When he got home, Bai Xiang gave the envelope to Xia Yi.

"Is it from Qiulan's mother?" Holding the envelope, words such as affair, mother and daughter flashed through Xia Yi's mind.

Opening the envelope, he realized that he had thought too much.

The explanation in the letter was not very clear. It just asked Xia Yi to go to the Yamen and said that there was an excellent thing for wealthy businessmen recently.

After so many days of investigation, the Qiulan family has also turned over Xia Yi's identity and determined that Xia Yi is currently just a small wealthy businessman.

In addition to the identity of the wealthy businessman, they actually made another discovery and are currently investigating intensely. It is precisely because of this discovery that the Qiulan family takes care of Xia Yi.

Putting the letter aside, Xia Yi decided to go over and take a look. The time mentioned in the letter was tomorrow morning, which was still one night from now.

He showed the letter to Su Xue and the two discussed it.

The theme of their discussion was whether this matter was the key to the world.

In this incident, will Bai Xiang's existence change?

Unable to come up with an answer after deliberation, the two put the matter aside for the time being.

The next morning, Xia Yi came to the Yamen. He was stopped by the guards and gave his name to the Qiu family before being allowed to enter.

The guard did not lead him to the office, but led him to the private house behind the Yamen and led him to the lobby.

In the lobby, there are five other people drinking tea.

Seeing Xia Yi approaching, the five people stood up and said hello to him.

They looked at each other, and one of them, a 200-pound fat man, asked: "I wonder which family our brothers are from?"

After thinking for a while, Xia Yi said: "I just came from the Northland and I don't know what the situation is. Can you guys tell me?"

After listening to Xia Yi's words, the five of them confirmed that he was also traveling with them and relaxed: "Being able to come here, my brother's business must be extraordinary, right?"

"fine."

"I wonder what my brother does? Maybe we still have a chance to cooperate."

Xia Yi then confirmed that the five people in front of him were also wealthy businessmen. He also sighed: These businessmen really never forget to do business wherever they go.

He replied: "The industries I am involved in are quite complex, mainly the street economy."

"Street economy?" The five of them looked at each other, but they didn't understand what this word meant.

"Is it wood? Contracted for the construction of the street?" the fat man asked.

"No, I just buy a street and then plan it or something." Xia Yi explained, "I have four streets in Dongcheng, two streets in Beicheng, and one street in Nancheng."

Xia Yi originally thought that he would see shock in the eyes of the five people, but he did not expect that the five people were very calm.

It seems that the business of these five people is not ordinary rich.

Sure enough, the five people introduced themselves, and they were all big businessmen who almost monopolized a business.

Especially that 200-pound fat man, half of the country's fabric business is in his hands.

Compared with them, Xia Yi's business is just average.

This made Xia Yi feel a little regretful, and decided to find an opportunity to shock the five people.

After getting to know each other briefly, Fatty began to talk to Xia Yi about today's events.

"We don't know the specifics, but we heard from the gossip that the Holy One plans to take action against the Snake Man."

"This move will burn all the money." Another wealthy businessman continued.

"The imperial court has just been stable for a few years, and I'm afraid there isn't much money in the treasury."

The five people sighed.

They didn't say it explicitly, but the hidden words were already very obvious.

The imperial court wanted money from them.

Compared to the five people who are worried about money, Xia Yi is very calm. He has a unique ability to print money, and he can print as much money as he wants.

There was silence in the lobby. After a while, two middle-aged men in casual clothes came to the lobby.

"Master Di!" Five people stood up and shouted, Xia Yi also followed behind, making a formality.

Among the two middle-aged men, the stronger one smiled: "Hello everyone, hello everyone."

The two parties exchanged greetings, and Master Di asked the entourage behind him to bring some good tea. The seven of them tasted the tea first, and then got down to business.

Master Di clasped his fists: "All six of you are the pillars of our country. The main reason for inviting you here this time is about the snake people."

"The Guanzhong area is an extremely important area in our country. It can advance, attack, retreat and defend. It also has abundant economic rear areas and convenient transportation. It was also the capital of the former dynasty."

Master Di did not immediately tell the six people to pay, but spoke slowly.

