Chapter 172: The Wealthy Clan of Longxi (End)
Lintao Dong's family.
A middle-aged man in the hall was pacing back and forth, and the seats on the side were full of a number of people, all of whom were powerful and famous families in Longxi, with some fields reaching 10,000 acres, some reaching 1,000 acres, and the most unfortunate ones were seven or eight hundred acres. The money and wealth are countless.
"This Lu Bu invited us to Longxian, what is the intention?" The middle-aged man is the spokesperson of the Dong family, the largest wealthy family in Longxi, Dong Fei.
Although Dong Zhuo moved the Dong clan to the land of Gyeonggi, but the ancestral hall was still in Lintao, so Dong Fei was left in Lintao to guard the ancestral hall of the Dong family, and one person got the Taoist chicken dog ascended to heaven.
"Dong Gong, what can this Lu Bu do, the Yang family, the Jiang family, and the Wei family of Hanyang County sent him more than 100,000 stones, and now they have sent someone to send us to Longxian, don't you just want us to give him grain and grass! Lu Bu is a lonely and poor army, although he is supported by the local wealthy family in Hanyang, it is just a drop in the bucket, and now he is looking up to people and snorting, like a baby playing with the palm of his hand, we will starve to death if we cut off his breastfeeding, so we can't go! A patriarch of the scholar clan who was sitting on the ground stood up and said.
"That is, a martial artist wants to sit on the second place of Longyou, it is really shameless!"
"This is still secondary, the most important thing is how long he can stay in Longxi, if he stays for a long time, it doesn't matter, if he stays for a year or two, we will lose more than we gain"
"Lu Bu is the Xiliang envoy of the Taishi's own seal, if we don't give him food and grass, what will we do if the Taishi blames him? Besides, the spring wheat has been cut, the winter wheat has been planted, if there is no protection from him, in case the Qiang people come to attack, which of our private soldiers is not enough for the Yi people to plug their teeth! "Some scholars are a little hesitant, this Han Dynasty is basically occupied by the gate lord wealthy clan, among these wealthy clans, there are also clansmen who are officials under Lu Bu's tent, they have already received news from the clansmen, Lu Bu seems to be going to move seriously this time.
In their opinion, the turbulent times, the rampant soldiers, but also the era of heroes, they subsidize the princes with money, grain and grass, if the princes achieve hegemony, they have the merit of the dragon, the family can also be promoted, if the princes can not succeed, it is just a loss of a little family property, the foundation of the scholar clan remains unchanged, and they also learned from the clansmen where this Lu Bu is not an ordinary martial artist, with considerable investment.
Dong Fei spread out the famous thorn in his hand, and a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, the big Han country is in the hands of their Dong family, not to mention this little Lu Bu, casually threw the famous thorn into the foot stove not far away, Dong Fei played with the wrench on his thumb, looked at the heads of the family and said: "The Taishi has already sent a letter, telling us not to give Lu Bu grain and grass, so we don't have to go to Longxian, but I will say ugly things in front, if someone dares to secretly communicate with Lu Bu, don't blame me for being ruthless."
"Dong Gong, if we don't give Lu Bu grain and grass, what if Qiang Di comes to attack, what if he doesn't give us to resist?" Seeing Dong Fei's words finalized, some scholars immediately became worried, after all, the military and political power in Longxi was all on Lu Bu, if he didn't send troops to garrison Qiangqi Erdao, in case the barbarians from outside the country attacked, even if they had more money and food, it would not be enough for the Qiang people to plunder.
"You can't ignore this matter," Dong Fei plucked his jaw and said, "What can you do?" ”
Everyone looked at each other for a while, and they all shook their heads, indicating that there was no way, only a big man sitting at the end got up and said: "Heads of the family, why don't we all donate fifty stones to him, as long as he doesn't go hungry."
When everyone saw the big man get up, they all showed disgusted eyes, this big man started by slaughtering pigs and dogs on his ancestors, and his status was already low, and he was born to a servant girl of the Qiang tribe, if it wasn't for his father, he only had one son, this big man didn't know how many times he died, but disgust was disgust, and everyone still appreciated his opinions.
