Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 409
Chapter 405

When Changsun Wuji heard what Li Shimin said, he didn't want to investigate, but if he said directly that he didn't want to investigate, it would definitely not work, and he still needed to recommend people.

When Li Shimin heard that he recommended Wei Hao to go, he felt displeased. He didn't expect that Changsun Wuji wanted to cheat Wei Hao, but he didn't show any expression on his face.

"Auxiliary machine, is it right for Shenyong to go?" Li Shimin looked at his eldest grandson Wuji and asked.

"Your Majesty, it's only right for him to go. If I let the pharmacist go to patrol the border as the deputy general, the effect will be better." Changsun Wuji immediately said to Li Shimin,
After Li Shimin heard it, he didn't make a sound. Changsun Wuji thought he was waiting for his explanation, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, think about it, the pharmacist is familiar with the army, and there are old departments in various places. They go to investigate, it is dangerous. It’s smaller, and besides, as your son-in-law, Wei Hao can also go to patrol the border, just to say, and let Shen Yong know about the army in advance, wouldn’t it be better?”

"Well, no, how could the pharmacist be inferior to Wei Hao, Wei Hao is also the son-in-law of the pharmacist, it's not right for you to suggest that!" Li Shimin shook his head and said.

"Then let them do the reverse and let the pharmacist investigate, that's okay too!" Changsun Wuji said immediately.

"That's not right, then, why do you want to be cautious? It's better to let the pharmacist go directly, but you know the age of the pharmacist, and he has been very low-key in the past few years, and he doesn't want to do such a thing, the auxiliary machine , even if I believe in you, I think you can investigate clearly!" Li Shimin shook his head, then stared at Changsun Wuji,

At this moment, Changsun Wuji's scalp was numb, and he really didn't want to go. Although he didn't know how deep the water was, no matter how deep it was, tens of thousands of dollars were involved, and the army was also involved. Those Qiu Ba can kill people. If they don't pay attention, they will use the knife. This is not what I want to see.

"Auxiliary machine, what are you worried about, you can say it together." Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji and said, the expression on his face was already a little displeased.
Seeing Li Shimin's expression, Changsun Wuji felt a thump in his heart. He knew that he had just refused, which made Li Shimin dissatisfied. If he continued to find reasons for himself, he didn't know what would happen then. Thinking of this, he hurriedly bowed his hands to Li Shimin. Said: "Since your Majesty trusts me so much, then I have a duty to do so. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely investigate this matter!"

"Okay, I know that you can rely on the auxiliary machine at critical times. It just so happens that you have been here in the capital for the past few years. It is also good to go to the border this time!" Li Shimin nodded when he saw Changsun Wuji. Satisfied nodded and said.

"Yes, does Your Majesty have any other orders? When should I leave? Which general is the deputy?" Changsun Wuji knew that he could not escape, so he had to bite the bullet.

Then Li Shimin told him how to do this matter, when to leave, etc. After the chat, Changsun Wuji came out of the study, and there were many ministers standing outside, waiting for Li Shimin to summon him. Seeing Changsun Wuji staying in Li Shimin's study for so long, they were very envious, and knew that His Majesty still trusted Changsun Wuji the most.

"Duke Qi, do you know if His Majesty is still busy?" Hou Junji saw him coming out at this moment, and immediately asked Changsun Wuji with his hands clasped.

"Oh, don't be busy, you can ask the prince, the old man still has some things to deal with, so I will leave first!" Changsun Wuji immediately looked at Hou Junji with a smile and said, then cupped his hands and said to the other ministers, Those ministers also immediately returned the salute, and Changsun Wuji walked outside,

After arriving at the mansion, Changsun Wuji was sitting in the study, feeling very confused at the moment, he knew that he would go to investigate, and he didn't know how many people he would offend, and even those people jumped the wall in a hurry, and would kill him, and even said, those who The life of the child, those who dare to do such a thing, are all desperadoes. They know very well that once they are investigated clearly, they will be executed all over the house. If this is the case, it is better to fight.