"Ten years ago, the capital of the previous dynasty was destroyed overnight, and the world was in chaos. It took the Holy Emperor eight years to finally unify the world. Now that the world is peaceful and the people are happy, it is time to deal with the culprits that caused the world's chaos."

"..."

From Master Di's words, Xia Yi slowly understood the situation.

Ten years ago, in the Yinshan Mountains in the northern part of Guanzhong, a group called the Snake People suddenly appeared. The Snake People attacked the capital of the previous dynasty and destroyed it. The current emperor took advantage of the chaos like that.

Now that the world is stable, the emperor doesn't want the snake people to stay in his territory anymore, so he wants to get rid of those guys.

Xia Yi was a little confused. The Yinshan Mountains were not that big. How many snake people could there be? Do they still need to be so serious?

Or is it that the snake man was not talking about the nickname of an alien race, but a magical creature?

Let's go back and investigate again.

This was the problem in ancient times. Information was very limited. Unlike modern times, everyone can know something about their own country and some things about other countries.

Xia Yi continued to listen to the discussion between Mr. Di and the wealthy businessmen.

The wealthy businessmen gave moral support and verbal encouragement to the imperial court's plan to send troops to deal with the Yinshan snake people, but they refused to talk about donations.

Mr. Di tried it several times, but he couldn't help it when he saw the wealthy businessmen. He gritted his teeth.

In this dynasty, the imperial power was not so strong that "the whole world is not the king's territory", and the emperor could not force these wealthy businessmen.

Putting down the tea cup in his hand, Mr. Di put away his smile and said coldly to his entourage: "Take it out."

The attendant took out a yellow scroll from his pocket.

Opening the scroll, Mr. Di glanced at the six people: "This is your Majesty's handwriting."

The five wealthy businessmen were unmoved. They drank tea as if they had not heard anything.

It's just a handwriting, not an imperial edict, so it's not worth worrying about.

Mr. Di snorted again and read: "... Donate ten thousand taels of silver, be granted the title of Cavalry Lieutenant, donate one hundred thousand taels of silver, be granted the title of Cavalry Lieutenant of Yun, donate one million taels of silver, be granted the title of Captain of Cavalry, donate five million taels of silver

For two, he will be granted the title of Captain of the Light Cart, and for donating ten million taels of silver, he will be granted the title of Baron."

Cavalry Lieutenant and Captain were the aristocratic ranks of this dynasty. Enqi Lieutenant was in the seventh rank, Qingqi Lieutenant was in the second rank, Baron was in the first rank, and the remaining Viscounts, Counts, Marquises and Dukes were of superior rank according to the meaning.

After picking up the tea cup and taking a sip, Lord Di looked at the wealthy businessmen with a sneer on his face: "What do you think?"

The five people except Xia Yi looked at each other, closed their eyes, and each thought.

Mr. Di was not in a hurry, drank a cup of tea and refilled it.

Just like him, there is Xia Yi.

Raising his head, Master Di glanced at Xia Yi curiously, wondering why he could be so calm, and also wondering why he was arranged to be here.

You know, the businessmen who can come here have to go through layers of screening to stuff people here, and they need more than just face.

However, since the other party does not appear in the information, he should be just an ordinary businessman, and getting a Yunqiwei would be a big deal.

As for the other five wealthy businessmen, Master Di planned to let each of them get a light chariot captain, or at least a cavalry captain.

With more than ten million taels, the goal was successfully achieved this time.

Moreover, once these five people have titles, it will be much easier to get money from them.

After Master Di finished his second cup of tea, the five wealthy businessmen opened their eyes.

The fat man asked first: "Is it hereditary?"

"Can."

"Can the title be given to someone else?"

"No."

This answer did not surprise the five people, and they began to quote.

"I'll give you one million."

"I'll pay five million."

The five wealthy businessmen except Xia Yi quickly finished their applications, two five million and three one million, totaling thirteen million taels. Master Di successfully achieved his goal.

There was a smile on his face again.

"Where's Mr. Xia?" He asked Xiang Xia Yi again. He didn't have any hope for Xia Yi. When he picked up his pen, he was already recording the amounts of five wealthy businessmen.
To be continued...