"There are two ways to deal with this kind of problem, one is to clear all the unstable dangerous elements in the name in a simple and rough way, but there is also a big trouble in doing so, that is, everyone is their own uncle and brother, our China has been a human society since ancient times, if you deal with the problem so simply and rudely, those public opinion in the society can crush you to death, especially when there are foreign enemies pressing the border, once they collude with the enemy, it is very likely that Fang Long will be completely destroyed, and our Fang Long has gone through three generations now, or bright or dark, and also has its own competitorsThe enemy in the light is not terrible, but the enemy in the dark is not so simple, because you don't know who your enemy is, and you don't know when they will jump out, and to deal with this kind of enemy you must first let them jump out and turn darkness into light. ”

Yokoyama Shibei bowed: "This is what you Chinese say about throwing bricks to attract jade, but did you throw this brick too big, and the six major branches of the Fang Long were all thrown out at once?"

"If the benefits of throwing it out are not great, how can you lure out the enemies in the shadows, or even let them kill each other dog-eat-dog?"

"Gao Ming and Gao Ming, you Fang De is worthy of being a wise man of the Qing Dynasty," Hengshan Shibei sincerely admired Fang De: "They fought over there and broke the bloodshed, but you sat there and watched the tiger fight, waiting to clean up the mess, I believe that after this incident, your Fang family will usher in a leapfrog development, and even surpass the Eight Great Huangzhuang in one fell swoop." ”

Fang De suddenly smiled: "Beyond the Eight Great Emperor Villages, do you think that our Fang family is still dying quickly?"

Yokoyama Shibei was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"Our dynasty is the era when the emperor is the master of the house, the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister, you must have heard this sentence, in this country the emperor is the master of this country, the master of all life and death to seize the power, if you want to live well, you should never challenge his authority, don't let him be jealous of you, when he thinks your existence threatens him, he will get rid of you completely, and you should never be stupid enough that you are qualified to fight with the emperor, otherwise that is the way to die。 ”

Yokoyama Jubei couldn't help but say, "But you're just a businessman." ”

"Do you know the status of merchants in the eyes of the rulers of successive dynasties?"

Fang De asked Yokoyama Shibei rhetorically.

"The status of a merchant?"

Yokoyama Shibei was stunned when he heard this.

Fang De said: "Merchants in the four people of the four people, the lowest rank, the status is also the most unbearable, although the merchants hold a certain amount of wealth, but their status is sometimes not as good as the ordinary people, in the eyes of those kings and ministers, we are a group of people who only know that they will not look at the production of things, Moving around, when your wealth is more and more, the risk will be greater and greater, and what is more terrible is that you don't know about this risk, this is the way to die, just like the richest man in the Ming Dynasty Shen Wansan is an example, although he is the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, but he has no resistance in front of the imperial power, he is completely a lamb to the slaughter, if Fang De does not take measures to avoid risks today, the future end, our Fang family will be the same as Shen Wansan, uprooted by others, so if you want to live a long life, you have to be low-key and low-key, and then I want so much silver to do, our Fang family is just a few people, how much can you eat, how much you can use, what do you want so much silver, just the current silver of our Fang family, it is enough for our family to spend several lifetimes lavishly, why do you want to earn so much silver, is it just to bring disaster to us. ”

Hengshan Shibei bowed: "You have to avoid risks, I understand, but the silver donated by your Fang family over the years, to say the least, is millions of taels, you have no chance that the Fang Long will be destroyed, as for those enemies in the open and in the dark, our Hengshan family can help you deal with them all." ”

"How easy is it to dispose of them all?" Fang De smiled bitterly: " The biggest enemy of our businessmen is not actually their own competitors, but the emperor who is high, many emperors have the habit of raising pigs and killing pigs, if you don't want to be regarded as a fat pig by others in the future, you have to be in the range that people can tolerate, be cautious, the court is so clear and hateful to the rich in the heart is not generally strong, especially those so-called clean officials, although they may not have done much to benefit the country, but I wish that we businessmen are poorer than all of them, in their eyes we are the people, I have no need to put my family in a dangerous place for so much silver。 ”

Yokoyama Shibei was silent, and after a while he said: "Although I don't agree with your way of doing things, but Sakurako married into your Fang family, I believe that she will be safe and secure in this life, carefree, in case your Fang family really encounters any unavoidable risks in the future! Come to Kyoto, although I Hengshan in Kyoto cannot guarantee that your family will be rich and rich, at least you can ensure that you can spend this life safely." ”

