After learning that her husband was looking for the Hai Clan, Bai Suzhen was more attentive than anyone else.

Send Xiaoqing and Bai Fu first, and after the results of the investigation are not found, she will send the five ghosts together in order to investigate more information.

And she also tried to ask Xu Xian to see how much Xu Xian knew about the situation, and by the way, she also wanted to tell Xu Xian about the war in the north.

After she saw Xu Xian at night, Xu Xian was writing in the study, and she didn't know what information Xu Xian was sorting out, and only after she got closer, Xu Xian raised her head to look at her. Xu Xian said: "The lady came suddenly, it really scared the husband, is there something wrong with the lady?" ”

Bai Suzhen said apologetically on her face: "Official, seeing that you are still busy here, I made some ginseng tea for you and brought it to you." ”

"Oh, thank you lady, just put it down, I'm not in the mood to drink it for the time being." After Xu Xian finished speaking, he lowered his head again, and the pen in his hand was still not put down.

Bai Suzhen said: "Official, didn't you want to find a way to do business with people at sea before?" The concubine sent Wufu to hope that they could investigate the results......"

"That's ......" Xu Xian looked up at Bai Suzhen and smiled, "According to my investigation, these people at sea are very mysterious, they should have some way to find some rare things in the ocean, and then use them to trade with the people on the shore, I have paid attention to the things that these people exchanged back to determine what they lacked, and found that these people are not interested in most things on land, they are not interested in gold, silver and jewelry, and they are not interested in food, clothing, housing and transportation, but they are very keen on some handicrafts on land. Metal utensils, such as bronze mirrors, were the things they exchanged most often......"

Bai Suzhen blinked and said, "What does this mean?" ”

Xu Xian said with a smile: "This means that the place where these people live should not be short of food and clothing, or that these things are not needed, as for horses, wood products, and silk, they should not have much value to these people, and gold, silver, and jewelry cannot be used as the currency of these people's internal trade...... I'm really thinking about the question, these people don't just live in the ocean, do they? ”

Seeing that her husband seemed to be in a reverie about Fei Fei, Bai Suzhen couldn't help but smile.

"Official, listen to what you said, it's too mysterious, how can people live in the ocean?" Even though Bai Suzhen knew that what Xu Xian judged was right, she still made a gesture of denial.

Xu Xian shook his head and said: "There are some things that can't be speculated with common sense, if these people live on the sea and live on an island, or they themselves are pirates, then they are very lacking in food and materials, but these people are not short of food, clothing, etc., it makes people wonder why there can be a large amount of land on the sea, what caused such a result?" ”

Bai Suzhen didn't want Xu Xian to bother anymore, she said: "Official, don't think about it, let Wufu check it, Wufu under the concubine has a lot of ability, and they will definitely have results when they go to investigate." By the way, official, you haven't been thinking about cracking down on bandits lately? ”

She wanted to divert the topic and prevent Xu Xian from continuing to think about the affairs of the Sea Clan.

"Oh." Xu Xian came back to his senses at this time, lowered his head and looked at what he had written, and said in a soft tone, "After I led the troops to level Qingyang Village, many local bandits have begun to disappear, and it is said that there are many small bandit gangs that have gone to neighboring states and counties. ”

Bai Suzhen nodded and said: "The officials not only have to guard against the local bandits, but also against those Diyi in the north, if they raise troops to go south, the officials are probably not easy to deal with." ”

Xu Xian smiled: "Why did the lady suddenly care about my business?" Speaking of which, the husband also found out some things, saying that there is an internal war in the north, and those tribes in the north have started a war in the north in order to compete for the right to rule...... This is good news for us for the time being, because after the war in the north starts, we will not send troops south to harass the people in our territory, and I don't have to be distracted to care about these people...... But in the long run, this is not a good thing, once the war in the north has been brought to fruition and a ruler is re-established, then that ruler will inevitably launch a war against the south in order to protect his own authoritative interests...... It will most likely happen in a year, or even less. ”

When Xu Xian said this, Bai Suzhen was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.

She thought to herself: "I sent Xiaoqing and Bai Fucai to investigate these things, and they only investigated that there was a war, and the official just used a few people under him to investigate things hundreds of miles away, and made such a reasonable analysis, which is really amazing." ”

Bai Suzhen asked, "Official, how do you know about the affairs in the north?" ”

"It's easy." Xu Xian smiled and said, "I don't have many people under my command, so it is impossible to send people to the north to investigate, but there will always be many businessmen in Yanshan County, because Yanshan County has been suppressing bandits recently, those businessmen know that the ground in Yanshan County will be relatively peaceful, and they will all take the official road of Yanshan County, I just need to inquire with these people." ”

"So that's the case, has the official ever thought about doing business with these people?" Bai Suzhen asked with a wink.

Xu Xian shook his head and said: "These merchants are engaged in north-south trade, not only to guard against the governments of the two countries, but also to guard against the border guards, they all need to have a good relationship first, and even local bandits will rob them, so that these people are pinning their heads to the waistband of their trousers to do business, these are black-hearted businessmen, I do business with them, isn't it destined to be deceived by these people?" Forget it, let's think about other trade routes, alas, Yanshan County is located in a remote place, and it is difficult to do trade, and the best thing is to find those people at sea and get from them what is not on the ground...... It would be even better if we could develop overseas trade a little more. ”

Bai Suzhen was thinking about something in her heart, but she didn't answer.

Xu Xian looked at Bai Suzhen with a smile and said, "Lady, it's not too early, you go back and rest first, ...... today I can't stay with you. ”

When Xu Xian said this, Bai Suzhen also knew what was going on, Xu Xian wanted to go over to accompany Tang Wanrong, in the end, Xu Xian did not have more than one wife now, Bai Suzhen, as a "big woman", always had to have some tolerance.

"The concubine is going to rest first, official, don't be too tired, you are so tired, the concubine will be a little unbearable to look at in her body and mind."

Bai Suzhen said with affection, with infinite tenderness in her eyes.