In the Eastern Chinese tradition, it generally starts from Chinese New Year's Eve "please God" and ends with "sending God" on the fifth day of the new year, which is called the New Year.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor in the Forbidden City will go to the imperial government, the shops in the city will open for business, and the students in the school will attend classes, and the new year will begin.

Every New Year, every household should hang the blessing word in the middle hall or paste the Spring Festival couplets on the door frame, use five-colored paper, cut into the same form as copper wire, knot a string with silk thread, on the day of the first day of the Lunar New Year, hang high on the lintel of the main house, symbolizing the fortune and treasure.

In order to have a better symbolic meaning, but also to not lose the momentum of the neighbors, they often cut copper wires and hang them a few days in advance.

For a long time, the fashion is formed, every New Year's Festival, the colored paper at the door of the household is fluttering, and it is delicate and beautiful. And the color paper copper wire high-altitude drifting appearance, from a distance seems to fly with the wind to enter the door, implying that the God of Wealth comes into the door, so it is also called the God of Wealth.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the sky has just dawned, the suburbs of Penglai County, Jiangjiagou has been lively, gongs and drums are bursting, there are people in the township who love to play with rouge, charcoal strips to dress themselves up as the god of civil and military wealth, holding a long whip in their hands, go to the door of a house, and begin to sing loudly.

In order to pray for good luck in the new year, the owner of the courtyard would take out the copper coin strings that had been prepared and hang them around the necks of these people.

After these "gods of civil and military wealth" got the money, they were still not satisfied, and they did not go home immediately, but beat gongs and drums and continued to go to other homes to celebrate the New Year, meaning to send wealth and treasure to their families.

"Fourth brother, you gave too much." Fan Agui watched several gods of civil and military wealth leave happily, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and he couldn't help but prevent himself from catching up, and asked for the few strings of copper coins that were sent back.

Obediently, I'm afraid the money sent out is not a few hundred, right?

It's enough for the family to eat for several days!

"On New Year's Day, don't you just want to celebrate and ask for good luck!" Fan Xingbao said arrogantly: "Anyway, it's only four or five hundred yuan, and when you calculate it, it's less than two dimes." This has to be left in Hanzhou, and some families will directly send one or two yuan to the God of Wealth who comes to the door. Well, when converted into the silver dollars of your Qin State, there are almost six or seven yuan! ”

"Fourth brother, can you really earn more than a dozen taels of silver a month in Qi Kingdom?" Fan Agui didn't understand the exchange of gold yuan and silver dollars, and there were few of these "large" currencies at home, but he could still hear from Fan Xingbao's words that this broad relative from Qi didn't care about the "small money" that was given away casually, and in their Qi country, everyone seemed to be so rich.

"If you were working in a factory, you would have been an apprentice at first, and you wouldn't have that much money, but you would have had seven or eight taels of silver." Fan Xingbao said with a smile: "After working for five or six years and becoming a skilled worker, you can almost get a dozen taels of silver." However, it was still very hard, and I had to work in the factory for more than ten hours. ”

"Working for more than ten hours, what's the hard work." Fan Agui's eyes were already bright, "Every year in the spring ploughing and autumn harvest season, I sleep for a few hours every day, and I have to go down to the ground before dawn, and the sky is going to be dark before I go home to eat." Oh, by the way, Fourth Brother, in your Qi country, can you eat meat every day? …… I heard that there is also fragrant beef. ”

"In our Qi country, beef, mutton, and whale meat, that's just for you to eat, and the price is cheap. For a few dimes, you can buy a large piece of whale meat, and that thing, although it is a little chewy, is not the same as fish, but it still tastes a little like beef. ”

"I've never eaten beef in my life!" Fan Agui subconsciously squirmed a few times in his throat, "And what kind of whale meat are you talking about, what is it?" Is it the same as the fish we caught in the sea? ”

"Whale, that guy is big. Well, it's the size of a dozen or twenty cows! Fan Xingbao spread his hands wide and gestured, "Only one whale is needed, it is estimated that all the people in this village are counted, and they can't eat it all at once!" Two months ago, I brought back a dozen canned meats, including whale meat. In our Qi country, whale meat is the cheapest, and then mutton and beef. Let me tell you, as long as you arrive in our Qi country, although there is no guarantee that you will be able to eat meat every day, but you can definitely guarantee a tooth sacrifice every three or five times! ”

More than 30 years ago, Fan Xingbao's father, Fan Jinfu, smashed the pot and sold iron to make a sum of money, and resolutely boarded the immigration ship of Qi State, drifted across the sea, and came all the way to Hanzhou itself.

