Tibet

Chapter 216
Pei Fang didn't ask any further questions, and immediately asked his family to prepare a banquet, and sent someone to the inn to bring Hei Spear too.

Pei Fang then asked his eldest son Pei Jia to invite Li Ye to the study.

In the study, Pei Fang asked Li Ye to sit down and asked, "Ye'er said just now that you know why An Sishun has an ambiguous attitude towards Ju Yanhai, what do you say?"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "The Ministry of War sent a notice to the Governor's Mansion of Ganzhou to promote me to General Ningyuan? Grandpa doesn't think it's strange?"

"It's very weird. You just said that it was arranged by your grandfather. Is there any other explanation in it?"

"The matter has to start from last year. Last year, I killed Xue Tuo, the great chief of Xuebu, during the quelling of the Abs Rebellion. This incident had no impact last year, but this year, because of Ge Luolu's intervention, the incident began to make trouble. big."

Li Ye briefly explained Ge Luolu's willingness to give 300 million sheep to the Cai court in exchange for himself, and finally said: "An Sishun's attitude is ambiguous, perhaps because he is afraid of offending Yang Guozhong, but since the emperor promoted me to Ningyuan General, it means that the emperor has rejected Ge Luolu's intention, and does not want to see Ge Luolu annexing the Xue Department."

The father and son of the Pei family looked at each other in blank dismay. They never imagined that so many things had happened to Li Ye who was still a young man, and Pei Fang was also silent for a while.

Pei Jia next to him asked: "Then what is the special significance of the Xue tribe's occupation of Juyanhai?"

Li Ye thought for a while and said: "I think Xue's army's occupation of Juyanhai is just an appearance, maybe it was coerced by Ge Luolu, the tribe that really occupied Juyanhai was Ge Luolu.

The Ge Luolu people are actually testing our will to send troops. If we tolerate the invasion of Juyanhai, then Ge Luolu will not hesitate to annex a large area of ​​​​Xuebu's land. They also know that we will definitely tolerate and acquiesce in the end. . "

After a pause, Li Ye said again: "But once the Hexi army sends troops to live in Yanhai, Ge Luolu will definitely retreat immediately. Their ambition is not here, and they will not conflict with the Tang army."

Pei Fang nodded, "What you said makes sense, let me think about it again!"

Li Ye also knew that the father and son might need to discuss it alone, and he didn't want to be there anymore.

Li Ye smiled again and said: "My grandson reminds my grandfather again, I heard from my grandfather that An Sishun will probably be transferred to serve as Shuofang Jiedu Envoy or Hedong Jiedu Envoy, so who will take over as Hexi Jiedu Envoy?

If at this time my grandfather made military achievements, expelled Ge Luolu's temptation to Ju Yanhai, defended the dignity of the Tang Dynasty, and made the Tang army show off the grassland, then the next Hexi Jiedushi would probably be my grandfather. "

After speaking, Li Ye saluted and retreated.

Only the father and son of the Pei family were left in the study.

In the room, the eldest son Pei Jia said to his father: "Father, I think Ye'er is right. This is an opportunity. We will take back Juyanhai and expel Ge Luolu's forces. With the support of Li Xiangguo in the court, my father was promoted to Hexi. Jiedushi has great hope."

Pei Fang walked a few steps behind his back and said, "Just now I was thinking, why is the Ministry of War asking us to settle the chaos in Yanhai as soon as possible? The Jiedu Mansion must be notified first, but the Ministry of War actually bypassed the Jiedu Mansion and directly asked us to send troops, don’t you think it’s strange?”

"What does father think?"

Pei Fang said slowly: "Since there is news that Yeer was promoted to General Ningyuan in the letter, it must be Li Linfu's intention to bypass Hexi Jiedu Mansion and give us an order directly. There is a secret fight between him and Yang Guozhong. !"

Pei Jia admired his father's old Jiang Mila, who could see it so thoroughly.

"Then shall we send troops or not?" Pei Jia asked again.

Pei Fang sighed, "It's hard to do! Sending troops directly without getting the approval of Jiedu Envoy An Sishun will definitely annoy An Sishun. Grab the handle and accuse me of not defending the territory well, after all Juyanhai is under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou."

The relationship between Pei Fang and An Sishun has not been very good, so he has been serving as the deputy governor of Ganzhou, and he was unable to be promoted. However, because of his marriage to the Li family in Longxi, Pei Fang won the support of a famous family in Hexi. Li Linfu was officially married, and An Sishun did not dare to underestimate him.

However, An Sishun was more inclined to let his confidant He Sinan, governor of Liangzhou, take over the succession of Hexi Jiedu envoy.

Pei Fang pondered for a long time, and finally said slowly: "We must send troops. We have orders from the Ministry of War. We are not afraid of An Sishun's troubles, but we must pay attention to strategy. Even if we send troops, An Sishun must have nothing to say."

