The subordinates knelt down and bowed at every turn, and everyone in the hall was already surprised.

Li Fushou has no way to change all this, he can only let it go, he won't do that kind of stupid thing like a grasshopper shaking a tree, just listen to it, let it see.

The reaction of the Li clan has long been expected by him, even if it is a new British nobleman who has earned a lot of money in Australia, according to the deep-rooted family concept in China, it is impossible to abandon his ancestors and still be the children of the clan.

Li Fushou's closest relatives have long since died, his parents died in the war, and his only closest uncle pulled a family of several people, because of overwork A few years ago, he contracted tuberculosis and finally died.

In the course of his life for more than ten years, the clan has never helped anything, let alone has a deep affection.

In order to make ends meet at a young age, he could only help the foreigner church priest run errands and make ends meet, and he was bullied, which is also the reason why he is quite uninterested in the church.

In the end, he angrily sold himself and went overseas, but he suffered from the wind and waves on the freighter and fell into a coma, and his soul crossed over......

Today

Li Fushou sprouted in distant Australia, the wealth forced people to return to their hometowns, funded the repair of ancestral halls, ethnology, and worship ancestors are all the meaning of the topic, which does not need to say anything, so as not to be pointed at by the clansmen behind the back and forget the ancestry, unfilial piety, and damage to the reputation and reputation.

It's just that some old lions of the clan opened their mouths to ask for property, and it was impossible to satisfy them with thousands or tens of thousands of taels of silver, and Li Fushou didn't owe them, let alone get used to these people, it was inevitable to be hindered by some obstacles.

But then again, if you want to establish another branch of the Li clan in Honghe Mountain, the clan is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed.

A tree that towers to the sky must have its roots.

The water of the mountains must have its source.

Yan and Huang are concentric, and China is one vein.

Blood is thicker than water, and leaves fall back to the roots.

The Chinese clan culture originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty and has a history of thousands of years, and is the root blood of the Chinese people.

The ancestors of the Li clan in Gusu City can be traced back to Li Guang, the flying general of the Han Dynasty, and Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, are all descendants of the Li family in Longxi.

After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, one of the members of the Li clan of the imperial family settled in Gusu City and settled and multiplied.

The ancestor of this branch is Li Ye of Tang Zhaozong, the nineteenth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and his people were later divided into various places, so that there is now the Gusu Li family.

Roughly calculated, although there are still more than 10,000 clansmen after the baptism of war, it is divided into more than 20 branches in the suburbs and counties.

Li Fushou will take root in Australia in the future, and the family genealogy will be transferred to establish a branch of Honghe Mountain, and the ancestors will be sacrificed every Qingming New Year, which is a major thing that must be done.

The husband's family has a genealogy, the state has aspirations, and the country has a history, and its righteousness is also one.

Let's put it this way

When the Li family held a spring ancestor worship ceremony, they burned incense to worship their ancestors and told them that it should not be too difficult to extend the ancestral tablet of Li Fushou and separate a branch of the Li family as far as Australia, after all, there were more than 20 branches before.

If you want to separate the "branch genealogy" of the Honghe Mountain lineage, you must invite the ancestral tablet of his grandfather's generation, as well as the ancestral tablet of his grandfather and his parents, as the ancestral inheritance of the Honghe Mountain lineage, and stay on the front page of the "branch lineage".

Therefore, the name "branch" itself indicates that it belongs to a branch of a certain sect. Branching genealogies are still in the genalogy category.

Different clans of the same clan, different branches of the same clan, different families of the same clan.

The elders of the Li clan deliberately made things difficult on this issue, and Liu Shouqi, the patriarch of the Liu clan, had no way to make a decision, so the matter dragged on.

Warm inside the main hall

Li Fushou's slender fingers tapped on the rosewood table, and said after a deep thought; "This matter should not be urgent, it needs to be discussed in the long run, there are indeed some of the elders who are unconscious, and there are also those who speak up and waver, and they only need to do most of it, and isolate a small number of people, and they can't cover the sky with one hand.

