's stationed in a border city; it's best to have him report these things truthfully.
Lord Wuyun breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then... what should I do now?" asked the Lord of Wuyun City.
"Send more people to protect them! If we don't have enough people, we can borrow from Tianji City."
"Don't stop doing business! Maybe they're just trying to scare you into stopping your business!" Shen Huaichen said.
The Lord of Dark Clouds suddenly realized, "That's very possible!"
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