Invincible son

If Daliang does not have the style of martial arts, it will not be able to conquer the huge territory. Therefore, in addition to armor, arrows and crossbows, the people do not prohibit swords, guns and sticks.Not to mention those reckless rangers who walk the rivers and lakes, even scholars who dance with words like to wear long swords. This is what the sages said to be elegant.

In a place with a lot of traffic like Miaohou Street, a man with a long knife hanging from his waist is very common, and no one will pay attention to it.

However, is Pei Yue an ordinary person?

Now he is not only the mainstay of Daliang's military and the minister in the eyes of the new king, but also has a bearing on the lives and futures of countless people. How could it happen that he was ambushed by two mere swordsmen from the Western Wu Dynasty back then?

Therefore, the moment the man with the saber stopped and looked at Pei Yue, dozens of sharp gazes shot at him immediately.

These gazes came not only from the soldiers around Pei Yue, but also from the common people scattered everywhere who seemed to be running for their lives. The nearest person was only half a foot away from the man with the sword.

With eyes full of stern warning, Pei Yue's soldiers quietly reached out and held down the weapons they carried.

The man with the saber didn't make any weird moves. He moved his gaze upwards, looked at the three characters "Heyuanhao" on the plaque, and then walked forward.

Those sharp gazes disappeared immediately, and everything on the noisy street was as usual.

The man with the saber walked unhurriedly, but there were already five or six figures behind him.

Pei Yue unintentionally glanced at the direction in which the man with the knife left, and then accompanied Shen Danmo to continue wandering in the opposite direction.

Shen Danmo can ride horses and shoot arrows, but martial arts is only at the introductory stage, and it can barely be regarded as physical fitness. He didn't realize what happened at that moment just now. He looked at Pei Yue and said, "I remembered, He Yuanhao is a member of the southern border. It is a firm established by wealthy businessmen in the prefecture, and I have heard of this name in Chengjing City!"

Without waiting for Pei Yue to answer, she lowered her voice and said, "So you are the owner behind this He Yuanhao?"

Pei Yue smiled and said: "Sometimes I have to sigh, why are the women around me so smart?"

Shen Danmo didn't pick up the conversation.

At this moment, she couldn't help thinking of what she had seen and heard when she was in the southern border, the jaw-dropping expansion speed of the Xiangyun, the gradually growing business scale of the five states in the southern border, and the rapid circulation of goods.If there was no threat from the weak dynasty on the south bank of the Tiancang River, the five states in the southern border would inevitably develop to a shocking level in just a few years.

And the yuan number...

Shen Danmo cast a glance at Pei Yue and said, "The sugar, the mirror, and the other items I saw just now must have been written by you, or at least the recipe you found in an ancient book."

This sentence reminded the two of them of the past almost at the same time.

The letters between Shen's house and Lvliuzhuang, seasonings, sandstones, spices, etc. are called by Pei Yue as novel recipes found in ancient books. They were originally just conversations between a couple of young men and women, but now they are gradually become reality.

At this moment, Shen Danmo couldn't help but feel the vicissitudes of life.

Pei Yue said gently: "I didn't intend to hide it from you. In fact, except for the husband and myself, no one knows the details of the Heyuan name, and it is still under the name of the rich businessmen in Lizhou. This involves It’s a very complicated exchange of interests, if it wasn’t for Mr. personally, I actually didn’t want to continue to expand so soon, because this matter is very risky.”

Shen Danmo said softly: "So the two companies that started to rise in the southern border last year, Heyuanhao and Yongsignal, are the real owners behind the scenes."

Pei Yue smiled, looked at the pedestrians in front of him, and said slowly: "All along, those people in the court have been uncertain about my cards, including the emperor before his death. They probably sensed that I had turned the table. However, I can only focus on my strength on the bright side. There are also some people who secretly call me weak and loyal. Sooner or later, the emperor will cross the river and demolish the bridge. It's time to die."

Shen Danmo followed him step by step, and said softly: "Those people are just blind."

