Shuoquan City has been full of war, once the city was full of dead silence, but people's hands can always create miracles, although the Xiliang people withdrew more than half a year, but Shuoquan City has recovered a little vitality, all walks of life in the city are also quickly recovering the vitality of the past, although all kinds of materials are scarce, people can no longer buy all the things they need as they were at the beginning, but early in the morning, there are still people to gather in the city, food is lacking, oil jar sauce and vinegar are also in short supply, the price of rice, grain, oil and salt is not only very high now, and the supply is limitedIn the past, food supplies that could be bought all day and night are now only available for a while in the morning, and if they come late, they can only return empty-handed.

The price of goods is high, and the government will not be able to forcibly suppress it for a while, after all, things are scarce, but goods are in short supply, plus the goods transported from other places, it is not as convenient as before, not to mention that there are large and small bandits in Xiguan, often looting goods on the way, only to say that the original battle with the Xiliang army, one attack and one defense, the Qin army in order to resist the fast march of the Western Liang, the destruction of various roads along the way, the checkpoint road is easy to destroy, want to recover, not only need a lot of money, but also need a lot of time.

There is no shortage of time for Xiguan to recover now, but what is lacking is money, so it is not easy to find a few wide and smooth roads in Xiguan, especially those many checkpoints that have been destroyed, the corpses are broken, a dilapidated state, showing the decline after the war, the road card toll before, as long as you take some money, you can be unimpeded, now although the checkpoint is destroyed, there is no need to pay tolls for the time being, but the road is blocked, and some river bridges are destroyed, and the team of goods can only detour, What used to take a day to reach now takes two or three days, and you have to worry about ghostly bandits.

If it weren't for the fact that the goods in Xiguan could be sold at a high price and had a lot of profit margins, otherwise there would be not many merchants willing to come over such a steep road.

The seven surnames of Xiguan have now begun to embark on the road of rejuvenation, they have paid a great price from the Guan, got a large number of grains, kept their own land, and have hired long-term workers to plant food, hundred-legged insects, dead but not stiff, although the seven surnames of Xiguan have suffered heavy losses, but after all, they are deep-rooted, the family is big, the land is kept, those shop real estate is still there, plus the network is broad, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, the statement of the seven surnames of Xiguan is still outside, so it is necessary to carry out business cooperation with the wealthy businessmen in the Guan, It's not that hard.

The seven surnames of Xiguan are the representatives of the Xiguan gentry, and before the war, there was trade with the wealthy merchants in the Guan, and the merchants from all over the world did business, and rarely directly inserted into the local business circle, and often cooperated with each other, just like the Xiguan gentry transported the special goods from the northwest to the Guannai, and handed them over to the wealthy merchants who cooperated in the customs to sell, and then the two sides shared profits.

The revival of Xiguan after the war, for the officials and people of Xiguan, there is a long way to go, and the road ahead is difficult, but for many businessmen in the Guan, it is not necessarily a bad thing, they know very well that during this period, many goods can be sold at a high price in Xiguan, with extremely high profits, they themselves can not enter the Xiguan shopping mall, but they can sell goods through the local gentry, and the seven surnames of Xiguan can of course be very clear about the common interests of the two sides, and the merchants in the customs need to use the Xiguan gentry to achieve greater profits, The Xiguan gentry also need to restore their control over the northwest trade through the support of the wealthy merchants in the Guan, which is beneficial and harmless to both sides, and the cooperation between the two sides is logical.

The Su family is the head of the seven surnames of Xiguan, and all parties and households have also returned, although the old lady Su is old, but at such a time, he naturally can't hide aside to enjoy the blessings, he is the highest senior elder of the Su family in the world now, and he is also the head of the Su family, the old lady Su has four brothers, three have left, but he has left many heirs, Linlang is only one of them, his father is the fourth in the same generation, and the seventh Su Zhongyan of the Su family, Su Zhongyan's generation has more than 20 people, and many heirs have been born under it, Linlang and Su Zhongyan's son Su Zhen's generation is even more large and small fifty or sixty brothers and sisters, the Su family men, women and children combined, that is, hundreds of people, the children of the Su family, married to the children of other gentry, plus business partners, in this way, it has formed a huge family network, such a big family, not only has a great economic foundation, but also has a small number of people who are officials in the government, such a family, both business and official, integrated into one, Naturally, it has undoubtedly become a large, deep-rooted family.

And the seven surnames of Xiguan, each family has such strength, they are the representatives of the Xiguan Shi clan, and they are also a bridge between the government and the people, if such a bridge collapses, in fact, there is no benefit to the people, so the government has never been indispensable to full support, if the government of a place does not get full support, then the adults of the government will not be able to sit on the chair under the buttocks.

In the old lady's lifetime, he almost saw the Su clan suffer a catastrophe, and now that he finally has the opportunity to rebuild the family, of course the old lady can't take it lightly.

