Chapter Ninety-Eight: Heaven and Earth III
"You... Just seem like angry? Is something going on? Qiu Zhixian asked cautiously. She sat with her hands on her knees in a proper manner, and she had the demeanor of a lady. Everyone walked all the way, Qiu Zhixian was a weak woman, and naturally regarded Lu Yuan as a dependent.
Lu Yuan smiled at her and signaled that he was fine. In order to let Qiu Zhixian not think about it, he simply took out a blank paper bound into the shape of a book, and directly held the pen and hung his wrist to write on it. He knew that Qiu Zhixian was the only person in Shu Mountain who belonged to Emei's sect but was not polluted by Emei's arrogance, so he had a good impression of this girl. Of course, not that kind of good feeling.
Qiu Zhixian watched him write, and she was really relieved. Readers in this era are probably like this, paying attention to the kung fu of meditation and qi. The big anger and resentment, as soon as you enter the study, you also need to put it down, and vent everything between the words and paper! For those who can't understand Wang Xizhi's "Funeral Post", it is difficult to imagine how sad he was at that time, and he actually wrote calligraphy with a heart-wrenching feeling!
After writing and painting for a long time, Lu Yuan suddenly put down the pen in his hand and asked, "Zhixian, do you want to go home?" ”
With a "bang", Qiu Zhixian's face turned pale, and the teacup in her hand smashed on the ground! She looked at Lu Yuan with trembling lips, but she couldn't say a complete sentence. Lu Yuan's words revealed the deepest fear in her heart, leaving her with nowhere to hide! For those who did not live in that era, it is difficult to imagine the difficulty of a woman trying to live.
Qiu Zhixian was taken away by Qiao Shousuo in front of so many people, even if she still has a perfect body, who still believes it?! Once back home. It will inevitably be pointed out by thousands of people, and it will also cause shame on the reputation of the family. Being married to a widower at will, or even being a concubine by the family, is light, and it is likely to be forced to die by life! And I'm afraid that even her parents and brothers didn't want her to go back alive - from the moment she was taken away. Everyone has tacitly assumed that she is dead. It's not that it's inhuman, it's that the customs of the time were like that.
Therefore, in ancient times, those who bullied weak women were especially hateful! Like Tian Boguang, it is not an exaggeration to light the sky lantern with a thousand knives!
But kindness can't be kissed, but the son can't be filial. Qiu Zhixian is just a little girl, and she is also pampered at home, which is the age of attachment to her parents. Let her stay away. Watching his parents secretly wipe away tears and grief, he is not a son of man! Therefore, she is tantamount to being caught between morality and family affection, and she is in a dilemma. So in her heart. I just hope that this road can go on forever, and never think about that question - but I didn't expect Lu Yuan to ask this question anyway!
"What are you afraid of!" Seeing Qiu Zhixian scared to death, Lao Lu deliberately sneered. Then he put on a proud look, "Since you have become a monk (monk)...... Childe my people. There is no need to be afraid of anyone in this world! Lu Yuan dropped the paper in his hand. took off the hat, and with a strong finger, he pulled off the piece of green jade on the hat.
"Yikes! How can you do that. Qiu Zhixian was taken aback by him, and then felt distressed. Seeing him throw the green jade into the teacup, it clanged as if it was an ordinary stone. But the jade was washed by the tea, and suddenly the rice glutinous sealed on it was scattered, revealing a radiant brilliance. Crystal clear and priceless!
Lu Yuan beckoned Xiao Er to come over, pointed to the teacup and said. "Bring it to the shopkeeper of your house, and this letter." He tore off a piece of paper he had just written. Handed it to Xiao Er. When the shopkeeper saw the milky white jade, his legs were already weak. When I went down with the teacup again, it was already as if I had ascended to immortality, and the whole person was floating! He staggered downstairs, and Qiu Zhixian asked cautiously, "What do you want to do?" ”
Lu Yuan smiled, "You'll find out later." ”
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A quarter of an hour later, when Lu Yuan went downstairs, a two-horse carriage with carved beams and paintings had stopped downstairs, and four guards and four attendants were all riding horses and guarding both sides of the carriage. After seeing Lu Yuan and Qiu Zhixian, they saluted together. Qiu Zhixian was extremely curious, but Lu Yuan didn't explain, and dragged her straight into the carriage.
As soon as the carriage door closed, Qiu Zhixian desperately shrank herself into the corner. How do you know that the wheels are busy, feeling the ups and downs, shaking Qiu Zhixian to sleep. But Lu Yuan turned out to be a beast and kept writing all the time, and didn't do anything else! Didn't do it...... Qiu Zhixian gritted her teeth and fell asleep with hatred.
When Qiu Zhixian woke up in the middle of the night and opened her eyes, she found that she was sleeping in the same bed with Yi! Look at the brocade quilt covering the body, and the red sandalwood furniture in the house, each of them is worth a lot. She sat up in amazement, looked around, and suddenly saw a glimmer of light peeking through the crack in the door. Qiu Zhixian quietly leaned over to the door, leaning her eyes against the crack in the door and looking out.
I saw that the outside room was also dark, and only a dead wind lamp was placed on the table, shining on Lu Yuan on the side of the table. Qiu Zhixian saw that he was moving his pen like flying, and he was explaining something to the people around him in a low voice. Next to him stood a pair of feet, and the upper half of his body was sunk in the darkness with no face visible. The man seemed to be nodding repeatedly, then took the paper in Lu Yuan's hand with both hands, bowed and left. Immediately, another pair of feet wearing leather boots walked out of the darkness, standing beside Lu Yuan and waiting quietly.