Pei Yue said indifferently: "Back to the previous topic, high risk means high return. The layout of the southern border is related to whether my foundation is stable or not. Except for Wang Yong, all the capable people around me are in the south. Mr. You is at the helm for me. Development The speed is really unexpected. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if His Majesty really wants to put me to death, I can still go to the southern border to separatist territory. At that time, Western Wu and Southern Zhou must be happy to see it, and will give I help a lot."

Shen Danmo said: "From the current point of view, Liu Xian is not so stupid. Even if he is really greedy for power, there is still a Queen Mother Wu in the palace who knows the general."

Pei Yue nodded and said: "The sugar and the mirror are just concrete manifestations, which symbolize that my tentacles are penetrating into every corner of the five states in the southern border. Whether it is private or government, more and more people will come to me, because I keep giving They bring wealth."

He paused for a moment, and his expression gradually became serious: "However, if we blindly develop commerce, a very serious problem will arise. This is the fundamental reason why I proposed to the court to set up a Nongsang Supervisor."

Shen Danmo frowned slightly, she could probably understand Pei Yue's thoughts, but there were still many things she didn't understand.

Pei Yue looked at her gently, and said slowly: "After shopping for a long time, have you noticed that this place is different from the past?"

Shen Danmo stared in thought and said, "It's more lively and there are more shops."

Pei Yue said softly: "This is because there are more types of goods, which are more beneficial to people's livelihood, and the development of shipping facilitates the circulation of goods, so people will naturally find that doing business is more profitable. In the final analysis, there will be more and more goods in the future. More and more people are freed from the land, just like there are many workshops in the south today, people can go in and do work in exchange for rewards. You see, a catty of white sugar needs at least three catties of brown sugar as raw materials, from boiling sugar, mud making, detaching to Precipitating all the processes requires a lot of manual operations, which means that some people don't have to rely on planing in the land to survive."

Shen Danmo understood and said: "You are worried that people in the world will be bewitched by interests, and they will all give up farming and devote themselves to this kind of workshop and businessman's way."

Pei Yue said sternly: "It's not a worry, but an inevitability. If things go on like this, it will lead to the collapse of the entire social structure. The reason is very simple. The current cultivation still depends to a large extent on the face of God. If too many people leave the land , we don’t have enough food to eat.”

He tried his best to explain in easy-to-understand words, Shen Danmo sighed softly: "It's really a dilemma."

Pei Yue smiled and said, "It's up to people."

Shen Danmo looked at him tenderly, and said with a bit of expectation: "Ye Qi said earlier that if there is another female ruler in the family, it may be able to glorify the descendants of Fuzawa. I was very happy to hear this sentence at that time. But right now, I don't want to be a woman in power, if you agree, I want to go to the southern border and cooperate with Mr. Xi to find a way for you between these two difficulties."

Pei Yue pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "No hurry, let me make arrangements."

Shen Danmo nodded obediently and said, "Okay."

After sending her back to the house in Ruikangfang, Pei Yue personally inspected the inside and outside, and stayed with Shen Danmo for a while, and then left slowly.

Before boarding the carriage, Pei Yue looked at Feng Yi, who was tall and straight, and the latter said knowingly: "Master, I have arranged for someone to follow the man with the knife. There is another thing. Ever since the young master and Miss Shen left the Duke's mansion, there has been Some eyeliners followed us and disappeared before entering Ruikangfang. According to the young master's order, we did not disturb those eyeliners, and only let the brothers who are agile and quick-witted keep an eye on them."

A stern look appeared in Pei Yue's eyes, and he said coldly, "Find their lair."

Feng Yi bowed to accept the order, and said solemnly: "Yes!"

……

On the eighth day of September, the autumn wind gradually rises.

At Shili Pavilion in the southern suburbs of Kyoto, the army stretches like a long snake.

In the long pavilion, Pei Yue and Qin Xian had a long secret talk with tea instead of wine.

At noon, more than [-] elite soldiers of the Wuding Guard of the Northern Camp of the Beijing Army set off southward under the order of the imperial court.