He first worked as a worker in the Jianye factory, and after three years, he gained a foothold a little, and heard that it was more profitable to go to sea, so he turned around and boarded an ocean-going trading merchant ship.

After overcoming various difficulties at sea, with a spirit of hardship and hard work and good at learning, in less than ten years, he went from a landlubber to the position of the chief officer of the merchant navy, and saved a large amount of savings, successfully settled in Jianye City, and married a daughter-in-law from the countryside of Jianye Fu.

More than a decade ago, Pham Kim Phoc's merchant ship was caught in a storm near the island of Ceylon and capsized, killing dozens of sailors. Fortunately, with the blessing of Mazu, he and several crew members were lucky enough to drift with a wooden barrel for a few days, and were rescued by a passing merchant ship.

After this incident, Fan Jinfu was a little timid, gave up the job of running a boat, and instead took out the money he had accumulated, and with the help of several acquaintances, he jointly invested in a small plantation on Weiyuan Island (now New Guinea Island), and set aside more than 100 acres of land to engage in cocoa cultivation.

Over the years, with the rise of the cocoa market, a lot of money was made and the plantation gradually expanded.

Five years ago, after years of experiments, Qi researchers finally achieved a major breakthrough in the field of rubber and completed the invention of vulcanization of rubber, thus opening the door to large-scale development and use of rubber.

To this end, the Qi government began to vigorously promote the establishment and production of rubber plantations in Weiyuan, the Malay Peninsula, Jinzhou (now Sumatra) and other places, and gave various preferential policies to the investors and businessmen who came.

Fan and several partners then enclosed more than 300 acres of land in Yanjin (present-day Daru, southern Papua New Guinea) and built a rubber plantation.

Nowadays, the rubber has reached the time of rubber tapping, and as soon as the rubber produced is on the market, it is in short supply with strong market demand, so that Fan Jinfu and other plantation owners make a lot of money.

Wealth does not return to the hometown, just like a brocade night walk!

However, although Fan Jinfu has the idea of returning to his hometown in Dengzhou and returning to his roots, he is already 60 years old and may not be able to bear the long journey at sea.

So, he let his fourth son Fan Xingbao go to the hometown of Qin, and boasted that their Fan family was already developed in Qi State, which was enough to glorify the lintel; The second is to see if the relatives in their hometown are willing to come to Qi and take them over to live a good life together.

In addition, as the scale of the plantation operated by their Fan family is getting bigger and bigger, more and more people are needed, and these are from their hometown relatives, so it is easier to use them!

When Fan Xingbao arrived in Penglai in October last year on a regular liner between Qi and Qin, he rented a carriage, hired two armed guards, and came to Jiangjiagou under the guidance of a guide.

His arrival immediately caused a sensation among the people of the entire township. Not only were their Fan relatives excited, but even the nearby farmers from the three towns and four miles came to see the excitement and see the Qi Guokuo relatives from the Fan family.

Fan Xingbao brought pocket watches, leather goods, woolen wool, soap, candies, canned food, cocoa powder, ivory bracelets, tortoiseshell ornaments, and delicate hardware tools from Qi State...... There are all kinds of things, and a few big bags of things really opened everyone's eyes and tasted them.

It's a pity that not only Fan Xingbao's grandparents have passed away a long time ago, but even his two uncles have been dead for seven or eight years, leaving only a frail and sickly aunt, but looking at it, it seems that there are not many years left.

