Liu Yuan is in his thirties, which is really not too old.

It's a slightly rich fat man.

As Kong Rong commented, he is so-so, not an official.

At least in Liu Jie's body, he did not see the reserved majesty that a promising official should have. When he saw Kong Rong, he was a little stammering, that fat face was always smiling, and he spoke with a bit of flattery, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a county guard.

Seeing Liu Jie like this, Liu Xian also somewhat believed what Kong Rong said, and his official position was donated. He was not appointed by the imperial court on his own merits.

However, whether it is appointed by the imperial court or not, in fact, most local officials are basically bought with money. They have no talent to govern the locality, and they became officials only to accumulate wealth. But there are also some people who become officials not necessarily to collect money, but to seek an official position, increase their prestige and status, or the so-called glory of their ancestors. During their tenure, they basically had a corpse vegetarian meal and mixed them up.

After Kong Rong introduced Liu Xian to Liu Jie, Liu Xian suddenly said to Liu Xian more humbly: "It turns out that this is the son of Liu Xian, the son-in-law of Master Kong. There are rumors in the market these days that Liu Xiangongzi is still an amazing poet, fortunately, I will be lucky, I will look up to it for a long time! “

"Oh? Now even Lord Liu has heard the name of this son? Liu Xian pretended to be surprised.

"Know! I know, in fact, I already knew. Liu Xian, Liu Mansion of Liulin Village, is a relative of the Han family, and he has recognized the noble man of the Plains Mansion as his stepmother, so that Liu Xian's son is even more noble. Liu is not talented, but he especially likes to make friends with young talents like Liu Xian's son. This one...... Speaking of which, I'm afraid we are also brothers in our own family, but we can't hide it, and the contemptible people are also one of the Han clan relatives who have fallen to Donglai, and they can barely be regarded as Han clan relatives. “

"Really? That would be great. Lord Taishou is slightly older than this son, so how about calling Lord Taishou a brother? Liu Xian already knew in his heart that Liu Jie was also a relative of the Han family, but it should be relatively far away, but Liu Xian still hugged Liu Jie again and again, calling him brother.

Liu Jie saw Liu Xian saluting him, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Brother Liu Xian, don't be polite, don't be polite." Well, Master Kong, Brother Liu Xian, all sit down and serve tea! “

Liu Xian somewhat understood, this Liu Jie is estimated to have some money in the family, so he donated an official position. However, he has no experience as an official, nor does he have any talent, on the contrary, he may have a little inferiority in his nature, so he didn't dare to hold it up in front of Kong Rong and in front of Liu Xian.

But then again, the official position of this county can be said to be relatively high, only one level lower than the official position of a state. If a person who has the ability himself is in the position of the guardian of a county, he can already do a lot of things, and it is even possible to become a prince in the future.

But for those who don't have a certain talent themselves. They are not so conspicuous, they can't develop their strength if they don't have ability, and they won't have power if they don't have strength. Then, just be safe and low-key.

Besides, Kong Rong has a prominent reputation in Beihai, and his reputation among the upper echelons of society is extremely high, such as some landlords and tyrants, and wealthy families, all of whom respect Kong Rong's talent. Even among the common people, Kong Rong's reputation is very high. Because the Kong family often has good deeds, like this Yellow Turban riot, the Kong family has relieved a lot of people.

The most important thing is that Kong Rong is indeed a court official, even if he resigns due to illness, but a county prince like Liu Jie really doesn't dare to disrespect Kong Rong.

Among the ordinary people of the people, if they can enter the court as officials, they are extremely glorious and powerful, and these court officials are nobles in the eyes of the people.

Liu Jie probably hasn't seen much of the world, so he naturally puts his identity very low.

Besides, although Liu Xian does not have an official position, because Liu Xian has a noble man behind him and Kong Rong's son-in-law, in Liu Jie's mind, whether Kong Rong or Liu Xian, his status is higher than him.

After sitting down, the maid poured the tea.

