Suzhou, Yanziwu, living room.
"Master is here."
Hearing the voice of the servant outside, the four ministers and Abi who were sitting in their seats quickly stood up.
After a while, a young man came to the door. He was wearing a sky blue robe, his body was like a jade tree, and he was extremely handsome.
"Master," the four ministers shouted, cupping their fists.
"Well, take a seat." Murong Fu smiled and nodded, then sat directly in front of the main seat, imitating his father's appearance, holding up the teacup, gently picking up the lid, smelling the fragrance and sipping the tea.
The little yellow cat climbed along the back, climbed to the shoulders, circled into a ball, and continued to sleep soundly.
Bao BuTong, who had some complaints at first, didn't say a word when he saw Murong Fu.
Only then did he discover that there really is such a mysterious thing as temperament in this world.
The boy in front of him was someone he had watched grow up. He was only a few years older than Abi, so he could be said to be very young. But with one glance at his eyes, which were as bright as the stars, Bao BuTong almost had the illusion that he was about to fall into the abyss.
There seemed to be something unique about the young man, which he couldn't explain clearly. If I had to describe it, it would be a temperament similar to confidence.
Strong self-confidence gives the young man in front of him a unique appeal.
"Master!" Boss Deng Baichuan stood up and greeted.
According to the rules, he will report the situation first.
"Brother Deng, sit down and talk." Murong Fu raised his hand to signal.
Deng Baichuan was stunned for a moment and was very surprised: "Master?"
But when he met Murong Fu's eyes, he felt that the heaven and earth, all things in the sky, were reflected in the child's eyes. His gaze was calm, but it seemed that he could look straight into all the secrets in his heart.
When the kind words came to his mouth, he immediately swallowed them, and quickly returned to his seat to sit down, but subconsciously he only sat halfway, leaned forward, and said respectfully.
"Master, according to your instructions, all the businesses in the north that I cooperated with Shaolin and other major sects when I was here, including restaurants, escort agencies, salt goods, land, manors, etc. have been sold, except for the condolences and condolences to the local elderly and subordinates. By opening up the relationship with the government, we made a total profit of 13,842 taels of silver."
…
Half an hour later, everyone finished reporting, and Murong Fu was in a good mood. The ancestors have worked very hard over the years, and at this moment, the Murong family has the largest amount of money stored, which is two hundred thousand taels.
Of course, this is also the time when the Murong family's wealth is at its lowest. From now on, the family's money will be one tael less than one tael spent.
Just do the math, in addition to providing food and drink for Mr. Le, it would take hundreds of years for him to spend all his energy.
"Master, you don't know what we should do next?" Deng Baichuan, 'the first palm in Jiangnan' asked carefully.
For some reason, facing this young man, he even felt more pressure than the master.
What happened in the past few months? Could it be that the ancestors of the Murong family appeared?
Murong Fu thought for a while and said: "First: Next, you four brothers will put the silver and other property into the inner treasury and hand it over to Abi's care. Secondly: Fully cooperate with A'Zhu to master the intelligence information of Suzhou and Hangzhou.
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I hope that I can know all the big and small things that will happen in Suzhou and Hangzhou in the future, official promotions, detailed information of the gentry and wealthy households, business, all the forces behind each city and government, etc. "
Bao BuTong asked honestly: "Master, I'm afraid this will require a lot of time and money. Why?"
Murong Fu smiled: "We live here, why don't we take control of this place? When the time comes, the prerequisite for everything to be successful is that we have made all preparations. Do you understand?"
The four retainers looked at each other and nodded. They all knew a few words, but they seemed to not understand them all together.
Then he explained some details and wrote them down on the paper in the Murong family's secret code.
After the four people left, Abi stepped forward to pour tea: "Master."
Murong Fu nodded. The four ministers were much older than him, and their martial arts skills were not weak. They all had their own families, families and children. Xiao Jiujiu was a little bit normal in his heart.
But Abi is different from A'Zhu. She has been with him and her father since she was a child, teaching her carefully. She has good abilities, and she is a girl, so she can only rely on him.
"Abi, you have to do a lot of things next. First, take care of some orphans. Boys, girls, and sick ones can be brought back. I will send people to teach them myself.
Second: In the future, a contribution system will be established in the Murong family. With your contribution, you can exchange for various martial arts secrets, gold and silver money, family protection, strength support, and..."
After hesitating for a moment, Murong Fu continued: "There are also pills that extend life and change the bones, but this is only shown to those who have made great contributions."
Abi was stunned: "Master, our family only has the Shaolin Great Return Pill to extend life and change the bones, and that's only one pill. I left it for you to save your life."