"Thank you," Fang De put down the wine glass in his hand: "Actually, I said the same thing, and Robert, if it really comes to that point, I will consider going to England with Robert, Britain is a country founded on business, the environment there is much more relaxed than the Qing Dynasty, I heard that they have included the protection of merchants in the country's fundamental law, as long as you abide by the law, there is no problem." ”

Yokoyama Shibei said with regret: "It's really a pity that I can't work with you, but I really have something to trouble you when I come to Hangzhou this time." ”

"It's already a family of sons and daughters, and they are so polite to me," Fang De said with a smile: "Although our Fang Long is no longer the leader of the industry, but my connections are still there, if you want to purchase any goods, leave it to me, and I will definitely handle it properly for you." ”

"It's not that troublesome," Yokoyama Shibei said, "I know that you still have some warehouses and trade names in Quanzhou, can you transfer them to our Yokoyama family?"

Fang De suddenly smiled: "Mr. Hengshan said, these words are too outward, you cherry blossoms marry into our Fang family, no matter what, our Fang family has to take some dowry out, the warehouse over there in Quanzhou, the semicolon is also going to be sold by our family anyway, since Mr. Hengshan has taken a fancy to it, then I will give it to your Hengshan family as a dowry, and when the two children get married in the future, you don't expect me to give you how much dowry again." ”

Yokoyama Shibei laughed: "Then thank you, a daughter can get back a dowry of tens of thousands of taels of silver, and I can be regarded as earning it." ”

Fang De's mouth pursed: "I don't dare to agree with your attitude, they all say that your daughter is the intimate little padded jacket of your parents, but how do you say this to make me feel that you are selling your daughter?" ”

"What?" Hengshan Shibei said very dissatisfiedly: "I have been raising your daughter-in-law for seventeen years, and I still want me to continue to raise you, there is no door, since I sent her here, I am not ready to take her back, from today on, she is the daughter-in-law of your Fang family, and she lives in your Fang family, she has nothing to do with our Hengshan family, he is the daughter-in-law of your Fang family." ”

"You don't regret it?"

"Regret?" Yokoyama Shibei said: "I regret that I didn't send her to your Fang family since she was born, do you say it's easy for me to raise a girl, this food, use, clothing, and education, which one doesn't need money, finally my daughter grew up, but I have to fly away again, you say I don't lose money, but fortunately, this daughter also got back a few warehouses and shops, otherwise I would have to lose to death." ”

"Okay, don't regret it in the future," Fang De said, "I will train Sakurako as the future mistress of our Fang Long, and I will personally teach her Western mathematics and the way of doing business, so that she can be on her own in the near future." ”

"Sakura!" Yokoyama Shibei immediately turned his gaze to Yokoyama Sakurako: "Look at how good your father-in-law is to you, you have to learn from him well in the future, from today on, you are the daughter-in-law of the Fang family, and you are no longer the daughter of our Hengshan family, in the Fang family, you must abide by the family rules of the Fang family, honor your in-laws at home, respect your elders, and work hard outside, don't lose the face of our Hengshan family, let the daughter of our Hengshan family have no tutor." ”

"Yes, Father!"

Sakurako Yokoyama behaved deferentially.

Fang De was very dissatisfied with the attitude of Yokoyama Shibei: "Don't put the authority of your head of the family in our house, Sakura will be the daughter-in-law of our Fang family from today onwards, don't scare her." ”

Yokoyama Shibei smiled: "Yingzi, look at how good your father-in-law is to you, you will not be sad in the future, you will not be sad in the Fang family, by the way, I have been here for so long, why haven't you seen my son-in-law, where did you hide him?"

Fang De replied, "Are they still in the academy?"

"Still in the academy?" Yokoyama Shibei was surprised: "My son-in-law heard that he is already a civil and military figure in the imperial court, why is he still in the academy, you don't plan to let him share your worries." ”

Fang De replied to Yokoyama Shibei: "A generation has the responsibilities and obligations of a generation, and my responsibility is to give them a complete Fang Long. ”

"Okay," Yokoyama Shibei bowed: "Since you want to teach Sakurako business, I have no opinion, in case you teach her to be a queen-like figure, it is your son who suffers, and then you can settle accounts with me." ”

In this regard, Fang De's mouth only skimmed: "You Dongying women are very obedient, even if I want to train them to be like the Queen of England, I don't have that ability, I just teach her business, I just don't want my son to be too tired in the future, our Fang family marries a daughter-in-law not just to have children, she also has to become a virtuous helper in her husband's career, not just a beautiful face." ”

"Whatever you want," Hengshan Shibei said indifferently: "But if you want to teach, teach both of them together, anyway, one sheep is to drive, two sheep are also to drive, Jianshu, you can't come to Uncle Fang, your Uncle Fang is a wise man, what is a wise man, a wise man is to see others far, capable people can't, if you can learn three percent of his skills, it will be no problem to carry forward our Hengshan family in the future." ”

Hengjian Jianshu immediately got up and bowed deeply to Fang De: "In the future, I will ask Uncle Fang for more advice!"

