When Lu Xin took the seal of the lord of that side with both hands and lit his own everlasting lamp, the twelfth lord of Lu Valve was born.

The music troupes dressed in green clothes on both sides played elegant music and sang carols, and Lu Xiu led a group of deacons and tens of thousands of people inside and outside the Sanwei Hall to salute Lu Xin again according to the ceremony of meeting the lord.

Fireworks and firecrackers shook the sky on the Luvalve Square, and the clansmen laughed, sang and danced to present the birth of the new valve owner.

Lu Yi, the deacon of the Rite Sect, ordered a banquet to congratulate the new lord of Chongqing. Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, the banquet has long been prepared, Lu Yi simply announced that today's carnival is from morning to night, all night, even celebration and New Year's Eve, double happiness!

Lu Xiu sent eight teams of fast horses to Ziwei Palace, Taimur Mountain and the other six valves at the first time, and reported that Lu Valve had completed the handover of the old and new valve owners. From now on, the head of Lu Valve is Lu Xin.

The clansmen were all happily busy, Lu Xin and Lu Shang, the two valve masters, the old and the new, got rid of the crowd and quietly came to the valve master courtyard behind the Three Fears Hall.

Listening to the sound of firecrackers cooking porridge outside, and looking at the slightly lonely winter courtyard, Lu Shang seemed to have been drained of his strength, and he relied on Lu Xin's support to slowly walk in the verandah.

He felt that this time, he was miserable by this seemingly loyal nephew. Originally, even if he abdicated, he could still find a position as a great elder and continue to exert his residual heat for a few years. It's ridiculous that last time, he was sold and helped others count the money, and he hurriedly promoted Lu Mian to the position of the great elder. Now that people's butts are not hot, how can they give way to him?

Right now, Lu Shang can only ask for a decent ......

"You allow me to clean up in a few days, and after the Shangyuan Festival, I will make room for you." Lu Shang looked at Lu Xin with a smile, but his mouth was full of bitterness.

The valve owner's courtyard is where the valve owner lives and offices, and Lu Shang has stepped down as the valve owner, so he is naturally not qualified to continue to live.

"Uncle, don't be in such a hurry, wait for the New Year to be over and the spring begins, and the clan will give you a good life and clean up a garden for the elderly." I heard Lu Xin say softly.

Speaking of the garden for the elderly, Lu Shang actually thinks of Pei Qiu's longevity garden. The last time I went to congratulate him on his birthday, I was really envious of that old man. was about to turn around the new year, and instructed Lu Xiu to also repair such a garden for himself, but he didn't expect that people were not as good as heaven, and he didn't even have a New Year's Day, so what did he say about the coming year?

Hearing Lu Xin say 'tidying up', not 'building new', Lu Shang's heart was half cold. Of course, he also knows that some people are willing to build a garden for the elderly for the incumbent lord. But no one will spend this unjust money for a abdicated lord......

But if you just retreat like this, and you are sent away like a lonely ghost, what dignity is there? Decades of valve owners think that this is the case, and they really want to laugh people to death......

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Lu Shang entered the warm pavilion with Lu Xin's support, sat down on his soft chair, and drank some ginseng soup, which made him feel a little better.

He glanced at Lu Xin and said apologetically:

"Today's ceremony is a bit hasty, it is said that all the valve lords and great elders should be invited to come and watch the ceremony."

"Uncle doesn't have to care, I don't value these." Lu Xin shook his head and smiled: "Besides, if I become the owner of the valve, Xiahou Valve, Xie Valve, and Mei Valve will definitely not come to congratulate me, just three or two kittens, it is better not to invite any of them." ”

"Hahaha, you get it." Lu Shang couldn't help but smile and said, "The old man also thinks like this, so he will agree to hold the ceremony today." Saying that, he smiled slyly: "Today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone has to be busy for the New Year, and it is reasonable not to invite people, so you will look better on your face." ”

"It's still the uncle's thoughtfulness." Lu Xin smiled bitterly and nodded.

"From now on, you are the master of a valve, and you can't do it like before." Lu Shang's expression was solemn, and he solemnly taught Lu Xindao: "You must think twice before acting, if the relationship between all aspects can be eased, you can ease it, and if you can't ease it, try not to stimulate others." Remember, you are not the same as before, you only need to be responsible for your own family, and now there are hundreds of thousands of people up and down, all of whom are your children. Every clansman is your weakness, and even if you are a great grandmaster, you can't take care of it, so it's better to make good friends and make enemies. ”

"What my uncle taught me is that I have memorized it in my heart." Lu Xin knew that this was the heartfelt words of the old lord.

"Of course, your identity is different now, you are both the master and the great master, and no one will touch your head when you have nothing to do." Lu Shang smiled and said in a slow tone: "Even if the old lady is there, he will not shout and kill in the future, you lower your posture and ease the relationship with Xiahou Valve." We can't afford to mess with them. ”

"Understood." Lu Xin nodded, usually his father and son and Xiahou valve were working against each other, and there was still a valve to shelter. Now that he represents the land valve, and then he is against the Xiahou valve, that is, the land valve and the Xiahou valve are hostile, and in the absence of a chance of winning, this is the way to self-destruction.

The contradiction between Lu Xin's father and son and Xiahou Valve is the point that the old lord is most worried about, but everything that should be said is finished, and it is just verbose to talk about it. Lu Shang took a sip of ginseng soup, took out a golden key from his arms, and handed it to Lu Xin.

Lu Xin took the key, and then listened to the old lord's instructions: "Open the cabinet at the head of my bed and take out the box inside." ”

"Okay." Lu Xin followed Lu Shang's words, opened the cabinet with a key, and took out a locked sandalwood box.

Lu Xin held the box in front of Lu Shang, and saw the old lord resting the box on his lap, and then took a small key from his neck.

With a click, Lu Shang opened the sandalwood box and groped for a long time about the things inside, feeling quite reluctant.

Lu Xin sat patiently opposite Lu Shang and waited quietly for the following.

"You have been in charge of the accounting institute for more than half a year, how many people and fields do I have, and the money and grain should be clearer than the old man." After a while, Lu Shangcai took out a yellow book from the box and handed it to Lu Xindao: "But that's only the part that can see the light, and there are some things that can't be seen here." ”

Lu Xin took the yellow book, unfolded it, and couldn't help but sigh in surprise.

I saw that the above recorded the location, reserves, and scale of more than ten iron ores secretly mined by Lu Valve in the Huguang fiefdom. One of the largest ones, in Yangxin County, Wuchang County, can produce 100,000 catties of refined iron annually, and is adjacent to the Yangtze River, it is very easy to smelt and transport, and the conditions are much better than those iron ores of Xiahou Valve and Pei Valve.

Further down, there are copper, silver, and gold mines, all of which are within the sphere of influence of the land valve. It was the first time Lu Xin had learned that this valve was so arrogant.