"What else can I do, I can only go to the Emperor Taishang a few more times to find out the situation and then make plans!" Pei Lin couldn't help but sigh at this time and said, in fact, Li Yuan's intelligence, courage, and courage are all above him, but the power is charming, sometimes Li Yuan is not as good as him to see the situation clearly, and he has been firmly tied to Li Yuan in this life, if Li Yuan is unlucky, he should not think about it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hearing that Pei Lin took the initiative to take over this drudgery, Li Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt a little embarrassed in his heart, the disaster was caused by him, but he needed Pei Lin to deal with the aftermath, which made him very grateful, and he also thanked Pei Lin at the moment, but when he moved, he found a crisp impact sound in his sleeve, which made him remember that the chili sauce he was going to give to Li Yuan forgot to take it out.

"Pony, what's in your sleeve, and why is it still clanging?" Pei Lin also heard the sound in Li Xiu's sleeves at this time, and couldn't help laughing at the moment, and at this time, the two also got into the carriage together and began to walk outside the city.

Pei Lin is not an outsider, Li Xiu immediately took out the two bottles of chili sauce in his sleeve and said with a smile: "This is called chili sauce, which was made by a friend of mine who is about the same as my sister, and it tastes very good, it just so happened that her husband's family had an accident, and she was the only one left in the family to support the family, so I helped her come up with an idea and let her sell this chili sauce, and I sent two bottles to His Majesty before, these two bottles were originally given to the Emperor, but I didn't expect to be startled by the Emperor's question, and I forgot about it." ”

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Pei Lin couldn't help but reach out curiously and took a bottle of chili sauce and looked at it, only to find that the name of the chili sauce turned out to be "Wang Liu's", obviously a married woman, combined with Li Xiu's above description, Pei Lin couldn't help but admire the strength of this Wang Liu's family.

"Since I didn't have time to give it to the emperor, then I'm welcome, if it tastes good, I will also recommend it to relatives and friends!" Pei Lin was not polite to Li Xiu, and reached out to put away the two bottles of chili sauce. With his identity, of course, it is impossible to take advantage of a small advantage, in fact, he is also helping Li Xiu, after all, with his connections, if he can help the chili sauce publicity, the effect is definitely no worse than Li Shimin.

Li Xiu immediately thanked him when he heard this, but Pei Lin immediately smiled a little mysteriously: "By the way, the recent tea business is simply very good, several tea workshops, tea gardens, etc. under my name are all making a lot of money, but I calculated that tea is still in short supply, so I plan to buy some land in the south to grow tea, I don't know if you are interested?" ”

"To open a tea plantation in the south? Pei Gong, you are really courageous! Li Xiu's eyes lit up when he heard Pei Lian's words.

Most of the south of the Tang Dynasty in this era is undeveloped, except for a small number of areas, most of the areas are sparsely populated, and the north, especially the Guanzhong region, is the most prosperous area of the Tang Dynasty, and even in the eyes of many Guanzhong people, in addition to Guanzhong, the field is all barbaric land, and the outsiders also have a natural sense of superiority, which is similar to the Beijing people of later generations, in fact, it is also very normal, in the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng people also despise the outsiders very much.

It is precisely because the south is vast and sparsely populated, the land is not valuable, and the south has a humid climate, and there are more mountains and hills, which are very suitable for the growth of tea trees, and shipping is also slowly rising, so investing in tea gardens in the south is definitely a very far-sighted decision, Li Xiu has thought about it before, but he is too lazy, so after thinking about it, he put this idea behind him, and he didn't think about it at all.

"Hehe, it's just a little business, it's not about being bold or not, I just want to earn more money for my children and grandchildren!" Pei Lin said with a smile at this time.

However, when Li Xiu heard this, he shook his head and smiled: "I treat Pei Gong with sincerity, why should Pei Gong bully me?" ”

"Huh?" Pei Lin was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but smile helplessly, "Don't blame the horse, the old man is also cautious and used to it, this is also an old problem that he developed in the officialdom before, and he can't change it if he wants to!" ”

The reason why Pei Lin is so keen on doing business is naturally not to make money, in fact, with his family background, he doesn't need to make this money from business at all, he does it completely for self-preservation, or self-defilement, after all, with his identity, he is now making money like a businessman, which seems vulgar in the eyes of readers, and this is what Pei Lin wants Li Shimin to see, so as to make Li Shimin feel at ease, saying that he has no other thoughts.

"Hehe, I also know Pei Gong's situation, and I should be cautious, but although doing business is a means for Pei Gong to defile himself, with Pei Gong's knowledge, he will definitely not think that business people are lowly like many stubborn scholars, right?" Li Xiu first excused Pei Lian, and then asked with a smile again.

