Li Tai nodded solemnly, "Brother-in-law is right, I would have bribed my father."
Just after saying this, as soon as the words passed through his mind, he quickly changed his words and said: "I can't bribe my father. This is wrong."
Zhang Yang laughed at himself, "It's not that easy to bribe your father. An emperor wants too much, and ordinary people can't satisfy it. The emperor's appetite is like an abyss, it can never be filled, and he will never be satisfied. "
Li Tai didn't dare to think about what the emperor his brother-in-law said was like, and he didn't dare to think about what kind of appetite his father would have as Tian Khan. It was already very difficult to lose weight now.
"Should we accept these coins or not?"
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Transport it into the village first. If we don't transport the money in, they probably won't send people to the village to buy paper."
"Does my brother-in-law really want to sell the paper to them?"
"Of course not, I just want to know who is so rich."
"I see."
Li Tai arranged for people to transport the money into Lishan, and then waited for people to come to buy paper.
Lishan also received a message from the palace that His Majesty is coming to Lishan for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.
Zhang Yang asked suspiciously: "How many people will your father bring?"
It was rare that it was sunny today. Li Yue dried the scroll and replied: "It is said that the father, the emperor, the mother and the empress came with their younger brothers and sisters."
Scrolls of books lay neatly in the sun. She thought for a while and then said: "As for the other relatives in the palace, it's quite natural for them to come to Lishan. Normally, they would avoid such things. Come to Lishan There was a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace before, which was for the family members to celebrate."
Zhang Yang nodded understandingly, "Your father is bringing his younger brothers and sisters to Lishan to have a meal? And they also want to have a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet? It's timely and convenient, and he really knows how to choose the right time."
Hearing this, Li Yue covered her mouth and chuckled, "Even if we have food, our family can't afford it."
Zhang Yang sat in confusion by the Huaqing Pool, "His Majesty comes and goes at will. Will this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet be blamed on King Wei?"
This is both the son-in-law and the emperor and his minister. The conflict has not been going on for a year or two. It is normal for the husband and the father not to deal with each other.
Li Yue automatically filtered this sentence and continued to clean up the house in a good mood.
Lishan collected the money but did not touch a single penny of it. Li Tai began to study the pressure cooker again. After putting it aside for a while, he gained new insights.
That means you can take time out every day while eating to stand guard at the entrance of the village to see if there are really merchants coming to buy paper.
Without collecting the money, it would be difficult to know who was behind the scenes. Judging from the other party's attitude, the copper coins of the Troika seemed to be lost, just left in Lishan Mountain without anyone asking.
Sitting cross-legged at the entrance of the village, Li Tai stared ahead and ate vegetable leaves with a dull expression. While chewing, he said to the guards beside him: "You should also eat more. By the time late autumn comes, there will be no more vegetable leaves to eat."
"Uh-huh……"
A group of guards couldn't help but nod and quickly swallowed the vegetable leaves in the bowl. His Royal Highness King Wei started to lose weight again. King Wei was used to eating vegetables for two years, but a group of guards were about to suffer. They had not eaten meat for some days. , intending to take some time to secretly kill a chicken behind the back of His Majesty the King of Wei to relieve his dullness.
I have nothing to do, so I come to the village entrance to take a look every day at this time. After a few days, I have gained nothing. Today, three or two vendors finally came to inquire about paper sales.
Asking his guards to talk to them, Li Tai quickly lost interest when he saw how frightened their eyes were, and they looked confused and afraid to offend.
When he looked back, Li Tai saw a man wearing a bamboo hat and civilian clothes fishing by the Weishui River not far away.
Holding chopsticks in his hand, Li Tai asked: "When did that man come to fish?"
The guard whispered back: "I'll be there in the morning."
Nodding after hearing this, Li Tai put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands and said loudly: "Take this person down."
"Here!"
The fisherman was sitting leisurely on the shore and dozing off, unaware that several strong men had appeared behind him.
Before he could recover from the punch, he felt a sharp pain on his face. He fell to the ground due to the force of the opponent. He covered his face that was hit and looked at the strong men in front of him in fear, "Who are you?" people?"
Ignoring the middle-aged man's questions, a group of strong men tied him up.
Li Tai walked over with his nostrils turned upward and snorted coldly, "Tell me, why are you sneaking around on the edge of Lishan Mountain?"
"Little brother, why am I so sneaky? I'm just fishing here." The man's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and his face was full of dissatisfaction.
"Hahaha!" Li Tai laughed loudly and said: "Go and ask around in the ten counties and thirty villages around here, who will come to fish when they have nothing to do? They all go to the river to catch fish!"
The man struggled but was restrained by the opponent's hand and the thick hemp rope. He gritted his teeth and said: "I am a scholar, how can I not fish? Is Lishan like this rampant in the countryside?"
