Taoyuan Farmhouse Daily

When Pei Qingyun said this, he was not arrogant to show his family background, but a very calm explanation, which would not make people feel bored.

Chang Xile was not someone who didn't know what to do, so she didn't refuse any more, and took the jade pendant.

Pei Qingyun's face suddenly softened a lot, "That's right. Fortunately, you are not those scholars who pretend to be noble and ignorant of world affairs, and insist on entangled in unnecessary things. You rely on your brothers at home and friends when you go out. You have messy thoughts in your heart. That’s why you think too much and confine yourself.”

Chang Xile smiled, not wanting to stay longer, cupped her hands and said, "If there is nothing else, let's take our leave first."

"and many more."

"What else is there, Mr. Pei?"

"My followers don't know what to do to find me, and I don't know if these gangsters still have accomplices. You good people will go to the end, can you escort me for a ride?"

When Pei Qingyun said this, his expression was a little unnatural, his watery eyes flicked left and right, and his exquisite and beautiful face was simply irresistible.

Chang Xile remembered that Shen Baili had said that Pei Qingyun was older than him, but she couldn't tell from looking at it this way.No wonder Shen Baili was called Heitan. Standing in front of Pei Qingyun, he really looked rough, everything was contrasted.

Chang Xile did not refuse Pei Qingyun's request, but before leaving, he tied up the gangsters with the ropes they brought, like a big dumpling, to prevent them from running away when they woke up halfway.

Before leaving, Pei Qingyun kicked them a few more times, then clapped his hands in satisfaction and left, but stopped after walking a few steps.

"You wait for me."

Then he ran back and mended his feet again.

"Everyone else kicked, and there are only two people who didn't leave my footprints on them. I always feel uncomfortable."

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The Pei family's shops were everywhere, and not long after they walked out of the alley, they came across the Pei family's shop selling cloth.

As soon as Pei Qingyun appeared, the shop waiter who was outside taking customers recognized him, and hurried over to salute.

"Go and call the shopkeeper over." Pei Qingyun said directly without talking nonsense with them.

The waiter in the shop didn't dare to neglect and hurried in to call someone, the shopkeeper quickly ran out, saluting respectfully.Seeing that there was no one around Pei Qingyun, he couldn't help asking curiously: "Third young master, why are you here alone, why don't you see your followers?"

Pei Qingyun didn't play tricks with him either, "I got lost by someone's design, and was almost tied up. You should report to the police immediately, and those people will be tied up in the alley next to the old Zhao Baozi shop in front."

The shopkeeper was startled when he heard this, and he didn't dare to be negligent, so he quickly called a buddy and asked him to find the patrolling yamen servant.

"Third Young Master, I've surprised you. You go to the shop to have a sip of tea to suppress the shock. I've already sent someone to the mansion to call for someone."

Pei Qingyun called Chang Xile and Chang Yu, "Don't hurry, go up and have a cup of tea."

Before Chang Xile had time to refuse, Pei Qingyun said: "You and that black charcoal are very fond of talking, could it be that you can't make it with me? We still have a life-long friendship, or...do you despise me?"

Pei Qingyun's eyes showed obvious displeasure.

When it came to this point, Chang Xile couldn't refuse.If it hadn't been for what happened just now, he still wouldn't want to have too much contact with Pei Qingyun, but it is impossible to get rid of the relationship now.

Besides, Pei Qingyun is really unusual, and making friends with him is also paving the way for him.

Chang Xile entered the store together with him. The store has three floors, and the uppermost floor is not accessible to ordinary people, which is the legendary VIP reception room.

Chang Xile also took a look at those cloths when passing by, the Pei family is an imperial merchant, although I don't know which business will be offered, but the things under the name must be good.

Although it's just a quick glance, it can be seen that the goods here are very good, and the weaving and dyeing skills are very high, several grades higher than the cloth shop in Daoxiang County.Moreover, the decoration of the store is rich and luxurious. Before I saw the goods, I felt that the things here must be expensive and good.

