Chapter 4: The Mansion Gate
Naturally, there will be no results in the discussion, and in the vicinity of Tangshan, how can a few hundred acres of land be given away? The big house and the second room are all divided in the profits, especially the second room secretly does not know how much effort has been put into it and how much profit it has given up in order to obtain this piece of land close to the wharf.
Now, if you want him to spit it all out without saying a word, where is it possible?
Lu Hao: An orphan with no father and no mother!
Even if it is the envoy of the Rausch Festival, it is only a five-grade official!
Looking at the two grandsons of the old god, Mrs. Lu said indifferently: "I don't want to cut meat, do you?"
The hall was quiet, Lu Wengui was a little impatient, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, there is no need to take him seriously, he wants to come back now, let him come back, there is no shortage of him in the family tree, and he is indispensable to eat at home!"
"Who are we? We are the Lu family! Let's ......."
"Our Lu family...... "The old lady's sharp gaze shot over, and slowly spit out the words: "There is no official!"
When he said this, Lu Wengui was stunned for a moment, as if he wanted to refute, but lowered his head again.
The crowd frowned abruptly in silence.
Yes, since Prime Minister Lu Yuanfang stepped down decades ago, there have been fewer and fewer people in the Lu family, and the officials have become smaller and smaller. Up to now, the Lu family has no children who are officials in the court, at most there are no local officials, not that there is no power in the officialdom, but most of them are in-laws or entanglements of interests, how can their own family members be reliable?
"There is no wind and no waves! The name of the prime minister's door is very scary, and few people dare to spread it randomly, since it has been spread, maybe it really has something to do with it. No, the relationship on the Ryukyu side is good, and the profit is not only a few hundred acres of land. ”
Old lady Lu expressed his attitude, but everyone was still noncommittal, the truth is so, but how can such a thing as cutting meat be reasonable?
Old lady Lu shook her head slightly, stood up, and the servant beside her, who was called "Fourth Grandpa" by Lu Wengui, stepped forward to help her.
"Let's go, let's go meet people first!"
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In the living room, the tea was cold again.
The tea on the Lu family is still the original tune, Xu Chen doesn't like it, but he is just reluctant to perfunctory, but since people are still in their pockets, there is no need for him to rush to make it difficult for himself.
Slow footsteps sounded, and Xu Chen turned his head to look at the door.
After a while, Old Lady Lu staggered over, and Xu Chen greeted him.
"Hello old lady!"
"If you are sluggish for a long time, just don't get angry!"
Xu Chen smiled and said hurriedly: "Where is it, you are an elder, you should be!"
Old Lady Lu smiled and nodded Xu Chen: "You, you're not sincere!"
Xu Chen looked up, couldn't figure it out, didn't speak, just smiled.
The old man sat on the main seat, and everyone in the Lu family sat down opposite Xu Chen.
Lu Wengui was not here yesterday, but this time it was the first time he saw Xu Chen. His eyes kept scanning Xu Chen's body, unscrupulous.
Xu Chen raised his head, smiled and nodded.
Lu Wengui glanced at each other, the corners of his mouth raised, smiled, and turned his gaze to Lu Hao on the side.
There is a slight impression, not deep, no comparison, and there is no change.
His eyes moved to the side, but his eyes lit up.
After the New Year, Lu Ying will be thirteen years old, and she has always deliberately learned to be calm, and she has seen charm in her beautiful face for the first time.
Lu Wengui couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
Lu Ying is not very used to such eyes, in the past, there were always teenagers around her, but those brothers would never look at her with such eyes.
A little annoyed, a little cramped, Qiong's eyebrows frowned slightly, but she didn't look up, just secretly angry.
In this way, in Lu Wengui's eyes, it is a little more playful and cute.
Lu Wengui smiled knowingly and looked at Lu Ying with interest.
"It's a pity, it's a pity to be your own sister!"
Lu Hao couldn't hear what Lu Wengui was thinking, but that gaze made him really unhappy!
Lu Hao looked over with a gloomy face, with anger in his eyes.
Lu Wengui didn't feel a little embarrassed to be discovered, but smiled wildly, looked at it a few more times, and then moved his gaze back.
