"Don't follow!" After a long time, the eldest grandson Wuji said coldly, "Let him recruit, I'll see how many people he can recruit?" We can't relax in other aspects, he has the ability, and even the ordinary coolie craftsmen who are ready to renovate Chang'an City will give him ten times the salary! I still don't believe it! How much money can he Li Ke have? Is it just that there is a mall? ”

Hearing the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, everyone also breathed a sigh of relief, it was not difficult for them to maintain the current situation.

"So we're going to increase all of our salaries to five times?" Zheng You was a little helpless, their original idea was three times, but who knew that now they would go directly to five times, not to mention the blacksmith shop, the experienced blacksmith apprentices recruited by Li Ke will not affect other industries for the time being.

But that Zheng Ji has already publicized his identity everywhere, and as a result, the Zheng family can't tell the difference now, and the various workshops and industries below have begun to talk about it, and people's hearts are unstable.

Although everyone was still waiting and watching at the beginning, the people are not stupid, and the sudden salary increase is too crazy, and the monthly salary increase is not nothing, but it is often for the owner to work for many years after the owner gives the monthly increase, how can there be such a direct threefold or five-fold increase?

There is a clear problem here, maybe His Royal Highness the King of Shu is fighting with these gate valve families, and now it's even worse, even the previous monthly money has come out ten times.

It's just that although I have doubts, the ten-fold monthly money is too tempting, and many apprentices and craftsmen just run away.

When they arrived at the place, as long as they showed their iron-striking skills, the other party asked for it directly, and just like the other party said, the monthly money is always 200 Wen! This salary made all the craftsmen who came over happy, and His Royal Highness the King of Shu was amazing!

When the eldest grandson Wuji was having a meeting with Zheng You, a special family meeting was also held here in Kaifeng County, Xingyang County, which is subordinate to Luoyang, in the ancestral hall of the Zheng family in Xingyang.

There were more than a dozen old men in this clan meeting, and these dozen or so old men were all very prestigious clan elders of the Xingyang Zheng clan, and in addition to these old men, there was also a man in his thirties.

"Zheng Lin." The old man sitting on the throne opened his eyes.

"Old patriarch." The young man known as Zheng Lin raised his head and spoke.

"Three days ago, I discussed with all the clan elders that today I will expel you and your family from the ancestral home of the Zheng family in Xingyang. In other words, after today, you will no longer be a member of the Zheng family in Xingyang, the Zheng family. The old man said with a calm face.

Zheng Lin was silent.

"Zheng Lin, you are very smart, and you are also strong in receiving new things in the family, and at present, you Zheng Lin has many descendants, you have four sons-in-law, and there are seven sons-in-law, and those sons will be collected by your son-in-law later, after you are expelled from the Zheng family, you can marry more wives and concubines." The old man continued.

"Clan Elder...... Why me? Zheng Lin was a little uncomfortable.

"Since you want to take this step again, you must choose a talented one, you are one of the candidates we are optimistic about this generation of patriarchs, and there is no doubt about your ability."

"After you are expelled from the Xingyang Zheng family, the Xingyang Zheng family will compensate you with one million yuan in cash, twelve shops in Chang'an City, a total of 1,000 acres of land around Chang'an, and one courtyard in Chang'an, in addition, one Luoyang house, seventeen shops in Luoyang, and the relevant servants and shopkeepers should all be transferred to your Zheng Lin Zheng family, in addition to Li Ke's gold membership of the mall is also owned by you Zheng Lin."

"From today on, you can call yourself Jingzhao Zheng, Chang'an Zheng, whatever you want. Remember, you go and follow Li Ke, the king of Shu, no matter what he does, you support him. If he falls, no one will save you, and no one will save you Chang'an Zheng. ”

"Of course, if he falls and doesn't implicate you, your Chang'an Zheng clan is not my Xingyang Zheng clan, and from today on, your Zheng clan has nothing to do with my Xingyang Zheng clan." The old man said in a cold tone.

"I ......" Zheng Lin wanted to say something, but the old man sitting on the main seat waved his hand, "I believe you can figure it out, it doesn't matter if you don't figure it out, anyway, we have already made the decision, how to go in the future, you choose." ”

"If I don't follow the King of Shu, will there be a second person who will be expelled from the Xingyang Zheng clan?" Zheng Lin bit his lip.

"Well, your brother-in-law is good and knowledgeable." The old man's face was pale, as if Zheng Lin was not his direct descendant.

"In that case, Patriarch Zheng, say goodbye and say goodbye." Zheng Lin straightened his body and arched his hand at the old man sitting in the main seat.

Everyone in the room was silent.

Zheng Lin turned around and walked towards the outside of the ancestral hall, and from then on, he Zheng Lin was no longer a member of the Zheng family in Xingyang.

"Patriarch Zheng Lin." Just as he was about to step out of the door, the old man sitting in the main seat spoke.

Zheng Lin stopped his steps.

"Don't be resentful, the general trend of the world, the ebb and flow of the tide, how this road goes, where the road forks, no one knows, but I hope we can all reach the end." The old man said softly.

"Thank you Patriarch Zheng for your advice." Zheng Lin turned around, arched his hand, and then turned around and left here decisively.

Out of the ancestral hall, Zheng Lin came back to his senses and looked at a few big characters in the Zheng ancestral hall, turned around and knelt down, and turned around and left here after kneeling three times and knocking nine times, and when he returned to his home, the people in the family had already packed up and saluted.

And several stewards have already handed over several boxes of title deeds, servant deeds, house deeds, etc. to him.

"After Patriarch Zheng arrives in Chang'an, all the industries will be cut off from Patriarch Zheng, and Patriarch Zheng will be cherished in the future. The ship is ready, and Patriarch Zheng can go to the dock. ”

Zheng Lin didn't say anything anymore, just arched his hands and watched all the subordinates move all the things in their house to the long carriage convoy one by one.

"The ...... of the house" A woman walked over, her face full of worry, she wanted to say something, but she didn't know what to say.

"It's okay, we will be Chang'an Zheng in the future." Zheng Lin smiled and said, "Don't contact your mother's side in the future, it's useless, it must be the same as here." ”

"I ......" The woman's face was a little sad, but she nodded anyway.

"Let's go, we're not here anymore anyway." Zheng Lin waved his hand, he didn't have any right to choose from beginning to end, it was impossible to say that he didn't have the slightest complaint.

But how can he? The thousand-year-old family relies not only on controlling wealth and books, but also on the ruthlessness and determination of betting.

Die or live.

The long convoy soon began to leave here gradually, and when Zheng Lin also left the mansion on horseback, he looked back silently, he knew that in his lifetime, he would probably never be able to return to this place again, the place where he grew up.