"Who the hell? Your Majesty said, don't tell the officials of the Ministry of War. Could it be that this matter has a lot to do with the Ministry of War?" Changsun Wuji sat there, looking up at the upstairs floor, thinking about this matter .

"The Ministry of War has something to do with it, and it's going to other countries. No aristocratic family is involved in such a route. I wouldn't believe it if I killed myself. Only they have mastered such a route!" Changsun Wuji continued to think, and then thought: "If it's related to the Ministry of War and the aristocratic family, should I leak the news to them in advance? If I give them the news in advance, then they will definitely be grateful to me, and I will be able to benefit by then, but how to deal with Li Shimin? is also a problem,"

Thinking of this, Changsun Wuji was very irritable.Changsun Wuji sat in the study and stayed there until night, he really couldn't think of a solution for both.

"Father, father, Duke Lu is here to visit!" At this moment, the second eldest son, Sun Huan, knocked on the door of the study and said.

"Oh, please!" Changsun Wuji heard it, stood up, and was about to go to the door to greet him. When he opened the door of the study, he found that Hou Junji had already entered the mansion.

"Hou Shangshu's visit to the humble house is not far away!" Changsun Wuji said to Hou Junji very politely.

"Duke Qi, you're too polite, you don't welcome me?" Hou Junji was taken aback when he saw how polite he was, and immediately said to Changsun Wuji with a smile.

"How can that be? Please sit in the living room!" Changsun Wuji immediately made a gesture to invite Hou Junji to the living room. He did not dare to take Hou Junji to the study. Once Li Shimin found out, the investigation would not go well and he did not reveal it. Li Shimin probably wouldn't believe the news, so he could only ask Hou Junji to sit in the living room.

"Here, Duke Qi, I have something urgent and I need to discuss it with you. How about we find a quiet place?" Hou Junji didn't expect his eldest grandson Wuji to invite him to the living room.

"Here, why don't you go to the wing room!" Changsun Wuji thought about it, but he still didn't dare to take him to the study room, so he could only take him to the side room next to him. Hou Junji was very surprised that he was a prince, so he couldn't even go to the eldest grandson. Sitting in Wuji's study in the front yard, and letting himself sit in the side room, is this contemptuous of himself?
However, he didn't dare to attack, he knew very well that he couldn't afford to offend Zhangsun Wuji.

"Come, please drink tea! There is no tea table here in the wing room, so we can only drink from cups!" Changsun Wuji said to Hou Junji after the servants brought the teacups.

Hou Junji looked at Changsun Wuji suspiciously, he felt that Changsun Wuji was a little abnormal, completely abnormal, how could he treat himself like this, since he was a Shangshu anyway, and he was also the Duke of the State.

"Brother Auxiliary Machine, is there something wrong with you? How do I feel that you treat me so strangely today?" Hou Junji couldn't help it, and immediately looked at Changsun Wuji and asked.

"Oh, you misunderstood, really not, it's just that the study is a bit inconvenient, inconvenient, please forgive me!" Changsun Wuji immediately said with a haha.

"Ah, it's inconvenient. Are you hiding in the golden room in the study? Haha, Brother Auxiliary Machine, I'm so interested!" Hou Junji joked immediately.

"No, no!" Changsun Wuji waved his hands again and again, saying that he was joking, but he didn't want Hou Junji to stay at his home all the time.

"I don't know why Hou Shangshu is looking for this old man. If there is anything, you can tell me!" Changsun Wuji stared at Hou Junji and asked.Hou Junji took a look at Changsun Wuji and strengthened his judgment. There must be something wrong with Changsun Wuji.

"Brother Auxiliary Machine, if you have something that is inconvenient to say, you can give me a hint, my little brother will help you!" Hou Junji looked at Changsun Wuji in a low voice and said.

"No, that, eh, to tell you the truth, I've encountered a difficult situation, and I can't tell you now, so don't talk to outsiders, if there is anything on your side, you can just say it, I'm here If anyone can help, I will definitely help." Changsun Wuji could only lie and let the matter go.

