In the end, it was his conscience that caused the blame, knowing that things were difficult to handle, and if he was not careful, he might burn himself. Chen Yingliang still bit the bullet and accepted the entreaties of his eldest grandson siblings, and agreed to go to his distant uncle Pei Yun, the doctor of imperial history, to try to rescue his eldest grandson. Unknowingly, Gao Shilian, the brother and sister's uncle, fell into the trap set by Lao Li's family.
Fortunately, although Chen Yingliang's heart is not cruel enough or black enough, his small head is not stupid enough. Knowing that Gao Shilian's case was actually created by Pei Yun - Chen Yingliang, who is not clear about this remote history, doesn't know whether he is wronged or not. But Chen Yingliang knew that if he rashly went directly to Pei Yun to intercede, there would be no good end in all likelihood, so Chen Yingliang was very smart and chose to use Pei Hongce, the Duke of Li Guo who is closest to him, as a breakthrough point, and first went to Pei's family in Daxing. He visited Pei Hongce at home, asked Pei Hongce to come forward to help deal with it, and persuaded Pei Yun to be merciful.
Chen Yingliang thinks so, Pei Hongce is the closest to him, and his request is most likely to be accepted by Pei Hongce first, as long as Pei Hongce agrees to help, and then takes him to visit Pei Yun to intercede, then Pei Yun looks at Pei Hongce, a brother of the same family. In terms of face, it is basically possible to agree to make an exception.
It's a pity that the ideal is full and the reality is very skinny, because Pei Hongce is still stranded in Daxing City because he still has to participate in Ling Chi, Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong. For Pei Hongce, as a result..., as a result, Pei Hongce scolded him head-on and face-to-face.
"Are you crazy or stupid? When you were in Dongdu, weren't you very smart? Why did you start to be stupid as soon as you returned to Daxing? Knowing that this case was initiated by your uncle Pei Yun, Gao Shi Lian was also the one who persuaded the emperor to arrest him, but you still want to use his way to intercede for Gao Shilian, do you want him to slap himself? You want to kill yourself, and you want to drag me? Pei Yun and I are just A brother of the same family, not a real brother, if I make him anxious, he will still turn against me! It's you, if my own son Pei Xingfang begged me, I would have already slapped him! "
Being scolded made her look ashamed, but Chen Yingliang still refused to give up, and said embarrassingly: "Uncle forgive me, my nephew also knows that this matter is difficult to handle, but the people in the Gao family are really pitiful. I just agreed..."
"There are more pitiful people in the world than they are! You can manage so much?" Pei Hongce continued to scold angrily, "You have only been an official for a few days, and you want to uphold justice for others? It's up to you to uphold justice. On the head of Uncle Yuanfang, will you still have it in the future? Can't you pretend that you didn't see or hear, and let the servants drive the Gao family out of the gate?!"
"Don't be so muddy! When you pleaded for the Chai family last time, your Uncle Pei Yun was a little angry. It was just because of my face, and also because you are about to enter an official position and don't want to make too many enemies." Come on, I don’t have the same knowledge as you! You go to make trouble for him this time, and be careful that he will drive you out of the house and let you stay in this empty job for the rest of your life!”
"Return the gift from Gao's family, and say that the matter can't be done, and send them away. They will come to you in the future, and let your servants stop them from seeing you! Also, if you don't want to seek death yourself, don't Go to Wei Xuan and Fan Zigai to intercede, they will not care about such a matter, and they will not interfere! Once your Uncle Pei Yun hears about it, you will die even worse! Don't come to me to beg for mercy, if I tell you so clearly, I will be worthy of you!"
With Pei Hongce spitting blood all over his head, Chen Yingliang left Pei's other courtyard in despair, and returned to his new home in Yiyangfang dejectedly. If I don't show up, I worry about how to reject the poor elder grandson. After returning home, I am also depressed. I sit at the dinner table and have no interest in touching chopsticks. I keep thinking about how to deal with this matter.
