328. Queen Helan
Licheng in the Northwest, merely six or seven years ago, was just a rather unremarkable city in the Northwest of Great Chu. However, because Prince Ding's Mansion was located here, it developed into a critical juncture connecting the Western Region countries and the Central Plains trade routes within just a few years. Furthermore, it became one of the most prosperous cities among the surrounding countries. Now, it formed a direct line with the original Xiling imperial capital in the far west and Changxing, the capital of Great Chu, in the east. Thus, the east-west trade route that Prince Ding's Mansion had painstakingly established over several years had truly come to fruition. And Licheng, therefore, had inevitably become a transfer and diversion point between the two, its prosperity even surpassing that of the cities to its west.
