Chu Huan understood and said, "In this way, the Su family is still very prestigious in Yuezhou?" ”

Linlang nodded slightly: "I don't know if you have heard of the sixteen surnames in Kansai?" ”

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it, but I can guess that the sixteen surnames in Guanxi should all be wealthy families in the northwest, right?" ”

Linlang smiled charmingly and said, "It's not hard to guess, don't think you're smart." The sixteen surnames of Guanxi are the sixteen wealthy families of Guanxi, and their Xiguan Road accounts for seven surnames, also known as the seven surnames of Xiguan, and the Su family is one of the seven surnames of Xiguan. ”

Chu Huan sighed: "The Xiliang people entered the Guannei, and the Xiguan Road suffered a heavy blow, and the seven surnames of the Guanxi are probably dead in name only." ”

Linlang said gloomily: "What you said is right, not to mention other wealthy families, only the Su family, almost all the industries accumulated by generations have been looted by the Xiliang people, and many people have died under the swords and guns of the Xiliang people." ”

"Uncle Su can enter the Guannei, it must not be easy!"

"At the beginning of the crisis in Yuezhou, the Su clan was either killed or injured, and they were all scattered." Linlang said: "The old uncle's retreat was timely, and before the Xiliang people arrived, they fled from Yuezhou in time, and it was precisely because they were in a hurry that they could bring almost any belongings with them." On the way to escape, they encountered robbers again, and the two carts of property they hastily brought out were also looted by the robbers. ”

Chu Huan knew that bandits who took advantage of the fire to rob were not uncommon in the northwest, so he bowed slightly.

"The old uncle thought that the Northwest Army might be able to repel the Xiliang people, but he didn't enter the customs at first, but hid in his old friend in Beishan Road." Linlang sighed: "As the saying goes, no one asks about the poor, and there are people looking for the rich in the mountains. The old uncle led the family with dozens of people who wanted to take refuge in the Gao family in Qingzhou for a while, who knew that after living for two days, the Gao family pointed to Sang and scolded Huai, which means that the old uncle led the family, and ate and drank in the Gao family for nothing, where did the old uncle suffer such grievances in his life, and let him leave the Gao family ...... immediately! ”

"Wait!" Chu Huan frowned and asked, "Linlang, the Gao family you are talking about, is it the Gao family in Qingzhou?" Is there a one called Gao Lian? ”

Linlang was stunned, and her pretty face showed a puzzled look: "Chu Lang, do you know Gao Lian?" ”

"Is it really a cheap Gao family?" Chu Huan sighed, he only felt that this world was not small, but it was not big, and he seemed to have some fate with this Gao Lian, and he was directly or indirectly involved in it three or four times, "I have seen this person, this time I came back from Xiliang, passed through Jiazhou, this Gao Lian and a group of gentry from the northwest went to Jiazhou to set up a banquet." ”

Linlang frowned and said angrily: "This kind of person is an ungrateful villain." It is said that Gao Lian's father once received the favor of the old uncle, and their Gao family can have today, the Su family used to help, and the relationship between the two families was said to be good, although Gao Lian's father was a few years older than the old uncle, he called the old uncle his brother...... This is all an old thing, the old uncle was wronged in the Gao family, so he directly brought the clansmen into the Guannei, and at first they were all placed in Tongzhou......! ”

Chu Huan hugged Linlang's waist, gently stroked Linlang's soft waist with one hand, and asked, "Then how did they come to Yunshan?" ”

"In fact, they already knew that their father had laid down an industry in Yunshan, but their father had not contacted them before, and their family was big at that time, and no one came to ask their father, although they were from the same family, they were like passers-by." Linlang sighed lightly: "This time they suffered a great disaster, they took refuge in Tongzhou and suffered a lot. After the war in the northwest, many people fled from the northwest into the pass, and those who fled in were actually mostly the gentry of the wealthy clan in the northwest, who had horses and vehicles, so they had the ability to escape into the pass...... The old uncle is in Tongzhou, and he is with those people. ”

"Those people should also go to Kannai to seek refuge with relatives, right?"

"You don't know, the seven surnames of Xiguan, the ancestors are all from Xiguan, and the wealthy families in the northwest rarely walk together with Guannei, so there are not many people they can take refuge in Guannei." Lin Lang snuggled on Chu Huan's shoulder, and said with a wry smile: "And even if these people used to be the great clan in the northwest, but now their families are ruined, and many of them have gone bankrupt and only escaped with their lives...... You said that even if there are relatives and friends in the gate, who would want to take them in. ”

Chu Huan can understand.

As Linlang said, the phoenix that landed is not as good as a chicken, the people of Xiguandao have suffered heavy losses, the gentry and wealthy families have been hit hard, the family wealth is empty, and there is no longer the former prominence, even if these people still retain the dignity of the wealthy family, but in the eyes of outsiders, they are just ordinary refugees who have suffered from military disasters.

These wealthy families in the northwest used to be big clans after all, they all had their own industries, and they had to have business contacts with the Guannai, and there were still some partners in the Guannai, but when they fell into today's predicament, the people who could really accept them and lend a helping hand were not the only ones like this, but after all, they were very few.