"Why don't you just bite the bullet and ask Wei Liushou or Fan Liushou? But what if they don't care? If you do this, if the wind spreads to Pei Yun's ears as my uncle warned, I will definitely die. Die again."
"Go to Uncle Fang and Fang Xuanling for help? Uncle Fang may agree, but his level is far from enough, what he said can't affect Sui Yang's decision-making at all? If Pei Yun knows about this, I'm sure Will die worse?"
"Go directly to Pei Yun to try your luck? The chances are too small. Pei Yun and I only met once or twice. It's for Pei Hongce's sake to give me a good face. Please ask him for such a thing that makes him slap his face. It's just trying to die, if it's not good, I have to take myself in."
"I can't do left, I can't do right. Is it really necessary to return the gift to Changsun Wuji and Guanyin's maid as my uncle instructed? They are crying and begging me again? How can I bear it?"
When he was in a dilemma, Chen Laosan limped into the room with his crutches. Seeing that Chen Yingliang hadn't touched the food as the servant said, he kindly asked, "My lord, what happened? Why don't you?" Eat? Whether the food is not to your liking, what do you want to eat, the old slave will ask the kitchen to cook for you."
"No." Chen Yingliang shook his head, and said weakly: "Something is bothering me, I don't have any appetite for the time being, don't worry, uncle, I will eat by myself later."
"Young Master, let's eat earlier." Chen Laosan persuaded kindly: "People are iron, food is steel, and now you have to go to the imperial city to work every day, how can you do without food? What can you do slowly?" Besides, let’s eat something first.”
Chen Yingliang had to listen to what Chen Laosan said, so he reluctantly picked up his chopsticks to eat, but the food tasted like chewing gum, no matter how he ate it, it didn't taste good, and his mind was still on the matter of his eldest grandson. At this time, Chen Laosan suddenly said again: "My lord, I forgot just now. When the eldest grandson and his sister came today, they brought you a basket of white flowers, saying that you asked them for it yesterday. Those Hualao slaves accepted it for you, how do you clean it up?"
"How did I forget about this?" Chen Yingliang stopped his chopsticks, and then remembered that he had completely forgotten about the cotton that he accidentally encountered at Gao Shilian's house yesterday because he helped inquire about Gao Shilian's news for his eldest grandson, and hurriedly said: "Three Uncle, you ask our servants to take out those flowers for ventilation, and put them in the sun to dry tomorrow. It will be of great use to me. Also, be careful to collect all the seeds in the flowers, so that they can be preserved, and they must not be moldy. .”
Chen Laosan agreed, and then asked casually: "Young Master, what do you want these flowers for? I remember that when the Grand Master was still here, these flowers were also planted in the garden of our old house. They were just planted for viewing, and they didn't even have a fragrance. , is it useless?"
"Our family also planted it?" Chen Yingliang was surprised.
"I planted it." Chen Laosan nodded, and replied: "You were still young at that time, so you probably don't remember it. In order to decorate the garden, the Tailord asked the family to plant all kinds of exotic flowers and herbs. At that time, he planted this kind of white chrysanthemum. , looks pretty good."
"Third Uncle, do you know where there are such white stacks?" Chen Yingliang asked hastily.
"I'm not sure about this. There aren't many people who grow this kind of flower. Probably they can only plant some ornamental gardens in rich people's homes." Chen Laosan replied vaguely, and then said: "My lord, if you like Baidizi, then we will be there next year." There are more varieties in the garden, anyway, this kind of flower is not difficult to grow, the old servant still clearly remembers that it was planted in March, and it blooms during this time."
"No, not only in the garden, but also in our family's Yunyang fief." Chen Yingliang shook his head, and said, "Sanbo, don't forget to worry about this, I will find a way to find some more hydrangeas. When the seeds come, you can find a few reliable tenants and let them plant them easily, exempt them from renting, and exchange them with us for grain.
Chen Laosan became even more confused, and hurriedly asked: "My lord, why are you planting so many white jellyfish? This kind of flower can't be eaten or worn, so why grow so many?"
