Of course, there are also women robbed by the Bai family as concubines, so the eight cities should be the most chaotic people in Heping City, and it is also the most difficult city to govern.

However, the Bacheng area is very large, much larger than the Xiao family and the Mu family, but the Bai family's governance is relatively loose, so the Bacheng accepts a lot of people who are not wanted by other countries, or people who have fled for refuge, and there are many extremely vicious people in the Bacheng.

Therefore, the management of the Bai family is indeed not very good, there are often thefts and fights in this city, and there are many families who sell their children and daughters, because the eight cities are traffic arteries, but they have not been able to live in peace for many years, and the common people do not grow food much.

Or if it is planted, it is also a hundred, and it will not be robbed by others, so these eight cities are also the poorest places, of course, this is the general direction, the rich families in the eight cities are similar to the Bai family, and this is not less harmful to others.

Therefore, over time, it will be difficult for these eight cities to develop, and there are few private schools or anything in the eight cities, and most of them are to learn some technical work such as hunting and iron, so as to support their families.

The matter of going to Qianjimen is somewhat conclusive in the Bai family, but it was only three days later that the Bai family went back, and the Bai family has always been more aggressive, so it is usually not very popular with Qianjimen and other cities.

So in the past two days, the Bai family has done a lot of things in order to go to Qianjimen.

The Bai family has done a good job in the things related to the accumulation of wealth in the eight cities, but it lacks a lot in the management of the eight cities, so that there are many troublemakers who go to other cities to make trouble, disturb the law and order of the other cities, and make the other five city lords have great opinions.

But the Bai family's management methods are somewhat special, as long as they can get money, it doesn't matter to you, they can cheat, cheat, steal or other indiscriminate methods, but they have to pay very high taxes, so the Bai family's low position in the eight cities is unshakable.

Those who can't get along in other places make up their minds to take root in the Eight Cities, pay enough protection money, and want to make trouble elsewhere.

There is nothing to do in this city, so the eight cities are getting more and more arrogant, and everyone's opinions on the eight cities are of course getting heavier and heavier.

The old man of the Bai family sat majestically in the hall, and he had ordered to make several clothes in the past few days, thinking that Qianjimen could not be too poor, after all, he was also going on behalf of the eight cities.

A lot of materials have been placed on the table in the Bai family meeting hall, and there are all kinds of colors, Aunt Wen looked at the housemother Huo Shi just glanced at it, and turned the Buddha beads in her hand in order without participating in the discussion, Aunt Wen had a rough idea in her heart.

Aunt Wen got up elegantly, came to the table, picked up a dark green Shu brocade Wenzhu style material, and said with a gentle smile: "Master, the concubine looks at this material well, it can show the importance of our eight cities to this matter, and it can also make the lord gain face in front of other city lords. ”

Aunt Wen's words made the old man Bai Juyi very ironing in his heart, if you want to say who is the favorite among so many aunts, it must be Aunt Wen, Aunt Wen's knowledgeable and gentle and virtuous, which is what the women of the eight cities lack, it is precisely because of this scholarly atmosphere that Aunt Wen is even more favored.

Bai Yanwu also stood up gracefully to help Aunt Wen and said: "Daddy, what Auntie said is right, this Wenzhu is the meaning of the good news, it is rare to have such a dark green Shu brocade, or such a color, it seems that our eight cities have been getting better and better under the leadership of Daddy, such good materials can be offered, these merchants have vision, otherwise how can Daddy take care of them, count them as acquaintances." ”

Bai Yanwu covered his mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, Old Man Bai was still very useful for such a typical sycophancy, although he didn't say anything, but it was not easy to nod his head in agreement.

Bai Yanji and Bai Yansu looked at Bai Yanwu and echoed, although they were angry, but it was a good thing to be able to show their faces in front of their father, and Bai Yanwu had already coaxed his father very happy, it was a pity not to pick up this cheap pick-up, isn't it?

So Bai Yanji also smiled and said: "Daddy, Aunt Wen and the third sister are right, this dark green material is really lined with Daddy, and when I turn around, my daughter will embroider a bamboo purse for Daddy and hang it on it, and then this dress will be even more brilliant." ”

Bai Yansu wanted to laugh when she heard this, this second sister can't do needlework at all, and a swan can also be embroidered into a pheasant, so she can't see what a chick looks like, and she dares to show off this kind of kung fu, and she doesn't laugh at the dead?

