Before leaving, Liu Yuan suddenly turned his head and asked, "Patriarch Liu, I would like to inquire about something. ”

"The general only speaks bluntly, and the small one knows everything."

Liu Yuan asked curiously: "After three years, Yangzhou is more prosperous than in the past, with many shops and busy traffic, but Jintian Village, which is only a few dozen miles away from Yangzhou, is not only sparsely populated by pedestrians on the road, but also has a sense of depression in the village, why is this?" ”

I've wanted to ask this question for a long time, and now I finally have the opportunity to ask it.

"The general doesn't know" Liu Desheng said with a bitter face: "Since the general left Yangzhou, not only married the daughter of the Qinghe Cui family, but also the career is smooth, but the higher the general rises, the more worried I am about the people who expel the general from the genealogy, for fear that one day they will be retaliated against, especially the general has not expressed his position, and his heart is even more worried, and after Jintian became the general's fiefdom, the taxes were collected, which deepened the worries of others, and they were all afraid of being dragged down and implicated in the future, intentionally or unintentionally alienated. I didn't dare to contact the Jintian Liu family anymore, none of them were on the list in the scientific examination, and no one dared to accept the children of the Jintian Liu family as protégés. ”

With a sigh, Liu Desheng continued: "General, do you know what it feels like to be depressed? It's very simple, women from other places don't want to marry in, and women from Jintian can't get married, three years, three years, Jintian Liu has never put a wedding wine again, you say, can it not be depressed? ”

Speaking of the back, Liu Desheng couldn't help but wipe the corners of his eyes.

Liu Yuan suddenly realized, it turned out that everyone was afraid that after they returned to their hometown, they would retaliate against the Liu family in Jintian, and they were afraid that they would be dragged down if they got closer, so they consciously distanced themselves one by one, and said that the rumors were terrifying, and the three of them became tigers, and the more they talked, the more mysterious they became, so that they were. In the eyes of others, the Jintian Liu clan is as terrible as hell, but in fact, it is the Jintian Liu clan, and they are all afraid.

Hearing this, Liu Yuan was a little clueless how to describe it, it seems that retribution is really effective, and he did not retaliate against Jintian Liu, but Jintian Liu did not have a good life. On the contrary, they are all shrouded in the unknown fear of life, and these mental tortures are estimated to be more uncomfortable than physical torture, the fall of the Jintian Liu clan. is not an accident, but Liu Dekui's betrayal. It also makes sense.

Liu Yuan patted Liu Desheng on the shoulder. Leave him with a meaningful smile, and then leave without looking back, leaving the new patriarch Liu Desheng confused in the wind, because the smile is so strange that he can't guess

Although there was a small episode, it was resolved by Liu Yuan. Or quickly enter the ancestral shrine to worship, the worship is nothing special, but there are conditions, and the sacrifices are richer. are all the same three bows and nine knocks, say some of their achievements, and then pray for protection, etc., Liu Yuan and others first finished worshipping in the ancestral hall, and then went to the cemetery behind to worship the deceased mother and father, turning ingots and candles and other things, Cui Mengyao, Xiaoniang and Du Sanniang, but also hands-on, hands-on, can be described as full of sincerity.

After tossing for more than an hour, Liu Yuan and his entourage walked away in the awe-inspiring gaze of the Liu clan in Jintian.

"Patriarch, look at this" Several clansmen put the gold and silver ingots in their hands in front of Liu Desheng, and their words were full of excitement.

Liu Desheng also looked at it, eight ingots and ten taels of silver ingots, and three ingots and ten taels of gold ingots, a total of three hundred and eighty taels of silver, the condition is still very good, this is a huge amount of money.

"Where did these ingots come from?"

"It was given by a few ladies when they left, saying that they rarely offered incense, so they donated some sesame oil money to use it for filial piety."

The emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, it really deserves to be a general, the founding viscount, even if it is a hair thicker than his waist, a few hundred taels of silver, he took out the cocoon without blinking an eye, it is really rich, thinking about this, Liu Desheng couldn't help but resent Liu Dekui, if it weren't for his blindness, Liu Yuan was expelled from the family tree, how could there be today's disaster, with Liu Yuan's ability, Jintian Liu's digging up, it was an undoubted thing, it's a pity, a pity.

A young man from the clan said happily: "Patriarch, if you don't, divide it, and a household can divide more than one or two pieces of silver." ”

"That's right, one or two more, I can cut a lot of meat."

"A general is a general, it's really generous."

Everyone was talking, and Liu Desheng kept frowning, and when everyone was discussing enthusiastically, he shouted loudly: "Eat, eat, eat, can you eat your daughter-in-law for more than one or two?" Can these two marry off the daughter of your family? You don't need to think about them one by one. ”

Then Liu Cheng said cautiously: "Patriarch, what do you think?" ”

"Yes, the patriarch said this, there must be a well-thought-out plan."

"Patriarch, just say it quickly, I'm in a hurry."

"It is"

Liu Desheng waved his hand to calm everyone down, and then said with a serious face: "This bit of silver is distributed to each household, and a household only gets more than one or two, and there is not much gain, it is better to use this silver to start a school, and invite a gentleman to teach the children of the clan for free, which can be regarded as a merit, and it is best to use some property as ancestral property, so that you can be self-sufficient and maintain it forever." ”

"Patriarch, although this amount of money is a lot, but it costs a lot to buy land and repair a house, and the rest is used to buy land, but I am afraid that I can't buy a few acres, so I am afraid that it will be far from enough to rent the expenses of the school." Some people questioned it.

