"Third uncle, you have to count when you speak." Liu Yuanzhi's eyes were fixed on the other party.

"Ladies and gentlemen......" Liu Yuanzhi said with a thunderous tongue, "Yuanzhi is not talented, before my father was seriously ill, he entrusted me and my third brother to take care of a pharmacy in the house, Renjitang. Today, three months have passed, and I would like to report to all the clan elders. ”

The third uncle of the Liu family smiled contemptuously: "What is my Tao? Yuanzhi, you didn't do a good job before, but now you run a pharmacy and earn a few hundred taels of silver, and you also came here to show off? ”

"This senior, it's not a little bit of money." Li Yuanbao, who was wearing a black turban, interjected, and he came to everyone with a thick account book. He dipped his saliva with his fingers, flipped through the accounts, and read:

"In June, 10,000 taels should be collected, 8,000 taels were collected, and 3,000 taels were paid, with a total surplus of 7,000 taels ......"

"Eighteen thousand taels are due for July...... The actual income is 15,000 taels, and the support is 5,000 taels, with a total surplus of 10,000 taels......"

Li Yuanbao kept reading, and the expressions on the faces of several clan elders around him looked very shocked. Especially the third uncle of the Liu family, his eyes were bigger than the copper bell.

After Li Yuanbao finished reading, the third uncle of the Liu family shook his body and fell directly to the ground.

"Uncle San, why are you so excited?" Liu Yuanzhi was calm and calm at this time, and his stubborn nature rose again, and he laughed: "Third uncle, if you lose, I just need to let you call me, and you don't have to make this big gift." ”

Liu Sanbo, hearing this, rolled his eyes, and was so angry that he almost fainted.

"Yuanzhi, don't mess around!" The old patriarch who presided over the clan meeting nodded his crutches majestically and looked at the other party: "Present the account book to me......

Li Yuanbao respectfully handed the account book to the other party, and carefully turned to the relevant pages.

The old patriarch asked him to light an oil lamp, held the account book in his hand, and looked at it carefully, his always peaceful face also showed surprise, and after a cursory reading, he found that this Liu Yuanzhi was right.

"Yuanzhi, is this really the profit you made from running a pharmacy?" The old patriarch asked.

"Of course...... Uncle, if you are not at ease, you can go to the bank to check. Above the ancestral hall, Yuanzhi did not dare to speak. Liu Yuanzhi said confidently.

"Hmm." The old patriarch showed an appreciative look in his eyes, and bowed his head slightly: "Shibei for three days, you should be impressed." If I am not mistaken, even if the pharmacies in our county and the county are combined, in just one month, there is no profit like yours. How do you do it? ”

Liu Yuanzhi has never been praised since he was a child, and now, being able to have this honor in the ancestral hall is also a spiritual boost. However, who made him shine in this ancestral ancestral hall?

Naturally, his son Liu Ming. Since he returned home with a high fever, he has been reborn, as if he has changed as a different person.

"Uncle, all the clan elders." Liu Yuanzhi puffed up his chest and said proudly, "I, Liu Yuanzhi, can have today thanks to my Liu Ming." To tell you the truth, my Liu Yuanzhi is mediocre in intelligence, and I can take care of Renjitang so well, and my son has contributed a lot. ”

After saying that, he slowly turned his head, with love in his eyes, and looked at Liu Ming and said, "Ming'er, you come out and tell everyone, how do you run a pharmacy?" ”

At this time, the eyes of the whole clan in the hall were focused on Liu Ming. If you put it on ordinary young people and talk directly to the clan elders, you will inevitably be so nervous that you can't even walk. But Liu Ming is also a person who has seen the world, and he is not worried. After all, some time ago, he was still chatting and laughing at the dinner table with Changzhi County.

After experiencing the process of opening mountains and building roads, and bargaining with the pharmacists in the state capital, Liu Ming is also much more indifferent. He naturally stepped out and bowed respectfully to the old patriarch: "The boy greets his uncle, and wishes his uncle blessings like the East China Sea, and his longevity is better than Nanshan." ”

"Hmm." The old patriarch nodded and said kindly: "Ming'er, how did you earn so much silver taels?" Tell the old man about it......"

The old patriarch is the head of the clan, and his reputation is extremely high, so he doesn't need to be so polite to a junior. However, this junior is really amazing, and the speed of making money is as fast as thunder. The family of merchants has always been the supremacy of business ability, so the old patriarch is so kind.

"Uncle, in fact, I stumbled upon the signs of an outbreak of typhoid fever, so I hoarded medicinal herbs, but there is no amazing way to sell them." Liu Ming replied easily and naturally.

"Hmm......" the old patriarch thought thoughtfully.

"Ming'er, why are you humble?" Liu Xianda interjected with a smile on his face, "You hoarded medicinal materials and used the deposit payment method to solve the problem of insufficient silver." However, in the face of poor patients, they did not raise the price, but still sold at a low price, which was really chivalrous. ”

Seeing the uncle praising himself, Liu Ming couldn't judge the other party's mind for a while.

"Oh? And so it was? The old patriarch raised his eyebrows, looking at this young descendant, under the slightly immature face, but there was such an old and spicy style, not only did he have some admiration in his heart, but nodded and said: "Yes, the children can be taught, the children can be taught." ”

As soon as these words came out, the entire hall, all the young juniors in the clan, looked at Liu Ming with envious eyes. In the entire clan discussion, these young people couldn't interject at all, let alone say a word to the clan elders, or be praised. Now Liu Ming has become the first junior to be praised by the patriarch in the past few years.

