In the evening, in order to celebrate Zhang Shaozong becoming the commander-in-chief of Wuling, under the auspices of Zhang Chengde, Zhang Youxing and other five elders, the entire Zhangjiacun slaughtered chickens and sheep and held a grand dinner.
At the banquet, Zhang Shaozong took five elders, Ningshuang, Zhang Chengde, and Zhang Youxing, to sit on the chair.
After three drinks and five dishes, the whole atmosphere quickly became lively. Zhang Shaozong looked at the five people in front of him and said.
"Uncle, second grandpa, three uncles, Shaozong, when I come back this time, I actually have some immature ideas that I want to discuss with you. I want to hear your opinions, which are some of my thoughts on the future development of our Zhang family.
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When the five of them heard this, they immediately became energetic. Others around them suddenly looked over when they heard the sound.
"Shaozong, just say it, we all know that you are a man of great ability and vision, and the future of our Zhang family depends on you. No matter what happens, our entire Zhang family will absolutely support you unconditionally."
Zhang Chengde immediately patted his chest and said.
Zhang Shaozong also spoke immediately.
"It's like this. The long-term prosperity of a clan cannot depend on just one generation. If there are no successors, then no matter how prosperous it is now, it will inevitably decline in the next generation. One generation can only guarantee prosperity for one lifetime, and
Our Zhang family has just started to rise, and Shaozong doesn’t want my Zhang family to be just a flash in the pan, so I plan to spend money in the clan to hire some teachers to set up a school, so that people in the clan can read and learn calligraphy for free, so as to attract more people.
Learning knowledge will cultivate more outstanding talents for our Zhang family."
"Teaching and cultivating talents will continue to cultivate talents for our Zhang family from generation to generation. Only in this way can we ensure that our Zhang family will have successors and continue to prosper for generations to come."
"In addition, there is no circle without rules. Shaozong feels that our Zhang family needs to form a clan association and set up clan rules to warn and restrain the clan members and avoid becoming arrogant and complacent after gaining some power. It should be noted that humility makes people progress, and pride
It makes people fall behind. Looking at the ancient and modern emperors, they all prospered due to humility and died due to arrogance. Xia Jie, Shang Zhou, Zhou You, all are like this..."
"Only by always having a humble apprentice's heart can we continue to prosper. Only in this way can we better benefit the future development of my Zhang family and ensure the continued prosperity of our Zhang family."
"The core structure of the clan meeting, Shaozong suggested, be to select five to ten elders from the clan who are the eldest, most prestigious, fair and able to convince everyone to serve as clan elders. If someone in the clan violates clan rules, the clan elder will preside over it.
Convene a clan meeting and conduct a public trial in front of all clan members. In this way, merit will be rewarded and fault will be punished. Only by being fair and strict can we promote the development of our Zhang family from generation to generation, creating a virtuous circle and lasting prosperity."
"I wonder what my uncle, my second grandfather, and my three uncles think of Shaozong's proposal."
After speaking, Zhang Shaozong looked at the five Zhang Chengde and others in front of him, and then at the other Zhang family members present around him.
Although his goal in his heart is to practice Taoism and live forever, as a member of the Zhang family, he would naturally not mind if he had the ability and the opportunity to help other people.
Moreover, Zhang Shaozong's doing this is not without any benefit to himself. Let's not talk about other things, but in terms of people's hearts. Once this matter is completed, his prestige in the entire Zhang family will be completely unshakable, at least in this generation.
, it is impossible for any of his subordinates from the Zhang family to betray him, and even if there are one or two, they will definitely be punished and beaten as sinners of the Zhang family by other Zhang family members immediately.
Although Zhang Chengde and everyone in the Zhang family present are mostly illiterate and illiterate, it does not mean that they have no foresight and cannot distinguish between good and bad. When they heard Zhang Shaozong's proposal, they all knew that Zhang Shaozong was thinking about the entire Zhang family.
These are all good things for his entire Zhang family.
It was unanimously agreed immediately.
Subsequently, at Zhang Shaozong's suggestion, the clan council was initially established. The first clan elders were Zhang Chengde, Zhang Youxing, Zhang Chengli, Zhang Zhengcheng, and Zhang Pengyi. Later that night, they preliminarily negotiated and set some basic clan rules.
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Article 1: Do not kill each other among your own kind.
Article 2: You have to respect your elders.
