Pei Xuanqi sent Zhang Xuan away and quickly walked into his father's study. At this time, Pei Yun was sitting in the room drinking tea and reading. Pei Xuanqi walked to the door and bowed, "Father!"

"He's gone?" Pei Yun put down the book and asked.▲∴,

"The boy sent him away."

"Come in and sit down!" Pei Yun pointed to the seat in front.

After all, Pei Xuanqi had been the prefect for several years and was considered a high-ranking official in the court. Pei Yun gave him face and was not allowed to stand and speak like he did when dealing with his grandson.

Pei Xuanqi sat down and asked in a low voice: "Did your father decide to recruit him as his son-in-law?"

Pei Yun did not answer directly, but asked with a smile: "What do you think of this person? Can you be your son-in-law?"

"He is not bad, and he can accept him as the son-in-law of the Pei family, but I feel that his sincerity is not very strong. He always emphasizes that he has been married, which makes people feel uncomfortable. Father, the child doesn't understand what he thinks?"

Pei Yun smiled and shook his head, "Actually, I don't know what your uncle is thinking. It's too sudden. Two days ago, your uncle came to me and said he wanted to recruit Zhang Xuan as the son-in-law of the Pei family, but he didn't have a suitable granddaughter. I was not mentally prepared at all. This matter came. To be honest, I haven't figured out whether I should recruit him as my son-in-law?"

Pei Xuanqi frowned, "There are several granddaughters on my uncle who are at the age of getting married, why do you say there is no suitable candidate?"

"Your uncle doesn't want to marry his granddaughter, but he also thinks it's a bit inappropriate for a illegitimate family. He said it's best to be between the legitimate and the illegitimate father and the mother of the legitimate father and the mother of the legitimate father and the mother of the legitimate, and after searching, it only means that one person is more in line with his requirements."

Pei Xuanqi was stunned for a while and couldn't speak. The Pei family had no sincerity at first and did not want to marry his legitimate daughter to someone else. It was a problem whether they were willing to take on this marriage.

"Father, I don't think it's very likely that Zhang Xuan will agree to this marriage."

Pei Yun smiled faintly, "This is not something we are considering. I have already held a family dinner for him and had sex with him. I have done everything I should do. Whether or not I succeed has nothing to do with me."

"Xuanqi understands it!"

"Go! I'll write a letter later, and you ask Jin'er to send it to the head of the family."

"Yes! Father has a good rest first."

Pei Xuanqi stepped down and quickly came to the yard where he lived. He saw his wife Wang sitting alone in the room and sulking. Pei Xuanqi smiled and said, "Who made his wife angry again?"

"Isn't it your baby daughter?"

Wang said with displeasure: "I was kind to talk to her about the marriage. After only a few words, she rushed away angrily and didn't take me as a mother seriously. I will not care about her affairs again in the future."

Pei Xuanqi understood in his heart that things were not that simple. Every family had difficult sutras, and his family was no exception. The key was that the biological mother died ten years ago and that his wife Wang was very suspicious, but there was no evidence, which led to the daughter's aunt who hated her extremely.

In recent years, the mother and daughter quarreled when they met. The wife did not know how many times she punished her daughter. But the more she punished her, the more hatred she became, and even he had no choice. Sometimes he also wanted to marry her daughter out sooner, perhaps this was the best way.

Pei Xuanqi sat down and asked with a smile: "What do you think of Zhang Xuan today?"

"I look pretty good, but I'm so self-righteous. The Pei family is a prominent family in Hedong and a famous family in the world. Giving him a chance to go on a blind date has already made him stand up. What does he have? Just a poor family, he even said that he had been married. Such a person is too ungrateful. If it were my daughter, he would not have any chance. But your baby daughter! I said I don't care, you can do it yourself!"

Although she was angry and said nothing, Wang's attitude clearly told her husband that she did not agree with the marriage because she was unworthy of the family and Zhang Xuan could not get to the Pei family.

Although Pei Xuanqi thought Zhang Xuan was good, his father was cold and his wife firmly opposed it, which cast a shadow on the marriage. He was not optimistic about the result. He sighed and went back to his father to win the letter.

After leaving Pei's mansion, Zhang Xuan's first thing was to rush to the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant for a full meal. He had almost nothing in Pei's mansion. He was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back. He hurriedly said goodbye, which was related to not having enough food.

Zhang Xuan narrowed his eyes and drank the glass of American wine in one go. This is also the reason why he likes Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant. The wines in Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant are very mellow and authentic, and are real Gaochang wines. He has eaten in all the restaurants that are not as good as those in it. Although the price is very expensive, it is worth the money.

"Waiter, it's time to check out!" Zhang Xuan turned around and shouted after eating.

