For a moment, the atmosphere in the private room was silent.

None of the people in this time are stupid, and they all have their own ghosts.

Seeing that Qian Xianli was sloppy and didn't want to be a bird, the head of the Yu family said in a deep voice: "Everyone here is my own person, so I will no longer hide it and speak openly." The official family is obviously coming to us this time, and if you don't unite as one, the final outcome will be to break them one by one. ”

Wei Wei echoed: "Yes, what Brother Yu said is reasonable. ”

The Wei family is also one of the four surnames of Huiji, and has been married to the other three families for hundreds of years.

Someone asked, "What does Brother Yu mean?" ”

This person is from the Gu family, one of the four surnames of Wu County.

The four surnames of Wu County were born in the Eastern Han Dynasty, rose in the Eastern Wu, and flourished in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

That's the Langya Wang clan who shares the world with the king.

"I'm afraid you won't make it!"

He has no children under his knees, two wives successively, plus more than a dozen concubines, and has given birth to eight daughters over the years, and he has no son.

"That's 20 million!"

The head of the Shi family snorted coldly and also walked away.

Before others could dissuade him, Ming Lao Er dropped a cruel word and slammed the door.

Qian Xianli, who witnessed this farce throughout the whole process, slowly stood up and said apologetically: "The old man is old and tired, so go back to the room to rest first." ”

"Wait!"

There is no way, the sea trade is too profitable, out of the sea, as long as you can return safely, the profit is at least thirty or fifty times, and the luck can even reach hundreds of times.

After Qian Yuanqi closed the door, Qian Xianli swept away his previous sluggish demeanor, and a pair of cloudy eyes flashed with wisdom.

After a while, Qian Xianli said in a deep voice: "There is something wrong with this matter, Yuan Qi, you sent someone to keep an eye on the Ming and Shi families." ”

In his opinion, what can be solved with money is not a problem.

It's just that with Yang Jian's unification of the north and the south, the southern family was gradually driven away from the center of power and became insignificant.

The Gu family master, who had just asked the question, frowned and said, "If you anger the official family......

Yu Xiangwu glanced at him with contempt and continued: "I wait for a step back, and the official family will go further, when will it be a head?" Of course, this bleeding is inevitable, and the right to break the wealth and eliminate the disaster, each family takes some money and food out, and makes up a figure that satisfies the official family, everyone is happy, and the matter should be over. ”

"Ten million is not enough."

By the time of the Tang Dynasty, Guan Long, Shandong, and Jiang Zuo had ascended to the center of the political arena.

Think about it, if you don't make money, why did those big cannibals risk feeding the fish and drift across the ocean to the Central Plains?

"Is it possible to sit back and wait?"

The person who spoke was the head of the Siming Shi clan, and I saw him wave his big hand and speak in a heroic tone.

The head of the Shi family immediately sneered: "Second Ming, you don't need to be cynical, my Shi family can have today's wealth, it is because the ancestors of the clan used their lives to flow out of the sea." This money, I earn with peace of mind and above board. Unlike some people, who think about the white wolf with empty gloves all day long, calculating and calculating, they deserve to be the heir! ”

All the way out of the private room, Qian Xianli returned to his room with the support of his grandson.

This matter is the heart disease of Ming Lao Er, and it is also a reverse scale, and everyone present knows it.

Yu Xiangwu smiled bitterly: "What is this called?" ”

It is not the first time that the family gate valve in the south has cooperated, so these words made many people moved.

"How much?"

The head of the Shi family sneered and said, "I didn't name names, why are you so excited?" ”

It was not until the troubled times of the five dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty that the southern family gradually eased up.

If 20 million is not enough, then 30 million, until the official family is satisfied!

As soon as the words fell, a strange ridicule sounded in the crowd: "The Shi family has a big business, and we can't compare." It is said that the Shi family Shaolangjun spent a lot of money a while ago, just for Sister Boqinglou to smile, poor old man's family, spend all day gruel, why don't you wait for me to get the money out? ”

"Say it again!"

"Grandpa, what's wrong?"

Ming Lao Er was poked in the sore spot, like a fried cat, rubbing and jumping up, glaring angrily.

In terms of family assets, even the Qian family can't compare.

Yu Xiangwu calculated: "It should be enough to get together 10 million guan, and if each family shares it evenly, it will be 350,000 guan." ”

Originally, it was a good talk, to unite, advance and retreat together, but in a blink of an eye, infighting began.

If you still can't give birth to a son, you can only succeed one from another house to replace the door.

"Qian Weng has just recovered from a serious illness, so he should rest more."

It can be seen that the four surnames of Wu County were strong at that time.

Seeing this, Yu Xiangwu and others got up one after another to send each other.

