Reborn Together: The General and I Reach for Power-Chapter 472 - 469: Understand

Tian Huizhen did not think for long before shaking her head.

Tian Huizhen said, "Even if we met, I wouldn’t know what to say. There were a few times we encountered each other in the village, Mr. Cheng would avoid me from afar." It was as if he feared she might whip him.

Actually, she wouldn’t; that time, she just mistook Mr. Cheng for a spy.

Xie Liangchen thought of the unawakened Cheng Yanzhao and couldn’t help but sigh secretly.

"Besides, I’m different from him," Tian Huizhen said.

Xie Liangchen understood what Tian Huizhen meant. Tian Huizhen felt that the Tian Family and the Cheng Family were worlds apart. Cheng Yanzhao spent all day in the military camp while Tian Huizhen managed the Tian Family Trading Team. They hardly had any connection, with too many differences between them. Ultimately, they couldn’t draw closer to each other.

Matters of the heart can’t be easily advised; sometimes helping might make things messier.

But Tian Huizhen had always been straightforward. Once she figured things out, she let go. Back then, she was somewhat attracted to that skillful General Cheng in the dark, but it was all one-sided. Afterward, there was no contact whatsoever.

What needed to be let go should be let go.

It was only then that Tian Huizhen decided to go out with her father to see the world. Once out, her mood improved a lot, and she learned so much that she no longer clung to those thoughts.

"Let me tell you about my journey," Tian Huizhen said, "This trip was peaceful, very peaceful, but we still encountered many events."

Xie Liangchen, who hadn’t gone out for a long time, naturally enjoyed listening to these stories.

Tian Huizhen said, "You know there are also paper workshops outside making pink wax paper. They knew our trading team came from Zhenzhou and even spent silver coin to try to bribe my father."

"They wanted us to sell their goods on their behalf; ideally, to mix their pink wax paper with those paper types from the North. My father wanted to gather information, so he didn’t immediately refuse. Those people said they had sold to a trading team before, which took their pink wax paper to the far southwest and made quite a bit of silver coin."

"My father found out the details about those people and even discovered their small workshop. Later, those people noticed and there was a confrontation."

Tian Huizhen’s eyes lit up when she mentioned this matter, "Those people wanted to cover it up, not knowing we had long informed the government office. My father feared they were colluding with the government office, but fortunately, he knew the County Magistrate of Linxian. The whole matter was resolved well, with some thrills but no danger."

Xie Liangchen looked at Tian Huizhen, "Were you scared, encountering such an event on your first long journey?"

Tian Huizhen laughed, "Not really. When we caught those people and found their accounts, I can’t tell you how pleased I felt. They weren’t willing to do honest business, thinking of those shady tricks. Yet do they know how much effort the North put into making these pink wax papers?"

"It was hard to earn a reputation, and we couldn’t let them ruin it with substandard goods. You should know, several old paper workshops in the Southern are also making pink wax paper. The quality and price aren’t much different from ours in the North. If we’re not careful, they’ll surpass us."

Xie Liangchen nodded, "I’ve heard of this, after all, pink wax paper existed during the previous dynasty. It’s just that through the chaos, few people know how to make it now. We were the first to find the formula and started making paper early, giving us a head start. Since it’s selling well, other paper workshops will try making it too."

"Other paper workshops can make it, maybe even better than ours. These things happen. However, they can’t sell shoddy goods in the guise of other paper workshops."

After Xie Liangchen finished speaking, she slowly rubbed her waist. Possibly because her belly was getting bigger, her waist always felt sore and aching, "I want to find some paper experts, to make a Paper Shop, where any paper workshop’s pink wax paper or flower paper can be sent."

"Just like how the Official Medicine Bureau grades medicinal herbs, we’ll grade the paper into four classes: A, B, C, and D. If more people recognize the Paper Shop’s grading in the future, prices can be based on grades."

"This benefits all paper workshops and avoids the Southern versus Northern dispute. Regardless of which workshop, as long as they make good paper, they can sell it at a high price."

Tian Huizhen was stunned, "This way, pink wax paper won’t be exclusive to the North."

"It never was exclusive," Xie Liangchen said, "We made paper first, starting with selling pink wax paper, we’ve been trying to make other papers. Compared to other workshops, we already have a significant advantage. If we can’t make it better than others, it’s our own incompetence, not others’ fault."

It’s like making ink, with so many renowned ink makers, why was the North able to create new ink?

North paper workshops can’t rely on pink wax paper their entire lives.

Once Tian Huizhen understood this reasoning, "Then can our trading team have a place similar to a Paper Shop? Those trading teams that deceive everywhere should be publicly known, lest others fall for their tricks again."

Xie Liangchen smiled, "Of course."

Tian Huizhen was delighted, "I’ll go back and discuss it with my father. My father knows many trading teams, maybe it can really be done." Those who do all sorts of bad deeds secretly, just wait; they won’t be able to make a living off this anymore.

At least part of them will be deterred by this.

Tian Huizhen had a meal with Xie Liangchen before leaving Chen Family Village.

In the evening, when Song Xian came back, Xie Liangchen mentioned Tian Huizhen, "I didn’t persuade her." Even if Song Xian knew about Cheng Yanzhao and Meng Changshu’s past in a previous life, he didn’t presume to arrange for Cheng Yanzhao.

Moreover, Mr. Cheng wasn’t the kind of person to "get the hint."

Many things, once in Mr. Cheng’s mind, immediately veered in a strange direction.

For example, Song Xian left Cheng Yanzhao in the Capital for half a month, and Cheng Yanzhao was even more unwilling to mention Meng Changshu.

"Don’t come up with ideas for him," Song Xian slowly kneaded Xie Liangchen’s waist with his warm palm, "I’ve already prepared Kasaya for him, and when the Cheng Family presses him to shave his head, I’ll give it to him, send him off, and fulfill the friendship of many years."

Xie Liangchen couldn’t help but laugh, if Cheng Yanzhao remained unenlightened any longer, everyone around him would be exhausted by him.

Song Xian said, "But Cheng Yanzhao has been constantly practicing calligraphy in private. I don’t know if it’s because he felt embarrassed in front of Miss Meng and wants to make up for it in the future."

"Sister Meng is at the right age, I wonder if Governor Meng will find her a match," Xie Liangchen sighed.

Song Xian said, "It probably won’t be that soon; given the unstable political situation, Governor Meng is also aware."

Xie Liangchen whispered, "Did you speak to Governor Meng?"

"No," Song Xian replied, "But by then, he’ll understand." The situation is such that by then, everyone will see it clearly.

Just as Song Xian finished speaking, a small bump hit his hand placed on Xie Liangchen’s belly, as if a little fist punched into his palm.

Song Xian was stunned and looked down, "Liangchen, did you feel that? Was our child just... playing with me?"