Invincible son

Chapter 200 199 [The Beginning of Spring and Autumn]

The simplicity of this study was beyond Pei Yue's expectation.

The bookshelves, tables and chairs are all made of elm. Although this kind of wood is durable, it is of a low-grade grade. Even the main house of Green Willow is now replaced with cypress furniture.In addition, there are three elm wooden square stools on the east side of the room, which should be the seats where the owner usually meets guests.The pens, ink, papers and inkstones on the table are all ordinary items, and with Pei Yue's current eyesight, he can see that these things are the most common items in the bookstore.

It was hard for Pei Yue to imagine that this was the study of the current Zaifu.

Especially since this mansion has a vast area and a deep courtyard, it would seem weird and awkward to have such a study room.

The middle-aged man pointed to the square stool next to him and said, "Sit."

Pei Yue put the burden on his back aside, suppressed the surprise in his eyes, and sat up straight.

The middle-aged man did not ignore the change in his expression, and explained with a natural expression: "This house was given by Your Majesty. I don't want to disagree with Your Majesty on such a trivial matter, so I have no firm resignation. I came from a poor family, and there is no one in my family." Wealthy industry, so if you can save your life, you can save it, so as not to make ends meet and make troubles. Speaking of it, the briquettes you make are indeed beneficial to the country and the people, even my family can save a lot of money compared to previous years. "

"When Luo is in power, things like briquettes will appear sooner or later. I just happened to meet them."

Pei Yue said neither humble nor overbearing.

The middle-aged man behind the desk is Luo Ting, the governor of Dong Fu You.

Before Gu Liang left Beijing, he had told Pei Yue that if he encountered any trouble, he could come to Luo Ting for help.Pei Yue has never been the kind of character who pretends to be lofty and then delays the situation, not to mention that he has already had a deep understanding of the past experience of this prime minister in the past half a year.

It has to be said that Luo Ting is really an outlier among the bureaucrats of this era.

Leaving aside his ability to govern, just because he has not been polished off by the officialdom for 20 years, his ambition is beyond the vast majority of people.

Listening to Pei Yue's self-effacing words, Luo Ting shook his head slightly and said, "You don't have to be humble. When I was your age, I could only read and practice calligraphy. Compared with the two, there is a lot of difference. Just now you said that you have a clear conscience, I wonder how you can prove it?"

At the court meeting last year, he used the method of resigning from office to force Emperor Kaiping to put away his thoughts. It was definitely not to win over Pei Yue, but from the perspective of justice.Now that Jingzhong's criticism against Xiangyun Company is becoming more and more fierce, he keeps silent because he really wants to know what Pei Yue is thinking.

Pei Yue unhurriedly opened the package, first took out a booklet, got up and put it on the desk: "Master Luo, this is the result of some recent investigations related to the firm, please read it."

Luo Ting picked up the booklet and started to look through it.

Pei Yue explained: "In the murder case in Ping'an Square in Nancheng, the widow of the deceased accused the murderer of being the shopkeeper of the branch of the store. In fact, the real murderer was a few green-skinned hooligans who were hanging around in Nancheng. Not only that, after killing Butcher Wang , and asked her accomplices to wait at the scene of the murder, and after the widow of the deceased appeared, they induced her to go to the Xiangyun store to make trouble. After she took the dead husband's body and daughter to the store, some of them pretended to be onlookers and waited for an opportunity to stir up the emotions of the people. I want to target Xiangyun Company."

Luo Ting said noncommittally: "Is there any evidence?"

Pei Yue nodded and said: "Yes, those who did the fighting have been controlled, but in order to avoid alarming the enemy, I only arrested one of them, and did not touch his accomplice after asking the inside story."

Luo Ting asked: "Have you found out who is behind the scenes?"

Pei Yue said: "The other party is very careful, and has not directly contacted these green-skinned ruffians, but delivered orders through intermediaries. I guess, even the intermediaries don't know the real mastermind behind the scenes."

Luo Ting put down the case and continued to look back.

Pei Yue said: "On September 26, someone drugged the drinking water at Shouyang Mountain, causing sixteen miners to be poisoned. I believe the news has spread to Beijing. The person who drugged has been controlled by my soldiers. Locked in the most secret place in the coal yard. According to his account, someone threatened him with his relatives and forced him to inject drugs in the coal yard, which caused panic among the miners. Like those Qingpis in Nancheng, he didn't know who was forcing him .”

Luo Ting's complexion gradually became serious.

Pei Yue sighed lightly, and said a little puzzled: "There are a lot of charcoal burners in Kyoto. Last year, my coal yard couldn't accommodate all of them, so some people temporarily lost their source of income. However, at that time, I was surprised I paid a sum of money to at least guarantee their basic living needs, and promised them that the coal yard will expand this year, and all honest and responsible people will be recruited to work. I never thought that someone could organize so many The people are making trouble, and it’s still in the capital.”

The atmosphere in the study room became more and more solemn.

Luo Ting put down the booklet, looked up at Pei Yue and asked: "So during this period of time, the problems of Xiangyun Company have been framed by others, and those memorials to impeach you are made out of nothing?"

It has been almost two years since I came to this world, and Pei Yue has met many important people, even the emperor's eyes, but he has never felt so strong tonight. Even though Luo Ting is over forty years old, his eyes are still extremely sharp .

He took a breath, and said slowly: "At least what happened in the past few days was framed by someone secretly, but I don't guarantee that there is no problem with the company."

"Why?"

"Lord Luo, now the company has more than 120 branches, all over Dongcheng Shiliufang, Xicheng 32fang, Nancheng [-]fang and some counties and towns outside of Kyoto. There are thousands of people working in the company, and there are people in Shouyang Mountain. There are more than [-] miners and a large number of other hired workers. It is impossible for so many people to be honest and kind people, and it is inevitable that there will be black apples that have not been discovered. I do not have the ability to ensure that everyone abides by the law."

Luo Ting was silent for a while, already agreeing with Pei Yue's explanation in his heart.

For him, the most important reason why he didn't help Xiangyun Company to save it these days is that the company has developed too fast. With his years of experience in power, he didn't expect the current situation.

In less than a year, there are thousands of people working under Pei Yue. What kind of terrifying expansion speed is this?

If Xiangyun Company is allowed to develop like this, and Pei Yue spreads the briquette business in Daliang in a few years, what kind of power will he have at that time?
Because of their different positions, everyone looks at problems from different angles. Some people stare at Pei Yue just because they are envious of the huge benefits of the briquette business, but Luo Ting, as a big figure at the level of the prime minister of the empire, naturally sees it more farther away.

There is no other firm in this world that can form such a terrifying potential force just by relying on one business like Xiangyun Firm.

After a moment of silence, Luo Ting looked up at Pei Yue's face and asked softly, "What are your plans?"

(End of this chapter)