When driving back to the Minister's Mansion, a number of carriages had been parked outside the Minister's Mansion, and from the regulations of the carriages, it could be seen that they were all well-known figures in the city of Chenling, and there were even carriages and horses from the Xuanting Marquis' Mansion.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw Ma Qing, the steward of the Xuanting Marquis Mansion, and others in the front yard, and the wall and column of the front yard were densely packed with small holes, all of which were left by the rebels when they released arrows yesterday, and some arrows were still inserted in the high part of the column and not pulled out.

Ma Qing saw that it was Bailiyan (Wei Xian), and stepped forward to salute courteously:

"Ma Qing has seen General Wei."

"Steward? Xuanting Marquis and Mrs. are here? ”

"Oh, it's the little marquis who came to invite General Wei to come over."

"Excuse me? Wei Mou sealed the king's decree and was about to leave the city immediately, I am afraid that he will not be able to go, I don't know that Xuanting Hou has something important. ”

"My marquis and his wife are grateful to General Wei for saving his life, so they sent the little marquis to invite him."

"Oh......"

Bai Liyan sighed lightly, thinking that it was estimated that the Marquis of Xuan Tingting and Princess Lan Yuan had been scared enough in the past two days, and she wanted to recruit a son-in-law as soon as possible to feel at ease.

This time, the loss of Xuantinghou can be described as heavy, and a fire set by Bailiyan in the east of the city naturally also affected Xuantinghou's mansion. The fire burned for two days and two nights, and finally razed the Xuanting Marquis Mansion to the ground.

Hundreds of silks, thousands of piros, silk, silk, etc. hidden in the mansion by the Xuanting Marquis were burned by the fire, which is not counting the loss of the Xuanting Marquis's shop, the blow to the Scrooge Xuan Tinghou can be imagined, and it is worth tens of thousands of dollars.

After greeting Ma Qing, Bai Liyan continued to the atrium.

Most of the people who came to the Minister's Mansion to worship the pier were wealthy businessmen in the city of Chenling, especially those who had something to do with Jiang Yan and Gongsun Yue and had not yet been affected, and their motive could be understood as capital hedging.

Businessmen are speculators, and when they see that the situation is not good, the first thing that comes to mind is to flee. Previously, the Black Turban rebels were blocked west of the Yongxing River and could not cross, and the Xian army won several big victories one after another, which somewhat stabilized the morale of the front and rear.

This time, Gongsun Yue tossed and directly hit the capital, but anyone who has a way will think of transferring assets to save his life.

In these turbulent times, there is clearly no safer haven than the titular state of Liang. These people who came to worship Antaihou Wharf all wanted to escape from the land of right and wrong as soon as possible.

Nowadays, if it is not for war and foreign trade transactions, the flow of a large amount of gold and silver is absolutely forbidden, but copper coins can, because not all the copper coins of the countries are on the money, the copper coins of the Xian country are the lower money, and the copper coins of the Liang country are the upper money, and the lower money is difficult to circulate abroad, but the upper money can, which is similar to the hard currency of modern times.

Precious metals as absolute money and foreign exchange, mining and smelting is extremely difficult, the output is scarce, it is strictly forbidden to carry out of the country for non-diplomatic and non-trading purposes, to prevent the transfer of property, the loss of hard currency.

These profiteers, who have earned enough hard-earned money from the common people on weekdays, are now thinking of finding a way to take refuge abroad, which is not a good thing.

I was angry in my heart, and I bumped into Zhou Caidong head-on with a smile and a kind face, Bai Liyan wondered in her heart, more than 200 barrels of cooking oil in your house were burned by me, and the house is gone, can you laugh?

"Zhou Caidong, who are you?"

"Hehe, General Wei."

Zhou Caidong smiled vigorously, but Bai Liyan always felt that there was nothing good.

"Is there something wrong with Zhou Caidong?"

"Exactly, thanks to General Wei's rescue this time, Zhou's whole family was saved."

"Oh, Wei is busy, I think I'll be exempt from thanks. Moreover, Zhou Caidong also lost more than 200 barrels of vegetable oil because of this, Wei really didn't want to go, and he had more money on hand another day, and compensated Zhou Caidong at the price. ”

"Eh, General Wei is for state affairs, how can Zhou miss the general's major affairs because of his own selfishness."