Also, how should contributions be calculated in this contribution system? Are those things considered as contributions to the Murong family? "
Murong Fu picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and said slowly: "The contribution system is not urgent. At present, the strength of our Murong family is still too weak. In the future, I plan to build a talent classification system for martial arts, magic, reading, carpentry, blacksmith, etc." Shipbuilding, shipping, etc. all have corresponding hierarchical systems.
At that time, no matter whether it is a branch, side branch, or servant of my Murong family, as long as they have the ability to improve, they will make contributions. "
Abi's eyes lit up, this was really interesting. As far as she knew, some branches of the Murong family were living in Yanziwu just waiting to die, because the Murong family was supposed to be the direct descendants of the family, and nothing would happen without them.
And many of those side branches need to work hard to make a living. Even if they are capable, they are of little use if they are not outstanding. The world has been at peace for many years, and there are only so many ways to make money in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Unless the ability is beyond ordinary people, everyone can only live hard.
If they see others getting promoted and making money, I believe they will definitely work hard.
"Master, the Murong family will definitely flourish in your hands!" Abi stretched out her little hand and clenched it into a fist, her eyes seemed to be shining brightly.
"Meow!"
"Okay, Abi, the glory belongs to you too!" Murong Fu said with a smile.
Abi's pretty face turned red and she lowered her head in fear.
"Go down and get some rest. If you feel sore in your back or stomach in the past two days, remember to touch Le Ye more often." Murong Fu stood up and rubbed her head.
Abi's body trembled, and even her hands quickly turned red. How did the young master know that she was having trouble? Then he ran away quickly.
After everyone left, Murong Fu's gentle eyes began to darken.
There is no one under you!
But fortunately, everyone is very obedient. If you train slowly, maybe it can be used in the future.
No one is born knowing that the wind rises at the end of the green grass, or stops in the grass, or roars for nine days.
Perhaps once an ordinary person was willing to work hard and push himself, he would become the supreme king in the world, a peerless general, and an able minister in the world in the future: such as Liu Bang, Xiao He, Guan Yu...
This guy was forced out.
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The eighth year of Yuanfeng (1085).
After Zhao Xu came to the throne, Empress Dowager Gao listened behind the curtain and appointed Sima Guang as prime minister. Wang Anshi and Wang Xiang's new laws were almost completely abolished, which was known in history as "Yuan You Genghua".
The following year, Wang Anshi died of illness in Zhongshan.
…
In the evening, on the streets of Suzhou, a skinny beggar was sitting in a corner, looking pitifully at the steaming steamed buns and steamed buns in the distance, swallowing furiously.
White noodles are really a luxury and desire for him now.
As a beggar, he should have gone up to beg, but the gentleman was kind-hearted and gave him a steamed bun.
But he knew that this was the territory of the Beggar Clan, and if he was not one of their people, he would be beaten if he went out to beg, and he might even be caught and have his legs and feet broken, just to be one of his own.
The little beggars looked at the passers-by in bewilderment, laughing and cursing, with a mix of eagerness and calmness, but they shouldn't be so hungry that they would have a fever, right?
"Little brother, are you from the Beggar Clan?" A delicate and clear voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
The little beggar looked up and found a girl in green clothes standing in front of him. Her skin was whiter than that of his uncle who had been dead for more than ten days. She was extremely beautiful.
"No." The little beggar said concisely.
Talking too much will make you hungrier, but if you don't talk, you might even get beaten, a bunch of bastards.
"That's just right. Are you willing to come with me? I will work for you, provide food and shelter, and teach you skills, but you have to be obedient." The girl stretched out her hand and said softly.
The little beggar looked at this hand, which was like the white jade worn by those officers, white and greasy. He was silent for a while and said: "As long as you give me something to stutter, I can kill anyone!"
After living on the streets for so many days, he knew one thing clearly: there is no one who loses everything in this world. Not to mention that no kind person would give him money to eat and drink for free.
"Hehe~ Then you come with me." The girl turned and left.
The little beggar struggled to follow. Although he was very hungry, he had hope.
"May I have your name?"
"Chen Fei."
"Why did you become a beggar at such a young age? Where are your parents?"
"Do you know Wang Xiang's 'green seedling method'?"
"I know, my master also said that this strategy is good. The court lends money to the people, but only charges 2 cents of interest. It is much cheaper than some people."
"Oh, do you know that those dog officials force farmers to borrow? And the interest is 40%. Do you know that you have to pay 30% of the hard work tax before borrowing? Then they rob things and sell the land if they can't pay back the money? I My parents gave me the last bite, and they starved to death." The little beggar said calmly.
"Ah, then you are so pitiful! Don't worry, come with me, and you won't have to worry about being hungry in the future." The girl comforted.
