Li Tai talked about the various deeds of the Pei family in Hedong, "At the beginning, Pei Ju was in troubled times, but there was another person who also had a lot of fame among the Pei family in Hedong during the pre-Sui Dynasty. That person was called Pei Shiqing."
"Pei Shiqing and Pei Ju are cousins. When Pei Shiqing was appointed minister of Honglu Temple in the former Sui Dynasty, it was rumored that he wanted to see the Japanese slave king's seal given to the Japanese king by Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty."
Zhang Yang listened quietly with his hands folded, listening to a long past in the autumn equinox.
They have never had a national title of their own, so they are still Japanese slaves in name only.
In order to get rid of the reputation of Japanese slaves, they surrendered to the Central Plains and at the same time obtained a new national title.
It's a pity that before Yang Guang could claim their country's title, the Eighteenth Route rebels rose up, and this matter has been shelved until now.
When he came back from the Wonu Kingdom, the king gave his daughter to Pei Shiqing and brought two monks with him.
Li Tai told this secret, "However, since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the First Emperor unified the Central Plains. Since then, the monarchs and ministers have been divided, and there is rarely an independent country. How can we make it independent if it is not beyond the reach of the whip?"
For more than 2,000 years since the founding of the imperial system, it has always been taboo to split the earth and seal a country. You can be a prince but not an independent country. With the precedent of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, historical experience has served as a warning to generations of kings.
As an emperor, if you surrender to me, what's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine.
Otherwise, I will kill you directly.
When did Japanese monks cross the sea and come to the Central Plains to study?
A puppy ran along the field ridge. Li Tai picked it up and hugged it and said: "There are so many talented people in the Pei family of Hedong. How come there is such a person as Pei Xuanji?"
The topic came back again and again. Zhang Yang stood up again with the hoe on his shoulder and said hesitantly: "If you want to buy paper, you must also buy our Lishan papermaking technology, so there is someone behind this Pei Xuanji, right?
"
Li Tai nodded, "This person is suspicious."
Just as he was talking, the guards hurried over to report: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei, we followed the man surnamed Pei into Chang'an City and lost..."
After hearing the news, Li Tai looked much calmer and said slowly: "How did you lose me?"
"The man noticed and ditched us in the street."
Li Tai sighed, "It seems that he is not a simple person."
When I was about to ask what I thought, I glanced sideways and saw that my brother-in-law had already walked away with a basket of vegetable seedlings, so I had to run two steps to catch up, "Brother-in-law, this person is not simple."
"Well, it's not easy. I'll leave this matter to His Highness King Wei."
"ah?"
Li Tai froze on the spot and couldn't answer the question for a long time. He could only watch his brother-in-law walk up Lishan Mountain step by step.
Simply discuss the next arrangements with your guards.
The next day, Pei Xuanji came again. This time he brought two followers with him and arrived at the entrance of Lishan Village with a loud shout and a carriage behind him.
Li Tai stepped forward and said, "You should have been beaten to death yesterday."
Pei Xuanji bowed his hands and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Wei sent people to follow him. Didn't he find out the envoy of the Ming Dynasty? A beating or two is nothing. The King of Wei will not kill me."
It felt very uncomfortable to be seen through someone's mind, especially by a guy like this. Li Tai wanted to beat him up again, but due to the important matter explained by his brother-in-law, he had to suppress the anger in his heart first.
The man smiled and said: "Actually, what I said yesterday is true. Whether His Highness the King of Wei believes it or not is not important. I really like the Red Mansion."
"Isn't that classified as a prostitute by the nobles?"
"Although it is a novel, it is widely circulated among the scholars. Such a stunning story cannot stop people from all over the world from rushing to spread it. We, the scholars, all scolded it while reading it."
Pei Xuanji smiled confidently, "I came here this time because of the papermaking technology. I wonder if His Highness the King of Wei has thought about the price?"
Li Tai nodded and said, "What price are you offering?"
Pei Xuanji replied: "How about two million strings?"
Hearing this price, even the guards on the side frowned. Everyone has lived so long, how have they ever heard of such a large amount.
It is said that Lishan is rich, but Lishan cannot afford so much money now.
Li Tai paced back and forth thinking, and then stopped for a while, "Really two million dollars?"
Pei Xuanji nodded, "That's exactly the price."
Not to mention that even in his middle age, Pei Xuanji is still a scum after a famous official, but the person behind him is extremely wealthy.
Li Tai sat down and took a sip of tea, "In my opinion, there are many people who can take out one million guan at a time, but there may not be many people who can take out two million guan. There should be more than one person behind you."