"Zhou Caidong understands the righteousness, and in the coming day, Wei will be free, so he will ask the king to play and seek an official position for Zhou Caidong in the east of the city to make up for Zhou Caidong's loss."

"Hehe, General Wei's words are serious, how dare you alarm the king in the future."

"This is as it should be, if there are no two hundred barrels of vegetable oil from Zhou Caidong, how can Wei easily quell the rebellion. If there is nothing else to do, Wei still has important matters, so he will leave first. ”

"Uh...... This ......"

Zhou Caidong wanted to speak and stopped, Bai Liyan thought to himself, you are still not satisfied with seeking an official position in Chengdong City, is it possible that you still want to take down the city?

"Is Zhou Caidong still in trouble?"

"Oh, that's right. Zhou, he has no children under his knees, only two daughters, so he ......"

Bailiyan was shocked when she heard the news, you are sending your daughter to the door:

"Zhou Caidong, Wei has three marriage engagements, and two concubines accompany him, I'm afraid it's not appropriate."

"Uh, no, no, no, yes. Zhou's status is humble, and seeing that Li Gongzi seems to be interested in my two little girls, he ...... So ......"

Zhou Caidong couldn't help but feel embarrassed, Bai Liyan understood it, he wanted to tie Li Yi's thigh, and in a blink of an eye, the local chicken turned into a phoenix.

"Wei understood, Zhou Caidong saw that Li Gongzi was interested in the two Miss Zhou, and wanted to give it to Li Gongzi, but he couldn't open his mouth, so he wanted Wei to be a matchmaker, but so."

"Yes, yes, exactly. Hehe......"

At this time, Zhou Caidong smiled as colorful and brilliant as a spring breeze, when others suffered disasters, only Zhou Caidong was blessed by misfortune, Li Yi mistakenly looked at the two fairies of Zhou Caidong's family, Zhou Caidong took advantage of the situation, and took the opportunity to tie up the identity of the grandson of Jing Shanggong, so that he could go away to enjoy the glory and wealth.

"Zhou Caidong, you are doing a good job in this business......" Bai Liyan smiled, but there was no malice.

"Hehe, General Wei's words are serious, and Zhou doesn't dare to offend Li Gongzi."

"What's the matter, Li Gongzi forced you?"

"Not really, not really." Zhou Caidong denied it again and again, obviously Li Yi should not be able to do it yet.

"Okay, Wei can be the matchmaker for Zhou Caidong, but there is something that Zhou Caidong may not know. After all, Li Yi is the grandson of Jing Shanggong, and his mother is the princess of Qiguo, and the wealthy family has always been the right person, and the wealthy family has never lacked beautiful women. The two girls under Zhou Caidong's knees, although they are also like fairies, it may be difficult to sit in the main room. ”

"Zhou is just a grass man, and it is a great blessing to climb Li Gongzi, how can he expect the position of the main room."

"That being the case, Wei should make the decision in this matter, whether it is successful or not is not up to Li Yi's son, after all, An Taihou is his uncle, if his uncle does not allow it, Jing Shanggong may not be able to agree, Zhou Caidong must be prepared."

"That's that, Zhou will never forget the great kindness of General Wei in this life, and he will repay the great kindness of the general by being a cow and a horse in the next life."

"Hehe, being a matchmaker is just accumulating virtue for the benefit of others, but when it comes to Zhou Caidong's mouth, how can it seem to have become a deal for Wei."

"Don't dare, don't dare, General Wei is bright and upright, and he understands the righteousness, it's all Zhou's."

"Okay, let's wait, Wei will go to see An Taihou now."

Bai Liyan thought of being a matchmaker for Li Yi's nephew, and she always had a strange feeling in her heart, she always felt that her uncle was working for her nephew, and she didn't have anything to do as an uncle.

Coming to the main hall of the atrium, Ji Tong was talking to the guests. As far as the eye can see, they are all among the richest businessmen in Chenling City, but Li Yi and Qiao Cheng are missing. One of the people Bailiyan still knew him, and when he was in Kaiyi Caotang, he came to see his son.

Seeing Bai Liyan come in, Ji Tong interrupted the conversation:

"General Wei, King Xian is good."

"The king's holy body is healthy, the rebels have been pacified, and the minister's palace has contributed a lot, no, the king asked Wei to come and discuss with An Taihou about the return of the horses."

