The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 343: Aspire to the Central Plains
Chapter 343: Aim for the Central Plains
However, when they reached the Jing River, they noticed something was wrong and wanted to turn back to protect Bai Qingyu, but they were ambushed…
Bai Qingjue’s mount died while protecting his master, and he himself was also seriously injured. He asked Bai Qingyun to abandon him and escape, but Bai Qingyun said that his grandfather had ordered that concubines must protect the legitimate son at all times. Since they could not return to protect the fifth brother Bai Qingyu, Bai Qingyun would sacrifice his life to protect the seventh brother, the legitimate son.
The battle situation became critical, and Bai Qingyun could only hastily change Bai Qingjue’s armor into that of an ordinary soldier and push him into the Jing River… to give him a chance of survival.
Later, Bai Qingjue was rescued by a slave trader. The slave trader took away all the valuables on Bai Qingjue. However, he was not a bad person and at least hired a doctor to treat Bai Qingjue, thus saving Bai Qingjue’s life.
During this period, Bai Qingjue wanted to leave several times and return to the battlefield in southern Xinjiang, but he was so weak that he could not even stand up, let alone run.
It was not until Bai Qingjue tried to rescue the girl at the Mengcheng market that he was saved by Xiao Rongyan instead.
“Mr. Xiao?! Is it Mr. Xiao, the wealthy businessman from Wei?” Bai Jinzhi’s eyes lit up.
Bai Qingjue could see that Bai Jinzhi seemed unaware of Xiao Rongyan’s identity, so he did not point it out and nodded.
“Eldest sister, Mr. Xiao is really a great benefactor to our Bai family. He has helped us time and time again!” Bai Jinzhi admired and liked Xiao Rongyan from the bottom of her heart, and had even recognized this brother-in-law in her heart.
Bai Qingyan didn’t say anything. Thinking of the famine in Yanwo, he said to Bai Qingjue, “I have written to Uncle Shen about the famine in Yanwo and asked him to send reliable people to lead some of the refugees who have not yet poured into Pingyang City to Youhua Road while Prince Liang is providing disaster relief. I will let you take over and settle them. Uncle Shen and General Wei will find a way to send you food in advance.”
“Eldest sister… I have already started working on it.” Bai Qingjue said, “The army comes from the people. I remember what my grandfather said…
The aspirations of the Bai family from generation to generation are deeply rooted in the blood of every descendant of the Bai family.
Therefore, he knew what his elder sister was going to do, what she was planning, and what she was going to do in the future! Even if they couldn’t see each other… he still knew what to do.
When training troops in Tonggu Mountain, Zhongshan City and Bailong City, the first thing to do is to get soldiers.
“However, Dayan seems to have already begun to attract refugees into Yan.” Bai Qingjue said slowly to Bai Qingyan.
Yanwo is close to Pingyang City and also to Dayan.
This time, Dayan has made great efforts and sent people to spread the word among the refugees that Dayan wants to attract people to Yan. All those who enter Yan will enjoy Dayan’s new policies, get good farmland and houses, and be exempted from taxes for three years.
The new policies of Queen Ji of Dayan encouraged farming. The cultivated land was divided according to the number of people, so that every common people had land to farm. Those who could offer good farming ideas to increase the people’s income were awarded titles, so that every household in Dayan had surplus food.
Many nobles of various countries knew about it, but the common people knew very little. And even if they knew… as long as life was bearable, who would be willing to leave their homeland?
However, now that Yanwo is suffering from famine and the victims are facing a life-or-death situation, Dayan is willing to lend a helping hand to give the people a chance to survive, so the victims naturally flock to Dayan.
Later, when the people realized the benefits brought to them by Queen Ji’s new policies, they naturally became reluctant to leave Dayan and became the people of Dayan.
In fact, what people all over the world want is very simple, four words: to have enough food and warm clothing.
Bai Qingyan pursed her lips. It seemed that… Dayan and Xiao Rongyan got the news of the famine in Yanwo much earlier than the court of Dayan and her.
