Pei Xuanqi sent Zhang Xuan away, and walked quickly to his father's study, at this time Pei Yun was sitting in the room drinking tea and reading, Pei Xuanqi walked to the door and saluted, "Father!" ”

"He's gone?" Pei Yun put down the book and asked.

"The boy sent him away."

"Come in and sit!" Pei Yun pointed to the seat in front of him.

After all, Pei Xuanqi has been a Taishou for several years, and he can be regarded as a high-ranking official in the imperial court, Pei Yun also gives him face, unlike his grandson, who is only allowed to stand and talk.

Pei Xuanqi sat down and asked in a low voice, "Has my father decided to recruit him as his son-in-law?" ”

Pei Yun didn't answer directly, but asked with a smile: "What do you think of this person, can he be your son-in-law?" ”

"The person is not bad, you can accept him as the son-in-law of the Pei family, but I feel that his sincerity is not very sufficient, he is always emphasizing that he has been married, which makes people feel uncomfortable, father, the child doesn't understand what he thinks?"

Pei Yun smiled and shook his head, "Actually, I don't know what your uncle thinks, it came too suddenly, two days ago, your uncle found me and said that he wanted to recruit Zhang Xuan as the son-in-law of the Pei family, but he didn't have a suitable granddaughter there, let me promote this matter, I was not mentally prepared at all, this matter came, to be honest, I haven't thought about whether I should recruit him as my grandson-in-law?" ”

Pei Xuanqi frowned, "Several granddaughters over there have reached the age of marriage, how can you say that there is no suitable candidate?" ”

"Your uncle doesn't want to marry his granddaughter to him, but he feels that it is a little inappropriate for the concubine to go out of the house, he said that it is best between the concubines, and he thinks the father and mother are the most suitable, and he looks for them, so that one person is more in line with his requirements."

Pei Xuanqi was speechless for a long time, the Pei family didn't have much sincerity in the first place, and they didn't want to marry their daughter-in-law. It's really a question of whether people are willing to take on this family business.

"Father, I don't think it's very likely that Jang Hyun will agree to this marriage."

Pei Yun smiled faintly, "This is not something we are considering, I have already held a family banquet for him, and I have gone on a blind date, and I have done everything I need to do." Whether it succeeds or not has nothing to do with me. ”

"Xuanqi understood!"

"Go ahead! I'll write a letter later, and you ask Jin'er to send it to the head of the family. ”

"Yes! Father had a good rest. ”

Pei Xuanqi retreated, he walked quickly to the courtyard where he lived, and saw his wife Wang sitting alone in the room sulking, Pei Xuanqi smiled: "Who made Mrs. angry again?" ”

"Isn't that your precious girl?"

Wang's face was full of unhappiness and said: "I wanted to talk to her about marriage with a good heart, but before I could say two words, she rushed away angrily, and didn't take my mother in my eyes at all, and I won't care about her affairs in the future." ”

Pei Xuanqi understood in his heart. Things are by no means so simple, every family has a difficult scripture, and his family is no exception, the key is that the biological mother died unexplained ten years ago, and his wife Wang is very suspicious, but there is no evidence, so the daughter is extremely hated by her eldest mother.

Over the years, the mother and daughter quarreled when they met, and the wife didn't know how many times she punished her daughter. But the more he was punished, the more hateful he became, and even he had no choice. Sometimes he also wants to marry his daughter early, maybe this is the best way.

Pei Xuanqi sat down and asked with a smile, "What do you think of that Zhang Xuan today?" ”

"He looks good, but he is too self-righteous, the Pei family is a famous family in Hedong, a famous family in the world, and giving him the opportunity to go on a blind date has already made him climb high. What does he have? It's just a poor kid, and he actually said that he had made a marriage, such a person is too ignorant, if it was my daughter, he didn't want to have a chance. But your precious daughter! I said it doesn't matter, you can do it yourself! ”

Although she was angry and said that she didn't care, Wang's attitude told her husband very clearly that she did not agree to this marriage, because the family was not worthy, and Zhang Xuan could not climb the Pei family.

Although Pei Xuanqi felt that Zhang Xuan was good, his father's cold attitude and his wife's resolute opposition cast a shadow on this marriage, and he was not optimistic about the result, he sighed and went back to his father to get the letter

Coming out of Pei's Mansion, the first thing Zhang Xuan did was to rush to the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant to have a full meal, he had almost nothing to eat in Pei's Mansion, he was so hungry that his chest was close to his back, and he hurriedly said goodbye It was also related to not having enough to eat.

Zhang Xuan squinted his eyes and drank all the wine in the cup, which is also the reason why he likes Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant, the wine of Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant is very mellow and authentic, it is a real Gaochang wine, he has eaten all the wine shops can not compare, although the price is very expensive, but it is worth the money.

