Gate of Illustrious Commerce

The Gate of Illustrious Commerce is the main gate in the Wall of the Shou that traders and others who go back and forth between the Shou Empire and the rest of the continent utilize. All who enter through, or leave from the Gate of Illustrious Commerce are subject to be taxed, depending on what, if anything, they are taking out of or into the Shou Empire.
The Gate of Illustrious Commerce was commissioned in 540, by Shou Pao Ting. Before 540, all Shou citizens who traveled west of the Wall of the Shou had their citizenship revoked, and were not allowed back into the empire. When Shou Pao Ting revoked this in 540, formalized trade between the Shou Empire and nations west of the Wall of the Shou began. The Gate of Illustrious Commerce was completed within the year to aid in trade.
A full contingent of Shou soldiers are garrisoned at the Gate of Illustrious Commerce. Because the gate is located in the Qu’an province, it is under the stewardship of Governor Lo Chai-Wen. In the Bu-Chen Zhang, the powerful advisory board assembled by the Shou, the Gate of Illustrious Commerce is under the jurisdiction of Te Yuang Chou, the Minister of Trade, Yi Om Ong, the Minister of Internal Affairs, and Bai Lu Huang, the Minister of External Affairs.