White Mansion, study.
Bai Kui, Jin Dao and Da Ma were sitting on the armchair behind the desk.
The walls are surrounded by books, specially placed on precious yellow pear wood bookshelves.
The inkstone, pen bed, ink cartridge and other items in the study are all valuable.
It seems that the old father's smile is even less valuable.
"Butler, bring the young master's favorite tea and desserts!" After giving the order, Bai Kui rested his elbow on the desk and leaned forward, "Son, did you enjoy your trip to Yuzhou? Tell dad about it. thing?"
Bai Yu sat across from the desk, half of his body leaning on the desk and resting his cheek on one hand. When he got home, he looked lazily, "What can I do outside that I can't hide from you? Do I need to tell you again?"
"Tsk! How can what I heard from others be the same as what my son said himself? Come on, tell me quickly, let dad be happy!"
"After the flood, the government failed to act, and grain dealers controlled rice prices. Only the poor people suffered. I used hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to trick the Yuzhou grain merchants into buying grain from other places. The grain merchants have been doing this business for decades. They have had it for several years, and no one has better channels and abilities to mobilize food from outside than them. This can not only temporarily relieve the people's urgent needs, but also concentrate food from all over the country in Yuzhou, paving the way for disaster relief, waiting for Wei Li Once we arrive, we can seize the net by force. I used the Wangque Tower channel to deliver a letter to Changjing. Wei Li arrived earlier than the government expected, and did not give them time to wipe out the evidence and clean up the traces, so the result was natural. "
Because of the timely relief efforts, the final estimated losses from the flood in Yuzhou were minimal.
After the young man finished speaking, Bai Kui's expression became strange and a little unbelievable, "Son, did you take the wrong medicine? Why did you come back as a different person after going out? If my father asked you to say this before, you would be the most Give me a roll of your eyes!"
Bai Yu glanced at the white hair that appeared on the man's temples at some point, and gave him a roll of his eyes as he wished, "Have you regained some sense of familiarity now?"
"You don't need to be so familiar with it. How much did you earn?"
"Three hundred thousand, dug out from Wei Li's teeth."
"Next time, spend twice as much! Then double as much money!"
"There must be so many stupid people who take advantage of them, old man, don't be too greedy."
Being used to being criticized by his son, Bai Kui was not affected at all and smiled so brightly that his white teeth dazzled.
His son is his son!
clever! sharp! Thieves are popular!
I spent more than 900,000 yuan and turned around and got back 30% of the profit. I didn't spend a penny and earned a good reputation, which made the local people grateful. Even the father couldn't keep up with his son, hahaha!
Those who had taken advantage of Yuzhou were not unjustly defeated, the people suffered disasters, all the food and money were taken out of their pockets, and they were frightened after being stigmatized... Who let them meet his son Bai Kui?
"Butler, bring me another pot of good wine!"
The old butler Le Dian Dian served tea, served wine and snacks, smiling so hard that there was no wrinkle on his face, "Master, your room has been cleaned cleanly, and new bedding and bedding have been installed. Heater, young master, it’s been a long journey, so you can take a break after drinking tea! I also ordered the kitchen to prepare hot water for bathing!”
"No rush." Bai Yu stuffed a piece of date cake into the old housekeeper's mouth, stood up from his desk and walked to the other side of the study. The large sand table there was still the same as when he left.
The small flag is still placed in the east Pu position.
"Old man, I met a strange man on the Shu Road this time. He's from Yunqin. His name is Mo Liren. He looked at me with a strange look." Bai Yu suddenly spoke and took down the small flag from Dongpu's position. , flipping it randomly between his fingers, "Yun Qin is attached to Xiling. I suspect that he followed Xiling's orders this time."
Bai Kui smiled and poured a glass of wine, squinting his eyes and sipping, "Dad doesn't know about these things. He's just a businessman. He just needs to make money. Daddy's head hurts when he hears about those countries."
From behind, the son's voice floated casually, "Dongpu has already entered the water, and the chaos in the countries has begun to appear... The next target is Xiling."
"Pfft -" Bai Kui spit out a wine arrow, turned around with his eyes widened, and watched with his own eyes as his son planted the small flag on the head of Xiling.
Bai Kui's hands were shaking, and the wine in the wine glass kept jumping out.
"Dad, why are you suddenly frightened?" The young man turned around, his peach blossom eyes were crooked, and his smile was frightening.
Bai Kui immediately calmed down his expression and said seriously, "Nonsense! Why would your father and I be frightened when we have never seen big winds and waves? It's because the wine doesn't taste right and it doesn't fit in my mouth. Butler, give me a stronger one!"
Old housekeeper, "..."
There is only this kind of strong liquor in the house. Apart from this, the rest is sweet wine.
The head of the house was confused, wasn't he?
The flag was planted, and it was almost time to tease the old man. Bai Yu patted his butt and Shi Shiran left, "I'm going to take a bath, and then go to Wangque Tower to see my godfather. Butler, collect the old man's wine and change it." Tea, don’t let him be greedy at his age.”
Bai Kui's old face dropped.
The son suddenly became filial.
But he was not very happy.
Who is older?
After his son left, Bai Kui stepped in front of the sand table in two or two steps, carefully took off the flag on the head of Xiling and inserted it back to its position in Dongpu.
After looking at it silently for a moment, he put the flag back into Xiling and let out a low sigh.
…
Lantern Festival.
The three forces gathered in Tubei Village to join in the fun of Big Beard and celebrate the festival.
Huddled in the main hall of the Su family, warming themselves over the fire and eating rice cakes brought back from Yuzhou, the three leaders, except Bai Xiaofeng, all bit into the cakes with ferocious faces.
"Brother Su, is this a special feature of the New Year in your hometown? It's as hard as a rock, it's a real test on your teeth!" Bai Kui bit off a half-palm-sized rice cake, feeling that his teeth were shaking a bit.
The bearded man has already chewed two of them, and his teeth are sore. "It's really hard. It's strange. I can't stop eating."
Su Laohan said happily, "The rice cakes we have over there are like this. They are hard, but the more you chew them, the more delicious they become. If you add some sesame seeds and oil residue, hey! They will taste better!"
Old Mrs. Su sat on the edge and put the insoles in her shoes, licked the embroidery needle in her hair twice, and said with a smile, "Ordinary people only make rice cakes once during the New Year. If they are soft and chewy, it will take three or two days." The kids eat them all up. Make the rice cakes harder like this and give one to the kid so he can chew it for a long time. It will not only satisfy his cravings but also keep him eating for a long time. To put it bluntly, he saves the good stuff."
Su Da had something to say, "When we were little, we couldn't chew this thing. We had to find rocks to break it, break it into small pieces, throw them into our mouths and eat them slowly. It would really break our teeth if we bite like this!"
Su Er took a rice cake from the basket next to it and put it on the fire tongs. He placed it close to the fire pit and baked it. "If you are afraid of breaking your teeth, there is another way to eat it. Put the rice cake on the fire and bake it like this. It will become much softer when it is heated." . But when I was young, my father and mother wouldn’t let us eat like this for fear of eating too fast, hahaha!”
Looking at the rice cakes, I will naturally think of my hometown that I have been away from for more than ten years.
and relatives left in their hometown.
Liu Yuelan and He Daxiang didn't speak. They lowered their heads to warm themselves to the fire, and the tips of their noses were a little red.
How could I not feel homesick?
When Tianbao and the others came back and talked about the situation of the two families, the two women were so overwhelmed with guilt that they could hardly breathe.
