What are you kidding, let Fan Changfeng's father salute him, how can this work? But what can you teach Fan Hefu for yourself? Li Tao looked at Fan Changfeng as if asking for help, but who knew that he was met by Fan Changfeng's encouraging gaze. Li Tao really couldn't understand why Fan Changfeng had such blind confidence in himself, how could he teach his father?

Li Tao knew that if he had to hesitate any longer, Fan Hefu would mistakenly think that he was taking a shelf, so he said: "Okay, let's start with the two rules left by the ancestors!" ”

Fan Hefu, father and son, blinked their eyes and stared at Li Tao seriously.

Li Tao couldn't care so much, he said in a word: "Why did the ancestor let the descendants of the Fan family do business for generations and not be officials? There's a reason for that! After the ancestor left Goujian, the king of Yue, he waded into the three rivers and entered the five lakes, and raised geese in the Taihu Lake area to get rich. Rejuvenate a country, destroy a country, the 'soldier saint' Sun Wu did not do it, and the 'wisdom saint' Zhuge Liang did not do it. Almost all of them died before they left school, and only lived to be in their early fifties. But the old ancestor did it, he not only created a glorious example of defeating the strong with the weak, but also was good at preserving himself until the age of antiquity, and he died right. The official to the prime minister, the general, the lord to the doctor, resolutely resigned. Wu Zixu didn't think about it, Wen Chong had no determination, and both of them were given death. It is precisely because of this experience that he truly understands the age-old sayings of 'we can only share hardship, not happiness' and 'the enemy country is broken, and the ministers are destroyed'. The ancestors were worried that future generations would be greedy for power as officials, and would not be able to retreat like themselves, and if they went quietly, they would eventually face the disaster of annihilation, so they set rules to prevent future generations from becoming officials. Speaking of which, it's the same thing I said earlier about not putting your eggs in one basket. Therefore, I will not let Jiurou become an official in the future! ”

"Li Xiaolang, it's incisive!"

"Atao, that's great!"

Listening to the praise of Fan Hefu and his son, Li Tao couldn't help wiping a handful of cold sweat from his forehead.

"As for the old ancestor, the ancestor didn't let you proclaim that you were his descendants, he also had a deep meaning!" Li Tao continued to flicker.

"What's the point?"

"He doesn't want you to do business under his shadow, but rely on your own ability to build a world of your own!"

"But how hard is that?" Fan Hefu couldn't help but shake his head.

"It's not difficult, in fact, the ancestors have done it for you, but you haven't comprehended it!"

"Huh?" Fan Hefu and Fan Changfeng were stunned.

It is difficult to say that the deep meaning of the ancestors has not been understood by the descendants for dozens of generations, and Li Tao can understand it as an outsider.

Fan Hefu was tickled by Li Tao's words, and he couldn't wait to say: "Li Xiaolang, come quickly!" ”

"Uncle Fan, do you know who created these sixteen taels of scales?" Li Tao asked.

Fan Hefu shook his head, this scale is often used, and he really doesn't know who created it.

"This scale is the masterpiece of the ancestors!"

"Huh? How do you know? Fan Hefu didn't know that the sixteen taels of scales were the masterpieces of his ancestors.

"It doesn't matter how you know, what matters is the original intention of the ancestors." Of course, Li Tao can't say that he learned about it when he consulted the information in later generations, and he continued: "The ancestor used the six stars of the Southern Dipper and the seven stars of the Big Dipper, plus the three stars of Fu Lu Shou, to form the 'scale star' of sixteen taels of scales, just to warn the businessmen that there is a lack of one or two folds of fortune, a lack of two or two folds of Lu, and a lack of three taels of longevity. ”

Listening to Li Tao's words, Fan Hefu's face showed a strange light, and he was proud of his ancestors.

"Faith is the foundation of life, the foundation of life, honesty and duty to do things in order to achieve great causes. Reputation is as important to a businessman as water is to a fish, and integrity can bring wealth for a lifetime. ”

Li Tao seemed to open the conversation, and was no longer as restrained as before: "In addition, I also know the story of an old ancestor!" ”

Fan Hefu and Fan Changfeng couldn't help muttering in their hearts: Whose ancestor is this, how can he know better than us?

Needless to say, Li Tao's next story is also from later generations, but Fan Hefu and Fan Changfeng have never heard of it:

Fan Li's second son killed someone in the state of Chu and was about to be executed.

After hearing this, Fan Li said: "Killing people pays for life, as a matter of course." But it is rumored that the daughter of the family can avoid the death of the market. ”

Then, he asked his youngest son to bring a large amount of gold to the rescue. In order to avoid people's eyes, Fan Li put the gold in an old jar, put it on an ox cart, and asked his youngest son to drive to Chu State.

Before leaving, Fan Li's eldest son ran over angrily, because he heard that his father had let his youngest brother go to Chu and did not let him go, so he had a strong sense of jealousy.

He came to Fan Li and said, "Father, I am your eldest son, and there is such a big event in the family, so it is up to me to come forward to rescue him." And now, you let the third brother who is not sophisticated and has squandered his surname since he was a child, father, do you think I am an untrustworthy child? ”

After saying that, he was ready to draw his sword and commit suicide.

Fan Li's wife saw the eldest son's behavior on the side, and felt that the eldest son was reasonable, so she persuaded Fan Li to let the eldest son go to the rescue. Fan Li saw that his wife also said the same, so he had to agree to let his eldest son go.

Fan Li wrote a letter and handed it to his eldest son, asking him to go to Chu to ask for a visit to his former friend Zhuang Sheng, and told his eldest son: "After arriving in Chu State, give the gift money and letters to Zhuang Sheng's predecessors." Moreover, everything must be arranged by Zhuang Sheng's predecessors, and you must not argue with him. ”

The eldest son nodded, took the letter, drove the ox cart carrying the gold, and went to the state of Chu.

When he arrived in the state of Chu, the eldest son saw Zhuang Sheng and handed over the gold and letters according to his father's instructions. After reading the letter, Zhuang Sheng instructed his eldest son: "Virtuous nephew, I have read your father's letter, and everything is entrusted to me. You must hurry home now and stop staying here. Even if your brother has already been released, don't ask why. ”

When the eldest son saw that Zhuang Sheng's family was destitute, he couldn't help but be suspicious. Listening to what Zhuang Sheng said to him, he just nodded yes. After he left Zhuang Sheng's house, he did not leave Chu immediately, but stayed, secretly spying on Zhuang Sheng's actions.

On the second day, Zhuang Sheng entered the palace to meet the king of Chu, saying that he watched the sky at night, which was not good for the state of Chu, and persuaded the king of Chu to implement benevolent government and amnesty the whole country. Zhuang Sheng was an important advisor to the king of Chu, and the king of Chu trusted and respected him very much, even if he agreed to Zhuang Sheng's proposal, he was ready to be benevolent.

The eldest son heard that the king of Chu wanted to grant amnesty to the world, and Zhuang Sheng had not used the gold he sent, so he thought that Zhuang Sheng had swallowed the gold privately.

After thinking about it, he finally found Zhuang Sheng's house and said to Zhuang Sheng: "I heard that the king of Chu wants to amnesty the world, and the second brother will be saved, so I came to say goodbye to you." ”

Zhuang Sheng naturally knew in his heart that he had something to say, so he returned the gold to him.

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