The three of them came to the inner room on the third floor. The decoration here is very exquisite and elegant.Everything has been carefully selected, and everything in this room alone is of great value.

There are no chairs here, so you can only sit cross-legged.

The maids came in one after another, and after a while, the small tea table was filled with all kinds of snacks and melons and fruits, all of which were rare and good things in the world.There is also a maid who makes tea for them, which is very skillful and pleasing to the eye.

Pei Qingyun took a sip of tea, and then said: "Speaking of which, we have known each other for so long, but we still don't know your last name."

Chang Xile cupped her hands, "Miangui's surname is Chang, and his name is Xile."

Pei Qingyun laughed, "Your name is very festive."

After speaking, he looked at Chang Yu again, "Where is this one?"

"Chang Yu." Chang Yu replied by himself.

Chang Xile was taken aback, this was the first time Chang Yu took the initiative to introduce himself.But he didn't want to show it at this time, he just patted the back of his hand with his hand as an encouragement.

The corners of Chang Yu's mouth turned up, looking bright, but he didn't rub it like usual.

"Chang Yu? It's a good name. Are you two brothers?"

"He's my brother."

Pei Qingyun looked at Chang Xile and then at Chang Yu, "Apart from the fact that you two are both good-looking, you have nothing alike."

Chang Xile couldn't help laughing, this Pei Qingyun was very good at talking, completely different from the appearance in front of Shen Baili, and his words were much more pleasant.Moreover, he is much calmer than the first time he saw her. Although her appearance is too beautiful and childish, she can feel that she is not without brains.

"Thank you Mr. Pei for your compliment."

"He's only about ten years old now, right? His skills are too powerful. None of my subordinates have this ability, but the moves are a bit strange." Pei Qingyun praised.

Chang Xile was very proud in his heart, but he said modestly: "Young Master Pei, my brother is practicing 'Tiger Boxing', so his form and attack style are very similar to those of a tiger."

This was purely Chang Xile's nonsense, but Pei Qingyun believed it.There are still people in his house who know how to do Mantis Fist and Snake Fist, etc., and their moves are also very weird.

"So that's the case, but I don't know who was the teacher? I have some knowledge. There are not many people in this world who have such abilities at such a young age. It stands to reason that they must be from famous schools, but as far as I know, none of them know how to do this trick." Yes, isn't it a hermit?"

Chang Xile paused, and said: "To tell the truth, Mr. Pei, my younger brother is not my own younger brother. He grew up in a remote mountain. His master was a hermit and died very early. We became brothers because of a chance encounter. It's probably because I haven't seen anyone for a long time, my younger brother is not good at expressing, and he has a vague memory of the past."

Pei Qingyun suddenly realized, "It turns out that, to be able to survive in a place full of birds and beasts at a young age must be superior to others. It is so powerful now, and it will become a great weapon in the future."

Although Chang Xile never expected that Chang Yu would become a big shot, he was also happy when someone praised him like this, "I'll borrow your good words."

"I'm not saying this casually."

Pei Qingyun made a gesture to make the maids in the room back down, and then said again: "Don't think I used to value civility over martial arts, but now it's not the case. I have become richer and richer these years, and the surrounding countries are eyeing it. The emperor is now more and more important." Wu. I’m not afraid to tell you in advance that the court is now planning to hold a martial arts exam. It’s a sure thing. At that time, there will be not only literary champions but also martial arts champions! This kid Chang Yu is so capable, so many big men will be defeated in an instant. If he goes to take the exam It must be the champion, even if it is not the champion, it is not difficult to get the official position by military force."

Chang Xile was a little excited when he heard this, "What you said is true? The imperial court is going to hold a martial arts test?"

Pei Qingyun took a sip of tea, raised his chin slightly and proudly said: "Our Pei family is the most well-informed in the entire Pumpkin Mansion. Since I can say that, it is almost inseparable. Besides, I don't need to blackmail you, maybe next year at the latest There will be the next year."

