I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

Forty miles outside Anding County.

The trading port has been established and has been doing business with the grassland people for several days.

Those coal mines and sulfur were also developed by Jiang Zuo and his group.

Although the northern barbarians and the Yan people have always been incompatible, for the sake of their own interests, they should temporarily put aside their conflicts, let go of their grudges, and cooperate well.

Before poisoning them to death, Jiang Zuo could still squeeze out their surplus value.

He is so cruel that even King Yama would have to call Jiang Zuo "brother" when he sees him.

In order to complete the task assigned by the empress, Jiang Zuo gave it his all.

Early this morning, Jiang Zuo prepared to go to the trading port as usual.

When I walked to the gate, I met Chen Qingyun who had just returned from outside.

"Jiang Zuo, where are you going so early?"

Chen Qingyun asked.

Jiang Zuo looked at Chen Qingyun's makeup today, and then said, "Go do business with the people of Mobei."

"Oh, is it the trade fair? How is it going?"

Chen Qingyun was quite concerned.

"Very good. It went very smoothly."

Jiang Zuo said calmly.

"Are those grassland people really willing to do business with the Yan State?"

Chen Qingyun couldn't believe it.

As the emperor of Dayan, she had naturally dealt with various tribes in Mobei and was familiar with the characters of these northern barbarians.

These people from Mobei often go back on their words and are very difficult to deal with.

One has to admire Jiang Zuo for being able to carry out this matter so smoothly in such a short period of time.

"Can you take me with you to have a look?"

Chen Qingyun requested.

Jiang Zuo quickly nodded and said, "Of course, I'd love to have you."

But at this moment, Qiuyue behind him was quite worried and stepped forward to remind her: "Miss, that place is the border, I'm afraid it's not very safe."

Hearing this, Chen Qingyun's rebellious mentality made her determined to go, and she just said: "It's okay, Qiuyue, you don't have to come with me, I have my own plans."

With the protection of Jiangzuo and Anding Army, Chen Qingyun felt more at ease.

After saying this, Chen Qingyun took a carriage to the trading port.

As soon as he got off the carriage, Chen Qingyun was shocked by the scene before him.

A wide variety of goods are neatly arranged, and merchants from all over Mobei are selecting suitable goods.

"Is Mobei so big? There seem to be nearly a hundred tribes, big and small."

Chen Qingyun was a little confused.

Jiang Zuo knew a lot about Mobei, and said, "I heard that Mobei has twelve major tribes, which are quite powerful. Among them, the Geer tribe has the most soldiers and horses. According to statistics from the past two years, there are at least more than eighty tribes in Mobei."

"But there are too many people here, aren't you afraid of trouble?"

Only then did Chen Qingyun begin to worry.

Jiang Zuo said: "Don't worry, these people are from different tribes. Each caravan has a maximum of ten people, and they are not allowed to carry weapons. We also have two thousand Anding Army soldiers stationed here, and there are scouts around to gather intelligence at any time."

Before the opening of the trade, Jiangzuo had already made full preparations.

Chen Qingyun slowly came to the market and looked at everything around him.

After inspecting for nearly an hour, Chen Qingyun felt very curious and had a different opinion of Jiang Zuo in his heart.

If Chen Qingyun were asked to handle these things, she might not be able to do it well.

At this moment, the sound of hurried horse hooves was heard.

"My lord, it's bad! According to the spies' report, an army of tens of thousands of people is heading our way!"

Yang Feng looked nervous and rode his horse to Jiang Zuo.

The incident happened suddenly and he had just heard about it.

"So sudden?" Jiang Zuo was startled and turned to look at Chen Qingyun who was equally surprised.

"Yang Feng, organize the defense and evacuate with key supplies and personnel!" Jiang Zuo ordered hurriedly, not as calm as usual. "Si Yue, hurry back to Anding County."

"You should retreat as well." Chen Qingyun's face showed a hint of uneasiness.

Because he trusted Jiang Zuo too much, Chen Qingyun didn't even let his followers, the Tiger Power Army, guard around.

At this moment, the only person the empress can trust is perhaps Jiang Zuo...

"I have to stay and organize the defense. We can't let those northern barbarians destroy this place. Don't worry, reinforcements will arrive soon. Everything will be fine."

Jiang Zuo was actually still quite nervous inside.

"No! You must go!"

Chen Qingyun actually took Jiang Zuo's hand and prepared to get on the departing carriage with him.

But at this moment, a Mobei merchant not far away suddenly shouted: "Kill that Yan thief!"

Jiang Zuo immediately realized that this group of Mobei people were northern barbarian soldiers who had sneaked in by pretending to be merchants.

Although each of their caravans could only bring ten people, there were almost a thousand people from Mobei at the scene.

I don’t know how many enemies are hidden among these people.

These bastards actually launched a sneak attack!

The scene suddenly became chaotic.

This group of northern barbarians hid weapons in their carriages and cargoes in advance.

Jiang Zuo quickly protected Chen Qingyun behind him, took out the pistol he carried with him, quickly loaded ammunition, and shot at the group of northern barbarians.

"shot!"

Jiang Zuo remained calm in the face of danger and immediately gave orders.

But this group of disguised northern barbarians were too close to Jiangzuo.

The guards around him just fired one shot, knocking down many Northern Barbarians, but there were still hundreds of Northern Barbarians rushing towards Jiangzuo.

"Siyue, hurry up!"

Jiang Zuo quickly took Chen Qingyun's hand and walked towards the carriage.

But just as they were about to approach the carriage, two enemies suddenly appeared from the side, rushing towards Jiang Zuo and his group with knives in hand.

Jiang Zuo immediately shot at one of them, but there was another enemy who was about to chop at Chen Qingyun with a knife...

Chen Qingyun was not frightened to the point of being at a loss. He immediately dodged the dangerous blow and kicked the man, but did not cause any substantial damage.

The northern barbarian stepped back a few steps, raised his right hand, and shot out a hidden weapon from his sleeve.

"Siyue, be careful."

At this moment, Jiang Zuo stood in front of Chen Qingyun.

The sleeve arrow hit Jiang Zuo's shoulder directly.

"Mount!"

Jiang Zuo didn't have time to cry out in pain and quickly pushed Chen Qingyun onto the horse.

The next moment, he fired directly, knocking another enemy to the ground.

"Come up quickly!"

Chen Qingyun bent down and pulled Jiang Zuo onto the same horse.

"drive!"

Jiang Zuo rode his horse and galloped southward.

There was only one thing in his mind now, and that was to protect Chen Qingyun and return to Anding County to lead his troops to fight back.

Chen Qingyun was still frightened. He turned around and found that the sleeve arrow was still stuck in Jiang Zuo's shoulder and blood was flowing.

"Jiang Zuo..."

The empress wanted to immediately gather hundreds of thousands of troops to conquer the northern desert.

Jiang Zuo's eyes were firm and his breath was rapid as he said, "Don't worry, everything will be fine once we get back to Anding."

Behind them, there are enemies chasing them, and they cannot stop at all.

At this moment, hundreds of armored cavalrymen appeared halfway along the road, obviously dressed as Northern Barbarian cavalry.

Their goal is to kill Jiang Zuo and Chen Qingyun!