Besides, Qin Feng and others worked hard along the way and finally arrived at Suide City at noon.
Suide City is a huge rectangular city, two miles and 150 paces from east to west, two miles and 135 paces from north to south, and eight miles and 280 paces in circumference. It has four gates in the east, south, west and north, and a city wall. It is more than three feet high and is made of rammed loess. It is also covered with a thick layer of green bricks. It is tall, majestic and extremely strong!
Suide City is not only majestic and majestic, but also the base camp of Qin merchants in northern Shaanxi. Caravans come and go constantly every day, and all kinds of goods come in and out. It is really prosperous!
It is easier to make a living in a prosperous place. This is an eternal truth!
Therefore, after the drought broke out, hungry people within a hundred miles radius gathered one after another, just asking for a bite of food to survive... Looking around, there was a huge crowd, at least 20,000 to 30,000 people, and the number was still increasing.
There are so many hungry people that the city of Suide cannot accommodate them at all. They can only stay outside the city, build a straw shack or dig a cellar in the ground to barely have shelter!
The accommodation is okay, but what about food?
The officials can't be counted on. Those guys only care about money and don't care about the lives of the hungry people!
Fortunately, the merchants in the city were more conscientious and took the initiative to contribute money and food. They opened many porridge sheds under the city walls and gave free gruel to the hungry people. They had two meals a day. Although they were not full, they would not starve to death!
Any business that provides free porridge will put a flag on the porridge shed with the company's name and surname. Among them, the Xue family's flags are the most common, at least fifty or sixty!
Not only that, the Xue family also donated a lot of old bedding, old clothes, and other daily necessities to the hungry people to help them tide over the difficulties!
Seeing this scene, Qin Feng couldn't help but nodded. Everyone said that the Suide-Xue family was not only rich, but also philanthropic. They were a conscientious businessman. This statement was true!
Next, a group of people began to enter the city. When Nachi walked near the city gate, he found a list of papers posted on the city wall, and many people gathered around, whispering and discussing.
"Hey, Xue Caishen has always been generous and generous, and he is a rare good man. Why did he get a strange disease?"
"Yes, in the year of severe drought, there was no harvest in the fields. If the Xue family had not taken the lead in opening the porridge shed, I don't know how many people would have starved to death. Good people should be rewarded. I will go to the temple now. Please use a pillar of peace incense and pray to the Great Merciful and Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva to bless Xue Caishen and turn all bad things into good luck and get well soon!"
"You're right, let's go together. If you follow the way, sincerity will lead to spiritual success. If we have so many people offering incense together, Guanyin Bodhisattva will definitely bring blessings!"
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Xue Caishen's... strange disease... could it be that something happened to Little Tutu-Xue Jinyu's family?
Qin Feng immediately got into the crowd and carefully read the inscriptions on the city wall. Sure enough, something happened to the Xue family. The person who was in trouble was none other than Xue Jinyu's biological father, Xue Renli, one of the three major Qin merchants in the northwest. He was given the nickname: Xue God of Wealth!
It was written clearly on the list: Just a month ago, Xue Caishen suddenly suffered from a strange disease. First, he suffered from general weakness, loss of appetite, dizziness and insomnia... then abdominal pain like a twist, convulsions all over his body, and finally he fell into a coma.
Since Xue Caishen fell ill, the Xue family has invited all the doctors, big and small, in Suide City. They drank countless decoctions, took countless pills, and used a lot of folk remedies, secret recipes, and evil remedies... but they couldn't cure it. Xue Caishen's illness was not only incurable, but even the cause could not be found.
In desperation, Xue Jinyu ordered people to post a notice at all piers, ferries, city gates, temple gates...everywhere with a large number of people within a hundred miles: "No matter who you are, as long as you can save your father's life, The Xue family is willing to reward you with five thousand taels of gold! '
Five thousand taels of gold, which is also 50,000 taels of silver, is enough to buy a big estate and live comfortably for a lifetime!
After the notice was posted, famous doctors, wandering doctors, witches, divine men, and minor immortals from within a few hundred miles gathered one after another. There were at least two to three hundred people.
It's a pity that I have tried all kinds of methods including acupuncture, cupping, chanting sutras, performing magic dances, and inviting fox fairies, but there is still no effect at all!
'Xue Caishen' is getting weaker and weaker, and he is afraid that he will kick his legs in the next few days. Those who have been favored by the Xue family shed tears, and then they burn incense and pray to Buddha for blessings!
"Brother Feng, what should I do?"
"Let's go to Xue's house immediately and see if we can help!"
People's lives are at stake and they dare not neglect it. After some inquiring, Qin Feng and his party quickly found the Xue family compound.
Located in the northeast corner of the city, there are several large courtyards in front and back, covering an area of more than 200 acres, with high and thick walls... A black-painted gate, three steps, and two servants in Tsing Yi standing on both sides, specially responsible for welcoming guests.
Seeing a group of strangers coming to the door, two servants immediately came to greet them: "What do you guys do for a living?"
"Your daughter-in-law is at home, and I'm here to pay you a special visit!"
"I'm sorry. The master of the house is seriously ill and bedridden. My daughter-in-law is busy taking care of her and can't be separated. If you don't have anything important to do, how about you come back later?"