Xu Chen picked up the tea that had been cold, took a sip lightly, and smiled lightly at Lu Wengui.
Lu Wengui happened to look over, his smile did not decrease, but his eyes rolled upward.
The confrontation between the juniors, Mrs. Lu saw it in his eyes, and he didn't react at all.
After thinking about it and feeling a little boring, Xu Chen shook his head and smiled, and then gave Lu Hao a look.
Lu Hao understood, and then he spoke: "Old lady, I'll ...... this time."
Lu Hao's title made Old Lady Lu frown, and under many years of experience, a trace of a feeling suddenly flashed in his heart.
"I'm here this time to move my father's family tree out!"
As soon as the words fell, there was a moment of silence in the living room.
The elder continent seal of the Changfang was originally looking at Xu Chen on the other side, trying to see something from this young excessive feudal official.
Of course, what I was thinking about was what the old lady said just now. In Tangshan's land, they don't take much of the big house, and it can't be talked about if they spit it out and feel distressed, but it's also false to say that they don't have any ideas, after all, what has been swallowed in their stomachs, how can it be just a matter of one sentence?
The Lu family pursues the traditional farming and reading heirloom, and the obsession with land has been deeply rooted, otherwise how would they have taken over eighty percent of the land in Pinghu?
However, after competing with the second room for so many years, Lu Yin felt that he should make some new achievements, so as to surpass the second room in one fell swoop and lay the foundation for the position of the head of the family.
In recent decades, the southeast maritime trade has risen, and Pinghu is not far from Yangzhou, and even the big families in Jiaxing and Huiji have also participated in it. said that the profits were amazing, and Lu Yin didn't believe it at first, but gradually Lu Yin found that some small families who used to look down on him actually became rich in a short period of time!
Although it is inevitable that the nouveau riche faces, the heroism of spending money in the Qinglou restaurant still touched Lu Yin, who is also a man.
Lu Yin gradually became interested in maritime trade, and the more he learned, the more interested he became.
But maritime trade is not just about interest!
Sea vessels, sailors, routes, prices, etc., etc., each link takes a lot of time!
The Lu family's awakening is late, no, it is Lu Yin's awakening late, and the Lu family is still not moving!
Because of this, Lu Yin's heart became more and more anxious, he was afraid that Lu Wen in the second room would also react, and then his advantage would be leveled again.
But after many years of busyness, Lu Yin still didn't know the essentials.
In these years, those who engaged in maritime trade were either big families or outlaws who gave up everything. Although the Lu family is also deep-rooted, Lu Yin is not yet in charge of the family after all......
Even the big families in Yangzhou made great determination in the early days of maritime trade, and almost took the risk of family decay to get out of this difficult first step!
Not to mention that Lu Yin is not in charge yet, even if he sits on the position of the head of the family in the future, whether he can make this determination is also between the two.
But these days I have an understanding of the Ryukyus, and yesterday I heard my son say that after a few big ships were parked on the Tangshan wharf, Lu Yin actually ran to the Tangshan wharf overnight, and after seeing the huge ships with his own eyes, his heart suddenly seemed to have a dawn.
Now, Lu Hao wants to go home, it's nothing, as Lu Wengui said, the Lu family is not short of his pair of chopsticks in a room. But when the old lady said that he wanted to return the land to them, Lu Yin had an idea!
But you have to let me take a few percent of the shares in the Ryukyus and in the maritime trade!
This is the idea of the big room Lu Yin, and the second room Lu Wen is much simpler!
Most of the land on the Tangshan side is in the hands of the second room. Want to go back? What are you kidding!
So many places, you opened your mouth and said that you were going to go back?
It's not a matter of face, is it appropriate for you to cut the flesh on me with a knife and do it without saying hello?
Of course, if you want to come back, you can! Even when your father was guilty of a crime and died, the Lu family didn't remove him, and now you want to go home, for the sake of the surname Lu, it is naturally no problem to give you a bowl of rice to eat, but land, don't think about it!
And what the old San Lu Huan thinks is much more complicated!
As a partial house, Lu Huan is actually not much different from Lu Gradual.
