Many merchants gradually found it was not a bad thing to accept restrictions. With the logo of the merchant alliance, the trust of buyers also increased by a lot, plus they no longer had to fall into the price war with those inferior merchants who sold false goods.

This merchant alliance network soon spread to the whole country, and maybe there would be various problems in the next decades, but at this time, at the beginning of its establishment, the loyalty of its members was very high, becoming an iron plate in front of Fang Qin.

The birth of the third batch of Feng Huo tickets was already hindered at the very beginning. Except for some officials who were eager for quick success and instant profits, they could hardly sell any. The merchant alliance's inexplicable lack of cooperation caused many doubts in people's mind. The old foxes in the court who kept their eyes on the wind were pushing the responsibilities back and forth.

But neither inducement nor coercion could be done. The group of new upstarts promoted by the thirteen tycoons had already stabilized, it was not easy to move them anymore.

The Feng Huo ticket was carried out by the Grand Council, but the Grand Council was only responsible for distribution. All the money that came in and out was from the Ministry of Household. Fang Qin wished he could force the bunch in his party to overturn their pockets, but it was only a grain of salt in the sea. Not to mention that whether the noble families were willing to pay for it, even if they were and would pay such a large sum of money without blinking, the poor people of the two houses who could even scold Yan Wang would certainly come together again and would not stop until they upturned the root.

As the days for payment approached, even Li Feng could not sit still, asking several times in person. In just three or four days, the number of times he called Fang Qin and the Grand Council into the palace for a scolding would be seven or eight if not ten times. Finally, the pressure was too great to withstand, the six ministries had to join hands with the Grand Council to ask Yan Wang to return to the court.

When the government order arrived in Jiangbei, Chang Geng received the order very calmly, then arranged the military affairs handover in an orderly manner, and kept to the attitude of 'not caring about winning or losing'. As if he was in no hurry to go back at all, when the second urgent order arrived, he leisurely packed his bags and prepared to go north.

Just as he was about to leave, the news of the great victory in the Northern Frontier arrived.

For a while, the whole of Jiangbei was boiling. Chang Geng listened to the cheers and shouts and took the letters from the messenger.