Da quickly agreed. "I'll have people keep a closer eye on them. But keeping these people locked up in the government office prison isn't a long-term solution. Marquis, do you think we should..."
Zhou Shixiong replied, "They have indeed been too idle. Go ask Mr. Gu and see if there is any newly surveyed wasteland. Let these people pay back some interest."
"...Marquis, that is not what I meant," Da said. "I was just thinking that these people are foreign nobles after all. If we keep them locked up in prison like this, and the higher-ups investigate, it won't do you any good."
Zhou Shixiong looked at Da. "It seems your years following the Empress have really smoothed out your edges. No matter what their identities are, right now they are nothing but this Great General's prisoners."
"But—"
"Spend less time with Li Ji. I have my own reasons for doing things."
"Yes, sir," Da said.
`「Meanwhile.」`
