After thousands of years of exploitation, the salt lake resources are being depleted, and the local salt workers have turned to the underground salt mining around the salt lake, and it is a rare thing to be able to produce salt crystals.

In the Central Plains, salt crystals were called salt treasures, and according to some medical texts, salt treasures could be used to treat certain diseases, so salt treasures were traded as medicines. The larger the salt treasure, the higher the value, and the salt treasure that can usually be bought is mostly the size of a thumb.

However, most of the so-called therapeutic effects are debatable, and it is trace mineral elements that really work. When people's material conditions are scarce, the cognition of diseases comes more from the symptoms, and the supplement of rare trace elements can play an excellent curative effect, but for modern people with rich material sources, diseases often arise from the disease of wealth caused by material surplus, so the prescriptions that were useful in ancient times do not work in today's people, not the problem of prescriptions, in fact, there is a problem with human physique.

Accept the salt treasure, Lu Hou sent two more gifts, the gift was packed in the treasure box of vermilion lacquer cloud qi wrong gold pattern, just look at the regulations to know that it is not a wooden box containing gold and silver but a treasure chest, for the status of the three marquis, sending gold and silver is inevitably too earthy, and sending some rare treasures can show the means.

Valuable gifts to start, in broad daylight in front of the giver directly open the box is very rude, the treasure box was immediately carried by the guards in the house into the house, temporarily into the front hall piled up.

When he was young, he introduced Lu Hou, Zhong Hou's father and son grandchildren, and more than 40 men and nephews and cousins into the front yard.

In fact, there are not many talents in the Xue family, there are very few people in politics, most of the children are engaged in business and salt industry, caustic soda, mouth alkali as a condition to exchange to the Luhou, the Luhou family began to get involved in the chemical industry, and the direct line has cultivated a lot of talents for more than ten years.

After Lincheng set up a chemical industry, Luhou's power and financial resources became increasingly abundant, but on the whole, it was still mainly to make money, and the investment in scientific research was not much, and more often it still needed Bailiyan's talents and technical support.

The group said as they walked, followed by a lame young man, whose right leg was always limping when he walked, and his figure was not very burly. Because of his leg disease, he was left far behind others, and he seemed very anxious.

After that, the ten golden flowers in the courtyard and the house chattered and quarreled, and Baili rushed into the house with an open voice and shouted:

"It's coming, it's coming."

"What are you shouting, it's not that you are married, why are you in a hurry."

Baili Caiyun didn't have a good airway, Baili Fang pouted and said:

"Sisters, pay attention, listen to my sister later, you have to let them know that our ten sisters are not lambs to bully."

At this time, thyme reminded:

"You save it, my father said that he wanted to discount one of your legs, and you still want to be discounted with an arm."

Bai Li Fang frowned, quite unhappy with the surrender faction like Thyme:

"Sister, I'm good for my sister, you still give up on yourself"

"I don't, no one can change my father's decision, so my sister should accept her fate earlier."

"I don't accept my fate. Dad himself said that it is not our woman's business to look down on, and Lu Hou can't do anything. ”

"You really believe it." Baili Xuan said with a sad face, her handsome face was like a withered flower.

Bai Lifang was dissatisfied with Bai Lixuan's complaints, and turned the muzzle of the gun to shoot at him:

"Sister Xuan'er, why don't you worry about yourself, be careful of sheep falling into the mouths of tigers."

"You! Hmph, ignore you. ”

Bai Li Xuan puffed out his cheeks and blushed, turned his back and stopped paying attention to Bai Lifang.

At the same time, under the arch leading to the atrium in the backyard, Xiao Chunyu, Xiao Er, Chunrou, Chunfang, Tang Tao, and Zhou Kong looked at the group of people in the distance with a telescope, and Tang Tao said:

"There are so many people in the Luhou family, when will this be chosen?"

"It's not that you're a barbar, what are you anxious about."

Zhou Kong said expressionlessly, Tang Tao suddenly became a little angry, and said anxiously:

"Aren't I also worried about the eldest lady, the second lady, and the fourth lady. Besides, whose daughter is not the meat of her heart, she has to find a good person who is right. ”

Tang Tao can only bully and bully Chunrou and Chunfang on weekdays, and if he dares to fight with Zhou Kou, he really has no other ability.

At this time, Chunfang shouted:

"Look, look, I see a cripple, and there is a cripple!"

Tang Tao was surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly raised his binoculars and said:

"Where, where."

Chunfang took advantage of the situation and stretched out her hand to point into the distance, Tang Tao raised her eyebrows and said unabashedly:

"The cripple also came to recruit relatives, it's really unreasonable......"

A group of women chattered endlessly from afar, and as concubines, they had no chance to show up on important occasions. Of course, Xuanting County Lord Qiao Fu'er was an exception. Most of the time, the humble concubines are only a little better than ordinary employees, and it is impossible to hide in a corner like Tang Tao and others, holding binoculars, pointing fingers at VIPs, and only Bailiyan's mansion is a strange scene.

Lu Hou and Zhong Hou were led to the front hall of the atrium, and Jiang Rong and Qiao County Lord retreated. There is no problem in the ordinary reception of foreign guests, and it is not easy for the lady to show up in front of the public on the occasion of a large number of male foreign guests.

First, the male group is of different ages, young men can't help but spy on the spring of mature women and get excited, and women can't help but covet the yang power of strong and beautiful men and think of spring, which will lay the seeds for the red apricots to go out of the wall to steal jade and incense in the future.

