The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 989: The weather has changed
Chapter 989 The world has changed
“Third brother…” Bai Jintong called out to Bai Qingqi, tears blurring her vision, “Third brother, you are finally back! Third brother… you don’t know that when the news of grandfather, uncles, father… and your death in the battle came back, they all bullied our family! Eldest sister… how hard it was for eldest sister to support our Bai family!”
Bai Jintong hasn’t cried once since she left home. She has experienced strong winds and waves before, and she almost lost her life at sea, but she still gritted her teeth and survived.
But for some reason, she couldn’t keep her cool when she saw her third brother. She should be happy to see that he was still alive, but she was full of grievances and wanted to tell him.
But now she has grown up, and is no longer the little girl who can rush into the arms of her third brother at will. Otherwise, she really wants to cry bitterly in her third brother’s arms.
“Third brother came back late! Third brother is sorry for you!” Bai Qingqi controlled his emotions, but his breath was still trembling.
Bai Jintong wiped away her tears with her sleeve, but her vision was still blurred by mist. She bit her lower lip tightly, looking nothing like her usual calm and capable self.
The swaying lights on the four corners of the carriage made the interior of the carriage dim and bright. Bai Qingqi pushed the tea he had poured for Bai Jintong in front of Bai Jintong and whispered to him, “You can’t stay in Xiliang for long. Chen Qingsheng has already made arrangements. When you return to Cui’s house, Chen Qingsheng will arrange for you to go to the farmhouse in the west of the city first. Tomorrow morning, you will leave Yunjing with Chen Qingsheng and rush all the way to Qiushan Pass.”
“Where is the third brother?” Bai Jintong asked.
“I still have things to do in Xiliang. I asked Chen Qingsheng to bring a letter to General Shen Kunyang. When you arrive at Qiushan Pass, give the letter to General Shen Kunyang and ask him to act according to my plan!”
“Third brother…” Bai Jintong pursed her lips, “I know that third brother is worried about my safety, but third brother… I can’t leave yet. If I leave, there is no guarantee that the eight major families in Xiliang and the Queen of Xiliang will not take out their anger on Cui’s Trading Company. The Bai family has invested too much money in Cui’s Trading Company to this point. Now it’s time to see the benefits!”
Bai Jintong’s eyes were firm: “Xiliang is in chaos, but the money we earned… must not be reduced! Third brother, believe me!”
Bai Qingqi had heard from Chen Qingsheng what Bai Jintong had gone through in the few short years since she left home. It was hard for him to imagine…after they, her brothers, were gone, her sister had experienced life and death several times.
Whether it is the eldest sister or the younger sisters, they are all risking their lives to fight for a way out for the Bai family.
Bai Qingqi suddenly hated himself for not coming back earlier.
After a while, Bai Qingqi slowly responded: “Okay, we brothers and sisters will work together to conquer Xiliang for the Great Zhou.”
The Queen of Xiliang released Cui Fengnian, who had been detained in prison for a long time, hoping that Cui Fengnian could lower the price of grain in Yunjing.
However, perhaps because the price of grain had suddenly doubled, the grain shops lowered the price a little, and people flocked to buy grain.
Cui Fengnian communicated with the eight major families to unify the market price…and lowered the price of grain every day.
As expected, after three days of continuous price drops, even fewer people came to buy food.
By the fifth day when the grain price had dropped, the people who had previously bought grain at high prices regretted their decision, feeling that they had wasted their money. Their enthusiasm for hoarding grain was obviously not as high as before.
Bai Jintong knew that Li Zhijie went to the capital city to seek peace. Rongdi was about to go to war with Xiliang, and Da Zhou would definitely intervene. Since they wanted to drag Yan into the war, they needed to solve the problem of food shortage in Xiliang as soon as possible.
Bai Jintong was thinking about how to talk to the eight major families and ask them to secretly send people to collect grain from the people. Unexpectedly, someone from the Qi family, the head of the eight major families in Xiliang, came to the door in person, saying that they came to visit Cui Fengnian who was suffering in prison. In fact… they were dissatisfied with the sudden drop in grain prices.
Bai Jintong took the opportunity to tell the Qi family about buying back the grain from the people at a low price: “In this way, the grain price will continue to drop, even lower than before, so that the people who go to buy grain will not hold the grain that is dropping in price every day. But if the empress knows about this, I’m afraid it won’t work.”
The Qi family member smiled, picked up the teacup, and said slowly: “Now this business, the eight major families are all involved in it. As long as the eight major families don’t want the empress to know, the empress won’t know…”
Bai Jintong lowered his eyes and smiled lightly in response, then said: “However, Gongxing is still worried. After all, the Rongdi are eyeing Xiliang covetously, and the alliance between Xiliang and the Great Zhou has not yet been finalized. If Xiliang really goes to war, then… such a wealth accumulation will probably lead to the defeat of Xiliang.”
The Qi family used the lid of the teacup to press down the floating tea leaves, and turned to look at Bai Jintong with a smile…
Bai Jintong smiled and bowed, “Brother Qi, please understand. Gongxing is a businessman. If Xiliang falls, there will be no national boundaries between Xiliang and the Great Zhou, Rongdi or Dayan. My business…”
The Qi family seemed to think that Bai Jintong was no threat and was just a profit-seeking businessman, so they let out a few words: “Don’t worry, you have helped our eight families a lot this time, and your business in Xiliang will definitely be fine in the future!”
“Brother Qi, please give me some advice!” Bai Jintong stood up and bowed respectfully, “It will also help me solve my doubts.”
The Qi family member chuckled, casually placed the teacup on the small table beside him, and said, “Have you ever seen the eight major families of Xiliang so united? We, the eight major families of Xiliang, are all citizens of Xiliang. Which family would want Xiliang to become a foreign country? If so… our eight major families of Xiliang will be far away from the center of power! So… you should keep your mind at ease. The eight major families will never allow such a thing to happen.”
After saying that, the Qi family member stood up and said to Bai Jintong: “Your method is very good. If it succeeds in the future, you will definitely benefit from it.”
Bai Jintong smiled and said, “I’ll take Brother Qi home.”
After watching the Qi family get on the carriage and leave, Bai Jintong turned back to the mansion, her smile fading… She quickly walked into the main hall and saw Bai Qingqi already sitting there. Bai Jintong said, “Third brother, Xiliang… I’m afraid things are going to change.”
Bai Qingqi nodded.
From what the Qi family said… when have the eight major families in Xiliang ever been so united, Bai Qingqi and Bai Jintong both understood that things were going to change in Xiliang.
The eight major families did this in order to dethrone the Queen of Xiliang and replace her with someone else.
Because all the new edicts from the Queen of Xiliang hurt the interests of the eight major families.
Before going to bed, I checked the group and found that I missed a chapter. I will make up for it! I will continue to ask for monthly votes…
Don’t think that there are only ten chapters for a burst of updates. Don’t look at the number of chapters, look at the number of words. Others have a thousand words per chapter, but the bald author has two thousand words per chapter, which is equivalent to twenty chapters… It’s just that this bald guy is lazy and almost wanted to divide it into two chapters, with ten thousand words in one chapter… It’s good to count!