"I am a good friend of your young lady. I come from Yulin Youwei-Zhenbei Qianhu. If you show this to her, she will definitely meet me!"
While talking, Qin Feng took out a lily-patterned mutton-fat jade pendant, crystal white and antique!
"Ah, this is my young lady's personal jade pendant. Dear guest, please wait a moment. I will go and report it immediately!"
A person's personal jade pendant would not be given away easily to others. If it was given away, it would prove that the friendship between the two was definitely extraordinary. The servants did not dare to neglect, one stayed to laugh and talk with him, and the other ran away to the inner house. Went to deliver the letter.
After a while, an old man in blue robe walked out. He was in his early fifties and clean-cut. He was the manager Sun whom he had met before.
"Master Qin is really here. My benefactor, I'm so polite!"
"You're welcome. I heard that your master is in poor health. How is he doing now?"
"Oh, I can't say enough. Please, Mr. Qin, please go to the back hall with me. My daughter-in-law is waiting there!"
"good!"
Next, Manager Sun led a group of people through the gate and into the first courtyard, where two to three hundred people gathered.
There are charlatans holding copper bells and carrying medicine boxes on their backs, there are motley old Taoists wearing Bagua fairy clothes and holding peach wood swords, there are bald monks wearing gold cassocks and holding purple gold alms bowls, and there are also strangely dressed people holding a peach tree in their left hand. The sheepskin drum, the magic whip in the right hand, the magic stick jumping on the ground, spitting foam at the mouth, the witch, the wizard!
It’s so diverse that it’s hard to list!
Youdao was ill and rushed to the doctor. Xue Caishen was ill for a long time and was dying. So the Xue family invited all the monks, Taoists, ghosts and snake gods to give it a try!
It turned out to be of no use at all!
Passing through the first courtyard and entering the second courtyard, dozens of people gathered here, all dressed in gorgeous clothes and gold and jade jewelry, all dressed like young men from rich families.
"Since ancient times, men have inherited the family business, and women have never inherited it. Don't you think so?"
"You're right, girls are outgoing and will get married sooner or later. Our Xue family's property must not fall into the hands of outsiders!"
"Divide the family, divide the family, each male member of the Xue family will have one share!"
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This group of young men were noisy, and the words "separation" could not be separated from the words in and out of their words. One of them, a young man with a thin body and slender limbs, like a giant monkey, danced the most happily and tried to He led people into the third courtyard, but was blocked by a large group of servants.
"Manager Sun, who are these people?"
"Oh, they are all members of the Xue family...a bunch of white-eyed wolves!"
Steward Sun lowered his voice and explained to Qin Feng that it turned out that the Xue family was a large family with more than 300 members, divided into five families and thirteen branches according to blood relationships!
Among them, Xue Caishen and Xue Jinyu have the smallest number of people. They are just two people, father and daughter. They are far unable to compare with other branches!
Then again, although this team has a small number of people, the quality is high!
Xue Caishen has a smart mind. He opened hundreds of shops in just ten years. Not only did he earn millions of dollars, but he also became one of the three major Qin merchants in the northwest, with a very high social status!
It is a pity that Xue Caishen has a million-dollar fortune and dozens of wives and concubines, but he did not give birth to a son. He only had a precious daughter as his heir.
Rich but childless, some members of the Xue clan had a crooked idea. They clamored all day long about "female foreign ministers cannot inherit the family business" and demanded that the female young master, Xue Jinyu, be married off as soon as possible until Xue Caishen, a hundred years later , all the family property was given to the Xue family children.
Xue Caishen has strong abilities and high prestige. Normally, this group of people would just whisper a few words in private and never dare to say it to his face!
Now that Xue Caishen is seriously ill and unconscious, these guys have jumped out and clamored to separate the family all day long, completely ignoring blood and family ties!
The big horse monkey that danced the most happily was called Xue Yulin. He was Xue Caishen's cousin and had a close blood relationship. If the family was separated, he would get the largest share, so he shouted the hardest.
I see!
After figuring it out, Qin Feng glanced at the Xue family members who were jumping up and down with contemptuous eyes... What a bad luck to have such a bunch of relatives!
Next, Manager Sun called a few servants, led Mo Zi, Dong Tianbao and others into a side courtyard, and entertained them with wine and food.
He led Qin Feng into the third courtyard, the back hall, where there were gathered more than a dozen beautiful women, all with teary eyes, all of them Xue Caishen's wives and concubines.
The female young master, Xue Jinyu, is also here, with dark circles under her eyes and a haggard look. It's obvious that she hasn't had a good rest for a long time. The little maid, Lu Liu, is closely beside her.
"Brother Feng, you are here. My father is seriously ill and cannot live without people around him. Please forgive me for not being able to go out to greet you!"
"It doesn't matter, I know everything. Just relax. Your father is a rare good person who always does good deeds. With God's blessing, he will definitely turn the crisis around!"
After a few words of comfort, Qin Feng discovered that there was a young man in the back hall, about twenty-six or seventeen years old, with a slender figure and handsome appearance. His eyes were dark and bright, giving people an unfathomable feeling!
Who is this?
