cannon fodder

The speaker's voice was very flat, but it immediately stopped old man Bai from cursing. This person was Bai Moxian.

Bai Moxian, who became the focus of everyone, did not feel uncomfortable in the slightest. He walked up to Mr. Bai with grace, bowed to the three people opposite him and said, "Since you have already got what you want, I want to take away my father now. You should have no opinion."

"Please" said a middle-aged man surnamed Wang. They had already got what they wanted, and it was the best thing for the fat white man who had come to his senses to be able to leave.

Old Man Bai wanted to say something, but seeing the look in Bai Moxian's eyes, he had no choice but to swallow it. The weird father and son left under the gloating eyes of everyone.

It didn't take long for everyone to put this matter behind them. Gambling and chatting, the whole second floor suddenly became lively again.

"Is this why you brought me to the Immortal Pavilion?" Feng Jin suddenly asked Li Luo.

"Nothing can be hidden from you. I brought you here this time just to show you the current situation in the business world. If you want to make a difference in the business world, the best way is to make friends with this branch manager of the Zheng family——Zheng Shuhao. They are making the water so muddy now, they just want to rise up, and you just take this opportunity to fish in troubled waters"

After hearing Li Luo's words, Feng Jin smiled and shook her head.

"The method you mentioned is indeed the fastest way. Maybe it won't take long for the Zheng family's branch to take over the business world, but I'm not optimistic about his future. On the contrary, the Bai family is quite interesting." Feng Jin thoughtfully Look at the place where the Bai family father and son left.

"But the Bai family is at the end of the road, and the Zheng family is under the command of Grand Master Zheng, the hope of the Bai family winning is really slim." Li Luo disapproved all over his face.

"Although the Bai family is at the end of the road, he has a certain advantage over the Zheng family - he has not entered the government!"

When Li Luo heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at Feng Jin in approval.

Although he considered Grand Master Zheng, he forgot the person who can really decide the power—His Majesty the Emperor. The strength of Grand Master Zheng is indeed Zheng Shuhao's greatest strength, but it is also the biggest obstacle to his progress. The business world is also dominant, so isn't the emperor's seat facing a huge threat? Since ancient times, accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger, no matter how much the emperor favors Taishi Zheng, he will not let him be so big as to threaten him. When doing it, the emperor must be on the side of the Bai family.

As for supporting other aristocratic families, that is even more impossible, not to mention the possibility of facing defection, even if you want to find, it is difficult to find a character who dares to compete with Grand Master Zheng!

The purpose of the two going out this time has been achieved, and they will not stay here any longer, holding hands, they returned to the palace!

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As for the Bai family, that's...

White House

Ever since Bai Moxian left with Mr. Bai, he had been expressionless all the way, but when he first entered the Bai mansion, his calm face suddenly became overcast, and Mr. Bai was so frightened that he was shaking like a sieve, and he hurriedly pulled away from his son. some distance.In this Nancang Kingdom, which values ​​filial piety (it can be seen from the emperor's attitude towards the queen mother), if he is so afraid of his own son, Mr. Bai dares to be number one, but no one dares to be number two.

Entering the main house, Bai Moxian didn't care about the old man behind him, and sat directly on the main seat in the house. Immediately, a maid served tea and water for him, and then retreated.

No matter how slow Mr. Bai walked, he could only be late for a while, and he didn't dare to sit down when he entered the main room, let alone drink tea. The huge room was eerily silent.

"What did you lose this time!" When Bai Moxian spoke, his entire face was a little distorted.

"1000 million taels of silver...a jade pendant...twenty shops." Old Master Bai replied tremblingly.

"Okay! Okay!...The jade pendant is the jade pendant given by the emperor to the head of the family? The shop is managed by the old Wang of Dongcheng." When Feng Jin said this, her hands trembled slightly.

"How do you know!" Master Bai's face was full of disbelief.

Hearing this, Bai Moxian spurted out the blood that was suppressed in his throat.As early as a few days ago, he found out that someone was going to attack Baijia, so he spent a few days and nights transferring the twenty most profitable shops in the White Mansion to his confidant Lao Wang, for fear that someone would Pay attention to the store, but be on guard against it, and you were actually lost by this idiot. Not to mention these things, you even lost the jade pendant that the emperor bestowed on the head of the house!This is a great crime to exterminate the nine clans!

Although the servants outside the door stood far away and couldn't hear the father and son's conversation, they were always waiting for the master's orders, so everyone's eyes were always watching the actions of the master and the young master.

Seeing the young master vomit blood at this moment, the servant girls were all so frightened that their faces turned pale!But immediately there was an orderly division of labor, those who were looking for a wife looked for a wife, those who were looking for a doctor looked for a doctor, and two even rushed in to serve the young master.

One rubbed Bai Mochou's chest, and the other wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Bai Cui, go and call everyone in the mansion." Bai Moxian said to the girl who rubbed his chest.

"Yes"

After a while, a middle-aged woman in rich clothes also came in, looked at her son anxiously, saw the blood mark left at the corner of his mouth, and burst into tears in a panic, her husband had never Give her a stable life, if something happens to her son, how will she live like a girl!

The more the noble lady thought about it, the more uncomfortable she became, and finally she burst into tears.

Bai Moxian, who was already in a terrible mood, didn't have any good looks towards her after hearing this cry.

