Invincible son

Chapter 692 691 [Benevolence]

When Pei Yue first came to Lvliuzhuang, eight young people joined him.

Unfortunately, Cheng Xue was killed in the night battle at Luliuzhuang, and Geng Yi had to leave because of a wrong step, and the remaining six are now considered to be number one in the competition.

Before Qinyuan opened, Pei Yue made some fine-tuning of their responsibilities.

Qi Jun is still in charge of the Shouyang Mountain Mine, which is the foundation of Xiangyun.Although Xiangyun currently sells three types of goods: briquette, rice noodles and cloth, briquette is still the core.And after Luo Ting made that request, Pei Yue had other plans in mind, planning to conduct secret research in the Shouyangshan Mine.

He never thought of changing the technology tree of this world by himself. In fact, he didn't have that ability, but using black powder to make some life-saving killers was a must.Now he has a close relationship with Emperor Kaiping, but it is not empty words to accompany a king like a tiger, plus he still has some hidden enemies, so naturally he will not be immersed in the scenery in front of him.

Wang Yong is in charge of Xiangyun, which is still Pei Yue's biggest cornucopia, and it can bring him a lot of money every day.

This time Qinyuan was able to amaze everyone, and the investment in the early stage was very large.The purchase of land, construction, winery and ice room and other related supporting workshops, a large number of priceless antique furnishings, and a large number of well-educated maids and servants in the garden, each of which is not a small sum, Pei Yue invested a total of more than 200 Ten thousand taels.

If it weren't for the support of the money from the Xiangyun, Pei Yue would have to borrow money from Ye Qi, so he had to let Wang Yong take charge of the Xiangyun.

Deng Zai commanded the Beiwei camp. Although there are only 1000 people at present, they are carefully selected elites from the Tibetan front guards.Right now Deng Zai can't be compared with Wei Rui's military generals, but Beiwei Camp, as Pei Yue's personal guard camp, is always by Pei Yue's side.

Pei Yue ordered Qi Min and Yang Hu to become the stewards of Qinyuan, and at the same time asked Chen Danian to leave the Xiangyun and work hand in hand with the two.

In other words, from now on, Qinyuan will have a certain ability to spy on news, and the identities of Qi Min and the other three will gradually become public.

Pei Yue did not explain the reason for doing so, but Qi Min could vaguely guess that his young master obviously had to prepare both openly and secretly.On the surface, Qi Min, Yang Hu, and Chen Danian used Qinyuan to collect ordinary intelligence, but secretly there must be an elite team.Qi Min was a little curious, and couldn't figure out who else around the young master could take on this great responsibility.

It's just that after several years of tempering, Qi Min has corrected his previous detached temperament, gradually became calm, and will not inquire casually.

Today, there are 200 soldiers accompanying Pei Yue. As a second-class prince, Feng Yi is the commander, and Gai Ju is the deputy. The most outstanding.

In the evening, the sky was dim, and a group of more than [-] rode horses into Dongcheng Xingyefang.

Arriving at the front street of the Hou's Mansion in Guangping, the concierge was obviously taken aback, hurried down the steps, bowed and said, "See you, Lord Hou."

Pei Yue said gently: "No, uncle is in the mansion?"

The concierge replied respectfully: "Master is in the mansion."

Pei Yue didn't ask any more questions, handed the reins to Feng Yi beside him, and then walked quickly to the mansion.With the relationship between him and the Gu family, of course there is no need to post in advance or wait for the announcement. The concierge also understands this truth, calling Feng Yi and the soldiers to go to the other courtyard for a rest.

Gu Liang was slightly surprised by Pei Yue's arrival, at the moment he was chatting with Zhao Shi and Gu Zhen in the flower hall.

Hearing the servant girl's hurried report, Gu Liang pondered for a while and said calmly: "Brother Yue, please go to the study."

"Yes, master." The servant girl took the order and left.

Gu Liang glanced at Gu Zhen, who was slightly worried, and then smiled at Mrs. Zhao: "This kid is probably here for dinner, you can take Zhen'er to get some snacks."

Zhao said angrily: "Master, really, how can you arrange Brother Yue like this."

Even so, she still left the flower hall with Gu Zhen.

After a while, in the study outside, Gu Liang looked at Pei Yue's frown that finally stopped concealing, and wondered, "Could it be that someone went to Qinyuan to make trouble today?"

Although Pei Yue still doesn't know the reason why Gu Liang helped him back then, he has always had respect for this middle-aged man, so he poured tea for him first, then sat down and said, "Uncle, I don't know, I stayed in Qinyuan for a whole day. One day, Leng did not meet a single person who came to make trouble."

Gu Liang smiled and said: "Although everything in the world is in a cycle of ups and downs, but you are now at the time when the demons are changing, who will come to you at this time? People who have the courage do not have this ability, and those who have this ability do not." would be so careless."

Pei Yue smiled slightly, and then asked with great interest: "Uncle, did you spend most of your time in Chengjing when you were in the south? I heard that Chengjing is the most affluent city in the south, so the situation must be very complicated."

Before returning to Beijing this time, Gu Liang's military position was to control the camps in Chengjing. He was in charge of the camps of the southern frontier army. Chengjing, which is also Daliang's accompanying capital.

In Chengjing, there were no official positions, and Gu Liang had been temporarily vacant after returning to Beijing.