The bartender hurriedly ran over and bowed with a smile and said, "This master, a total of ten coins!"

Zhang Xuan was stunned. He ordered a pot of wine, five Hu cakes and two plates of wild game, which cost ten cents of money. He was not a guest he invited a few days ago. He didn't know how much it cost, but he remembered that he drank at the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant last year and ordered many times more wine and food than this one, and it was only twenty cents of money. Is this a cheating person?

Although Zhang Xuan was not very concerned about such trivial matters, this obvious sky-high price still made him extremely uncomfortable. He sank his face and said, "What's going on? Did you make the wrong calculation?"

"You can't make a mistake. The wine is three guan, and the mutton cake is one piece. You ordered five pieces, and each game is also one guan, and a total of ten guan. Except for the wine, we are all priced in real price, just like outside."

Zhang Xuan still found it incredible. How could there be a Hu cake that costs one by one? It turned out that it was a hundred coins per piece. Even if it was a double portion of mutton filling, it would be at most 300 coins per piece, and it would never cost a single coin.

At this time, the old man sitting opposite him slowly said, "Young man, this is the price now. You may have not come to Luoyang for a long time! The prices are rising sharply now, especially food, which doubles. The key is to see what money you use."

The old man took out a few Wuzhu coins and smiled and said, "This is the copper coins from Kaihuang. It is one to one with the original Daye money, but it is one to four with the current Daye money. So if you use Kaihuang money, you will have to be at most two jin of money for this meal."

Zhang Xuan understood a little and asked, "Do you have the money for Daye now?"

The bartender took out a piece of money and handed it to him, "This is the big money that I just came out this year. No one wants bad money, but there is the most money on the market, and everyone has put away the good money."

Zhang Xuan held her palm and looked at it. The color was black, the handwriting was blurred, and it was very light and thin. It could be turned into two halves with just a slight break. It was no longer as heavy as the yellow and clear feeling of the past. No wonder prices would surge. Who would want such bad money?

Zhang Xuan thought to himself that it seemed that the financial situation of the court was not optimistic.

The old man opposite sighed again, "Not only the money has been ruined, but the measurement has also changed. There are big buckets and small buckets, and the length has also been large rulers and small rulers. The taxes and grains are used for taxes and grains. When the government provides relief or sells grains, they use small buckets. I don't know how many people have been deceived as soon as they enter and exit, and the people are full of grievances!"

Zhang Xuan felt a little strange. The economy of the Sui Dynasty was not so miserable!

He remembered that in history, the inventory of the Sui Dynasty had not been used up until the middle Tang Dynasty. The reason why the early Tang Dynasty could achieve light taxes and low taxes and the Zhenguan rule was entirely because of the huge inventory support of the Sui Dynasty. Why did the court start issuing bad money and changing the weights and measures?

"Young Master, don't you bring enough money?" The bartender suddenly became a little worried when he found that Zhang Xuan did not bring a bag.

“Can you pay the bill with this?”

Zhang Xuan smiled and took out a small ingot of gold from his arms, about two ounces of weight, and placed it on the table. Huang Cancan's golden light immediately attracted the attention of the guy. His eyes widened, "Of course it's OK!"

Unexpectedly, the old man's hand was faster and he snatched the gold. "Young Master, I've exchanged this gold for me. I'll give you thirty guan and one or two taels of money, and I'll give you the Kaihuang money."

Zhang Xuan was also shocked. He was in Mayi County last spring, and only ten cents of gold cost one or two taels of gold. Why did the gold price triple in just one year? It really made him feel incredible.

Zhang Xuan suddenly realized that he was a little out of touch with society. If he hadn't come here alone to eat and drink, he wouldn't have known that prices had skyrocketed and copper coins had depreciated seriously.

Of course, Zhang Xuan knew what this meant. This was clearly a precursor to the outbreak of the economic crisis. If the Sui Dynasty did not reverse the situation, the crisis would only become more serious and eventually lead to the destruction of the country.

Zhang Xuan took back the gold from the old man, pulled out his knife and handed it to the old man in half, and smiled and said, "I can't handle the sixty-six-ton ​​coins of copper coins. Let's exchange my father for thirty-ton coins first!"

The old man had no choice but to wave to his entourage and ask him to pay the bill for Zhang Xuan, and then hand over the remaining money to Zhang Xuan. He sighed and said, "Now gold is a rare commodity on the market, and most people will not take it out. This is the first time I have encountered this with gold and wine like the young master. If the young master has excess gold, can it be exchanged for me? The surname of Yu, a native of Kuaiji County."

Zhang Xuan thought and asked with a smile: "I wonder what the relationship between my father-in-law and Yu Xiangguo?" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!