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While Li Xiu knelt down and begged Li Dai for help, Li Ye was selling gems for money at Baoji Jewelry Shop.

He planned to keep only some precious gems and sell all other gems and natural gold. He would leave this money to his mother before leaving.

"Excuse me, Manager Wu, how much are these gems worth?" Li Ye asked the manager with a smile, looking at the pile of gems on the table.

Baoji Jewelry Shop is also under the jurisdiction of Baoji Cabinetry. The manager's surname is Wu. He is short, fat and has a pleasant smile. Li Ye is a friend of the owner, and he is of course very polite.

"Dudu Li's gemstones are of good quality. Those in the small box are all precious gemstones. I can't say, but the other gemstones are all top quality. The price is about a hundred guan each. But if you get it from Dongshi Huren Jewelry Shop, For recycling, they purchase the gemstones at about 70% of the market price, but our Baoji Jewelry Shop recycles them at the market price without any discounts."

"Why don't you make a profit based on the market price?"

Manager Wu chuckled, "What Governor Li doesn't know is that we also purchase gems according to the market price, but after we make them into jewelry, the prices are different. For example, the price of a fine ruby ​​inlaid with gold pendant is five hundred guan." , but what about gems and gold? More than a hundred guan at most, plus wages, no more than 150 guan, think about the huge profit."

"Is it so profitable to make jewelry?"

"Making jewelry is very profitable, but not everyone can do it. The key is to have a source of customers who can afford jewelry. We have many customers, and almost all of them are dignitaries and wealthy businessmen."

Li Ye nodded. He thought of a saying from later generations, "Channel is king!"

"Okay! I'll leave the jewelry to you."

"Thank you for your trust, Commander!"

Manager Wu smiled again and said: "I weighed the other gold nuggets. They are seven hundred and forty taels in total. I can exchange them for gold at a price of 1:15, okay!"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment. He thought that the natural gold would be recycled at a discount?

Manager Wu smiled and said: "That thing is a kind of collectible. Many dignitaries like to collect this kind of natural gold, so it is more valuable than ordinary gold. It mainly depends on the appearance. It is large in size and resembles animals. In the end, valuable."

"There seems to be a piece that looks like a horse. There are more than a hundred taels. If you make a base, it will be a natural golden horse."

"The Governor is right. That piece is very rare and expensive. I dare not give you a price. I suggest you collect it yourself."

Li Ye nodded, that natural golden horse could be given to his father.

"Let's settle it together!"

A bunch of gems and natural gold were exchanged for a total of over 30,000 gold coins. In addition to 15,000 gold dinar coins, 2,000 taels of silver and 200 taels of gold, Li Ye only left 15,000 gold dinar coins. , he left the other copper coins, silver and gold to his mother.

When he got home, Li Ye gave his mother a deposit receipt and half a piece of jade.

"Keep this money for your own use, don't think about keeping it for me, I have it myself!"

Pei Sanniang was shocked. She calculated that she had 35,000 yuan. She didn't care where the money came from, but it was too much.

"Ye'er, it's too much!"

"Mom, don't ask so many questions, just accept it! After the war, I accumulated more than 200,000 yuan of wealth, but most of it was distributed to the soldiers, and I only kept a little. If mother doesn't want , just donate it to the temple.”

"Nonsense!"

Pei Sanniang snatched the deposit certificate and the jade pendant away, "Your mother is not that generous. You don't even have enough money to spend, and you have to support a monk. I won't give it to you. Okay, this money belongs to me, and I will use it to support my retirement!"

Pei Sanniang pointed to the secret room next to her and asked in a low voice: "Tell me, how many are in there?"

"There are tens of thousands of taels of gold and some treasures, but there are very powerful hidden weapons inside. Don't even think about opening it."

"I just want to know, so I won't touch it!"

Li Ye handed the two boxes to his mother again. "There are more than thirty precious gems in the small box. Mom put it away. The big box is a gift for my father, a natural gold horse, let him put it in the study." .”

"If you put them in the study, they will be stolen by thieves. Give them to me and I will dig a hole in the bedroom and bury them!"

Li Ye laughed dumbly. This was probably the most down-to-earth county lady in the Tang Dynasty, and she still wanted to dig a hole underground to hide treasure.

"Mom, there's no need to dig a hole. There's a big copper box over there. It weighs several thousand kilograms. A thief can't steal it. I'll ask him to give it to his mother later. He won't use it anyway."

"Okay, a copper box worth several kilograms is a good idea!"

At this time, Li Dai came back with worries.

"Officer, have you eaten?" Pei Sanniang stepped forward and asked.

Li Dai nodded, "We ate together."

He glanced at Li Ye and said, "Ye'er, come to my study!"