Today, the governor of Jiangsu, Lord Zuo Liangshan, and the political envoy of Youbu, Lord Luo Min, both owe me favors, and it is really impossible to ask them to come forward to put pressure, this is a strategy of last resort.

In this way, there will be no clan affection, which is really a policy.

Although the knife is sharp, it must also prevent hurting the hand. ”

The German military instructors were speechless about this matter, but Mr. Kestner had a lot of right to speak, and the British were also indispensable to family bonds, and they were deeply touched by this.

He said; "Boss, the family bloodline has always been cut constantly, and it is not a messy thing, compromise is the best way, and it is not a way to do it, no matter where it is, but procrastination is not a good way, it will only raise their appetite bigger and bigger, even if it costs something, it is best to solve it quickly."

"Well, that's true."

After thinking about it for a while, Li Fushou finally made a decision; "This matter still allows Charlie Vincent to come forward, supplemented by Li Ping, who can promise to take away some of the Li clan people to Australia for development, or subsidize them to study in Europe, give some goods to Gusu local distribution rights, etc., use the interest temptation to win the support of more clan elders, isolate a small number of stubborn old goods, and quickly cut through the mess to complete this matter."

"As you wish, boss." Charlie Vincent gracefully stroked his chest and bent down in salute.

Li Ping and several housekeepers clasped their fists and took the errand together.

After briefly discussing a few things, Li Fushou clapped his hands and said; "Alright, that's the end of the discussion! Today we are tired from afar, see what delicious food the housekeeper has prepared for everyone, this is a rich Chinese flavor of food, not to be missed. ”

"It's the cold winter season, it's the best to sit in the house and listen to the little songs, the little ones are all arranged, and the chefs from Baiweiju are invited to set up the table, and the Kunqu opera team is fun, sir, you can still do it." Li Ping asked respectfully.

"Okay, that's what you want, then let's have a seat." Li Fushou stroked his palms and laughed.

"Okay, sir, look at it."

Li Ping clapped his hands twice with confidence, and a group of delicate-looking maids came up with copper hot pots, trays, tea saucers and other things in their hands, and soon set down a few tables of shabu-shabu banquets.

Then a few nimble boys came in with braziers, adding the burning coals to the bottom of the copper hot pot one by one, and the hall was filled with a fragrant and rich fragrance in a blink of an eye.

The Kunqu opera team rushed in, and the orchestra playing the piano and stroking the strings sat down in the hall, and the sound of silk and bamboo music suddenly sounded, bringing a full of ancient charm.

Famous singers dressed in ancient costumes sing and dance along with silk strings, and the charm of Kunqu opera is long.

"Li, I'm also going to participate in such a lively banquet, and no one in the back hall speaks, suffocating me to death."

Yelena didn't know where to come from, and looked around with a probe, her face happy.

Fiona, who was still a little frightened behind her, and the eyes of the two of them had involuntarily shifted from the plates of food on the table to the Kunqu opera celebrity, and then turned back, obviously the index finger was moving, and she couldn't bear it anymore.

"Well, you are Westerners, and you should not be bound by the rules of the East, Miss Elena, please sit at Mr. Kestner's table, and Fiona will come to me." Li Fushou was as good as a stream, and beckoned with a smile.

Yelena was a little reluctant, but she couldn't help it.

The square table of the shabu-shabu must leave an empty seat to watch the play, and the guests can live on one side, up to three people, and there must be a space for standing and serving maids next to it.

Fiona's face was full of joy, and she came to Li Fushou's side and sat down unusually well-behaved, but she was helpless against the hot pot ingredients on the table.

These foods are known separately, and when they are put together, they don't know how to eat them.

At this time, there were already ingenious maids who stepped forward to serve, Li Fushou was surrounded by Xiang Niu'er and Tian Niu'er, and Fiona was surrounded by a maid in the Fortune Garden, named Jin Suo'er.

The steaming shabu-shabu drove away the cold, and everyone was addicted to eating, and they forgot themselves in the melodious sound of Kunqu Opera.

