Chapter 633 - Changes (1/1)
Chapter 633: Changes
Qiyun Prefecture hadn’t been exactly peaceful for the last third of the ninth lunarPlains started giving in since the middle of the ninth lunar month They had sold their wool to the Qiyun Monopoly Bureau at the price they had set and the incident nearly blew up in the northwestern region
Right now in the Great Han Empire, whoever had ould prosper With how the Monopoly Bureau did things, everyone came to a realization that the Qiyun Protectorate’s Office could prettyprofits so huge that it would many anyone jealous
Most people didn’t know about such a thing called trade monopoly, so it was safe to say that the Qiyun Protectorate had taught everyone a valuable lesson
Those eren’t supportive of the Qiyun Protectorate’s Office thought Yan Liqiang would never be able to force the Shatu Seven Tribes to submit in such a short aainst the Qiyun Protectorate’s Office However, they were in for a surprise They siant Shatu Seven Tribes would willingly fork out their wool to the Protectorate’s Office in just less than a month after the establishment of the wool trade monopoly How could those rebellious Shatu people beco? Did the extermination of the Tuli Tribe scare theh Based on the Shatu Seven Tribes’ style, they’d definitely redouble their efforts in revenge…
The doubt in these people’s hearts was only lifted when they found out that the Shatu Seven Tribes were suffering a defeat in their raging wars against the Dark Ram Tribe at the White Grass Lake It wasn’t that the Shatu Seven Tribes had become obedient, but the Dark Ram Tribe had stabbed a knife in them At this point, the Shat Seven Tribes couldn’t afford to worry about their little profit fro attacked fro to the Qiyun Protectorate Office who had sovereignty over the Gulang Plains on behalf of the Great Han E Plains, it was only then everyone found out the main reason behind the defeat of the Shatu Seven Tribes who always insisted that they speak as one entity It was the Dark Wood Tribe who had gone rogue and lured the Dark Ra Plains, but the other six tribes had their own ulterior ainst the Dark Ram Tribe Due to that, they weren’t able to coy
The Dark Razor Tribe and Coyote Tribe ere currently struggling against the Dark Ram Tribe wished for all the other six Shatu tribes to unite and fight back against the Dark Ram Tribe However, the tribes that weren’t immediately threatened feared that the Dark Razor Tribe was only using the their resources Hence, they didn’t want to take any initiatives until the Dark Razor and Coyote Tribes were in a desperate situation
On the other hand, the Dark Razor and Coyote Tribes were concerned about their chances of survival on the Gulang Plains in the afterainst the Dark Raed to drive the Dark Ra Plains, they would be extremely weakened In history, there had been too er tribes There had never been trust a the Shatu people as they lived by the philosophy of the survival of the fittest
Under such circumstances, the so-called alliance aranization that lacked cohesion in the face of the Dark Ra their strength and resources Not only that, but the tribes’ coordination was also poor on the battlefield When the situation went slightly awry, the commanders of the respective tribe would immediately order their own troops to withdraw This hat shaped their defeat at the White Grass Lake
The border trading post at Yingwei County had a special wool market at the end of the ninth lunar month The wool they sold here were all from the Qiyun Protectorate Office’s Monopoly Bureau Many merchants were initially worried that the price of ould skyrocket, but they soon found out that this wasn’t the case after the wool market opened The wool that the Monopoly Bureau sold wasn’t only cheaper than the Shatu uaranteed quality The Monopoly Bureau was able to greatly reduce the cases of Shatu peoplemanure or water in wool
The merchants also found out that the Monopoly Bureau would perfor tests on the wool they acquired froraded as first-class, second-class, third-class or defective products First-class as the clean and unprocessed wool that could be sold at ten copper coins per jin Those with irade, so naturally they would be sold at an extreraer dared to ta how the Monopoly BureauShatu caravans under control, thecheered and became extremely supportive of the Monopoly Bureau
The wool supplied by the Monopoly Bureau was sold at a fixed price depending on the wool quality, so there was no need for any price negotiations The prices were clearly listed on the bulletin board at the market every day and the as bundled for sale after examination The operations were standardized Compared to before, the merchants now spent less unnecessary ti wool As there were fewer headaches and troubles now, the cost of trading as greatly lowered Since the opening of the wool e and prosper in just half athe once quiet Yingwei County to thrive alongside the border trading post
Wealthy places naturally drew attention When the Monopoly Bureau caught the attention of everyone in the northwestern region, Qiyun Prefecture also started undergoing a nues by the end of the ninth lunar month
The Heroes Shrine in every county of Qiyun Prefecture was established one after another The soldiers who previously died on duty were laid to rest in there with a grand cereistrates and officials, and they were to be worshi+pped by the locals
In Pingxi City, work on the National Heroes Shrine started almost at the same time as the ’embassy’ of the Shatu Seven Tribes, and it became the talk of the city
Apart fro in every village in Qiyun Prefecture under the funding of the Qiyun Protectorate’s Office All children in the prefecture would receive education and e Not only that, but thebureau which had always been at the center of attention also set up a brand new technical acade County
In addition to the well-established archery academy, Qiyun Prefecture instantly becain Pingxi City due to the arrest warrant which offered a bounty of ten thousand taels of silver…