Quan Yutianxia GL

Chen Longjian led the staff of the Special Warfare Division and rode back to Huang County overnight with a few letters written by Chuning. There was basically no rest except eating and drinking. When they saw the camp of the Huang County Guards Army, they were already midnight the next day.

As soon as he got back to the tent, he couldn't wait to hand one of the letters to Xie Yunzhu, Xie Yunzhu looked serious after reading the letter, and promised: "Two days, two days later, I will prepare everything for you! "

Chen Longjian clasped his fists to express his gratitude, and just now he took a group of his subordinates back to the camp to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Longjian took another handwritten letter from Chu Xiaowei's letter to Donglai Mountain, went to the mountain temple on Donglai Mountain, and talked with the old Taoist in the temple in a quiet room. The two discussed for half a day.

Coming down from Donglai Mountain, Chen Longjian rushed back to the county without stopping to visit Bai's house.

"This time I came here, one is to say hello to Master Bai on behalf of the general, and the other is to discuss matters with Master Bai."

The person who received Chen Longjian was Chief Steward Du of the White Mansion. Steward Du looked haggard and said with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, the chief is not in the mansion now, and has not contacted the mansion for nearly three days..."

After Bai Naye left, the head of the Bai family had no news, which was something that almost never happened in the entire Bai Mansion.

The Bai family has a large business family, and its caravans, business names, and industries are located in many places. In order to improve the speed of information transmission in various places, the Bai family has established a total of four transmission channels.

One is to use parts and horses to carry out human transmission.

The second is the transfer of goods transported by caravans.

Third, dovecotes were established in every large city.

The fourth is to use the hidden guards to pass.

That's why, no matter where Bai Su is, she can always control the large business group of the Bai family.

But like this, there has been no news for nearly three days, which has never happened.

The only possibility for this to happen is that something happened to Master Bai.

Du Guanshi roughly told the story of Bai Dadao's rush to the county town overnight, and Chen Longjian's heart was heavy when he heard it. He didn't expect that Captain Chu had only left for a few days, and such a serious incident would happen in the county.

There was an emergency record in the Guards Army, and Chen Longjian applied for the activation of the county's emergency measures in the name of the Banner General of the Special Service Division. He held an emergency meeting with the token specially awarded by Chuning, and announced the news of the disappearance of Bai Dadang's family at the meeting.

"According to Lieutenant Chu, it will be considered missing after more than twelve hours." In such a heavy atmosphere, the county lord Wang Yi said with difficulty: "We can now say with certainty that Master Bai has disappeared!"

Bai Su's contribution to Wang Yi's success in Donglai is not small, and his friendship with Bai Su is also very deep. Among the participants at this time, he should be the person who is most worried about Bai Su's safety.

"I have a bad feeling." Xie Yunzhu said suddenly: "Someone is plotting against the Bai family... Or, the Bai family and the Weimin army..."

"The Bai family is a businessman, what is there to plan?" Wang Yi is not good at planning, and now he heard Xie Yunzhu's sudden words, so he was a little confused: "The Bai family is not a profiteer who waits for the favor of the people..."

"It was because they were not profiteers that they were tricked." Huo Wanqing said sharply: "The Bai family is now the largest merchant in Donglai. It looks like it's rich. Who wouldn't be jealous? I heard that the national treasury is poor. Gotta jingle..."

Suddenly, Huo Wanqing silenced her voice, she suddenly realized something in her heart, she looked up and saw everyone looking at her at the same time, their eyes were strange, obviously they all thought of something.

"No matter what, we must at least make plans early." Huo Yunshu finally said: "Mr. Chu Rou, after the meeting is over, we will distribute all the equipment stored in the arsenal. Mr. Chen Qi, you go to the county, and you must find Bai Master of the family. Lord of the county, please send a letter to the old parents in the neighboring county on the grounds of guarding against Xianbei, and if you find a stranger passing by, please inform our county in time."

When the Guards Army held an emergency meeting, Su Mingyue shut Bai Su in a dark but fairly quiet room.

Sometimes a few drops of water would float in from the skylight in the dark room, and Bai Su guessed that it might be raining outside.

Bai Su calculated in his mind that if the Donglai Army's journey went well, they should have arrived at Jizhou's territory by now, and I don't know if it will rain in Jizhou.

Su Mingyue came down the stairs carrying the food box, and saw Bai Su leaning against the corner of the wall, staring at the skylight in a daze.

"Wu Hui, aren't you afraid?" Su Mingyue asked.

"What are you afraid of?" Bai Su looked down at Su Mingyue with a calm expression.

