"Please take me to see the general!" Lu Qi said politely to the servant outside the general's residence. Compared with the previous few days, Lu Qi's face looked haggard at this moment. What's surprising is that, except for Lu Qi, Lu Qi Sheng is also here.
"Please!" The servants of the mansion were naturally familiar with Lu Qi, and then they led Lu Qi and Lu Sheng into the mansion.
When Lu Qi and Lu Sheng followed the servants to the study, many people had already gathered in the study.
Seeing Uncle Bai, Tian Ding, Lin Anshun, Xunzhou and Bai Yan kneeling at the wooden table, Bai Ping, Tian Feiyan, Bai Junzhu and others all stood behind their elders or Bai Yan.
Lu Qi and Lu Sheng gradually came to a few people and bowed to Bai Yan.
"Yan, we have returned!" Lu Qi and Lu Qi said to Bai Yan. Uncle Bai looked at Lu Qi and Lu Sheng. At this moment, he had no intention of paying attention to where they had gone before. Looking at Bai Yan now, Uncle Bai's eyes were full of doubts. The news that had just spread in Luoyin City was that Uncle Bai Already informed.
To be honest, let alone Uncle Bai, no one knows what Bai Yan's intentions are. If it's fame, the price is too high and I can't afford it.
If Bai Yan doesn't take back his life as soon as possible, before the matter spreads, there is still time. Once the news spreads, I'm afraid he will regret it and it will also cause great damage to Bai Yan's reputation, and he will be laughed at by the world in the future.
"How is it?" Bai Yan asked softly when he saw Lu Sheng and Lu Qi coming back. Seeing this, Lu Sheng and Lu Qi nodded.
"They have all moved here. All Lu's restaurants around Luoyin are preparing to bring people to Luoyin these days!" Lu Sheng said to Bai Yan.
To be honest, if Lu Sheng had only known Bai Yan as a famous general who was good at leading troops, then now, the way Lu Sheng looked at Bai Yan was filled with wonder and incomparable wonder.
Lu Sheng even felt that if Bai Yan did not join the army, Bai Yan might be able to make a fortune and become a famous wealthy businessman in the world.
During this period, whenever he thought of Bai Yan's plan, Lu Sheng felt amazed. It really shocked him.
Only then did Lu Sheng realize that money could still be earned in this way.
"Okay, I'll leave the matter of contacting the nobles in the city to you two!" Bai Yan said softly.
"promise!"
"No!!" Lu Sheng and Lu Qi quickly saluted Bai Yan. At this time, Lu Sheng just stepped forward and saluted Tian Ding.
"Lu Sheng pays homage to uncle!" Lu Sheng knelt on the ground and saluted Tian Ding. Although Lu Sheng was the eldest son of the Lu family and had already managed many businesses in the Qin State early on, he was no stranger to his uncle Tian Ding. When he was a child, every time he visited the Tian Mansion in Qi State, Lu Sheng was both scared and excited. .
I am afraid because of my uncle Tian Ding, and I am also excited because of my uncle Tian Ding.
"Yeah!" Tian Ding looked at Lu Sheng, whom he hadn't seen for many years, and nodded. In the blink of an eye, the obedient child at the time had grown so big.
"How is your father in Xianyang?" Tian Ding asked. Hearing this, Ms. Lu quickly raised her hands and nodded.
"Go back to uncle, everything is fine!" Lu Sheng said. Seeing this, Tian Ding nodded slowly and asked Lu Sheng to get up.
After Lu Sheng stood up, he looked at Tian Feiyan and slowly bowed. After doing this, he and Lu Qi left the study together.
In the study room. At this time, Uncle Bai saw the two Lu brothers leaving and looked at Bai Yan.
"My dear nephew, the money for the ships cannot come out of the general's palace! If all the merchants in the world pass through Luoyin in the future, then Luoyin will have to pay thousands of dollars every day, and thousands of dollars will be given to the boatmen. In this way, Luoyin's tax revenue alone will , how to make up for it?" Uncle Bai sighed, looking at Bai Yan with helplessness.
Just now, Bai Yan asked the two Lu brothers to negotiate with the nobles in the city. Although he didn't know what they were negotiating for, Uncle Bai understood that Bai Yan's approach would not work and he had to try it. It was unnecessary.
"The edict has been issued. Bai Yan has already sent a letter to Xianyang and presented it to the king!" Bai Yan said softly after hearing Uncle Bai's words.
Master Xu knelt down obediently next to Bai Yan, holding a teapot to pour tea for Uncle Bai, Tian Ding and others. At this moment, Tian Feiyan stood behind Tian Ding, Bai Ping stood behind Uncle Bai, and Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue stood behind them.
Only Master Xu knelt down next to Bai Yan obediently.
"Alas~! Now..." Uncle Bai sighed when he heard Bai Yan's words, and shook his head helplessly.
After a few breaths, Uncle Bai looked at Bai Yan.
"Is my nephew still blaming my uncle for ignoring the advice and contacting the three families in private?" Uncle Bai said helplessly. Uncle Bai also knew that he was at fault for this matter. After all, Bai Yan went to his study to see him and told him in person. He said that he would move the Sanshi.
But at that time, Uncle Bai also had his own considerations. If Bai Yan couldn't influence the San family, he, Uncle Bai, could still provide Bai Yan with the cover, so that the Bai family and the San family wouldn't have too much trouble. After all, the Bai family would also come to Luo in the future. If Yin develops, once there is a stalemate with the San family, there will be trouble in the future.
It was also like this. After much thought, Uncle Bai just kept in touch with the San family privately without telling Bai Yan.
