Sun Moon Lake, Li House.
Ling Jing, who had just returned to Zhuangzi from Tiance Mansion, sat there calmly, listening to Su Dingfang's description, with a hint of cold sarcasm hanging on his lips.
In addition to these two people, there were also Zhu Wei who looked worried, and Mrs. Zhu who frowned.
"Mrs. Zhu, please rest assured." Ling Jing persuaded with a smile: "Pei Shiju made a move for the second time, and the timing was right. It seemed that he wanted to punish Huairen, but in fact he made him leave. However, this matter... the saint knows that the prince, King Qin, Pingyang The princess knows it."
"You all know?" Zhu's brows furrowed even more tightly.
Zhu Wei on the side knew this well and advised in a low voice: "Dalang is out now and works in secret..."
Ling Jing snorted, thinking that Li Shan was quite tight-lipped. The matter of going out to the border for trade was no longer a secret in Hedong, but few people in Guanzhong knew about it... But he didn't expect that even the Zhu family didn't know about it.
After a pause, Ling Jing added: "It's just that Liu Shirang impeached him and Pei Shiju of the Liangyi Palace questioned him. I'm afraid Huairen's reputation will be damaged."
Zhu's attention was immediately diverted, and she slammed the table, "Old thief!"
"Of course, there are benefits." Ling Jing returned to the conversation, "First of all, it will be beneficial to the country, and the saint will naturally favor him. When he returns to Beijing one day, there will be a fan. Secondly..."
Ling Jing glanced at Su Dingfang, who was a little ashamed, "Princess Pingyang has promised that Huairen will be able to rest easy in the future."
Mrs. Zhu was stunned and looked happy. She had been visiting Princess Pingyang frequently in the past few months and already knew the weight of this woman.
Zhu Wei and Zhu Shi were easy to fool, but Su Dingfang...although he was not very clever, his understanding of Li Shan was better than the first two, and he not only glanced at Ling Jing suspiciously.
Ling Jing gave a look and passed... He and Su Dingfang both had the same understanding. Even if Princess Pingyang took a strong stance or intervened, even if Pei Shiju and Li Dewu gave up unwillingly, Li Shan would let everything before happen. Dispersed by the wind?
Absolutely impossible!
If it was just an open and secret fight between Li Dewu and Li Shan and his son before, the moment Pei Shiju forced Li Shan into Yanmen, it meant that there was no room for maneuver between him and Li Shan.
Pei Shiju started the war, but it was not up to him to decide when it would end!
Ling Jing has already thought about this. Even if Princess Pingyang comes forward, Pei Shiju will not give up... Just think about it, how many years can Pei Shiju live?
Not to mention Pei Shiju, even Pei Ji is over sixty years old. If Li Shan can bear his temper, after these two people die, the Wenxi Pei family's west family room will have no outstanding children to deal with the people who may have already ascended to high positions that day. Li Shan?
The saint favored him very much, the prince and the King of Qin all favored him with kindness, and Princess Pingyang supported him... This was the main reason why Pei Shiju wanted to suppress Li Shan as soon as possible.
Zhu Wei thought for a while and asked in a low voice: "Da Lang is at Yanmen Pass..."
"It must be fine." Ling Jing did not mention Liu Shirang's possibility of surrendering the enemy. He just smiled and said: "The King of Huaiyang moved to Guoxian County, which is one day's journey from Yanmen Pass. General Xue Zhong of Zuoweiwei has led 2,000 soldiers to Yanmen Pass. Last year It was Huairen who rescued him from the Turks."
As he spoke, Ling Jing was calculating in his mind that Li Shan was ruthless at critical moments. If Liu Shirang made any changes, Li Shan would dare to behead him.
With the help of Kan Leng, Li Gaoqian, and Xue Zhong, as well as his several favors in Dai County and Yanmen Pass, Li Shan should have no problem controlling Yanmen.
After repeatedly ensuring Li Shan's safety, Ling Jing finally talked about going out to the border for trade.
"The matter of Liangyi Palace has spread, and there is quite a discussion in Chang'an City." Ling Jing looked at Zhu Wei, "Has the grain stored in Dongshan Temple been shipped?"
"We can set off tomorrow." Zhu Weichi asked: "It's just... Huairen set up a granary in Dongshan Temple, and it was not allowed to be used for outside use except for daily use."