Li Ye followed his father to the study. Li Dai waved his hand and said, "Sit down!"

Li Ye sat down and Li Dai handed a house deed to Li Ye, "This is what your uncle gave me today. Your grandfather's house in Xuanpingfang. He went back to move and handed the house to me the day after tomorrow."

Li Ye sneered and said: "What about the property? Three restaurants and a manor can be considered separate families!"

"The property needs to be recalculated. At noon today, the 22nd uncle Li Lan and the 23rd uncle Li Yu came to see me. They want to come to my side, and it is estimated that there will be others coming."

"Li Lan and Li Yu are both Li Xiu's people, right! They actually betrayed them too?"

"No! The two of them originally followed the fourth child, Li Min. After the fourth child was sent to Hanzhong, they switched to Li Xiu. This time Li Min came back, and Li Xiu wanted them to follow Li Min again. The two If you don’t want to do it, come and take refuge with me.”

After a pause, Li Dai continued: "The affairs of the eldest grandson Li Yu are still kept secret. Except for a few of us and Li Xiu, no one in the clan knows about it."

Li Ye sneered, "Has he asked Zhang Jun for help? Didn't he say that Zhang Jun was trying to win over him? He also promised his daughter to his son. Speaking of which, Zhang Jun is Li Yu's prospective father-in-law. Zhang Jun will not help him. Your prospective son-in-law?"

Li Dai sighed and said, "If you want to ridicule him, just go ahead! Speaking of which, he deserves it. Do you know Zhang Jun's attitude towards him?"

Li Ye said coldly: "Of course I know. I also know that the Yang family will not come forward in this matter. Zhang Jun will be the vanguard to attack Li Xiu and his son. It is very likely that both Li Xiu and his son will be exiled to Lingnan."

"Why?" Li Dai was shocked.

"Because Zhang Jun failed in the last court meeting and the certificate of nomination was not successful, the Yang family must be dissatisfied with him. He is so anxious that he doesn't know what to do. The matter of Li Yu has come, and this is his new certificate of nomination! Li Linfu's eldest son and grandson, kill their father, son and son, and then piss Li Linfu to death, then Zhang Jun's vote will be successful."

Li Dai sat down slumped and said for a long time: "The father and son are really helpless? What should I do with my grandfather?"

"Of course there is a way!"

Li Ye pointed to himself, "The only person in the world who can save their father and son is me."

"Ye'er, daddy, please, please do it for your grandfather! Don't let him die in such pain."

Li Ye put his hands behind his hands and said calmly: "I said before that it is okay to save his son, but I want to see his sincerity!"

"He has already given me his second residence and said he would publicly apologize to you in the ancestral hall!"

Li Ye shook his head, "Sincerity is not what I want. I don't care about such frivolous things as public apologies, and there is no need for them."

"Then what do you want, tell me, and I'll go talk to him!"

Li Ye said slowly: "I know that there is a Lancui Pavilion in my grandfather's back house, and my father should know it too!"

"Ah! You mean grandfather's treasure house?"

Li Ye nodded, "My grandfather told me that he will hand over this treasure pavilion to me in a hundred years and let me inherit it. I estimate that even if my grandfather leaves a will, Li Xiu will not acknowledge it, and I will not If he doesn’t want him to give it to me privately, I hope he handles it according to my grandfather’s true wishes.”

"Okay! I'll go tell him this afternoon."

Li Dai hesitated and said, "Did grandfather really say that you will inherit Lancui Pavilion?"

Li Ye nodded, "You can go to grandfather together to confirm. I believe grandfather must have written down the decision in writing."

Excluding the emperor's inner treasury, there are three famous treasure pavilions in Chang'an. One is the Ningwang Pavilion of King Si Ning, which is the treasure house of the old King Ning. It contains countless treasures and is the best in the world.

The second one is Gao Lishi's Wanbao Pavilion. Both of Li Ye's weapons came from Wanbao Pavilion. The third one is Li Linfu's Lancui Pavilion. No one knows how many treasures Li Linfu collected after being prime minister for twenty years.

Although the Yang family also has several treasure houses, they are relatively scattered and cannot be compared with the three major treasure houses.

According to custom, except for a small part of the owner's collection that is left to his descendants, the rest is buried with the owner. Historically, Li Linfu was dragged out of the tomb and whipped by Yang Guozhong shortly after his death. All his buried wealth eventually returned to his family. Emperor Li Longji.

In fact, whipping the corpse was an excuse, and searching for Li Linfu's wealth and collections was the real purpose.

Since Li Linfu regarded Li Ye as his heir, his treasure pavilion would also be handed over to Li Ye. However, the eldest son Li Xiu was the biggest obstacle, so Li Ye decided to take this opportunity to remove this obstacle.