Chapter 111: The Liu Family
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Under the dazzling sun, the world covered in silver glows with golden light, dazzling people.
The group walked in the dense snow forest of Youyu County, the road was slippery and difficult, but everyone was interested.
These are the caravan guys of the Shang Alliance who go to Jiangnan in the spring, and the Jin people are laymen, and it is common for them to go back and forth for a year. Zhai Zhe didn't see Liu Quan in Datong, so he ordered Ning Sheng to pass the word and let him go to his hometown first. Most of the caravans were from the Liu clan, and they happened to return together.
Youyu County does not have a spacious official road like Datong, and after walking for two days, I finally saw a village on the side of the mountain in the distance.
Seeing the old lady Liu who was on crutches at the entrance of the village and had a white beard, Liu Quan's nose was sour, and tears almost fell. Behind the old lady are his wife, Liu Wang, and their five-year-old son, Liu Taehan.
Liu Quan walked up to the old lady, and said in a choked voice: "Dad! ”
"It's good to come back, come into the house and talk." The old lady wiped her face and did not show her feelings in front of many villagers.
"Call Daddy!" Liu Wang pulled out his son Taihan, but little Taihan cowered into her arms, and his father, who had not seen him for a year, was like a stranger.
Reaching out and touching Xiao Taihan's head, Liu Quan sighed secretly in his heart, saying that there are many rich people in business in Jin, but they don't know the difficulties and obstacles. Like him, he has a big family and a big business, and he has founded a business name that is second to none in the Jin Dynasty, but he still has to travel north and south, and he can't return home for a year. Those guys who went out of the plug, some of them couldn't go home once in three or five years, and even nearly ten years, and the song of going to the west exit sang the sadness of the Jin people.
Liu Wang dragged his son to follow Liu, she is a typical virtuous and virtuous woman among the Han people, she is frugal and obedient on weekdays, and is very respected in the Liu family.
Everyone entered the hall and settled down, the old lady coughed again and again, and then said after relieving his breath: "You are not at home, the cavalry of the new Zhu family village takes care of you, ventilates the news, and expells the bandits. "He's aged a lot this year.
Liu Quan stood up and said, "That's the guard in my son's business." ”
The old lady leaned back in her chair, gasped for a while, and said, "Then thank them too." Dexiangkui is my family business created for decades, although the signboard has been changed in your hands, but the Liu family is thriving, and finally overwhelmed the few families in Hukou, I am very pleased. Your heart is very big, but I want to warn you, the ups and downs of the business sea, you should have a sense of awe, how many Jindi businessmen have disappeared overnight over the years. ”
Liu Quan took the steaming tea bowl from the servant's hand, served it carefully with both hands, and responded: "What Dad taught." ”
The old lady took it and put it on the table, shook his head again and again, and said, "Look at it, Taihan doesn't recognize you anymore, I haven't been back to you for two years, and I have to accompany him more at home these days." ”
"Yes!" Liu Quan nodded.
"This kid, what still makes him study hard is that in the future, he won't have to work like you and me."
Business and excellence, no matter how much money you make these years, you still have no status.
Liu Quan was busy for several days, first to meet the God of Wealth, and then to the family ancestral hall to pay tribute to the ancestors, begging for blessings for prosperous business and safe caravans in the coming year.
Three days later, the weather was clear, and thirty or forty cavalry on the road in front of Liujiazhuang came slowly.
Jindi has been in turmoil for many years, and the powerful people in each village have formed a village to protect themselves, and someone has already reported to the village.
"The people from the Zhu family village are here!" The people who came were already familiar, and some people shouted at the entrance of the village.
There are a lot of people in Liujiazhuang, and they are also quite powerful after settling a village to protect themselves, but after all, they are just some ordinary people who talk on paper, and it is inevitable to panic when they encounter bandits. The cavalry of the Zhu family village is a strongman, and with the outlaws recruited by Geng Guang, the robbers usually avoid it, and these days it has become the reliance of Liujiazhuang.
When Mrs. Liu heard the news, she urged Liu Quan to go to greet her, and there was a shortage of soldiers for half a year\u9a6
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By the time Liu Quan arrived at the entrance of the village, Zhu San and the others had already dismounted.
The bold child leaned forward to sneak a peek at the smooth and shiny skin of the war horse, his eyes envious.