Li Tai glanced at the fish basket and said, "You've been fishing for a day and you haven't caught a single fish? Are you still sitting here for so long?"
"You don't need to worry about it. I want to report it to the official! You're done. Let me show you what happens after you insult a famous official."
As soon as he heard that the other party wanted to apply for an official position, Li Tai became interested again and straightened his clothes, "Then tell me which empress you are."
"My father, Pei Ju, Duke of Anyi County!"
Hearing the name Pei Ju, Li Tai searched his mind for the original discussion between his father and the courtiers, and took a deep breath after thinking about it.
He coughed to relieve his embarrassment, and Li Tai suddenly sighed, "She is really a queen of famous officials."
"Who are you, so that I can report you to the officer!"
Li Tai took a deep breath and stood up straight, "Li Tai, King of Wei!"
"who?!"
Pei Xuanji's mustache was raised, and his tone was much higher, "Who is it in front of you!"
Li Tai said melancholy: "The person you want to report to the official is me. Go ahead and I will accept my punishment!"
This time it was Pei Xuanji's turn to cough to relieve his embarrassment. He coughed violently and was out of breath. It took him a while to regain his breath and said, "It turns out that it was King Wei who was rude and rude to his face."
Li Tai asked his men to loosen their bonds, "It turns out that after a famous official, it was me who acted abruptly."
"No matter where you are, I won't care if His Highness the King of Wei is rude or not." Pei Xuanji is a middle-aged man with a flattering smile that makes people look very awkward.
As for the talent of the Hedong Pei family, it was only after the results of the Sui imperial examination system came into being that the Hedong Pei family began to emerge.
Compared with the Five Surnames and Qiwang, the Hedong Pei family started relatively late.
And the man in front of him is Pei Ju's son, Pei Xuanji.
Let's talk about Pei Ju. This man had a rough life. If he had been a good person in the former Sui Dynasty, he would have no problem becoming a prime minister with his talents.
It was just bad luck that he met Yang Guang.
The fate of this person is also related to Goguryeo. Early years ago, in the seventh year of Yang Guang's reign, Goguryeo sent an envoy to see Yang Guang. Pei Ju said that Goguryeo had been the territory of the Central Plains since the Han Dynasty and hoped that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty would take back the territory.
This is a good idea. The King of Goguryeo originally wanted to go abroad to see Yang Guang. After hearing Pei Ju's words, he stayed in his own Goguryeo and refused to enter the court.
After that, Pei Ju informed Yang Guang about Goguryeo in secret and overtly. If Yang Guanghui's eastward expedition to Goguryeo was probably related to this person.
Who calls this person stubborn and cute?
Later, when Jiangdu rebelled and the world was in chaos, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty wanted to use Pei Ju again, but he claimed that he was ill and could not afford it.
Later, Yu Wenhuaji rebelled, and Pei Ju fell into Yu Wenhuaji's hands and made him a Duke.
It's just that Yu Wenhuaji was not a useful person. He was killed after being defeated and fled. Pei Ju fell into the hands of Dou Jiande again.
Pei Ju was a capable minister and helped Dou Jiande do many things.
However, during the Battle of Hulao Pass, Dou Jiande was captured by Li Shimin, who was still the King of Qin at that time. After that, Pei Ju worked under Li Jiancheng.
He passed away in the first year of Zhenguan, at the age of eighty.
The sneaky middle-aged man now is Pei Ju's son, Pei Xuanji.
It's just that this Pei Xuanji doesn't look like a hero.
After a heart-to-heart conversation with him, Li Tai came to the conclusion that this was a person who looked flattering on the surface, but was actually a very tight-lipped person.
If you want to get a few clues from his mouth, he can always get it through with his confusion.
Li Tai said again: "Pei Gong was also a hero back then, why did you..."
Pei Xuanji cupped his hands and said, "I am a queen of famous officials."
"Okay, you can only be a famous official and be able to bluff and deceive."
"After I am a famous official, why do I need to cheat?"
Li Tai looked up to the sky and said, "If Mr. Pei knew that you were so virtuous, how angry would he be under Jiuquan?"
Pei Xuanji smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty the King of Wei. When my father was still alive, he often whipped me. He often said that after he had beaten me enough, I couldn't beat him anymore, and he would not get angry again."
"Heh, are you quite proud?"
"This is the only thing left in life to be proud of."
"If I give you one last chance, what are you going to do?"
Pei Xuanji looked down at the Weishui River, "I really came here to fish."
Li Tai's face darkened, he waved his hand and said, "Throw it into the river to feed the fish."
The guard's expression was solemn, "Here!"
"Wait!" Pei Xuanji raised his hand and shouted loudly, "I am indeed here to keep an eye on Lishan's paper transaction."
