In the Luoyang City Ball City Hall, Wang Yuanbao, who had already lost half a circle, looked surprised, and looked at the person who was standing in front of him half-bowed: "Are you sure...... Is it indeed Ye Chang? ”

"Yes, the villain can confirm it"

Wang Yuanbao put down the teacup in his hand, got up and slowly paced around the room.

Because the New Year's League of Luoyang Ball City is about to start, he will appear here. When his foundation glaze industry was in trouble due to the impact of glass, the importance of the ball market became more and more apparent, even if the bulk of the ball market's income was siphoned off by the powerful families such as the eldest princess Yuzhen, but the remaining part was also indispensable for him now.

Not many people know that Wang Yuanbao, who was once rich and rivaled the country, is now in a bad situation.

The reason for this unhappiness is all because of the name he mentioned, Ye Chang.

"I just came from Chang'an, and I have never heard of a saint calling Ye Chang into the ...... Then he left his post without permission. Wang Yuanbao was secretly worried in his heart.

It's just that he left his post without permission, it's not a big deal, with Ye Chang's backstage and the degree of trust by Li Longji, such a mistake is at most to fine him for some money. However, Wang Yuanbao was thinking about something deeper: why did Ye Chang quietly leave his job.

Since his henchman Wang Yuan disappeared in the vast sea with Cheng Fangyuan, the sailor general arranged by Yang Hui, Wang Yuanbao has lost most of his confidence in finding Aolai Kingdom. He understood that Wang Yan and Cheng Fangyuan were most likely calculated by Ye Chang, but because there was no evidence, they couldn't help Ye Chang at all.

In his opinion, his enmity with Ye Chang was deep, and last time he took the initiative to "show goodwill" to Ye Chang, but he couldn't get Ye Chang's forgiveness, even so, if he had the opportunity to end Ye Chang completely, he would never give up.

"What was the atmosphere like between the two of you?" Wang Yuanbao asked again.

At first, the two were still talking and laughing, but it didn't take long for Ye Chang to get up and say goodbye, and when the two parted, Yang Gong chased after him and whispered a word, and Ye Chang also whispered back - judging from their expressions, it seemed that they were unhappy at that time.

"Unhappy Breakup"

When Wang Yuanbao heard this, his heart moved, it seemed that there was really something wrong

Ye Chang secretly returned to Luoyang this time, not making a big splash like before, proving that he wanted to go back to the Central Plains to do something in a low-key manner. Yang Shenming had his own considerations, but he received Ye Chang with great fanfare, which made Ye Chang unhappy, because it might destroy his plan. Now Ye Changzhi is full of pride, and he is no longer the same civilian as he was at the beginning, he is not happy, and he has a seizure on the spot, which makes Yang Shenming unhappy......"

I have to say that Wang Yuanbao can become the leading wealthy businessman in the Tang Dynasty at this time, and there is indeed a reason, and he guessed the situation at that time with only a few clues.

"Arrange it, I ask to see Yang Gong." His mind swirled, and he ordered.

Wang Yuanbao's request, Yang Shenming did not take it to heart, although Wang Yuanbao was waiting in front of his house the next morning, but it was not until the evening that he saw Yang Shenming. In this regard, Wang Yuanbao was not surprised, when it came to his identity, Yang Shen's name was noble, which was rare in the world, and his reputation was also very high, so it was natural to be self-conscious.

"Wang Weng is here, I don't know why?" Yang Shenming's expression was a little defeated, and he spoke to him with a strong spirit: "Could it be a matter of the ball market, what's wrong?" ”

"Under the rule of Yang Gong, how can there be anything wrong" Wang Yuanbao smiled and bowed his hand, from Yang Shenming's expression, he further confirmed that Yang and Ye were indeed unhappy last night.

"Then Wang Weng is coming today?"

"The villain got a message and came to report it to Gong Yang." Wang Yuanbao said: "I heard that some court generals left their posts without permission and entered the Central Plains, hiding bad thoughts. ”

Yang Shenming frowned, looked at Wang Yuanbao, and his eyes suddenly became cold: "Wang Weng, what do you want to say?"

"The old man is ordered by a noble man to cooperate with Yang Gong." Wang Yuanbao smiled faintly: "This nobleman's relationship with Li Xianggong is also very close. ”

Yang Shenming heard him mention Li Linfu, and his eyes slowed: "Who is it?" ”

"Princess Xianyi's concubine Yang Xun is an acquaintance with Yang Gong."

Yang Shenming suddenly sat up straight, and his heart jumped suddenly.

"How to cooperate?"

