Delicate Flower Chapter 224: Comer

What is Pei Yan doing who is worried about Yu Tang?

He was twisting a string of Buddhist beads made of eighteen purple purlin trees in his hand, leaning on the large pillow of the Arhat bed, listening to the tit-for-tat confrontation between the Wu and Peng families.

Tao Qing sat under Pei Yan, lowered his eyelids when he saw this scene, and whispered to Pei Yan: "What on earth do you mean? Explain to me, I will know how to say it later." ."

Pei Yan's lips curled up when he heard this, and he replied to Tao Qing in the same low voice: "What can I do? This is not our Pei family's business! Of course, if someone thinks this is our family's business, Okay, everyone can just go back. If anything happens, our Pei family will be responsible for it, and we, the Pei family, will have nothing to say."

"What do you mean?!" Tao Qing was unhappy and said, "Under the overturned nest, there are intact eggs. Now is the time when we have to unite to overcome difficulties, how can you say such a thing ? If I had known that you had this attitude, I would not have come here. Anyway, whether to abolish the Municipal Shipping Division of Ningbo and Quanzhou has nothing to do with our Tao family? It is urgent, and it is not my urgency."

Pei Yan curled his lips and found that the hall, which was originally like a vegetable market, suddenly became quiet, and his breathing could be faintly audible. Pei Yan couldn't help but look around, and then realized that at some point, everyone was sitting there quietly looking at him, as if waiting for him to speak and make up his mind.

When did he become so important?

Or do these Jiangnan aristocratic families suddenly find that he is still useful?

Pei Yan sneered twice in his heart, but did not show it on his face. He still looked stern and said: "If you have any other ideas, please tell them together! To avoid talking, complaining, or manipulating things behind your back."

Tao Qing agreed very much with his point of view, and then said: "After leaving this room, everyone must be united and work together. If you have any objections or dissatisfaction, just bear it and hide it, and wait for this to be dealt with." Let’s wait until the crisis is over.”

Master Peng's heart relaxed as he listened.

There is nothing to worry about when the third prince is amassing money in Jiangnan. People who do this have two purposes. One is to use this to attack the third prince, and the other is to use this reason to search again. Whether it's the former or the latter, for them it's just a matter of spending more money. But if someone uses this as an excuse and thinks that the business of the Jiangnan family is too big and suggests closing the trade dock, that will be troublesome. It's okay to say that Guangzhou has always been the most important trading port, but this is not necessarily true for Ningbo and Quanzhou. Japanese pirates are rampant in Fujian and Zhejiang, and they are becoming more and more rampant now. Sometimes they will come ashore to burn, kill and plunder. Many people think that these Japanese pirates continue to suppress them repeatedly because they have those trading ships as cover, making it difficult to distinguish which ones are. Whether they are Japanese pirates or boatmen, the best way is to strengthen the walls and clear the country, close the shipping departments in Ningbo and Quanzhou, and ban the sea. Moreover, such decrees were tried out in previous dynasties and at the beginning of this dynasty, and the number of Japanese pirates was indeed much reduced.

The Peng family and the Song family either rely on the wharf in Quanzhou or the wharf in Ningbo to do maritime business. If the shipping companies in these two places withdraw, it will be a fatal blow to their business, but it will be a fatal blow to Tao. As far as the family is concerned, it occupies a geographical location in Guangzhou, but its business can reach a higher level.

He wanted Tao Qing to mistakenly think that this time the court was actually targeting not just the aristocratic families in Jiangnan, but was jealous of the wealth in their hands, and that dealing with the Pei family was just an excuse for the court to take action against them. In this way, he can take this opportunity to let the Tao family open the dock in Guangzhou to Jiangnan aristocratic families like them.

Tao Qing fell into his trap and agreed to advance and retreat together with them.

He took a sip of tea with satisfaction and felt that Tao Qing was a little too young and too emotional, which was the best the Tao family could do.

What a pity for this pier in Guangzhou!

Master Peng was thinking about whether he could marry the Tao family or something, and then slowly expand the Peng family's business to Guangzhou through this relationship.

Master Song Si over there could not hide the joy in his heart.

He knew how powerful the Pei family was, but it was in the hands of Mr. Pei. Now Pei Yan follows the rules left by Mr. Pei in the past, and does not show any extraordinary abilities. Now that the Tao family and the Pei family are standing together, with Tao Qing's ability, he will definitely be able to lead them through this difficult time.

The fourth master of Song Dynasty suddenly became more confident and was the first to stand up and express his position: "Brother Tao, don't worry, we can't control others, but our Song family will definitely advance and retreat together with everyone. If you have anything to say, say it now. After this Hall, I will never complain. If I speak too bluntly later, I will ask everyone to bear with me!" After saying that, he bowed to everyone in a self-conscious way.

Master Wu suppressed himself from humming.

This idiot has become the head of the Song family for some reason. The Song family is also a big family and has a great business. He has not failed despite all the efforts. It is really enviable.

He thought and glanced at Pei Yan.

In the dimly lit hall, the white ground shines brightly, and he is so handsome that he is suffocating. He also holds the wealth and connections that the Pei family has built up after generations of hard work. How can it not make people jealous?

If there is such an uncle, how much benefit will the Wu family get?

Especially since he watched the Song family and the Peng family start to build ships in partnership, the Peng family is such a domineering family. They were suddenly made to lose their temper by the Pei family who supported the Song family. It can be seen that the Pei family is completely Those who have the ability to build ships and do maritime business, why don’t their families do it? Are you afraid that having so much money will make people jealous, and they will do something to their family?