Liu Quan's eyes extended, and suddenly saw Zhai Zhe's figure from the cavalry team, he was greatly surprised, stepped forward quickly, and greeted: "Dongjia, why are you here?" ”
Zhai Zhe looked left and right in the cavalry, waved his hand at him, and signaled him to keep quiet.
Some clan elders came to arrange for each family to go out to receive them.
Zhu San smiled and said: "The Tartar has retreated, and Youyu is safe, this time I came to inform you, and we will not bother you again in the future." ”
An old clan elder stepped forward to take his hand, and the old man burst into tears and said, "Thanks to you these days! ”
Liu Quan's heart was in turmoil among the people, and Zhai Zhe's sudden visit to Liujiazhuang made him uneasy, which must be related to the shops in Zhangjiakou.
The Liu family is the richest man in Liujiazhuang, with an outstanding status, and many clansmen are relying on the business alliance to live. The courtyard of the Liujia mansion is spacious, with three floors inside and three floors outside, four flat and eight stable, the corners of the eaves are exquisite, and many bricks and tiles are brand new, all of which have only been built recently.
In the noisy crowd, Liu Quan quietly introduced Zhai Zhe into the study at home.
"Liu Dong's family has worked hard in Jiangnan, and he just came home, so it stands to reason that I shouldn't come to bother you, but there is one thing I can't rest assured, if I don't ask clearly, it's really hard to sleep."
Liu Quan knew why Zhai Yan came.
Zhai Zhe's eyes were like torches, and he asked, "What kind of chips did the eight families offer?" ”
Liu Quan calmed down and said, "The Business Alliance shares naturalization and Zhangjiakou with the Eight Families. ”
is consistent with what Fan Yongdou said to Zhai Zhe.
"Don't you know what it means to enter Zhangjiakou?" Zhai Zhe's words became stern, and he said, "I thought you were a different one, so I cooperated with you, but you let me down." ”
"I'm just running a business alliance, and it doesn't make a difference whether the goods are sold into the grassland through Zhangjiakou or naturalized." Liu Quan tried his best to defend himself, and he didn't think he had done anything wrong.
"There is no need to be rhetorical, the husband does something and does not do something, and some money cannot be earned! \u2
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"That's just business!" Liu Quan's voice was a little lacking in confidence.
"Haven't you seen Datong under the wanton plundering of the Jurchens?" Zhai Zhe was furious and slapped his palm on the table.
The owner's compelling momentum suffocated Liu Quan, and also revealed the scars in his heart, he is a hometown lover, otherwise he would not have been in Youyu for disaster relief at the beginning. Along the way back, Datong was uninhabited for hundreds of miles, which was the first time he saw the might of the Jurchens.
"You don't have to be kidnapped by the Jurchens to understand? I have lived there for ten years, and when I entered Zhangjiakou, how can I let you be free. Zhai Yan's tone softened. The business alliance is inseparable from Liu Quan, and the shape of the grassland makes him have no time to start anew, and if he finds a collaborator, he may not be able to escape from the clutches of the eight families.
Willow showed a look of pain all over.
"Liu Dongjia, the business alliance is jointly owned by you and me. If I leave you, life can still go on, if you leave me, how can those people in Zhangjiakou tolerate you. There are some things that can't be touched, if I'm willing to cooperate with the Eight Families, what else do you do? ”
Zhai Zhe's foaming star almost sprayed on Liu Quan's face.
After hesitating for a moment, Liu Quan raised his head and said, "It's me who is wrong, and I don't know the owner's mind." ”
"Now that you know, I hope that your cooperation with me will have a beginning and an end." Zhai Zhe pointed out the window and said, "If it weren't for me, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to build such a gorgeous mansion." I can give you these things, and I can take them back! ”
Liu Quan showed a look of fear, this was the first time Zhai Zhe threatened him, the imbalance of strength made the rights of the two sides of the cooperation unequal, and he understood why Zhai Zhe must be in full charge of the caravan guards. How could the Han Department of Tumut allow him to be half-hearted.
On the same day, the cavalry of the Zhu family village left, and Liu Quan went to the entrance of the village to see him off, Zhai Zhe and Yan Yuese.
Zhai Zhe accompanied the well-equipped cavalry to visit suddenly, and Liu Quan already understood the meaning, he chose this path, so he could only keep going.
There was no turning back when he opened the bow, and he had already placed a bet, which was no different from the eight families in Zhangjiakou.