I am a pirate in Ming Dynasty

At the end of April, Qin Li, who had been away from home, finally came back.

After returning to a familiar place, Qin Li's heart truly calmed down. In more than a month, he traveled to three counties and arranged everything for each store before he could return.

Three big shopkeepers were left in each of the other three counties. According to the method in that book on restructuring, the Qin family's current crisis was alleviated.

Unexpectedly, after returning home, an even greater good news was placed in front of him.

Grandpa actually stood at the door of Qin Mansion to greet him. Qin Li helped Qin Zhong in with a sore nose as if he was in a dream.

Qin Li accompanied Qin Zhong to the pavilion in the yard, and saw his younger brother Qin Shang boxing slowly. Qin Li's face was somewhat happy, at least his younger brother would not be as lifeless as before.

The mad Taoist priest was still the same as before, wearing the same colorful patchwork clothes all over his body. After a month, Qin Li saw the mad Taoist priest again with a completely different mood.

"Qin Li, thank you so much, Master!" He saluted respectfully and expressed his heartfelt thanks.

Thinking that it was the crazy Taoist priest who begged him in the first place, he couldn't help but be afraid now. If he hadn't brought this crazy Taoist priest back, his grandfather would probably be at the end of his life, right?

The crazy Taoist priest waved his hand, held up the big gourd and said, "No need to thank me, poor Taoist, this wine is not enough, just give me two jars of good wine later."

Qin Li smiled slightly: "That's natural. I'll ask the butler to prepare some jars of fine wine for you later."

Qin Shang stared intently, as if he had not seen Qin Li. For a while, as the crazy Taoist priest learned boxing and skills, he seemed to have a burning interest in being a hero.

Fighting with my sword to the end of the world, I am the only one who is supreme! a ha ha ha!

Ah, how can you be so good at it? Qin Shang suddenly became discouraged while he was punching. He finished the punch in a fool's errand, but felt like he had eaten a fly. When did he become so childish?

The crazy Taoist priest frowned slightly, looking at his punches that looked like shit, and finally couldn't help it anymore: "Our Taoist punches are mainly free and easy. What you were doing before was still a little bit impressive, but now it's all tied into a ball of thread. Stop now, if you continue to practice, I will be ashamed and commit suicide to see the ancestor."

Qin Shang put away his fists and feet with a dark face and went to the side to sulk alone.

"Hahaha," Qin Zhong couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene. Ever since he felt refreshed, he has always been so relaxed recently.

"Look at your brother, does he look like the father who was shut out by your mother?"

Qin Li nodded in agreement and said with a smile: "My appearance is similar to that of my mother, and my younger brother's appearance is more like that of my father."

"Well, your two brothers have each inherited the advantages of their parents." Qin Zhong's eyes were filled with sadness. Seeing the little man getting up and running outside, he quickly gave instructions: "Qin Fen, follow your family. Young Master, once you have spent money, you can withdraw it from the accountant later."

Qin Fen saluted, turned around and ran out with the young master. The crazy Taoist priest jumped behind and yelled: "Hey, I haven't finished my homework. I haven't finished my homework."

Seeing two people, one big and one small, running out, the mad Taoist priest jumped up, took two steps and remembered something, and started meditating on the spot.

Qin Zhong looked like Qin Fen, both of them couldn't understand what the mad Taoist priest was doing.

"Exalts act differently than ordinary people!" Qin Li praised directly, and Qin Zhong also nodded in agreement.

Qin Zhong looked at the sky blankly, obviously worried.

Qin Li didn't dare to speak, and sat on his knees, waiting quietly.

The weather at this time has entered the early summer mode, the warm warmth in the air is shining all around, and the gardens that have been tended for the past few days have finally opened their faces, showing off their beauty.

Occasionally, I can see a few fluttering butterflies floating in the air, and there is a soft buzzing in my ears. It must be that some bees have already hid in the garden.

Qin Zhong finally came to his senses, with too many things mixed in his complicated eyes.

This was the first time Qin Li saw his grandfather showing such an expression, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Grandpa, is there something wrong? Maybe my grandson can help you share your worries?"

"Haha," Qin Zhong laughed happily, finally made up his mind and said seriously: "Li'er, it's time to tell you some things about my Qin family."

Qin Zhong stood up. At this moment, he felt as if he was carrying a huge mountain. The moment he stood up, he felt like a giant.

Qin Li hurriedly followed, but his heart was overturned. The momentum the old man showed just now made him feel like he couldn't move. Is this really his grandfather?

As Qin Li walked along, he kept recalling the time he spent with his grandfather. It seemed that as long as he could remember, his grandfather's health was not good and he was often bedridden. After his father passed away, his grandfather became even more ill. His body failed in an instant, and except for the occasional walk, he suffered from pain the rest of the time.

Regarding this disease, Qin Li has visited countless barefoot doctors, and almost all of them have unanimous opinions: the injury was too deep when he was young, and the old injury relapsed like a mountain, and he could only die after treatment.

