Zhou Lang's eyes slid over Man Bao, and he actually nodded when he saw her.
Zhou Lang was immediately unconvinced and said: "Let's not talk about Man Bao. None of my family members can compare with her, but among our brothers, I am the smartest one, right?"
Who knew that Bai Shan shook his head directly and said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, none of the brothers are stupid, it's just that we all have our own strengths. Let me tell you, apart from Man Bao, only your aunt is the wisest.
Not only can you see inside the house, but you can also see outside.”
Man Bao nodded vigorously and agreed repeatedly.
Bai Shan saw that Zhou Lang was not convinced, so he said: "Brother Zhou, since you left our village, you have been pushed by your own desires and the people around you. When you are lucky, you can have smooth sailing, but when you are not, you will have smooth sailing.
If it's too small, it will overturn. This is because you can only see the small area, and you can't see the dangers or opportunities beyond the small area."
"I'll just ask you four questions. In the future, will your branch be separated into merchants?"
Zhou Lang, who had never thought about separation, widened his eyes.
Zhou Lang continued with the second question, "If one day someone offers you ten thousand taels of gold and asks you to transport salt and iron out of the customs, will you be lucky or not?"
Zhou Lang wants to directly say that he is unlucky. Is he the kind of person who betrays his country for wealth?
Man Bao felt in his sleeves and took out a brilliant ingot of gold, placed it in Zhou Lang's palm and said, "About two thousand ingots of this kind of gold."
Zhou Lang swallowed while holding Jin Zi and was speechless.
Bai Shan smiled, glanced at Man Bao and then continued to ask the third question, "If one day the court wants to forcibly expropriate your property and move you to another place, will you comply or not?"
Zhou Lang asked directly, "Why does the imperial court want to move me?"
"For your money and power." Bai Shan said: "Even aristocratic families can be relocated, let alone you, a commoner?"
Zhou Lang frowned, feeling uncomfortable for the first time.
Bai Shan asked, "The last question is, what should you do if your descendants want to take the imperial examination and become officials in the future?"
Zhou Lang was stunned for a moment. He didn't know much. He didn't understand what Bai Shan said about forcibly expropriating his property and moving him away from his hometown. However, he still knew that the sons of merchants could not take the imperial examination.
Bai Shan clicked on the book in his arms and said: "Although the things written in the book cannot be fully trusted, it is the thinking of the ancestors and wise men. It has some merits. Brother Zhou might as well read it. No one has foresight.
There must be immediate worries, so you can try to look further afield. Only when you know what you want to leave behind in the future can you determine the path to take now."
Man Bao nodded repeatedly, and seeing that he was still holding her gold and not letting go, he took it out forcefully and stuffed it into his sleeve.
Zhou Lang couldn't help but follow the gold, frowned and asked: "How can you put gold in your sleeve? What if it falls?"
Man Bao dubiously said: "It won't fall."
"You can't keep it on your body. What if you get robbed?" Zhou Lang said: "You have no big use. It's enough to bring copper coins when you go out on weekdays."
Man Bao nodded perfunctorily, "I know, fourth brother, when have I ever dropped money? If I hide money, sometimes even I forget where I hid it, and no one else can find it."
Thursday Lang:......
Her eyes fell on the book in his arms and said: "Don't change the subject. Go back and read. If you don't know the words, ask Li Zhong and the others. There are many people in the family. Li Xue and Li Gu go to and from school every day.
You can ask them at home."
This is a storybook in the encyclopedia. It tells the legendary story of how a person in a country called Ming Dynasty came from nothing and became the richest man in the country.
He did a lot of things in his life, both good and bad. In the end, he died not from the bad things he did, but from the emperor's suspicion and the officials' fear.
Man Bao said to Zhou Lang meaningfully: "Watch it carefully and understand his final psychology."
Zhou Lang looked at them with an inexplicable expression and turned away. He also heard Li Jun ask, "Sister-in-law, are you going to ask your fourth uncle to compare yourself to Shen Wansan?"
Man Bao shook his head, "How can fourth brother compare to him? So if he doesn't understand the truth, he will be even worse than Shen Wansan, and then things like I am his sister and you are her niece will be affected. , don’t even think about it.”
Zhou Lijun: "...Sister-in-law, you are actually scaring me. Although I have little education, I know that the crime is not as bad as that of a married woman. We are all married, so what does it have to do with us?"
"Pull them down, these claims are all lies to you. When the emperor was angry, he directly implicated the three tribes. See if we are among them."
Zhou Lijun:...It’s really scary!
Bai Shan smiled and said: "Don't scare people. Except for treason and rebellion, other crimes and punishments will not implicate the three clans."
Zhou Lijun quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Man Bao asked quietly: "So your parents, your brothers are implicated, do you feel bad?"
Zhou Lijun: "...Sister-in-law, if you have anything to say, just say it."
Man Bao said: "Take control of money more tightly. Large expenditures must be approved by the whole family at a meeting. We cannot let the fourth brother do whatever he wants."
Man Bao remembered something and asked, "By the way, is the fourth brother's private money also with you?"
Zhou Lijun was startled and looked around, but didn't find his fourth aunt. Then he asked in a low voice, "Auntie, how did you know?"
Manbao is becoming more and more complacent. Is there anything else in this family that she doesn't know about?
She didn't even need Keke's help, she could figure it out with her toes, "I heard the fourth sister-in-law and the eldest sister-in-law said that she was going through the fourth brother's things, and it turned out that the fourth brother didn't have a few cents of money on him. Even the fifth brother in our family could do it. How can Fourth Brother hide private money? If Fourth Sister-in-law can’t find it, the money must not be in Fourth Brother’s hands, and he didn’t hide it for me. He must have hidden it for you.”
Since Man Bao entered the palace, Wu Lang and Liu Lang no longer put their private money with Man Bao. Even Zhou Lizhong and Zhou Ligu took out half of their money and hid it themselves.
They were afraid that Man Bao would be in the palace when they were in need of money, so they could only worry.
Not to mention Zhou Lang, he had taken the money away early. At first, she thought he had given it to his fourth sister-in-law for safekeeping.
Zhou Lijun breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "Fourth uncle doesn't have much private money. Sister, please don't tell fourth aunt, otherwise they will definitely quarrel."
Man Bao nodded, "I'm not stupid."
Her father hid private money and she didn't even tell her mother.
Of course, she didn’t tell her father about the private money her mother had hidden, hehehe...
Man Bao said: "Keep a close eye on his private money and don't allow him to spend a lot of money."
Zhou Lijun: "...Isn't this good? The money is not mine. I just keep it for you."
"Just ask him if he has finished reading the book. If he has finished reading, ask him his final thoughts."
Zhou Lijun responded with a smile.
At the entrance of the garden, Zhou Lijun went to the garden, while Man Bao and Bai Shan turned around and went to the study room in front.
Bai Shan smiled at her and said, "Brother Zhou and Princess Changyu, does it seem like you are in love with me and I am interested in you?"
Man Bao understood what he meant and said seriously: "They will not have good results."