Ning Yu handed over the affairs in the Eagle Camp to Dong Ce and Xu Chengliang to leave temporarily, and handed over all the logistics to Zhou Tong, and returned to the old house of the Ning family in Xiaogan County alone.

Ning Zhongyuan also came back from Hanyang City at this time, and he didn't see it for a few months, but he found that Ning Zhongyuan seemed to be much older now, a thirty-six or seventeen-year-old man, but he looked like he was in his early fifties, with a few gray hairs mixed in his braids.

There are still two days before the clan conference, and many clansmen have returned to the old house, Ning Zhongjing, as the chief manager, took Ning Yu to recognize the relatives and friends in the clan as seven, seven, eight, eight, eight, Ning Zhongyuan's generation, respectively, the eldest Ning Zhongde, the second Ning Zhongyuan, the third Ning Zhongjing, the fourth Ning Zhongyi, the fifth Ning Zhongxin, the sixth Ning Zhonghai, the seventh Ning Zhongquan, except for the early death of the eldest Ning Zhongde, the rest of the uncles and brothers are also there.

Among these brothers, only the fourth Ning Zhongyi followed Ning Zhongyuan to join the army, and made a five-grade garrison in Huangpi, Ning Zhongjing in the family overview of the industry, Ning Zhongyi and Ning Zhongxin were in charge of shops and mines respectively, and the sixth Ning Zhonghai took a team of smuggler salt dealers in his hands to transport Sichuan salt and Huai salt to Huguang to sell, and now there is also a bit of momentum, only the old seven Ning Zhongquan has been from the text since childhood, and worshiped the famous Xu Yao of the Huguang generation as a teacher, and now he has won a swoop, and he has made a county in Gucheng County, Xiangyang Prefecture.

Although these uncles do not have Ning Zhongyuan's high position, they are all important positions, so Ning Yu does not dare to be presumptuous, and honestly practices courtesy.

As for none of the relatives of the Ning family, even the Zheng family on the old lady's side and the Cheng family on the mother's side were not notified, and all the clansmen were descendants and collaterals of the Ning family.

This greeting has greatly enhanced Ning Yu's prestige in the clan, originally many people in the clan only knew that there was such a young son, but they didn't know what the specific person was, and now Ning Yu's performance, coupled with the experience of the previous life, also seemed a little more mature, covering up the original sixteen years old (imaginary age).

Hundreds of tribesmen reunited in the Ning House, each overjoyed, noisy, until after dusk, gradually rested.

Just as Ning Yu was about to rest for a while, Ning Zhongyuan came over with a smile and a wine glass, and motioned for Ning Yu to accompany him to drink a few glasses.

Without further ado, Zhou Fu arranged a table of sumptuous wine and food, but the wine on it was not local Chu wine, nor was it Huadiao's daughter red, but the thick Xifeng wine.

Although Ning Yu had also drunk a lot of spirits in his previous life, he was only a teenager at this time, so he frowned slightly, and poured a glass for his father and himself, and the crystal clear wine was poured into the quaint Qingteng cup, which also had a bit of ancient charm.

Ning Zhongyuan smiled and said, "I see that your kid has also done some things during this time, what's the matter?" Can't drink a glass of Zephyr? ”

Ning Yu smiled bitterly and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, his face was a little flushed, and said: "This wine is delicious, but it is troublesome to get drunk, I don't want to anesthetize myself in the aroma of wine." ”

Ning Zhongyuan put away his smile and said seriously: "You don't want to get drunk, I won't force you, but what you do now is more troublesome than not getting drunk!" ”

Hearing Ning Zhongyuan's meaningful words, Ning Yu sighed in his heart and said, "Is it because of killing Diao Wang?" ”

Ning Zhongyuan smiled bitterly: "Don't talk about one Diao Wang, even if you kill ten more, the Ning family can keep you safe." As long as you really kill someone because of the young master's temper, it's nothing more than paying some money for burning and burying money. But, Yu'er, are you really killing people because of the young master's temper? ”

Ning Yu was silent, he didn't want to deceive Ning Zhongyuan on this issue, and he couldn't really deceive him.

Ning Zhongyuan sighed: "In the early years, your great-ancestor was a member of the Ming Dynasty, and later he couldn't do anything, so he voted for the Qing Dynasty and became a courtier of the Qing Dynasty. Now the Ning family is already cooking oil on fire, Yu'er, enough. ”

Ning Yu was silent all the time, and finally shook his head firmly and slowly, and said: "Father, in this Qing Dynasty, the so-called strength of the Ning family is only made of sand, no matter how big and good it is, it can't stop a wave. ”

Ning Zhongyuan was a little anxious, and said, "The Ning family's business for several generations, how can it be made of sand?" I have already thought about it for my father, let you worship the great Confucian Cui Wancai as a teacher, and when the time comes, you can also have a place in this Huguang Shilin, my Ning family has entered the literature from your martial arts, cultivated and read the heirloom, and then chose a family business for your father, which is the daughter of Liu Hanzhang, the county commander of Xiangyang County......"

Before Ning Zhongyuan finished speaking, Ning Yu already understood that the difference between him and Ning Zhongyuan was not so much the difference between an idealist and a realist, but a collision between the ideas from three hundred years later and the conservative ideas of this era.

In today's Qing Dynasty, although there is occasional chaos in the local area, and there are occasional threats on the border, but after all, they are all diseases of scabies, and they have been extinguished since Emperor Kangxi ascended the throne for 58 years. Therefore, even the most ordinary people, no matter how oppressed they are, cannot afford to resist.

Ning Yu felt powerless for the first time, and rudely interrupted Ning Zhongyuan's words, and said, "Father, this huge Ning family may be rampant in Hanyang for a while, but it can really be placed in the entire Huguang Province, and it can afford a finger from Man Pi, the governor of Huguang?" Can it withstand a finger from the son of heaven now? When these words came out, the heavens and the earth changed color.

Ning Zhongyuan's face slowly returned to calm, looked at Ning Yu deeply, and said, "Yu'er, you are really drunk. ”

Ning Yu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Father, since that serious illness, I have figured out many things, and I also want to do some things, these things may not be able to be done by the child now, but sooner or later he will do it, even if the child does not do it, someone will do it." ”

"Now that the time is running out, the child is willing to do these things, although he has not regretted it."

Ning Zhongyuan waved his hand a little irritably, and said, "Let's not talk about this for now, I know everything about your young eagle camp, and I won't talk about it, just talk about the mineral salt." ”

Ning Yu smiled and said: "According to the information that Master Yuanhui said last time, and this time after more than half a month of on-site visits, we finally found the location of the mineral salt, and the estimated reserves will be very large. ”

Ning Zhongyuan nodded lightly and said, "Do you know that Master Yuanhui passed away ten days ago. ”

As soon as Ning Yu heard the news, he didn't have the expected sadness in his heart, but was only slightly lost. Since coming to this world, Master Yuan Hui is the one who really touches his inner world, and he is an existence that is also a teacher and a friend. But when he really passed away, Ning Yu felt some relief in his heart.

Perhaps, Master Yuan Hui has taken refuge in the Buddha and found true liberation.