Chang Xile can't calm down now, if that's the case, Chang Yu will have a way out in the future!

"Master Pei, do you know what the process of the martial arts exam is?"

"That's exactly what I want to say. Since it's the first time the exam is being held, you only need to be able to play it. If you are interested, you'd better seize this opportunity, otherwise I'm afraid it will become more and more strict in the future. And more and more."

Chang Xile nodded, because the first session is usually not well-known, and everyone is unprepared, so there will be relatively few people participating.

It's just that Chang Yu is too young, and has not yet fully integrated into the world, so it may not be a good thing to become famous too early.However, these can be considered again. Now that there is an extra road, it is definitely a good thing.

"Even without this martial arts test, according to Chang Yu's skills, if he is willing to serve my Pei family, he must be able to accomplish a lot." Pei Qingyun threw out an olive branch.

Chang Xile smiled, and did not explicitly refuse, but said: "Thank you, Mr. Pei, for your love, but my brother is still young, so I have to ask the elders in the family for their opinions on what to do.", "You don't have to worry too much about this, young man Heroes are rare but not without them. It is necessary to become famous as early as possible. If he can get an official position now, because he is young, he will not have to go to the battlefield, but he can also get the benefits of being an official. Especially this is the first time that a military In order to recruit talented people with high martial arts skills, the imperial court will definitely reward the first batch of people."

Chang Xile pondered for a moment, and felt that this analysis did make sense.Moreover, everyone has a high tolerance for geniuses. If Chang Yu really becomes famous, then his eccentricity will become a kind of genius.Just like him, because of the excellence of the original body, no one thinks what he does now is weird, only that geniuses are different from ordinary people.

Seeing this, Pei Qingyun knew that Chang Xile had listened to his words, and that he was not purely kind, but also wanted to win her over.

In his eyes, Chang Yu's ability is a malleable talent.Although there are many capable people in this world, these two seem to be clear-minded people, and they are still young and have no foundation, which is easier to recruit than the established faction.

There are not many people like Chang Yu who have no background but good kung fu. The others all have their own way. There are too many interests involved, and it is very troublesome to cooperate.

Although their Pei family is rich and powerful, they also have connections in the court. Concubine Li also gave birth to a dragon son, who is favored by the emperor.But after all, the foundation of the family of merchants is too shallow, and it is necessary to win over all the people who can be won over, so as to ensure that it will not fall down.

And now that he leads Chang Yu into the door, if he becomes them at that time, they will be grateful, and they will feel close to the Pei family.And it didn't take much effort, regardless of whether Chang Yu succeeded in the end, it was just a good relationship.Especially since the other party saved his life, it was the right thing to do.

"You still have at least a year to think about it, so don't worry. If you decide to participate, you can find me at that time. Although it is a good thing that the first time is not so strict, people with good news will take the opportunity to seize the opportunity , you will suffer if you go alone, and I will save you from being tampered with with my Pei family protecting you."

At this time, Chang Xile also understood Pei Qingyun's enthusiastic intentions, and she didn't feel anything in her heart, but felt at ease.In this world, it's impossible to have no connections. The Qian family can be so arrogant, isn't it just that they have woven a big net.

If he wants to fight against it, he also has to weave a big net, otherwise he will be strangled to death as soon as he shows up.

"Thank you Mr. Pei, we will consider it."

Although there was room for it, Pei Qingyun knew that the matter was close, so he didn't continue this topic.

"Just now I saw that you are very interested in the cloth in my shop. If there is something you like, you just say it. You and I are brothers now, so you don't need to be polite."

Pei Qingyun said this with the intention of lowering his status. After all, Chang Xile and Chang Yu are nothing now, but Pei Qingyun's status is not ordinary.Although Pei Qingyun's life was saved, it is very likely that someone else would send some money as a thank you.

