Chapter 671
Bai Heran really can't leave. Not to mention she was not very relieved to leave these people behind. Even if she was really relieved, she still had important things to do!
Why did she regain the position of Daye to the mistress? Why did she keep spreading the news that Princess Tianci and the second wife shook hands and agreed to each other? She tried so much to attract the missing Bai Jinghong.
In addition to Bai Jinghong, there are Lin Hansheng, Lin's father, and Bai Yanyu's grandfather. One can rescue Bai Jinghong from the water prison of the Dongqin Palace without anyone noticing, and the other can make Old Empress Ye play opera every night in the harem like a lunatic. She must not ignore this person.
But compared to Bai Jinghong, Lin Hansheng was more mysterious, because she knew the roots of Bai Jinghong when she grew up in the Bai family. But Lin Hansheng was completely a wild path. Not to mention that she didn't understand the background of that person, even Lin and Bai Yanyu didn't understand it either.
She can't determine who the master Lin Hansheng serves, Luo Ye, Gebu, Duan family, or other places? All this is to be discovered, and she cannot leave Shangdu City before these potential crises are discovered.
"The wind has not calmed down and the waves have not stopped. When I leave at this time, many of the deployments will be in vain." She sighed softly and looked at Jun Muxi, "Fourth Brother, what you mean is that you want to go to Gebu first?" She was a little worried, "How to go? Can you hide your whereabouts?"
Jun Muxi smiled faintly, "Why should I hide my whereabouts? That Gebu is the vassal state of Eastern Qin. Although it is the largest, it is only a slap in the face compared to Eastern Qin. I am the fourth prince of Eastern Qin. I have set up a ceremony to travel to the vassal state. How can they not receive me? A Ran, don't always follow Mu Chu and Lin'er to learn the secret whistle paths. Not all things can be solved secretly. Some things will be carried out openly, but the results will be better."
Jun Mulin curled his lips when he heard this, "Fourth Brother, you are not kind."
Jun Muchu nodded, "The fourth brother is right at all. Excessive superstition and secret whistle often make some obviously simple things extremely complicated. We do need to take open actions at the right time, and try and attack the enemy in another way, and perhaps we will gain better results."
Jun Mulin shook his head, "You said it was the right time, but do you think it is the right time now? Although Gebu is a vassal state of Eastern Qin, it has been a five-year tribute that has not met the requirements of the vassal state. Their explanation is that Gebu is not good in the year, natural disasters continue, the people's harvests are sharply reduced, and even cattle and sheep die in groups, resulting in the inability to make up the annual tribute. Not only can it not make up the annual tribute, but Dong Qin also has to pay back, because the vassal state is in trouble, Dong Qin will have to help anyway. But in fact, they are really suffering from natural disasters? Is it really that they have no particles to receive and need to rely on Dong Qin for relief?"
It was the first time that Bai Heran heard them talk about Gebu so positively, and he couldn't help but ask curiously: "What is the most abundant thing Gebu? It should be a good product for tribute from the vassal state? It is said that Luo Ye is a rare treasure in the desert, and the gems and spices are very popular, and the wine they brew is also very sweet and intoxicating. So what about Gebu? What is Gebu?"
This was asked by Bai Heran, and everyone here felt very uncomfortable.
Jun Mulin stretched out his hand and rubbed her head. The light of doting and caring flashed in her purple eyes.
Even Jun Muchu's eyes were filled with sympathy when he looked at her. Although the fourth prince Jun Muxi looked over with some inquiry, he eventually turned into a sad look and sighed softly.
Bai Heran didn't react for a moment, "Why do you see me like this? Did I say something wrong?"
Bai Zhenzhen spoke, "Sister, it's not that you said something wrong, but that we all think that God is really unfair. You should be the one who knows Gebu the best, because half of Gebu's blood flows in your body. But in the end you have to ask us about Gebu. What's wrong with luck? If the eldest lady is still there, sister, you are also the princess of Gebu, and you should have a share of Gebu's good things."
Bai Heran suddenly realized, "It turns out that it was for this, and I still think it's something." She smiled bitterly, shook her head, "When I just advised my fourth brother, I was still saying that everyone has their own destiny, this is my mother's destiny, and it is also my destiny. My destiny is so shallow that I can't ask for it, and I didn't think about asking for it in the past. The struggle outside and internal struggle is inevitable for the development of the times. Since that internal struggle exists, there is a reason for it to exist. Of course, the revenge I want to repay will be repaid. If I succeed, then there is also the reason for my success. This is still the cycle of worldly affairs and no one can escape."
She turned to Jun Mulin again, "I haven't told me yet, what do you like most about Gebu's Sui Gongli?" She asked herself while thinking, "Gebu's terrain is special, half is the grassland, half is the desert, and the land is twice that of Luo Ye. Two small countries are close to each other, so she is considered a neighbor. Then Luo Ye has Gebu, but there are things that Luo Ye does not have in the grassland city of Gebu. Her eyes lit up, "Is it wool? cashmere?"
