Chapter 632 The true face of Mr. Bai

Xue Mei is indeed the "Young Master Bai" mentioned by the eldest prince.

She came to the capital with the Yuan family's token, not for the eldest prince, but for Xue Chi.

When Xue Chi returned to China and gave up his identity in Liang State, it meant that he was unwilling to do so and wanted to fight for it.

Xue Mei treats herself as a person of this era and needs relatives.

If she supports her elder brother as the emperor, she will be afraid of her and will kill her in turn. Xue Mei has thought about this bloody plot countless times.

In the end, she would convince herself: helping her brother achieve her wish and let him have a place to settle down. This is what she wants and she is willing.

She doesn't want anything.

Therefore, she also planned to act in secret.

But living under one roof, if the elder brother is not sensitive at all, he will not be able to accomplish great things.

Sooner or later there will be a showdown.

"...The Yuan family has no intention of helping the eldest prince fight for the throne." Xue Mei said to the eldest brother truthfully, "They want to set up a transportation network to control the bloodline of the entire Chu State, and this is the key.

In the future, no matter who becomes the emperor, it will be difficult for the Yuan family to deal with it. Therefore, whether it is the eldest prince or not is no different from that of the Yuan family. Even the eldest prince may not be beneficial to the Yuan family.

The eldest prince asked Yuan more than once. I took the Yuan family's token and happened to go to Beijing, so the eldest master asked me to handle the matter casually.

The reason why I took over is to find out what trump cards the eldest prince has in the capital. My identity must not be known to the eldest prince and Cheng Lanqing."

Xue Chi nodded.

He had already guessed it.

Now he didn't want to know this. He just wanted to know how Xue Mei convinced Pei Xiang.

She just went to meet Pei Xiang.

"...You won't save Miss Pei's Ten, so Pei Xiang will help you like this?" Xue Chi asked.

Xue Mei: "How is it that easy? Pei Xiang is so cunning, like a slim snake, who has to hit him in seven inches."

"What is his seven inches?"

"The Pei family has kept a low profile for many years, and it seems that they have been scared by the royal family. But do you know how many people there are in each of their villages?" Xue Mei asked.

Xue Chi didn't expect this: "How many people?"

"There are at least five thousand people in a village." Xue Mei smiled.

Xue Chi was stunned.

He is not unfamiliar with Zhuangzi. There are a thousand people in a Zhuangzi, which will attract the attention of the court and worry about it riots.

If five thousand people were hidden, wouldn’t it be very dangerous?

"There are six places in the Pei family in this kind of village." Xue Mei smiled, "In other words, Pei Xiang hid at least 20,000 people in his own home."

Xue Chi took a breath.

"Bongping disguises me, I come to ask about this. No matter how he explains it, he will be scared to death after hearing it. Therefore, he needs to obey my instructions and openly support the eldest prince." Xue Mei said.

After hearing this, Xue Chiguang could feel Pei Xiang's fear that moment.

He was curious again: "The Pei family has these people, not really many, and not many, so what do they do when they hide them?"

"Those are refugees who came from the famine in their homes a few years ago." Xue Mei said, "At that time, the Peijiazhuangzi did good deeds and took them in.

After the disaster, these people are strong laborers. They can not only farm and open land, but also build other handicraft workshops.

Brother, think about it, more than 20,000 people generate income for you, and you don’t need to pay a penny of tax to the court. These people are refugees, no household registration, no hometown or property, just give them a bite of food.

The benefits the Pei family gets from it are very huge. They are very secretive because those refugees are more afraid of being discovered by the government than the Pei family."

This is understandable, too.

If they are sent back to their hometowns, they will most likely starve to death if they have no land; even if they have land, they may not be able to support themselves, and they will be taxed heavily; and the government will not really send them away, they will just drive them away.

They are going to be displaced again.

The Pei family does not abuse them. As long as they work, they have food and houses to live in. Why don’t they maintain them?

Although the Pei family took advantage of them, they did not have a family like the Pei family, and others were not capable of taking advantage of them.

A win-win situation, so no one knows about it these years.

But Xue Mei has read the population report of Chu State. After the flood five years ago, the population will definitely plummet and then grow slowly.

But the growth rate is wrong, especially in areas where there are no disasters.

Of course, the reason why Xue Mei pays attention to this is that there were historical events in which the clans hid their populations during this period of history. She just reversed the situation based on facts.

So, it took her half a month to find someone who was hiding the population.

Pei Xiang has been doing a very secretive job, but suddenly he was exposed. Of course he was afraid and did not give him any buffering.

Xue Mei threatened him and asked him to write a letter to the eldest prince the next day, otherwise she would spread the matter.

The Pei family's aides probably discussed it all night, but they couldn't do anything overnight, so it was difficult to cover it up. They had to quickly obey the words of "Young Master Bai" and protect the eldest prince first.

During this period, the Pei family is trying to find a way to send these refugees away and then take them back by hiring them.

"...In fact, Pei Xiang was still a little conceited and thought no one knew. He would submit only after I caught him off guard." Xue Mei smiled, "He was still secretly asking for "Young Master Bai" and was more curious about my identity than the eldest prince."

Xue Chi: "..."

Not funny at all.

Xue Mei was holding himself against the enemy from both sides.

However, it did solve a problem for the eldest prince.

The brother and sister started chatting, and Xue Mei told him by the way: "When Xiuzhu comes back, there may be something big on my side, so don't be too surprised then."

Xue Chi: "What's the matter?"

"I won't tell you for the time being."

The brother and sister made things clear, Xue Chi was in a much better mood and no longer had annoyance.

He has not gone to the eldest prince's mansion for the time being.

However, the young masters and ladies of the Yuan family came to visit Xue Chi in person.

Xue Chi asked the servant to stop him.

Xue Mei didn't know about this, so she took her maids out and wanted to go to the street, but she happened to meet the three Yuan siblings.

Miss Yuan Liu looked at the plaque of Prince Zhuang’s Mansion and was bound to win.

"...San brother, what method do you think of to live here?" asked Ms. Yuan Liu.

Xue Mei happened to hear this sentence.

When she saw them, they also saw her.

Seeing that the two young masters of the Yuan family were amazed, Xue Mei nodded at them; and Miss Yuan Liu was also surprised and looked at Xue Mei.

"Who are the three?" Xue Mei asked knowingly.

"Can the prince be at home? We came at the order of the eldest prince." said the third young master of the Yuan family.

Xue Mei: "..."

It turns out that he is so bold that he can use the name of the eldest prince casually.

"He is not at home." Xue Mei smiled, "But you can come in and wait."

The three brothers and sisters of Yuan looked at each other, thinking that Xue Mei was easy to deceive, stupid and simple, so the three wolves were secretly proud and said to each other, thinking to themselves: "It is easy to ask Buddha but difficult to send Buddha. If I don't achieve my goal, I won't leave."

Xue Mei whispered to Jinping: "Close the door and catch the turtle in a jar, so that these scoundrels will not go out to cause trouble and discredit the eldest prince again."
Chapter completed!