"By the way, there are still people from the Lu family under General Zou, and there seem to be a few people from the Jiangnan family, but I haven't seen anyone, so I don't know which ones are." Laihong suddenly raised his head and said.

"This won't be wrong, Pei Shiqing came back this time, and he must be helping to attract talents." Laihu'er nodded and said.

"Father, is the court really hopeless?" Laihong couldn't help but ask again.

"It's hopeless! All the families have abandoned the Yang family, and the key to how a few of us can turn the tide is that Your Majesty himself does not have that mind. Laihu'er smiled miserably.

"Father, since you know, why do you have to guard the river." Lai Cheng asked loudly.

"Shut up! Anyone can betray His Majesty, but we can't come home. His Majesty trusts his father, and he only has the honor of being dead. Laihu'er shouted loudly.

"Father was angry, I just asked casually." Lai Cheng bowed his head and said.

"Alas! It's also because the father is too harsh, if there is really an accident, you can go. Laihu'er looked at her two sons and said with a sigh. Although the imperial court is indeed not thin on him, but think about himself, in addition to the third son Laiyuan participating in Yang Xuangan's rebellion, the second, fourth, seventh and eighth, and four sons died on the battlefield, which is also worthy of the two generations of the Yang family.

"Father, are we going to help win over one or two?" Laihong asked. It is still easy to win over some officers and soldiers in the army because of the prestige of the family.

"Find some faithful people, just in case." Lai Hu'er heard what his son meant, which also reminded him that he had only been anxious about the current situation, and then he woke up and still had to think about his family.

Now although there are some family members and personal guards in the house, but after all, there are not many people, there is really an accident, and even their own guards are not thorough, such a big problem, and now I find out that Lai Hu'er can't help but break out in a cold sweat, you must know that when the army outside the city arrives, I don't know when I went, and suddenly, Lai Hu'er has a feeling of fright, as if something big is going to happen in the city.

This feeling has not appeared for many years, even if the conquest of Goguryeo and the ambush of others, there is no such feeling, it will calm down after a while, and Lai Hu'er said with a little urgency: "The fifth child will select a hundred elites and send them to the mansion secretly, and the sixth child will pay close attention to the city and pay attention to whether there is any abnormal situation." ”

"Whoa!" Although the two brothers didn't understand why Lai Hu'er's face changed drastically, they hurriedly responded.

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The Pei family is also discussing Zou Yu, and there are still a lot of people, Pei Shiju, who is already not young, listened intently to Pei Shiqing introducing Zou Yu's situation.

Pei Shiqing talked about what he saw and heard in detail, without any personal opinions, and only stopped to drink water for an hour.

"It seems that the old man really didn't look at the wrong person." Picking up some things again, after asking, Pei Shiju sighed.

"Head of the house, what should I do next?" Pei Shiqing asked.

"Deben is under Li Mi, right?"

"Yes."

"Peach and plum, win the world, I originally thought it was Li Mi, seeing him bite Luoyang to death, hum, it's not a big deal, let Deben find an opportunity to change his course." Pei Shiju said dissatisfied.

"Is it Daxing? Or Jinyang? Pei Shiqing asked.

"It's okay, save time and things, decide for yourself, as for you, still go back to Jinyang and bring some young people in the family, after all, it is better to send charcoal in the snow than to add icing on the cake in the future." Pei Shiju said lightly, for him, whether it is Li Yuan or Zou Yu, the difference is not big, the Pei family can invest in multiple lines, of course, the situation in the world is relatively clear now.

Originally, he valued Li Yuan the most, after all, Li Yuan received the support of the most families and supported Zou Yu, that was to value him to occupy Liaodong, and it was possible to cede the land and become the king.

There is that Zou Yu not only has sprung up, but also exceeded his imagination, and now in his heart, he is already the same as Li Yuan's forces, if it is not for the secluded annexation, Liaodong is sparsely populated, I am afraid it will be ranked first.

Of course, this is also because Pei Shiqing did not fully contact the core, Pei Shiqing knew that the agricultural model of Liaodong was very good, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, but he didn't know how good it was, and that model, in his opinion, was not suitable for the Central Plains, because the family controlled a lot of land and tenant farmers. Forced promotion will inevitably touch the interests of many people.

As for the mine, he didn't know how big it was, but he knew that Zou Yu had a mine, and even Zou Yu didn't know how big it was, let alone other people, and no one would know that these mines were all the kind that had no problem digging for hundreds of years with their current capabilities.

According to the news, Pei Shiju only deduced that Zou Yu's soldiers had strong combat effectiveness and a solid foundation, which was stronger than everyone else.

"The younger brother understands, but it's a pity that he already has two wives, otherwise marriage would not be a bad thing." Pei Shiqing sighed.

"Humph! What's the hurry! Those two have no foundation, even if they really wait for that position, and one more is to add it, with the strength of our Pei family, can't they still be supported. Pei Shiju said vaguely.

"I'm afraid that others will take the lead, the Xue family, the Lu family is no worse than us, Wang Xie and the family, this time they will inevitably increase their support, and it is difficult to ensure that they will not take the road of marriage." Pei Shiqing said.

"Wait a minute, the Xue family has always paid attention to military merits and disdains marriage, the Lu family's big house is in Li Yuan's place, even if the rest of the families want to marry, I'm afraid Zou Changfeng will not agree, after all, the most important thing for a force is balance." Pei Shiju touched his beard and said.

"Wang Xie and his family, although they are now entrusted with important tasks in Liaodong, they have never been able to handle the big people, and they are not up or down, which is a little unsatisfactory." Pei Shiqing continued.

"Isn't that how it is, you have taken a wonderful step, no, how can they take our lead." Pei Shiju said with satisfaction.

"So, they're all biased towards us?" Pei Shiqing asked happily.

"Yes, now in the south, with their support, we can finally open up the situation, silk, tea, cloth, these businesses can be mixed in." Pei Shiju said happily.

In addition to controlling official positions, knowledge, land and tenants, the big families also control a large number of businesses, and the big merchants in various places are controlled by the family, which is one of the reasons why they are feared.

It's just that the families everywhere are very xenophobic, and they don't want to have a piece of the pie from foreign forces, once there are foreign forces, it is easy to be boycotted by local forces.

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