When Xu Wuliang didn't say anything, Liu Qiong'er accepted the bag of gold and silver, but as soon as Xu Wuliang left, she glanced at Xu Huai with her beautiful eyes and said: "You are smart, you know how to do things in vain." People, just pretend to be stupid and don't have to worry about anything."
"If you don't want to, then I will give all the money to Aunt Seventeen." Xu Huai said, reaching out to take the brocade bag.
"Who says I don't care anymore," Liu Qiong'er said, retracting her hands behind her back to prevent Xu Huai from snatching the kit, "Others only follow Xu Wujiang's lead, not to mention that all the soldiers are under his control. If you take the gold If you hand over the silver capital, you won't get much benefit if you really achieve anything in the end!"
"What's the point of calculating these accounts at this time?" Xu Huai said a little carelessly.
"Blood brothers are still settling accounts, not to mention you and Xu Wujiang are just uncles and nephews," Liu Qiong'er said, "Take this gold and silver as an example, if you go door to door and give away thirty or fifty thousand coins for free, they will be grateful at first. You, but as time goes by, they want more from you, and there are not many who have a conscience and can remember their kindness - do you think everyone will be as sincere to you as Xu Wuliang?"
"Uncle Wu Liang is kind to me!" Xu Huai said with a smile.
Xu Wuliang lived in Willow Lane. Usually, when Grappi and others came to collect debts, he would hold back his laughter. However, after seeing that Grappi was resentful towards him, he would kill someone. Xu Huai himself could not imagine such a protective feeling, and he did not dare to I hope no other person can treat him like this!
Liu Qiong'er continued: "Today you ask them to take gold and silver from you one by one, and ask them to write down an IOU. No matter what they think, no matter when the time comes, this is what they owe you. , I have to bow my head in front of you. Do you think this account should be settled clearly?"
"You usually have nothing to do in Yuehong Mansion to think about these things?" Xu Huai asked curiously.
"You said that if I don't think about these things in Yuehong Mansion, what should I think about? Do you really think that I am good at music, chess, calligraphy and painting, so I can avoid being eaten by others in the fire pit?" Liu Qiong'er thought. Being underestimated by Xu Huai, his expression was a little gloomy, and he said quietly, "Don't think that I am scheming. Even if I am really a bandit, every time I rob someone's house, half of the money goes to the public treasury, and half of the money is shared among the heads of the family. This There are rules.”
Xu Huai was startled for a moment, and then he suddenly realized that Liu Qiong'er's desire to be nice to the guests in the corner of Yuehong Building was not really a vice, but that she wanted to get more capital out of the pit of fire.
"What you said makes sense. It's better to calculate the accounts clearly," Xu Huai put away his playful smile and said seriously, "I told Uncle Seventeen and the others in Jinshagou that this time I got two coins from Deng Gui. More than a hundred guan. I say this mainly because I don’t want others to be blinded by the wealth and think of dividing it up and running away. So for this gold and silver, you take two hundred guan and give it to Aunt Seventeen - this is considered As an explanation of what I said before, the rest is that you brought it out from Yuehong Building. When Uncle Wu Liang comes back, tell him too. Whoever wants to take money from you from now on will be counted. To borrow money, I need to write a note to you..."
"As long as you don't think I'm too scheming," Liu Qiong'er said.
"How could that be? No matter how you say this, I forced you to come in." Xu Huai said with a faint smile.
From redeeming one's life at Yuehong Mansion, to buying a house in Tieshi Lane, and then retreating to Lutai Village, these several things happened in succession, which can be said to be overwhelming, without even a moment to breathe.
She didn't know how Xu Huai could be so calm at his age, but Liu Qiong'er herself was so flustered that she hadn't really been able to calm down until now.
At this time, she persuaded Xu Huai to settle the accounts. Rather than giving advice for Xu Huai, she wanted to find something that could play her role and value.
Only in this way can you find your own status in this group of thieves who are not like thieves and soldiers who are not like soldiers, and soothe your panic.
Otherwise, who is she?
Xu Wuliang returned soon. Xu Huai was afraid that Liu Qiong'er would not open his mouth, so he directly told Xu Wuliang about the settlement of the accounts.
"This is the best thing to do!" Xu Wuliang clapped his thighs and applauded, "I just discussed this matter with Di Niang, Su Laochang, and Xu Guanshan, and I also said that they would take the lead in doing this, but many expenses are temporary.
Borrow it from Miss Liu..."
Xu Wuliang was not that thoughtful, but he also knew that Liu Qiong'er had a weak foundation and was not afraid that she would dare to spend the money and property. He temporarily put it in her name and had excuses for all aspects.
"This gold and silver is temporarily in my name, and I don't dare to be ignorant of Xu Wuliang, but Xu Wuliang, I have to tell you something first." Liu Qiong'er said.
"Say." Xu Wuliang said in a low voice, not understanding what Liu Qiong'er wanted to say.
"Unless Xu Huai talks, how to spend this money and things will all depend on my nodding. Your words, Xu Wuliang's, won't work - if you don't agree to this condition, I don't want to be pushed out by you to become this evil person." Liu
Qiong Er said.
