[Comprehensive] The five elements are short of money

Uncle Zhong handed over a letter with joy on his face, and said, "Master, there is a letter from Shi Gui, the eldest son of Baoling."

Shi Gui, the eldest son of Baoling Hou, is he talking about the father of the famous Shi Xiangyun?Xue Xun hurriedly picked it up and took a look. It turned out that he was reminding himself that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had been officially assigned the duty of supervising the southeast war, and was about to start a war with Qianxiang Kingdom.

The last time I visited Bowling Hou’s Mansion, the princes were not allowed to meet each other in the army. The two families are Tonghao’s family. Xue Xun and Shi Gui are about the same age. He lived in Jinling when he was a child. However, when they grow up, they will be separated from each other. I don't know how much of the friendship from childhood is left.Not seeing anyone, Xue Xun was also disappointed with the gentle "big brother historian" in the memory of the original body, but he did not expect to surprise him at this time.

Xue Xun only received the news from the Secretary of General Administration yesterday, and today the reminder from Prince Baoling arrived. Presumably, he sent it to him as soon as he received the news. How could Xue Xun not feel grateful.

"The son is really affectionate." Uncle Zhong sighed.

"That's right!" They had set the tone for their relationship with the Shi family last time. If there were no accidents, the Xue family and the Shi family would drift apart. I didn't expect the son to change the family strategy as soon as he returned to Beijing.

"I don't know if it's a temptation?" Uncle Zhong was mature and prudent, thinking ahead in everything.

"In their eyes, is the Xue family worth testing?" Xue Xun asked back, the eldest son Shi Gui didn't need to do this at all.

"That's really remembering the bond and friendship between our four families." Uncle Zhong sighed.

"Yes, he is a person with affection." It is a pity that his life was not long, and his only daughter was "parents in the infancy". In the end, he was newly married and widowed, died young, and his blood was cut off.

Uncle Zhong didn't know what Xue Xun meant, so he nodded again and again, and said with a smile, "There are still many people with love in this world."

"Oh? Uncle Zhong still has a surprise for me." Xue Xun raised his eyebrows.

Uncle Zhong smiled and took out another letter from his arms and handed it to Xue Xun. It was brought by Jia She, the son of the Marquis of Rongguo. The wife of the Duke of Rongguo went to give the private house that he had accumulated all his life to his most beloved grandson. Jia amnesty.Jia She heard that Xue Xun was in trouble, so he selected several shops in Jinling City, and sent the deeds, saying that this was for his support, and advised him not to be discouraged, and to revive the family business after the filial piety was over.

Xue Xun looked at the letter and was moved, but said: "I still use him to order." In his heart, Jia Amnesty is sometimes the gentle and generous elder brother who combed his horns when he was a child, and sometimes he is wearing a goatee. , a middle-aged pervert with a lustful and lustful face, but in any case, it is not as clear as the letter paper in front of him.

"Did the Xue family prepare condolences for the old lady's funeral?" Xue Xun asked quickly.

"Master, don't worry, we have prepared. We just need to spare the time that the Xue family 'should' know. They haven't set off yet." They couldn't expose the existence of the Secretary of General Administration, so they had to rely on the master's family to report the funeral.

"Well, I wrote a letter in hand, and you handed it to Jia She personally. He mentioned in his heart that Mrs. Rong Guogong had prepared fields for him in Jinling. You should pay attention. He is far away from the emperor in the capital, so don't let the servants fool you." Yes. Since he has given these shops, we will keep them and bring the bank notes when we go to express our condolences..." Xue Xun suddenly remembered that Jia Amnesty is now the heir of the Jia family's high hopes, how could it be He became the drunken old pervert in the future, and now Jia Daishan is only a Marquis. What made his father promoted to Duke, but his son was demoted five ranks in a row, and only got the false title of first-class general?

"Master?" Uncle Zhong called out, not knowing what Xue Xun thought of, he suddenly fell silent.

"It's okay. Estimate the value of the shop that brother Enhou sent over, and then buy property with a slightly higher value in the capital and send it to him. Avoid some people and keep it secret." Xue Xun ordered.Jia Daishan's attitude is very clear, he has never been optimistic about the Xue family, if he knows that Jia Amnesty is acting behind his back and swaying "sympathy" everywhere, it will be bad.Jia Daishan would not think that his son was compassionate, but would only think that he disobeyed his father's order and stepped on Lao Tzu's position.

"Yes." Uncle Zhong nodded in response.

Seeing that Uncle Zhong responded but did not back down, Xue Xun joked, "Uncle Zhong has a third piece of good news to tell me?" The first two news, fortunately, the Xue family's communication over the years has not been in vain, and there is still a willingness to share it. The person who sent the carbon, in fact, the news itself is not good. The prince supervised the battle in the southeast, and their Xue family lost the general secretary because of the gift of the prince. The situation in the court and China is complicated, and the Xue family is just a boat in the storm.

Uncle Zhong smiled slightly, took out a letter again, and said with tears in his eyes, "Second Master has news."

Er Ye?Oh, Xue Yue, Xue Xun's younger brother, went out to sea to explore waterways and trade routes, and he didn't even come back for Master Xue's funeral.At that time, Xue Xun didn't want Xue Yue to come back to attract attention, but when the news was sent, no one was found at all, so he could only wait at the dock base.In this day and age, going to sea is a near-death experience. For the future of the Xue family, Xue Yue is also devoting himself to gambling with his life.