"There are more than 300 households in the Liu family in Jintian, and there are more than 2,000 people, can't they afford it?" Liu Desheng gritted his teeth and said: "A little out of a household, what to say to run this academy, there are many advantages of this, at least in the future, my Jintian Liu family will no longer have children who can't afford to read because of their poverty, it can be said that the merit is in the present generation, the benefit is in the future, it is better than eating and drinking, this is one of them"

Liu Desheng stretched out two fingers and said with a wise face: "Second, we will build the school with great fanfare, and spread the news of the construction funded by General Liu, think about it, in this way, will our Jintian Liu clan still be isolated?" Those little ladies are still not willing to marry Jintian? Hehe, I'm afraid, even the old bachelor also has a yellow flower girl in love, and our Jintian Liu woman, it is much easier to provoke her in-laws, who doesn't want to have a relative with a deep background and an unlimited future? ”

After speaking, the eyes of everyone present lit up

In that luxurious carriage, several women were in a good mood and chattered non-stop, because they were all cremated in front of the Liu ancestors with small paper characters written on them according to Cui Mengyao, so that as if their request had been sent to the Liu ancestors, it could be regarded as "registered", and they officially became a part of the Liu family, and they were all immersed in the fantasy of a Sudezi.

It is difficult for a woman to keep a secret, Cui Mengyao told Xiao Niang, and Xiao Niang turned her head and told Sanniang again, so the three of them were a little paper man.

Cui Mengyao suddenly asked in a low voice: "Xianggong, the concubine only donated two hundred taels to the ancestral hall for sesame oil, because I have been in Chang'an for many years, and it is not easy to return, do you say that you will donate less?" ”

"Ahem" Liu Yuan almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of water, and the little lady on the side hurriedly helped beat her back, so it was okay, Liu Yuan smoothed out his anger and said with a wry smile: "Meng Yao, you donated two hundred taels?" ”

"Yes, donate a little less, I know it's better to donate more."

Liu Yuan asked weakly, "You mean, my father-in-law will donate a lot of silver when he worships?" How much to donate at one time? ”

"I'm not sure, sometimes donate 10,000 taels, sometimes donate a few thousand, but my father has a lot of properties in his name, and the business is not bad, and there is a large amount of income every year.

You can't compare with your Lao Tzu, ordinary people can't compare with you, the woman who came out of a big family, the shot is really extraordinary, two hundred eyes are donated without blinking, and the donation is too little, God, your Lao Tzu is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the third master of Qinghe Cui's family, his net worth is extremely rich, it is estimated that the gifts sent by his protégé every year are scary enough, and how the Qinghe Cui family is prosperous, the entire area is the range of Qinghe Cui's power, and Jintian Liu's is only about 300 households, and there is no comparison at all.

Is that too little? It's no wonder that it is said that a woman's silver is the best to earn, but fortunately, Liu Yuan is rich and doesn't care, otherwise, not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary landlords and old rich people, they have to write a letter of resignation to this loser's wife.

Not to mention two hundred taels, it is two taels, Liu Yuan felt that it was too much, but seeing Cui Mengyao's serious face, he couldn't bear to reproach: "It's not too little, the countryside is not as particular as Chang'an and Qinghe, and the price is low, so it is enough." ”

"Oh, that's good," the little lady whispered, "I just wanted to find someone to send some more." ”

Liu Yuan turned his head to look at Xiao Niang, then at Du Sanniang and Hu Xin, and asked with a smile, "How many of you have donated?" ”

Xiao Niang lowered her head and whispered: "Xiao Niang donated a whole number, one hundred taels, senior brother usually rarely does filial piety, so let them burn more paper money for senior brother, so that they will bless senior brother with all the best." ”

"The slave family donated sixty taels"

Even Hu Xin also said that she and Xiao Liu Xue each donated ten taels of silver.

Liu Yuan calculated, Cui Mengyao is two hundred taels, Xiao Niang is one hundred taels, Du Sanniang is sixty taels, Hu Xin's mother and son add up to twenty taels, there are a total of three hundred and eighty taels here, these four women are really willing to do it, especially Xiao Niang, she spends money on weekdays, and she is careful in her calculations, but she also has the potential to be a "loser".

It's just four "big water fish".

"What, senior brother, are you unhappy? You don't have a heartache for that silver, right?" the little lady felt Liu Yuan's strangeness, and hurriedly asked.

"No, it's only a few hundred taels" Liu Yuan said with a smile: "It's okay, there is silver, and you can spend it if you like." ”

More than three hundred taels were exchanged for four girls so happy, just this smile was worth it, and Liu Yuan recognized it.

"Xianggong, the worship is over, what are your plans next?" Cui Mengyao said to Liu Yuan with a smile.

"When I go back to Yangzhou, of course, I have to eat, drink, and recuperate, but" Liu Yuan looked at the little lady who was waiting for him, and then looked at Du Sanniang next to him, smiled slightly, pointed to the two and said, "Finish the affairs of the two ladies first." (To be continued......)