Dong Fei sneered, and said to the big man: "It is said that eating dog meat replenishes the brain and refreshes the mind, and it is indeed worthy of the name, sometimes the children born by barbarians are indeed better than us Han people, in this case, everyone, we will do what Brother Zhou said."
As soon as Dong Fei's words fell, it immediately caused the princes and nobles in the hall to laugh, on the other hand, the head of the Zhou family was full of redness, panting with a 'swoop' and 'swoo', he knew that no matter how hard he tried, he would never be recognized by the various clans in Longxi, so he took a deep breath, and the head of the Zhou family immediately laughed and said: "Dong Gong said that he was laughing"
Dong Fei snorted coldly, waved his clothes and said: "Since you brought it up, you will be responsible for this matter of escorting grain and grass, don't you have a group of Qiang people in your house, which is just used to escort grain and grass!" ”
After Dong Fei finished speaking, he didn't care whether the head of the Zhou family agreed or not, he immediately said to the rest of the family heads: "Everyone, I have already asked my subordinates to kill Xu Shu's cattle and sheep, let's have a drink here today, and tomorrow we will raise food and grass for Lu Bu!" ”
As soon as Dong Fei's words fell, it immediately caused a voice of thanks, and the head of the Zhou family was about to sit down, Dong Fei immediately raised his eyebrows and asked: "Brother Zhou is not going to prepare for the matter of raising grain and grass, what are you still doing here?" ”
Dong Fei's words immediately made the head of the Zhou family sit or stand, and for a while, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and Li Xian, the head of the Li family, who was sitting in the first place on the left, immediately got up and said: "Brother Zhou, this matter of raising food and grass is quite complicated, you better prepare first, and how about I invite Brother Zhou to my house for a banquet in the future?" ”
The head of the Zhou family immediately bowed to Li Xian gratefully, and then ran out of the Dong Mansion with a servant, staying here he was like sitting on pins and needles, if he didn't know the current affairs, he just took his own humiliation, since they looked down on themselves, they could afford it, he had a plan in his heart, this time he would do his best to help Lu Bu, and spare no effort to help.
Seeing Li Xian speaking for the head of the Zhou family, someone immediately opened his mouth to ridicule: "I can't imagine that the Li family in Lintao is actually in the company of the Qiang race, it's really shameless."
To say that this Lintao Li family, can be traced back to ancient times, legend has it that Fuxi helped Emperor Yan conquer Xirong, Emperor Yan rewarded Longxi to his descendants, as their food place, since then, the descendants of Fuxi have lived here for generations, becoming a famous family here, this is the distant ancestor of the Li family.
And Li is most famous for the founder of the Taoist school in the Spring and Autumn Period, Li Er, and then Li Er's ninth generation grandson Li Tan, who is the Qin Imperial Shi Dafu, Li Tansheng has four sons, the eldest son Li Chong, Li Chong's son Li Yao is Di Daohou, Li Yao's son Li Xin is the Qin general, Longxi Hou, Li Xin has a son Li Zhongxiang, Li Zhongxiang has a son Li Bokao, Li Bo has a son Li Shang, Li Shang has a son Li Guang, that is, the "flying general" who is familiar to the people of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, this is also the reason why no matter how the old and the new are alternated in the imperial court, the Lintao Li family is still standing.
Li Xian slowly sat behind the case, he disdained what the head of the family said, and said very indifferently: "Before and then Gong, Si Zhining people laughed, I just bumped into you and Brother Zhou talking and laughing the day before yesterday, but today you turned your face and didn't recognize people, it's shameful!" ”
"Full of nonsense, how can a certain person be in the company of Yi Chong!"
Li Xian sneered, got up and waved his clothes: "If there is something at home, take the first step, the house is full of villains, and it stinks like a dung pit!" ”
After Li Xian finished reprimanding angrily, he immediately turned around and stepped out of the hall of the Dong Mansion, this time he also made up his mind that he would fully support Lu Bu and see what the villains could do to him.