"Did the second brother go ashore? How many people know the news? When did he come back? Does he know that his father has gone?" Xue Xun asked like a cannonball.

"Second Master is still near the sea and hasn't gone ashore. He has already received news from his master, so he naturally dare not go ashore to attract attention..." Uncle Zhong babbled, Xue Xun browsed Xue Yue's letter.It said what he gained at sea, saying that he had already explored the trade route from the southeast coast to Tianzhu, completed the charts of the previous dynasties, and could restore the route of the Maritime Silk Road in the Song Dynasty.Xue Yue has made a lot of money doing business in the past few years, so he sent all the account books, which are all funds from his family. Although he is the dealer, he has no intention of taking it for himself.

Xue Yue must have received generous rewards for presiding over the navigation himself, but on the premise of knowing that Master Xue had passed away, he still gave Xue Xun the decision-making power. This attitude is what Xue Xun is happiest about.

After reading it, Xue Xun handed the letter to Uncle Zhong, and when Uncle Zhong knew about it, he sighed worriedly: "The battle is imminent, and my second brother is not safe at sea, so I'd better come back." Especially the prince presided over the naval battle.

"If the second master comes back, no one will be in charge of the Xue family's affairs at sea. Those in charge dare not make big decisions. Waiting for news from Jinling is not an option." By the time Jinling responds, the maritime affairs have already happened. However, business affairs, like war affairs, are changing rapidly, and relying on Jinling's response is too slow.

"The war with Qianxiang Kingdom is going to the southeast, and we are going to the west to explore the route. Can we avoid...?" Xue Xun didn't know the navigation technology at this time, so he was not sure.

"Disaster."

"When the news of the imperial court's preparations for war reaches the coast, civilian and commercial ships must be prohibited from launching into the sea. If we don't arrange the fleet well now, we will be in trouble at that time. If the navy is thick-skinned and directly requisitions the fleet, it will be ordered by the emperor." If you don’t accept something, you can make up for it after the fact, and it’s irreparable.” My court Taizu looked down on the weakness of the Song Dynasty, and even looked down on the Song Dynasty’s opening up of maritime routes and its emphasis on commerce.When the country was founded, those nautical charts and shipbuilding drawings were almost destroyed, and the current naval shipbuilding technology is worrying.

The Xue family took advantage of Conglong Zhigong and rescued a batch of missing charts, and it was only in Xue Xun's generation that they found Tianzhu.Now that Xue Xun has a complete world map in his mind, he naturally knows that the caravan only went to the Indian Ocean, which is only the tip of the iceberg of the entire world map.

If the Xue family has greater ambitions, they cannot lose their current ships and talents.

"What the master said is that the caravan of the Xue family cannot be concealed. To avoid expropriation by the imperial court, the second master can only be wronged not to go ashore. Our family has a seaport in Annan, so why not hide it here, after the war, Make plans again." Uncle Zhong suggested.

"I still need to invite my second brother to come back. The sooner the better, let's discuss how to behave during the war. If the second brother is really going to wander in a foreign land, we must take good care of him."

"Yes, I'm going to do it now, the old slave. It's time for the second master to come back and offer incense to the master. The master and the second master are on good terms. The master knows that, so he must be relieved." Uncle Zhong also saw that Xue Xun was a little wary of Xue Yue some time ago. , The estrangement for unknown reasons, now warming up again, naturally happy, so I unconsciously reminded him.

"What Uncle Zhong said is true." Xue Xun nodded, he was getting more and more integrated into this world.

"Uncle Zhong told Mr. Niu and Mr. Ma all these news. When the second younger brother comes back, they still need to make plans." Xue Xun is not very experienced at this time, and he has to pay more attention to the talents left by Mr. Xue.

"Yes." Uncle Zhong agreed again and bowed to leave.

Xue Xun tapped his fingers on the table rhythmically, while thinking about the attitudes of Jingzhong Bowling Prince and Jia Amnesty, whether there is any possibility to go further, how to arrange Xue Yue if he comes back, and how to control the fleet if he does not come back.

While thinking hard, Uncle Zhong left and returned.

"But what's missing?" Xue Xun asked.

Uncle Zhong repeated his previous actions and handed over another letter.

"Is there a fourth happy event?" Xue Xun joked.

Uncle Zhong said with a bitter face, "It's an invitation from Lord Wanfang, the magistrate."

"What's the matter?" Xue Xun raised the invitation card in his hand. The tone on it was quite polite, but he didn't say anything. He was only invited to the banquet. Whether it's a Hongmen banquet or a reception banquet, there must be an explanation.

"The old slave has inquired. Wan Fang wants the Xue family to come forward to solve the matter of Mr. Tian." Uncle Zhong was a little worried. Why did he come to the Xue family? Could it be that what they planned behind the scenes was exposed?

"Mr. Tian? Why didn't you go to the Chen family." It was the Chen family's shop that had the accident.

"The news from the hidden stake in the magistrate's yamen was the idea of ​​Hong Wucai, a small official in the punishment room. Wan Fang intended to use Xue's family as a scapegoat. This old slave is worried that it will be exposed."

"Hmph! Don't say that Wan Fang doesn't have such a deep foundation in Jinling, even if I see through him, what can I do?" Xue Xun sneered, everyone took the Xue family as a soft persimmon. "Reply, saying that I am in the period of filial piety, and it is inconvenient to go to the banquet. Please forgive me, Lord Zhifu."

"Yes."