Bai Guo turned over a page in the book in his hand, and replied with a normal expression: "The emperor has sent someone to manage the salt mine, so I naturally want to meet him."
"Are you going to see me?" Tonglie looked so weak that he looked strange.
Let’s not talk about Bai Guo’s current position. Let’s just say that the former Princess Kang Le in Bai Guo was still someone under the care of the emperor. But such a person has to go to see an official in person who didn’t come to see her even after he took office?
Tonglie began to make calculations in his heart. Could it be that the one who came this time was the emperor's cronies or... the prince?
Thinking of this possibility, Tonglie's heart suddenly turned over and over again.
Whoever he is with now is not with him, but can being a princess be the same as being with a prince? !
If he follows the prince...he will still be a national master in the future!
At this moment, the pain that he had suffered for days was that his family's fortune was gone. Suddenly it was not such a big blow. Instead, Tonglie saw new hope at this time.
The hope of returning to the top.
Bai Guo withdrew his gaze and returned to the book. There was no trace of anything strange in his expression.
It takes more than ten days to walk from Yong'an City to Gingguo, which is close to the sea. In addition, Ginguo always stops and goes to reorganize. By the time they arrive at the salt mine, a month has passed.
Tonglie was so anxious all day long that he wanted to help Bai Guo appease the people so that Bai Guo could go faster. Later, he was scolded by the people for being too oriented towards the Zhou Kingdom and even had his face scratched.
In order to appease the anger of these people, Gingguo had to distribute a large amount of food and grass.
So on this day, Tonglie saw that the people who had not looked at him well at all were now grateful to Ginguo. After Gingo checked the pulse of the child in her arms and left herbal medicine, they knelt down and kowtowed.
He was speaking the official dialect of the Kingdom of Sha, but he was extremely pious, "The common people thank you! The common people thank you!"
The person who accepted her worship was not the royal family, the new king, or even a person from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Tonglie was a little unhappy.
In any case, these people used to belong to the Kingdom of Sha, how could they now kneel down to officials of the Kingdom of Chengzhou like this without any spine!
He wants to make these people surrender on the surface, but in his heart he still has Sha Kingdom in mind!
But look at what these people look like now!
Tonglie mentally counted the people in front of him one by one.
"Old sir, are you wondering why they are so groveling to me?" Bai Guo expressed Tonglie's feelings, but how could Tonglie admit it at this time.
"I have never thought of it this way..."
"What they want has never changed from the beginning to the end, they just want to live and live better." Bai Guo looked at several young people with their children and the elderly, "The reason why the country can be called a country It’s because the people gather together, but even if the people lose their country, they are still the people.”
"They will hate after the country is destroyed, but they will still continue to live." Bai Guo's words were devoid of any emotion, even though his eyes were full of affection.
Tonglie sneered in his heart but didn't say anything to make Bai Guozai notice him.
But later Tonglie still helped Bai Guo to calm the people's hearts, so that the people who were originally hostile to Cheng Zhou State calmed down and could seriously think about the future.
When Bai Guo arrived at Yancheng, where the seaside salt mine is located, Hua Hecai and officials came out of the city to greet him. After Bai Guo's carriage approached, everyone saluted and shouted: "I have seen Supervisor Bai."
Bai Guo got off the horse after the carriage stopped. Tong Lie followed behind Bai Guo and couldn't hide his excitement. At this moment, he seemed to see his future glory and wealth and the appearance of Bai Guo being trampled under his feet.
But all the fantasies came after Ging Guo opened his mouth.
"Bing Guo has met my cousin." Bai Guo saluted solemnly.
Tonglie fainted again.
The humiliation and burden endured along the way all turned into a shadow at this time.
Hua Hecai had already heard that Ging Guo had conquered the Sha Kingdom's Imperial Preceptor and asked the Imperial Preceptor to assist him along the way. Although he didn't know how Ging Guo did it, Hua Hecai still did not question Ging Guo's various deeds, so in As soon as Tonglie fainted, the officials behind him took him into the house to rest and invited a doctor.
Ging Guo did not stop him, and he and Hua Hecai entered the study when these officials were surrounding Tong Lie, either sincerely or pretendingly.
"The emperor doesn't want me to come this time." Hua Hecai is not an arrogant person and is more self-aware, so it can be easily seen that the emperor did not have this idea before.
Bai Guo asked: "Who does the emperor want to come over?"
"Princess." Hua Hecai said very simply, "The differences shown by the princess in the past few months have made the emperor pay attention to her, and some of the queen's actions have affected the princess. The emperor wants her to Come out for a walk.”
"The emperor wants the princess to come with her cousin." Although Bai Guo is not in Kyoto, she knows the emperor and thinks that such a salt mine has already implicated the treasury, so the emperor will naturally not abandon Xuan Yuyan just because he wants to relax. This was completely taught to her who had never formally dealt with these matters, so the most likely thing was to let someone do it so that the princess could leave Kyoto in his name.