"Xu Huai said that he would leave this money and things in your hands. If anyone wants to interfere in the future, it will be Xu Huai's new daughter-in-law who comes to see you. What do I care about this matter?"
Huan called them out of the house and told them that even if they were in Nanzhai, Liu Qiong'er would still be in charge of the courtyard.
Seeing that it was too early, Xu Huai stretched out and said, "I have to go to Xu Wuqi to get that long bow back!"
The warriors brought out two divine crossbow arms and six long bows from the military stronghold, which were considered sharp weapons. However, they only had one long bow at the southern stronghold, which was forcibly taken away by Xu Wuqi yesterday.
Of course he had to find a way to get this long bow back and take a look at what was going on in Beizhai.
Xu Wuliang was worried and Xu Huai went over alone and said: "Xu Wuqi has turned his back on the old relationship. If you go to him, I'm afraid you won't be able to get the long bow back, let alone Xu Wufu and his son have bad intentions - I will accompany you."
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Exiting Nanzhai is the grassland on the north slope of Yuhuangling. It is the end of March, the trees are sparse and the grass is luxuriant, and groups of cattle and horses are eating the green grass on the slope.
Xu Huai stood outside the gate of the village. He was not in a hurry to go down the mountain to the north village. Instead, he looked at the sparsely wooded north slope and listened to the sound of the wind mixed with the roaring of cattle and horses.
Although there are nearly 10,000 acres of grassland available on the northern slope of Yuhuangling, plus the mountains on the left and right, the livestock capacity of the natural grassland is very limited. It is roughly estimated that there are about 700 or 800 large livestock such as donkeys, cattle, mules, and horses.
There are nearly 3,000 sheep grazing here at the same time.
The history of the Xu family's ancestors migrating to Yuhuangling can be found in any ancestral society, and Xu Huai was also familiar with it.
At that time, the war in the Central Plains had just ended, the Dai Viet Dynasty was founded, and the population of the country had dropped sharply. In order to recuperate and recuperate, the court rewarded production, and basically all young people had to be given land. The scale was unimaginable by today's people.
At that time, the Xu family in Yuhuangling plus several minor surnames had a total population of less than 500 people. They were completely unable to fully develop such a large area of land. There were only four or five large livestock such as cattle, so the pastures, mountains and forests on the north and south slopes were all
classified as clan property.
It took almost three or four generations of painstaking efforts for Beipo Pasture to reach a certain scale of pastoral farming. However, as the clan head passed down to Xu Wufu’s great-grandfather, Beipo Pasture and the fertile fields on both sides of Qingliu River were gradually replaced and merged on a large scale.
Concentrate on a few people.
After Xu Wufu's great-grandfather, thirteen families were derived. Including Xu Wufu, Xu Zhongyu, Xu Bosong and other families of this generation, they are the most prosperous in Yuhuangling and have the closest blood relationship. They are also called Xufang in Yuhuangling.
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The large fields, houses and pastures in Yuhuangling, as well as the inns and mule and horse markets in Huaiyuan and Biyang were mainly concentrated in the hands of Shangfangxu.
As for Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang, Xu Wuqi and Xu Huai's father Xu Wuxuan, although they have not yet produced direct branches based on the method of tracing back five generations of ancestors, they have been completely ruined. Like other collateral clans and minor surnames, they are all
Collectively known as Xiafangxu.
Those who fell into the trap of Luo Cao and were eventually recruited into the Jingsheng Army were all from Xia Fang Xu.
This "up" and "down" separate two completely different worlds.
Xu Huai was also wondering why he had such feelings, and silently walked to Beizhai with Xu Wuliang.
Entering Beizhai, an earthen road runs straight through the north gate and connects to the Qingliu River Bridge. You can go north to Huaiyuan. In the center of this earthen road in the village, there is a stone street crossing it orthogonally.
This horizontal street is the concentrated area for the rich in Beizhai. In addition to Xu Wufu, Shangfangxu and the six-bedroom house are all located on this horizontal street. Walk from the horizontal street to the east end. On the north side is the Xu family
On the south side of the ancestral hall is the ancestral hall; there is an alley extending southward from the horizontal street. To the east of the alley is the Huolu Hall for martial arts practice, and to the west of the alley is the Luming Hall for martial arts practice.
It is said that the ancestors of the Xu family moved to Tongbai Mountain to escape the war. They saw a white deer standing on a stone platform through Yuhuangling. After settling down, they built a village and built a village, which was named Lutai. There are many important buildings and few in the village.
Streets and alleys are often named after deer.
Xu Wuqi, Xu Wukun and others, in addition to following Xu Wufu in Qinyang and other places on weekdays, they were also taught by Huo Lu Tang with guns and sticks. Of course Xu Huai went straight to Huo Lu Tang to block him.
Different from Lumingtang Book School, Huolutang has four entrances to the courtyard. The first courtyard is the most open. It is a small school ground that can accommodate 200 formations. It is also the martial arts performance ground of Huolutang.
The walls of Luming Hall and Huolu Hall are not high, and there is no need to build a deep courtyard and waste building materials. Xu Wuliang stayed outside the martial arts arena. Xu Huai took off his saber and gave it to Xu Wuliang to avoid being caught by anyone.
Walking to the martial arts arena alone and empty-handed.