"No farming, no stability, no work, no wealth, no business, no life, I naturally know the importance of doing business, and I will not despise business like many people, but from the perspective of the imperial court, business is indeed a very unstable factor!" Pei Lin first shook his head with a smile, and then said in a somewhat worried tone.

"Oh? Why did Pei Gong say that? Li Xiu couldn't help but look at him with some surprise when he heard Pei Lian's last sentence and asked.

"In fact, you should be able to think that farmers and craftsmen are the foundation of a country's stability, and their needs are not much, nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation, but businessmen are different, they through the means of business, the wealth created by farmers and craftsmen is concentrated in their own hands, if not restricted, when these merchants have enough wealth, it will threaten the rule of the imperial court, after all, wealth is also a kind of strength, especially when the situation is unstable, enough wealth can be quickly converted into troops, prestige, etc., It is precisely because of this that all dynasties have suppressed merchants openly or covertly! Pei Lin explained calmly.

"I see, no wonder although the merchant has a lot of wealth, his status is so low, and he even has to rely on the powerful to live!" Li Xiu couldn't help but muttered to himself when he heard this.

"In fact, for the aristocracy, everyone knows the benefits of doing business, and the aristocracy is generally a big family, and they also need a lot of wealth to cope with the usual expenses, so many nobles have a lot of properties in their families, and even the big families with the five surnames and seven wangs also control a lot of money-making industries, but the nobles and families generally put the property in other people's names in order to avoid suspicion!" Pei Lin heard Li Xiu's self-talk, and immediately smiled again.

Li Xiu also nodded again and again when he heard Pei Lian's words, because he has a lot of industries in his family, such as coal mines, tea, etc., but these industries are generally not directly under his or Princess Pingyang's name, for example, the coal mine is under the name of Ma Ye, Ma Ye is originally an independent and special person, and he doesn't care what others say about him, as for the tea, it is hung in the name of Yi Niang's personal maid Fan'er, because she was the first to make fried tea.

"In this way, for the imperial court, the best way is for the nobles to control the business, and the royal family will use the power to tie the nobles firmly to their side, so as to solve the problems caused by the development of commerce." I saw that Li Xiu pondered for a moment at this time, and spoke again.

In fact, the bourgeois revolution in later generations was nothing more than the conflict of interests between the emerging bourgeoisie and the traditional big aristocrats and big landowners that could not be resolved, which led to violent conflicts, which led to social turmoil and the change of dynasties.

"This is indeed the truth, this is also the main reason why the court turns a blind eye to the nobles' business, after all, compared with the merchants, the interests of the nobles and the court are more close, as long as the emperor in power is not as angry as Yang Guang of the former Sui, these nobles generally will not risk the danger of the nine clans to rebel!" Pei Lin smiled again and said, of course, he said most of the situation, there are always some exceptions, such as some greedy guys can't see the situation clearly, and so on.

Li Xiu nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, with his appearance, whether intentional or unintentional, he was rapidly promoting the commercial development of the Tang Dynasty, such as the tea trade and the application of coal, which originally appeared on a large scale in the Song Dynasty, but was advanced by him by hundreds of years, and even the bearded man had already found the Americas, maybe there would be an industrial revolution or something like that in the future, so he had to prepare in advance.

"By the way, you haven't answered the question I asked just now, are you interested in going to the south with me to buy land and open a tea plantation?" As soon as Pei Lian's words fell, he suddenly thought of the previous question again, and asked again at the moment.

"Of course I have a problem with buying a tea garden, although the sea trade in the south is dangerous, but in my opinion, it has a great future for development, we bought a tea garden in the south, and then made into fried tea on the spot and sold to maritime merchants, it will definitely make a lot of money, but I don't have much manpower in the south, and I don't know where to buy the land?" Li Xiu said in the end, but he spread his hands.

Princess Pingyang didn't have much industry before, mainly relying on the income of the fiefdom, until she met Li Xiu, the family had more industry, but it was mainly concentrated near Chang'an, although the tea business was hot, but most of the workshops opened in other places were in cooperation with others, which was not his family's industry.

"It doesn't matter, I have some industries in the south, and I am very familiar with various places, if you can trust the old man, just pay the money, and I will take care of the rest!" Pei Lin patted his chest and said.

"Haha~, what I'm waiting for is Pei Gong's words, this matter is settled, just go back and let the people below discuss!" Li Xiu naturally trusts Pei Lin very much, after all, through Pei Lian's identity, he will not be greedy for his money.

When the two were talking, the carriage also left Chang'an, and Li Xiu's home was relatively close, so the carriage came to Li Xiu's house first, and when Li Xiu said goodbye to Pei Lin and got out of the carriage, he suddenly found that not far from the gate of his house, there was a familiar figure standing there.