Liu Jie, who was sitting on the main seat, looked a little uneasy, and said a little cautiously: "Master Kong, Brother Liu Xian, you came together, I don't know what you are doing?" “

"Well, Lord Liu, this time it was Kong who accompanied this son-in-law to visit you, and in addition, he planned to buy some properties in Beihai City. In the future, my son-in-law will run some business in Beihai City, hoping to get some attention from the government. Kong Rong didn't seem to want to be too polite with Liu Jie, so he directly made his intentions clear.

"I see, well, that's a good thing. The Liu Xian brothers are young, but the business they do is really amazing. The Liu Mansion caravan outside the city is Liu Xian's brother's, right? Such a large scale of caravan has never been seen before by this official. Impressive. ”

Liu Jie slapped his thigh when he heard this, and even said yes, then complimented Liu Xian, and then said: "Brother Liu Xian, the matter you want to buy the property is a trivial matter. What are you going to do? I'm going to take a look at it for you and see where the location is better. You can rest assured, now in Beihai City, the official has the final say, it's just ...... I don't know what Brother Liu Xian plans to run? ”

"I want to open an inn restaurant in Beihai City first, and I also need a few shops on the street. By the way, you also need a separate yard, and a larger one is better. Liu Xian took over and said the property he wanted to buy.

After finishing speaking, Liu Xian immediately said: "Brother, the shop I opened in Beihai City, no matter what it operates, it will be regarded as a dry share of adults, so that there will be profit dividends to my brother every month." So, after these businesses start to operate, I hope my brother can take care of them. At the very least, we must not allow local hooligans and ruffians to make trouble, and do not let local peers crowd out and sabotage. ”

One percent is 10%, this Liu Jie doesn't have to do anything, no need to pay, and there are dividends every month.

This made Liu Jie's eyes can't help but glow.

However, Liu Jie seemed embarrassed and said, "This, this is not very good, right?" No, no, no......"

"Brother, Lord Liu, don't shirk. This is really nothing, and in the future, it is unlikely that I will stay in Beihai City for a long time, and I should not come often, so I usually ask my brother to take more care. This is just my brother's hard work. Besides, if there is something to do, if you want to dispatch the people in the elder brother's mansion, this can't make people do things in vain, right? If you have some money on hand, you will be more neat when you send people to do things, isn't that the truth? ”

Liu Xian persuaded.

Liu Jie said reluctantly: "Hey, this, this is okay." ”

"That's what it is, it's good for everybody. Besides, we are actually doing legitimate business, and there is nothing unseemly. ”

"Okay, in that case, then...... Well, brother, you said you want to open an inn restaurant? There are a few good ones in this Beihai City, otherwise, I will take you to see it, if you like that one, brother, how about the official let them transfer it directly to you? ”

It is about his own benefits, and Liu Jie's heart began to live. He thinks that the geographical location is very important. However, Beihai City is so big, and there are already inns and restaurants in key locations. That's why I thought about whether to forcibly occupy one of them.

He has such thoughts, in fact, it also shows that this Liu Jie is an official, and it is estimated that he will not be a good official. At least, this has to be greedy for money, even if it is a bully and a bully, he will do it, and he will do it as a matter of course.

"No, no, I just want to know what other places in Beihai City are unowned or waiting to be sold. You don't have to pay attention to the location of the location, you just need to have a place, it's a big deal, I demolished the original house and rebuilt it. ”

Liu Xian didn't want to do the kind of thing that forced others to leave and took possession of other people's properties. This is a business, and there are still fewer crooked ways. What's more, Liu Xian opened these businesses here mainly to establish his own intelligence network.

Besides, this Liu Jie, Liu Xian estimates that he should not be able to do it long before he becomes this Taishou in Beihai County. I don't know when he will be dismissed from his post and lose his office. If so, it would be better, but I'm afraid he will die.

However, no matter what the fate of this Liu Festival will be, it will not affect Liu Wei's industry in Beihai City, because this Beihai will be decided by Kong Rong sooner or later. As long as he keeps Kong Rong in the future and doesn't let him lose the territory of Beihai, then everything will be fine.

"Well, well, I'll have some house title deeds brought here."

Beihai City did not directly suffer from the impact of the Yellow Turban Army, so everything in Beihai is relatively good now. It was much the same as before the Yellow Turban Uprising. Of course, under the influence of the general environment, all walks of life are indeed slightly depressed, and some people are somewhat worried.