Yu Xiangwu Zhengse said: "Forming an alliance is just like pushing Wang Qinruo to the stage at the beginning." Only in this way can the official family be jealous, otherwise I will wait for a plate of loose sand, and I don't need to say the end, and you should all know it. ”

The Shi family lived in Mingzhou, which was still a small and transparent before, but with the rise of maritime trade, backed by Mingzhou Port, one of the three major ports, the Shi family developed rapidly, almost monopolizing nearly three-thirds of the sea trade in Mingzhou Port.

Someone asked.

Qian Yuanqi looked curious.

The Ming and Shi families do not deal with each other, this is a well-known thing, it is nothing more than the Ming family's eyes on the red sea trade business, and they also want to intervene, the Shi family is naturally unwilling, and the two families can be said to have a long-standing grudge.

Qian Xianli didn't say much, and ordered: "You just have to do it." ”

"Yes."

After Qian Yuanqi responded, he immediately went to arrange manpower.

……

But it showed that after the second child left the private room angrily, he got into the carriage and went towards the inn where he stayed.

After changing his clothes, he got into another carriage and went to a foot shop in the north of the city.

Entering the foot shop, Ming Lao Er went straight to the third floor and pushed open the door of a private room.

In the private room, the head of the Shi family was already sitting there, sipping wine by himself.

Seeing him coming, the head of the Shi family greeted: "Why is it so late?" ”

"I was afraid that someone would see the clues, so I stayed at the inn for a while."

Ming Lao Er said, walked to the opposite side of the wine table and sat down, twisted a preserved fruit and put it in his mouth.

"That's right, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years."

The head of the Shi family smiled slightly and asked, "How are you doing?" ”

Ming Lao Er sneered: "Yu Xiangwu jumped up and down, but he was just a clown jumping off the beam, but he didn't know that the rafters that came out of the sky were rotten first." ”

"The four surnames of Huiji are in the same breath, and if you want to move, you should move together, so as not to fall into your tongue. It just so happened that the official family needed a few unlucky eggs to make an example of the chickens and monkeys, so they used these four families to celebrate the official family's southern hunting. The head of the Shi family reminded, his tone was flat, as if he was talking about a sparse and ordinary thing.

As everyone knows, a plain sentence involves the lives of thousands of people.

"Hmm."

Ming Lao Er nodded, and then asked, "What about the Qian family?" ”

The head of the Shi family frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Qian Xianli, this old fox city is very deep, I can't see through it, as the saying goes, the three holes of the cunning rabbit, the Qian family is not allowed to keep a back hand, it is better not to move." ”

"It's okay not to move."

Ming Lao Er echoed.

Although the Qian family has been low-key over the years, no one dares to underestimate it, after all, the ancestor was the monarch of Wu Yue, how can he be despised for more than 100 years?

The head of the Shi family picked up the wine glass, touched it with the second brother of the Ming Dynasty, and sneered: "As early as when the official family was in Shandong, they implemented the national policy of apportioning the land into the mu, treating the land as a reverse scale, and if you touch it, you will die. ”

Ming Lao Er shook his head and smiled: "It's not that they don't understand, it's just that they are reluctant, all of them are masters who pretend to be confused with understanding." ”

Land is the foundation of the Maison's gate valve.

Asking them to abandon their land is tantamount to digging their own foundations.

To put it bluntly, they just felt that Han Zhen didn't dare to attack them.

After drinking all the wine in the cup, Ming Lao Er smiled and said, "I will rely on Brother Shi a lot in the future." ”

The head of the Shi family waved his hand: "Very polite, Manager Yang is right, the sea is boundless, there are many small countries, and the money will never be earned." ”

"Brother Shi, I toast you."

Ming Lao Er picked up the wine glass, touched it lightly with the other party, and smiled at each other.

The Ming family is actually unwilling to give up the land, but the general trend is the same, what can he do?

Fortunately, he surrendered early, and got the guarantee of General Manager Yang in exchange for a part of the interests at sea.

In any case, it is countless times better than the fate of Yu Xiangwu and others.

……

In the evening.

Qian Xianli was eating in the room, he was old and his teeth were not good, and now he could only eat some soft foods such as gruel, egg custard and tofu.

"Grandpa!"

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Qian Yuanqi walked in in with a panicked expression.

Qian Xianli put down the spoon in his hand, picked up the handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, and then reprimanded: "Don't be arrogant and rash, joy and anger are invisible." ”

Eat silently, sleep silently.

"Grandpa taught me a lesson."

Qian Yuanqi suppressed the horror in his heart and bowed down to answer.

Qian Xianli then asked, "What happened?" ”

After leaving the inn, the two of them dressed up in disguise to attract people's eyes and went to a foot shop in the north of the city for a secret meeting. They talked in the foot shop for nearly an hour before leaving. Qian Yuanqi lowered his voice and said 1510.

