During the period of Emperor Wu of Zhou, merchants had a low status and could not be officials, and even the descendants of the merchant family were not allowed to enter politics. Although money can make ghosts grind, but under the iron-fisted methods of the micro-biological system, the sale of official beards rarely happens, and once caught, it is a felony to kill the head.

After Wei Shengzhao succeeded to the throne, he relaxed his policy towards merchants and implemented gentle methods, a shrewd move that made the world's wealthy grateful. There is a way that businessmen are profitable, and they have a vicious and long-term vision that if they can support this emperor, then they will no longer be the inferior third-rate people who are difficult to get into the hall of elegance.

Therefore, the imperial court has been fighting for many years, and the treasury is not empty, and with the support of this huge financial resources, Wei Shengzhao has once again "laid down the country" in such a short period of time.

After the Eight Kings Rebellion, the status of merchants rose rapidly, and the saying that "merchants were not allowed to enter politics" became a joke.

Today's Anhui County is as lively as ever, or rather, the excitement is a little too much, the streets and alleys are shoulder to shoulder, crowded people, and the sultry weather in May, it is really inexplicably a little manic.

Even the Lu Mansion, where a piece of land was built to build a mountain villa, was not clean.

Lü Buming was born in a merchant family in Anhui County, with a shrewd mind and a long-term vision. In his early years, he traveled all over the country for the family business, and finally established the great cause of the Lu family, looking at the entire Central Plains, he can also be said to be the largest merchant leader, and other families also look to the Lu family.

But Lü Buming also neglected his personal life because of this.

After feeling that his body was gradually exhausted, Lu Buming returned to Anhui County to take up a job as a guard, marry a wife and have children, and retire with peace of mind.

Lu Buming has no children under his knees, only an only daughter, Lu Linglong, and then he has nothing to do.

Lu Linglong is already in her prime, and her appearance is extremely delicate and exquisite, and she is also well-known in the entire Shangzhou, and then counting her family background, the person who comes to hire relatives and talk about the matchmaker can also surround two circles outside the outline of this Anhui County.

Although there is no child to inherit the family business, but the daughter's mind is no worse than that of ordinary men, Lu Buming is satisfied with him, and he is extremely spoiled by his lovely daughter, and he is counting on her to inherit the entire Lu family in the future.

Like this daughter, there are naturally tigers and wolves around her, and Lu Buming's protection of her daughter is also extremely strict, and the little people can't find out her whereabouts at all, and there is no way to talk about seeing her, so this makes a young man Erlang anxious like an ant on a hot pot, scratching his ears and cheeks.

Lu Linglong has reached the age to be married, and if she doesn't seize the opportunity, the canary in this cage doesn't know where it will fly!

Therefore, there have been more and more people visiting the Lu Mansion recently, and the people who give gifts have done what they like, and the rare treasures collected from all over the country have been thrown into Lu Buming's hands, hoping that Master Lu can take a look at himself.

"Gong Lu, our son-in-law has just tied his hair this year, he is extremely handsome, and he has the ambition to serve the country, and now he is already famous. He has always admired Lu Gong's beloved daughter, so he wrote a poem for the Linglong girl, just to get the exquisite side, and I hope that Lu Gong will give my son-in-law a chance!"

"Definitely, definitely. ”

"Gong Lu, that kid in their family is just a sour Confucian, he can't spit out a tusk in his mouth, and he is full of wind and snow when he opens and closes his mouth, where does he have any ambition to serve the country? I think it's okay for his son to deceive the little servants in the Qinglou, how can the delicate girl be so shrewd? My son-in-law, since he was a child, he has been determined to become a general, full of blood, just for the border construction, horse leather shroud, much stronger than those guys who can only poke people's backbones with a pen, and the gun is harder than anyone else!"

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. ”

"Are you still shrouding the horse-leather? Do you plan to let the Linglong girl stay alone in the empty room when you come back after wrapping the corpse? Lu Gong, this guy has bad intentions!"

"Of course, of course...... Uh......"

......

At this moment, outside the Lu Mansion, Lu Buming had a signature smile on his face, and after personally seeing off the last guest, a feeling of exhaustion swelled up, he rubbed his sleepy eyes, looked back at the mountain of gift boxes behind him, and sighed weakly.

"It's all lost. ”

The old butler on the side seemed to be accustomed to this scene, and asked politely: "Isn't the master going to take it apart and take a look?"

Lu Buming shook his head and said, "There is anything in this world that the old man has never seen." ”

"Then it's still going to the people in the slums?"

Lu Buming nodded lightly.

He naturally understands the truth that it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, but this is not something that can be done easily, even if it is such a casual charity, there will be some "Shengmi Endou Mi Hatred", he will still do it willingly, so there was a scene that was deeply imprinted in his mind and made him unable to let go for a long time.

He still remembers that year, in order to escape the war of the Eight Kings, tens of thousands of refugees fled from Jiangnan to Shangzhou, wanting to go to Shu, but the king of Hanzhong ordered the pass to be closed tightly, and not a single fly was allowed to enter.

