On March 28, the fourth year of Daguan in the Northern Song Dynasty, the two elders of Ximenda were funeral after stopping in the mansion for seven or seven years. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Ximen Qing was grief-stricken in his heart, and he cried and fainted in front of the spirit several times, and was rescued by others. After the persuasion of the people, Fu Ling went to the ancestral tomb of the Ximen family to be buried.

After the burial, Ximen Qing lived in front of the tomb, Hui Niang and several other female dependents wore linen and filial piety every day, and Ximen Qing together for the two elders of Ximen Da to keep filial piety, worship every day, the brothers in the family saw Ximen Qing if this, they were also like mourning, every day with Ximen Qing by his side, Ximen Qing several times persuaded to leave but could not get, and finally under the repeated persuasion of Ximen Qing, Liuyu An, Jiao Ting, Wu Song and the two were afraid that he would be too sad.

After half a year of filial piety, the little maid Chunmei and the lady Huiniang persuaded: The official is the hero of the world, the ambition is in the four seas, can not keep filial piety for three years, the concubine should be the husband to keep filial piety, in order to fulfill filial piety, not to mention the official urging, saying that the state capital is full of thieves, tell you to take office as soon as possible, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety can not be both, officials should be loyal to the word first, the family has its own concubine, and the father's will has also commanded, tell you to keep filial piety for half a year, hope that the official will think twice.

After thinking about it, Ximen Qing had his father's last order here, so he had to go to Dongping Mansion to lead the inspection of Dongping Mansion, and at the same time sighed in his heart, if he has a good wife, why worry that the husband can't succeed.

During the period of keeping filial piety, Ximen Qing had secret talks with Lu Jiang and Fu Ping several times, and he had ambitions in his heart, and Fu and Lu already knew seven or eight.

At this time, Du Zhi and Yang Zhi were grateful for Ximen Qing's loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and they gradually returned to their hearts, but Yang Zhi has always regarded himself very highly, and he wants to restore the glory of his ancestors, and he is determined to set aside a rich future on the frontier.

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Yanggu County, in the ancestral house of the Ximen family, Han De is busy, Ximen Qing is shopkeeper, and all the accounts under his command are handed over to him to do, if he didn't recruit a few helpers later and dig up a few shopkeepers at a high price, where can a person be busy.

Up to now, Ximenqing's industry in Yanggu, in addition to the ancestral crude medicine shop, there are six gambling houses, three silk shops, three gold and silver pawnshops, one pawn shop, two wine shops and tea shops, hundreds of fields, one Zhuangzi, two sets of residential land, 20,000 taels of gold and silver, and 40,000 copper banknotes.

In just half a year, Ximenqing relied on its own business methods. has saved a lot of family assets, in Yanggu County, can be regarded as second to none, of course, this is mainly due to Ximenqing's several autumn winds, including the time when he defrauded the royal power father and son, only that time, he earned a lot of gold and silver. In addition, with the private business of the Huo brothers, Ximenqing also made a lot of money, compared with this, Ximenqing's bright industry, although it also made a lot of money, it was much more disgraced in comparison.

muttered a few words in his mouth, but he was a little proud in his heart, after all, this was all the belongings under Ximen Qing, of course, except for the private business with the Huo family brothers, after taking care of the accounts, he picked up the tea at hand, he didn't want it to be cold, and he ate it in his mouth, full of bitter taste, he took a few sips, and there was a Jue An outside the door to invite.

"Mr. Han, how are the account books doing? The master of the house calls you to go over to discuss the matter. ”

Han De patted the thick account book in his hand and said with a smile: "After all the hard work day and night, if you can't finish it, wouldn't it be underestimated?" Tell your master, they are all big officials, and you should give me a salary increase, otherwise I will be picky. ”

Juan knew that he was joking, and then responded a few words and led Han De to the backyard of the house.

Ximenqing's brothers are old, the group sits in the lobby, there are about twenty or thirty people, and the henchmen outside the hall are in hand, and no one is allowed to approach them, but there are people who eavesdrop on them, and they don't ask if they are messed up, and they don't ask if they come here for a year, Ximenqing not only saves a lot of money, but also has a great reputation, and most importantly, with this group of people's brothers.