There are also lands under their names, but there are not many! Among the wealthy families, life is quite poor. But because of this, Lu Huan has been paying attention to the outside world.
Lu Yin was still just excited, but Lu Huan had already acted!
Yes, for maritime trade, Lu Huan has done much more in-depth than Lu Yin!
Lu Yin just wants to increase his weight in the Lu family through sea trade, but whether he succeeds or not, in fact, there is no big difference, even if he can't be the head of the Lu family, the industry under Lu Yin's name is enough for him to live well.
But Lu Huan is different, the position of the head of the family may think about it when he is young, but this age has long passed the time of longing. Lu Yin didn't dare to make up his mind, but Lu Huan dared to make it!
Of course, the scale is not large, but it is to invest some money to prepare two ships, if it is not for the partners to explain the risks, Lu Huan even only wants to buy a shipload of goods.
Later, with good luck, after the two ships of goods were handed over to the sea gang in Yangzhou, one ship sank, but the other ship arrived at the destination safely. When the goods were sold, he pulled another shipload of goods back, and landed safely, and when the goods were snatched up, and the employment fee for the sea gang was removed, the money he earned back and forth was more than the land he had honestly planted for five years!
After tasting the sweetness, Lu Huan was naturally out of control!
After cooperating with the Haibang in Yangzhou before and after these years, he made a lot of money, and even his own subordinates also cultivated a few shopkeepers who could go to sea, and Lu Huan's ambition could no longer stop!
Cooperating with the Sea Gang, although the risk is relatively small, but the tap given is really scary!
Lu Huan, who felt that he had many years of experience, didn't want to make money for others like this anymore, Lu Huan secretly sent someone to Wuyue Town, wanting to buy a few ships by himself, and also privately took in many down-and-out sailors, and the goods were ready.
But just when Lu Huan was about to make a big move, Yangzhou actually fell!
Then there was turmoil for more than a year, and Lu Huan's plan to go to sea could only be put on hold.
Now that the war has been settled, he originally planned to go to Yangzhou to re-establish himself with Yuzhang, but he didn't expect Xu Chen to appear in front of him!
Lu Huan had never seen Xu Chen before, and even if he was to Ryukyu, he had never taken the initiative to inquire, and he had heard people talk about this place when he often went to Yangzhou recently, but Lu Huan, who was busy going to sea to make money, actually did not associate himself with the "natives" on this southern island.
Until he saw those sailboats on the dock in Tangshan......
Lu Huan, who has many years of experience in going to sea, and has even personally run to Wuyue Town and Hongzhou Shipyard, understands the meaning of these big ships better than anyone in the Lu family!
The reason why Hongzhou shipyard regards the ingots ship as a standard sea ship is that it has used decades to verify the safety of this kind of ship, not that it can't build a bigger and better ship, but in the face of the dangerous ocean, the ingots ship has proved its performance to the maritime merchants with countless successes!
For the huge profits of sea trade, people who have gone to sea are clear, and the capacity of the ingots ship is limited, which is also known to everyone but helpless.
Before the shipbuilding technology was greatly improved, no maritime merchant was willing to raise his risk again, even if the financiers behind him wanted to do so, the sailors who ran the sea would not use their lives to test the ship of the Hongzhou shipyard.
I think that the big boat designed by Jiangliu during the competition, although the performance is much better than the ingots boat, it is always a new boat and has not been tested in actual combat.
But the scissor sailboat designed by Xu Chen is different!
The drawings that Xu Chen knows are no longer the original sailboat drawings, but the best drawings obtained by later generations after the most advanced scientific and technological experiments, and the best and final optimization that can be carried out under the premise that the hull is made of wood and manufactured by hand!
At the beginning, these things were originally read on the Internet when Xu Chen was bored, and more bored and free netizens spent more time modifying, experimenting, and refuting little by little, and in the end, they got irreproducible and irrefutable drawings.
For this reason, as long as Xu Chen can build the boat according to the drawings, then there is basically no need to experiment, even if it is worse, at least it must be much better than the original scissor sailboat!
