Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Bai Yixing continued, "Mother, I used to hang out with my friends every day. Do you think I was just having fun? You are totally wrong."

"You are so unruly every day. Are you playing or doing something else?" Dai glared at him lovingly.

Bai Yixing grinned and said, "It's fun, but you have to listen to what you should listen to, watch what you should watch, and remember what you should remember. I heard from a friend that in our Bingcheng, an ordinary snow ginseng can be bought with one gold shell coin, but in Cangmu Country, it costs at least five gold coins!"

Dai was surprised and said, "No way, it's so much more expensive?!"

"There are even more outrageous things. Knives and swords made of the same cold iron that killed my father, a good-looking one can be sold for less than one gold in our Ice City, but it can be sold for seven or eight gold in Cangmu Country. I heard that it can even be sold for ten gold on the black market!"

Dai was so surprised that she was speechless.

"So, if you want to do business, you should go to Cangmu Country. Our family still has eight cargo ships. I only need to make two or three trips. Not to mention reviving the family business, I think I can even buy half of Bingcheng. By then, Shuxue's father will definitely beg me to call him father-in-law!"

Dai was shocked by her son's words. Although she was still worried about her son's safety, she could not resist the temptation of huge profits and Bai Yixing's earnest persuasion. Finally, she agreed to sell almost all of the existing ancestral property for cash, and the whole family would temporarily live in a small house.

The next step is to purchase goods that are valuable in Cangmu Country but cheap in Snow Country.

A captain who used to run a boat for his family gave him a long list, which included more than a dozen kinds of things, such as hard emerald stone, jade, old deep ice, cold wood, upright wood, nine kinds of gold, various snow medicinal herbs, fish oil, fish fat, fish skin, etc. He was asked to buy them according to the list and was guaranteed to sell them at a good price in Cangmu Country.

Bai Yixing looked at the list of goods with a look of joy on his face and shouted, "Hu Yong, Hu Yong... come here quickly!"

Hu Yong ran over and didn't wait for Bai Yixing to speak. Instead, he said, "Master, there is someone outside who wants to see you."

Bai Yixing was surprised when Hu Yong said that someone wanted to see him at this time, and asked, "Who is it? Can't you see I'm busy?"

Hu Yong said: "That's what I said, but that person spoke in a mysterious way. I thought he was someone important, so I didn't feel comfortable chasing him away."

"Why is he talking so mysteriously?"

"He said... he said, 'Please inform Master Bai...' Alas, I... I can't learn it either. Anyway, he sounded very mysterious and capable." He imitated the man outside and said half of the sentence in a pretentious tone, which was quite funny.

Bai Yixing said, "It's not so mysterious." He handed the list to Hu Yong and told him, "Call more people to buy the goods according to the name and quantity on the list. No more, no less. Also, buy at the lowest price!"

Hu Yong responded and went out. Bai Yixing called again, "Call that man in."

Not long after, the wooden door opened and an ordinary man in his forties, wearing a common blue-gray three-fold sleeve cloth shirt, walked in. Although the cloth shirt was not luxurious, it was washed spotlessly.

Bai Yixing looked him up and down and asked, "Are you looking for me?"

The man smiled slightly and said, "I heard that the Bai family is going to sail to Cangmu Country, and I want to take a boat, so I came to visit."

Bai Yixing frowned and thought to himself, "Only my mother, I, and a few reliable servants at home know that I'm going to sea, and I've told them not to spread it. How did you know about it?" Yes, Cai Yiwen is the most talkative guy, so he must have told them.

But he still pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "How do you know I'm going to sail to Cangmu Country?"

The man said, "The Bai family is a prominent family, but they have suffered a series of misfortunes, resulting in the loss of half of their great family business. It is really a pity. The young heroes of the Bai family are full of vigor and vitality, and they should roll up their sleeves and tie their hair to revive the family business. I have seen that the Bai family has sold a lot of their property in the past month, and they must be preparing to revive the family business. However, the trade routes of my Snow Country are not prosperous, so I guess that the Bai family is preparing to go to the Cangmu Country."

Bai Yixing nodded, thinking that this man had some ability to guess that he was going to Cangmu Country to do business just by selling his property. But maybe he just happened to guess correctly.

He still said indifferently: "I want to go to Cangmu Country, but unfortunately our ships are all cargo ships and do not carry passengers."

The man surnamed Qin smiled slightly, without saying anything like "what a pity", and saw two chairs in the room, so he simply walked over and sat down. When he bowed slightly, a white jade ornament slipped out from around his neck.

Bai Yixing had sharp eyes and saw it immediately. He saw that the jade was sharp at the top and slightly curved at the bottom. Although it was daytime, he could clearly see that the precious jade was gleaming, and it was definitely not an ordinary thing. His heart suddenly skipped a beat, thinking that this person was not ordinary.

The man surnamed Qin straightened his clothes, looked at Bai Yixing, and said, "I've heard that the Bai family is generous and magnanimous. Could it be that the Bai family has some concerns and is unwilling to do me this small favor? Besides, I'm not riding your boat for free. Just tell me how much you want for the boat fare."

Bai Yixing cleared his throat and asked, "How many people do you want to take the boat?"

The man surnamed Tan said, "It's just me."

Bai Yixing immediately felt relieved, thinking that even if you are a powerful man who does evil, you are alone, and there are forty or fifty people on each ship in my fleet. How could I be afraid of a man like you who is not impressive in appearance.

He said cheerfully, "Okay! If you want to take a boat, just come over. Don't mention the boat fare. How much is it worth? Haha..."

The man surnamed Qin clapped his hands and said, "Master Bai is indeed generous. By the way, my surname is Qin and my given name is Gang. I am from Storm City."

The next two months were spent purchasing commercial goods, recruiting sailors and other preparations for going out to sea.

The Bai family originally had two fleets of twelve ships each. One of them went out to sea and disappeared, and the other fleet of twelve ships was reduced to only eight due to damage and disrepair. However, after inspection, three of the ships were found to be too old to go out to the open sea, so only five were left.

Fortunately, the lead ship is still there, which is an auspicious sign.

Snow Country's shipbuilding technology is not as advanced as Cangmu Country's, but it is not much different. The cargo ships used for sea travel are all very large. The lead ship of the Bai family's fleet is 12 feet long and 18 feet wide, with the bow and stern raised high, a tall and thick mast in the middle, and a tarpaulin sail hanging straight; the other four ships are also similar in shape, but slightly shorter and narrower.

The 100,000 gold that Bai Yixing got from selling his property was just enough to fill these five cargo ships.