Article 3:......
An hour later, the dinner party dispersed, and Zhang Shaozong carried Ningshuang to the accommodation arranged by the village.
There was no way, this girl was completely drunk and completely unconscious.
I took her to my room and helped me take off my shoes and put them on the bed, and then I was about to leave and sleep in the next room.
"Crack."
Zhang Shaozong's hand was immediately grabbed.
"Senior brother."
As if talking in her sleep, Ningshuang grabbed her hand tightly, then grabbed her other hand and hugged his arm tightly, but her eyes were still closed, her face was flushed, and she was obviously drunk.
In the end, I'm afraid I didn't even know what I was doing.
"Don't go."
Ningshuang said again, and Zhang Shaozong was helpless. Especially looking at Ningshuang's completely drunk appearance, he felt a little worried about leaving.
"Okay, I won't leave, I will stay with you."
Zhang Shaozong had no choice but to sit down next to Ningshuang on the bedside. However, he did not notice that the moment he sat down after speaking, a hint of joy flashed in Ningshuang's drunken eyes.
She was indeed drunk, but she was not really drunk to the point of unconsciousness. In fact, her consciousness was still mostly awake. She even got drunk on purpose tonight. If not, how could she be so good?
opportunity to keep Zhang Shaozong.
Sometimes, when a woman is drunk, it is not because she is really drunk, but because the drunkard does not intend to drink.
"Senior brother."
"..."
Early the next morning, before the sun rose, Zhang Shaozong walked out of the room with Ningshuang. The latter's whole face was flushed red and she was as pretty as a cloud. At this time, the people from the garment factory under Zhang Shaozong who had been specially assigned by Zhang Shaozong arrived and gave Zhang Chengde's five clan elders...
Each person brought a Chinese tunic suit, a white mandarin jacket, black cloth shoes and a dragon-headed staff.
The fifth person changed into this outfit, wearing a white mandarin jacket, black cloth shoes on his feet, and a dragon-headed stick in his hand. Suddenly, the majesty of the clan elders suddenly hit his face.
Since then, the entire Zhang family association has been completely established. The five Zhang Chengde who became the clan elders are also full of vanity in an instant. They are wearing white mandarins and dragon-headed canes. They all seem to have suddenly become big masters.
Same, use this to test them, who of them can withstand it?
At the same time, he also made up his mind even more. No matter what, he must support Zhang Shaozong to the death. This is the future of their Zhang family.
After the clan association was fully established, Zhang Shaozong left a sum of money to Zhang Chengde and others for them to use to prepare for the clan's school and other development.
After this, Zhang Shaozong's prestige and status in the entire Zhang family could no longer be shaken.
At the same time, Ao Tianlong, who continued to stay in Pingyang Town, also used his Maoshan spirit bird communication technique to send a message to his junior brother Lin Jiu who was far away in Guangdong and Guangxi.
For some special reasons, he had a particularly good relationship with Lin Jiu when they were in the sect. Although they had been away from home for eighteen years, their relationship had not faded.
...........
Guangdong and Guangxi, Renjia Town, at night.
"Chirp! Chirp!..."
Lin Jiu had just come out of the backyard after taking a shower. A white spirit bird, which seemed to be made of a halo of light, flew from a distance. Lin Jiu saw this and stretched out his hand.
"Chirp! Chirp!"
The spiritual bird immediately landed on Lin Jiu's hand and called Lin Jiu twice more.
His two apprentices, Qiu Sheng and his talented men, also came to see him immediately.
"Master, what is this?"
"Your uncle Tianlong's spirit bird message."
"Uncle Tianlong, I've never heard of it. Which uncle is this?"
Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng looked at each other in confusion upon hearing this.
"Of course you haven't heard of it. Even I haven't seen your Uncle Tianlong for eighteen years. Eighteen years ago, for some reasons, your Uncle Tianlong went to the outside of the Great Wall and never came back. Now
Looks like he’s back.”
Lin Jiu said lightly, but deep in his eyes he couldn't help showing a bit of joy. Because of their similar looks, he had a very good relationship with Ao Tianlong when they were studying together in Maoshan. He even suspected that Ao Tianlong was also him.
The Lin family members are his lost brothers of the Lin family. Otherwise, how could they look so similar? And the four brothers of the Lin family, himself, Lin Yingjiu, Lin Chujiu, and Lin Ajiu all look very similar.