At this time, Ximen Qing was in the inner room, discussing with Fu Ping and Lu Jiang about the affairs of Yanggu County before going to Dongping Mansion.

"Yanggu County is a place where we are based, and we can't abandon it, not to mention that there are so many industries here." Lu Jiang said.

"Then you think it's appropriate to keep someone here."

"If I say, Xue Yong and Han De are enough, Xue Yongzhong is brave and benevolent, acts steadily, has the style of a general, Han Dezhong is thick and simple, although there is no urgency, but he is thoughtful, Yanggu County leaves him two to take care of it, it is the most suitable."

Ximenqing shook his head and said: "It's not proper, when the two of them arrived in Dongping Mansion, I had important assignments, and I couldn't leave easily." ”

"Then the second uncle Fu in your family, he is an old man in the house, he has served for nearly thirty years, the account books are clear, you will hand over all the large and small shops in Yanggu County to him, and there will be no mistakes, as for who will guard the door, choose you Yanggu old man Zeng Rui, he is a local person, although his personality is rude, but there is a fine in the rough, knowing your powerful and majestic, he must not dare to think too much. Although the two of them are not as good as Xue Yong and Han De, they can be regarded as conservatives, and they will not waste this foundation before they become big things. ”

Ximen Qing nodded when he heard this, looked at Fu Ping, Fu Ping stroked his beard and said: "In addition to the two of them, leave Brother Yun'er that little guy, he is clever, if there is any news here, you can call him to come, and that Wang Xiaoer, although he has a prodigal temperament, but he is clever and knows loyalty, he can also stay and help deal with some mundane things. ”

Listening to what the two of them said, Ximenqing basically decided the people left behind in Yanggu County, and after looking at the two of them again, he secretly said in his heart: "Lu Jiangjiu has been studying in Beijing for a long time, and when he talks about it, he is a family and country majority, and he is a Confucian magnate during the discussion, and he has an excellent view of the overall situation, and he has a set of analysis of the world's major events and the current situation, and in the words of later generations, he has a strategic vision. But he is new to Ximenqing, arrogant in his heart, and his speech is ugly, but when he is unsatisfactory, he argues loudly with you, and he claims to be a scholar, except for Ximenqing and Fu Ping, the rest are about a little despiseful, and Ximenqing is a brother, except for Jiao Ting, the relationship is not very good, it is strange to say, Jiao Ting is a straight person, short-tempered, but I don't know how to get along with Lu Jiang. ”

"And Fu Ping, a man who is well-versed in the past and the present, is well versed in military and political policies, has his own opinions on the general trend of the world, and is good at observing people's hearts, although he is also arrogant in his heart, but when employing people, he can break the corporal and win people's hearts.

"There is only one thing that is not good, that is, it is good to win, when I first voted for Ximen Qing, there was only one Han De by my side, Han De was loyal, although he also had great talents, but he never quarreled with Fu Ping, and now there is a Lu general, this person is anxious, fast-talking, after a few first tests, he knows that he is not his opponent in terms of power, so he does not take it to heart, and now is not the time for infighting, but between words, there is occasionally a sense of suppression."

Coughing lightly, Ximenqing said: "What the two gentlemen said is in line with my wishes, and you decide who is the most appropriate for the private business." ”

Lu Jiang was silent, he knew very little about this matter, only looked at Fu Ping, and only listened to Fu Ping: "The matter of private business, if I look at it and hand it over to Guo Sheng, he was originally doing mercury sales on the Yellow River, he knows the market, knows how powerful, the Huo family brothers and he also know it, and his own martial arts skills are not low, but when there are those thieves who don't open their eyes, he can be shocked, last time he went to the Daimyo Mansion with me, I look at his character, not a greedy person, he is a loyal person, this matter is left to him to do, it is the safest." And between the exchanges, if someone makes trouble in Yanggu, Zeng Rui can't suppress it, with him, he can be worry-free, exercise, or be of great use in the future. ”

PS: This chapter, it's a bit messy.