The country sends a daughter-in-law? Come and take a dozen, take them all

"I want to drink with Longhua." Pei Sheng said drunkenly.

"Okay, please come in, I'll go call the head of the family."

Not long after, a man in his twenties came over. He looked about the same age as Pei Sheng, but his brows were furrowed and his face looked troubled.

His father died suddenly of illness last month, and the burden of the family fell completely on him, and he was busy every day. Even so, a lot of the business was still swallowed up.

"Master Pei, how are you?" Long Hua said, with a smile on his face. He and Pei Sheng had been together for more than ten years. If it weren't for the misfortune in their family, they would still be drinking together every day.

"Haha, brother knows you have a lot of worries. Come and have a drink. A glass of wine can relieve your worries." Pei Sheng was obviously drunk.

As the two men clinked their glasses, the wine splashed all around, and under the moonlight, it looked quite beautiful.

"What a good wine." Long Hua exclaimed. It was just ordinary liquor, but he felt it was like a fairy wine. The pressure of the past few months was released with a glass of wine.

"Brother Long, I came to you this time because I have something important to discuss." While Long Hua was not drunk yet and was about to clink glasses, Pei Sheng took back the glass.

Seeing Pei Sheng's serious face, Long Hua sobered up instantly, made a hushing gesture, walked outside, and locked the door after making sure that there was no one around.

"Brother Pei, can you tell me what's going on?" Long Hua lowered his voice.

"My Pei family wants to swallow up the Song family and the Gong family, and we need your help." Pei Sheng said directly. He trusted Long Hua the most.

"Clap!"

With a slight sound, Longhua's wine cup fell to the ground, and the liquor spilled on his shoes, but he seemed not to notice.

It took a long time for Longhua to come back to his senses, looking incredulous.

"Brother Pei, are you not drunk?"

"I'm wide awake."

Pei Sheng smiled, there was no sign of drunkenness on his face, and his eyes revealed calmness and clarity.

After thinking for a moment, Long Hua asked:

"How sure are you?"

"A distant relative of mine made a lot of money doing business in the Tang Dynasty and lent 400,000 taels of silver to the Pei family. With this, we are 90% sure."

Pei Sheng took a sip of wine, his eyes full of confidence.

"What do you need me to do for you?" Long Hua asked.

"First, we will not lend money to the Song and Gong families, and we will not provide any help to the two families." Pei Sheng said, stretching out a finger.

"Of course. Given our relationship, I will never let the two families get anything from me." Long Hua nodded.

"Second, if the Pei family needs it, lend us some money."

Pei Sheng continued.

Currently, the Pei family has enough manpower and does not need the Long family to help with anything.

"If these two things can be accomplished, I will help you get back all the properties that your Long family has lost these days. In addition, one-fifth of the textile industry in the city will be handed over to the Long family in the future." Pei Xi said.

Compared with the Pei family, the Long family is not that big. One fifth of the textile industry in Midnight City is equivalent to half of the income of the Long family's entire industry.

This gift is definitely big enough, and it’s almost free.

"This..." Long Hua took a sip of wine, his eyes full of embarrassment.

"What? Not enough?" Pei Sheng frowned. He felt that he had given enough.

"How about you give me some more work? Otherwise, I won't feel at ease with this business."

Long Hua then spoke.

"Puff!" Pei Sheng smiled softly, filled Longhua's glass with wine, and said, "What happened today is known to heaven, earth, you and me. If I don't look for you in the future, don't mention it to anyone. Come, let's get drunk tonight."

“Never stop until you’re drunk!”

As they drank, the moon rose high in the sky. They drank another cup and fell drunk on the table.

It had been a long time since they had had a good drink.

In the next few days, everything in Midnight City was the same as usual, except that there were three more wealthy businessmen who wanted to develop here and bought more than a dozen houses.

Midnight City is the largest city in Qingzhou County. Several wealthy businessmen are also merchants in Qingzhou County. They are acquaintances of all the major families, so no one suspects anything.

In addition, Pei Sheng, the young master of the Pei family, has been traveling between several families, drinking and writing poetry every day, and has produced several good articles that have become circulated in the city.

Lin Xiaofan had nothing to do in the city, so he prepared to go home.

On that day, the father and son of the Song family, the father and son of the Pei family, and the two brothers of the Gong family all rushed over after hearing the news and went out of the city to see him off. The Gong family brought some gold and silver treasures, which were not of high value, but were just a token of their appreciation. The Pei family did the same, and the father and son of the Song family also brought a few jars of fine wine and a few military books, still talking about accepting disciples.

In response, Lin Xiaofan refused to accept any gift from anyone.

On the day he left, a wealthy businessman came to the Pei family.

"Liu Fugui wants to see you."

A voice was heard, and a fat man wearing gold and silver was standing outside the door with a smile on his face.

After Lin Xiaofan became the Champion Marquis, his status as a businessman who helped Lin Xiaofan sell lime also rose.

Several big families in the capital were destroyed, leaving a lot of lime markets vacant. He seized this opportunity and seized the markets in several surrounding counties.

"Let him in." Pei Xi said.

The Pei family bought lime from Liu Fugui, so the two of them had a cooperative relationship. But he didn't know why Liu Fugui suddenly came to see him.

"These are the goods that Patriarch Pei wants. Take them in." Liu Fugui waved his hand, and carts of lime were unloaded from the carriages and brought into the Pei family mansion.

Pei Xi came to greet him: "Brother Liu, did you remember it wrongly? My house was just completed two days ago, and we don't need stones anymore..."

Halfway through his words, Liu Fugui took out a small knife and cut a hole in the bag of lime, revealing real gold and silver.

"If I remember correctly, this is something an adult asked me to give to you." Liu Fugui said with a smile.

Pei Xi was stunned for a moment before he realized what was going on. He waved to the Pei family members around him:

"Hurry up and send all these things in."

"Wait a minute." Liu Fugui's personal guard shouted, then walked forward and took off his hat. Looking closely, it turned out to be Li Hu.

Looking at the people around, they were all guards from Lin Xiaofan's house. Lin Xiaofan was not confident that Liu Fugui could carry the two hundred thousand taels of silver alone.

"Sign this IOU." Li Hu took out the IOU from his arms and said.

"Okay." Pei Xi read it carefully three times, and after confirming that it was correct, he signed his name on the IOU. Only then was the large amount of goods shipped to the Pei family.

"And this bag is salt, don't treat it as silver." Liu Fugui said as he picked out a bag from the goods.

Pei Xi took it in his hand and felt that it weighed hundreds of kilograms, enough for the restaurants in the city to use for a while. He immediately saluted and said:

"Okay! Thank that gentleman for me."

"Haha, of course!" Liu Fugui bowed and left.