"Naturally, it is the border general who left his post without permission, I think Yang Gong still doesn't know, Li Xianggong is already very dissatisfied with that border general, and it was rumored that he will be rewarded for meritorious service, but until now it has been delayed, which is proof."

"How do you know this?" Yang Shenming was startled, stood up and asked.

Wang Yuanbao smiled but did not speak.

He knows this, so he naturally has his own channels, Yang Huan's side is one of the channels, and there is another secret channel, but others don't know about it.

But what Li Linfu's true intentions were, even if Yang Wei and his other secret channel were not completely sure, so they repeatedly warned him not to act rashly.

But now there is an opportunity

"Is this true?" Yang Shenming looked serious and asked again.

"It's true, his people sneaked into Luoyang incognito, and they should also come for this matter."

Yang Shenming suddenly realized, and secretly regretted it in his heart.

He only said that Ye Chang was valued by Li Linfu, and the rumors in the market were even more conclusive, saying that Li Linfu intended to recruit Ye Chang as his son-in-law, so he invited Ye Chang with great fanfare, the purpose was to show his close relationship with Li Linfu's cronies, and at the same time, he wanted to use Ye Chang to show Li Linfu his closeness and friendship.

But he never thought that now Li Linfu was disgusted with Ye Chang

The more Yang Shenming thought about it, the more he regretted it: he originally wanted to curry favor with Li Linfu, but it turned out to offend Li Linfu

At the same time, he was a little lucky: fortunately, Ye Chang was very dissatisfied with his fanfare at that time, and even left the table angrily, and the two parted unhappily.

Wang Yuanbao's words, he did not doubt that if the source was Yang Xun, then it would not be surprising to know Li Linfu's intentions. After all, Li Linfu once teamed up with Yang Xun and killed the former prince, and the relationship between the two is extraordinary, and it is naturally very clear that Yang Shenming's family has been in the center of power for a long time.

"Wang Weng told me this news, I think it is useful......" Yang Shenming groaned, raised his eyes to look at Wang Yuanbao, and his expression eased slightly: "I don't know ......"

"Please Yang Gongshi play this matter, don't hide it for him." Wang Yuanbao said: "Hurry up and play, the morning and evening will come." As for the rest, he didn't dare to bother Yang Gong. ”

After he finished speaking, he stared at Yang Shenming, just waiting for Yang Shenming's response.

The current situation of the Yang family, Yang Shenming's plans, Wang Yuanbao is clear at the moment. Yang Shenjin is the core of the Yang family, and after being recognized by Li Linfu, he quickly became a promising new star in the center of the Tang Dynasty, and there were even vague rumors that he was going to be Zaifu. However, this violated Li Linfu's taboo, so the relationship between the two sides quickly cooled down.

Yang Shenjin himself was not aware of it, but Yang Shenming, who was far away in Luoyang, had already discovered this.

"Wang Weng will find someone else for this matter." After hesitating for a while, Yang Shen said.

Wang Yuanbao was startled, looked up at Yang Shenming, and found that his expression was very firm, and without waiting for Wang Yuanbao to respond, Yang Shenming got up: "Send off." ”

"Yang Gong" Wang Yuanbao called, but Yang Shenming ignored him, and walked straight into the back room, Wang Yuanbao followed and chased two steps, but was stopped by the housekeeper of the Yang Mansion.

"Wang Weng, let's go back first, my master has already sent off the guests, didn't Wang Weng hear clearly?" The butler said with open arms.

Wang Yuanbao was stunned, and gradually felt that something was wrong in his heart, things didn't seem to be as smooth as he thought.

In his opinion, now that Yang Shenming needs to repair the relationship with Li Linfu, then he should jump out and attack Ye Chang, who is dissatisfied with Li Linfu, he just asked him to start this, but he refused so categorically, which is really unreasonable.

However, if Yang Shenming makes a move, it is the best, if he doesn't make a move, Wang Yuanbao is not afraid that no one can help

Not long after Wang Yuanbao left Yang's Mansion, he rode a fast horse and galloped out again, heading in the direction of Chang'an City. Not long after leaving Luoyang City, the fast horse saw a team of men and horses, and they also headed west.

Ye Chang was in this team.

Yang Shenming made a big fanfare intentionally or unintentionally, completely disrupting his plan, but this was not the main reason for him to attack on the spot, and more importantly, Yang Shenming wanted to use him but did not have an honest meeting with him. This little incident happened in Luoyang City, so he had to change his itinerary, and instead of staying in Luoyang, he rushed to Chang'an early the next morning.

"Phew"

Ye An, who had eaten a mouthful of dust, spat and scolded in a low voice while staring at the distant knight.

Ye Chang didn't pay attention to this, but looked at the farmland on both sides.

