The emperor's plan: to rule the world

Chapter 686 Bad News

This is not over, the steward also told him some worse news: "Of the three caravans we sent to the southwest, two of them entered the desert to prepare and trade with the barbarians before, but for some reason, they went in Afterwards, they never came out again, and later the subordinates sent people to investigate, only to find that they had died under the knife of the barbarian leader."

Li Jin's face was gloomy: "What's going on?"

They had cooperated well before, why did they suddenly turn their faces and deny anyone?

"The leader said that our people were spies sent by the Lord of the Boundless Palace. The purpose was to find out their news so that they could be wiped out. The goods traded for them were not only shoddy, but also revealed their whereabouts. It was given to Dayan's royal family and attracted Dayan's magic trick army."

"Nonsense." Li Jin said angrily, "What's the matter with Cangmang Palace?"

"We have traded with them so many times, why is there such a problem now?"

The person in charge looked at his rare gloomy and furious appearance, and said bravely: "Now the barbarians are not allowed to trade with the caravans from Dayan's side. People from Xinjiang would not trust us even when they traded.”

"Master, I have sent people to investigate. The order came from the leader of the barbarian tribe. No one knows why he suddenly issued such an order."

Li Jin looked at the steward standing in front of him with a sullen face: "The Shence Army was ordered to attack the state of Chu before, and they are still stationed on the original land of the state of Chu. How could they go to the southwest to deal with their barbarians?"

"Did the Shence Army fly over?"

"Even if we really want to deal with them, are they just for nothing as the army under the second king Suzaku and White Tiger? Need the Shence Army to rush over thousands of miles?"

"Who do they think they are?"

The manager sighed: "If it's just like this, it's fine. A few days ago, another business firm popped up in the southwest. The owner of the firm is Nan Zhiyi, the young son of the Huai'an Chengnan family. They cooperate with the Lu family. With the help of the boats provided by the Lu family, they trade by water, and they also specialize in collecting special products from all over the world to sell elsewhere. The prices are much cheaper than ours. The things they sell are novel, and they can be regarded as some rare gadgets. We have a lot of business."

"Nan Zhiyi?"

Li Jin instantly remembered what Su Yi had said about the newly rising forces in the south, and it was this young master from the Nan family who robbed them of a lot of business?

At that time, he thought it was just a joke of some aristocratic sons and daughters, but he didn't expect it to become a reality.

Li Jin looked at the steward in front of him and forced himself to calm down: "Don't worry about the Nan family's affairs for the time being, if you grab the business, you will grab the business. Let's find out why the barbarian leader gave such an order. Those people have never moved much. Brain, I'm afraid it was provoked by someone and I don't know."

"Also, how is the business in southern Xinjiang?"

The steward frowned again, thinking about the mess over there, he was a little frowning: "The parents of the Suzaku King disappeared a few days ago, and the southern border is under the jurisdiction of the Suzaku King during this time, and all of them are closed. After careful investigation, we not only failed to continue to do business with the people in southern Xinjiang, but the goods shipped from there were still detained at the border."

(End of this chapter)