When the noble lady closed the carved wooden door tightly outside the house, the surroundings seemed to suddenly become quiet. The middle-aged man sat cross-legged on the low couch, his eyes no longer looking at Cui Renxuan, but looking at the tea set in front of him sadly.
"Ren Xuan, you are not young now. Let me ask you, what do you think is needed for a family to be passed down for a long time?"
"Money, status, connections, and aggressiveness." Cui Renxuan opened his mouth without any hesitation.
The middle-aged man seemed to have expected that his son would say this, and he didn't even raise his head. He just sat there and said after a while: "Yes, it can also be said to be wrong. What you said is actually what those small families need.
Ren Xuan, who has been in charge of the huge Cui family for more than ten years as his father, has only seen through one thing. In fact, the family is just like being an official. When it reaches a certain point, the last thing it needs is these things!
These are all false. You can never tell where a person will come from and take them all away. This person may be the emperor, or he may be a rebel, or he may even be just someone you can't see right now. Ordinary people! "
"My Cui clan has one hundred thousand people and countless dependents. Even if the emperor wants to move, he can't do it so easily..." Cui Renxuan looked at his father in shock and forgot to cover his face for a moment.
The head of the Cui family glanced at his son with a half-smile, but did not explain to him. His son still thought that this was the era when the three families were divided into Jin Dynasties, and one family could control a country. Don't you know that starting from Yang Guang, the emperor I am very wary of my family!
Did Yang Guang conquer Goryeo for the sake of perfecting the world? No! Yang Guang is borrowing the power of the aristocratic family to strengthen himself. Once he wins the conquest of Goryeo, Yang Guang will immediately bring the power of victory and return to his country to sweep away all the aristocratic families and wealthy families that he finds an eyesore!
I still remember that I was frightened three times a day, and the one I was afraid of was Yang Guangsheng! Later, Li Yuan raised an army funded by the Guanlong family and captured Chang'an. Although he did not suppress the family, he liberally enfeoffed new nobles in an attempt to check and balance the influence of the old families on political affairs.
He has already seen that the winter of the family is coming soon. At this time, it is the most unwise to catch up! The sky is cloudy and sunny, and the family is even more so. Following the trend is the way to go. Unfortunately, Ren Xuan is too young and has never suffered setbacks. If he hears this truth, it will definitely be useless.
Shaking his head and putting aside the chaotic thoughts for the time being, the head of the Cui family said to the astonished Cui Renxuan in a deep voice: "These are not things you need to know for the time being. You just need to know that now that we are at this stage of our family, all we have to do is accept the situation as it comes. If the future is good, even if we do nothing, the world will push those things to come to us. If it is bad, then as long as we deal with it calmly, it is just a temporary setback. As long as the foundation is still there, there will be no What kind of!"
Cui Renxuan looked at his father blankly. He didn't know why his father said this today. Judging from his appearance, it was definitely not a joke. For a moment, his mind was a little confused and he didn't know how to answer.
The middle-aged man glanced at Cui Renxuan, who looked confused, and continued: "You may not understand what I am telling you today, but you must remember that for everyone, peace should be the top priority! If there is any unavoidable reason, We need to use the power of plowing the courtyard to clear holes to avoid future troubles! Rather than being like you today, foolishly trying to teach others a lesson, it is not only useless, but only adds to the laughter!"
When Cui Renxuan heard this, he was dissatisfied and said: "Who says it's useless? The emperor is already tempted. Maybe if they are asked to play it again tomorrow, the emperor will take back the cement. As long as the Ministry of Industry is ordered to make it, then our Cui family will definitely be able to share it." A piece of cake."
"A share of the pie?"
The middle-aged man resisted the urge to kick this idiot son to death, suppressed his anger, and still said slowly: "You are wrong, meddling in everything is only for idiots, you and your family have everything in this world. Can't take it!
Look at this Marquis of Sanyuan County, he is even younger than you. He lets things out without any hesitation. The big tree attracts the wind. My Cui family has been quiet a lot in these years, but you just want to jump out. Hey ...I have already informed the court officials today and will not mention this again tomorrow. Just give me a good look and see if the emperor is tempted at all. "
After saying that, the head of the Cui family stood up, rolled down his sleeves, and strode away from here, while Cui Renxuan was still kneeling here, unable to figure out what happened today.
Cui Renxuan didn't know that while he was thinking hard, a fast horse had already brought Changsun Wuji's letter to Sanyuan County.
The person who received the letter was Zhang Qiang, who had inspected the paint. Zhang Qiang, regardless of the words written on the letter: Xiao Han personally signed it, directly broke the seal, shook out the letter paper, and read the letter from beginning to end.
At the end, Zhang Qiang was furious and stuffed the letter into his arms: "Well, you, the Cui family, say you are the heir of Shili. I didn't expect you to be so shameless. His grandma actually dared to trick us behind our backs!"