Bai Yansu smiled sarcastically: "The second sister is really a good skill, so don't embroider a purse for your father if you can embroider a swan with one hand and become a pheasant, so as not to make other people in other cities laugh to death." ”

Aunt Jiao immediately said to the side: "After the master takes this dress back, how can there be anything inappropriate, the concubine is modifying it, as for this small pendant and the like, Yan Su, this kid will be able to use it when the time comes, isn't it better?" ”

Aunt Wen said on the side: "Yes, the old sister is right, this dress needs some small embellishments, and what my sister said is still very right." ”

Old Man Bai said: "Okay, these are all trivial matters, so it's decided." ”

Old Man Bai's words are final, Aunt Wen and Aunt Jiao are a little happy on their faces, this Bai family is not true, only the old man's favor can bring benefits is true, no matter whether they are loyal to Old Man Bai or not, but they are sincerely happy at this time.

The other concubines are staring at Aunt Wen with their eyes, foxy things, I don't know what to do with a little ink in my stomach, I don't know how to do it, I am not afraid of being drowned by black ink, that is, compared to how many words they know and read a few books, what's the big deal!

Looking at Aunt Jiao's eyes, she was not good, she still had two children, and she was born as an embroidery girl, and she really had a better hand in seeing the stitches.

Aunt Wen didn't care about everyone's eyes, she still looked at the old man of the Bai family who already had a lot of gray hair with gentle dripping water.

Old Man Bai received Aunt Wen's admiring gaze, and he was very happy to explain: "Aunt Wen is right, just make this material, and the city lord looks good." ”

The other aunts followed Aunt Wen's example and said, "The material of this big red silver thread is also good. ”

An aunt looked at the materials on the table and grabbed all the materials, so she could only suggest this.

Aunt Zhai's mouth was more poisonous and said: "I said Aunt Jiu, what are you talking about, this material is worn when you get married, didn't the master go to Qianjimen to rob his relatives, do you need to wear such a bright red?" Are you okay? ”

Aunt Jiu snorted angrily and put the material back on the table, sat back in her place, stared at Aunt Zhai without giving up, and longed to sew up Aunt Zhai's stinky mouth with needle and thread.

Only two aunts in the Bai family who have children can use their surnames, and the others are replaced by numbers, because the aunts of the Bai family are changing too quickly, and they can only use this method.

Aunt Ten is a Qinglou woman, so she took a very eye-catching big green horse with red flowers on it and said: "Master, this slave looks festive, master, can you also make clothes to try, is the master good, is it good?" ”

This tenth aunt has been in the Bai family for a short time, so she is more willful and likes to be coquettish, so the old man Bai was a little dizzy when she shook him.

Seeing this, Aunt Zhai stepped forward and pulled away Aunt Ten and said: "The fox is just a slut from the Qinglou, you look at your eyes, what is it that you picked, isn't this red and green bullshit, do you want the master to spread it out and let people in other cities make fun of it?" Or do you want to cuckold the master? ”

Aunt Ten said unconvinced: "I said Aunt Zhai, don't you feel that it is terrible to have a son and a daughter in the Bai family, Mrs. is not dead and still sits on it, you are just a cottage female master, what's the big deal, you just give birth to more children or concubines, what are you proud of, even if Mrs. is gone, it is the other aunts who are correct, and it is not your turn to be the master of the house, your mouth is so stinky and dare to provoke the old lady"

However, the sharp-eyed people have already seen that something is wrong, although Aunt Zhai was open-mouthed just now, but Aunt Ten was frightened when she heard the green hat, and was seen by Aunt Wen, and she also had a plan in her heart, and she didn't say anything.

Only Huo Shi sat on the top and looked at the chaos and said, "Shut up, Mrs. Ben is not dead yet, you cheap hooves wish I went early, right?" Tell you that if you don't restrain Mrs. Ben, you will be kicked out, and you won't retreat, where is there a place for you to talk nonsense, Aunt Ten is grounded for half a month as a punishment, and the next time you have such disrespectful words, you will leave the Bai family! ”

These aunts can rarely hear the Huo family speak, but although the Huo family is old, no matter how old the Huo family is, they are well-deserved housemothers in the Bai family, and they have every right to drive these aunts out of the Bai family.

When the main mother spoke, everyone temporarily stopped thinking about these materials and other things, and then discussed other things.

Only the tenth aunt who was unwilling to be punished was a little unwilling, and looked at it with indignant eyes, I don't know why the housemother only sent herself, and Aunt Zhai's slut is fine, it's really too much!

The hall of the Bai family is still the same noisy, very noisy, the old man of the Bai family said: "Okay, everyone's meaning, the city lord understands, this matter is set like this for the time being, and when the old man goes to Qianjimen, he is making new plans." ”

Everyone in the Bai family nodded, only Aunt Zhai's face was not very good-looking: "The master is going to Qianjimen this time, can you bring the two children Yanfu and Yanji, after all, you can still have a long experience?" ”

Aunt Zhai's words caused a bunch of white eyes, this Aunt Zhai is a bandit, usually fighting for everything, as if she can't survive without robbery for a day.

