Master Long could understand what they were saying because he had personally experienced the entire process of Xiangjiazhuang's rise from scratch, and people's emotions were different at each stage.
The Xiang family was originally just an ordinary village in the Yanshan Mountains. More than 20 families made a living by farming and hunting. They relied on the post roads in the mountains and could exchange some goods with the caravans that came and went, and lived in extreme poverty.
The Xiang family's genealogy can only be traced back to the early years of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the world was in chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Chidi was killed thousands of miles away, and ten houses were empty. In order to restore the economy of the north, the Ming Dynasty began to move from south to north for decades. Official immigration.
Many families in Zhili, Shandong, and Shanxi wrote the first generation of their genealogy in Dahuaishu, Hongdong County, Shanxi, which was the last registration place for immigrants officially organized by the Ming Dynasty.
A family who came all the way from the south received a little money and food from the government under the big locust tree. They took the official household registration certificate and told them that your family was going to live in Zhengding Prefecture and that your family was going to live in Yanqing County. My family immigrated to Cangzhou Prefecture.
From that moment on, a new family was born. Maybe there were only three people, maybe just two couples. They were all the most ordinary people. Very few of them were literate and could not remember the names of their ancestors from the previous three generations. So their genealogy You can only choose the big locust tree as the root of your family.
However, there are exceptions to everything. Some of the families who immigrated back then were literate and even brought with them a broken family tree. This is very rare. They can trace their roots back to the Song Dynasty or even the Tang Dynasty, and even worse. Will go to the distant Han Dynasty...
There has always been a legend within the Xiang family that their genealogy can be traced back to the more distant Warring States period. The Xiang family has always claimed to be the descendants of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and the Xiang family was a famous aristocrat of the Chu state in those days. , according to the level of enfeoffment by Emperor Zhou, it is not much lower than the royal family of Qin.
For outsiders, this kind of legend is just a joke after dinner. Maybe a few well-fed literati will check it out, but to be honest, there is no way to verify such a long history. In the end, those so-called literati are just lying. There's nothing more to go on about the mountain goods and the wine.
But this legend is a heavy responsibility for family members such as Xiang Shaolong. The entire Xiangjiazhuang has followed the devil for several generations. There is always a ghost who restores the glory of the family and continues to bewitch them.
Even when Mr. Long went out to study martial arts, it was actually supported by all the families in Xiangjiazhuang. The poor in culture and the rich in martial arts have their own merits. The money spent to train a martial arts tycoon is no less than to train a scholar.
Mr. Long fell into deep memories. He clearly remembered when he was just learning the art. At that time, he endured no matter how much hardship he had with his master without any complaints. At that time, his ideal was also very simple, just to let himself and others All the relatives in Xiangjiazhuang were full.
There was always wine and meat on the table, every family's granary had enough food for two or three years to worry about, and the silly brother from his uncle's family could marry the silly and fat girl from the Liujiazhai Village next door... This was what Mr. Long was doing at that time. The ideal is very simple and down-to-earth.
But people can change. When he returned from studying and gradually gained the reputation of the Dragon Master of the North, the ghost that was originally hidden deep in his heart and wanted to restore the glory of his family came to interfere with him again.
Controlling trade routes to collect protection fees from caravans, making friends with government officials to deal with grievances on the rivers and lakes, and recruiting disciples to practice martial arts to expand the Xiangjiazhuang... Mr. Long himself didn't know why he did these things, but there were people at that time. Then a voice confused him and made him have to do this.
Until later, Weng Tonghe ignited the devil in his heart. The leader of Qingliu wanted to vouch for him, to prove that Xiangjiazhuang was really the descendant of the Chu nobles, and that the family would produce a real scholar. Mr. Weng's Recommendation is worth ten thousand dollars.
At that moment, let alone asking him to kill Xiao Letian, even if Xiang Shaolong was asked to sell opium and poison the Chinese people, he would do it because he was already obsessed with it at that time.
Fortunately, he still had a little kindness in his heart. Fortunately, he met the eloquent Xiao Letian. Having lived in two generations, he keenly discovered the kindness in Lord Long's heart, and then seized the flaw to attack. , and finally subdued the general Long Ye with his sharp tongue.
From that moment on, Xiangjiazhuang also took off following Prime Minister Xiao's success. Now Xiangjiazhuang no longer exists, but the Xiang family has become a powerful force under Xiao Letian that cannot be underestimated.
The martial arts masters and strangers led by Long Ye have become the first choice for bodyguards of Ryukyu high-level officials. Although this bodyguard team is nominally under the management of the CIA, everyone knows that this team is directly led by Long Ye, and Long Ye Only listen to Xiao Letian's orders.
Now, the command of the Far East Volunteer Army is in Lord Long's hands again. A powerful army may not appear in three or four years. Moreover, once the Far East is established, Lord Long's influence in this land will be terrifying. .
There is also Xiang Ying, a child who was completely disillusioned with the imperial examinations of the Qing Dynasty. He has been reborn as a young naval officer. The command of the first ironclad ship in Ryukyu is in his hands.
Not to mention Xiao Letian's partiality, Xiang Ying's academic performance is there, and Xiang Ying's contribution in the war between Ryukyu and France cannot be ignored. No one has any objection to Xiang Ying's reuse.
Other members of the Xiang family have also started their own businesses. The two silver furnaces for minting silver coins on the Mongolian grassland are still in charge of the Xiang family. There is a large rum brewery on Ryukyu Island, as well as a cannery and sugar factory. The factories are all owned by the Xiang family.
The Xiang family has already completed the accumulation of original capital and officially entered the ranks of Ryukyu elite families. The Xiang family has influence even in East Asia.
How many times Long Ye would wake up from his dream. He always had the same recurring dream. In the dream, he killed Xiao Letian and Huniu. The mountains were ablaze. The new army was holding muskets to avenge Xiao Letian. The old and young in the family village were beaten into sieves, and blood flowed everywhere like streams.
"It's so suspenseful. Life is actually just a few steps at a critical moment. If you take the right step, your life's destiny will be changed. If you take the wrong step, your life will sink..."
Master Long sighed and looked at the embarrassed warriors, "Yes, I can understand what those little heroes are thinking now. I have experienced the stages they are going through before..."
"A family is the most stable and simple at the beginning and after it is established. On the road to entrepreneurship, people's hearts are wary... At the beginning, if you can struggle to have enough food, clothing, wine and meat, you will laugh. After the family business is finalized and a century of wealth can be expected, people will naturally choose to be steady and even do good deeds."
"Only the period in the middle that is neither up nor down is the most painful. At that time, the door of desire has just opened, but the reality is full of all kinds of setbacks... It sounds nice to say that the cocoon turns into a butterfly, but the process of breaking through the cocoon shell is complicated. You have no idea how painful it is.”
"Zhu Shanchi, you said that someone has died because of me, then take me over and have a look. I won't believe your words..." This book was first published from, be the first to read the original content!
