Chapter 33: Mr. Bai
There was no luxurious wedding, Xuan Qi and Helian Yuer lived together, Xuan Qi was called Helian Yu'er Yu'er, and Helian Yu'er called Mr. Xuan Qibai. As a result, almost everyone called Mr. Xuan Qibai, except for Helian Nian, because Helian Yuer insisted that Helian Nian call Xuan Qi his father.
Helian Yu'er never thought that she would let go of her hatred and be with Xuan Qi, because she really never forgot her hatred. It's just that when facing Xuan Qi, Helian Yuer chose to let herself face only Mr. Bai, not Xuan Qi, because only when she faced Mr. Bai would Helian Yuer let go of the hatred in her heart and make herself happier. Helian Yuer didn't know if she had done something wrong, but she couldn't deceive her heart, of course, the reason why Helian Yuer was willing to choose this way was to find a father for Nian'er, or a real father.
Nian'er also seems to be born with a special sense of intimacy with Xuanqi, because Xuanqi is the only person who can stimulate his own nature, and he is also the only one who is willing to share all his big friends with him, and it really fills the father's love that Nian'er has been lacking in her heart. Even if Nian'er never dared to mention the word father in front of people in the past, Nian'er's heart still has an infinite desire to have father's love.
The family lives happily together, and Xuanqi spends almost all of his time on Nian'er every day, from being a person to learning everything he has learned. Looking at Nian'er's innocent laughter every day, Helian Yu'er was even more convinced in her heart that her choice was not wrong.
As more and more Xiongnu people migrated to Juyanhai, the beautiful Juyanhai grassland was soon occupied by countless herdsmen. After discussing with Helian Yu'er, Xuanqi decided to start changing some of the inherent living habits of the Huns, for this reason, Xuanqi found Sun Su'e of the Sun family in Hebei, Lanfengshan of the Lan family in Henan, and Lin Quan of the Lin family in Shanxi, and jointly launched a plan.
Sun Su'e and Lan Fengshan knew Xuan Qi's true identity, and they were also surprised why Xuan Qi did this, but for what Xuan Qi said, the two of them never hesitated to carry it out. When facing Lin Quan, Xuan Qi did not tell his true identity, but put Ju Yanhai's business opportunities and the support of the Sun family and the Lan family in front of Lin Quan, and let Lin Quan choose for himself.
On the one hand, Lin Quan was surprised that this Mr. Bai had inexplicably become the husband of Helian Yu'er, the queen of Juyanhai, lamented that his daughter Lin Ruoxi did not have this blessing, and at the same time, he was greatly interested in the huge business opportunities depicted by Xuan Qi. Moreover, there is also the full support of the Hebei Sun family and the Henan Lan family, two merchants who can be regarded as giants in the Celestial Empire, so that Lin Quan has no worries, and he readily agreed on the spot.
It's just that Lin Quan has always felt a little unbelievable that Xuan Qi can make the Sun family and the Lan family bow down to their orders and be willing to invest a huge amount of money in Ju Yanhai, and while being surprised by Xuan Qi's huge ability, he also really realized for the first time that the possible identity of this so-called Mr. Bai is not so simple. It's just that the other party didn't reveal his true identity, so Lin Quan was embarrassed to ask more.
The Celestial Empire merchant group, led by these three families, began to develop the town of Juyanhai, countless houses began to be built, and the streets also changed from only cross streets to more than a dozen streets crisscrossing them. At the time of the construction of Juyanhai, the Celestial Dynasty merchant group only hired the people of Juyanhai and offered a suitable price, but it was much better than the herdsmen's income from simply grazing. This alone has benefited countless people in Juyanhai.
After the houses and shops facing the street were gradually built, Queen Helian Yuer issued a series of preferential policies to encourage herders to turn into merchants, renting houses to herders at low prices. At the same time, together with the Celestial Empire merchant group, the first silver number of the Xiongnu was formed: Juyanhai Yinhao. Juyanhai Silver lent funds to herdsmen who wanted to engage in business at a very low interest, so that a family business could rise rapidly in Juyanhai. Countless herdsmen began to give up grazing and went out of Juyanhai to buy furs, ginseng, mountain goods and other things unique to the Xiongnu for these merchants.
Under the leadership of the three major families, the merchants of the Celestial Empire mainly transported rice, flour, salt, ironware, tea, ceramics, silk and other things needed by the herdsmen in their daily lives. After discussing with the three masters, Xuan Qi set a very low profit for all the goods, but due to the increase in demand, small profits and quick turnover, the real profit is still extremely considerable.
As a result, a new industry appeared in Juyanhai: scalpers. After these local herdsmen became resellers, they bought goods from the merchants of the Celestial Empire at very low prices, and transported them out of Yanhai and even the Lao Mao country further north in exchange for local specialties or to earn the difference in the price of some goods, but their lives were much better than simple grazing.
However, the Celestial Empire merchants only did wholesale business, and did not intervene in the local retail and export sales, and Juyanhai also became the largest distribution center for the goods of the Celestial Empire and the Xiongnu. These merchants began to no longer go north, and regarded Juyanhai as a terminal station, and only needed to continuously send the goods of the Celestial Empire to Juyanhai, and then resell the goods of the Xiongnu to all parts of the Celestial Empire.
The prosperous commercial trade made Juyanhai quickly become the largest cargo distribution center of the Xiongnu, and also made Juyanhai from a small town to a small city, and it is still expanding. The population of Juyanhai, which used to be lived by only a few thousand people, swelled rapidly, and soon exceeded 100,000. Along all directions of Juyanhai, some small towns began to appear, which became the foothold of past merchants and the homes of nearby herdsmen.
And after the battle with Helian Han, the Juyanhai army, which was less than 70,000 people left, was also slowly increasing in number, not only recovering to the scale of 80,000, but also quickly breaking through to 100,000.
For all this that happened, Helian Yuer did not hesitate to attribute all the credit to Xuan Qi, and would deliberately mention the word Mr. Bai on any occasion, so that the people of Juyanhai began to slowly and truly accept the existence of Mr. Bai, a foreigner.
Xuan Qi gradually felt that these people of different races really regarded themselves as their own people, and every time they went to the street, there would be countless people from Juyanhai who greeted him respectfully in stiff Chinese. And all these changes sometimes bring some trouble to Xuan Qi, because every time he goes to the street, just responding to the greetings of these people will take up a lot of Xuan Qi's time, so Xuan Qi simply reduced his going out, and just taught Nian'er every day and enjoyed the joy of family.