Mi Xiayao and Pei Xingyuan moved in under the guise of a foreign businessman couple, so naturally they had to act to the end.
The two of them stayed under the same roof. She was holding the copied book and looking at the technical skills inside, while Pei Xingyuan was sitting upright in front of the round table.
When they arrived in Jinzhou City at dusk, she revealed the information about the Bai family just before nightfall. That night, the subordinate reported all the progress one by one to Pei Xingyuan in front of Mi Xiayao.
In such a large room, except for a hollow screen, not even a shadow could be blocked, not to mention that the subordinate didn't even suppress his voice.
However, her ears listened uncontrollably to the reports from the other side.
"The scene, location, and beauties have all been arranged. According to Master's instructions, we found them ready-made."
"How did the news spread?" Pei Xingyuan asked casually, but in fact, his eyebrows subconsciously looked towards the screen.
Subordinates know how to act based on people's looks. He thought that his master meant that the wind behind the screen had ears. Just as he was about to take a step forward, the other party looked over with a warning look.
Mi Xiayao looked through the screen at the interaction between the master and the servant as if they were playing charades, and felt that the two of them were extremely childish, so she simply turned around to look at the sleeping baby on the bed.
"Say it!" Pei Xingyuan saw that the other person was like a lump on an elm tree. He moved his feet and resisted the movement of kicking him.
The subordinate was probably frightened, so he subconsciously took a step back, buried his head and said: "The news was spread by people earlier, and it was just a gimmick. Today, after receiving the news from the master, he made people spread it non-stop.
Let’s send more real content.”
"It doesn't matter whether the Zhong family takes the bait or not, focus on the Bai family's reaction." Pei Xingyuan warned, and then drove out this subordinate who couldn't read people's eyes.
The room returned to silence, but soon, Pei Xingyuan coughed dryly, trying to lure the woman behind the screen to look over.
Mi Xiayao tucked the child in, turned around, walked out of the screen, and glanced at him.
He rejected the other party very decisively, "My duty is to tell you the information about the Bai family in Jinzhou City. Don't even think about anything extra."
"..." Pei Xingyuan seemed to be gradually becoming numb to her unpredictable words.
But he didn't give up next time.
"You are going back to the capital next, and there will definitely be more difficult things..." He deliberately used the topic of connections in the capital in an attempt to build another relationship.
"Not to mention, we decided to pretend to be husband and wife from the beginning. I will show up alone at the Hongmen Banquet tomorrow. This is not in line with the original plan."
Mi Xiayao guessed that Pei Xingyuan's ability to become a member of Dali Temple must be because of his uniqueness, but she never expected it.
This guy is really shameless!
Looking over with a cold look, the man sitting on the round stool raised a decent and handsome smile, and his red eyes narrowed slightly, "You think so, madam."
"..."
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There is a large natural lake in the center of Jinzhou City. Some wealthy people enjoy life and spend a lot of money to open a painting boat here to visit the lake. It is known as a beautiful scenery.
Yesterday, Mi Xiayao was finally persuaded by Pei Xingyuan and reluctantly put on the matching purple skirt. However, due to her previous status as the wife of Jingzhou Tongzhi, the simple disguise changed her gorgeous facial features.
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On the bow of the most elaborate and luxurious boat on the lake, a pair of relatively ordinary-looking couples wearing purple clothes were greeting the merchant owners who came to invite them one by one.
Soon, the man, who was still dressed plainly but had a bowel movement, boarded the boat.
Pei Xingyuan was able to deal with these small merchants with ease, until Bai Hongzhuo, the head of the Bai family, came into his sight.
He and Mi Xiayao looked at each other, and soon they surrounded Bai Hongzhuo.
Taking the initiative to speak is just a set of nonsense to cater to others and boast. Mi Xiayao came today, and her main task was to stand beside Pei Xingyuan simply as a decoration.
Bai Hongzhuo also praised them, and after raising their commercial value to the highest level, Pei Xingyuan calmly cut into the official theme.
"I used to do land sales in Anzhou City. My friends from the chamber of commerce all said that recently there is a popular method in Jingzhou City to subsidize the cost. After the middlemen turn the waste materials into finished products and sell them, the cost will be doubled according to the proportion of the subsidized cost.
More than three times the investment.”
Mi Xiayao originally had no intention of listening to the bragging of these men.
But when Pei Xingyuan said this method of investing money, it suddenly reminded her of old things.
In her last life, she vaguely heard Duan Honglin mention the deeds of this chamber of commerce in the backyard. At first, many people believed in the profits and invested wildly. However, later on, the middleman disappeared overnight and took away countless silver taels.
In an instant, many merchants who were originally well-off and prosperous became destitute.
Those people surrendered to no avail. They refused to accept their fate and surrendered. They resigned and tried to rebuild and try to make a comeback. In short, because of this incident, the vitality of the Daqi Chamber of Commerce was severely damaged.
But she never expected that the initiator of all these things was Zuo Shaoqing from Dali Temple!?
Isn't he openly checking the corruption accounts? Why is he secretly doing the opposite to make money?
Here Bai Hongzhuo listened thoughtfully to Pei Xingyuan's description of the Hongtu Pancake. As a member of the Bai family who made his fortune by selling medicinal materials, he naturally still has a burning desire for money.
"To be honest, Mr. Bai, my wife and I have heard about this matter. We all want to come here with hope and give it a try without all the hard work." Pei Xingyuan deliberately muttered in a low voice, adding to the atmosphere of whispering.
Extreme.
Bai Hongzhuo was so caught up in him that he soon became itchy. His eyebrows and eyes were obviously full of emotions, but he still pretended to be cautious.
"Thank you for sharing the information, dear friend. This investment is a big or small matter. I need to think about it more when I go back."
Listening to the words of the Bai family who took the bait, Mi Xiayao couldn't help but sweat for the Bai family.
For the Young Minister of Dali Temple to take the initiative, there must be someone with a higher power behind him who is controlling everything...
She looked at Bai Hongzhuo, who had a greedy smile in his eyes. For a moment, his bright eyes couldn't help but contain God's regret.
Pei Xingyuan followed what he said in his conversation with Bai Hongzhuo and repeated it to several other small and medium-sized merchants. Soon all the merchants on the ship were interested in the so-called investment in Jingzhou City.
At this moment, the painting boat has swam to the center of the lake.
The group of people in the room were discussing in a buzzing manner, but in Mi Xiayao's view, it was like a group of dying people trying to steal another half-day of their lives from the sky.
There is no need to save these money-grubbing people.
But she really didn't understand what kind of backer Pei Shaoqing of Dali Temple relied on to dare to collect so much money so unscrupulously.
In order to breathe, she simply left the cabin and walked to the bow of the ship.
I don't know when it started to snow heavily outside. She gathered up her outer clothes and suddenly remembered the heavy snowfall in her past life.