Seeing Xiao Rui smiling, Qin Mingyue immediately knew Xiao Rui's thoughts and said, "You don't have to snicker. Although I have a lot of nine-leaf jade mushrooms here, Yu Liangpeng will never know about this. Where is Lord Xuangui willing to let irrelevant people enter the Jade Plate World? ”

Well, that's true. Xiao Rui sighed. I can't see that wonderful scene anymore.

Qin Mingyue said: "Actually, I'm depressed. There are so many elixirs in the Jade Plate World, but I can't just take them out and sell them. How else to explain it? There is no way, I can only take out some elixirs on a regular basis and train the disciples to refine the elixir. Then, take these pills in exchange for the service of people from the Dao Sect or people in the martial arts. A lot slower. This is really guarding Baoshan and can't take it out. ”

Xiao Rui couldn't help but laugh. Qin Mingyue, a world-famous national teacher, only showed such a love for money in front of herself, which was so cute.

Xiao Rui said: "Are you still short of money? How good are your businesses? You can earn more than two million taels of silver every year, right? ”

Qin Mingyue also smiled brightly when she thought of this and said, "Last year, there was an income of more than two million taels. The situation is even better this year, and at the end of the year, Qi Yang, He Jinfang and a few of them said that there may be nearly three million earnings. Although it can't be compared with the master's Shen family, it can be regarded as rich. Besides, I spent all this money alone. I don't have to support my family. Nowadays, our Qin family is in full swing, and under the care of my eldest brother and sister-in-law, the family's industry is increasing year by year. The eldest sister, the second brother, and the two aunts who came out of the house are all married. I don't have to worry about anything. How good? ”

Xiao Rui said: "Your two aunts are married? You said in your letter that your second sister-in-law is a good one, and you want to take good care of your second brother? ”

Qin Mingyue nodded and said, "Yes, the second sister-in-law is indeed a smart and kind person. is still a very capable heroine. Now, she and her second brother have returned to Jin Province, and their business is doing well, and the second brother has gradually settled down. It's rare that she didn't rely on my power to be arrogant. It's still sleek and low-key. Such a smart person is my own brother and sister-in-law, so I am naturally willing to provide shelter with her. When the officials of Jin Province take office, I always ask someone to mention them, my second brother and second sister-in-law are in Jin Province, and they are my brother and sister-in-law. I'm not going to let my family get the magistrate in trouble. But, magistrates, don't bully my relatives either. So, they had a good time. ”

Xiao Rui couldn't help laughing: "Do you still need to mention this?" Which official has eaten the courage of an ambitious leopard and dares to bully his brother and sister-in-law who are the national teachers of the dynasty? ”

Qin Mingyue also laughed. That's true.

Xiao Rui then asked: "For most of the past six months, my good second brother hasn't jumped less, right?" ”

When Qin Mingyue heard this, she couldn't help but have a sarcastic smile on her face: "Can he settle down?" For most of the past six months, he has not lost a single moth. Everywhere he has to intervene, everywhere to show his identity as a virtuous king. Put on a face for the country and the people all day long. In fact, there was no useful advice, nothing practical was done, but his people were installed in various departments, and most of the power was taken away. ”

Xiao Rui showed his doubts: "With the emperor watching the government and the emperor watching, and you and Xie Xiang in control, how can you still let him install so many people to seize power?" Isn't this very bad for the government? ”

Qin Mingyue said: "This is the idea that Xie Xiang, the emperor and I, as well as Yu Liangpeng and Jiang Rui discussed together. In the past half a year, it was not the best time to deal with Xiao Xi, so we simply let him jump, the more he did, the more wrong he was. If he doesn't do anything, I really can't touch him. After all, he is a virtuous king who is famous all over the world, and he abolished a virtuous king for no reason, and I can't explain it to the government and the opposition. Therefore, I deliberately let him stumble too much, and if he commits many injustices, he will be killed, and now, my people are already collecting accusations against him and his henchmen. When the time comes, it will be time for him to prostrate himself. I still have this patience. ”

Xiao Rui asked, "Then when is the time ripe?" ”

Qin Mingyue glanced at Xiao Rui deeply and said, "When it is mature, it is the time for your army to return and offer prisoners." ”

Xiao Rui frowned.

Qin Mingyue said: "We'll talk about this slowly later." Tell me about your war with the Great Merchants in the southwest. Although I can get news from you every day, after all, it's all simple news, and I don't know the specifics. ”

Xiao Rui said: "Then I'll tell you a rough idea first, and I'll tell you the specific details slowly." When I arrived in Ba Province, because I knew that there would be a war last year, Li Baichuan was fully prepared. After I went, my brother-in-law Yun family also made full preparations. There is also the Bai family, the Gu family took the lead in supporting, sending troops and people, for a while, I not only have a large number of soldiers in my hands, but also sufficient grain and grass, that is, Wuzong, there are as many as eight. One of them, of course, is me. ”

"With such troops, coupled with the support of the eight major families in Ba Province, it is easy to set up many traps for Da Shang to drill. Some time before the war, the big merchants suffered a lot at my hands. ”

"However, the strength of Dashang is indeed stronger than ours. Their warriors are savage and brave, and our men are unmatched. After some time ago, the big merchants suffered losses, and the big merchants also became smart, and later, they fought with us seriously, and they had the internal response of the Shui family, and they also won a few battles with us. At that time, morale on our side was low. ”

"There is no way, I can only fight with them a few times, and then I can bring back some morale. Then came the tug-of-war. Although we have won and lost in the tug-of-war, in general, we are still not as good as big businessmen. This lasted until the early winter, when I saw an opportunity, set a trap, and at once covered the Great Shang army. In this great victory, we killed 30,000 of them and captured 70,000. At this time, all the reinforcements of the Great Shang were exhausted. Dashang had no choice but to retreat. We took the opportunity not only to subdue the lost part of the Shui family, but also to circle a large area at the junction of Ba Province and Dashang. It can be regarded as an explanation. ”

Qin Mingyue didn't get happy, she said: "My people said that in the summer, you fought a lost battle, and you were still injured?" Why didn't you tell me? ”

Xiao Rui smiled and said, "Aren't I good?" What is a little injury? With you bringing so many elixirs here, my injury would have been healed a long time ago. ”