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Chapter 490: After a Woman Disguised as a Man is Exposed 21

Chu Yuan rode a tall horse and set out from Daqing Mountain with a huge group of people.

The people behind were pulling carts or driving horses. During this period, all the things that the Qinglong Gang had looted from the nearby town, except for the silver that had been spent, were sent to the government office in Ping'an Town intact.

In an instant, all the runners on duty and off duty, old and young, came together to count the silver and goods.

It took a whole day to register all the items. Chu Yuan, as the biggest contributor to this matter, brought the stolen silver from the Zhenji Escort Agency back to the agency that very day, and re-arranged a team of escorts to ensure that the items could be delivered within the specified time.

After this battle, the reputation of Zhenji Escort Agency spread within a radius of 100 miles, especially in several towns near Ping'an Town. In the next few months, the people talked about Chu Yuan's "suppression of bandits" that day.

In addition, as the policy of opening the border between Yin Dynasty and Oroqen State was gradually implemented, various caravans and private freight teams began to frequently shuttle between the two countries.

After the reputation of Zhenji Escort Agency spread, business of escorting goods to Oroqen State came to them one after another.

Every batch of goods sent from Yin Dynasty to Oroqen State was of great value. In addition, the border areas between the two countries were always plagued by bandits and had never been peaceful, so the escort fees for these businesses were not a small amount.

After careful consideration, Zhenji Escort Agency took on these orders and formed a joint escort team led by Liu Cheng, with Ji Tianxiong as the rear guard, and two-thirds of the escort masters in the escort agency as members. They were responsible for taking turns to deliver the goods of different customers to the handover location within the territory of Oroqen State.

This form is somewhat similar to modern express delivery, where a courier truck contains goods to be delivered to different locations, but the similarity is that the delivery addresses of these goods are concentrated in the same area.

This form of transport was something the local merchants had never heard of before. However, in order to ensure that the goods could arrive safely at the Oroqen State and reduce the losses caused by robbery along the way, everyone unanimously agreed to the Zhenji Escort Agency's way of transporting goods.

Of course, earning the money of several trips from one escort mission can reduce the time cost of escorting, so Chu Yuan decided to appropriately reduce the escort fee.

Starting with the Zhenji Escort Agency, this way of escorting goods began to become popular around Ping'an Town.

However, most of these businessmen doing multinational business come here to enhance the reputation of the Escort Agency, so even if other escort agencies also introduce this method, few people will buy it.

Especially after the escort team led by Liu Cheng arrived safely, everyone's pursuit of Zhenji Escort Agency reached an unprecedented level.

In this way, the Zhenji Escort Agency gradually reduced its small business of escorting goods to surrounding towns and began to specialize in cross-border cargo transportation.

After Chu Yuan took action to defeat all the bandits who had coveted their goods but failed to get them, no one dared to steal these goods once the name of Zhenji Escort Agency was made known on the route that runs across the border between the two countries.

Just when Chu Yuan thought she could rest easy and enjoy her retirement, a piece of news from the government office made her worried.

Your Majesty has sent an imperial envoy to the northern border to investigate the trade between Yin Dynasty and Oroqen State, and in the letter sent to the government office, he specifically mentioned the Zhenji Escort Agency.

What the prefect meant was that after the imperial envoy arrived in the northern border, he would personally lead him to the Zhenji Escort Agency for inspection and let Chu Yuan be prepared to welcome him.

Sure enough, sometimes it is not good to achieve too good results, as it is easy to be noticed by the people above. Chu Yuan is most worried about dealing with government officials. When he meets them, he has to go through all kinds of formalities and greetings, and he is exhausted at the end of the day.

Moreover, people in government offices love to show off, and they would rather beat around the bush when they speak.

Chu Yuan still remembered the last time she sent the leader of the Qinglong Gang, Hong Chenghuang, to the government, she went around in circles with the county magistrate for a long time in order to get the one hundred taels of silver reward.

This made her regretful extremely. If she had known earlier, she would have stabbed Hong Chenghuang to death with a single sword when she was on the Daqing Mountain.

A small county magistrate is so difficult to deal with, let alone meeting the prefect and the imperial envoy from the county city.

But there was nothing she could do. No matter how big Chu Yuan's business was, she was just an ordinary citizen and had no say in front of the government.

Since the prefect said he was coming, she had to prepare the bed to welcome him.

Whenever the imperial envoy wanted to inspect her, she had to respectfully hand over the escort agency's account books, escort records, etc.

Otherwise, if the people above her are unhappy, they will sentence her to death. Chu Yuan is not afraid, because there are so many brothers in the escort agency, she can't just ignore them.

So no matter how reluctant he was, Chu Yuan still acted as if he was honored and led the servants to clean the escort agency inside and out, top to bottom.

The imperial envoy has not arrived yet, and he came here mainly to investigate the trade between the two countries. He came to their escort agency just for the sake of convenience, and he probably won't stay for long.

However, the prefect, before the imperial envoy arrived at the northern border, made a special trip to the Zhenji Escort Agency, and his words and actions revealed two words: he wanted money.

Especially after he pretended to tour the furnishings in the escort agency, he began to talk in a roundabout way about how shabby the government office was and how there was nothing presentable with which to entertain the imperial envoy who had come from afar.

Chu Yuan was not in a hurry to give money to others, so he just followed the prefect's words:

"You are honest and dedicated to your work, sir. When the imperial envoy sees you working in such a difficult environment, he will be shocked. After returning to the city, he may report your deeds to His Majesty. Congratulations, sir. You have a bright future!"

Seeing the prefect's expression as if he had eaten a fly, Chu Yuan laughed in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it directly: Come and bribe me.

Anyway, as long as he changed the subject, Chu Yuan could change the topic to something else.

The reason why Chu Yuan is so confident is simple: she makes a living by her real ability. Apart from her Zhenji Escort Agency, who else can take a bite of the fat meat of cross-border cargo transportation?

After disgusting the prefect, Chu Yuan respectfully sent the man to the carriage. At least in the eyes of outsiders, there was nothing wrong with him.

I have to say that this gentleman really put on a good show. Seeing that the carriage was leaking a little, it seemed hard for him to ride in such a shabby carriage just to put on a show in front of me.

It’s a pity that he still has to ride back in this broken carriage, and he returns empty-handed.