Standing on the shoulders of giants, and with Jiang Liu, a world-class shipwright, in check, the performance of the sailboat is naturally beyond doubt! Anyway, until now, Xu Chen's ship has never been crushed by wind and waves because of quality problems.
Lu Huan naturally didn't know these things, but when he saw the giant ship in front of him, he was right with the rumors he had heard before, and after learning that Ryukyu was also doing maritime business, everything became clear.
must unite the young man in front of him, and when Lu Hao returns to Lu's house, he must care more about it, so that he can feel the warmth of the family version. Lu Huan, who had been observing and testing on the carriage for a long time, could already determine that Xu Chen and Lu Hao had a very close relationship! As long as Lu Hao was dealt with, it would definitely not be a problem to take down him, the senior brother.
What's more, he already knows exactly that Lu Hao's teacher is indeed the prime minister Xu Fan, so he is not a matter of sea trade, and a prime minister is enough for him to treat the Lu family well!
Especially after knowing the attitude of the old lady, the attitude of the big house and the second room, Lu Huan even resurfaced in his heart the longing of many years ago!
What was already out of reach actually made him see a glimmer of light again!
But no matter what the Lu family thought, no one could have predicted what Lu Hao had just said before this.
Old lady Lu blinked, of course she couldn't see anything cute and naughty on her old face, but she asked a little stunned: "You...... What did you just say?"
Lu Hao paused, and all the Lu family members on the opposite side instantly focused their eyes.
Lu Hao was silent for a moment, and still said calmly: "I want to move my father's genealogy out!"
"Relocation...... Move out?" Although he heard it for the second time, Old Lady Lu was still stunned, and said in a daze: "You said to move out?"
"Hmm!" Lu Hao nodded and said, "Yes, split up!"
Old Lady Lu leaned forward and leaned back slightly, but she was not shocked, but she was still stunned in her mind.
After guessing for many days, Ben thought about sacrificing some of his interests to return it to Lu Hao, and then he came forward to comfort him a few words, this is the end of the matter, right?
Young people, they have face and lining, what else can't they promise?
But suddenly, a sentence pressed over, and all the previous speculations and calculations collapsed!
Even the reason why he wanted to keep Lu Hao at the beginning became a little blurred at this moment, becoming unreal and even ridiculous.
"You...... Aren't you here to go home?" Old Lady Lu looked at Lu Hao in a daze.
"Yes, come home and move my father's family tree!"
"Oh......"
Old lady Lu was silent, but Lu Wengui on the other side became more and more mocking after the initial stunned and ridicule......
"Hey! What kind of powerful character should I be! I'm so cowardly! I'm so scared that I don't even dare to mention it......"
This was the original idea, but after thinking about it, I felt that it shouldn't be so simple.
"Oh...... It turns out that this kid wants to retreat as advance!"
Thinking of this, Lu Wengui, who had already seen all of Lu Hao's movements, stood up, walked up and down in front of Xu Chen, glanced up and down, walked to Lu Hao on the side with a smile, and said with a smile: "Boy!
"Heh! When I play with my heart, you're still wetting the bed! What's the matter? How much do you want? Just say the number! Do you want half of the Lu family? Or do you want all of them? Or, you can do this head of the Lu family?"
Lu Wengui almost leaned in front of Lu Hao to speak, his not so bad face was full of mockery, and he looked down from a high level, just laughing at an ant who wanted to fly into the sky.
After hearing Lu Wengui say this, Lu Yin and Lu Wending, father and son, who were behind him, had some reactions.
"Retreat is advancing? Heh! It's really a good calculation!"
I didn't necessarily believe it at first, but gradually I found that this answer should be the closest to reality!
Originally, when he first heard Lu Hao's words, Lu Yin was still a little sorry after being stunned, but for him, it was just one less bargaining chip, this bargaining chip was gone, in other words, it shouldn't be too big!
After figuring out Lu Hao's approach, he was ridiculous and a little relieved.
The most shocking person in the field was Lu Huan, Lu Hao's continuous statements made his heart suddenly cold for most of the time!
Not to mention that the interests of the sea trade are gone, even the dawn that finally appeared will slip away from his hands!
But after Lu Wengui said this, Lu Huan hesitated again.