Entering The City

Dongshan was one of the Seven Roads of Qing Kingdom. It slanted toward the northeast. Going north from Xiao Mountain, it plunged into the small countries secretly influenced by Dongyi. It crossed through those cities and entered Northern Qi's territory. Last year, when Fan Xian went on a diplomatic mission to Northern Qi, he had taken a different route that went around Cangzhou and had entered the Northern Sea, so he had not been here before.

Now, he would not go toward the North. There was nothing that he wanted in Northern Qi.

Sitting in the carriage and looking at the map in his hand, Fan Xian couldn't resist furrowing his forehead. He pointed to a corner of the map, and said, "So Jiaozhou is below Danzhou. This large blank space up here. What is this place?"