"Thanks."
.......
In Yanziwu, Chen Fei, who had been thoroughly brushed from top to bottom and inside and out by an uncle, changed into clean linen clothes and came to a large room.
There are many tables and chairs in the room, arranged neatly.
Then he and many people, both men and women, all young, arranged to sit neatly. He was short, so he happened to sit in the front row.
After a while, a tall scholar came in, holding a ruler in his hand, and the room suddenly fell silent.
"You are very lucky. From today on, you are part of the Murong family.
Mr. Murong has given you three years. During these three years, I will teach you how to read and write, and other teachers will teach you martial arts, magic, craftsmanship and other crafts.
No matter which subject, as long as you perform well, you can become a retainer of the Murong family. Of course, if you don't perform well, you can only become a slave serving others, and there will be Dong Dong to teach you the rules.
By the way, all your food, drink, accommodation and transportation at Murong's house will be recorded and summarized, and the money will be calculated, with an interest of 4%. As long as the money is paid back, you can get rid of your status as a slave. "
"Did you hear that clearly?"
"It's clear!" The children shouted. They can eat shit as long as they have enough to eat, let alone study.
Chen Fei in the front row shouted the loudest.
This kind of learning opportunity was something I couldn't ask for before, and now it's right in front of me. Of course I'm excited.
He wants to do it!
…
At Yanziwu Ferry, a small boat came from afar. Standing on the boat was a slender girl. She was wearing a white dress and a white skirt. Her breasts were obviously rising and falling, and her curves were just right for the girl. She was pure and gentle.
When the boat docked, Abi stepped forward to greet her: "Miss Cousin, you are free today."
Wang Yuyan nodded and said hurriedly: "Is my cousin here? My mother pays close attention to me these days and it took a lot of effort to come here."
Abi smiled playfully: "Miss Cousin, you are still a girl who has not yet left the court, why are you in such a hurry."
Wang Yuyan was immediately ashamed and her face turned red.
Growing up, my mother hated men, so there was not a single man in the Mantuo Villa. In addition, her upbringing was extremely strict, so she saw very few men.
Among these men, only his cousin Murong Fu was handsome and ambitious. He practiced hard every day and spoke and acted differently from ordinary boys.
The girl is pregnant with spring, her feelings are always poetic, and she is sensible early, so she naturally falls in love with Murong Fu.
Unfortunately, her mother always felt that the Murong family was dreaming, and asked him to stay away from his cousin. She even often locked her up in confinement, so she could only see her cousin very rarely every year.
However, she was not idle during these days. She knew that her cousin loved martial arts, so she memorized all the secret books at home so that she could chat more when they met.
"Cousin, the young master has been in seclusion for a long time this time. He just wants to take a break and is fishing by the lake. Come with me." Abi greeted warmly.
She also likes her cousin becoming a wife, so that at least she won't be bullied as a concubine.
"Yeah!" Wang Yuyan replied happily, her heart already flying far away.
I don’t know if my cousin was sad because of my uncle’s death.
...
In the east of Yanziwu, Murong Fu stood on the deck with his hands behind his hands, the fishing rod in front of him motionless.
There are many cats hanging on the branches in the distance, waiting expectantly for the fish to take the bait so that they can have a feast.
From time to time, among the cat crowd, a cat could not help but bark. At this time, following the command of a little yellow cat on the top of the tree, three menacing big cats came out and rushed forward to beat the noisy cat.
The surrounding area became quiet again.
Over the past few months, the boy's eyes have become deeper, and his handsome cheeks have gained a mature and steady temperament.
The sun filtered through the mist and shone on half of Murong Fu's body. At this moment, Murong Fu felt a little more focused and warm.
This kind of temperament really has a fatal attraction for young girls in their prime.
Wang Yuyan was stunned for a while, and then she regained consciousness as her body was shaken. She stepped forward, squatted slightly and saluted: "Cousin."
Murong Fu turned around and saw Wang Yuyan, and he was overjoyed: "Cousin, you are here. Come on, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's go home and have a good talk."
With that said, Murong Fu kicked the fishing rod into the lake.
I originally wanted to go out and rest, but Le Ye brought a group of cats over to wait for food. Then there was no catching fish for a long time, and more importantly, the eyes of these cats seemed to despise themselves.
I can't bear it!
It’s okay not to catch this fish!
"Cousin, did you catch a fish?" Wang Yuyan asked curiously.
"It's unlucky for you to come here. The fish just happened to take the hook. If you catch that one and two more, you will have three." Murong Fu said with a smile, as gentle as jade.
"Oh, my cousin is so awesome."
After a while, Wang Yuyan fell into deep thought, and something seemed wrong.
