Liu Heng asked the servants and came to Pei Ni's study. He knocked on the door, but there was no sound at first. Suddenly, he heard a shout from inside the room,""Unfilial son, come in quickly!"
Liu Heng was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue. He lowered his head and slowly walked into the study. Without waiting for Pei Yi to speak, Liu Heng went in and knelt down.
"Uncle, I know I was wrong. Please don't be angry. I shouldn't have neglected my duty and caused such a big incident in the military camp.”
"Yes, yes, yes. I will definitely discipline him in the future.”
"You still want a next time? If you weren't in the military camp, would this have happened? What have you been doing in the camp for so many days?”
When Liu Heng heard Pei Yi say this, he thought,""F * ck! You already know, but you're still keeping me in suspense. Isn't it just to prevent me from doing business?
You're willing to do it for me? You're so tired every day. I haven't driven with my wife for a month. If I want to transmigrate and become a prince or marquis, why do I have to do it?”
Although he was blaming Pei Yi to death in his heart, he still had a troubled expression on his face."Uncle, this…"
"You're still pretending with me! Your soap workshop stopped production for half a month, and then you changed the brand and asked your people to register a Gao family business with Shang Cao. Do you think I don't know that the boss of the Gao family business is Mr. Gao, who has been in the Liu family for almost twenty years? He is more familiar with him than you are, and you still want to hide it from me?”
"Uncle, I'm not hiding anything from you. I know you don't want me to go into business, but the soap I invented can really bring convenience to many people. You see, many people have already fallen in love with my soap.”
"I don't have a nephew like you, and the Liu family doesn't have a disappointing kid like you. Your family's ancestors were all scholars for generations and produced many officials. How did they become a merchant's family here?
"F * ck!" Liu Heng said. Hearing what Pei Yi said, I was actually a transvestite. Why didn't my wife tell me? It's so bad that this kid has such a beautiful wife but has never touched her. Do you think this kid…"
Just as he was thinking about this, Liu Heng felt his back tighten.""No!"
"Did you hear what I said? Are you still thinking about your Gao family's business?”
Liu Heng had been in a daze the entire time. Pei Yi realized that Liu Heng blurted out in a daze,""Uncle, I don't know why you can't stand seeing me do business. Even though I've already cut ties with the soap business, you still don't let me have any contact with him.”
"You, you actually dare to talk back! Do you know what our ancestors said about 'Shang clan's slaves?' Being a merchant is the same as being a slave. How can we scholars associate ourselves with merchants?”
Liu Heng heard what this guy was saying." I'm just a businessman. I don't steal. I'm just a businessman. Do you have to call me a slave? In modern society, most of the wealth is gathered in the hands of businessmen. People can buy whatever they want and get whatever girls they want. My girlfriend was snatched away by a rich second generation businessman."
"Uncle, I still don't understand!”Liu Heng couldn't understand why his old friend looked down on merchants.
"You!" Pei Yi also choked up. It seemed that the reprimand he thought would not work, so his tone softened.
"Ziyu, don't you understand? Merchants are an unstable group in our society. They go for profit and go wherever it is profitable for them.
Just like how I'm the governor of a province, and what I want is the stability of the province, while merchants are the floating population, selling high and selling low to earn the difference in price. This doesn't match the Confucian ideology that we've always read!
Your father wanted to raise you so that you could become an official in the court. You should know that our Great Tang Dynasty mainly relies on agricultural taxes. Business taxes are very unstable, so merchants are also a worry for the court…"
Liu Heng thought for a while and retorted,""No, uncle, what's wrong with being a merchant? You only see the bad side of being a merchant. It's a merchant who only cares about profits, but uncle, have you ever thought that if we don't have people to trade back and forth, we might not even be able to wear clothes? Uncle, tell me, which of your shoes, socks, and daily necessities are not something that a merchant can obtain with his own hard work? Studying and learning can make a person soar in the sky, but if you don't have merchants, what use is your salary from the imperial court?”
When Pei Yi heard Liu Heng's words, he was so shocked that he couldn't refute him. This was because Liu Heng's words were indeed reasonable. In addition, Liu Heng's explanation was too modern, so Pei Yi couldn't understand it clearly for a moment.
Liu Heng continued," Uncle, the merchants are the real driving force behind this. The grain produced by the farmers, the cloth made by the workers, and even the salaries given by the court to the officials are only circulated through the hands of the merchants. Uncle, before I came to Le Lang, I heard that this place was very dilapidated and was just a small province on the border of the Tang Empire. But when I came to the city and walked on the streets, I could feel that you have governed well. You have managed a place that has been repeatedly war-torn in order in a few years. Uncle, do you know why?”
When Pei Yi heard Liu Heng, he did not forget to praise himself. He lowered his head and shook his head in self-mockery.
"It's because I saw the streets crowded with people and merchants. Sometimes, to see if a place is really well governed, it depends on the number of merchants in the place. Because only when there are customers will there be merchants, and only when people have money will they become customers.”
After Liu Heng finished speaking, Pei Yi stood there in a daze and did not speak. Liu Heng's shocking remarks were in violation of the shackles of Confucianism on merchants for thousands of years.
Pei Yi thought for a long time and raised his head in a daze. He closed his eyes and opened them again to look at Liu Heng.
"Ziyu, what you said makes sense. Perhaps my understanding of business in the past was too one-sided..."
It turned out that Liu Heng, who had been saying this long speech, had been kneeling in front of Pei Yi.
Pei Yi waved his hand." Get up quickly. Uncle really needs to think about what you said."”
" Uncle, I don't blame you. For the past three hundred years, the Tang Empire has been based on agriculture. That's right, but we can't look at the world too one-sidedly. When my Great Ancestor first established the Tang Empire, the world was not stable yet. The people urgently needed to recuperate and build up their strength, so they ruled by doing nothing. Now that the world is in chaos, we can't stay the same anymore. Someone has to stand still and stabilize the world..."
As Liu Heng spoke, he unconsciously brought up the topic of the current situation. Pei Yi immediately shook his head and said,"" Alright, Ziyu, I understand you. Since you want to do business with this soap, I'll leave the wine to you. Tomorrow, you'll have to change your waist tag and military uniform…"
Liu Heng was overjoyed. He could finally stay at home with his wife again. Just as he was about to agree, he saw someone rushing over.
"Master, it's bad. Someone from the military camp is here. They said that someone is causing trouble again and wants to mutiny!”Pei Yi was shocked and immediately stood up.
Liu Heng also knew that a mutiny in the army was very serious. Since ancient times, many powerful generals had been killed by their own soldiers or trampled to death by the rebels because of a mutiny. However, Le Lang wasn't that chaotic now. How could these soldiers mutiny?
"What's going on?" Pei Yi asked, his eyes wide open. Quickly call the person over. I'll ask him personally."
Pei Yi was probably afraid of death and didn't foolishly run directly to the military camp.
Liu Heng was also puzzled. Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case. It wasn't the time for war. Perhaps the soldiers were afraid of a mutiny. The military camp didn't stop feeding the soldiers, nor did they occasionally deduct their rations. My rations last month were just distributed not long ago. Although I sold my flesh to the soldiers in my camp, it was strange that the new recruits 'training hadn't even ended and they had already mutiny.
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