White Mansion, study room.

Bai Kui, Jin Dao and Da Ma are 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 there.

thing?"

Bai Yu sat across from the desk, half of his body leaning on the desk and resting his cheek on one hand. He looked lazily when he got home, "What can I hide from you outside? 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 lure 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. In terms of channels and ability to adjust grain from outside, no one is better than them. This can not only temporarily relieve the people's urgent needs, but also concentrate grain 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 sweep away the evidence and clean up traces of the crime, so the result was naturally logical."

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 do you earn?"

"Three hundred thousand, I dug it out from between Wei Li's teeth."

"Next time you will spend twice as much! Then you will earn twice as much!"

"There must be so many stupid people who take advantage of them, old man, don't be too greedy."

Being used to being scolded by his son, Bai Kui was not affected at all and smiled so white that his teeth dazzled.

His son is his son!

Smart! Awesome! Thieves are lovable!

I spent more than 900,000 yuan and got back 30% of the profits. I didn’t spend a penny and I earned a good reputation that made the local people grateful. Even the fathers couldn’t keep up with their sons, hahaha!

The people in Yuzhou lost unjustly, the people were affected by the disaster, all the food and money were taken out of their pockets, and they were frightened after being reviled... Who let them meet his son Bai Kui?

"Butler, bring me another pot of good wine!"

The old butler happily served tea and 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, after a long journey, go and take a rest after drinking tea! I also asked 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 huge sand table there was still the same as when he left.

The small flag is still planted 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 in a strange way." Bai Yu suddenly spoke and took down the small flag from Dongpu's position.

, turning it over at will between the fingers, "Yun Qin is attached to Xiling. I suspect that he followed Xiling's orders for this action."

Bai Kui smiled and poured a glass of wine, squinting his eyes and sipping, "Dad doesn't know about these things. He is just a businessman. As long as he makes money, his head hurts when he hears about those people from other countries."

From behind, the son's voice floated loosely, "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 wide open, 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 if 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, change it for me with 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 done teasing the old man. Bai Yu patted his butt and 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 drink too much tea 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 twos and twos, carefully took off the flag on the head of the Xiling and put it back in its place on the East Pu.

After looking at it silently for a moment, he put the flag back into Xiling and let out a very low sigh.

…

Lantern Festival.

The three forces gathered in Tubei Village to join in the excitement of the bearded man 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, "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! It will taste better!"

Old Mrs. Su sat on the edge to collect her insoles, 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 children eat them up. Make the rice cakes harder like this and give one to the child so that 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 on good things."

Su Da had something to say, "We couldn't bite this thing when we were young, so we had to find rocks to break it, smash 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, and baked it close to the fire pit. "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. 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 over the fire, and the tips of their noses were a little red.

How can I not feel homesick?
Chapter completed!