"Uncle, you don't need to think too much. My nephew has already settled property for the Bai family in the city. It's not because he doesn't trust Brother Ping, but because the two Lu brothers are more suitable to contact those noble families. After all, Brother Ping is also a descendant of the Bai family. "Bai Yan looked at the disappointed Bai Ping, then looked at the helpless Uncle Bai, and explained softly.
"Go get those bamboo slips!" After Bai Yan finished speaking, he turned to Master Xu and ordered. Then under the gazes of Tian Ding, Lin Anshun, Xunzhou and others, and in the eyes of Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue, Master Xu stood up and went to a wooden frame, took out a few bamboo slips, and then gave them to Bai Ping.
After Bai Ping took the bamboo slips, he looked at Bai Yan with confusion.
"In three to five days, uncle will naturally know why Bai Yan is like this." Bai Yan was not in a hurry to explain too much to Uncle Bai.
Seeing that he could not persuade Bai Yan, Uncle Bai could only nod helplessly in the end. He planned to send someone to Xianyang to inform Bai Yu about what happened in Luoyin earlier.
After all, among the entire Bai family, perhaps Bai Yu is the only one who can persuade the young man. After a while. As Uncle Bai and Bai Ping left reluctantly, Tian Ding and Tian Feiyan in the study thought for a while and stood up to leave.
As for Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue behind Bai Yan, they were not in a hurry to leave.
"You really don't plan to withdraw the edict? But after three to five days, all the merchants from the city with a radius of hundreds of miles of Luoyin have gathered in Luoyin City. By then, it will be too late to withdraw the edict." Bai Junzhu After thinking about it, he knelt down next to Bai Yan and looked at Bai Yan worriedly.
Even Bai Yingxue, who had always believed that Bai Yan would not suffer any loss in the past, now looked worried. When the news that Bai Yan was the first to get there reached the Bai family, Bai Yingxue was the only one who believed in Bai Yan, among other things.
Among the entire Bai family, Bai Yingxue has always believed that Bai Yan is not a random person. But for now. Faced with the edict that was announced throughout Luoyin City, it was difficult for Bai Yingxue not to worry. After all, the news had actually been announced, and the people of the entire Luoyin City already knew about it and had even spread it.
Under such circumstances, it was difficult for Bai Yingxue not to worry.
"Don't worry!" Bai Yan looked at the worried Bai Junzhu and said softly. .........In Tian Ding's room.
Tian Ding, Lin Anshun, and Xunzhou were sitting on their knees in front of the wooden table.
"Xunzhou doesn't believe that Bai Yan is a reckless person!" Xunzhou said softly. In Xunzhou's eyes, Bai Yan, who could easily wipe out the three clans entrenched in Luoyin City in one fell swoop, was a man without brains and strategy, let alone a famous general on the battlefield of life and death.
There must be more to Bai Yan's edict than meets the eye.
"Indeed! If he is a reckless person, he will not be a famous general of Qin!" Lin Anshun nodded and said, while speaking, like Xunzhou, he looked at Tian Feiyan calmly aside.
The two of them just looked like they had their thoughts written on their faces. Seeing this, Tian Ding also looked at his beloved daughter.
"Yan'er, do you know Bai Yan's purpose?" Tian Ding asked with a smile. Tian Ding, who was full of smiles at this moment, made it impossible to regard Tian Ding, who held the power of life and death, as a person.
When Lin Anshun and Tian Ding saw this scene, they were already used to it. As for Hou Yao, since he got the two girls given by Bai Yan, he has been indulging in women all day long, but his complexion has become much worse in a few days.
"He is very smart!" Tian Feiyan curled his lips and said when he saw the eyes of his father and the other two Qi officials. Thinking of Bai Yan, he couldn't help but think of the word 'cunning'.
"Oh, why do you say that?" When Xunzhou heard Tian Feiyan's words, he looked at Lin Anshun and looked at Tian Feiyan with confusion.
"Think about it, how much the land and other taxes of the tens of thousands of people in Luoyin City can be added together. Don't look at it now that he has to pay all the shipping fees. When there are more people, the daily shipping fees will be astronomical. However, no matter how wide the Luoyin River is, it will not be able to withstand countless large boats crossing the river. What will happen to the countless merchants and their goods? If they cannot cross the river, they will have to spend the night in Luoyin City. At that time, they will have to pay for food, drink, and accommodation. Drinking also costs money, and with more and more people in Luoyin City, not only the merchants who are greedy for cheap, but also all kinds of other traders and hawkers will come to Luoyin." Tian Feiyan said As he spoke, both his tone and Qingcheng's pretty face were full of contempt for Bai Yan's treacherous behavior. However, at the end of the sentence, he couldn't help but laugh, and Qingcheng smiled.
"When the time comes, won't those tax dollars continue to flow into Bai Yan's mansion? The most important thing is, won't the news from all the countries in the world gather in Luoyin?" Tian Feiyan controlled the smile on his face. Anyway, She just wanted to show her contempt for Bai Yan in front of her father.
However, in the study room. At this moment, as her voice fell, there was silence. Not only Lin Anshun and Xunzhou looked dull and stunned, but Tian Ding also had shock in his eyes and a serious expression between his brows.
They had never imagined that behind Bai Yan's layout, it looked like he was giving away money, but in fact he was collecting money from merchants all over the world.
more importantly. If this is true, the merchants who come to Luoyin from the Six Kingdoms will definitely be accompanied by news from the Six Kingdoms. Xianyang City is too big and there are many people, but Luoyin!
! ! They are all merchants. At that time, you can spy on the world from the city of Luoyin! ! ! ! Is this... this kind of layout really the work of a young man?