Butler Lu, who was standing with Zhang Qiang, glanced at Zhang Qiang in confusion, only to find that Zhang Qiang had already run off to ride a horse angrily.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Butler Lu looked at Zhang Qiang's back in confusion and asked, but unfortunately no one answered.
Soon, the same question sounded again on the other side of Shishan.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Xiao Han threw down half of his flat gourd-like helmet and looked strangely at Zhang Qiang, who was leaning on his knees and breathing heavily.
"look by youself!"
After Zhang Qiang finally took a breath and threw the letter into Xiao Han's hand, he started looking for water everywhere. He was so thirsty...
When Zhang Qiang came back holding a large porcelain cup, he found that Xiao Han, who should have been furious, continued his previous work. The letter was put aside, and the paper was still fluttering in the wind.
"Have you finished reading?" Zhang Qiang asked strangely with wide eyes.
"finish watching."
"Do you understand?"
"Do you understand?"
"Then you, can you still sit still???" Zhang Qiang became more and more puzzled, when did Xiao Han have such good qi-raising skills?
Xiao Han stopped what he was doing, looked at Zhang Qiang funny, and said, "What should I do? Jump up and go to the door of Cui's house to curse on the street?"
"Ah, why, no? These people instigated others to take over our cement kiln. We didn't make any money back, and it was confiscated in the blink of an eye. Aren't you angry?"
"It's useless, Your Majesty will not do this!"
"How do you know? You are not His Majesty!" Zhang Qiang felt more and more confused.
Xiao Han sighed and said to Zhang Qiang: "Idiot, don't you look at who are the people building cement kilns now? Most of them are military generals. They have been born and died outside. Your majesty just said, you want to take away their money-making belongings." Do you think it's possible?" Regarding Zhang Qiang's hindsight, Xiao Han was helpless. He didn't know if this guy was currently doing external relations work and would be deceived into selling himself...
"Huh? You're right..."
Zhang Qiang didn't suddenly realize it until then, but in an instant he thought of another point and asked hurriedly: "Hey, Xiao Han, have you expected this day and made plans early to tie up all those generals?" Come in so you can deal with this situation?”
"No! I am a pure person. I just want to point out some ways to make a fortune for my friends. How could I be so dirty and take advantage of them?!"
Xiao Han's words were awe-inspiring, but Zhang Qiang didn't listen and felt that these words were a bit false. However, he had no evidence, so he had to put aside this idea and asked again: "What should we do now? We pretend not to know? It's too cowardly. …”
"Pretending not to know..." Xiao Han touched his chin and said: "That's too cheap for them. Didn't the Cui family say they wanted to buy colored glaze last time? You go to the cave to pick out a few pieces and send them over. You can collect some interest first. , before you cheat him!"
"I think it works!!!" Zhang Qiang was finally happy. He seemed to have seen piles of treasures waving to him...
No one expected that in one day, cement would become popular again. Chang'an was full of people talking about cement. Even the most pedantic masters knew that cement was a good thing!
Nonsense, how can it be bad for something that attracts quarrels from all parties in the court? Xiao Han may not have thought that cement would be quickly accepted by everyone in such a way.
On the second day, just as the Cui family head and Xiao Han expected, Li Yuan didn't mention the matter at all. An idiot who couldn't see the situation mentioned it and was immediately scolded by Li Yuan!
"The Tang Dynasty founded a country based on benevolence and filial piety. How could you betray your trust and rob the subjects of their belongings? As an official, you are not only not upright, but also persuaded me to go astray. Your intentions are to be punished. If someone comes, strip off your official uniform, you will never be employed! "
Seeing that this man was stripped down to just a layer of underwear by the golden melon warrior. He cried and screamed but was still mercilessly carried out. The rest of the people were all watching with their eyes and noses, especially those who jumped out yesterday. Those few are like clay-born Bodhisattvas, as if they were not the first ones mentioned yesterday.
After such a fuss, the business of the cement kiln immediately became more prosperous. After the Ministry of Industry came down to inspect it in person, it solemnly stated: Cement is indeed a supreme tool for urban defense construction. Please include cement in the procurement. The governors of various places They even went on to ask the Ministry of Revenue to allocate money to purchase cement so that they could make their city stronger.
Xiao Han, who devoted himself to the development of new armor, turned a deaf ear to this. In fact, Xiao Han had a great advantage, that is, he was sure of one thing and had to complete it. When he flashed his mobile phone in later generations, he could not do it twice once or twice. If it didn't work, I would try it ten times. I stayed in the Internet cafe for a whole night and didn't give up until I finished it.
Xiao Han now is just like that time. The style of armor has come out. Fish scale armor, with pieces of armor and leaves strung together, has the least restraint on people. The plate armor at the beginning has long been thrown aside, and the person wearing that thing , behaved like a stupid robot, Xiao Han shook his head when he saw it, wasn't he just a target on the battlefield?