Jun Mulin replied to her "You are very smart" gaze, and then said: "There are all these. In addition, their people will also use wool to spin a material, which is warm and comfortable to make clothes. Wool is not uncommon, but cashmere is very rare. Even when Gebu tribute is at its peak, Dongqin can only get five cashmere products in one year."
Bai Heran understood that the people of Gebu were already able to make cashmere sweaters and other things. Although cashmere sweaters were definitely incomparable to those of later generations at this time, they should also be the prototype of early cashmere sweaters. Although cashmere is incomparable to fox fur and marten commonly used by nobles, it is rarely served and obtained by tribute, and can be worn close to the body, so it must be very popular in the Dongqin Palace. In this way, once Gebu is cut off from this year's tribute, there will be many unsatisfactory sounds.
"I haven't got it for many years, right?" she sighed, "It seems that the King of Gebu doesn't want to live a good life under the wings of Dong Qin. He has his own ideas, and it is not even ruled out that he wants to get rid of Dong Qin."
Jun Mulin laughed, "It is impossible to get rid of Dong Qin. Although Gebu is almost half the size of Luobu, it is still too small compared to Dong Qin. Moreover, Gebu's geographical location determines that he must find a big country to rely on. Otherwise, once the surrounding small countries and tribes join forces, he will also be in a crisis of annexation at any time. But we all understand the truth, the king of Gebu also followed Dong Qin wholeheartedly, but the Dong Qin he chose was not our Jun family, but the empress dowager in Defu Palace."
Bai Heran nodded, "Yes, if they chose the Empress Dowager, they must have made a land transaction. Once the Empress Dowager's plan is successful, the next Emperor of Dong Qin will become a puppet they successfully support the throne. I am afraid that a piece of land will be divided immediately."
Bai Zhenzhen frowned when she heard this, "Divide the country? Why do I think the empress dowager will regret it? Her puppets have all been on the throne, and she has the final say in the world, or even if she is gone, it is the next offering she trains. By then, their use of Gebu has been completed, will they still fulfill their promises? Are they the kind of people who keep their promises?"
Bai Heran gave Bai Zhenzhen a thumbs up, "Our Zhenzhen is now willing to use her brain to think about such a problem."
Bai Zhenzhen raised her head, quite proud. But soon, the fourth prince's words hit her confidence. The fourth prince said: "She dared not repent, because for her, Gebu, it is not only because she is exploited, but she has a large number of private soldiers who are kept in Gebu. It can be said that half of the reason why Gebu is growing today is because the old lady chooses to raise private soldiers there. But these private soldiers are said to be the old lady, but who can guarantee that the king of Gebu is not close to the water and has taken out her old capital?"
Bai Zhenzhen suddenly realized, "It turned out that the old empress dowager was worried that her private soldiers would betray her and surrender to Gebu. Then her private barracks were still very strong, so strong that she would even be afraid of herself. I think she should regret raising her private soldiers there, and it may not be so easy to even take them back."
"It can still be taken back, but the person who took back is still in the same mind as her, that's not necessarily the case." Bai Heran said and laughed, "When he intervened in the civil strife of Gebu, he helped the eldest prince imprison my uncle and killed my grandfather, and formed a so-called friendship with Gebu. Later, he used Gebu's territory to accumulate his own private soldiers, and with an order to come, those private soldiers rushed out of Gebu to capture the territory of the East Qin River. The old empress dowager's dream is really beautiful."
Jun Mulin also laughed, "Yes, it's beautiful enough, but I never expected that the jade seal passed down from generation to generation came out, and the Hall of Hell was staring at the Ye clan again. Now it's better, the Ye family is gone directly. The old lady has been tossing and struggling, but in the end she is only alone. The private soldiers who may not be able to contact outside are really a big joke."
After he finished speaking, he looked at his ninth brother and fourth brother, "Two brothers, how about the three of us brothers compete?"
"Oh? Compare what?"
"Just be able to destroy more Ye's private soldiers in the next few years."
"Okay!" The three of them nodded and smiled at each other.
At this moment, Bai Heran saw new hope in the fourth prince's eyes and saw a faint vitality reviving. Although it was very slow, it still overwhelmed the original sadness bit by bit.
She finally laughed, a smile of relief, and a relief that she laughed away the last bit of sadness that Su Huawan brought to them.
Gradually, the irritability that Su Huawan brought to her gradually faded away, and what was replaced by the sentence Su Huawan said when he was bowing under the palace of Prince Li: The young man is like jade, the little woman is in love with her heart, but I hope that the young man will have a smooth life in the future, and do not miss the past, and the sky is clear and cloudless.
Chapter completed!