Although foreigners can't understand what to sing, these tactful tunes alone are enough to have a long aftertaste.

Everyone listened to the song, and was eating happily with hot pot, and the housekeeper Li Jing hurriedly walked in outside, bowed down and said;

"Back to the lord, there is a right political envoy Luo Minfu to come, holding the name of the sticker to send 20 cars of various kinds of thank-you gifts, mainly silk and silk and Su embroidered Shu brocade, as well as all kinds of gadgets, please take a look at the gift list."

"Oh, bring it on."

Li Fushou took the gift list, opened it and took a look, the calligraphy on the long gift list was rigorous and measured, listing the list and quantity of gifts, and it was a long time.

Such as 50 poplin silk, 50 printed satin, 50 Shu brocade, 20 Suzhou embroidery, 100 knives of good rice paper, 50 brushes, 10 Huizhou inkstones, 10 sets of lacquerware......

There are all kinds of gifts, the tricycle is loaded with a full 20 cars, plus there is a car of precious jade handles, worth nearly 30,000 taels of silver, it can be seen that this Lord Luo Min is also an informed and interesting person, and there is no ambiguity in etiquette.

It didn't take long

The housekeeper Li Yuan came over with a trot to report, and the governor of Jiangsu, Zuo Liangshan, came with a name sticker, and also sent 20 cars of various gifts, and the total value was not inferior to the former.

The most precious are some celebrity calligraphy and paintings, even today, they are already very valuable, and if they are handed down to future generations, they will be even more precious.

Li Fushou couldn't cry or laugh with two famous cards in his hand, and just said that these two adults owed him a favor, and most of them were repaid in a blink of an eye.

Sure enough, one of these officials is more than a monkey, and he knows that the most difficult thing to owe in this world is favors, especially the favors of foreign adults.

Who knows what Lord Yang is going to do?

Even if it is a newly opened commercial port and the convenience of Westerners to trade with Westerners, it is related to the capital of the imperial court, and no one can easily allow it.

These are often important matters related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, even if they are the members of a feudal town, they dare not owe this kind of favor, is it really a decoration for the imperial court?

That's it!

Li Fushou didn't want to have more to do with high-ranking officials in the imperial court, so he came back from this trip to worship his ancestors and divide his ancestors, and set up family affairs by the way, and everything else was left to chance.

He casually put down the name card and said to the people in the hall; "Good food is indispensable without wine, it just so happens that we brought Scotch whisky and gin, as well as local specialties of rice wine and liquor are available for use, you can eat and drink with your stomach open, take what you need, we will get drunk today."

"Oh, to the boss." A group of German officers raised their glasses in unison.

"This cup is for the lord, I wish the lord good luck and health, and he will rest drunk today." Several secretaries and Fu Peng and other guards also raised their glasses.

"Hahaha...... Despite letting go of the belly to drink. Li Fushou picked up the warm rice wine on the table, raised it and drank it all after turning around, winning the applause of the audience.

In front of Fu Peng, the leader of the guards, was an authentic burning knife, and the smell of wine was strong, and Major Schwartz-Kopf, who was sitting next to him, was curious, and pointed to the white wine in the bowl and asked; "Fu, is this your Oriental wine?"

"yes, want to try it?"

"Can I?"

Fu Peng laughed, picked up the black porcelain jar in front of him and poured a bowl for Major Schwartz-Kopf, then picked up the bowl in front of him and touched it, raised his head and drank it all, and shouted bitterly; "Good wine, strong enough."

Major Schwartz-Kopf was also unambiguous, and took the wine and sniffed it carefully, his brow furrowed.

Then as soon as he closed his eyes, he drank it with a hard head, and he could see that his white skin was visibly red, as if he had swallowed a flame, and hurriedly picked up the dishes on the plate and stuffed them into his mouth.

After a moment, there was a hiccup, and a heavy smell of alcohol erupted.

"Enough......" Major Schwartz-Kopf shouted in a strange voice, causing the crowd to burst into laughter......

Enjoy a banquet for both guests and hosts.

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