After Xu Xian told Bai Suzhen that she wanted to trade with people at sea, Bai Suzhen was also puzzled, but she didn't mention it.

On the second day, Xu Xian went to the county yamen, and Bai Suzhen told Xiaoqing about it.

"Sister, there will be people living on the sea? Do they live on a boat, or on an island? Xiaoqing asked curiously.

Bai Suzhen shook her head and said, "No, as far as I know, those people at sea are simply living at the bottom of the sea......"

"Huh?" Xiaoqing shook her head in disbelief and said, "Sister is not joking, right?" Can anyone live in the middle of the sea? Is that a man, or a fish? Or maybe it's a fish-man? ”

Bai Suzhen sighed: "As far as I know, those are people, not fish people, but these people have the ability to breathe in the sea because they have lived around the ocean for a long time, but they still have to rely on some things that breathe in the sea, and they are not demons, there are some legends about them in the coastal areas, and they are called Sea Tribesmen, because I haven't seen them in person, so this matter can't be conclusive." ”

Xiaoqing stuck out her tongue and said, "It's really strange, there are still humans living in the ocean, this human is really different from other species." ”

"Don't say such things, you are a person now, and you can't even forget this in your dreams!" Bai Suzhen said.

Xiaoqing said: "I know my sister, but now my brother-in-law wants to do business with the people of the Sea Clan, can he do it?" My brother-in-law can't breathe in the sea, so how can he go to the bottom of the sea? ”

Bai Suzhen seemed to be pondering this question, and finally, Bai Suzhen said: "The official should not enter the sea, he should trade with the Sea Tribesmen on land, in the past, the Sea Tribes wanted to trade with the people on the land, and they had to come to the shore, their physical functions are somewhat different from the humans on land, so they must wrap themselves very tightly, Yanshan County is not far from the sea, maybe your brother-in-law wants to take people to the beach to try to find the Sea Tribe." ”

"Sister should persuade my brother-in-law to stop, what kind of sea tribe people are you looking for, it's too difficult, sister thinks that if you look for it like this, there is a chance to find it?" Xiaoqing looked very unsupportive.

Bai Suzhen finally sighed: "No matter what the officials want to do, I will support it unconditionally, just as he said, if you want to expand the number of men and horses under your command now, you must increase financial resources, but Yanshan County is a poor and remote country at all, how can you earn so much money to raise soldiers?" Even if your brother-in-law can't raise more than 10,000 people, but at least there should be thousands of people, this is the place of northern defense, if the northern Diyi goes south, it will also have a great impact on the stability of Yanshan County. ”

Xiaoqing finally shook her head and said, "Then sister, you can decide for yourself, I don't dare to say anything, I don't understand." ”

"Qing'er, since your brother-in-law now intends to trade with the Sea Clan, then you should take Bai Fu to see where those Sea Tribesmen live in the East China Sea, you look for those overseas islands, the Sea Tribes should have warehouses for storing goods on those islands, or you can have more contact with those seaside merchants who trade with the Sea Tribes, maybe there will be results!" Bai Suzhen said.

Xiaoqing looked very reluctant and said, "My sister actually asked me to go to the beach?" This...... It's too far, since my sister asked me to go, then I'll go, if I can't find out anything, don't blame me, I haven't even heard of any people from the Sea Clan, let alone found it! ”

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Xiaoqing took Bai Fu to the East China Sea to find the people of the Sea Clan.

After Xu Xian came back from the Zhixian Yamen, Bai Suzhen seemed very natural, as if she didn't know anything about it.

"Lady, where is that girl Qing'er? I usually come in and always see her in and out with you. Xu Xian asked curiously.

Bai Suzhen reluctantly smiled and said: "Qing'er, this girl has something to do, and she took Bai Fu with her, she shouldn't be in the house for the past two days." ”

Xu Xian Deng understood that his own lady had sent Xiaoqing and Bai Fu to investigate the matter of the Sea Clan, but she was afraid that he would think too much and hide something from him.

"Oh, it's not very stable in this city, Qing'er is a girl after all, and there are inconvenient places to go out, but with Bai Fu by her side to protect her, it can be somewhat reassuring." Xu Xian said with a smile.

On this kind of issue, Xu Xian will not ask more, he has the right to regard himself as an idiot, no matter what happens, he uses the simplest logic to think about these things.

Although Bai Suzhen was relieved that Xu Xian didn't ask much, she still felt a sense of guilt, after all, she hid Xu Xian in this matter.

"Official, you're in the yamen today, aren't you very busy?" Bai Suzhen asked, "Now that Qingyang Village is flat, are the officials going to Pingxia Cottage?" ”

Xu Xian shook his head with a smile and said: "The lady may not know, after a big cottage like Qingyang Village has been leveled, the local thieves are already rumors, and I am ready to deter these thieves again, let them escape from Yanshan County with their tails between their legs, and restore peace to the place." ”

Bai Suzhen accompanied Xu Xian into the study together, and Bai Suzhen said: "What the official said, I'm afraid it's not that simple." ”

"After all, I need to think of some ruts, alas, it is difficult to recruit troops now, even if I have won the previous two wars, those local families are still not very cooperative, they just refuse to hand over the grain, now I can only send people to the capital to buy food, and even send people to see if I can find those people at sea to trade......" Xu Xian said with a look of embarrassment.

Bai Suzhen said: "Officials still have to insist on doing business with people at sea? Why don't you let Wufu check it? ”

"Don't need it first, it's not something that can be done overnight to find people at sea, today for the sake of those prisoners of war, let me take great pains, and the next step is to send someone to Fucheng to report on the war exploits, and let the imperial court allocate some manpower and food...... This is just an assumption, it seems that the imperial court will not give any resources, so you can only rely on yourself! ”

Xu Xian didn't say anything more to Bai Suzhen, and Xu Xian didn't mention it that day.

It took two days for Xiaoqing to come back from the East China Sea.

Bai Suzhen immediately asked Xiaoqing to go to her room to discuss the affairs of the people of the East China Sea Sea Clan.

“…… Sister, where are there any Hai people, I didn't get any news, but I found out that the people in the north seem to have military movements, there was a war in the north, and many people died, as for what my sister said about the land people who did business with the Sea Clan, I didn't find it! Xiaoqing looked annoyed.

Bai Suzhen frowned and said: "Since there is a legend of the Sea Clan, it is impossible to find it completely, it seems that you still don't have any intentions, forget it, you stay, let Wufu go together!" ”