After greeting many cousins and sisters, Fan Xingbao learned that his father had sent many letters back over the years, but they had not received any of them, and they did not know whether the sender had not delivered them at all, or for some other reason, and was stuck in a certain link.

Alas, Daqin's postal system is really speechless.

Jiang Jiagou's relatives all thought that his father was likely to die at sea, or that he was also struggling to survive in the Qi country, and life was so difficult that he could not contact his family on the mainland at all.

Now, knowing that Fan Xingbao's father is not only alive and well, but also made a fortune and gained momentum in the Qi country, this makes all the Fan family feel an unprecedented throbbing - we are going to be developed!

Before Fan Xingbao came, he carried a full 1,000 gold yuan coupons, and when he arrived in Penglai, he first exchanged 1,500 Daqin silver dollars at the Huaxia United Bank in the city and put them in the suitcase he carried with him.

Well, this is also one of the reasons why he deliberately hired two armed guards when he set off to Jiangjiagou to visit his relatives, and he was not allowed to be robbed in the middle of the road, and it was okay to lose his money, if he lost his life in the realm of Daqin, who would he talk to?

After meeting his relatives, Fan Xingbao was not stingy. In his father's name, he gave a hundred silver dollars directly to the sick aunt, and the other cousins and sisters, who were also human beings, had a share of twenty dollars each. This made everyone smile, and even claimed that he praised his father, "Fan Sanye is arrogant".

When Fan Xingbao asked, there were many brothers and sisters who were willing to go to Qi with him and live a good life together. For this reason, he can buy ferry tickets for them, and when he arrives in the Qi country, he will also help settle down. These periods are spent, and after the money is saved later, it will be slowly returned to him.

Except for some older relatives who are hesitant to leave their homeland in their hearts, or relatives who have family bonds, more than ten people immediately expressed their desire to follow him to Qi to make a fortune.

However, when they heard that their ferry tickets to Qi and the cost of settling down in Qi were not free, they couldn't help but feel guilty in their hearts.

Tell me, when the third child of your Fan family went to Qi State, many relatives in the family raised a lot of money for him, and even his two brothers also pulled a lot of debts from Zhang Yuanwai's family in the village, and the result was more than 30 years, tired and tired to pay off his debts, and he didn't enjoy a little blessing when he died.

Of course, you, Fan Xingbao, came back on behalf of your father this time, and also threw a lot of money at the big guy, adding up to four or five hundred silver dollars, which is more than ten times more than the money you borrowed when you left.

But you can't be so unconscionable, can you?

If it weren't for the people in your family who pooled money for you to go to Qi Kingdom, you wouldn't be as rich as you are today, and it would be impossible for you to return to your hometown to show off like this.

How much is the ticket from Daqin to Qi State?

How much can it cost to settle down in Qi country?

You are only willing to pay for us, and the money will be paid back to you slowly in the future!

This, this, isn't it a little unreasonable!

Regarding the careful thinking of these relatives, Fan Xingbao just sneered and remained silent.

As the old folk saying goes, help the poor not help the poor, help the poor not help the lazy, if I bring this group of poor relatives in my hometown to the country of Qi, everything will be rounded, and the good food and drink will be waiting, what will happen?

In my Daqi, I don't raise lazy people much!

If you have hands and feet, you can do anything and support yourself. If you endure a little hardship and be frugal, you can always accumulate some belongings in three or five years.

My old man, not from the beginning, worked as a factory apprentice, carried a bag on the dock, washed the deck on the ship, ate rancid food and water, and almost lost his life at sea, but also fought with savages in the jungle on Weiyuan Island, and fought with mosquitoes and poisonous ants, after decades of hard work, only then did he have today's wealth and happiness.

In this world, there will never be free meals, let alone plain help, if you want to live a good life, you have to earn it yourself!

We can help bring you out of Great Qin and to the Qi Kingdom, and give you a chance to change your destiny, which is the greatest gift to you.

In other words, although Great Qin has relatively strict control over the behavior of its own people going abroad, it is not forbidden for this kind of behavior of relatives to take refuge and go abroad.