"Shut up, I'm not dead yet!"

After hearing this, the lady finally stopped howling, but those tears!Like a river breaking its embankment.

The efficiency of the servants in the White House is very high, of course!This was during the year Bai Moxian took over.

There are eight people in Baifu 320, except for the three masters, a maid and Shi Shi, the rest are all standing neatly in the yard outside the main house.

After receiving Bai Cui's report, Bai Moxian stood up and walked into the yard. The maid beside her, Bai Yu, stretched out her hand to help, but was pushed away fiercely, and the stone behind him cleverly moved a chair and went to the yard to wait. .

Master Bai and Mrs. Bai naturally followed, but no one took the initiative to move chairs for them.

Bai Moxian sat in front of everyone with a gloomy expression, making the faces of those who already knew something pale. They knew that the young master was very angry this time.

Bai Moxian glanced at everyone coldly, and said, "Since my grandfather passed away last year and passed on the position of head of the family to me, many people are dissatisfied with it! Why?"

Bai Moxian paused for a while, and then continued: "Because the person they want to curry favor with is the current Master Bai, who is allowed to be rounded and flattened by them. They think they have found a backer, and they are behind their backs, and they will not let me, the Patriarch, go. In my eyes, but now! I want to tell you clearly, I! I am the head of the Bai family, I! Only hold the power of life and death in the Bai family. Now, as long as Shitou reads his name, everyone will come out!"

Hearing Bai Moxian's order, Shi Shi took out a booklet from his arms, opened it and read one by one: "Zhang Zhuo is in charge, Yu Fang is in charge, Mr. Cheng Wenwen is accountant, Liu Xi..."

When Shi Shi read aloud, there were actually 55 people. These people didn't know why at first, but what Shi Shi read next made them pale.

"Staff Zhang Zhuo leaked the secrets of the mansion, colluded with the outside mansion, instigated the master, and was executed with a cane: Steward Yu Fang privately embezzled 950 million taels of silver from the mansion, bullied the servants in the mansion, and was executed with a stick: Mr. Cheng Wenwen, the accountant, gave the master silver privately without the young master's permission." Fifty-four million taels of silver bills, forty sticks, expulsion from the White House..."

Most of the 55 people have been scared out of their wits. Some of them have already fallen to the ground, but there are also a few people who have been in high positions all year round. At first, their legs were really weak from fright, but when they saw the master behind Bai Moxian, they straightened up Straightforwardly, after a few better ones looked at each other, Qi Qi said: "Master, although the old Patriarch said that you will be in charge of the Bai family, the jade pendant that symbolizes the Patriarch is in the hands of the Master, and we only listen to the Master. The command."

After these people said this, they looked at Master Bai with pitiful eyes.

In the past, if these people said this in front of Bai Moxian, Master Bai would have been deeply moved, but when Xiao Shitou read out the crimes of these people one by one, Master Bai was also very angry!How long can I gamble for these people to steal so much money from the White House in private!

Seeing that old man Bai ignored them, these people realized that they seemed to be really doomed, and all of them showed expressions of horror

But one of them rushed towards Bai Moxian suddenly, and he was actually holding a dagger in his hand. This person's speed exceeded ordinary people, so he must be someone with cultivation.

Bai Moxian, you forced me to be someone Zhang. As long as I kill you, the master will obediently obey my orders!

Just when the dagger was only an inch away from Bai Moxian, Zhang Zhuo fell to the ground with his head.

And beside Bai Moxian, there was a man in black.

This frightened those who still wanted to resist did not dare to make another sound.

"come"

Following Bai Moxian's order, twenty guards with skills suddenly appeared in the yard, and drove out those "sinners" who had not resisted at all according to the stone's words. the expulsion of...

Immediately, the whole yard was filled with wailing. As usual, these people's mouths had to be sealed, so as not to offend the master of the White Mansion, but today, what Bai Moxian wanted to do was to stand up!

But these are not enough, Bai Moxian's next sentence is the real point.

"Shut the master and the four people who confuse the master to gamble into the "Guanyue Tower", and provide them with all the gambling equipment. Let them gamble, but they are not allowed to eat or drink."

The rest of the people in the courtyard are those who have followed Young Master Bai, so they will not speak for the master, and Mrs. Bai has the heart but not the guts.

At this moment, Master Bai not only did not have the slightest fear in his heart, but was also excited and looking forward to it. For a person who had never been hungry and thought about gambling all the time, food was nothing!

Bai Moxian is a person who distinguishes between rewards and punishments. After the 20.00% change in the White House, it is time to appease people's hearts.

"Director Guo, since my grandfather's generation, you have been devoted and loyal to the White House. Now I will promote you to be the steward of the White House and reward you with 100 million taels of silver. Little stone..."

As soon as Bai Moxian's words came out, the people who were still in the courtyard were stunned. This young master Bai's reward was really too generous, so much money, enough for them to eat and drink for several generations!

Those who did not win the prize looked at those who won the prize with envious and yearning eyes!They decided that they must serve the Bai family loyally in the future, so that their children and grandchildren no longer have to worry about life. As for those who have received rewards, they are even more grateful to the Bai family. work harder...

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With Bai Moxian's swift and resolute methods, the imperial capital, Baifu, was truly in his hands.