"It's just a casual look." After Chang Xile said this, she thought for a while and said, "To tell you the truth, our village has brocade and dyeing skills, but my small county town can't sell it for much, so I thought Bringing the things made by the villagers here, I just wanted to see if our craftsmanship can be sold in this mansion."

"Then you have found the right place. The cloth in our Peijia Cloth Village is the best in the whole Pumpkin Mansion, and even the best in the whole Liangguo. Our cloth is even used by the empresses in the palace, but they The ones used are different from those used by folks, but they all come from our family.”

"Can you show me the middle and low-end cloth in the shop?"

Pei Qingyun didn't respond, and asked the attendant to bring all the cloth samples.

"If your cloth is not bad, you can sell it to my house in the future."

After reading everything, Chang Xile has a general understanding of the market here.He can't do fine things, but he can still use his technology to lead the people in Taoyuan Village to try in the middle and low-end market.But at present, I am afraid that the advantage is not great. After all, his skills are not very new, and it is very difficult to seize the market.

It would be much smoother if she relied on the Pei family, but Chang Xile always felt that it was too much to repay her kindness.

Kindness cannot be squandered at will, and it is best to use it when it is most needed.

Pei Qingyun was a sensible person, and she knew what Chang Xile was thinking, and said, "There's no need to worry too much. If the things are not good, we won't accept them. I don't care about the little money, but I can't joke about the family business."

Hearing this, Chang Xile became much more at ease, "It should be so, and this is also responsible to each other. Otherwise, we think we have good things, and if we don't think about making progress, we will only seek our own death."

Pei Qingyun praised: "You are a sensible person, and I like dealing with sensible people the most."

Chang Xile smiled, "I hope we will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

Pei Qingyun suddenly thought of something, "By the way, I have something that was ordered to be planted by the imperial court. Because it is a foreign thing, I don't know how it will be planted, so it has not been widely promoted. If this thing is planted, it is not ordinary. It is easier to obtain than silk, and softer and warmer than linen.

I have the real thing here, as well as the woven cloth. I think if this thing can be grown, it will be popular in the whole country.If you don't, you can take it back and try it. You don't need to use an extra acre at the beginning.If it succeeds, you can let go of the seeds next year, and I will provide you with seeds.You are one step ahead of others, even if you are worried about giving us Pei's house because I don't want to trouble you because of sympathy, it will be very easy to be taken away if you go to another house. "

When Chang Xile heard this, he immediately looked forward to it. The rough linen was not warm enough, and the cost of silk was high. He had been looking for cotton, but the doctor's relatives had not received any good news. I wondered if Pei Qingyun was talking about cotton.

When the attendant found the item, Chang Xile could no longer suppress the excitement in her heart, and it turned out to be cotton!

"It's cotton!"

Pei Qingyun raised his eyebrows, he hadn't told the name of the thing just now, but Chang Xile could tell it accurately, he must have known it before.

"You know this thing?"

"I like to read some miscellaneous books on weekdays, and I saw it in a book of strange stories and strange things. I have been looking for it all the time, but I didn't expect to see it at Mr. Pei's place. I really have nowhere to find it."

Pei Qingyun was also very happy, "Then do you know how this thing is grown and what its habits are?"

Chang Xile was excited because she finally found cotton. Without thinking about it, she said, "One month later is the best time to plant this plant! And the climate and soil in our Pumpkin Mansion are very suitable for planting this plant. If you want to plant it once To sow all the seedlings once, it is necessary to catch the cold tail and warm the head to catch the sun and sow the seeds; the cover and soil must be even, no more than one finger thick, and not shallow enough to expose the pot; and to achieve "dry children sleep in a warm nest", you can cover it with straw. "

Pei Qingyun just asked casually, but she didn't expect Chang Xile to speak clearly.

"Mr. Chang is really well-informed. He even knows these things. This thing is foreign, and the other party refused to tell how to plant it. At first, he thought it was obtained from a special sheep. Later, the other party didn't agree. Be careful to say that you slipped your tongue, and joked that our Liang country has never seen the world, so we only know about it. But if we want to know how to plant it, there is no way, we can only figure it out by ourselves."