How much business does the Pei family have?

Master Wu touched his chin and felt that he had to personally take action if the Wu family wanted to marry the Pei family. As long as the Wu family and the Pei family became in-laws, he would be sure that at least the water from Taihu Lake to Suzhou would be watched by the Song family.

Master Wu pondered in his mind and decided to be the last to speak, first to see what others had to say.

Master Peng didn't pay attention to the Wu family at all. The new upstarts only relied on Jiang Hua in the past two years to become prosperous. The people of the Wu family listened to what they said. This was how they should be, so they ignored the Wu family. Instead, he directly said to Pei Yan: "What does Gu Chaoyang mean? Isn't it true that the Gu family is not from Jiangnan? He was actually ordered to come to Jiangnan Road to investigate the case of the third prince. What does he want to do? What does the Gu family mean? Didn't he come to visit Jiangnan first? Have you?"

He was asking about Pei Yan.

Although the Gu family is a prominent surname in Hangzhou, with generations of officials and a family of farming and education, it has suffered a serious defeat in recent years. There are not many officials in the family whose children have passed the fourth rank, let alone the general affairs. In the Peng family's view, it was just barely enough to make ends meet, and there was no need for such an occasion.

The Pei family has just married into the Gu family, and the girl from the Gu family is marrying the eldest grandson of the eldest son of the Pei family.

Pei Yan once again felt the trouble of marrying the Gu family.

He said calmly: "It would be better for Gu Chaoyang to be the imperial censor. Mr. Peng, you also said that the Gu family is also from Jiangnan. It is impossible for him to do something like forgetting his ancestors, unless he does not want the Gu family to stay in Jiangnan. Speaking of which, although our Pei family is hosting this gathering, it is the Peng family’s intention. I just want to ask, should we solve the case of the third prince first? Or should we solve the abolition of the Municipal Shipping Department first? What happened? Gu Chaoyang happens to be here too. If necessary, you can ask him to come over and have a chat. Let’s brainstorm ideas!"

Master Song Si thought it was good: "People are afraid of meeting each other. If anything happens, it's better to discuss it in person!"

He didn't believe that Gu Chaoyang dared to make a decision that was not beneficial to the Jiangnan family in front of everyone.

Master Peng despised Master Song Si in his heart.

Even Gu Chaoyang, who has just entered his official career, is afraid. What can he do?

If he knew he was such a coward, he would build ships with the Wu family.

It's too late to regret now!

"Then please invite Gu Chaoyang to come over and have a chat." Tao Qing made a decision immediately, "If you have anything to say, it's better to say it clearly in person than to speculate behind the scenes."

Pei Yan doesn’t care.

Gu Chaoyang came to him to talk to him about Miss Gu and Pei Tong's marriage. He may not be optimistic about this marriage, and wanted to support Miss Gu, so he took the initiative to explain his purpose and asked if he wanted to help.

Then give him a place to perform.

He called Pei Qi, who was guarding the door, and asked him to invite someone.

Pei Qi left in response.

Master Wu told Pei Yan about Master Pei: "Is he going to be discharged in September? Taihu Lake is a bit far from here. Please send me a message in advance and come to pay homage to him then."

Because of Pei Lao'an's seniority, Master Wu and Master Song are called brothers. From the Song family's perspective, Pei Lao'an can barely be called the elder of Master Wu. However, Jiangnan aristocratic families often have marriages, and some have aunts and nephews who become sisters-in-law. Marriage has always been calculated from the male side.

Pei Yan had a close relationship with Jiang Hua for some time, and he was very familiar with the Wu family's methods of flattering people. He treated the Wu family members politely but with a bit of alienation, and said with a smile: "I will tell you in advance when the time comes."

Master Wu then talked about the business at sea: "The ship has been launched and tried, and it feels pretty good. I originally thought of going to sea from Ningbo. If the shipping department in Ningbo closes, then our ship Doesn’t it mean we have to drag him to Guangzhou? This would be a big loss." He said ~IndoMTL.com~ showed a bitter smile.

Pei Yan disagreed.

The Wu family still has water transportation!

You can’t walk from the sea or the Grand Canal, but you can take a detour and take the river.

Master Peng, who had been listening to them, immediately asked: "How is the water transport business this year? I heard that the harvest in the two lakes is bad, where has all the salt gone?"

Master Wu didn’t want to talk more about his family’s business, and he and Master Peng hesitated for a long time without saying anything.

Fortunately, Gu Chaoyang came, so the two of them no longer had time to fight head-to-head.

Gu Chaoyang told everyone that Wang Qibao, the **** of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, also came over: "He came with Wei Sanfu. Wei Sanfu was in the light and he was in the dark. I don't know where Wang Qibao has gone now."

Everyone looked at each other for a while.

Wei Sanfu is a respectable **** in the Supervisor of Ceremonies. He has won the trust of the emperor, otherwise he would not have been sent to Jiangnan. But this Wang Qibao was the emperor's companion when he was in the dormitory. He was a true confidant. He was the boss of the twenty-four yamen and could not leave the capital easily.

He also came here this time, I’m afraid it’s not just the case of the third prince!

You know, the third prince grew up on Wang Qibao's back when he was a child, and Wei Sanfu was said to have always been very close to the second prince in private.

Master Peng has a headache.

He is not afraid that these princes will ask him for money, he is afraid that these princes will force them to take sides.

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