Li Tai asked again, "Who sent you?"
"I only know that the man spoke with a Hebei accent. He just said he came here to see what Lishan is doing and whether Lishan will really sell the paper."
Pei Xuanji looked at the vendors who returned empty-handed, "I've got the result."
The man was talking and wandering about to leave. Li Tai's guards stopped the man again. He wanted to change direction to leave, but stopped him again. He wanted to change direction again, but was stopped again.
Turning around again, there was only one way left: jumping into the river.
Pei Xuanji let out a long sigh, "What exactly does His Highness the King of Wei want me to do? Do you really want to jump into the river to feed the fish?"
"Brother Pei, if you can tell the truth to me, I can let you go."
"..."
A bleak autumn wind blew across the river. Looking at his regretful and troubled expression, Li Tai said again: "What? Are you still unwilling to tell the truth?"
Pei Xuanji bowed and saluted, "I will tell you the truth. I am here in Lishan because I often read the book Red Mansions with fascination. I admire the talent and learning of the Marquis of Lishan County very much, and my lifelong ambition is to conspire with the Marquis of Lishan County. "
While making an impassioned speech, he completely ignored Li Tai's look of disdain.
I looked up to the sky and sighed why famous officials were like this.
Hedong Pei's face will be completely lost by this man.
Pei Xuanji still looked serious and said seriously: "I wonder if His Royal Highness the King of Wei can recommend me?"
Li Tai held his forehead and turned away from him, "give me a good beating for Mr. Pei."
"Here!"
Pei Xuanji stepped back step by step and saw that the people in front of him looked more fearful. Until the other party's fists and kicks really fell on him, he held his head and shouted loudly: "Say! Do you want me to say anything?"
"Stop!" Li Tai lifted his belt, squatted down and looked at the embarrassed man, "Say it now!"
Pei Xuanji angrily wiped away the blood from his nose, "I want to find a future with the county marquis."
Li Tai shook his head and sighed, "Throw it into the river to feed the fish."
"Wait a minute!" Pei Xuanji said quickly: "It's Lishan Papermaking Technology! That man said he wants to buy Lishan Papermaking Technology. If this can be done, I can also marry a girl with the fifth surname to shine on my family."
Li Tai pointed at him and laughed angrily, "Pei Gong is devoted to the country, but your ambition is just to marry a girl with a fifth surname?"
He adjusted his clothes, "Why not?"
"Go away! Tell that person that they have to spend more money to buy Lishan's papermaking technology."
"I wonder if one hundred thousand dollars is enough!"
Li Tai did not agree and just said, "Not enough!"
"That……"
"Hurry up and throw it to the official road for me."
"Here!"
Pei Xuanji was carried away by a group of guards, and he said, "His Royal Highness, King Wei, is not out of bounds with 200,000 guan..."
"Three hundred thousand strings..."
The sound grew farther and farther away until it was no longer audible.
My brother-in-law has been in the mountains recently, growing vegetables all day long.
A man who has yet to show his talents is devoted to growing vegetables, but after becoming a famous official, he only wants to marry a girl with the fifth surname.
There are really more and more things that are unacceptable in this world.
Li Tai walked up to his brother-in-law and said, "I caught someone."
"..."
"I let you go again."
"..."
Still silent in response, Li Tai stamped his feet and said: "Brother-in-law! You should say something!"
Zhang Yang was still hoeing the ground, planning to send the vegetable seedlings here to the greenhouse in Lishan Mountain.
"There is a guy named Pei Xuanji, who is a descendant of Pei Ju. He keeps saying that he admires his brother-in-law's talent and is obsessed with the story of the Red Chamber, but there are many evasions in his words. He knows that there must be more, but he just doesn't want to say it. come out."
Li Tai is a smart man, so he can deal with these things just fine.
Zhang Yang was carrying a basket of seedlings and said, "Leave this matter to King Wei."
Li Tai added: "They plan to buy Lishan's papermaking technology."
Zhang Yang had a long conversation with him with a smile, and a plan that seemed deceitful but not deceptive slowly unfolded.
After saying this, the two of them sat on the edge of the field. Zhang Yang put his hands in his sleeves and said, "How did this Pei Ju's son end up with such a virtuous behavior?"
"Brother-in-law, there are too many people who have been dissolute after the nobles, and he is not the only one."
"That's right."
The two reached a consensus. Pei Ju's achievements were many, enough for his son to spend a lifetime. When a person has no worries about food and clothing, but cannot squeeze into the court, his goal will shift, and his pursuit in life will be women with five surnames.
This is a reasonable and expected result. Apart from feeling embarrassed for Mr. Pei, I don’t have much thoughts. Well, what a shameful ambition, so angry!