"Are you in trouble? What's the matter? Lack of money? If you're short of money, you can find me. Although I'm not as good as Wei Shenyong, I still have some savings. If you need it, I'll transfer it to you!" Hou Jun Ji Ma said enthusiastically to Changsun Wuji.

"Oh, it's really not, let's talk about your business." Changsun Wuji was already a little impatient, and Hou Junji didn't talk about it until now, what is the matter with him?
"This, yes, that's how it is. Chong'er is not at the iron workshop. I want to buy 10 catties of pig iron. I don't know if the auxiliary machine brother can ask Chong'er to help with this?" Hou Junji stared at his eldest grandson Wuji. Said in a low voice.

"What?" Changsun Wuji was even more surprised when he heard it. His Majesty just asked him to investigate the private sale of steel to foreign countries, and now Hou Junji is going to buy 10 catties of pig iron.

"Buying 10 catties of pig iron, isn't this my nephew in Tiefang? I heard that he is still very powerful, and he is a deputy. I just want to find my nephew and get some pig iron!" Hou Junji continued to say with a smile.

"No, Hou Shangshu, what do you need so much pig iron for? Your family doesn't have that much land, right? Don't you have other ideas?" Changsun Wuji couldn't help asking, those irons can be used to make weapons As for the armor, Hou Junji was originally a general, and he was also the Minister of the Ministry of War, so Changsun Wuji didn't dare to continue thinking about it.

"Auxiliary machine brother, look at what you said, what else can I think, I am dissatisfied with you, the pig iron on the market is very tight now, ordinary people can't buy it, and some merchants want to transport it to the south for sale, In the south, a catty can be sold for an extra 3 Wen, and you can earn some by pulling a cart, so, am I here to ask you for help?" Hou Junji immediately explained to his eldest grandson Wuji with a smile,

How could Changsun Wuji believe it? If it was before, he must have believed it, but now, he wouldn't believe it even if he killed him. Hou Junji was only thinking about the profit of the three renminbi.

"I said, why are you still thinking about the profit of 300 coins? This doesn't match your status?" Changsun Wuji stared at Hou Junji and asked.

"Hey, 300 guan is not enough? Our annual income is only about [-] guan. We are not Wei Hao. Wei Hao can indeed make money. I don't know how many people there are in the family now, and Li Jing's mansion At Cheng Yaojin's house and Yuchi Jingde's house, there is also a lot of money,

But Wei Hao is not with us at all, there is no way, we can only find a way to make a little money, otherwise, the boys in the family will need to spend a lot of money, your eldest grandson's house has many children, so don't worry ? "Hou Junji sat there and asked Changsun Wuji.

"Well, it's useless to worry about it. They can figure out their own way of life, and the old man has prepared 100 acres of land for each of them, and the rest is up to them!" Changsun Wuji felt a little bit in his heart when he heard that. Worried, but didn't show it.

"Brother Auxiliary Machine, you just prepared this little for them. Do you know how much land Cheng Yaojin has prepared for his sons? Now it is [-] mu per person. I guess it will increase in the future. Brother Auxiliary Machine, don't you want to When are we gone, the children of our family are still suffering, and like Yuchi Jingde and his like, their children will be rich and fertile, right?" Hou Junji looked at Changsun Wuji in a low voice and said .

"This! No, although they also have some shares in the workshop now, that's not the case, right?" Changsun Wuji hesitated for a moment, looked at Hou Junji and asked.

"No, hey, Brother Auxiliary Machine, you are in the East Palace, so you don't know what's going on outside, do you know? Now, the monthly profit of the brick workshop is more than 1 yuan, and Cheng Yaojin They have hundreds of coins in their hands, how much do you calculate in a year?