Liu Ming glanced at it, and found a pair of beautiful eyes in the crowd - Xing'er was staring at him. The eyes, the wonderful eyes, the affection, but also with a kind of approval and pride. During this time, although Xing'er had no contact with Liu Ming, she knew that he was busy with his divorce. I heard that he was busy building roads in Wu County to cure typhoid fever, and his heart was also cheering for him, and every day before going to bed, he must kneel in front of the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva and pray, bless Liu Ming with good wind and rain.

Now, when she saw Liu Ming in front of the whole clan, she was graceful and answered, and her heart was also very happy. can think of the imminent marriage contract, and a sadness appeared on his face.

Xing'er's expression, Liu Ming saw it really clearly, he stared at the other party's delicate face, and his heart was mixed. When I see her happy, my heart will be fluttering, and when I see her worried, I will also be sad.

At this moment, he was born with a bitter longing, and he couldn't wait to rush to her and hug her into his arms.

However, he knew he needed restraint.

This "underground relationship" between himself and Xing'er has not yet been announced......

After Liu Ming answered the old patriarch's question, he stood aside humbly and consciously, looking very low-key.

The old patriarch muttered in his heart. The problems that should be solved still need to be solved. The ancestral training does not stipulate that the head of the family can only pass on the elders and not the young, but only stipulates that it is necessary to choose the right business talents. Now, Liu Yuanzhi is also in line.

After consulting with several clan elders, he asked, "Three changes, you are three brothers. Who do you support to be in charge? ”

Liu Yong stepped forward and replied with his head held high: "The second brother is generous and kind to others, not as cold-blooded as some people. I support the second brother. ”

This answer surprised the clansmen. Seeing the two brothers following him to raise the bar, Liu Xianda's face was also a little uncertain.

"This is a bit embarrassing for the old man......" The old patriarch hesitated, he didn't expect that there would be so many branches in the original matter.

The eldest son, Liu Xianda, he also likes it in his eyes. However, the change of the second son Liu Yuanzhi is also really amazing, especially in the recent Qingzhou typhoid wave, which has made the Liu family famous.

"Xianda, what do you have to say?" The old patriarch's weather-beaten face was full of entanglement.

At this time, seeing that Liu Xianda couldn't make a sound for a long time, Liu Yuanzhi already felt that he had the chance to win. He began to plan the day when he would be the master of his own house, but he saw that Liu Ming's expression was still grim, and he felt a little strange in his heart.

Liu Ming really couldn't relax.

Because, until now, Liu Xianda still seems calm and calm, even if Li Yuanbao announced such a domineering money-making account book, the other party seems not to be impatient, as stable as Mount Tai.

This is absolutely unconscionable.

What is the other party selling?

"Xianda...... Tell me about it. Another clan elder also suggested.

"Okay." Liu Xianda stood up, shook his placket, put his hands behind his back and said, "Yuanzhi, it is a blessing for the family that you can turn back as a prodigal son." Now, I am not surprised that you are vying for the position of the great treasurer. People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. It's just ......" Liu Xianda looked around and said loudly: "My two brothers are so competitive, so Xianda doesn't dare to slack off." Xianda wanted to keep a low profile, but considering that the battle for the big treasurer was imminent, it could only be announced in advance......"

He turned to the side and said, "Liu Accounts, bring our account books too." ”

With that, an obscene-looking old man also walked out of the back hall, also holding an old account book in his hand, and the corners of the pages were rolled up.

Liu Ming knew that this Liu account room, like Steward Zhao who had left before, was an old relative who had followed Liu Xianda for many years.

"Liu Shufang, you ......read it to everyone," Liu Xianda signaled.

"Yes......" Liu turned over the account book and read: "The shop owned by the Liu family has a double-storey pharmacy on the main street of the county, and a single-storey door-shop pharmacy in the east of the county......"

Liu Yuanzhi listened and asked, "Big brother...... We all know this, what's there to remember? ”

"Listen up." Liu Xianda said with a nu mouth.

"There are two hospitals on a single floor in the south of the city." The hedgehog eyes of Liu Shufang blinked at this time, his face was proud, and his voice raised and said, "In addition, there is also a medical hall in the Sijin Hospital of the state capital, two pharmacies in Wu County, Jizhou, and ......one medical hall in Taixian County, Yunzhou."

Liu Yuanzhi took a few steps back, looking extremely surprised, he didn't expect that this company also had store assets in the state capital and other states and counties.

Liu Ming's heart tightened, thinking that something had happened. This Liu family, why is there a few more shops for no reason, and they are all from other states and counties.

These shops have never heard the old lady talk about them, which is very strange.

"Big brother...... Why didn't you say it before? He blurted out.

Liu Xianda sneered: "Do you need to tell you everything about the big things in the family?" This is all a shop that I have developed myself. ”

The hedgehog in Liu's account room turned his eyes and said: "In this way, if we compete for capital and silver property, our lord will have thirty percent more than the property owned by Liu Erye." The second master is certainly powerful, but in comparison, he still loses. Our master's business talent is much higher than that of the second master. The position of the big shopkeeper should be none other than the master. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

Liu Yuanzhi's whole body stiffened, and his face turned pale. He was speechless and stood there like a boulder. Where did he think that things would turn out like this? Originally, he set up a Hongmen banquet by himself, but he didn't expect that the other party had a deeper back hand waiting for him.

"The road is one foot high, and the magic is one foot high." Liu Xianda bowed to his second brother and said, "Second brother, I have accepted." The corners of his mouth went up, revealing a sinister smile.

Liu Ledger walked past Li Yuanbao and smiled contemptuously: "You are a beggar as a bookkeeper, do you want to turn this Liufu into a beggar gang?" ”

That Li Yuanbao was so angry that his face turned blue, but he didn't reply.

The situation is changing, so that these clan elders need time to digest.

"So...... Let a few of our clan elders discuss it again, and in three days, the results will be announced. The old patriarch announced with a cane.