Returning to the hometown for the New Year, one of the most important things is to worship ancestors. Although Fan Jin doesn't actually have a sense www.biquge.info of belonging to this clan, he was born in a clan society, and many things can't be avoided. For a clan at this time, ancestor worship is the top priority, and being expelled from the clan and not being able to enter the ancestral hall is also one of the most cruel punishments.

As a young man, he is not too young, and he is the head of the clan in the clan, and the rest of the ancestors can divide things and walk, Fan Jin has to accompany a group of clan elders in the ancestral hall to discuss major affairs in the clan. For the clan, the ancestral hall is like a golden temple, and the decisions made here are almost as effective as the holy decrees for the clan members. Fan Jin, as a scholar supported by the whole village, when he was not ranked, the village paid for his tuition, and now that he has succeeded, these people naturally want to ask for returns.

This is the power of the clan, which is not only your shield and reliance, but also the vine that holds your hands and feet.

Fan Changwang smoked a cigarette pouch and said with a sad face: "Jin Zai, the same is the grain chief, the same life is not the same as the person, how majestic was Hong Chengen's old dog when he was the grain chief?" Whoever you want to send is a servant, and you can pay as much grain as you want. But now it's our Fan's turn to be the chief of grain, but the rules have all changed, what is the court doing...... Whip method? The grain chief is dispensable, this son is boring, we can't send it to the army, and there is nothing cheap in the grain, and there is no profit. When he became a grain chief, he still had to deal with the government, and he had to entertain if he had anything, but he missed his own family's farming time. Of course, Uncle didn't mean to complain about you, but are you majestic now, running errands in the governor's yamen, and you always have to fight for the clan to come back, isn't this the truth? You see, is there any accommodation in this whip law, or do you want to tell the governor not to do it in Jinsha Township? ”

Several other clan elders also said: "Yes, the grain chiefs of the surrounding townships are almost the same thing, and being the grain chief is supposed to take a big risk, if there is no benefit to take, who wants to do it?" It's a pity that we are all croppers, we don't know a few words, and we can't find our way through the new law. Is Jin Tsai a scholar, there must be a way, right? Help everyone think of an idea so that the villagers will not suffer. Several grain chiefs have already agreed, as long as Jin Zai helps with this, they will help us kill Changle Zai! ”

"Yes, now Changle Zai has bullied us, we have few people, and we can't beat them. Although the officers and soldiers are in the village, they will not help with the fight, and can only rely on a few other townships. But now that this whip is being done, those people have a lot of opinions about us, and they won't help even if they fight. If this law can be abolished......"

"There's also a taste of incense. Jin Zai, it's not me who is telling right and wrong, that widow is really too unreasonable. What kind of thing is she? The restaurant is our surname Fan, what qualifications does she have to refuse to let us in. My nephew, you know, is a very diligent and honest person, I asked him to help in the kitchen, and he was kicked out, is there any reason? ”

"Sixth, now it's a big deal, and you'll talk about it later."

"No, I'm also a big deal......"

There was a lot of noise in the ancestral hall, Fan Jin only smiled and didn't speak, and after a long time, Fan Changwang coughed a few times to stop everyone's noise. "Jin Zai, you know, this is how we are in the countryside. Not a machine. But what everyone said is also true, I know that you have a relationship in the yamen, but Changle Zai was also ruthless because of this, and let go, and the yamen arrested one of them, and they abolished a person surnamed Fan. Tell me, isn't it stiff? Now that Luoshan seems to be making trouble again, and we are under the control of the army, will the officers and soldiers in the village drive away? ”

This is the clan, Fan Jin thought truthfully.

I had received the favor of the clan at the beginning, but now I want to give it up completely, but I can't do it. After all, it is a patriarchal society, no matter how successful you are, if you want to leave the clan and fly alone, it is impossible to do it, and the weight of these three words is enough to drag many winged Dapeng into the quagmire. When he came back this time, he already had a premonition that all this would happen, and it was time to make a decision.

He took a sip of his tea and gently lowered the teacup. "I know what Uncle said, and it makes sense. But I also have some things to talk to the senior ones. This new law was not conceived by the army, but by the first assistant, as for what the first assistant is...... To put it simply, it's the prime minister. Whoever fights against the new law is against Shoufu, and whoever fights against Shoufu is against His Majesty the Emperor, and the croppers are against the Emperor and want to rebel? This law cannot be abolished, not only can it not be abolished, but we in Jinsha Township must also be the first township in the South China Sea and become a leader. Otherwise, we are the second Hong Chengen! ”

"Speaking of fighting, we can't beat Changle Zai, the reason why we haven't lost too badly now is because there are officers and soldiers in the village. They won't help everyone fight, but they want to protect my family, so if the Changle people come to the door, they will interfere. The government did not do a good enough job of arresting people, and if I knew, I wouldn't let them do it, sometimes there are too many friends, and it's so troublesome. I apologize to all the elders first, and in two days I will go to Changle Township and explain it to them in person. ”

The ancestral hall was quiet.