Thinking about it now, everything about grandpa seems to be suspicious. It's just that attitude of preferring to suffer pain rather than admit defeat, and die without screaming, which is simply not what ordinary people can do.

Maybe he never knew his real grandfather.

In the master bedroom in the backyard, Qin Zhong stood in front of the bookshelf and took down the books on the wall one by one. He didn't stop until a square cut brick appeared on the wall.

Even after days of training, Qin Zhong was not very relaxed when doing these things, and it was even more laborious when he took down the brick. He gritted his teeth, struggled to hold the edge of the brick with his fingers, and first pried it off. An edge, constantly twisting left and right.

Perhaps because it had been covered in dust for too long, when the head was loosened, pieces of dust flew out along the gaps.

After a clear sound, the bricks were finally taken down.

Qin Zhong placed the bricks on the ground and casually wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeves. He looked at the hole seriously and respectfully. Just when he was about to reach out, he turned around and used the hand on the table to He rinsed his hands with tea and dried them with clothes. After doing all this, he respectfully took out the things wrapped in cloth from the cave.

Qin Zhong was respectful and serious throughout the process, and Qin Zhong's attitude directly affected Qin Li. He didn't even look away from the cloth bag, wanting to know what was in it.

After the things were put on the table, Qin Zhong smiled and said to Qin Li: "There are two things stored in this, which contain two secrets. One is where my Qin family came from, and the other is about millions of taels of silver. secret."

The first one didn't shock Qin Li much, but the second one million taels of silver really shocked him. The Qin family has been in his hands for more than two years. Even if the ones that were swallowed up by whales are recovered, the annual profit will not exceed 6,000 taels. Even those super businessmen who travel north and south probably can't afford a million taels at once, right?

"Hey, why are you scared by just one million taels?" Qin Zhong said with a half-smile.

Qin Li suddenly came to his senses and replied with a blushing face: "My grandson is ashamed, but he was a little excited when he heard a million taels!"

"Bah," Qin Zhong said angrily: "A mere million taels can scare you. It doesn't have the lofty sentiments I had back then. When I went to sea, the silver taels I handled were all in the millions. What I did in those years was The total amount of silver you handle is tens of millions. Look at your virtue. How can you be satisfied with just eight thousand taels of silver from your family? Look at your future."

"Alas, our Qin family has no chance of producing another hero!" Qin Zhong shook his head sadly.

"Grandpa," Qin Li was so ashamed that he couldn't even lift his head.

"Okay, I won't care about the things I pass on to you. You descendants, if you have the ability, fight for it. If you don't have the ability, you deserve it." Qin Zhong felt like he hated iron for not being able to become steel, but he also felt that he owed something. How could the descendants of the Qin family live like this if they could be taught well?

Qin Zhong slowly opened the cloth bag, and the first thing that appeared inside was a seal. The seal was made entirely of copper and looked like it had the traces of time. Underneath the seal is a thick piece of brocade, and under that is a newly made book.

Qin Zhong first bowed respectfully to the seal, then picked up the seal, held it above his head with both hands, and muttered: "Unfilial descendant Qin Zhong is passing on the ancestor's seal to Zhongsun today. I hope that the ancestor will protect my Qin family." My bloodline will keep my Qin family prosperous."

After Qin Li woke up, he knelt on the ground, held his hands above his head, took the seal respectfully, and said in his mouth: "The descendants of the Qin family will definitely live up to the trust of their elders and carry forward the Qin family."

A simple salute represents the formal transfer of family authority from one person to another.

Qin Zhong helped Qin Li up and said, "Now you are the real helmsman of the Qin family. Whether the future of the Qin family will survive or be destroyed depends on your thoughts."

Qin Li nodded solemnly: "Grandpa, I will work hard. Even if I use my life to fill it, I will not let the Qin family be lost in the long river of history."

Qin Zhong patted Qin Li's shoulder encouragingly and said with a smile: "Why are you so desperate? How can you inherit the mantle of my Qin family like this? Don't act like a little girl. Come on, grandpa still has two things. pass it to you."

Qin Zhong took out all the remaining things from the cloth bag. There were three items in total, one was a map drawn on brocade silk, the other was a brocade silk with names written on it, and the last one was a genealogy.

"The place that this map points to is the property that I saved when I was traveling across the sea. There are more than two million taels of silver in general. The names of the ancestors are written on this brocade silk. In the earliest times, it was recorded in silk books. , so this brocade silk was preserved, and the genealogy was copied by me later. The Qin family has been passed down for more than a thousand years, and it is really not easy to preserve it until now."

"The last thing I want to tell you is that everything in the Qin family can be thrown away, but people cannot die. Only when you are alive can you pass on the family. After you die, nothing will be left."

"My grandson understands." Qin Li took a few things solemnly, his mind was too shocked to react.

The words on the silk script should be in seal script, but he didn't understand it, but the genealogy was recorded in regular script, and the names on the first page shocked him so much that he was speechless.