"Sanbo, you are wrong." Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "This kind of flower can not only be eaten and worn, but also can change the fate of our country in the Sui Dynasty. One day, the whole world will desperately plant this kind of white chrysanthemum. Not only can we make a lot of money, but we can also leave a name in history and write it down in history... "
"what!"
Speaking of this, Chen Yingliang suddenly screamed by himself, and then jumped up violently. The action was so violent that Chen Laosan was shocked. He hurriedly asked Chen Yingliang what happened and why he was crazy. Don't say anything, and think quickly in your mind, "The cotton that is enough to change the entire course of history, the cotton that can completely reverse the situation in the entire north, and the cotton that can make people famous in history, if I give it to Pei Yun, he will have to give me one anyway." Save face to solve the Gao family's problem? It's a pity, but if I grow cotton and see that there are huge profits to be made, the old Pei's family will definitely reach out for the seeds and technology. Being a favor can also completely shorten the relationship between me and Lao Pei's family!"
Having made up his mind, Chen Yingliang didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately said to Chen Laosan: "Third uncle, go and call twenty servants, all of them men, and let them bring those white dippers here, I have something to do with you." They confess."
Of course, Chen Laosan would not refuse Chen Yingliang's request, and immediately limped out to find someone. Chen Yingliang was thinking nervously at the dinner table, planning how to use the cotton to please Pei Yun and Lao Pei's family, and at the same time keep a cup for himself. After basically making up the plan in mind, Chen Laosan also led twenty Chen family servants into the room, and also carried the basket of cotton brought by the eldest grandson into the room.
"Listen, tomorrow you will go out with 20 cents per person and go to the market to look for this kind of white jellyfish. Whether it is flowers or seeds, you can buy as many as you have. You don't need to care about the price, as long as you can buy it." Chen Yingliang instructed: "Also, you can also try to contact some servants of rich and noble families and ask them if they have this kind of flowers. If they have them, you can buy them with money. You can buy both flowers and seeds. The price is up to you. If you buy more, I will reward you a lot!"
Hearing that there was such a lucrative good deed, of course the members of the Chen family immediately agreed, but some people asked: "My lord, what are we buying these flowers for?"
"To make medicine." Chen Yingliang gave a reason casually, and said loudly: "If someone asks you, what does our family buy these words for? You can tell them directly that I will use it to make medicine."
The twenty servants nodded, and each took a sample out, but Chen Laosan was in a hurry. As soon as the servant left, he reminded Chen Yingliang: "Young master, aren't you wasting money by doing this? Let them see the situation themselves." Give money, isn't this letting them take advantage of the opportunity to make money? The old slave knows that you are not short of money now, but you can't waste money like this, right?"
"Third Uncle, I know that this arrangement will give them a chance to be greedy for money, but there is no other way. I am in a hurry to get flowers like white dippers, which are of great use, so I don't care about the little money." Chen Yingliang shook his head and said again "Sanbo, don't worry, the money we collected from Bai Diezi will be doubled with Bai Diezi, so just wait and see."
Chen Laosan was skeptical, but he couldn't be Chen Yingliang's master, so he could only let Chen Yingliang mess around. Unexpectedly, Chen Yingliang suddenly asked again: "Uncle San, do you know any craftsmen in Daxing City? Can you find some for me?"
"My lord, what kind of craftsman are you looking for?" Chen Laosan asked back.
"I'm looking for..." As soon as the words came to his lips, Chen Yingliang was dumbfounded because he wanted to develop cotton fabrics. Even the simplest cotton coat would require expertise in knitting, dyeing, tailoring, and filling. Talents, but to process raw cotton into cotton wool, carpenters and textile craftsmen are needed. Although I used to pretend to be a cotton craftsman's undercover poisonous nest, and I knew the technology of cotton wool processing, but without the help of these craftsmen, I could make it myself. Are there any necessary tools
Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road, and Chen Yingliang suddenly remembered a person Pei Hongce once mentioned—Yun Ding Xing Yunda Shaoqing! At the same time, Yunda Shaoqing is also the magistrate of the young mansion and in charge of the royal hand-made workshop. As long as he asks Yun Dingxing for help, these problems are not a problem at all, and what he asks for help is all trivial matters to him. As long as there are enough gifts, he will definitely help to the end.