Chang Xile didn't expect such a thing to come out, and said: "Although these crops have their own habits, they are generally average. I come from a farming family, and I may have been familiar with it, so I can guess one or two. But you have to try it out for the specifics. If you know what to do, what I just said belongs to panacea.”

Pei Qingyun has seen a lot, so he naturally knows that some capable people are beyond comparison to ordinary people, so he doesn't think it's weird.It's just that if Chang Xile is really allowed to get it out, it will be a happy event for the Pei family.

After all, this thing is beneficial to the country and the people, whoever figured out how to grow it best will be a great contributor at that time.

They are not short of money or fame now.

"If you and I can research the method of planting this plant before others, then we will gain more than just money."

Pei Qingyun was glad that he had just let Chang Xile go without telling him, otherwise there would be no such opportunity.No wonder that Heitan likes to talk to Chang Xile, he is really a lucky star.Thinking of this, Pei Qingyun's expression turned a little ugly.

Pei Qingyun's attitude changed very obviously. It was difficult for Chang Xile to ignore it. She was happy and sad for a while.

But he didn't want to ask too much, the two exchanged a few more words, got the seeds and left.

Pei Qingyun was unhappy now, so she didn't continue to persuade her to stay.

When Chang Xile and Chang Yu returned to the inn, the others had already returned.

Chang Xisheng laughed and said: "We thought you would take Uncle Hu for a longer stroll, the mansion is so lively that you can barely use your eyes and mouth."

Chang Xile did not hide anything, and told them what happened today, and Chang Xisheng and the others were amazed.

"I didn't expect the house to be so chaotic. To tell you the truth, we almost got our purse stolen just now. Fortunately, we caught each other quickly with our eyesight and hands. Otherwise, we would be so distressed. But because of this, we didn't have any fun." I'm interested, so I came back directly." Chang Xisheng sighed.

"These thieves are too bold. There are also robbers. There are government servants next to them. They are not afraid at all. After robbing the money, they run away, like a loach. A group of government servants can't catch up with them. Forget it, everyone They all look familiar." Chang Xishou said in disbelief.

It wasn't such a mess in their small county town. I didn't expect these gangsters to be so arrogant with so many yamen servants guarding the mansion.

Wang Dali said: "I just heard at a food stall that a rich family was dug into by thieves, and several boxes of gold, silver and jewelry were stolen."

"This is too rampant!"

"Isn't it? We have to wake up a little bit when we sleep at night. We don't have a few copper coins. If someone steals them, we can only beg for food and go home."

Chang Xiqing said in a mysterious and low voice, "Didn't I wander around after I separated from you, and I was almost dragged away by that woman."

"What woman?" Wang Dali asked puzzled.

"Oh, that's the kind of woman."

"What kind is that?"

When the others saw Chang Xiqing winking, they immediately understood that they must be talking about courtesans.

Although they came here wearing their best clothes, they are not enough to be seen in this city, and it seems that their family background is not good.And these people have sharp eyes, and they can tell at a glance that they have no money to spend on it, so they have never been hooked up.

The most important thing is that there are far fewer women during the day than at night, and all kinds of characters come out at night.

Chang Xisheng sighed: "I don't know how many times I've seen along the way, and there are also special shops, it's really... hey."

Daoxiang County is small, although there are prostitutes, but they are all secret doors and do not appear on the street.Unlike Pumpkin Mansion, it is blatant and has a strong atmosphere.Although many of them are performing arts without selling themselves, or just as companions in restaurants, they feel inappropriate after all, especially when thinking of the female relatives at home, people feel very uncomfortable.

Wang Dali was still confused, "Why can't you explain clearly, I don't understand anything."

The others looked at each other and smiled, and dispersed, leaving Wang Dali who was confused and continued to be confused.