[At the fourth quarter of noon, Marquis Dingyuan Xiao Yuan, accompanied by Dingyuan Army commander General Jinghong, went to the Provincial Administration Yamen and suggested that Liu Hong stabilize Shuzhou's grain prices. Their talks were most pleasant.] [Before the person arrived, before the voice was heard, before the scene was seen, if fortune fell from heaven and one did not seize it, one was a naturally slothful fool.]
Their talks were most pleasant?
Chen Yi glanced at the large golden words on the Light Screen and chuckled inwardly.
He truly found it difficult to imagine Old Master and Xiao Jinghong sitting together with Liu Hong, host and guests chatting merrily.
Calling it intimidation and coercion would not be an exaggeration.
Yet when Chen Yi recalled Liu Hong's smiling face as he had seen them off earlier, he could not help muttering:
"That old fox is such a good actor. Maybe they really did have 'pleasant talks.'"
Liu Hong was an extremely calculating man, the very embodiment of saying one thing and meaning another.
Presumably, he was also quite adept at trimming his sails to the wind.
Had Elder Master Xiao not brought Xiao Jinghong along this time, Liu Hong likely would have found some way to fob them off.
Now, even if he was unwilling in his heart, he had no choice but to make some moves to stabilize grain prices within Shu Prefecture City.
Which happened to be just right...
Beside him, Xiao Jinghong had no idea what he was thinking and casually chatted with him.
Yet the two of them got along surprisingly well. Even the distance between them gradually shortened amid the passing pedestrians crossing between them.
Chen Yi noticed this and turned his head to glance at Xiao Jinghong. Seeing that her eyes beneath