Chapter 841 - 838: The Victorious King and the Vanquished Foe
Old Fang turned around, took his seat, nodded, and with a smile, took out some silver coins from his sleeve and placed them on the table to tip the shop assistant, inquiring in a low voice, "Is this Shuoyang Army... the very ones trained by the Princess of Zhen to attack bandits?"
The shop assistant, receiving the tip, beamed even more brightly, his tone increasingly fawning, "Oh my! Thank you for the tip! You mean the patrolling Shuoyang Army... they are indeed the troops trained by the Princess of Zhen to fight bandits for the people of Shuoyang. Now the Shuoyang soldiers patrol the city all day long. Not to mention those bandits... even the petty criminals within the city are too scared to show their faces!"
Old Fang nodded and asked again, "That young lady... is she the fifth daughter of the Bai family?"
"That’s right! Isn’t it said that the direct descendants of the Bai Clan have an ancestral law that the sons and daughters of the Bai family must join the army for training? Later on... when all the Bai men died on the battlefield, the training of the fifth and sixth daughters was delayed. Then... when the Shuoyang Army was established, the two young ladies trained with the Shuoyang Army. They started as ordinary soldiers and now... they’ve become centurions! After all, they are indeed the offspring of the Bai family, truly impressive! Look at our Princess of Zhen and Commandery Princess Gaoyi... they were invincible in the wars against the Liang Kingdom!"
The shop assistant, speaking of the Princess of Zhen and Commandery Princess Gaoyi, and the Bai family, couldn’t hide his admiration, smiling as he said, "Who says women are not as good as men! Don’t you agree?"
Old Fang’s heart sank continuously; he hadn’t expected the Princess of Zhen’s prestige in Shuoyang to be so high.
"I have been walking around the city for a long time, but I haven’t seen any beggar..." Old Fang again asked with a smile, "I remember that it was said that the refugees from Huayang City had all come to Shuoyang City. Have they all left?"
Talking about this, the shop assistant’s eyes grew even brighter, "Leave? Before, Shuoyang indeed received a large number of refugees from Huayang City. The Princess of Zhen thought about how they would be resettled in the future, and later on... those who were healthy and strong were healed and then joined the army. As for those who were weak, well... Shuoyang saved their lives, they couldn’t be saved for free! These people were settled inside or outside Shuoyang City, repaying the medicine and food originally spent to save them through their labor."