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Pei Fang didn't ask any more questions, and immediately asked his family to prepare a banquet, and sent someone to the inn to fetch the black spear.

Pei Fang immediately 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 the reason for An Sishun's 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 Office of Ganzhou, promoting me to General Ningyuan? Grandpa, doesn't he find it strange?"

"It's very strange. You just said it was arranged by your grandfather. Is there any explanation behind it?"

"The matter has to start from last year. During the pacification of the Absi Rebellion last year, I killed Xue Tuo, the chief of the Xue tribe. This incident had no impact last year, but this year, because of Ge Luolu's intervention, the incident began to escalate. Big.”

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

The father and son of the Pei family looked at each other. They never imagined that so many things would happen to the young Li Ye, and Pei Fang was silent for a while.

Next to him, Pei Jia 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 the occupation of Juyanhai by Xue's troops is just a facade, perhaps because they were coerced by Ge Luolu. The tribe that really occupied Juyanhai was Ge Luolu.

The Geluolu people are actually testing our will to send troops. If we even tolerate the invasion of Juyanhai, then Geluolu will annex large areas of Xue tribe without hesitation. They also know that we will definitely tolerate and acquiesce in the end. . "

After a pause, Li Ye continued: "But once the Hexi Army sends troops to Yanhai, Ge Luolu will definitely retreat immediately. They have no intention of doing this, 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 did not want him to be present.

Li Ye smiled lightly and said: "My grandson will remind grandpa again. I heard from my grandfather that An Sishun will probably be transferred to Shuofang Jiedushi or Hedong Jiedushi. So who will take over as Hexi Jiedushi?"

If my grandfather had achieved military success at this time, drove away Ge Luolu's temptation to Ju Yanhai, defended the dignity of the Tang Dynasty, and made the Tang army proud of the grassland, then the next Hexi Jiedu envoy would probably be my grandfather. "

After speaking, Li Ye bowed and retreated.

Only the Pei family and his son 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 recapture Juyanhai and expel Ge Luolu's forces. With the support of Li Xiangguo in the court, my father will be promoted to Hexi. There is great hope for Jiedushi."

Pei Fang walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "I have been thinking just now, why is the Ministry of War asking us to quell the rebellion in Yanhai as soon as possible? It should be Jiedu Mansion. According to normal procedures, the Ministry of War will not contact us directly. It must be We had to notify Jiedu Mansion first, but the Ministry of War actually went beyond 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 in the message that Ye'er was promoted to General Ningyuan, it must be Li Linfu's intention to bypass Hexi Jiedu Mansion and give us orders directly. There is a secret fight between him and Yang Guozhong. !”

Pei Jia admired his father, Lao Jiang Mila, for seeing things so clearly.

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

Pei Fang sighed, "It's difficult to do! Sending troops directly without the consent of Jiedushi Commander An Sishun will definitely annoy An Sishun. But if you don't send troops, you will not only lose the opportunity to build military exploits, but you will also be harassed by An Sishun." Seize the excuse and accuse me of not being able to defend the territory, 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 could not be promoted. However, because of his marriage to the Li family in Longxi, Pei Fang won the support of a famous family in Hexi. Last year, he and Xiangguo Li Linfu was officially married, and An Sishun did not dare to underestimate him.

But when it came to the succession of Hexi Jiedushi, An Sishun was more inclined to let his confidant, He Sinan, the governor of Liangzhou, take over.

Pei Fang thought 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 attack, but we must pay attention to strategy. After sending troops, we must also leave An Sishun speechless."

Pei Jia quickly asked: "What plan does father have?"

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

After lunch, Li Ye went 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 out from Ganzhou and traveled for several years to the Hezhong area. Decades later, they established the Nine Sogdian Kingdoms.

However, there are still many Sogdians in the Zhangye area who have not migrated westward, and there are also many Sogdians who have 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, as was Shi Siming. An Sishun became the governor of Hexi because he had the full support of the Sogdians in Hexi.

Commerce in Zhangye City is very prosperous, and the handicraft industry is also extremely developed. Winemaking, tanning, textiles, dairying, and silverware are all famous throughout the Tang Dynasty.

People were coming and going on the street, there were cries and shouts everywhere, carriages were running rapidly back and forth, and from time to time you could see hurried Sogdians saying hello to each other on the street.

"That's the jewelry store!"

Two young ladies crowded against 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 white teeth, Li Ye felt like an elder brother and a sense of responsibility to protect his two little sisters.

At this time, if a scoundrel with no eyesight comes to tease the young lady, she will definitely be in bad luck. Unfortunately, this kind of thing will not happen. Which scoundrel with no eyesight dares to provoke the carriage with the flag of the Pei family?

The carriage stopped slowly in front of a shop, with the signboard saying '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 the young lady, she called the waiter back and greeted her personally.

She stepped forward and gave the Wanfu gift gently, "Welcome to Zheng Ji Jewelry Shop."

The female proprietor suddenly recognized Pei Qian and said with a smile, "Are you A Qian?"

"Aunt Zheng, do you still know me?"

The female proprietor smiled slightly and said: "Why don't you know me? 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 female proprietor said with a smile on her face: "You know, these are the two most dazzling pearls of the Pei family"

The female proprietor looked at Li Ye again, and Pei Qian said quickly: "This is our cousin, he is here to accompany us in setting gems!"

The hostess was all smiles, "Welcome! Welcome!"

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

Pei Qian quickly took out her ruby ​​and said, "Madam, I want to put a gem pendant in it!"

Pei Li also took out the sapphire and whispered: "I also want to set a chest pendant!"

"Brother Ye, take out the inlay you gave to grandma too!" Pei Qian urged.

Li Ye had no choice but to put the emerald on the table. Zheng Qiniang's eyes lit up. She looked at the three gems carefully and praised them, "The three gems are all of high quality! I haven't seen such beautiful gems for a long time. They can reach the level of the royal family." level.”

"Can the owner inlay it?"

"Of course. Our store does not have the gemstone advantage of the Sogdians, but our inlays are particularly good. The skills passed down by three generations are waiting for you."

Zheng Qiniang went to get two big boxes and opened them. They were filled with all kinds of inlaid gemstones and jewelry, all of which were dazzling.

The two little ladies had their heads buried in the treasure box and could not get out. Li Ye had changed his prejudice against his grandfather's family. As a local gangster in Hexi with military power and the rear of the Anshi Rebellion, his grandfather and uncle were so important. Relationships are still worth investing your own money to maintain.

Li Ye smiled and said: "Take whichever you like, I'll buy it for you!"

The two young ladies' beautiful eyes lit up and their faces were full of smiles. They quickly picked out the jewelry they liked. Seeing that they were not very good at choosing, Li Ye smiled and said: "Pick one set, don't repeat it!"

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

I brought another set of jewelry to my uncle's daughter Pei Zhen. There are three sets in total, each set contains eighteen pieces.

Of course, the one who smiled brightest was the hostess Zheng Qiniang. She had not met such a wealthy customer for many years. Three sets of jewelry were worth a total of 5,700 guan.

The two little ladies were a little stupid.