Second, when the men discuss issues, it is always embarrassing for the woman to stay aside, which inevitably makes people feel that the male protagonist has a bad wife, and he has to look at his face when he speaks.

The hall that was arranged in advance has more long cases and seats, and the layout is quite compact. Bailiyan carefully prepared pastries, melons and fruits, tea and drinks for everyone to eat, and at the same time observed the words and deeds of the future sons-in-law.

Zhonghou and other elders are sitting on the right side, Qiao Cheng is seated next to Zhonghou Xue Cheng's father and son in advance, Luhou and Bailiyan are sitting at the same table, and the younger generation of children and nephews are sitting on the left side, which not only shows the due respect of the elders and young, but also does not lose the host's hospitality, and the arrangement is very decent and thoughtful.

When everyone sat down one after another, the lame young man was limping around looking for his seat, and this scene was seen by Bai Liyan, who couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Cripple!"

His eyes were full of astonishment.

He never thought that Lu Hou would snub him and arrange a cripple to go on a blind date. It's not that he Bailiyan despises disability, today is not an ordinary blind date, it is a political marriage between the two top families in Xianguo, and arranging a lame blind date, what kind of situation is this, even if it is a backup, it is inevitably a little inappropriate.

The man came in with a lime leg just now, and Bai Liyan thought again, could it be that he had an accident recently and injured his leg? But when I think back to Lu Hou just now, I don't seem to see Lu Hou talk about this person. Thinking of this, Bai Liyan hurriedly asked Lu Hou:

"Lu Hou, I don't know who that talented man is?"

Bai Liyan asked a little anxiously, and the consternation on his face didn't have time to hide it, Lu Hou saw it in his eyes, and he was quite embarrassed and blushed, so he had to bite the bullet and say:

"Hehe, that's right, the salt treasure just now is the wonderful idea of my cousin and nephew."

Bai Liyan was taken aback when she heard the news, and then heard him sigh:

"Oh...... I see. ”

At this time, Lu Hou said:

"This is my nephew's nephew, whose surname is Xue Bolin, who fell and injured his right leg six years ago, so it is a little inconvenient to walk. I wanted not to bring him here, but I couldn't bear to refuse when he offered him a salt treasure, so I brought him to see the world. ”

Xue Bolin is the same generation as Xue Chong's grandson Xue Shu, and is the great-grandson of Xue Teng's younger brother who was appointed as Luhou Xue Teng, and the grandson of Xue Chong's cousin, who is twenty-one this year.

It is said that Xue Bolin is the same generation as Xue Shu, and he is the grandson of Xue Chong's cousin, so Xue Bolin should not be six years older than Xue Shu.

In fact, it is not the case, the current marriage age is much earlier, fifteen or sixteen children are a common phenomenon, and the brothers of Lu Hou theoretically have no chance to inherit Lu Hou, so marriage is not the primary core issue of the family, and it is often used as a bargaining chip to exchange with the outside world at the earliest. And the eldest son, as the heir of the Marquis of Lu, is married after the age of nineteen.

From Luhou Xue Teng to great-grandson Xue Shu, the three marriages of the four generations each dragged on for one or two years, and when they were superimposed on Xue Shu's generation, it was six or seven years, and it was not surprising that Xue Bolin was six years older than Xue Shu.

After listening to Lu Hou's detailed explanation, Bai Liyan couldn't help but ask again:

"Xue Bolin has a disabled leg, why did he go all the way to Xu Kingdom, I don't think it was just for a salt treasure."

Lu Hou said with pity:

"Yongxing Hou doesn't know, this Xue Bolin is talented and smart and likes to make friends, and my cousin doesn't care about it, and lets him wander outside."

According to Xue Chong, the Marquis of Lu, Xue Bolin is full of nylon and has five cars, and likes to travel everywhere. Bai Liyan felt that it was mostly because Xue Bolin was not the eldest son in the family, and he broke his leg in a fall six years ago, so the first consideration in the family was the issue of interests.

Because there is no hope of curing the leg injury, marital problems will inevitably become an obstacle, at least it is impossible to give priority to the allocation of the best resources, and other slightly lower family members feel that their daughter is not going to let go of their body in order to cling to the Xue family, and marry their daughter to a cripple, so Xue Bolin can only marry a woman with a lower family, and he has dragged on until now.

After that, his temperament changed drastically, and he traveled all over the world to make "friends", and his family didn't care, which was not only a moral debt, but also his value had been discounted, so he had to let it develop.

At this time, everyone whispered, Lu Hou pressed his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said solemnly:

"Today's meeting, this patriarch and the Marquis of Yongxing have discussed and summoned the children of our clan to have a tea party here, everyone must not be rude and lazy, let alone disturb the female relatives of the Hou Mansion with noise, you all know it."

"Obey the orders of the patriarch......"

Everyone spoke in unison, and the next moment Lu Hou and Baili Yan whispered:

"Yongxing Hou, if you have anything to say, just ask."

"Well, the children of the Xue family are really extraordinary, which is impressive."

Previously, Bai Liyan and Xue Chong agreed that the Dragon and Phoenix Club would call young talents to ask for advice on the same day to understand the worldview and talent of Xue's young talents.

Today's Xue children are no longer the salt lords who only knew how to boil salt and sell it for money and were good at business. Benefiting from the development of education, in the past ten years, the three major families and the core power aristocracy attached to the three major families have been able to come into contact with advanced ideological books and advanced education.