"I'm afraid I'll kill you!" Su Mingyue looked at Bai Su with a smile, "I'm afraid I'll ruin your family."

"If Mingyue wanted to kill me, I would have lost my body." Bai Su said softly without even blinking, "As for going bankrupt, Mingyue is serious."

"Really?" Su Mingyue handed in the food box, and said: "The Hongyan Pavilion is under my control, as long as I give an order, you will have nothing."

"What about after you have nothing?" Bai Su remained unmoved, took the food box, and said, "Can those things really solve your urgent needs?"

Only when the clothes and decorations of the Hongyan Pavilion are placed in the Hongyan Pavilion, are they eye-catching and attractive treasures, once they are out of the Hongyan Pavilion, what is the difference from ordinary things?

When Bai Su said something about her heart, Su Mingyue's face changed drastically, and she said in a hateful voice: "Bai Su, you know, what do I hate most about you? I hate that you are always so superior and don't care about anything! I I hate that you are always so self-righteous..."

Bai Su didn't pay attention to Su Mingyue's words, but slowly opened the food box, glanced at the food in the food box, and then silently pushed it back to Su Mingyue.

"This white rice is too ground and boiled too soft. I don't like to eat it." Bai Su looked at the plate of new bamboo shoots and said, "This bamboo shoots are too old to eat with sauce."

"..."

Su Mingyue was about to collapse, she hated Bai Su so much, but Bai Su was lucky, she didn't feel like a prisoner at all, and even picky about eating bad food.

"Did you listen to me?" Su Mingyue became completely irritable, wishing to kill Bai Su with a sword, but she couldn't bear it.

"Yes." Bai Su lifted back to the corner, looked up at Su Mingyue and said, "I heard you say, I hate my self-righteousness."

"..."

There is a feeling of wanting to kill!Not only want to kill!I still want to tear my body into pieces!

Su Mingyue gave Bai Su a resentful look, then turned to leave, she was afraid that if she stayed a little longer, she would not be able to help but kill Bai Su.

"Lord, Mr. Zhan is here." As soon as Su Mingyue came out of the dark room, a girl in a big red dress came over and told, "I'm waiting for you in the room."

"Mr. Zhan is here?" Su Mingyue's eyes moved slightly, and she asked, "Isn't Mr. Zhan in the imperial capital? Why did you come to Donglai suddenly?"

The red-clothed woman smiled coquettishly: "Perhaps I miss the landlord, so I came here to relieve the pain of lovesickness..."

"Hehe... miss me?"

Su Mingyue smiled, but it didn't touch her eyes.

"This sword is really good!" As soon as he entered the room, he saw a young, handsome and handsome man in brocade clothes holding a sword in his hand and holding a few sword flowers casually.

When did Bai Su's things go wrong?

"It's rare that Mr. Zhan loves it." Su Mingyue said with a smile: "Unfortunately, this sword is not owned by my concubine, so it cannot be given to Mr. Zhan..."

That Mr. Zhan handed the sword back to Su Mingyue, and said with a bright smile: "Hahaha, in the eyes of everyone in Su, this Mr. is the kind of person who likes to steal people's favor?"

"Of course not." Su Mingyue took the sword and put it back into the sword stand, and said with a smile, "But I don't know, Mr. Zhan went to Donglai without hesitation, what's the important thing?"

"There must be something urgent." Mr. Zhan said, "Since everyone left Chang'an last winter, Mr. Su has been staying here in Donglai and refused to return to Beijing, so I had no choice but to come here in person to see how beautiful Donglai is. , so that everyone Su lingered."

"Young Master Zhan is joking, I am not worthy of being a young master to come here in person."

"It's worth it!" Mr. Zhan said: "My son was ordered to supervise the army this time, and he is about to go to the west of Liaoxi with General Gu. Since he came out of Chang'an City, he wanted to make a detour and come to see Su. Everyone……"

"I am ashamed of my son's concern." Su Mingyue's eyes turned, and she said sadly: "I haven't been able to complete the matter entrusted by my son..."

"That's all! I am very concerned about military expenses, not to mention you are a woman, I don't blame you." Mr. Zhan said, and suddenly turned around and asked: "I heard that this Donglai recently went out. A big businessman who is as rich as a country?"

When Su Mingyue heard it, she couldn't help being surprised: "Huh? Where did you hear it, sir? Why didn't I hear it when I was a concubine?"

"My son's news comes from a source that I can trust." Mr. Zhan said, "I heard people say that Master Su may still have some old friendship with that rich man."