The blood of the Hong family has not yet completely coagulated, and using this as an example is quite convincing. And the meaning of Fan Jin's sentence is naturally to tell the clan elder how hard his relationship is in the yamen, and if he wants to use the clan to suppress himself, it will be a situation of two shots at most. From the perspective of benefits, it must be that the losses are greater than the gains.

Of course, being quiet does not mean that you really agree, after all, the problem of interests is here, and it cannot be solved by killing alone. After merging the Hong family's property, the surname Fan is no longer hungry, but no one will have too much wealth. In addition to land wealth, such as marriage problems, business problems, etc., countless interest entanglements are there, and what is needed is a strongman like Hong Chengen who eats people and does not spit out bones, so that he can lead his clan to develop and grow.

Fan Jin's attitude is inevitably a little weak in the eyes of the villagers, especially after seeing his methods, knowing that he is not a weak character, then doing this can only show that he lacks a sense of responsibility for the clan. In comparison, it is actually more hateful than weakness. The governor's face and relationship, no one will really challenge him because of this problem, and it is inevitable to complain in his heart.

Fan Jin looked at a few clan elders and said with a smile: "The scenery should be from the perspective of the quantity, we should be a person and do things, we should have a far-sighted vision, don't just look at the small profits in front of us, then the pattern will be limited." Although there is not much benefit to the grain growth at the moment, the situation will change in the future. The people of the Yamen can't find a way now, but their brains are the brightest, and it won't take a few years for them to think of the flaws in this law and continue to drill their own benefits. At that time, the status of the grain chief will be able to compete with them and seek justice for the township. Moreover, if we want to get rich, we should not focus on the countryside, but on the outside. Just now I said that Hong Chengen's example is this, his biggest problem in being a man is that he has no one for himself, regardless of whether others live or die, so when he is in trouble, others will only fall into the well. If our Fan family wants to be the second Hong family, first of all, we must be good neighbors, be kind to other surnames and even those small households, everyone eats the water of the same river, is it necessary to engage in such sabre-rattling? There are ways to get rich, so why bother only focusing on a few acres of land. ”

Fan Changyou snorted, "Yes, when we enter the boy, our whole village will enjoy the blessings, which is indeed much more beneficial than these few acres of land." ”

Fan Jin said at this time: "Uncle's words are not bad, but it's not all like this, you don't have to wait so far, you can also make a fortune now." Look at Roshan. ”

Fan Changwang's eyes lit up, "What?" Did Jin Guan'er say that he was going to Luoshan to dig gold mines? I heard that there is gold there, is it really fake? ”

"I don't know about the gold mines, and even if they do, they are too far away for us to dig them. I'm talking about, doing business. ”

"Do business in Luoshan? We have heard that it is very profitable to do business with the Luoshan people, and they pay the bill with gold. But I heard that they are all raw and murderous, do you do business insurance with them? ”

"It's not about doing business with Luo Shan, it's about doing business with officers and soldiers."

Fan Jin got up and stopped in front of the ancestral tablet. "At present, we eat well and live well, one is to rely on the blessing of our ancestors, and the other is to rely on the government! If there are no officers and soldiers to kill the Hong family, we will not be able to get his land, and we will not be able to share his livestock and money. In the same way, if the officers and soldiers were to clean us up, we would die worse than the Hong family. If you want to win Changlezai, keep your family's reputation, and make the people in the village rich, you have to cooperate with the government, which is also the only way out, and there is no other way. As for the method of cooperation with the government, it is also simple, doing business. At present, there are ten battalions of soldiers in Luoshan, how much grain, rice and vegetables do they have to eat every day? Many of our families raise chickens and geese, and the Hu butchers themselves go to collect pigs. But he only accepts what he sells, and one or two are not helpful. If we can buy the poultry and livestock raised in the countryside of the South China Sea in a centralized manner, plus vegetables and fruits, and transport them to Luoshan to sell to the officers and soldiers, are we afraid that we will not have any money to make? ”

What he proposed was actually a group similar to a cooperative in later generations, which was purchased and sold in a unified manner. In this era, there is basically no future for intensive farming, and a plague can make all efforts go down the drain. Fan Jin couldn't study antibiotics, so he couldn't control the downstream, so he had to control the channel.