, it’s not just one family, this is the price that several families put together.”
After a pause, Li Tai nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Pei, that's right."
Pei Xuanji smiled and nodded, "I have long heard that His Royal Highness King Wei has been smart since he was a child. Now it seems that the rumors are good. I admire this smart man. Lishan is indeed a good place."
Li Tai looked at the carriage behind him, "There is also money in the carriage?"
Pei Xuanji waved his hand, and the entourage behind him opened the curtain. There was indeed no one sitting in the carriage, but there were piles of silver cakes.
Li Tai walked to the carriage and picked up a silver ingot, "What a generous move."
Pei Xuanji added: "These silver cakes are priced at 50,000 guan, which can be used as a deposit. As long as Lishan hands over the papermaking technology to them, the other 2 million guan will be sent."
Seeing that King Wei hesitated, Pei Xuanji whispered: "Your Highness, King Wei, can I meet the Marquis of Lishan County?"
"Brother-in-law doesn't want to see outsiders during this time." Li Tai replied lightly.
"I wonder if the deposit is satisfactory?"
Throwing the silver cake into the carriage, Li Tai wiped his hands and said with a smile: "The price is indeed very high. You also know how important papermaking is. We are not short of money in Lishan. The deposit is not enough to attract my brother-in-law. Just
Isn’t it inappropriate to just give Lishan a deposit and expect Lishan to sell the papermaking technology to them?"
"Please ask His Highness the King of Wei to make an offer?"
"We have accepted the money. As for the deposit, it is difficult to give Lishan a price. Please send another deposit."
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"It's time to work."
The conversation this time was much smoother than the last time. Seeing the other party moving out the silver cake, Li Tai said again: "Leave the carriage as well. You are so rich, don't you feel sorry for a carriage?"
Pei Xuanji gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I'll give them to Lishan as well."
Others had money, but Pei Xuanji didn't. He bought this carriage with his own money, so he took another look at it while feeling distressed.
The guard whispered: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei, I will send someone to follow him."
Li Tai waved his hand and said: "No need, I was dumped last time. If I ask someone to follow me this time, I will be at a disadvantage."
My bodyguards are not good at asking for information and sending people to follow them.
There are experts behind Pei Xuan. Li Taixin said, don’t I know a few experts?
Xu Jingzong of the Foreign Affairs Academy does this kind of bad thing.
This person is particularly good at this.
Li Tai whispered: "Pass the news to this king and ask Xu Jingzong to investigate this person and all his activities in Chang'an City. If possible, find out the person behind the scenes."
"Here."
Who is my brother-in-law? In this city of Chang'an, it is not easy to find out the information, not to mention that Chu Mo has someone from the gang in his hands.
Among the three close friends, Li Tai helped arrange Lishan, Chu Mo's manpower was deployed outside, and the brother-in-law was in charge of Lishan.
No need to say it explicitly, everyone has a tacit understanding in their hearts.
Chumo will never interfere in Lishan's affairs.
Li Tai would not ask about Chu Mo's gang affairs.
Even Li Tai didn't want to sit down in the wine shop, but stood outside the wine shop for a moment. Cheng Chumo understood the meaning and told the waitress a few words.
The restaurant girl was very skilled, so she beat Chu Mo and let him leave.
Li Tai shook his head and sighed, "This Chu Mo was beaten by his father when he was a child. If he marries her in the future, he will be beaten by his wife. This situation is really sad and deplorable. How can this person's horoscope be so evil?"
The guard on the side replied: "I think so too. Brother Chumo is really miserable."
However, this guy is strong, rough-skinned and thick-skinned, so it doesn't matter if he gets beaten once or twice. He hasn't practiced much since he was a kid, but his ability to take a beating is one of the best in the world.
When the others came closer, Li Tai looked at him. Chu Mo was now in his late twenties. Most men would have already been married by this age, so he was too stubborn to marry a wife yet.
Now that Cheng Chumo has also grown a beard, Li Tai knelt down and put his hands in his hands, acting like a brother-in-law, and said: "Chumo, you'd better shave off your beard."
Cheng Chumo chewed the cake and said, "It's just a scholar, how can a warrior shave his beard?"
Li Tai sighed: "If it's cleaner, the girls will feel more comfortable."
"Really?" Cheng Chumo was confused as the words passed through his mind.
"Do you know if Ping Kangfang's women like men of letters or not men of martial arts?"
"Of course a certain family knows it." Cheng Chumo lifted up his sleeves and stroked his beard and said: "The literati went to Pingkangfang to recite poems and write articles so that they can be easily dealt with, but the military people have no sentiments. Even if they have no money to pay the bills, the literati are easy to bully."