"Little Er, check out!" Zhang Xuan was full of wine and food, and turned around and shouted.

The bartender hurriedly ran over, bowed down with a smile and said, "This master, a total of ten yuan!" ”

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but be stunned, he just ordered a pot of wine, five Hu cakes and two plates of game, it actually cost ten yuan, the other day the meal was not a guest he invited, he didn't know how much it spent, but he remembered drinking in the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant last year, and he ordered more wine and food than this, and it was only twenty yuan, is this pit himself?

Although Zhang Xuan didn't care much about this kind of trivial matter, this obvious sky-high asking price still made him extremely uncomfortable, and he said with a sinking face: "What's the matter, is it a miscalculation?" ”

"Guest officer, you won't be mistaken, the wine money is three times, the good mutton and Hu cake is always a piece, you want five, and the game is also the same money per plate, a total of ten dollars, except for the wine money, we are all real prices, the same as outside."

Zhang Xuan still thinks it's incredible, how can there be a Hu cake that has always been money? It turned out to be a hundred yuan a piece, even if it was a double serving of good mutton filling, it would be at most three hundred yuan a piece, and it would not be possible to get a consistent one.

At this time, the old man sitting opposite him said slowly: "Young man, this is the price now, you may not have been to Luoyang for a long time!" Now that prices have risen dramatically, especially food, they have multiplied, and the key is to see what money you use. ”

The old man took out a few five-baht coins and said with a smile: "This is the copper coin when the emperor opened, and the original Daye money is one to one, but it is one to four with the current Daye money, so if you use Kaihuang money, you can have a maximum of two dollars for this meal." ”

Zhang Xuan understood a little and asked, "Do you have any money for the big business now?" ”

The bartender took out a piece of money and handed it to him, "This is the big business money that just came out this year, and no one wants rotten money, but there is the most such money on the market, and everyone has put away the good money." ”

Zhang Xuantuo looked at it in the palm of his hand, the color was black, the handwriting was blurry, and it was very thin, it could be broken in half with a light twist, there was no longer the heaviness of the previous yellow and clear, it was difficult that the price of monsters would explode, who would want this kind of rotten money?

Zhang Xuan secretly thought that it seemed that the financial situation of the imperial court was not optimistic.

The old man on the other side sighed again, "Not only is the money rotten, but even the measurement has changed, there are big buckets and small buckets, and the length has also become big and small, and the tax and grain are used for big buckets, and the government is waiting for the government to give relief or sell grain, but it is a small bucket, and I don't know how many people have been pitted when I go in and out, and the people's grievances are boiling!" ”

Zhang Xuan felt a little strange, the economy of the Great Sui was not so miserable!

He remembered that the inventory of the Sui Dynasty in history had not been used up in the Middle Tang Dynasty, and the reason why the early Tang Dynasty was able to do light and meager endowments and have the rule of Zhenguan was entirely because of the huge inventory support of the Sui Dynasty.

"Childe, isn't there enough money!" The bartender found out that Jao Hyun didn't bring a money bag, and immediately became a little worried.

"Can I pay the bill with this?"

Zhang Xuan smiled and took out a small ingot of gold from his arms, about two or two, and put it on the table, the yellow golden light suddenly attracted the man's attention, and his eyes widened, "Of course you can!" ”

Unexpectedly, the old man's hand was faster, and he snatched the gold, "Childe, this gold has been exchanged for me, I will give you thirty yuan and one tael, and I will give you the emperor's money." ”

Zhang Xuan was also shocked, he was only ten yuan and one tael of gold in Mayi County last spring, how it was that in just one year, the price of gold had tripled, which really made him feel incredible.

Zhang Xuan also suddenly realized that he was a little out of touch with society, if he hadn't come here alone to eat and drink today, he really didn't know that prices had skyrocketed and copper coins had seriously depreciated.

Of course, Zhang Xuan knew what this meant, which was a clear precursor to the outbreak of the economic crisis, and if the Sui Dynasty could not reverse the situation, the crisis would only become more serious, and eventually lead to the destruction of the country.

Zhang Xuan retrieved the gold from the old man's hand, pulled out his knife and halved the gold, handed it to the old man and said with a smile: "I can't take the sixty copper coins, let's exchange them for thirty yuan from the old man first!" ”

The old man was helpless, so he had to beckon his entourage to come forward, let him pay the bill for Zhang Xuan, and then hand over the rest of the money to Zhang Xuan, he sighed and said: "Now gold on the market is a rare commodity, and ordinary people will not take it out. ”

Zhang Xuan's heart moved, and he asked with a smile: "I don't know what is the relationship between my husband and Yu Xiangguo?" (To be continued......)