"What the Emperor thinks is the Emperor's business. It's hard for us to speculate." Hua Hecai's words were a nod to Ginkgo.
Bai Guo lowered his eyes and nodded. When he raised his eyes again, he asked Hua Hecai, "Cousin, has it been hard on this journey?"
Bai Guo, who had come this far, knew clearly that the hard work involved had many meanings.
Hua Hecai did not deny it, "It was indeed hard work along the way, but with the help of Supervisor Bai, we were able to avoid any danger."
The salt mine is a big deal, and no one would want to get involved in such a thing, not to mention that the emperor's people haven't gotten there yet.
As long as those people are more ruthless and all the officials in the future are killed and the court is shocked, there is no doubt that they can really get some benefits from it.
But the defeat was due to the fact that Bai Guo, who had walked in front, was already familiar with the abilities of these people, so he cleared the way for escort and completely stopped everyone's thoughts.
Hua Hecai took advantage of the fact that there was no one in the study and continued: "What are you thinking? On the way here, I heard countless people praising you and informing the court immediately after you discovered the salt mine. But if you really If you think so, why do you have to let me come?"
Hua He is a member of the Hua family, and he has more than just a talent for settling accounts.
There was no change in Bai Guo's expression, "My cousin is here under the emperor's orders. He will only handle the matters assigned to you by the emperor. There is no need to think too much about anything else."
Hua Hecai looked at Bai Guo for a long time, "Will what you want to do affect the Kingdom of Zhou?"
Hua Hecai is not only a member of the Hua family, he is also a subject of the Zhou Kingdom and a presence in Kyoto. He is as keen as anyone else in this aspect.
Bai Guo knew what Hua Hecai wanted to ask, so she gave her guarantee, "I will not proclaim myself king in Ruiyu and Huiping Prefectures."
Why were the officials in Kyoto so uneasy when they knew that the emperor sent people from the Hua family to this place to look at the salt mine? That's not what they were worried about.
The things in Bai Guo's hands are enough for many people to follow, not to mention the many people in the Sha Kingdom who have a hard time staying alive at this time.
Hua Hecai actually knew the answer in his heart. In any case, Ginkgo was taught by the Hua family, and the Hua family knew it in their hearts.
Just like the Ni family themselves understand their own family.
"No matter what you do, you must be aware of the three families behind you." Hua Hecai gave Bai Guo the bottom line, "If you ignore the safety of the three families, you must be prepared to be unable to turn over one day."
Ging Guo nodded in a funny way and promised: "Ging Guo will never do it."
Hua Hecai just wanted to confirm that he didn't really want to force Bai Guo to say what should be done, so he didn't repeat the matter again later, but asked where Bai Guo was, "I saw you walking and stopping along the way. It doesn’t seem like you want to check out the salt mine. Do you want to use my cover to go somewhere else?”
Bai Guo did not deny it, "There are so many eyes on me, no matter where I go, there are many eyes following me, so this time when I came to my cousin, I wanted my cousin to help me share some of the burden."
Hua Hecai simply asked Bai Guo directly: "How many days will it take?"
"A month."
Hua Hecai's reaction was gone. He looked at Ging Guo and asked again, "How long?!"
Baiguo Congshan Ruliu changed her words, "Half a month."
Hua Hecai glanced at Bai Guo and said, "That's pretty much it."
Bai Guo felt a pity in his heart. If he could stay there for a longer time, he could see more. If he saw more, he would be able to grasp more. In the future, even if something happened, he would be able to find more solutions, but time It was urgent, not to mention that Hua Hecai could not guarantee his own safety, so Bai Guo had to compromise.
When there was a sound outside, the conversation in the study had already been finished, but the matter about the salt mine had just begun, so the new official who came in thought that he had arrived in time, and then he pricked up his ears to listen, fearing that he would miss something and be unable to communicate with him. Report from the new master.
"Now one-tenth has been cleared out, and the specific scope is still being confirmed. Soldiers have replaced the officers and soldiers to surround the two salt mines. At the same time, all the businessmen who were here before have been arrested and interrogated. If there is no other gain They will all be released tomorrow.”
Hua Hecai didn't hide these things at all. Bai Guo nodded while listening, paused for a while and suddenly asked: "Has any silver been found?"
The salt mine has always existed, so the salt merchant who comes to buy salt cannot only do one transaction, but if it happens more times, it will be impossible for the money to be transported every day, so Ging Guo would ask such a sentence.
This time it was not just Hua He who looked at Ging Guo, the eyes of several officials next to him became subtle at this moment.
Hua Hecai nodded, "I found eighteen thousand taels."
Gingo frowned, "So few?"
"Gold." Hua Hecai completed the above words.
Bai Guo's eyebrows relaxed instantly, "I originally thought that the money in my hand was not enough, but with these, it should be enough."
The hearts of the officials nearby were beating wildly for a few moments, but their ears were sharper than ever before.