However, the Bai family's wife, Huo, did not speak, because only the second son of the Huo family was his own, and the third lady was raised under her name, but she was also old, and she was generally unwilling to care about anything.

Huo's age is also over fifty years old, and in ordinary people's homes, they are grandmothers or grandmothers, but the heirs of the Bai family came too late, so they are not grandmothers until now, but Aunt Zhai likes to be in the limelight in everything, and they have been fighting for half their lives.

Aunt Zhai's words made Aunt Jiao and Aunt Wen a little anxious, there are very few places where the Bai family can go to Qianjimen, I heard that the children of Qianjimen are either rich or expensive, they are all seedlings of various countries with high gold, if they can climb one or two, wouldn't they be able to immediately improve the grade and status of the Bai family?

I think everyone knows the benefits here, and they swarmed up in front of Old Man Bai to offer their courtesy, it is best to promote their own children, so that the improvement of their status in the Bai family is just around the corner!

Qingyi was sitting in the small study of the Thousand Machines Gate Fuxing Pavilion at this time, looking at the information of the six families, these people will all arrive the day after tomorrow, I am afraid that they will either be very quiet or very noisy, but no matter what the reason, this time is to meet.

Because the master said that he should not mention the matter of the city lord's order for the time being, but just go back and slowly mention it, so Qingyi waited for the opportunity to meet these city lords to see if it was as the information said?

Three days later, the sun was shining brightly, Qingyi went to ask Shizun for peace early in the morning, when Qingyi went, Shizun had already eaten breakfast, and the old man Qianji saw Qingyi in a good mood and said: "Doll come and sit down, but have you had breakfast?" ”

"Master, Ning'er has already had breakfast, Yuzhu brought the food box." Qingyi instructed Yuzhu to bring over a food box, and after Qingyi opened it, he put a plate of fresh plum blossom cake on the table and said, "Master, this is Ning'er has seen the plum blossoms very well recently, so she picked some plum blossom cakes made of clean petals, and Master can taste them in his spare time." ”

Qingyi took out the plum blossom cake, the room was immediately full of plum blossom fragrance and the strong fragrance of the pastry, very good smell, the old man picked up a piece and chewed it slowly in his mouth, fragrant but not greasy, and very soft and glutinous is very suitable for the elderly to eat.

The old man Qianji ate very happily and said: "Yes, the craftsmanship of the doll is getting more and more sophisticated, so if you have time in the future, you can make more for the master?" ”

"Ning'er will definitely make more for Master." Qingyi raised her hand in reassurance.

The master and apprentice looked at each other and smiled, and the old man of Qianji said back to the truth: "Ning'er, today is the day when several city lords come to Qianjimen, are you ready?" ”

"Don't worry, Master, Qingyi is ready."

The old man of Qianji said: "Although these six families are part of the Twenty Cities, they were also loyal subordinates of the founder of the Qianji Gate in the past, but the time has passed, after so many generations and so many rights have been alternately replaced, it is difficult to say what it has developed so far, but the master can only tell you, try to recover all the city lord orders, so that you are the real master of the Twenty Cities, doll, do you know?" ”

Although Qingyi felt that Master's words had a deep meaning, she couldn't understand it for a while, so she nodded obediently and said: "Master, don't worry, Ning'er has made a lot of preparations, but the doll also knows that this city lord's order can't be taken back all at once, so she can only fight a long offensive and defensive battle." ”

The old man nodded approvingly, the biggest characteristic of this child is that he knows how to do what he can, rather than blindly doing something, so as not to mess up the overall situation.

The old man said: "Doll, this matter is indeed not something that can be completed overnight, but you kid can't be bullied by those old guys, remember that everything must be done as the Lord of the Peace City, do you know what to do?" ”

Qingyi stood up and said with a solemn gaze: "Please rest assured, Master, since this mission has fallen on Ning'er, the disciple will not insult the ancestors of Qianjimen, and will definitely do his best to take care of the Twenty Cities." ”

The old man nodded and said: "Doll, no matter what the reason, your own safety is the most important, because many times people's hearts are the most fickle things, once they touch the other party's interest chain, maybe loyalty is not necessarily so important, so it is better to be cautious." ”

"Disciples follow Master's teachings!" In Qingyi's heart, Shizun is the warmth she has in the world, much more than what her parents give, so in Qingyi's heart, Shizun and the five elders also occupy a lot of weight.

The old man of Qianji looked at the time and said, "Let's go, let's go down the mountain, they should all arrive, let's go to the house under the Qianjimen Mountain." ”

Qingyi then went down the mountain with Shizun, waiting for the city lords of the six cities who were about to come, these people Qingyi has also made a lot of preparations in the past few days, and carefully understood the temperament and family background of these people and the current management situation in the city.