"Oh, did King Xian agree?"

Antaihou Dayue hurriedly invited Baili Yan to sit down and speak.

"The king has indeed agreed, but given the current situation, the king is considering returning the horses at this time next year."

Hearing that the news was not returned immediately, An Taihou said with an unhappy face:

"This year will be pushed next year, and next year will be pushed back the year after tomorrow, when will this be a head!"

Ji Tong was very loud, and he didn't mean to retreat the visitors, obviously on purpose, to make the ugly things in Xianguo public, so as to take the opportunity to exert pressure.

Bai Liyan knew this, and said quietly:

"It's an immediate return, but it's not."

"What do you mean by that?"

"The king is determined to pledge the same number of ordinary horses of the Xianguo Kingdom to the Hou Ye now, and they will be exchanged for all next year, I don't know what the Hou Ye wants."

"Oh, this ...... It's unheard of. ”

"Hehe, but ......"

"But what?"

Ji Tong's heart twitched, and in a blink of an eye, he thought that Baili Yan had a bad stomach, where could he let go so easily, there must be nothing good. Sure enough, as soon as he opened his mouth, Ji Tong's face immediately darkened:

"However, the 100,000 troops of the Liang State are stationed in the Xian State, although it is not the grain and grass of our Xian Country, but the general plate is in the rear, which is inevitably worthy of the name of the coalition army. At present, there is a shortage of grain and grass in our Xian country, so my king hopes that your army can move to the east of Yongxing City to open up wasteland to benefit agriculture and military, even if you can't go into battle to fight, but also help our army supply food and grass, I don't know what Hou Ye wants. ”

"You!"

Ji Tong glared anxiously, if it weren't for the presence of foreign guests at the scene, he would really be able to scold Baili Yangou for being bloody.

"General Wei, your attention must be too good, let our army pioneer and grow grain for the Xian army, in exchange for our army's own horses, there is such a reason in the world?"

"The road is walked by people, reason is spoken by people, and as for whether it is reasonable or not, this has to be judged as a matter of justice. Your army is stationed ten miles west of the Lingling, called the coalition army, but in fact, it is inactive, and it is no different from the Jin State.

The Jin State is treacherous and shameless, and it is still reasonable. Liang Guotang's army of the Son of Heaven also shrank behind the Xian army and watched our army fight with the rebels, if the Xian army is finished, who will drag the rebels.

Don't hide it from the Hou Ye, tens of millions of acres of grain fields in Beihai County are out of production, millions of people are waiting to be fed, and there is a shortage of rations, at least more than two million stones, if the Liang army can't grab summer grain, more than one million people in Beihai County will be traitors at this time next year, you see if they will go south to eat the Liang army! ”

"You Xian's internal affairs, where can Ben Hou take care of it. If it weren't for King Xian's misemployment, could there be such a thing? ”

Ji Tong was-for-tat, and the implication was that he pushed the account on the head of King Xian. Not to be outdone, Bailiyan said:

"But at least as a coalition force, how can you watch your allies fall into danger and see death without help. I didn't let your army go into battle to fight, and I opened up the wasteland to grow grain in Yongxing City, can I still hurt you? Besides, our army also pledged an equal number of horses to Hou Ye, didn't Hou Ye also claim back the war horses. ”

"Wei Xian, Wei Xian, you are really smart, so you want to drive my 100,000 army to grow food for you for no reason." Ji Tong felt angry and funny, angry because no one dared to shout in front of him, if it weren't for his son's life-saving grace, he would definitely be able to get Bailiyan out. It's funny that Bailiyan is whimsical, and he is really driven by Antaihou as a farmer.

At this time, Bai Liyan continued:

"Master Hou, is it so difficult to plant land. Speaking of which, the Xianjun army is desperately short of grain and grass, and the treasury is empty, if there is no grain and grass in the autumn, there will be more than 100,000 mouths in Beihai County, and there will be a rebellion next spring, what the consequences are, Hou Ye should be clear. ”

"This matter is very important, Benhou can't be the master alone, and he needs to discuss it with the generals in the long run."

"Okay, Hou Ye can think about it in the long run, but Wei believes that Hou Ye will definitely look at the overall situation and turn the tide in danger."

Ji Tong said that he was discussing with the generals, but in fact he was asking Uncle Guang for advice.