Leaving aside the fact that all seven senior figures of Long Forest Horse Ranch, from Xiong Bochen on down, had been hung up in the council hall for a full three days, and not to mention how the Ever Prosperity Gang's hall had collapsed overnight, or how the Black Tiger Hall's sect-guarding black tiger had mysteriously vanished...
In short, White Jade Capital Restaurant's opening went exceptionally smoothly. Business soon exploded, leaving the many measures Bai Yuxia had prepared with no chance to be used.
A mere restaurant was hardly enough for Bai Yuxia to display his talents. Even if White Jade Capital swiftly became the foremost restaurant on Star Moon Plain, it still amounted to nothing much.
But Jiang Wang had made it clear that he intended to remain here for the long term, so Bai Yuxia adopted the posture of long-term development. As for whom Jiang Wang wished to fish for, Jiang Wang did not say, and Bai Yuxia did not ask.
Without boasting, if he could properly handle diplomatic relations with both Qi and Jing, he was entirely capable of immediately establishing a complete state system on Star Moon Plain.
Of course, a small state crippled from birth and fated to have no room for growth was not something Bai Yuxia could look upon favorably.
The Marquis of Wu'an had already lost his title, but the Marquis of Bowang was certainly another good choice. With his friendship with Jiang Wang, and with Marquis of Bowang Chongxuan Sheng helping to intervene, he would surely not lack opportunities in Qi State. Intrigue and calculation of gains and losses were things he had been tempered in since childhood among aristocratic clans and great houses. He was not afraid of failing to rise in Great Qi's officialdom.
But hadn't he chosen to