Pei Yue set the meeting place in the side hall. This choice is undoubtedly a very bold decision.

The official rank of the chief historian of the palace is the fifth rank, which is only one rank higher than Zheng Zhirong, the head of the household department who was once scolded by Pei Yue in Shouyang Mountain. However, compared with the latter, the chief historian will be treated as a distinguished guest in most palaces in Kyoto.

treatment.

As the saying goes, most people will not take it lightly, not to mention the long history that can represent the face of the palace. The princes of Emperor Kaiping's generation have all died, and their descendants will naturally have to descend after inheriting the prince's title.

Wait to be the king of the county.

Today there are only four princes in Daliang, namely the eldest prince Lu Wang Liu Xian, the second prince Qi Wang Liu Yun, the fourth prince Yan Wang Liu Zan and the sixth prince Xiang Wang Liu Zhi. As for the ninth prince Liu Gui and the eleventh prince Liu Ci, because they are still young,

Xiao has not yet been crowned king.

Now that the crown prince has not been established, several adult princes seem to have hope. As the eldest prince, the long history of Prince Lu's palace, Li Jinyan has long been accustomed to the scene of flattery everywhere he goes, so after entering the side hall, his face instantly became gloomy, if not

Considering the prince's sincere instructions, he had already walked away.

Pei Yue looked at this arrogant middle-aged man and did not bow his hands in salute. He just said lightly: "I wonder why Li Changshi came here today?"

Li Jinyan was startled for a moment, and even thought he heard it wrong. However, the young man wearing a royal uniform opposite had a calm expression, as if he had no idea how important he was as the chief historian of the palace.

The anger in his heart finally became uncontrollable, and he said in a cold voice: "Is this how Zhongshanzi treats guests?"

Pei Yue sneered, shook his head, returned to the main seat, sat down, pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Li Changshi, please sit down."

Faced with such an opponent who acted completely unconventionally, Li Jinyan was unable to speak for a while. After a moment of silence, his eyes narrowed slightly and he said: "Famous people are not as good as meeting each other. I have long heard that Zhongshanzi is unruly and regards etiquette as nothing.

Only today did I know that there are such crazy and rebellious people in the world."

Although his words were very harsh, Li Jinyan still sat down with an indifferent expression.

After the initial anger, he quickly calmed down and realized that today might not go as smoothly as he imagined.

Pei Yue said calmly: "Prince Shizheng, the fifth-ranked minister, saw me, the first-ranked Viscount, in terms of etiquette. He needed to pay homage with great ceremony. Looking at the face of the eldest prince, I didn't ask you to salute, but instead regarded etiquette as nothing? I didn't expect Li Chang.

Shi is such a person who abides by etiquette and law. Anyway, since you insist on kneeling down, I can't stop you. If you tell me, wouldn't I be disrespectful to the prince?"

Li Jinyan glared angrily.

Pei Yue met his eyes calmly and sneered: "You don't want to kneel? Then what are you talking about in front of me?"

Li Jinyan suddenly understood why this young man wanted to meet him in the side hall. He was obviously prepared from the beginning to make him angry and cause chaos. All his subsequent words and deeds were for this purpose.

After all, he is the chief historian of the palace and has seen too many great scenes. He quickly adjusted his mentality and said with a smile: "Zhongshanzi is quick-talking and straightforward. It's Li who is obsessed with his appearance, so please don't blame me."

Pei Yue spat in his heart. He didn't like people with quick minds like this, because it would be more troublesome to fool him.

"Li Changshi, there is no need to gossip. Why are you here looking for me today?"

"Brother Pei is young and promising, and he has your majesty's trust, so he has a bright future. Li heard that you have encountered some troubles recently, so he took the liberty to come to your door and was willing to help you solve your problems." Although he had already paid more attention to Pei Yue, Li Jinyan finally said

Some of them looked down on the other party, so their tone became arrogant again without realizing it.

Pei Yue ignored his condescending gesture and asked calmly: "Oh? I don't know what trouble I have."

Li Jinyan laughed and said: "Brother Pei, why should you deceive yourself? No one in Kyoto knows that the Xiangyun store under your name is in great difficulty. All the shops are closed and even the Shouyang Mountain side has stopped production. Brother Pei has been in the past year.

I have made an unknown amount of money by making a living from briquettes, and I have built a huge stall. If it stops running, I will lose a lot of money every day. Isn’t it troublesome?"

Pei Yue smiled softly and said: "I didn't expect that even the palace would pay so much attention to the thing I made casually."

Li Jinyan's eyes moved slightly and he said lightly: "Brother Pei is humbled. I heard that you have been helpless these days. Li admires young heroes like you and can't bear to see you being dragged down by this business, so he wants to help you.

"

Pei Yue asked noncommittally: "So how does Li Changshi want to help me?"

Li Jinyan said slightly enthusiastically: "Although the palace does not have that much capital, Li happens to know a few wealthy businessmen who are willing to pay to buy Brother Pei's business and the coal mine in Shouyang Mountain. In this way, Brother Pei can get out of here.

Living in a quagmire, holding clean money and enjoying the romance, without having to continue to worry about it, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?”

Pei Yue was silent.

Li Jinyan struck while the iron was hot: "Brother Pei, Li wants to speak to you from the bottom of his heart. You are a military hero of the country and you are so young. You will definitely make contributions in the army in the future. Why bother to stick to a lowly career as a merchant? Now you every day

Being entangled with these trivial matters every day, how can you still have time to practice martial arts and military arts? Let me tell you, while there is still room for improvement in the current situation, selling this business at a high price is the most correct choice for you."

Pei Yue suppressed the ridicule in his heart, raised his eyes and asked, "Then how much money does the other party plan to offer?"

Li Jinyan was overjoyed, stretched out a finger and said: "One hundred thousand taels of silver!"

Seeing Pei Yue's eyes immediately cool down, he quickly said: "Besides, you can take away all the money in the store. They only want the skeleton of the store and the coal mine in Shouyang Mountain. Brother Pei, when you bought that piece of

The coal mine only cost 30,000 taels, and the company's investment should have been earned back through the briquette business. In this way, you can easily earn tens of thousands of taels by changing hands, which is enough for you to have food and clothing for the rest of your life!"

"One hundred thousand taels of silver."

Pei Yue said expressionlessly, and then his tone suddenly became stern: "Li Changshi, do you know how much money the briquette business can make in a month? Okay, you don't understand what I'm telling you. Go back and tell you what's going on behind the scenes.

People, give up this idea as soon as possible, I will not agree to it."

Li Jinyan's mouth felt a little dry when he spoke. Seeing that Pei Yue didn't give him any face at this moment, he immediately became angry and said coldly: "You'd better think carefully before you answer me."

Pei Yue reached out and picked up the tea bowl next to him, his eyes slightly lowered and he said, "See you off."

Li Jinyan had never been so humiliated before and said angrily: "Pei Yue, you are just a viscount, don't be shameless!"

"Bang!"
Chapter completed!