Seeing Hengshan Jianshu's polite appearance, Fang De couldn't help but sigh a little, you look at the children taught by others are just like gentlemen and gentlemen, but what about the sons who can be taught, Fang Xiaoyu is quite passable, but Fang Shiyu is simply a wild monkey, you just look at his nickname "Hangzhou Little Overlord" , As soon as he heard it, he knew that he was not a good character, but his father-in-law protected him all day long, and he was not allowed to discipline himself, knowing that when he saw Hengshan Shibei and asked him to train Hengshan Jianshu, he moved the mind of Yizi to teach, and he had the impression that Hengshan Shibei was a rare strict teacher: "If you want to teach your son for you, it's no problem, we can teach Yizi." ”

"What do you mean?"

Yokoyama Shibei was stunned when he heard this.

"I have two sons, one is called Fang Xiaoyu, the other is called Fang Shiyu, Fang Xiaoyu is my eldest son-in-law, Fang Shiyu was born to my second wife, Xiaoyu is just that, but Shiyu is a wild monkey, relying on his own martial arts, he is causing trouble for me all day long, but his father-in-law always protects him, I just took him and didn't fold, in the past few years, the students of Tongtian Academy have been beaten all over again, for this matter Hangzhou prefect did not complain to me, you are the first person in Japanese martial arts, it must be no problem to help discipline a wild monkey. “

Yokoyama Shibei smiled bitterly: "You look down on me too much, if I can discipline my apprentice well, my second apprentice will not run away from home." “

"I don't know. ”

Yokoyama Jubei said: " You know that I have a few dojos in Kyoto, and I have also accepted a lot of apprentices, among these apprentices, in addition to my big disciple, there is also a very stubborn disciple, called Sada Hero, this person has a very high talent for martial arts, but he often causes trouble, even if it is between the same sect, his shot is also very ruthless, often beat other disciples are covered with bruises, just for this matter, I taught him a hard lesson, so he ran away from home, I heard that he came to your Great Qing Kingdom to challenge the martial arts masters, the pursuit of the highest level of martial arts. ”

"Wait," Fang De suddenly stopped, "The hero you said about is not very tall, like a thin bamboo pole?" ”

Yokoyama Shibei was surprised: "Have you seen him?"

Fang De smiled bitterly: "I don't know who he heard that I was a martial arts master, so he came to me to compete in martial arts, but you know that I am a businessman, where can I do any martial arts, if you have to say yes, then I will only have Western muskets, you say I can't hold two muskets to compete with him." ”

While he was talking, Chu Yi hurriedly ran in, and said helplessly: "Master, the one named Sada Hero is here again, he said that if the master doesn't compete with him in a dignified manner, he will come every day until the master is willing to make a move." ”

Yokoyama Jubei smiled bitterly: "This is really a bastard. ”

Yokoyama Kenki hesitated and said, "Father, why don't I go out and have a look." ”

Yokoyama Shibei said helplessly: "You don't have to be his opponent, or I'll go out to see this bastard boy in person." ”

Fang De nodded, then let's go out and have a look.

When the Sata hero was blocking at the door of Fang's house, Fang Shiyu and Yongning were returning from Qionghua Academy, and they met the Sada hero who was blocking the door of Fang's house and shouting for battle.

"Don't you boast of being a little overlord of Hangzhou, do you dare to have a few tricks with that Japanese ronin, I heard that he has been looking for you Lao Tzu to compete in martial arts these days, and if you are brave enough to send him away, if you can send away the ribbon, maybe your father will praise it once, otherwise don't keep saying what kind of Hangzhou Xiaobawang you are in front of me,"

Fang Shiyu immediately hesitated: "This person's martial arts seem to be very high. “

"Cut," Yongning said disdainfully: "It turns out that you are also a bully and afraid of the hard, I can see with my own eyes, just the day before yesterday, your brother drove this person away, you won't tell me that you are not as good as your brother as he is." ”

"I'll be inferior to him, he just picked up a big bargain that day when people were tired, and I'll beat him down for you. ”

However, just as Fang Shiyu was about to step forward, Fang De and Hengshan Shibei walked out with Hengshan Jianshu and Hengshan Sakurako who were Fang's family.