She even speculated that the disaster in the previous life was never reported to the imperial capital because the imperial examination fraud case had never been exposed and most of the victims were brought into Dayan, so no riot occurred.
And this time, the imperial examination fraud case… it really needed something more serious to divert the people’s attention and give Wen Zhenkang a chance to survive. Only then did Li Mao allow the Yanwo famine to surface.
“I found many brothers of the Bai family army in the unknown villages along the way. I ordered them to take some of the refugees back to the selected hiding places. With the help of Uncle Shen and General Wei, they are building houses… and cultivating fields.”
This is really good news for Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingjue did not tell Bai Qing that the reason why he did not give up and was still searching was to find the brothers of the Bai family army who were scattered, and also to find the possible survivors of the Bai family, the seventeen sons of the Bai family… He did not believe that there were no other survivors except him and Bai Qingyun.
With the loyalty and bravery of the Bai family’s army, they will surely sacrifice their lives to protect the young general of the Bai family.
Bai Qingjue came back this time just to report his safety to the Bai family. He could not rashly return to the Bai family in Dadu, so he traveled day and night to Anyu Mountain to wait for Bai Qingyan the day before Mr. Guan Yongchong’s birthday.
He knew that his eldest sister was in mourning and would not attend Mr. Guan Yongchong’s birthday party tomorrow, but she would definitely come to celebrate the old man’s birthday the day before.
After a brief reunion, Bai Qingjue had to rush back to southern Xinjiang to prepare for the future.
Although Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi were reluctant, they still sent Bai Qingjue away.
On the way back, the sun was scorching hot at noon.
Bai Qingyan lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked at the beautiful scenery of clear water and green lake outside the window, and his mood slowly calmed down.
Xiao Rongyan’s actions and news are indeed fast, this is probably the advantage of having shops all over the world…
These Xiao shops in various countries are all sources of information for Dayan.
Great Yan had far-sighted ministers like Xiao Rongyan and a monarch like Murong Yu. No wonder… Great Yan would eventually become a powerful country that was superior to other countries. The alliance of the three countries… could not shake it in the slightest, but instead gave Great Yan an excuse to send troops to destroy it.
She lowered the curtain and closed her eyes in thought.
The world situation will change, and in the future there will be a struggle for supremacy. I wonder who will be able to conquer the Central Plains.
As soon as Bai Qingyan and his group returned home, they saw Yue Shi who was about to leave.
When Yue Shi saw Bai Qingyan getting off the carriage, he immediately shouted to Xiao Rongyan who was about to get on, “Master, Miss Bai is back!”
Xiao Rongyan turned around and saw Bai Qingyan holding Chuntao’s hand and getting off the carriage. He also turned around and walked down, bowing to Bai Qingyan: “Princess, County Lady…”
“Mr. Xiao!” Bai Jinzhi was very happy to see Xiao Rongyan.
“Mr. Xiao.” Bai Qingyan asked politely, “Did Mr. Xiao just come out of the mansion?”
“That’s right…” Xiao Rongyan took a few steps closer to Bai Qingyan, “Yesterday, the princess dropped the iron sandbag at the Prince’s Mansion. Today, I specially sent it to the princess, but I didn’t expect that the princess went to Anyu Mountain.”
“Thank you, Mr. Xiao.” Bai Qingyan nodded slightly to Xiao Rongyan.
“Yan came here to ask for help from the princess…” Xiao Rongyan looked at Bai Qingyan with deep eyes, “This time, Yan sent people to purchase white tea from Shuoyang and intended to ship it to Daliang, but they were robbed on the way. Now the court is busy with the famine in Yanwo and the deployment of troops in Hongque Mountain in Daliang. The prince said… he might not have time to take care of the bandits, but Yan’s business in Daliang is a little urgent and cannot go wrong. Moreover, the amount of white tea Yan needs this time is large. Shuoyang is the princess’s ancestral home. I wonder if there are any families familiar with her who have been running tea mountains for generations?”
Guess who robbed it? Hahahaha…
Asking for monthly ticket la la la la…