In the northwest of Daxia, outside Wuyang County, there is a mountain range called Tianfeng Ridge, which is the first mountain range in Daxia. And in this mountain range, there is also the highest mountain in Daxia - Yunding Mountain!
No one has ever measured the height of Yunding Mountain, because it reaches the sky and is covered with snow all year round. Now, Li Xian is leading a thousand guards provided by the Great Xia Kingdom to Yunding Mountain, preparing to dig a cave here and build an imperial mausoleum under the mountain.
Li Wei did not sit idle either, but recruited refugees and craftsmen everywhere. Even though Li Xian used the mountain to build the imperial mausoleum, the project was much smaller, but the workload was still large and still required a lot of help.
However, after entering the mountain, Li Xian had nothing to do. How to survey the feng shui and how to determine the location of the cave entrance were naturally handled by professionals, and this person in charge was an old acquaintance - Ge Zhengfeng! The alchemist who had read Li Xian's fortune.
With nothing to do, Li Xian took out the imperial edict and read it again and again; although he had read it more than once, every time he read it, Li Xian was overjoyed. Why
Because he was appointed as the governor of the East, Li Xian had a legitimate reason to attack others. And being appointed as the minister of state meant that Li Xian no longer had to pay taxes!
The first order Li Xian received from the Shangshu Pushe was—the Brilliant Star Group is exempt from tax!
In the past, Anyang County was tax-free, but that doesn’t mean the Brilliant Star Group is tax-free—although Li Xian didn’t seem to have paid any taxes!
In addition, a large number of craftsmen have begun to make gunpowder, and baskets of gunpowder have been made. Although Daxia has declined, it can still collect enough saltpeter and sulfur; after all, it is still a centralized country, and it is still not comparable to Anyang.
When Li Xian was preparing to excavate and build the imperial mausoleum, the eldest prince Xia Xu in the northwest received a message that made him ecstatic - Li Xian had gone to build the imperial mausoleum, and actually handed Anyang over to Xia Qingqing to take care of!
Without thinking twice, the eldest prince immediately ordered Yuan Cai to go on a diplomatic mission to Anyang.
Watching Yuan Cai and his group walking away, the eldest prince smiled and said, "Don't even mention 200,000 sets of bearings and 300 kilograms of sea soul silk this time. Even if it's 2 million bearings and 3,000 kilograms of sea soul silk, I have to get them! If possible, I also want all the secrets in Li Xian's hands!"
And what about Anyang
Xia Qingqing still sat in her original seat, and Li Xian's seat was vacant; officials from Anyang and others took their seats one after another.
At this moment, several tied-up wealthy businessmen were kneeling in the audience. These people came to the Brilliant Star Group to wholesale goods, but they were very courageous. Xia Qingqing had just started to take charge of Anyang, and these people were ready to do business without capital! They actually robbed some weak business travelers.
Xia Qingqing's face was filled with fear as she issued her first order since taking charge of Anyang, "According to the laws of the Great Xia Kingdom, robbers should be executed."
"Your Highness, we were wrong. We are willing to forgive our sins. We are willing to give all our wealth to Anyang. We are willing to swear to heaven that we will always be Anyang's slaves..."
Xia Qingqing coldly interrupted these people's pleas for mercy: "Drag them away and behead them in public. The rest of the caravan, those above the team leader, will all be beheaded in public; the followers will be demoted to slaves and sent to Yunding Mountain to build the imperial mausoleum!"