Hearing this, Qian Xianli suddenly chuckled in his heart, and continued to ask quietly, "What about the Shen family?" ”

Qian Yuanqi replied: "After Shen Heng went back the day before yesterday, he suddenly gathered his clansmen and began to count the fields. ”

"Ugh."

Qian Xianli sighed and said faintly: "The old man knows that the official family will not let me go easily. ”

Qian Yuanqi couldn't help but ask: "Grandpa, what does the official family want?" ”

"Fields."

Qian Xianli spit out two words in his mouth, and the whole person seemed to be drained of strength, and he was a few years older.

Like the Qian family, a family that has been entrenched in Zhejiang for nearly 200 years, has countless fields under its command, not to mention two or three hundred thousand acres.

Tens of thousands of people depend on the Qian family's fields for their livelihood.

The climate of the two Zhejiang provinces is pleasant, warm and humid, Zhancheng rice is three crops a year, as long as there is no flood year, one acre of land can produce at least ten stone of grain every year, adding up to two or three million stones.

With so much food, plus tens of thousands of people, which emperor is not jealous?

There is money, food and people, and once it comes to troubled times, it can pull up an army of tens of thousands of people at any time.

This is just a Qian family, counting other families, this power is extremely terrifying.

is as strong as Li Shimin, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he also had to bow to Guanlong, Shandong, Jiangzuo and other family groups, and he could only use the means of repairing the "Clan Chronicles" to suppress the influence of the family.

"What should we do?"

Qian Yuanqi is young in the end, and he is already panicking at this time.

Qian Xianli instructed: "You go back immediately, inform your father, and send all the deeds of the clan to Yuhang County, and the debts owed by the villagers in the past will be written off." ”

"This ......"

Qian Yuanqi was stunned, his face full of incredulity.

That's 280,000 acres of land, and he gave it to the government like this, which made his heart like a knife, and his heart hurt beyond measure.

Qian Yuanqi's face struggled and said, "Grandpa, my grandson feels that offering half of it is enough to show his loyalty." ”

"Shut up!"

Qian Xianli burst into a snort, and then said bitterly: "Have you forgotten how Grandpa taught you a few days ago?" Do things, either don't do it, or do it in one go. Offering half is self-preservation, and offering all of them can show the sincerity of my Qian family, just as Deng Wangyu brought two Zhejiang to the Song Dynasty. If Deng Wangyu was hesitant back then, he would only follow in the footsteps of Meng Chang and Li Yu. ”

"Grandson understood."

Qian Yuanqi took a deep breath and replied solemnly.

Qian Xianli waved his hand: "Go, don't delay." ”

The secret meeting of the Ming and Shi families made him uneasy, and something big would happen next.

……

The Qian family and the Shen family offered their land and property, and they couldn't hide it.

This incident caused an uproar in Liangzhejiang Road and became the talk of many people after dinner.

This is not hundreds or thousands of acres, but nearly 300,000 acres of fields.

If calculated according to the market price, the value is several million.

The key is that ordinary people will not sell the field, even if they are poor, unless they really can't survive, they will not sell the land easily, let alone these big families.

"Qian Weng is confused."

Upon learning of this, Yu Xiangwu and others came to the door.

Looking at Qian Xianli, who was shrunk on the recliner and was thin and old, the group had different expressions.

Qian Xianli half-squinted his eyes, and laughed at himself weakly: "The old man is getting older, and his courage is getting smaller and smaller, so he can't stand being scared. It's just that I can't stand you, and I'm tired of you. ”

Yu Xiangwu hurriedly said: "Where is Qian Weng?" ”

Qian Xianli said slowly: "My Qian family is not very ambitious, Deng Wangyu abandoned the lord of Wu Yue back then, was willing to be a rich man, and saved the family. In my generation, I have enjoyed all the blessings I deserve, just for the safety of my children and grandchildren. ”

"In this way, when you get to the Nine Springs, you can also give an explanation to your ancestors."

"Qian Weng has seen it thoroughly."

Wei Wei smiled, and there was a hint of sarcasm hidden in his words.

Qian Xianli didn't hear it, and continued to himself: "You are still young, and there is still a long way to go." ”

After chatting a few more words, seeing that Qian Xianli was drowsy, everyone said goodbye and left.

Back in the private room.

The head of the Gu family said worriedly: "Now that Qian Weng has softened first, what should I do?" ”

"Huh."

Wei Wei sneered: "Qian Weng was frightened by the official family, he is willing to sacrifice the land, that's his business, what do you have to do with me?" ”

Giving up the family land?

How is that possible!

This may be the ancestral industry that the Wei family has accumulated for hundreds of years, and it is also the foundation of the foothold.

Yu Xiangwu said categorically: "It's still the same sentence, as long as we form an alliance and advance and retreat together, even if it is an official family, we have to weigh it." This world is still undecided! ”

"Not bad!"

"Count me in."

“……”

Soon, the thirteen families formed a temporary alliance against the incoming officials.

(End of chapter)