"Have you seen the latest imperial proclamation posted at the Camp Mansion gate?"
Outside the towering Camp Mansion, the military market was bustling. A few merchants and travelers with Huainan accents sat in a roadside teahouse, trading stories of recent days.
As the war expanded in scale, the Imperial Court was forced to enact laws regarding military markets, allowing merchants, under the organization of the Government Office or on their own, to travel with the army. Now, whenever a corps-level force was redeployed, a marketplace comparable to a commandery's busy town could spring up outside the Camp Mansion's station.
One of the merchants, surprised at these words, looked at the one who had spoken:
"Mr. Li, you want to respond to a procurement notice and bid? Where would you get the qualification documents?"
