My Antique Mirror Is A Portal To Another World - Chapter 346

Chapter 346: You Don’t Want Your Eyes Anymore?
Feng Xiyan pondered on Bai Hanyun’s suggestion and muttered, “Indeed. If I want their loyalty, I need to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. At least, I need to execute some of the generals. If we can secure their loyalty without killing, those talents will be very useful for us in the future.”

Hearing this, Bai Hanyun realized he agreed with her idea and glanced at Zhan Qi and Tuluo Cheng. “What do you two think?”

Zhan Qi knew her identity, so he had no problem following Bai Hanyun’s idea. “This subordinate will follow the Great General’s decision.”

Tuluo Cheng noticed that Zhan Qi and Feng Xiyan were listening to the young lady wearing the veiled hat and thought, ‘How could they listen to a young lady just like this? This young lady… her identity is not simple. Could it be that she is not the Great General’s fiancée, but someone from a powerful clan?’

After thinking for a moment, Tuluo Cheng decided to keep his eyes on the young lady sitting on the main seat beside Feng Xiyan. For now, he should follow the flow.

Clasping his hands, Tuluo Cheng said, “This subordinate thinks that if we can win without a fight, it is the best result.”

Seeing that the two agreed, Feng Xiyan nodded, “All right. Then we will follow Yun’er’s suggestion.”

Turning to Bai Hanyun, Feng Xiyan asked, “Yun’er, how do you want to do this?”

Bai Hanyun thought for a while and then answered, “Let us go and meet them first. Bring five hundred elite soldiers with us, and twenty carts of supplies and water.”

Since she could get more water from the river in her backyard and food from the Bai Group’s supermarket warehouses with the Yang Mirror’s help, Bai Hanyun was quite generous in her proposal.

“All right.” Feng Xiyan nodded, then looked at Zhan Qi and ordered, “General Zhan, please make the preparation. This general will depart in a quarter of a sichen. While this general is away, you will take over the command.”

Clasping his fists, Zhan Qi responded, “This subordinate accepts the order.”

Seeing that Tuluo Cheng was still staring at Bai Hanyun, Zhan Qi pulled him up and said in a low voice, “You don’t want your eyes anymore? Stop staring!”

After Zhan Qi left with Tuluo Cheng, Feng Xiyan turned to the shadow guards. “Go back and keep an eye on the Ji Army and Xiquan City. Report to me directly if there is any change.”

The three shadow guards clasped their fists and answered in unison, “Yes, Master.”

The moment their words fell, they disappeared from the tent.

Half an hour later, Feng Xiyan led five hundred elite soldiers and left the camp together with Bai Hanyun.

Sitting on top of Feng Xiyan’s warhorse, Bai Hanyun looked at the city wall in the distance and said, “This Xiquan City looks bigger than Xiqiang City. Even their wall is higher and looks stronger.”

Feng Xiyan hummed in agreement at her words. “Xiqiang City is a small border town, and the people who live there are mostly family members of soldiers. Meanwhile, Xiquan City is a large trading town in the western border region.”

“Xiquan City used to be very busy, with countless traveling merchants coming and going from other places. Four years ago, people had to queue for a long time just to enter the city. But now, I guess the common people have already abandoned it.”

Listening to his explanation, Bai Hanyun’s eyes flickered as she said, “Since Xiquan City could become a trading hub in the past, then we might be able to restore its function in the future. If we can establish a huge trading hub, then we won’t need to worry about your military funding or money anymore.”

Feng Xiyan lowered his eyes to look at her and asked, “Yun’er, do you plan to sell food and water?”

Bai Hanyun nodded. “Not only food and water, but we can also sell clothes and other daily necessities. I can provide the materials, and we can open workshops and recruit workers. The finished products can be put up for sale to generate income.”

“At the same time, we can create more jobs and provide the common people with a way to earn a living. As long as we can attract merchants and common people from other places, the economy will start moving and growing.”

“Although I can buy unlimited supplies from my world, your money and valuables are limited. What if they are used up in the future? Instead of only consuming, we also need to think about how to generate income and find more goods to sell in my world.”

Feng Xiyan was quite surprised when he listened to Bai Hanyun’s business plan.

In his world, women could only manage the household and were forbidden to show their faces outside. They were expected to help the household earn money from the background and support their husbands and children as caregivers.

Even his mother, who came from a wealthy and prestigious clan, did not have the freedom to run her own business like her male siblings.

Thinking about the hardship of women, Feng Xiyan thought, ‘Living is already hard enough. I don’t know how women can still live happily under countless rules and social restrictions.’

Looking at Bai Hanyun’s side profile, Feng Xiyan’s fingers tightened on the reins. ‘Yun’er lives in such a free world. It would be unfair for me to keep her in this world. If I want her to stay, then I need to create a world worthy of her.’

With this in mind, Feng Xiyan’s determination became stronger.

Coming out of his thoughts, Feng Xiyan looked at Bai Hanyun and then asked, “Yun’er, since this is your idea, do you want to take charge of it?”

Bai Hanyun turned to look at him when she heard this.

Raising her brows slightly, she chuckled and asked, “Are you sure? I heard that women should not show their faces in public. It will not be easy to go against the norm, you know?”