"The first batch is almost two years old. It is difficult for grain and rice to survive for a long time." Ling Jing shook his head, "The prominent families in Hedong are stuck in the food gap, so Huairen has to give in."
"Exchanging horses for food is indeed a clever strategy, but I'm afraid it won't work for a while."
"Send one over first and get a batch of good horses by the way."
Before Li Shan took office, he told Ling Jing to take charge of all matters in the village, and Zhu Wei immediately nodded in agreement.
Ling Jing has thought about these things for a long time. Judging from Li Shan's letter, Yunzhou residents and grassland tribes have a lot of demand for salt, tea, and even lacquerware and porcelain. However, there are always layers. Only Yuhuchun is indistinguishable. Classes, men, women, old and young, poor and lowly, rich and noble all love it.
Therefore, Yuhuchun became the most smuggled cargo... Li Shanneng controlled this trade route, on the one hand because he acted as the county magistrate and was stationed in Yanmen, and on the other hand because of Yuhuchun.
Therefore, Li Shan could not let the noble families of Hedong get stuck in this hole... Just for the first batch of good horses, Li Shan filled up all the water pumped from Bei City to take down all the cattle and horses carried by the Pei and Liu caravans. For this reason, Li Shan also Most of the next batch of winery production will be sent out.
Su Dingfang was a little strange, "Why are you sending some good horses back?"
"When purchasing grain in Hedong, you can't avoid the famous families in Hedong. How can you avoid it in other places?" Ling Jing snorted, "Li Kai, Wang Renbiao, Liu Xi, Fang Yizhi, Du He, Changsun Chong..."
Zhu Wei immediately understood. On the one hand, he wanted to open up relationships, and on the other hand, he wanted to maintain connections for Li Shan. But after thinking about it, he hesitated and said, "It seems that most of them are descendants of Prince Qin's family?"
"Jingzhao Weishi sent two horses over, and Wei Xuancheng, uh..." Ling Jing paused, "Who else want to send?"
Zhu Wei's expression changed slightly and he said with a smile: "Prince Zhongyun, Wang Shujie, was born in the Wang family of Qi County. He has praised Huairen several times..."
"Prince Zuo Shuzi and Xingyang County Duke Zheng Shanguo appeased Shandong at the beginning of the year. After returning to the court, they praised Huairen for planning Shandong."
Ling Jing nodded casually. Anyway, at least at this time, Li Shan was unable and unwilling to be directly involved in the battle for the heir. However, the old man also wondered what kind of connection Zhu Wei had in the East Palace, but it seemed that Huairen already had speculated.
Su Dingfang suddenly remembered something and asked tentatively: "Where is Cui Sheren..."
Su Dingfang didn't pay much attention to this aspect. He just remembered hearing someone mention that the mother of Xingyang County Duke Zheng Shanguo was born in the Cui family of Qinghe and was the cousin of Cui Xin from Zhongshushe. The two families were very close.
"There's no need for that." Ling Jing stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Huairen has already made arrangements over there."
Hey, Li Shan had never given gifts to his father-in-law and mother-in-law in his previous life, so he was inexperienced. Also, he was single before he traveled through time... And Ling Jing didn't take this into consideration.
"I met Miss Cui at Princess Pingyang's Mansion the day before yesterday." Zhu suddenly said, "I asked vaguely when Dalang will return to Beijing."
Zhu Wei smiled and said: "It's Tianhe's work...but remember that Miss Cui is only eleven or twelve years old."
Generally speaking, women in the Tang Dynasty were engaged between the ages of nine and fourteen, so they would have enough time to settle down in the next year or the next year.
Ling Jing shook his head slightly, "I heard someone mentioned that Cui Sheren praised Huairen for his talent, but his wife Zhang was quite dissatisfied."
"That may not be the case." Zhu retorted: "Zhang made many inquiries that day..."
The other three people couldn't help but grin. As soon as the "Ai Lian Shuo" came out, Zhang was helpless even if she didn't want to.
While Mrs. Zhu was talking, she thought that Mrs. Zhang liked the Jin Buyao she gave that day, and she even mentioned that it was Dalang who sent it from Yanmen.
Generally speaking, Bu Yao is worn by women. It is rare for a lady who has not left the palace to wear Bu Yao.