The victims knelt outside Langya Pass and wept bitterly, grabbing the ground with their heads, and they did not hesitate to break their heads and bleed, and there were countless people who sold their children and daughters, just in exchange for a steamed bun and a bowl of gruel.

What's more, Yi Zi cannibalism.

The corpses were piled up in a mountain, and the smell was overwhelming, and under such an environment, the plague also swept in.

Lu Buming stood at the head of the city, looking at the purgatory-like scene, and couldn't help but redden.

He was originally a hard-hearted businessman, and he used to intrigue with others to fight for some petty profits, and he would also break his blood for his own selfish desires, but looking at that scene, he was moved.

Looking down at the suffering of the world, there was suddenly an illusion of becoming a god, Lu Buming felt as if his eyes had seen a very high and far place, where the mountains and rivers were beautiful, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, the houses were like houses, the traffic was strange, men and women were farming, and the old and young were happy.

But in that kind of world, it was already very difficult for him to just protect himself, so he couldn't give much for the victims and did his best.

It was also at that time that Lü Buming met Hua Yuan.

Hua Yuan was over fifty years old, and he was just a slightly famous doctor at that time, and after hearing about the scene outside Langya Pass, he resolutely led a few apprentices to walk over with a broken medicine bag on his back.

Lü Buming provided Hua Yuan with financial and human support, and Hua Yuan devoted himself to the work of diagnosing and treating the plague.

Lu Buming still remembered that when he first met Hua Yuan, he was an old man with a ruddy face, black hair, and extremely energetic, but when he saw him again, his face was haggard and his hair was pale.

What is immortal is only the sparkle in the eyes.

Lü Buming resolutely led the merchants of Shangzhou to donate their belongings to the imperial court, even though he was still a newly appointed emperor.

It's time to pay them back the money they earned.

The world is the world of the people of the world.

The sunset gradually sank, and Lu Buming withdrew his gaze and landed on a carriage that came outside the gate of the mansion at some point.

The driver was slender and thin, and although he was not outstanding, he was very young, but he was also very lively, and if it were not for his white clothes with a sword on his back, he would really look like a groom.

The carriage also looked very ordinary, not like a big family, but this combination was also interesting.

Lu Buming smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to stop the family who wanted to step forward to stop them, and wanted to see with a little interest what the young man was coming from.

Seeing that he was approaching the gate of the mansion, the young man hurriedly dismounted, led the carriage straight over, stopped in front of the mansion gate, saluted with his fists, and said in a loud voice: "The boy Tan Hu asked to see Duke Lu, and the old man was tired to report on his behalf, and he was grateful." ”

This person is Mo Jun.

Lu Buming laughed, looking at this situation, this kid named Tan Hu seemed to regard himself as a housekeeper.

"Rude!" the servant on the side couldn't help but scold, and wanted to start driving people away.

Mo Jun timidly took a few steps back.

A different color climbed up Lu Buming's eyebrows, this kid really doesn't know himself?

He walked straight up, looked it up and down with interest, and then asked, "Do you recognize this place?"

Mo Jun said cautiously: "I inquired all the way and knew that this was Lu Taishou's mansion. ”

Lu Buming nodded and said, "Look at your face, are you from out of town, right?" Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Mo Jun arched his hand and said: "I heard that the family teacher Hua Yuan is in the Lu Mansion, and I have come to look for the teacher. ”

Lu Buming was taken aback and asked, "Are you Mr. Hua's apprentice?"

The latter nodded.

"You said your name is Tan Hu?"

The latter nodded again.

Lu Buming had a wisp of long beard and fell into deep thought.

There are not many people who can be accepted as disciples by Hua Yuan, and most of them died in that plague, and Lu Buming has never heard Hua Yuan mention the name "Tan Hu", putting aside the authenticity, how can this kid know that Hua Yuan is in his own house?

Could it be that Yunxian Pavilion's minions have stretched out so long?

A trace of anger floated in Lu Buming's heart, and he was more vigilant, and he asked again: "Mr. Hua has always liked to travel all over the world, and his whereabouts are uncertain, who told you that Mr. Hua is here." ”

Mo Jun finally noticed that something was not right, but he didn't know what the inside story was, and some of them just had a clear conscience, so he didn't hide it, and replied honestly: "I met a disciple of the sect in Tianyu Tower before, he called himself Song Anshi, and he was the eldest disciple of Xunmen in Yingzhou, and we had a good conversation...... It is said that the only daughter of Lu Gong is suffering from a strange disease, so she ......"

Lu Buming was already furious in his heart, his daughter's illness should be concealed by himself, if it is really as Tan Hu said, why can a disciple of Xunmen know this news?

Lu Buming smiled and said, "Even so, Duke Lu's only daughter is just sick, how can you conclude that Mr. Hua is in my Lu Mansion?"

"Are you finished? Grandpa Hua told the slave family before that he went to Shangzhou to help a friend, so he must be in your house. ”

On the carriage, a white shadow jumped lightly.