Su Mingyue laughed out loud when she heard the words, and then she said: "There are quite a few people who have had old friendships with my concubine, but I don't know who the young master is talking about."

Mr. Zhan kept looking at Su Mingyue, and seeing the smile on her face, he smiled gently, and then whispered a name: "Bai Su."

Su Mingyue paused for a moment, then let out an oops, and said in a startled voice: "It turns out that the young master was talking about her. Unfortunately, she is at my Chunfeng Building today."

"Oh? Really?" Mr. Zhan said with a faint smile, "What a coincidence."

Not long after, Bai Su was invited out, his eyes slightly glanced at the armored guards guarding the inside and outside of the door, and then at the man in brocade clothes out of the corner of his eyes, he said: "Caomin Bai Su, I'd like to meet you five Your Highness."

The fifth prince, Li Zhan sat on the chair, and did not let Bai Su get up, but said majesticly: "I have a bit of knowledge, and I can see through the identity of the prince at a glance."

Bai Su replied in a low voice: "When Caomin was in Chang'an, he was fortunate enough to see His Highness's unparalleled demeanor."

"So that's it." Li Zhan nodded slightly, looking at the young woman who had been kneeling on the ground, but saw that she was neither frightened nor frightened, as calm as water, as if he, the emperor, was no different from a dust in her eyes.

Li Zhan asked Bai Su to kneel on the ground like that, and he couldn't help being polite and stopped talking. He ate the tea soup brought by Su Mingyue on his own, feeling turbulent, and vaguely felt that this female merchant was different from the rumors he had heard.

Bai Su didn't speak, and looked calm, as if she was not kneeling at the bottom of the steps, but living in a bright hall.

I don't know how long it took, but Li Zhan had finished two bowls of tea soup slowly, but saw the female merchant still kneeling quietly, neither begging for mercy, nor inquiring.

Presumably, this female businesswoman knew about his intentions?

I wanted to give this businesswoman a bad start, but she unknowingly gave her a kick. Li Zhan was in a bad mood, and put down the tea bowl heavily, causing Su Mingyue to cry out in surprise, and hurriedly checked to see if he was injured. proceed.

Bai Su's eyes drooped slightly, neither looking at the fifth prince nor Su Mingyue, just staring at the ground in a daze, silent.

"Raise your head and talk." Li Zhan finally couldn't help it, and took the initiative to speak: "My prince heard that you, a businesswoman, are quite knowledgeable, and tell me, what do you think of the imperial court's Eastern Expedition?" ?”

Hearing this, Bai Su raised his head slightly, but didn't look at Li Zhan, but said slowly: "Caomin is just a merchant. Although he has a few methods of collecting money passed down by his ancestors, how can he know how to march and fight?"

Bai Su choked Li Zhan's words to death with one word, which made Li Zhan frown again and again, very unhappy.Su Mingyue watched from the side, terrified, secretly worried that Bai Su's stubborn temper like a cow would anger Li Zhan.

If it wasn't for Li Zhan, she would never have treated Bai Su like this.

"It's okay, since Master Bai doesn't know about marching and fighting, the prince will talk to you." Li Zhan felt that he was a little impatient, and he was easily irritated by this female businessman, so he said kindly: "This time Xianbei harassed our Daqing border and plundered our Daqing people, which is a heinous crime. This prince discussed with the court officials and decided to march eastward, recover the lost land, and protect our people!"

Bai Su listened and nodded in agreement: "This is a great act of kindness!"

However, Bai Su's agreement is obviously not what Li Zhan needs. He even feels that as long as Bai Su speaks, he can perfectly end the topic, leaving him speechless.

After finally suppressing his anger, Li Zhan decided to cut the mess quickly, and said directly: "However, due to the emptiness of the treasury, it has been too late to gather troops for such a good deed. Therefore, the imperial court hopes that you, wealthy merchants, can Let’s lead by example at this critical moment.”

After Li Zhan finished speaking, he kept looking at Bai Su, thinking that this should be a good time to chat?This prince has already talked about this, how can you play tricks?

"As a subject of Daqing, we should set an example." Bai Su was able to have a good chat with Li Zhan, and said very cooperatively: "As long as His Highness gives an order, the grass people are willing to put on armor and go to the battlefield!"

……

If he hadn't been born in the royal family, and had been disciplined by various etiquettes since he was a child, Li Zhan would have wanted to hit someone, to roar—who the hell wants you to fight in the battlefield?Labor and management only want your money!Why don't you pay for it obediently?Do you have to force labor and capital to be ruthless?