"Uncle, how did they find here?"

"Not my uncle." Linlang smiled bitterly: "The old uncle's generation, there were originally six brothers, my grandfather was the eldest, but when my father was very young, my grandfather died, and the old uncle was second, and after my grandfather died, my uncle became the helmsman of the Su family." The Su family actually operates a lot of industries, at that time, my father's main business was the winery, which was not the biggest entry of the clan, but my father liked to make wine, and he was very popular, and the winery was getting bigger and bigger. ”

Chu Huan said: "Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, the old boss is too good, and the rest of the clan is naturally jealous." ”

Linlang sighed: "It is precisely because I saw that the wine industry was made big by my father, so many people in the clan were red-eyed. Although all the industries owned by the Sioux are owned by the clan, and those storefronts and shops belong to the public, the distribution of profits is different. Just like the father is in charge of the liquor store, then all the wine shops under the name of the Su family belong to the father, if it is profitable, sixty percent of the profits belong to the public, and forty percent belong to the father personally, you don't underestimate the forty percent of the profits, so many wine shops in the Su family add up, plus the father is well-managed, the business is booming, and every year, the dividends received by the father are not a few. ”

"If it had been like this, it would have been a good thing for my father and my family." Linlang smiled bitterly: "But because of my father's generous dividends every year, many people in the clan are red-eyed, and Uncle Seventh is one of them." ”

"It's Su Zhen's father?"

"Hmm." Linlang nodded and said, "Su Zhen's father is the seventh in his father's generation, and we all call him the seventh uncle." After a pause, he said: "Uncle Seven was originally running the tea business, before he took over, the tea business has been very good, and then the tea business is not good, the public has to make up for the silver in the tea shop every year, according to the rules of the clan, if the business is a loss, the guild will subsidize the loss of three components, and the remaining seventy percent will be filled by the operator himself. ”

"That year, the clan held a clan meeting, which was presided over by the head of the family, in fact, it was mainly to discuss how to operate in the coming year, and sometimes there would be some transfers to each member of the clan." Linlang frowned and said: "It was the clan meeting that year, and someone in the clan actually proposed to let my father run the tea shop, but let the seventh uncle run the liquor shop." ”

Chu Huan said: "This must be done by Uncle Seven in the back." ”

My father knew this and objected immediately. But most of the people said that their father was very capable, and the situation of the clan tea shop was not good, and as long as his father went out, he would definitely be able to reverse the loss. Linlang was obviously still a little angry, and his fists clenched: "My father can run a good wine shop, that's because my father likes to make wine since he was a child, and he has been immersed in the wine shop for many years, and he doesn't know anything about the tea shop, so how can he run it well?" At that time, the Su family's wineries and liquor shops had already formed a scale, and they were all famous in the northwest, as long as there were no major problems, there would be a generous income every year, and the tea shop lost money every year, if my father transferred to the tea shop, the dividends shared in the first few years would be lost in less than two years. ”

"So the old boss was angry and left the northwest?"

"My father didn't care about how many dividends there were, and his greatest wish was that one day the wine he brewed would be selected as the royal wine." Linlang said gloomily: "But the seventh uncle has already bought off many people in the clan in advance, even the father and uncle have also received the benefits of the seventh uncle, although the old uncle is fair on weekdays, but he didn't speak for his father that day...... My father turned his face on the spot, and when he returned home, he didn't see anyone, just drank, and was drunk for several days, and suddenly asked his family to pack up his things, and he didn't say goodbye to the clan, so he was going to leave the northwest and lay a foundation for himself in the customs. ”

Chu Huan said with admiration: "It's a pity that the old club passed away and couldn't see him." He was bold and decisive, and if he could be taught by his side, he would definitely learn a lot. ”

"After the clan knew the news that my father was leaving, my uncle came to persuade him personally, but my father had already made up his mind, but many winery brothers who followed my father heard that my father was going to enter the customs and start a business alone, and many people were willing to follow him into the customs." Linlang said: "This is also the father treats them kindly, the father gets the dividends every year, always take out a part to reward them, treat them as their own family, everyone says that the winery has left the father, and it will soon wither, they don't want to see the hard-working signboard destroyed like that, so they are willing to follow their father into the customs and work hard, when the father in the northwest business signboard is and Shengquan!" ”

"This time, after the old uncle entered the customs, he has been in Tongzhou, and the grain of the government was sent to the northwest before, and the refugees who entered the customs, although the government will also give porridge and food, but who can eat enough?" Linlang said softly: "Seventh Uncle, where have they suffered like this before, they have been in Tongzhou for a long time, they really can't survive, they know that I am in Yunshan Mansion, so Seventh Uncle first came to Yunshan Mansion alone, and he didn't say it clearly, but I know his intention, no matter what, they are all members of the Su family, although my father left in a fit of anger, he only started a business alone, not from the Su family, and now they are suffering from this great disaster, I can't sit idly by." ”