This place is still near Luoyang, and in the fields on both sides of the road, farmers are plowing. Looking up, the four fields are flat, the village is faint, and it is a pastoral scenery.

"The Central Plains is the heart of the Tang Dynasty, when Tianbao was first loaded, because of the canal repair, this area was quite cold, but it has recovered in the past two years." Cen Shen said with a smile: "The people live in peace, live and work happily, and the scene of the prosperous world."

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly saw a group of people on the official road in front of him who were menacing, holding whistle sticks and wooden sticks, and some of them were holding hoes and shovels, and went straight into a field next to the road. As they shouted and waved the tools in their hands, after a while, the wheat seedlings that were originally green in the fields were scattered.

The peasants in the field were probably frightened by this group, and at first they did not react at all, and then they rushed over with a cry of urgency, only to be caught by the wooden stick of the whistle and forked to the ground. The peasants next to him also gathered, and just as they wanted to step forward to stop them, they were scattered by a chaotic stick.

But although they were scattered, the people did not leave, but gathered on the road a little farther away, blocking the road, so that Ye Chang and his party could not move forward.

Ye Chang frowned, stopped the horse and stopped to watch. The peasants gathered more and more, and in a short time dozens of people gathered more than those who shoveled seedlings, and they swarmed again.

The two sides began to quarrel, seeing that they were going to fight, Ye Chang wanted to go to Chang'an in a hurry, where could they wait for them to win, so he ordered Ye An to step forward and open the way. When the people facing each other saw Ye Chang with more than 20 followers, one of them shouted, "Let this passing Lang Jun comment."

They made a commotion, and Shanzhi suddenly became alert.

"This Lang Jun, you give me equal evaluations" one person shouted: "My master's field, what he wants to plant, my master decides, these mud legs, very unreasonable, dare to hinder my master from planting crops."

"This land is clearly cultivated by tenants and us, and we are not in arrears of rent, so why are we not allowed to farm?

"It's not that you are not allowed to plant, but you are not allowed to plant wheat ......"

"If you don't grow wheat, what do you eat?"

In the midst of the gossip, the two sides of the dispute did not make the problem clear at all. Although Ye Chang is a nosy, he can't help but have a big head at this time, Ye An drank a few times, asked them to calm down, and each raised a leader to speak, and after a while, he saw two elders come forward.

One was dressed in silk and looked in good condition, while the other was dressed in sackcloth and patched. Ye Chang felt some sympathy for the patch in his heart, so he asked him to speak first.

"The villain is a farmer here, and the tenant planted the Song family's field, and the wheat grows, but they want to shovel the wheat, which is called what the villain eats when he waits for autumn" The patched farmer cried and said with a sad face: "The villain and the others are not unreasonable, but just ......"

"This was originally our Song family's field, planting wheat and rice, naturally our Song family has the final say" Before the farmer finished speaking, the silk wearer shouted: "When collecting field rent, I won't overcharge you, but you wait but don't listen, I really don't know what to do."

The people on both sides were vague, Ye Chang didn't like the person who wore silk, and asked with a frown: "What do you say about the land rent?" ”

"Every acre of harvest is rented at three percent." The silk wearer said: "Lang Jun walks in all directions, he is well-informed, he should know that this rent is fair, and there is no fixed amount, as long as they are diligent, they can work more and get more."

This rent was indeed fair in this era, and some tenants could pay half of the harvest. However, Ye Chang was partial to the farmer in his heart, and said with a smile at the moment: "Even so, they also have a lot of thirty percent of your rent, you just have to collect it when the time comes, and what do they plant?" ”

"Exactly, Lang Jun is really well-informed," the peasants suddenly cried out.

When the silk wearer heard this, he immediately disliked it: "Lang Jun's words are bad, the field is my family's, and what to plant is naturally up to my family." Now that Jianghuai rice and wheat can be transported, what can be the benefit of planting rice and wheat, let them grow cotton, but they are not"

"Growing cotton?" Ye Chang originally favored the farmers in his heart, but when he heard the word "cotton", he couldn't help but be moved: "Is it kapok woven with white folded cloth?" ”

"Exactly, these mud legs don't know what to do, but Lang Jun should know that now the white cloth on the market is more expensive than an acre of kapok, and the income is four or five acres of wheat, and my family only receives thirty percent of the rent, if you don't plant cotton to plant wheat that has no income, how stupid it must be."

Ye Chang was a little stunned, turned around, and said to those farmers: "What he said is also reasonable, now cotton is expensive and wheat is cheap, and you can plant kapok for greater benefits, why don't you plant it?" ”

Without waiting for the farmer to respond, the man in silk smiled and said, "Lang Jun is really well-informed, that's the truth."