Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1332

Chapter 1332: Chapter 1327: Difficult Choices

Murong Ping seemed to be prepared and casually said that it was because Murong Li was interested in the paper from the Cui Trading House, which made him curious. After some inquiries, he discovered that there were various intricacies behind the paper. Though he was a straightforward person and not involved with refined paper affairs, he knew this business was profitable, thus he sought out Bai Jintong.

Bai Jintong discussed with Murong Ping that if the Emperor of Yan took heed, it might be challenging to avoid taxes in this matter...

Murong Ping, however, was unconcerned, saying that as a prince of a nation, he could manage such a trivial matter. Besides, helping the Cui Trading House evade tax was his concern, and as long as "Cui Fengnian" was willing to cooperate, the rest... were all affairs for him, the second prince.

Naturally... if "Cui Fengnian" refused, Murong Ping would use his royal status to prevent Cui Fengnian from smoothly operating business in Yan Kingdom.

With such coercion and enticement, "Cui Fengnian" was compelled to agree.

However, Bai Jintong was not easily deceived by Murong Ping’s words. She immediately guessed that Murong Ping might have been instructed by Murong Li to deliberately convey these words to her, considering Murong Li valued the paper’s utility and was contemplating future strategic maneuvers between the two countries.

Bai Jintong thus speculated that the Zhou might propose selecting a few cities as pilot sites to validate the strategic bet between the two nations, as calculating for the entire Yan and Zhou might be too vast and complicated.

She advised her elder sister to pay attention to those who would later enter Yan to sell shop spaces and paper.

Additionally, Bai Jintong did not tell Bai Qingyan that she was already under surveillance, merely stating that after cooperating with Murong Ping, she would inevitably be watched, and her letters home might become less frequent. She asked her elder sister to also tell their mother, Mrs. Li, not to scold her for not writing often.

In fact, even if Bai Jintong hadn’t mentioned it, Bai Qingyan already understood from the late arrival of her letters that Bai Jintong was now under surveillance.

She had already dispatched the Hidden Guard to "Cui Fengnian’s" hometown, the already declined and then revived "Cui family," under the guise of delivering items from the elders of the family to "Cui Fengnian." Half overt, half covert, they went to Bai Jintong’s side to protect, being under Bai Jintong’s command, providing her people who were not within the surveillance scope of Yan Kingdom.

Murong Li’s intelligence was something she was always aware of, yet he was still a child... and exposed his weaknesses to Bai Jintong, suggesting that if the Yan envoy truly proposes choosing certain cities to bet on for the strategic maneuver, it would likely involve paper.

With an extremely subtle smile, she gently caressed the papermaking methods sent back by Bai Qingyun. The methods provided by Bai Qingyun were improvements on the ways given to Bai Jintong, which reduced costs even more than before.

Bai Qingyan was truly amazed, not knowing what sort of hardships her brother faced at Luopan Mountain’s Sihai Pavilion to learn such sophisticated papermaking technology.

Today, the Bai family’s military prowess was also attributable to Bai Qingyun’s contributions. Bai Qingyun first improved the climbing ladders and then the weapons of the soldiers, allowing them to possess crossbows. These crossbows could fire continuously twenty times and could have pre-prepared arrow boxes, making them efficient in battle without wasting time. Once one box was empty, it could be immediately replaced with a new one.

Even Shen Kunyang was repeatedly amazed upon witnessing it, while Cheng Yuanzhi marveled at Bai Qingjue and Bai Qingyun’s prowess, originally wanting to seek knowledge from Luopan Mountain’s Sihai Pavilion.

However, rumors about the Sihai Pavilion at Luopan Mountain never ceased, and its disciples would occasionally descend to take in students, such as Bai Qingjue’s master, Gu Yijian. Yet, few ever truly found the Sihai Pavilion.

Just the toxic fumes lingering year-round at the foot of Luopan Mountain prevented anyone from passing through.

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