Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Returning to the small fishing village from yesterday, seeing the dilapidated wooden boats drifting on the sea, Bai Suihe worried that another violent wave would capsize them.

"They rely on this small boat to go out to sea?" Bai Suihe had seen the same small boat since yesterday and thought it shouldn't be like this. With the wisdom of the Chinese people, how could they not have come up with a better solution when facing the sea?

Gu Kaiyuan said, "There are large ships, but I heard they're not here; they have to go to the port."

However, those large ships belonged to wealthy merchants and officials; ordinary people simply couldn't afford them.

Commercial monopolies exist everywhere, especially along the coast. The sea is a major avenue for making money, so how could those powerful and wealthy families let it go?

Bai Suihe: "That means even if we go to the port, we won't be able to buy anything."

Although reality is cruel, it is laid bare before us.

Gu Kaiyuan thought for a moment and said, "It's not that you can't buy them. The prices are different there, and you can buy some deep-sea items. But those are things that others have already picked over, and only what's left will enter the market."

Bai Suihe understood. Good things must be sent to higher levels. In this remote town, apart from a few wealthy families, the others are simply not worthy.

Bai Suihe understood why she didn't choose to go there; if it were her, she wouldn't like taking what others had left over either.

In this small fishing village, they received a warm welcome and were offered their best. Putting everything else aside, the emotional value alone made it worthwhile for them to come here.

Sure enough, the small fishing boat is back. As soon as it docked, people heard that they had come over to talk about seafood, so they picked up baskets and came over enthusiastically.

Moreover, what's displayed here are their best and freshest goods from this voyage.

Bai Suihe buys anything that catches her eye without haggling over the price.

Because of her actions, the fishing village almost emptied out all its best-kept secrets; Bai Suihe even took several truckloads of dried goods back to the city.

After staying here for several days, Gu Kaiyuan bought a few more shops and courtyards and then stopped.

Because of the incident at the previous courtyard, Gu Kaiyuan was still worried, so he took Gu Xingyang for a walk around these courtyards to make sure there were no other hidden places before heading to the next town.

After following Chen Dafu for more than half a month, he finally discovered her.

On that day, as soon as they entered the city, they saw Chen Dafu and his men blocking them at the city gate.

"Gu family's third son, you've been following me all this way, haven't you gotten enough of the good deals yet?" Doctor Chen was so jealous he was almost twisted. He was working hard in front of me, while the other guy was making a fortune in silence behind me.

To put it nicely, he was loyal to His Majesty, but in reality, he was Gu Kaiyuan's vanguard.

"Lord Chen, what a coincidence!" Gu Kaiyuan was not embarrassed at being caught red-handed. He lifted the carriage curtain and jumped down, then put down the horse stool, helped Bai Suihe down, and greeted him, "This humble subject, Gu Kaiyuan, brings his whole family to greet Your Excellency the Imperial Envoy."

"What a coincidence," he said, "we've been following each other all the way here, but this isn't the place to talk. Pointing to a teahouse nearby, he said, "Let's go over there to talk."

Gu Kaiyuan certainly had no objections. Even if he did, he could only swallow them, since the other party was now an official and he was just a commoner.

Upon arriving at the teahouse, Gu Kaiyuan asked the manager to open another private room to settle Bai Suihe and her daughter before following Chen Dafu next door. "You're quite capable, kid, you even have a bit of a business mind."

"You flatter me, Lord Chen," Gu Kaiyuan said, unperturbed by Chen Dafu's sarcastic remarks.

If it were someone else, he would have to consider whether he could continue following up.

However, despite Chen Dafu's penny-pinching nature, he is a fairly upright person. As long as you don't break the law, he won't do anything to you.

"Thanks to Lord Chen, my wife and I have finally managed to build a small business here."

Chen Dafu knew that the couple were following behind and picking up bargains. At first, he was a little annoyed, but then he felt admiration and envy.

Gu Baijiang, that old bastard, is indeed not a very good person, but his third son is quite capable, unlike his own rascals, who are all like blockheads. If you don't leash them, they don't know where to go.

They originally wanted to leave one person in Lingnan, but everyone was afraid of being taken advantage of, and as soon as the imperial edict was issued, they couldn't wait to return to the capital.

But these good-for-nothings don't realize that with such a large family, how can they expect to have a prosperous life on their meager salary? If they want to live a good life, they have to stand up for themselves and strive for their own future.

He wanted to keep people here for their own good, but these short-sighted people don't realize what they're missing.

Look at Gu Kaiyuan, sneaking around behind, who knows how much profit he's made?
"Third son of the Gu family, you have a good eye now. What? Are you planning to become a merchant in the future?"

"Alas, we are not like Lord Chen, who has such lofty ambitions. I am neither good at literature nor martial arts, and can only do some small business to make a living. It's just that this place is so small, and it's such a coincidence that we were able to meet Lord Chen. It's simply fate between us."

He would never admit that they were intentionally following Chen Dafu. Some things are better left unsaid; he wasn't willing to do Chen Dafu any extra favors.

Lingnan is such a large place, and he is currently free; Lord Chen has no right to interfere with them.

As expected, Chen Dafu was speechless. This third son of the Gu family truly lived up to his reputation as the most cunning member of the family. Even at this point, he still hadn't uttered a single soft word.

Having taken advantage of so many bargains on his own, yet unwilling to acknowledge his gratitude, he couldn't really say anything, since he hadn't actually offered any real help along the way.

Taking a deep breath, he thought, "I didn't expect you to be like this, Gu Kaiyuan. You won't be following me around from now on, will you?"

"Lord Chen, what do you mean by that?" Gu Kaiyuan's eyes widened. "You can go to the Lingnan region, but I can't?"

"Of course not," Chen Dafu said. He was accompanied by the Emperor's men, who might be eavesdropping outside. He was not that arrogant; he was out on official business for the Emperor, and this was not anyone's fiefdom.

“Everyone knows perfectly well that you’ve been following me around and buying so much land. That’s enough. You should stop now.”

At the same time, they were also a little envious. Just how much did the Bai family value this son-in-law, and how much money did they give him to allow him to squander so much?
He also asked someone to buy two small estates during this time, but that was already the result of his whole family's efforts, and he couldn't afford any more.

At this point, he even started to resent the rich.

Gu Kaiyuan said, "Lord Chen, besides purging the officialdom here, do you still have to meddle in these other people's business?" (End of this chapter)