Gu Liang's heart moved slightly, and he asked back: "How can you have such leisure and elegance today? You didn't stay there on such an important day as Qinyuan's opening, but came here to chat with me about the customs and customs in the south?"

Pei Yue said: "After the assassination, I sent a few of my relatives to Qinzhou and Lingzhou respectively. I just wanted to determine in advance the suitable places to build Qinyuan, but I didn't expect to hear bad news. The people I sent to Qinzhou I personally followed the fast horse back to Kyoto to report that this year there has been a severe drought throughout Qinzhou, and the people have almost lost their summer grain."

Gu Liang frowned. Many places in Qinzhou, Yuzhou and southern Dengzhou were drought-stricken. Of course he knew about it. Moreover, Emperor Kaiping also led to a plot of treason in order to worship the sky and pray for rain.It's just that he didn't expect the severe drought to be so severe. After seeing it with his own eyes, Pei Yue's followers had to temporarily put aside their tasks and hurried back to the capital to report.

He shook his head slightly and said: "Brother Yue, although I am able to supervise the government of the five prefectures in Chengjing, but in the past two years you have fought fiercely with the Wu army in the western region, and the Southern Zhou side is not honest. I am dealing with military affairs. In addition, our civil servants and military generals in Daliang have never been very harmonious, and I usually do not directly intervene in the political affairs of the local government."

Pei Yue deeply believed in this, and he knew that this was probably the aftereffect of Lin Qingyuan's implementation of the national policy when the country was founded, and was resisted by the officials.

He sighed softly and said, "My entourage said that the current situation in Qinzhou is quite stable. This is because the people can barely maintain the autumn grain last year, but if the summer grain cannot be harvested in August and September, Relying solely on the government’s Changping warehouse may lead to major problems.”

Gu Liang didn't know much about these things, so he said suspiciously: "The Changping warehouse in Qinzhou alone can't solve the problem, but Daliang has [-] states, plus the four major granaries around Kyoto, can't it be Help Qinzhou tide over the difficulties?"

Although Pei Yue has never been a civil servant, he has read too many related books and film and television works in his previous life, and he knows that food shortages are terrible in this era.

He said slowly: "Uncle, this time not only Qinzhou was affected by the disaster, Yuzhou and Dengzhou were also affected. These three places were originally big grain producers in Daliang. The court fought for more than half a year last year, and the grain storage in official warehouses was not as good as in previous years. Once the food shortage in the three places breaks out, the consequences will be unpredictable. The most troublesome thing is that most of the people's food is in the hands of merchants, and they will never let go of this opportunity to make a fortune."

Gu Liang frowned and said, "Could it be that the grain merchants in Qinzhou are hoarding grain?"

Pei Yue nodded lightly, and said solemnly: "My entourage traveled all the way in Chengjing under the banner of Zhongshanhoufu, and his trip was to select a location for Qinyuan, so he had a lot of contacts with local merchants. From his description, those grain merchants have been hoarding grain since the beginning of the drought.”

Gu Liang was silent for a while, his face gradually became ugly.

After a long time, he said in a deep voice, "You can move your whole body with one pull."

Pei Yue nodded and said: "That's right. There are no big rivers in Qinzhou, no more Qishui than Yongzhou in the north, and the three states of Si, Ding, and Yao in the south are adjacent to Tiancang River. Faced with this rare drought this year, even if the government wants to There is nothing that can be done, after all, it is impossible to temporarily dig a large canal connecting the north and the south."

He paused and said with a headache: "Drought is a big problem after all, and if it is not handled properly, it will easily lead to the emergence of a large number of refugees. As for the tricks of those grain merchants, I am confident that there is a way to solve them. Killing is just killing, anyway, I have a bad reputation in the court, and I don't care about having the title of killing people."

Today, he hopes that Emperor Kaiping can break his inherent cognition and really bring a heavy rain to alleviate the drought.

Gu Liang stared fixedly at Pei Yue, he suddenly noticed a slight change in the young man in front of him.

Although he took more care of Pei Yue than his own son because he couldn't say anything, he also knew that Pei Yue's temperament was a little cold. things shaken.

However, now he can see a bit of benevolence from Pei Yue.

Gu Liang suddenly felt very relieved, but he didn't change the topic, and said seriously: "The officialdom in Chengjing is very complicated. After all, it has been the accompanying capital for nearly a hundred years. Apart from the local aristocratic families, there are many other people like you in the capital. A bureaucratic family that moved over from the border. Brother Yue, although this matter is very serious, you can’t easily raise a knife. The south is not Kyoto, and if you kill too much, you will have problems.”

Pei Yue said: "I understand, but I'm afraid this matter cannot be delayed any longer. Now the imperial court has not received the detailed report from Cheng Jing, which already shows the seriousness of the problem."

Gu Liang pondered and said: "At least Mo Moyun must have noticed some signs. How about this, I will enter the palace with you tomorrow, and explain it carefully to the two people in the East Mansion in front of His Majesty. You'd better not Come forward and let Luo Jiyu and Han Gongduan deal with it most appropriately."

"Yes." Pei Yue showed no sign of disappointment, he just didn't want to see thousands of disaster victims starve to death, not because he wanted to show off.

Gu Liang smiled relievedly, and then said: "You came here in such a hurry, you must have not eaten, I asked your aunt to make some appetizers, and our family will have a simple reunion dinner."

Hearing these words, Pei Yue finally showed his first smile since entering the mansion.

(End of this chapter)