Bai Xu looked at Shi Qingluo.

"What if I say I can't get a horse?"

Shi Qingluo raised his eyebrows, "Then I'll get it from other places. Let's finish the business we just talked about, and I'll replace the others."

If they can't even help each other in this way, there is no need for her to cooperate with the Bai family.

Bai Xu: “…” He was controlled by this woman again.

He didn't know why, but he had a feeling that this woman was not simple.

She might not only be able to do what she said in the bookstore before, but she might also come up with something else in the future.

Therefore, the helpless look on his face became even stronger, "Okay, I'll try to help you."

"But no more than five horses are allowed. The imperial court has very strict control over horses."

He added, “I was able to get a few horses because my uncle is in the livestock business.”

Shi Qingluo's eyes lit up, "Does your uncle still do business with cattle, sheep, and pigs?"

Bai Xu didn't know why Shi Qingluo reacted so strongly when the livestock business was mentioned.

"Yes! My uncle mainly does business with the herdsmen on the grassland. The horses, sheep and cattle are transported back to Daliang from there and then sold."

"Of course, because we often have to go deep into the grassland to collect livestock, this business is very dangerous. It's like risking your life."

This is no secret.

His mother's family was a big merchant family in the neighboring city. His mother married his father simply because she liked him. It was a marriage of downgrade.

Therefore, there was no mess in their family with fights between wives and concubines. He only had legitimate brothers and sisters, but no illegitimate brothers and sisters.

Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "In addition to the five horses, I also want to buy a batch of cattle, sheep and pigs from your uncle."

Bai Xu raised his eyebrows, "My uncle runs a big business, selling at least a hundred cows, sheep, and pigs."

Shi Qingluo also raised his eyebrows, "Why, do you think I can't afford it?"

Bai Xu nodded, "Can you afford it?"

I don't know who was watching him pay the deposit for the flower treatment. How much silver is that? How much would it cost to buy hundreds of cattle, sheep and pigs? Shi Qingluo said confidently: "I can't take it out now, but I can take it out in an hour or two."

Bai Xu laughed: "Don't tell me you can do magic tricks."

Shi Qingluo looked at Bai Xu with a look that said "you are so stupid", "I can't do magic, but after you watch me turn brown sugar into white sugar, won't the money come?"

She added meaningfully, "You brought it to me yourself."

The only thing missing is to say clearly that I am fleecing you.

Bai Xu: “…” He almost forgot about this matter. This woman really took everything into account.

"You can do it." He didn't know what to say.

Shi Qingluo raised his chin and said, "That's it!"

Master Bai is still too young to fight with her.

Xiao Hanzheng looked at his young wife's arrogant look, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

He took out a handkerchief and wiped the tea foam from her lips.

Shi Qingluo didn't move and let him wipe it.

This also made Bai Xu very confused. Xiao Hanzheng really overturned his previous understanding of him.

Such a handsome and elegant little Sanyuan would actually wipe his wife's mouth...

The three of them sat in the carriage and chatted.

When they were almost at the village, Xiao Hanzheng suddenly said, "It seems like someone has been following us."

Bai Xu was stunned for a moment, then opened a small hidden window at the end of the carriage.

Sure enough, I saw a young servant on horseback following not far behind.

He closed the window and said, "He should have followed me here. He is the servant of the Wu family."

He was unhappy. The Wu family was becoming more and more outrageous. They even had someone follow him to the countryside.

But he didn't say it out loud. After all, it was not appropriate to let Bai Xu know about the homemade explosives.

Besides, they couldn't be completely sure whether the other party's target was them or Bai Xu.

Shi Qingluo urged Bai Xu, "So quickly bring down the Wu family, and your Bai family will be the richest in the county, and you won't have to be watched all the time."

Bai Xu rolled his eyes at him, "I would like to, but it's not easy to bring down the Wu family. The prefect is behind them."

Shi Qingluo chuckled and said, "Then bring down the prefect as well. I believe your Bai family can do it."

Bai Xu: “…” Thank you for your kindness.

This woman is just trying to instigate them to fight the Wu family! "You're too kind. Our Bai family is not that powerful." He smiled.

Although he said this, he actually agreed with Shi Qingluo's words in his heart.

If the Wu family and the prefect are not overthrown, it will not be easy for the Bai family to come forward.

The Bai family had several opportunities to intervene in and expand the business in the provincial capital, but unfortunately they were deliberately suppressed by the prefect and had to give up.

His uncle was framed in the city and almost went to jail. His family was forced to pay ten thousand taels of silver to get him out.

If they didn't have connections in the capital, his family would probably have been like another big merchant family, destroyed and their property taken away by the Wu family and the prefect.

Anyway, the feud between the Bai family, the Wu family and the prefect had been established long ago.

He reminded, "You and the Wu family have had a feud before, and Young Master Xiao will go to Fucheng Township for the exam later, so be careful."

The reason why he felt more at ease cooperating with Xiao Hanzheng was also because he found out that the two had a grudge against the Wu family.

Xiao Hanzheng nodded, "I will."

There is still more than a year before the provincial examination, and he will try his best to dethrone the prefect before the exam.

He added meaningfully, "Perhaps, we still have opportunities for cooperation other than business."

Bai Xu was a smart man, and he smiled and said, "It's not impossible."

He discovered that Xiao Hanzheng was not a simple person. Not only was he good at studying, he was most likely also good at martial arts, otherwise he would not have been able to discover that someone was following him.

Xiao Hanzheng smiled and didn't bring up the topic again. It's enough for everyone to know the answer.

After arriving home, the three of them got off the carriage.

The servant from the Wu family who followed them turned around and left before they got off the carriage.

Several people ignored it.

After returning home, Shi Qingluo put the purchased seasonings and meat in the kitchen.

She came out of the kitchen holding a jar and handed it to Bai Xu, "This is the candy I made yesterday."

"If you don't mind, you can have a simple meal at our house. I'll ask my sister-in-law to fry a few more tofu dishes."

Bai Xu took the jar and said, "Of course I don't mind. Sorry for bothering you."

He also wants to try dishes made with tofu.

Then he opened the jar and saw a lot of sugar inside.

I stirred it with a spoon and it was all clean white sugar.

He asked, "You are not making it from sugar cane, are you?"

Shi Qingluo nodded, "No, I made it with a kind of beet."

"In the future, our family will open a sugar-making workshop and then hire people to grow sugar on a large scale."

"If our cooperation is satisfactory, we can mainly sell sugar to you in the future."

Bai Xu smiled and said, "It will definitely be a pleasure to work with you. I'll take as much candy as you can get."

He was even more interested in this. "Would you like me to witness the transformation of brown sugar into white sugar again?"

Shi Qingluo sat down and asked, "Don't worry, should we talk about the price first?"

(End of this chapter)