The simplicity of this study was beyond Pei Yue's expectation.

The bookshelves, tables and chairs are all made of elm. Although this kind of wood is durable, it is of lower-middle grade. Even the main house of Green Willow Manor is now replaced with cypress furniture. In addition, the east-facing furniture of the house is

There are three square elm stools, which should be the seats where the owner usually meets guests. The pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table are all ordinary things. Pei Yue can see that these things are the most common goods in the bookstore.

It was hard for Pei Yue to imagine that this was the study room of the then Prime Minister.

Especially since this mansion has a vast area and a deep courtyard, it would seem strange and awkward to have such a study room.

The middle-aged man pointed to the square stool next to him and said, "Sit."

Pei Yue put the baggage behind his back aside, put away the surprise in his eyes, straightened his back and sat down.

The middle-aged man did not ignore the change in his expression, and explained with a natural expression: "This house was given by His Majesty. I don't want to go against His Majesty on such a trivial matter, so I have no firm words. I come from a poor family, and there is no one in my family."

Wealth and property, so we can save as much time as we can to avoid making ends meet and causing trouble. Speaking of which, the briquettes you made are indeed beneficial to the country and the people, and even my house can save a lot of money compared to previous years."

"President Luo, things like briquettes will appear sooner or later. I just happened to encounter them."

Pei Yue said neither humble nor arrogantly.

The middle-aged man behind the desk is Luo Ting, the right-hand governor of the Dongfu.

Before Gu Liang left Beijing, he told Pei Yue that if he encountered any trouble, he could come to Luo Ting for help. Pei Yue had never been the kind of person who pretended to be aloof and delayed the situation, not to mention that he had already had an in-depth understanding of this person from the side in the past six months.

Zaisu’s past experience.

It has to be said that Luo Ting is really an anomaly among the bureaucrats of this era.

Putting aside his ability to govern, just because his characteristics have not been polished away by officialdom for twenty years, his ambition is beyond that of most people.

Luo Ting listened to Pei Yue's self-effacing words, shook his head slightly and said: "You don't have to be modest. When I was your age, I could only read and practice calligraphy, which was much worse than the two. Just now you said that you have a clear conscience,

I want to know how you can prove it?"

At the court meeting last year, he forced Emperor Kaiping to put aside his thoughts by resigning. This was not because he wanted to win over Pei Yue, but from the perspective of justice. Nowadays, the criticism of Xiangyun Company in Beijing has become more intense.

But he kept silent because he really wanted to know what Pei Yue was thinking.

Pei Yue unhurriedly opened the package, first took out a booklet, stood up and put it on the desk: "Master Luo, these are the results of the investigation of some recent matters related to the company. Please take a look."

Luo Ting picked up the book and started to look through it.

Pei Yue explained: "In the murder case in Ping'an Fang in Nancheng, the deceased's widow accused the murderer of being the shopkeeper of a branch of the store. In fact, the real murderer was a few green-skinned gangsters who were hanging around in Nancheng. Not only that, after killing Butcher Wang, these people

, and asked his accomplices to wait at

At the scene of the murder, after the deceased's widow appeared, they induced her to go to the Xiangyun Store to cause trouble. After she took her late husband's body and daughter to the store, they also had someone pretending to be a bystander, waiting for an opportunity to incite the emotions of the people, hoping to target them.

Xiangyun Trading Company."

Luo Ting said noncommittally: "Is there any evidence?"

Pei Yue nodded and said: "Yes, those who took action have been controlled, but in order to avoid alerting the enemy, I only arrested one of them and did not touch his accomplices after asking the inside story."

Luo Ting asked: "Has the person behind the scenes been found out?"

Pei Yue said: "The other party was very careful and did not contact these green-skinned gangsters directly. Instead, they conveyed the order through an intermediary. I estimate that even the intermediary does not know the real mastermind behind the scenes."

Luo Ting put down the case and continued to look forward.

Pei Yue said: "On September 26, someone over there in Shouyang Mountain poisoned the drinking water, causing sixteen miners to be poisoned. I believe the news has spread to Beijing. The person who drugged has been controlled by my soldiers.

Now he is locked up in the most secret place in the coal yard. According to his account, someone threatened him with his family members and forced him to drug him in the coal yard, causing panic among the miners. Like those green skins in Nancheng, he did not know who was there.

Push yourself.”

Luo Ting's face gradually became serious.

Pei Yue sighed softly and said with some confusion: "There are a lot of charcoal-burning workers in Kyoto. Last year, my coal yard could not accommodate everyone, so some people temporarily lost their source of livelihood. However, at that time, I asked people to

I paid them a sum of money to at least guarantee their basic living needs, and promised them that the coal mine would be expanded this year and all honest people would be recruited to work. I didn’t expect that someone could organize so many people.

The people are making trouble, and they are still in Kyoto."

The atmosphere in the study became increasingly solemn.

Luo Ting put down the booklet, raised his eyes and stared at Pei Yue and asked: "So during this period, the problems of Xiangyun Company have been framed by others, and those memorials to impeach you were fabricated out of nothing?"

It has been almost two years since he came to this world. Pei Yue has met many important figures, even the emperor's eyes, but he has never felt as strong as tonight. Even though Luo Ting is over forty years old, his eyes are still extremely sharp.

.

He took a breath and said slowly: "At least what happened in the past few days was someone secretly framing it, but I can't guarantee that there won't be any problems with the company."

"Why?"

"Lord Luo, now the business has more than 120 branches, covering the 16th Street in the East City, the 16th Street in the West City, the 32nd Street in the South City and some counties and towns outside Kyoto. There are thousands of people working in the business, and there are still

There are more than 2,000 miners and a large number of other hired workers in Shouyang Mountain. It is impossible for all of these people to be honest and kind-hearted people. It is inevitable that there will be undiscovered black sheep. I do not have the ability to ensure that everyone abides by the law.

.”

Luo Ting was silent, already agreeing with Pei Yue's explanation.

For him, the most important reason why he has not helped Xiangyun Company out of trouble these days is that the company has developed too fast. With his experience in governing for several years, he did not expect the current situation.

In less than a year, there were thousands of people working under Pei Yue. What kind of terrifying expansion rate is this?

If Xiangyun Company is allowed to develop like this and Pei Yue spreads the briquette business in Daliang in a few years, what kind of power will he have at that time?

Everyone looks at the problem from a different perspective because of their different positions. Some people are staring at Pei Yue just because they are interested in the huge profits of the honeycomb briquette business, but Luo Ting, as a big shot at the level of the prime minister of the empire, naturally sees it more.

farther away.

There is no business in the world that can be like Xiangyun Company, which can form such a terrifying potential power with just one business.
Chapter completed!