"Father-in-law, I don't like what you're saying. Li Caiwei is already my wife and will be married soon. It's reasonable for you to call me husband.”
Yang Chen said in a neither servile nor overbearing manner. He didn't want to offend Li Shimin, nor did he want to make Chang Le suffer.
Every word and sentence was sonorous and forceful. She did not expect Yang Chen to be so tactful.
Li Shi Min nodded, satisfied.
"Have you ever guessed that the imperial court would send troops to the Turks just based on the grain prices?" he asked.”
"Yes."
Yang Chen was quite happy to see the other party gradually accept him.
Could it be that his information had helped him withdraw his business from the Turks?
Li Shi Min wanted to see how strong Yang Chen was, so he said,"Last time, Cai Wei received news from you that Xue Yantuo had enmity with the Turks. How did you know?”
Changle had once asked Yang Chen this question, but Yang Chen didn't answer.
Now, Yang Chen would not dare to sneak in and leave a good impression on Li Shimin.
"Father-in-law should know that I'm a hunter.”
Seeing that the other party did not speak, Yang Chen pointed at the pale yellow wolf skin hanging on the beam of the thatched cottage and continued,"A piece of high-quality wolf skin is sold for 50 Guan per piece in Lingzhou City. These wolf skins are mostly produced in the north of the desert.”
"I met with the northern merchants in the market of Lingzhou City and learned a lot of information.”
"A high-quality wolf skin like Xue Yantuo's only costs five strings.”
"Father-in-law, do you know why?"
What?
When Li Shi Min heard this news, he was shocked.
"Even if it's a thousand miles away, it shouldn't be ten times the price.”
"It should be the merchants who profited from it and raised the price so much that the wolf skin was 50 strings per piece.”
Li Shimin said a part of it, but he didn't get to the point.
The middleman earned the price difference, but the blackest middleman was not a merchant, but a Turk.
At this moment, Yang Chen was a little dumbfounded. Wasn't his father-in-law a big businessman? Why didn't he know about Mo Bei's situation?
Could it be that his father-in-law was really just a rich man and had long been a hands-off shopkeeper?
"The merchants only profited from a portion of the profits, and the Turks took even more. I've asked a merchant before. Any Xue Yantuo caravans that pass through Turkic territory have to pay customs duties. For a wolf skin worth 50 strings of coins, the Turks will take 30 strings of coins.”
"For example, the tea leaves in Lingzhou City cost 3 Guan per catty. The price of the tea merchants rose to 10 strings when they reached the Turks. The Turk sold it to Xue Yantuo for 20 strings.”
"The fur and tea leaves are like this, not to mention the others. How can the people of Xue Yantuo bear it? With the accumulation of contradictions, how could there not be hatred?”
Yang Chen started from trade and finally saw the light.
This made Li Shi Min's expression change. He looked at Yang Chen and felt that it was very mysterious.
This kid really couldn't have just followed a trace of the vein and thoroughly understood the two great alien races in the north.
"That can't prove it."
Li Shi Min couldn't believe that there was such a talent in the wilderness.
"My friends who collect fur complain that the north is in chaos and it snows in autumn, so they can't collect fur at all.”
"If it snows, cows and sheep will die. Xue Yantuo won't have enough to eat, so he'll definitely rob the nearby areas. You snatch me, I snatch you, dog eat dog.”
"Come, come, come. Father-in-law, what are you waiting for?”
Yang Chen was in a good mood when he saw Li Shiming in a daze. He filled his glass with wine and even wanted to cook two dishes to go with the wine.
Li Shi Min's expression was complicated and he immediately drank the wine.
At this moment, he completely dispelled the idea of separating Yang Chen and Chang Le.
This kid was a piece of unpolished jade!
......
Li Shi Min staggered as he left the cottage. It was unknown whether he had drunk too much or was fooled.
Li Junxian followed behind with three jars of wine, but he avoided the white tiger.
Li Shi Min suddenly stopped, turned around and asked,""Junxian, what do you think of Yang Chen?”
"Warm and generous!"
Li Junxian thought back to how Yang Chen had invited him to a table and how he had been able to taste good food and wine, and he generously praised him.
"I am asking you if he is worthy of Changle.”
Li Shi Min was speechless. He had tasted Yang Chen's cooking and his impression of him had increased.
"I thought that the two of them had a true relationship just now!”
"Your Majesty, you must know that Yang Chen did not know the princess's identity from the beginning to the end. This relationship is not mixed with benefits.”
Li Junxian took a sip of wine and ventured to speak.
Li Shiming agreed. Yang Chen didn't want to seek benefits at all, he just liked Changle.
"He came from a humble background, but he has some courage. Not only is his archery outstanding, but he is also neither servile nor overbearing. How about I take him in as my son-in-law?"
"You'll have to ask the Duke of Qi." Li Junxian scratched his head.”
Li Shi Min sobered up immediately, his face frozen, forgetting that there was such a thing.
Chang Le was the daughter-in-law of Zhangsun Manor.
If Zhangsun Wuji knew about this, he would have cried in front of me.
He still had to return to Lingzhou City to discuss with the Guanyin maid.
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