After the old lady returned to Xiguan, he first carried out a rectification of the clan, and after the catastrophe, the old lady knew that many things in the family could no longer be as before, the clan population was large, the property was huge, and all parties were indispensable to fight openly and secretly, many key positions, not to choose the most suitable person to be the principal, but to choose the status and personal likes and dislikes, many talented concubines and unfavored children are not reused, but the children of the clan who eat, drink, have fun and talk about it get many important errands, The old lady knows that he can't do that anymore, so he has a big rectification, as long as it is the children of the Su clan, no matter how good they are, they will use their talents, those who don't learn and only know how to spend time and drink are all forced by the old lady to enter the clan school, and it is stipulated that if it cannot be approved by the elders organized by the clan, then it can only continue to study in the clan courtyard, and no errands will be given, and the monthly silver will also be pitiful.

Although many people complained about this, it made many people who had been suppressed rejoice, although the Su family was still at a low point, but the morale of the clan was already very high under the rectification of the old lady, and the elder council organized by the old lady specially assessed and used the children of the clan according to their aptitude, which made the Su family also full of vitality.

The old lady understands a truth, the destruction of the outside is not the most terrible, as long as the spark is preserved, it can still make a comeback, but once the clan becomes unbearable, up and down centrifugation, then such a family is easy to split from the inside, and eventually decay, now the foreign scholar clan is eyeing the tiger, wanting to swallow up the local scholar clan in a weakened state, of course the old lady does not allow such a thing to happen, as a representative of the local people, the Su must take on the responsibility of leading the Xiguan Shi clan, and lead by example.

The other clans were obviously also influenced by the Su clan, and they were all rectifying the clan, although the intensity of the rectification was large and small, but the cohesion was greatly strengthened in this predicament.

As soon as the day dawned, the old lady had already gotten up, and after washing, she was about to go to the clan's council hall.

Now it is an extraordinary time, the Su people up and down the main affairs are complicated, whether it is farming or commerce, there are many things that need to be busy, and the old lady will listen to the reports of the heads of the clan in the council hall every three days, and dozens of directors of the clan will also rush to the council hall at the end of the day, waiting for the old lady's meeting.

After the old lady sat down, he met with more than ten directors in a row, and everyone knew that the old man had limited energy and was in good health, so he would use the simplest words to report the things within three days.

Seeing more than a dozen people, the old lady was a little tired, and took a short rest, but at this time he heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and then Su Zhongyan had already come in from outside the door, the old lady frowned, although Su Zhongyan was his own son and one of the main things, but he did not pass on his own meeting, and came in without permission, but it was against the family rules and was about to be reprimanded, Su Zhongyan obviously knew that the old lady was going to be angry, and he had already knelt on the ground, and said: "Father, it is the son's fault that the son took the liberty to break in, but there is something that has to be reported to the father!" ”

Seeing Su Zhongyan's grim expression, the old lady knew that the matter was not small, and frowned: "What's wrong?" Why the panic? ”

Su Zhongyan hurriedly said: "When the old eleven came over early in the morning, he met a team of people ......! ”

"Bumping into a bunch of people?" The old lady didn't understand for a while, "What person?" What's all the fuss! ”

Su Zhongyan glanced at the old lady and said, "Yes...... It's Ma Xiangu...... And not only Ma Xiangu, but also a few old people are also there, the eleventh said, and I saw that Zhu Qingye was also inside! ”

"Wish Aoba?" The old lady frowned, "Why did Zhu Qingye and Ma Xiangu walk together?" He raised his hand and said, "You let the eleventh come over." ”

Su Zhongyan went out, and soon a young man came in, this is Su Zhongyan's cousin, ranked eleven, called Zhongkui, entered the house, immediately knelt down, and said: "Old lady, when I came over in the morning, I passed by the temple and saw Ma Xiangu coming out of the temple, where hundreds of people gathered, and there were also people gathered there, and several old people were also inside, Zhu Qingye took those gangsters under his command, and they were also mixed inside...... ”

The old lady narrowed her eyes, groaned slightly, and quickly said: "It's definitely not a good thing for these people to get together, Old Eleven, have you asked them what they want to do?" ”

Su Kui said: "My nephew also wanted to go over and ask, but before he got close, he was seen by Zhu Qingye, and he asked people to come forward to stop his nephew, and said that if his nephew got closer, he would cut off one of his nephew's arms......!" ”

The old lady sneered: "When did Zhu Aoba become so arrogant?" ”

Su Zhongyan also said angrily beside him: "I used to see the people of our Su family, surnamed Zhu like a dog, only wagging his tail, but now he is bold, and he dares to talk to Lao Eleven like this...... I thought he died under the knife of the Xiliang people, but I didn't expect this kid to escape a disaster, and now he has returned to Shuoquan to mix up his old business......! ”