The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

In the evening, Pei Ji returned home and sat alone in the side room, fanning himself.

He was thinking about what happened during the day.

What he said when he was drinking with the emperor at Da'an Palace.

Why did the emperor suddenly want the wasteland on his farm? If he wanted to give it to King Jingyang...

But does King Jingyang lack land now?

The emperor rewarded him with so much land in Jingyang County, how could he lack land?

But if he didn't lack land, what did the emperor mean by this today?

That wasteland... Now it seems that there is a lot of story in it.

Pei Ji thought carefully, but there was an imperial censor in the court who said that King Jingyang Li Fu was building a lot on the farm...

Building a lot on the farm...

Pei Ji pondered this.

In other words, Li Fu didn't lack land on the farm, there was plenty of cultivated land, but if it was wasteland, he could build a workshop or something like that.

If he occupied the farmland to build a workshop, the censors would have more to say...

It seems that we should let the people in the manor go and see what is happening in the manor next door.

If Li Fu must use that piece of land, then that piece of wasteland will become a treasure.

Pei Ji was thinking about whether there was still room for maneuver in the matter of his son going to Jingzhou.

He must not go to His Majesty to plead for mercy, and the emperor doesn't care. Then, who will speak in front of His Majesty and His Majesty will listen? It's nothing more than King Jingyang, and then it's Changsun Wuji's group.

Changsun Wuji must not help speak, after all, the rumor thing is a pit dug for him. Although he didn't jump into it, Changsun Wuji is a grudge, very grudge.

The relationship between these people and their old ministers is like fire and water. They are eager to take advantage of this matter to deal with themselves.

How can they speak for themselves?

Then what about Li Fu?

Previously, he had a grudge against the manor over there, but it was just a manor, and the grudge was only with the servants in the manor.

Whether it was the manor or the servants, they could be abandoned at any time. If Li Fu dealt with those people, he could speak for Lawyer Pei in front of His Majesty, so he would deal with it. It was just a manor, and he wanted those wastelands, so he gave them to him.

However, we still have to see in advance what Li Fu wants to do with that piece of land. If it is something very important, then the wasteland in his hand will be very important.

Pei Ji stroked his beard and thought.

Lawyer Pei came in from outside.

"Father, you are looking for me." Lawyer Pei knelt in front of Pei Ji.

"Yes, yes, how are you packing your things?" Pei Ji asked, "Have you said goodbye to your friends in Chang'an City these two days?"

Lawyer Pei sighed.

"I'm still packing up. I've met my son's friends. Their attitudes are different." Lawyer Pei said, "Some of them obviously want to cut off their relationship with my son."

Pei Ji smiled.

"Do you know why I want you to meet them? People's hearts are revealed over time, and they are revealed in times of adversity. Now, it's time for you to see people's hearts. You went to Jingzhou to be an official. In everyone's eyes, you were punished by His Majesty to end up like this. Most people flatter the powerful and trample on the weak." Pei Ji said, "Now that you have seen these people clearly, you will know how to get along with them when you return to Chang'an City in the future."

"Yes, father." Lawyer Pei responded.

In his heart, he had been prepared to go to Jingzhou these days, and he accepted his fate.

Pei Ji was planning to plead for his son in his heart, but he didn't tell Lawyer Pei.

Before things are confirmed, it's better not to tell him, so as not to have hope in his heart, and then he will be disappointed if things don't get done.

If it didn't work out, it would just be like this now. If it worked out, just treat it as a surprise.

"Have you noticed what's going on at home recently?" Pei Ji asked.

Lawyer Pei was stunned, then shook his head and whispered, "I haven't noticed."

"Are the deeds of the family's property, those manors and shops, etc., all in the hands of Princess Linhai?" Pei Ji asked again.

"Part of it is with her, and part of it is in the branch, and they are managing it." Lawyer Pei said truthfully.

"Then, is the deed of the manor in Jingyang County in her hands?" Pei Ji asked.

Lawyer Pei thought about it carefully.

"I have to ask, because I don't remember it either." Lawyer Pei said, "Father, why did you mention the manor over there for no reason?"

"Recently, King JingyangIsn't he building a lot of buildings on his farm? Our farm is right next to his farm." Pei Ji said: "You, send someone to the farm over there in the next two days to see what King Jingyang is doing."

"Ah? Does it have anything to do with us?" Lawyer Pei asked.

"Of course it has something to do with us. If he runs out of space on his farm and sets his eyes on the land in our farm, what should we do?" Pei Ji asked: "So we should find out as soon as possible so that we can deal with it if such a thing really happens. "

Lawyer Pei nodded woodenly.

He had been disturbed by the news of going to Jingzhou these two days, so he had no time to care about other things. Now his father asked him to do this.

Forget it, just have someone keep an eye on it.

I hope the two sides will not interfere with each other.

Otherwise, his already bumpy career will definitely be made worse.

Jingyang County.

Recently, there has been a lot of movement in the farm. Li Fu is at home, while Yan Lide and his men are working outside with a mighty force.

Old Zhou and Zhang Huan are both very busy.

They are most familiar with the people around them. They are the ones who are assisting Ma Zhou in recruiting workers.

There are so many people, and it has not been done yet just to recruit workers.

Too many people There are more people, and after recruiting them, they have to be assigned to different people to do different things, which increases the workload.

Yan Lide and Jiang Que, in addition to directing people to work, spend the rest of their time studying drawings.

After Li Fu's memorial was submitted, Yan Liben also came to the manor the next day. Now the two brothers have done it together, so they can work hard here with peace of mind.

In a few days, more court officials gathered in the manor.

After Li Shimin's intention was conveyed, the officials of the Ministry of Works and the Craftsmen's Supervisor who had nothing to do came to the manor voluntarily.

They were also curious that there would be such a big battle here, and people from the Ministry of Works and the Craftsmen's Supervisor were mobilized to come here.