"Wrong." Li Tai shook his head solemnly, "That's because literati can make women happier. Apart from money, only literati understand people's hearts better."
Cheng Chumo said in confusion: "As for Ping Kangfang, isn't it the same if you pay money?"
"You're a killer!" Youli couldn't explain it to him, so Li Tai raised his foot and kicked him, but he didn't move, and he fell to the ground.
"Then a certain guy shaves his beard when he goes home. It's like Zhang Yang's beard is full of green stubble. Do girls like it?"
"How do I know?"
Li Tai regretted in his heart that he had not come to this killer for help, but he did not have experience in this area. In his eyes, this experience was useless and would not be beneficial to the development of Lishan.
After coughing, Li Tai looked around and whispered: "Chu Mo, do I need your help with something?"
"Is that Pei Xuanji?"
"Huh? How do you know?"
Cheng Chumo ate the cake and pinched his nose, "This man came to the wine shop to drink. He talked about the matter with His Highness the King of Wei, and also asked a certain family how to bribe the King of Wei."
"ah?"
There were so many shocks in the past two days that Li Tai felt exhausted physically and mentally. After the pressure cooker was built, he no longer asked about such trivial matters.
According to the arrangements of his father, the emperor and his mother, he married a princess and lived out the rest of his life.
How could we know that Pei Xuanji was so bold and wanted to bribe me?
Li Tai asked curiously: "Then did you say it?"
Cheng Chumo nodded, "He gave a piece of silver cake to a certain family and told me."
Suddenly standing up, Li Tai pointed at him and became furious, "Just because of this, you betrayed me?"
"Don't you just like to eat tea eggs? What can you say about a certain restaurant? It's difficult to run a wine shop. If you can make money, make it."
After hearing this, Chu Mo did indeed tell the truth.
I really like tea eggs. It is a good thing to eat three or two every day. Don't be greedy for too much, as eating too much will make your stomach uncomfortable.
The two sat down again, and Li Tai told him Pei Xuanji's motives and ambitions, and asked him to investigate.
Chu Mo agreed without saying a word.
Li Tai nodded his thanks and returned to the village.
That night, Cheng Chumo came alone to the Weishui River and lit a fire here. The fire was very bright at night and could be seen in the village.
Shangguan Yi had a son and spent the most important stage of his life in Lishan, becoming a father.
After offering incense in front of his father Shangguan Hong's tomb, he looked out the window and saw the firelight by the Wei River in the distance, so he put on his coat and went out.
This was the way the two met and connected. After the incident in Luoyang ended, the two had not seen each other for a long time.
According to Zhang Yang's arrangement, in addition to helping run the factory, he also has to deal with various arrangements in the gang. Now the gang rules have been stabilized, and the two of them will not meet unless necessary.
Shangguan Yi walked to the river and looked at Chu Mo's big face illuminated by the firelight.
Cheng Chumo looked at the Wei River and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Wei asked a certain family to send someone to investigate Pei Xuanji."
"I have heard of this person. His background is not simple. He seems to be just a famous official, but there is someone else behind him."
Shangguan Yi recalled, "When I was still a child, my father had an affair with Pei Ju in the court. Not to mention Pei Xuanji as a person, his biological father Pei Ju was influenced by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian and Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty.
Trust is a testament to this person’s talent.”
"Pei Ju made friends with many famous officials and noble families back then, and those old friends after Yang Guang are still there. The forces behind Pei Xuanji are different from those in Luoyang. The children in Luoyang are members of aristocratic families, and the people behind Pei Xuanji are likely to be former
The old forces and clans left over from the Sui Dynasty."
Cheng Chumo didn't think so much. The Central Plains was too complicated, so complex that all forces were so intertwined that just trying to sort it out would give people a headache.
After Li Yuan came to the throne, he always focused on appeasement, and after Li Shimin came to the throne, he also treated his former Sui friends well.
Tian Khan treated them kindly, but it is a fact that the Sui Dynasty fell and Li Yuan came to the throne.
Even if all Li Jiancheng's lineage were liquidated, the former Sui people would still be in the Central Plains.
At that time, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and any family that could survive would be considered a distinguished family.
Even if Pei Ju passes away, his family friends will still take care of Pei Xuanji.
Cheng Chumo picked up a handful of river water and washed his face to refresh himself, "I heard His Highness the King of Wei said that the other party came from Hebei."
Shangguan Yi shook his head, "The companies in Hebei alone can't afford two million yuan."