In the shadowy darkness, I don't know how many people are hiding!
Qiu Zhixian was watching in horror, and under the faint light, suddenly Lu Yuan raised his head and met her sight. Qiu Zhixian was so frightened that she almost screamed! Just when she was terrified, she saw Lu Yuan wave his hand, the light on the crack of the door disappeared, and she couldn't see anything anymore.
If Qiu Zhixian lived for a few hundred years, she would definitely know that what she saw back then was so similar to the classic scene in "The Godfather......
Lu Yuan sat in that dark study, stirring up the world again.
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Before Lu Yuan entered Shushan, he had made countless plans. But none of the plans were to build the foundation on good luck - just like when he happened to encounter the slaughter of the city in Yangzhou, he was angry and stopped and happened to be accepted by luck, and then he merged with luck with the two swords, killing Emei without leaving a piece of armor, etc. - he didn't even think about it!
Although he was exposed to Emei's sight at the beginning, he actually had nothing to do with good luck. He was able to get the help of Huaxia luck later, because luck needed to rely on his planning ability. For this reason, Lu Yuan is still carrying ten paths and four or nine heavenly tribulations!
Just as when he was in the world of Mass Effect, he had seven or eight sets of plans in parallel at the same time, and so did this world! Regardless of whether or not there is a risk that Qi Yun will turn his head and trap him, he will not pin his hopes entirely on cooperating with Qi Yun. In ten years, in addition to laying the intelligence network of General Li Dingguo and the root system of luck, Lu Yuan also has this third commercial giant network that spreads all over the north and south of the river!
The Lu family in Jiangnan started with hundreds of ships of overseas rice.
With the reputation of "Ten Thousand Buddhas" won by disaster relief, the Lu family's "Shangji" business group was in full swing in the south of the Yangtze River, and now it has become a spark in the prairie fire. Whether it is a Qinglou teahouse, a restaurant hotel, or even a mule and horse shop, or a large teahouse, you can see the shadow of "Shangji Chain" everywhere. "Shangji" is famous for "seven points of profit", helping franchisees resist the pressure of natural and man-made disasters, but never competing with franchisees for profit.
"Shangji" specializes in logistics and transportation, and the sales of goods are mainly overseas, so it has an excellent reputation in Gangnam!
In addition, millions of silver taels every year flowed into the Southern Ming Dynasty and Li Dingguo's army from the "Shangji". "Shangji" is even more extensive in Jiangnan to do good deeds, but his own family does not buy Guangtian, does not hide gold and silver, does not build luxury houses, and rarely attracts prying eyes. As for the greedy corrupt officials and corrupt officials, the "above notes" can naturally be disposed of at will.
The Manchu occupation of the north, on the other hand, is a different story.
Presided over by Lu Wu, the head of the household department, the "Tianji" trading house, in which all the princes and magnates of the Manchu Dynasty participated, was like a behemoth monster dominating the entire north! Compared with the "Shangji" concession to the people, the "Tianji" firm is undoubtedly much more greedy, in fact, it should be extremely greedy! It is like a monster that swallows everything, not to mention the profits in the market, that is, the ointment in the land kept by the magistrates, the surplus labor force in the local area, and even the taxes of the entire Qing Dynasty, are quietly devoured by this monster!
With the help of a group of "cadres", Kang Mazi's annual income was forty percent less than that of his father's Shunzhi period - this is all Li Dingguo's fault!
Then the money turned into a rolling torrent, crushing all the enemies who dared to stand in front of him, and even Kang Mazi was so frightened that he pretended not to know. When there is a certain amount of money, the interests of countless powerful people are tied together, is it still difficult to change someone to be the emperor? Money can channel the gods, and naturally it can also open up the channels in the south of the Yangtze River, and transport back countless luxury things that the Northern Barbarians crave to the most extreme from the "Shangji......
Of course, on the surface, these two huge monsters still have to fight along the banks of the Yangtze River, smashing tens of millions of huge riches into the river every year, as if the two families are endless!
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But that night, dozens of big shopkeepers who rushed to Wancheng in the stars and the moon finally knew that the "Tianji" and "Shangji" that had fought with white knives and red knives came out were the same boss behind them! The "Chart of the Earth", which is regarded as the treasure of the world, and the lifeline of the "Chronicle of Heaven", "Distribution of Minerals in the North", are all from the hands of the people in front of them......
You must know that the secret route that the "Shangji" fleet can lead to the country of England and the coal and iron of the Manchu Qing Dynasty firmly grasped by the "Tianji" - the former is the source of huge profits, and the latter is the lifeblood of the country, which is the foundation of the survival of the two families!
On this night, after these big shopkeepers took the "Loyal Heart Pill" (nano pill), they officially became the big shopkeepers of the new "Heavenly Record" trading house. These forty-two great treasurers became the first batch of patriarchs of the "Heavenly Record", and when Lu Yuan and Lu Wu were not there, the senate formed by them could feel that the "Heavenly Record" was almost everything. The wealth that the patriarchs could manipulate naturally doubled in an instant! Because both the north and the south have a very deep official background, no matter who sits in the Dragon Court, there is no way to truly eradicate the influence of the "Heavenly Record". Since then, there has been no hidden worry of being overturned by the change of dynasties in the world.
Moreover, money can circulate all over the world, even overseas, unimpeded, which also makes these business elders see the power of money more and more. Not only that, from then on, the trade route of the "Heavenly Record" stretched to Zheluo in the south, to the ice and snow no-man's land in the north, to the Wa Kingdom in the east, and to Dashi in the west, and tens of millions of people worked for it -- business through the world is no longer a dream...... (To be continued.) )