Anyway, according to the experience of the previous life, the profits of commodities are often taken by the intermediate links, as long as you control the channel, you are not afraid of running out of money.

Fan Changwang nodded at first, but then asked, "Do business with officers and soldiers, do they pay?" ”

"The little nephew is in the barracks, do you think they will pay? If you don't pay, give my name! ”

"This ...... This business is not small, but the capital is also large. Moreover, it is difficult to say whether other businesses are willing to agree to such an approach. Although there are no decent people who make a living in this business, they are not easy to provoke. ”

Fan Changyou also said: "Although Luo Shan uses a lot of things now, but when the battle is over, what should I do at that time?" ”

At this moment, Fan Zhiwen walked in from the outside, and said with a very panicked face: "The people from Changle Township are here, and they want to reason with Uncle Nine in the ancestral hall." They said that the government had arrested their people again, and that the New Year would not be happy until it was over, and that it was not over. ”

Fan Changwang looked at Fan Jin, "Jinzai, what do you say?" ”

Fan Jin smiled: "Reasonable? Okay, there are a few scholars in their township, call together, and I will accompany them to reason. I sent someone to investigate, but Changle didn't raise anyone, what is the majesty! ”

The noise outside became louder and louder, probably because the Changle people rushed towards the ancestral hall and had an argument with the officers and soldiers of Fan Jin outside. Just as a cadre was about to walk out of the ancestral hall to see the four transformations, a bell rang suddenly, and after a short time, a military man in an official uniform strode in from the outside. The winter in Guangzhou was also cold, but the soldier was sweating profusely, his face was also very haggard, and he could see that he did not have a good rest.

Separated from a few clan elders, the people came directly to Fan Jin, bowed and said: "Fan Gongzi, there is an order for the army, please go back to Luoshan immediately!" ”

"General Cai? You don't listen to the tune around the army, but when you get here, isn't there a change in Luoshan? ”

"Exactly. Luo Shanman stole the camp, the officers and soldiers were forced to fight back, and now that they are fighting, the army wants the prince to return to the city immediately to counsel the military aircraft. ”

"Alright, I'll take care of this place and go back immediately. You see, there are people out there trying to reason with me, and I'm gone. ”

The military attache who came was named Cai Biao, a fierce general in the Lingyun Yibiao Battalion, and he was familiar with Fan Jinji. He nodded:

"This thing is easy to do, the military order is bigger than the sky! Now that Luo Shanman is rebelling, Fan Gongzi wants to go back to the city to suppress the thieves, whoever dares to stop it at this time will be a party of thieves, and he will be cut directly. I immediately ordered the officers and men to do it! ”

"Don't ...... Forget about killing, go back and say hello to Panyu. ”

"Oh, it's easier, Panyu people? After a while, people will go to Panyu County to spread a word, telling this township that if they dare to embarrass Fan Gongzi's family, they will be treated as Luo Shanman's accomplices! ”

Fan Jin Fan Changwang said: "Uncle, what you just said, hurry up." Now that there is going to be a war, the army cannot do without food and meat, and this is a business that cannot be delayed. Doing things for the court is the people of the court, and whoever dares to stop it is obstructing official business, and the king has his own law to deal with them. The officers and soldiers in the village will not participate in the fight, but if it is to kill the thief, they will not be relentless. As for how you do it and how you collect it, I don't care, I just need to see things. Whoever wants to rob us will kill him, and who cares what kind of gang they are or what the rules are in this business. It doesn't matter if the war is over, you have to eat in the city of Guangzhou, and you have to use those things for a pint of incense, so you won't have to worry about selling. However, the owner of Yipinxiang is Liang Pandi, not me, who to use and who not to use, she has the final say, and she is in charge of how much price she opens. You can tell me about the things in the clan, but people don't have the surname Fan, and our clan can't regulate them. I don't know how many high-ranking officials and dignitaries have come and gone, if I know who is embarrassed by Liang Sanjie is dissatisfied, and I will suffer a loss when the time comes, I can't help it. ”

Fan Changwang looked at Fan Jin's back, motionless, the people next to him thought that the old patriarch had fallen into some evil, and was about to push him with his hand, only to hear him say leisurely: "We follow up with the boy, it's no longer on the same line, we can't see what he sees, and he doesn't care about what we value." Do as he says...... Don't learn from Hong Chengen. ”