There are not many ownerless properties in the city, but there are many people who want to sell their properties and leave Beihai City.

Beihai is too close to the Taishan Yellow Turban Thief, and now the Taishan Yellow Turban Thief is very powerful, many people are worried that Beihai City will be unsafe, so many people want to leave here and stay away from the thieves.

But those who can leave are basically some wealthy families, because only wealthy families have the conditions and ability to live in another safer place.

Ordinary people, if they can survive in their hometowns, will not rashly leave their hometowns and wander elsewhere.

Soon, Liu Xian also chose several places, and after choosing, Liu Xian sent another person to negotiate, paid the money, and took the deed.

When Liu Xian chose a mansion that should be the mansion of a wealthy family, Kong Rong interjected: "Virtuous son-in-law, why do you want to buy such a mansion in Beihai? My father-in-law's house is quite broad, and when you arrive in Beihai, you can live directly in the Confucian Mansion. But you ...... I think you don't come to Beihai often, so why spend this amount of money? That's not a small amount. ”

Liu Xian explained: "Father-in-law, it is true that the son-in-law cannot come often, but the son-in-law will send someone to take care of these businesses. In the future, people may come and go more often. They can't run to their father-in-law's house often, can they? There is a place where the son-in-law's people come and go. This environment is better, and it can also enhance their enthusiasm for doing things for their son-in-law, who will never treat his subordinates badly. “

"Well, it seems to make some sense, and I originally wanted to say that since it is a place for the people below to stay, there is no need to buy the next mansion with such a good environment. Listening to what the virtuous son-in-law said, I felt that it was really like this. Not treating people who do things for themselves not only makes them more active, but also enhances their loyalty, and they don't want to lose these errands with such good treatment. This is really worth learning from. “

Kong Rong said thoughtfully.

Liu Xian looked at Kong Rong, but said, "Father-in-law, the situation of the son-in-law is not the same as the situation of your Kong family. Your Kong family has a big business, and there are a lot of people and talents available in the family. But there are not many available people around my son-in-law, and everything has to rely on a lot of money to seek talents, and use better treatment to recruit more talents for my use. Therefore, this is the most basic difference, if your Kong family wants to be like this, it may be a little difficult, after all, they are all members of the Kong family, and the conditions are too good, will anyone in the Kong family think that it is too extravagant? Unless you can get everyone to enjoy the same good treatment, I'm afraid there will be problems. ”

Family-style industries and companies cannot be mixed up at all, and Liu Xian is also reminding Kong Rong. Let him know that some of the things he does may not be suitable for him to do.

After choosing a place and discussing some handovers, Liu Xianzheng planned to say goodbye to Kong Rong and leave.

At this time, Liu Jie wanted to keep Liu Xian and Kong Rong for the banquet anyway, and said that he had already prepared a banquet.

It was difficult to be gracious, and Liu Xian and Kong Rong had no choice but to stay.

At first, Liu Xian and Kong Rong thought it was a simple feast. But after three rounds of drinking, I found that there seemed to be something wrong with Liu Jie, but he opened his mouth several times to speak, but he didn't say it.

Liu Xian saw that Liu Jie had something to say, so he said casually: "Brother, do you have anything on your mind?" It seems like you're always having a hard time talking freely. Tell me about it? ”

"Alas...... Master Kong, Brother Liu Xian, I'm afraid that this official and this official are going to lose their officials...... I don't know how long this Taishou will be able to serve......"

"Oh? This is good, why did Taishou-sama say that? Could it be ...... Is someone in the DPRK attacking you? Kong Rong's first reaction was to wonder if someone in the court wanted to mess with him.

"It's not ......" Liu Jie put down the wine bottle and said with a bitter face: "Master Kong, our Beihai is in danger. To tell you the truth, the Taishan Yellow Turban Thief has always been eyeing us in the North Sea. The reason why we have not sent troops to attack our Beihai City is that this official and this official have privately sent them money and food. But now they have an appetite that is getting bigger and bigger, and they have even attacked several county towns in our Beihai County near Mount Tai......"

"What? Is there such a thing? ”

When Liu Xian and Kong Rong heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.