Thinking of this, Chen Yingliang hurriedly said to Chen Laosan: "Third Uncle, forget it, I need too many craftsmen and too complicated, I'd better go to Yun Ding Xing Yun Shaoqing for help, and you will be responsible for guarding at home and collecting white goods." Diezi, after taking off the seeds of the Baidianzi received tomorrow, immediately put them in the sun to dry. At night, put all the stoves at home in one room and burn them all, put the Baidianzi in the room to bake, and bake. I'll be of great use after it's dry."
Chen Laosan agreed, and immediately went out to arrange other servants to prepare the insufficient amount of firewood for the next night, while Chen Yingliang happily sat back at the table, enjoying the food while eating. Thinking about how to please Yun Dingxing and ask him for help, Chen Yingliang is sure to ask Yun Dingxing to help him. This time, after returning to Daxing with Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Chen Yingliang met Yun Dingxing once. At that time, his face was worse than the corner of the Great Wall. The thick Yun Da Shaoqing even pulled Chen Yingliang to praise him, and automatically included the seniority of several important officials of the Pei family. He treated Chen Yingliang like a nephew and nephew, regardless of his seniority. In fact, he should be regarded as Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang was extremely embarrassed by his grandfather's generation, and his attitude of deliberately making friends with Chen Yingliang was very clear, so it would definitely not be a big problem for Chen Yingliang to ask him for help.
What made Chen Yingliang more troublesome was the issue of presents. Chen Yingliang was not short of money now. The colored silk and copper coins rewarded to Chen Yingliang by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty were piled up at home, but Chen Yingliang couldn't send a large cart of copper coins to Young Master Yun with great fanfare. Cloth? It is a bit vulgar to give gold, and Chen Yingliang, who is so stingy that he buys a mobile phone with public funds, is a little bit reluctant. As a result, naturally, Chen Yingliang's eyes fixed on the ten pearls and the pair of jade buckets sent by the eldest grandson brothers and sisters...
"Just use these to send that old shameless Yun Dingxing away. The weight is enough. I sent him to save Gao Shilian, and I don't want to lose my conscience to my eldest grandson. As for Pei Yun, compared with the value of China's first cotton padded coat, ten What are bright pearls and a pair of jade buckets? As long as Pei Yun has a little economic sense, he will definitely understand how profitable it is to grow cotton, and his family is a big landlord, so the more good things like cotton, the better."
So, on the second day, as soon as the gate of the workshop was opened, twenty servants of Chen Yingliang's family ran around with large packets of copper coins, and they went around the mountains and dug holes to look for cotton, which was still regarded as an ornamental plant in this era. Buy, as much as you want. Chen Yingliang, the rice worm of the Sui Dynasty, ran to his boss Pei Xin to ask for leave, and then went to the Shaofu to look for Yun Ding Xing Yun Da Shaoqing with a gift. After meeting, he offered a precious gift with both hands in exchange for Yun Da Shaoqing He was overjoyed and treated Chen Yingliang more affectionately, and naturally agreed to Chen Yingliang's request without hesitation, and personally led Chen Yingliang to various workshops to arrange for craftsmen to work for Chen Yingliang. Cotton plucking tools, as well as various necessary manual talents, were sent to Chen Yingliang in an endless stream.
After a busy day in the Shaofu Prison, Chen Yingliang dragged his exhausted body back home when the door of the workshop was about to close. He also brought ten borrowed Shaofu craftsmen and a lot of necessary tools. In addition to the cotton already spread in the yard, there are also the eldest grandson brothers and sisters who are so anxious that they are already jumping. Fearing that the door of Ye Shen Fang would be closed, the eldest grandson brothers and sisters who were already preparing to go home quickly stopped Chen Yingliang and asked how Chen Yingliang was running around.