Decades ago, when Qi promised Qin not to take the initiative to carry out official large-scale migration, it signed a series of treaties on exchanges between the people of the two countries, including one of them, that is, the people of both countries can go to each other's countries to settle and live in the form of relatives, and the governments of both countries are not allowed to set up all kinds of obstacles and restrictions, and give policy convenience.

In this way, the rulers of the Qin State hoped to attract those who had made a fortune in the Qi State to return to their roots and return to their hometowns, and at the same time bring the wealth they had acquired back to the mainland, thus indirectly sucking a wave of blood on the Qi State.

The state of Qi tried to use this opening to transform the official large-scale immigration behavior into a spontaneous act of the people. After all, no matter which country or nation, it is not desirable to live a good and happy life.

Where are the good days of good and happy?

That can only be in the rich and powerful Qi country!

With more opportunities, higher incomes, better living standards, and a better security system, how can we not attract a steady stream of mainland immigrants?

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some people always have the obsession of their homeland in their hearts, and after making a fortune or becoming famous, they will return to the mainland of China in a beautiful way, return to their roots, and enjoy their old age.

But after so many years, the number of people of Qin who went to Qi was increasing day by day, and the number of people who immigrated to Qi every year in the name of relatives was no less than 50,000 or 60,000, and the number of people who returned from Qi was only a few hundred people, which really made the princes of the court of Great Qin stunned.

If you add the people who smuggled into Qi through various illegal means, the scale of the number will be even larger, and it will not be more than 100,000 people!

In the eyes of the imperial court, these people who moved (smuggled) overseas were tantamount to "abandoning the king", not thinking about serving the country, and turning their backs on their ancestors and fathers, because they were disloyal and unfilial, but for "the people abandoned by the Heavenly Empire", and they were to blame.

However, the common people don't care about the vain ideas such as "bathing in the king" and thinking about serving the country, they can go to the country of Qi to make a lot of money and live a good life, which is more real than anything else!

It is said that after Zhang Yuanwai of Jiangjiagou heard that the Fan family had come to Qi Guokuo's relatives, he didn't know how much better his attitude towards their family, and he personally brought gifts to visit.

When Fan Xingbao presented him with a few ivory products from Qi Kingdom, he was pleasantly surprised.

This thing is available in Penglai County, but the number is definitely not much, and it is also a collection of luxury people, so it is easy not to take it out and show it to others.

Unexpectedly, this Fan family boy from the Qi Kingdom was so generous and easily gave away a few pieces, which was worth dozens of silver dollars.

I heard that the Fan family boy said that they had enclosed four or five hundred acres of land in an overseas territory of Qi State, planting cocoa, rubber, etc., and collecting tens of thousands of yuan in interest every year.

Four or five hundred acres of land, what is this concept?

They have been operating for decades, and Jiangjiagou and several nearby villages such as Songzhuang and Huaishu Village have placed more than 200 acres of land. And the Liu family, which owns the most land in the entire Penglai County, has only more than 1,300 acres of cultivated land together - you know, their Liu family is a member of the imperial court who has a household book.

As the Fan family boy said, the plantations they operate are still relatively small, and in the Nanyang territory of Qi State, it is said that there are hundreds of thousands of acres of enclosed land of large chaebols, and there are tens of thousands of native slave laborers.

Damn, people are more popular than dead people!

A poor boy who was worthless back then, because he ran to the country of Qi and developed in just over ten years, compared them to a gentry family with a heritage of tens or hundreds of years.

Can you get one or two of your own children out through the Fan family?

If this also gained momentum in the Qi Kingdom, it would be of great benefit to the development of our Zhang clan.

Recently, the situation in the Korean kingdom has been unstable, and it has already caused a stir, and it has affected their Dengju territory. The government is sending more and collecting grain. If this starts, I am afraid that it will have a greater impact on them.

From this point of view, the location of Qi is good, and from a distance, no wind or grass can affect Qi country.

(End of chapter)