Pei Jia hurriedly asked: "What's the plan for father?"

Pei Fang said indifferently: "Doesn't Ye'er have the emperor's gold medal? Ask him to mobilize my thousand troops to go north to Juyanhai, and then I will send troops in the name of rescuing the emperor's envoy. An Sishun has nothing to say."

After lunch, Li Ye went out for a walk with his two cousins.

Zhangye City is the hometown of the Sogdians. Thousands of people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu set off from Ganzhou and traveled to the Hezhong area for several years. Decades later, the Nine Kingdoms of Sogdian were established.

However, there are still many Sogdians in the Zhangye area who have not moved westward, and there are also many Sogdians who have recognized their ancestors and returned to their ancestors, as well as Qiang people, Dangxiang people, and of course more Han people.

An Sishun and An Lushan were Sogdians in Hexi, and so was Shi Siming. An Sishun was able to become the governor of Hexi because he had the full support of the Sogdians in Hexi.

The commerce in Zhangye City is very prosperous, and the handicraft industry is also extremely developed. Wine making, leather making, textiles, milk making, and silverware are very famous in the whole Tang Dynasty.

There were people coming and going on the street, shouting and yelling everywhere, and horse-drawn carriages galloped back and forth quickly. From time to time, Sogdians walking in a hurry could be seen greeting each other on the street.

"That's the jewelry store!"

The two young ladies squeezed through the car window, pointing to a jewelry store not far away and shouting.

Looking at the two beautiful and lively little cousins ​​with bright eyes and bright teeth, Li Ye felt a sense of being an elder brother and a sense of responsibility to protect the two little sisters.

At this time, if there is a rogue with no eyesight who comes to tease the little lady, it will definitely be bad luck. Unfortunately, this kind of thing will not happen. With the carriage with the flag of the Pei family, which rogue with no eyesight would dare to provoke it?

The carriage stopped slowly in front of a shop, and the signboard said 'Zheng Ji Jewelry Shop'.

Li Ye walked into the jewelry shop with two young girls. The proprietor was a woman in her thirties. When she saw a young lady, she called the waiter and greeted her personally.

She stepped forward and gave a gentle Wanfu gift, "Welcome to Zhengji Jewelry Shop."

The hostess suddenly recognized Pei Qian and said with a smile, "Are you Aqian?"

"Ms. Zheng, do you still know me?"

The proprietress smiled slightly and said, "Why don't you know each other? Although we haven't seen each other for two years and have changed a lot, we still know each other."

Pei Qian pulled Pei Li over again, "This is Ah Li!"

The proprietress smiled and said: "I know, the two most dazzling pearls of the Pei family, these are"

The proprietress looked at Li Ye again, Pei Qian hurriedly said: "This is our cousin, he came to accompany us to inlay gems!"

The hostess smiled all over her face, "Welcome! Welcome!"

The hostess invited them to sit down in the back hall and served them tea.

Pei Qian quickly took out her ruby, "Ma'am, I want to inlay a gemstone chest pendant!"

Pei Li also took out the sapphire and said in a low voice, "I also want to inlay a chest pendant!"

"Brother Ye, take out the one you inlaid for grandma too!" Pei Qian urged.

Li Ye had no choice but to put the emeralds on the table. Zheng Qiniang's eyes lit up, she looked at the three gems carefully, and praised, "The appearance of the three gems is very high! It's been a long time since I saw such a beautiful gem. level."

"Can the proprietor inlay it?"

"Of course, our store does not have the gemstone advantage of the Sogdians, but we are very good at inlaying. The skills passed down from three generations, you wait."

Zheng Qiniang went to fetch two big boxes, opened them, and inside were all kinds of inlaid gems and jewellery, all of which were available, and the jewels were shining brightly and dazzingly.

The heads of the two little ladies were buried in the treasure box and they couldn't get out. Li Ye had already changed his prejudice against the grandfather's family. As a local snake in Hexi with military power, the rear of the Anshi Rebellion, and his grandfather and uncle, it was so important. The relationship is still worth your own money to maintain.

Li Ye smiled and said, "You can take whatever you like, and I'll buy it for you!"

The eyes of the two young ladies brightened, their faces were full of smiles, and they quickly picked out their favorite jewelry. Li Ye saw that they were not very good at picking, so he smiled and said: "Choose one set, don't repeat it!"

The two young ladies were embarrassed to choose too much, and each only picked one piece of jewelry. Li Ye shook his head and asked Zheng Dongzhu to bring out the best jewelry, and chose a set for each of them.

Another set of jewelry was given to Pei Zhen, the uncle's daughter. There were three sets in total, and each set consisted of eighteen pieces.

Of course, the one with the brightest smile was the proprietress Zheng Qiniang. She hadn't met such a wealthy guest for many years. The three sets of jewelry were worth [-] guan.

The two little ladies were a little silly.

(End of this chapter)