"Don't worry, I've already thought of a way to save your uncle." Chen Yingliang finally confidently put a guarantee in front of the eldest grandson siblings, patted his chest and said: "I have asked Yun Ding Xing Yun Shaoqing for help, and I will go tomorrow Ask the guard to stay behind and ask for an official document allowing you to visit the prison. The emperor will deal with the two traitors Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong in public in the morning the day after tomorrow. Then Uncle Pei will definitely not have to work all day. I will go to Uncle Pei's house the afternoon after tomorrow to intercede for your uncle. .If everything goes well, Mr. Gao will be released from prison and reunite with you in another three to five days."
"Really?" The eldest grandson brothers and sisters were overjoyed together.
"Of course it is true, I can assure you." Chen Yingliang smiled and nodded.
"Brother Chen, thank you." The eldest grandson Xiao Luoli sincerely thanked her, and bright stars of incomparable admiration appeared in her big clear eyes looking at Chen Yingliang.
"Brother, why do you still ask Yun Shaoqing for help?" Eldest Sun Wuji was concerned about another issue.
In order to give the elder grandson a surprise, and at the same time it was really inconvenient to explain, Chen Yingliang simply said nonsense, and said with a smile: "Of course, have you forgotten? Yun Shaoqing is a famous person in front of General Yuwen, and the Holy Majesty treats him very much." Appreciate, with him helping to deal with your uncle, wouldn't your uncle have more hope of being released from prison as soon as possible?"
"Did Yun Shaoqing agree to help?" Changsun Wuji hurriedly asked again.
A lie needs countless lies to cover up, Chen Yingliang bluffed again: "Of course I agreed, Yun Shaoqing has always been good to me, I went to ask him, he immediately agreed, and promised to deal with General Yuwen for me, please General Yuwen also came forward to help. Well, let’s not talk about it, it’s not that the eldest brother will not keep you, the door of the workshop will be closed, you go home quickly, don’t worry your grandma and aunt, tell them, I will definitely do my best to save you. Your uncle comes out."
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There is one very small thing that needs to be explained. Almost at the same time, a trivial incident happened in front of the gate of the imperial city. Yunda Shaoqing, who was in a hurry to go home, happened to meet someone who helped him when he was driving out of the imperial city. General Yuwenshu, the reborn parent of the comeback, hurriedly saluted and greeted him. At the same time, Yuwenshu accidentally caught a glimpse of the exquisite gift box in Yunda Shaoqing's hand, and asked curiously: "Brother Yun, what are you holding in your hand?" ? Did you make something exquisite again?"
—Don't mind how General Yuwen called Yun Da Shaoqing in private, history books prove it, the vain general Yuwen not only called Li Mi Xiandi, but also referred to Yun Da Shaoqing as elder brother.
"Unlucky, I can only feed the dogs." Yunda Shaoqing groaned in his heart, but his face was full of smiles. He hurriedly held the gift Chen Yingliang gave him in front of General Yuwenshu, and said with a smile on his face: "Send it to me from my colleagues." A little trinket for my subordinates, it’s not worth much money, it’s just something new and ingenious, I wanted to send it to the general tomorrow, please enjoy it with the general, since it’s a fate, the general please accept it .”
"This..., how are you so embarrassed?" General Yuwen refused with a haha, but he was cursing secretly in his heart, "Old man, 90% of them are the jewels and gold you were greedy for when you supervised the construction of the palace utensils, right? Don't put your greedy ink Confiscation of the stolen goods, I am sorry to the monarch of heaven and earth, and I am sorry to the common people of the Sui Dynasty!"
"General, please don't be polite. It's really a little thing that my colleagues gave me. I don't need it. If you like it, please accept it." Young Master Yun stuffed the gift box into General Yuwen. In his hand, weeping in his heart, "Damn it! Ten pearls the size of pigeon eggs, a pair of dragon beaked jade buckets, or Han Dynasty mutton fat jade, the old man lost a lot today!"