Over the past few years, do you think the gap between us and them is even bigger? Auxiliary machine brother, I have no choice. Anyway, sell it to those merchants. As long as we have iron, they will want it. It can be exchanged for hundreds of dollars each time. It's also good, anyway, those merchants are buying it, we just get the iron out of the iron workshop. "Hou Junji said to Changsun Wuji,

But Changsun Wuji didn't believe it at all. He didn't believe what Hou Junji said. He believed that it was definitely more than a profit of three pennies. Hou Junji's family also had many sons and more concubines. How many things did those sons prepare, but thinking about it, some time ago Wei Hao scolded him at the gate of Ganlu Hall, saying that his son spends a lot of money on the boat every day, which shows that Hou Junji's family has a lot of money.

"I tell you, listen to my advice, it's best not to do such a thing, you are the Minister of the Ministry of War, if you do something like this, don't you worry that your Majesty will find out?" Changsun Wuji carefully reminded Hou Junji.

"Your Majesty is checking? What is he looking for? Iron is sold among the people, and the price is higher than the price of the government. You don't know that in various places, people can't buy iron from the government. They have to buy it through merchants. Do you think , those local officials, they didn't get any money,
Auxiliary machine brother, I didn't do anything. I got the iron from the iron workshop and handed it over to those merchants. I won't lose a penny for the iron. How can your majesty check me? "Hou Junji said to Changsun Wuji proudly.

"But, have you ever thought about where those irons will really be sold?" Changsun Wuji stared at Hou Junji and asked. Hou Junji was stunned when he heard it, and then looked at Changsun Wuji.

"Don't be afraid, those merchants sell to other countries, you know, the imperial court strictly forbids the sale of iron to foreign countries!" Changsun Wuji continued to stare at Hou Junji and asked.

"Brother Auxiliary Machine, did you hear something?" Hou Junji asked very carefully, Changsun Wuji heard it, and knew that it was as he had guessed, that Hou Junji was indeed related to this matter.

"What?" Changsun Wuji asked Hou Junji pretending to be confused.

"Is it okay to go to your study? Otherwise, you can go to my house!" Hou Junji sat there and thought about it, and then said to Changsun Wuji.

"Just say it here. I just ordered that there are no people in the next few rooms, so don't worry!" Changsun Wuji looked at Hou Junji and said.

"Brother Auxiliary Machine, you just said that the iron was sold abroad, did you hear something?" Hou Junji said to Changsun Wuji again.

"No, I'm thinking again. Other countries know that we have so much pig iron in Tang Dynasty. They will definitely find a way to buy it. There have been incidents of those countries sending people to secretly buy iron before, and there must be now. What's wrong? You ?" Changsun Wuji asked while looking at Hou Junji.

"Me? No, no, I've heard about this too. To tell you the truth, I'm also worried about it, but those merchants assured me that it was bought to the south, and I also sent people to Those state capitals in the south have inquired, and those state capitals really do not have much iron to sell, and the common people can only buy from those merchants!" Hou Junji immediately waved his hand and said to Changsun Wuji, with a relaxed face, but actually a little flustered in his heart .

"Well, anyway, it's better to be careful, don't be deceived by those businessmen, if it is really sent to the north, northwest, and northeast, it will be troublesome, and I don't know how many people will be killed by then!" Changsun Wu Ji pretended not to remind me and said,

Hou Junji immediately nodded and smiled and said, "Naturally, how could I do such a foolish thing? But, this time, with the pig iron matter, can you ask your eldest nephew for help?"

After finishing speaking, he stared at Changsun Wuji, hoping to see Changsun Wuji nodding.

"Hmph, Chong'er hasn't been back since the end of the year. You must have heard that my kid has a lot of opinions on me. Forget it. He's grown up now and has his own ideas. The old man can't control you. If you want to buy iron, you can go to him in person. If you go to him as an uncle, I think he will definitely pay attention to it. As for whether he will sell it to you, the old man can interfere with that ability!" Changsun Wuji immediately said ,
He knew that Chang Sun Chong would definitely not sell it, and if he did, he would be a fool.

"Here, Brother Auxiliary Machine, Chong'er is your son after all, if you speak up, I believe he will definitely consider it!" Hou Junji smiled and persuaded him when he heard Changsun Wuji's refusal.

(End of this chapter)