Locking Bai Su back into the dark room, Li Zhan was still unwilling. He tried his best to encourage this Eastern Expedition, hoping to use this Eastern Expedition to build momentum, but due to the empty treasury and insufficient food and wages, many soldiers in the southern region have not left yet. Seeing that the longer the time dragged on and the more obvious the failure, he became more and more anxious, forcing the staff in the mansion to offer a desperate plan.

When presenting this strategy, the staff in Li Zhan's mansion selected five rich merchants from each of the thirteen states in the country, and asked each of these wealthy merchants to donate [-] yuan of military expenses. Then directly ransack the house and ask for execution.

According to this method, Li Zhan has confiscated more than half of his homes during this period, but in fact, the money and food he got is not ideal, because what these wealthy businessmen have most in their homes is not money and food, but all kinds of messy goods and land.

Seeing that the time was getting more and more urgent, Li Zhan had to go to Donglai himself - because, he heard people say that the Bai family in Donglai had so much money and food that they couldn't eat it all, and they even paid for the county to repair a few dozen The four zhang wide road...

What's more, the absurdity of this Bai family's family is not only that, it is said that in order to please a maid, he not only spent money to buy an official for her, but also built a military camp, recruited more than a thousand strong men to play with her, and made her feel like a general .

When he heard the news at that time, Li Zhan wished he could become the maid of the head of the Bai family - just set up a barracks for fun, so the next step is to set up a state or county to play with?

Although he felt that the female head of the Bai family was really absurd, and he was really irritated by anger, but after Li Zhan calmed down, he didn't feel that hated this female businessman so much, and even felt quite at ease.

He felt that this female businesswoman might have a means of gathering money. Although her habits were absurd, she didn't seem like an ambitious person—in Li Zhan's view, an ambitious person would definitely not ruin his reputation like this , compared to Tai Tai/Zu Li Huan, compared to Ye Qingmei, such as Yun Baiyi, such as himself, such as the abandoned prince...

Maybe we can use this Bai Su, save her life, use her means of gathering money, let her raise money for him, help him conquer the east, and help him ascend to the highest position.

Coincidentally, Li Zhan and Su Mingyue thought of the same thing and wanted to hold Bai Su in their hands.

After dinner, Li Zhanping withdrew Su Mingyue and came to meet Bai Su in the dark room in person. This time, he lowered his attitude and did not let Bai Su keep talking on his knees.

"Thinking about it, my prince was misled by the rumors and misunderstood Bai Dadangjia." As soon as these words came out, Li Zhan apologized for his previous arrogance, and he no longer called a female merchant, but changed his name to Bai Dadaojia .

"In the afternoon, my prince went to visit the city, and learned that Master Bai is a kind-hearted person. He not only paved the way for the neighbors, but also helped to suppress thieves." Li Zhan tried hard to persuade: "Xianbei is no different from thieves. Since Master Bai has a kind heart and spare energy, why don't you take care of the common people in this world?"

Seeing that Li Zhan changed his attitude, Bai Su didn't speak as before, and asked directly: "Your Highness, what number do you want?"

Unexpectedly, he achieved his goal just by saying a good word. Li Zhan's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly regretted that he had acted too much earlier, so he said: "One hundred thousand guan, cash."

After finishing speaking, Li Zhan felt a little regretful again. He felt that he seemed to have said too little, because the young female head didn't even frown.

"I don't have so much cash." Bai Su looked normal, and said softly, "Most of the Bai family's cash has been handed over to the treasury."

"What?!" Li Zhan was startled, he didn't believe it: "If you handed it over to the treasury, why didn't my prince hear the news?"

"Your Highness must have been busy recently?"

"Yes, my prince has been... well, busy with affairs recently." Li Zhan looked embarrassed. He was indeed very busy recently, busy raiding his house and stealing money.

"That's it." Bai Su said slowly: "But it doesn't matter, counting the time, probably in a day or two, His Highness will know the news."

"You are so easy to deceive when you are the prince?" Li Zhan said with a sneer: "The prince first salutes and then soldiers, but you toast and refuse to eat fine wine, and even make up stories to deceive the prince and delay time. Are you waiting for someone to rescue you?"

"No, I, Bai Su, never lie." Bai Su gave a rare smile and said, "Believe it or not, it's up to you."

Li Zhan was so angry that he jumped again, and was about to leave the dark room with his sword in hand, when he heard Bai Su say in a low voice, "Your Highness, even if you go out now and ransack my Bai clan's house, you will get nothing but a mess." Goods can't solve your urgent needs, why don't you calm down and have a detailed talk with Cao Min?"

The author has something to say: ouch

I'm finally going to write the plot of Bai DaBai