Martial Cultivator

The voice of the old head of the family, Lu Yin, was not loud, but at this moment, all the Lu family's children in the entire ancestral hall were listening carefully to Lu Yin's words, so everyone could hear his words clearly.

For a time, the entire ancestral hall became extremely quiet.

There is only one thought in everyone's mind at this moment. Is the old patriarch crazy? !

You know, the head of the family, Lu Yin, has been in charge of the Lu family for a decade. Since then, he has facilitated most of the Lu family's businesses. In everyone's minds, the old man has always been an ultimate businessman. In his heart, there is little talk of friendship, and only interests are in his eyes.

But why would such an old patriarch say that 100% is not enough?

Not only Lu Xin, but also all the other Lu family members couldn't believe their own ears.

"Master, what did you just say?"

A disciple of the Lu family spoke cautiously, looking at the old family leader Lu Yin who was sitting on the main seat, hoping very much that he had heard wrong just now.

"What did you say? Didn't you hear clearly what I just said? Okay, then you are no longer needed in the business of this house. At such an age, if you can't even use your ears, why should you be in charge?"

The man's face turned pale instantly, his lips trembled, but he couldn't say a word.

The old head of the family glanced around with his slightly cloudy eyes and said calmly: "Fifteen, tell me what I just said."

The fifteenth uncle who was named stood up immediately and glanced around nervously, but he still said bravely: "What the head of the family just said is that 100% is not enough."

He didn't want to admit it, but he had seen the fate of the guy who questioned him before.

Lu Yin glanced around and asked, "Did you all hear clearly?"

The ancestral hall was very quiet, no one spoke.

But in today's situation, not speaking is the default.

After a short silence, the second grandpa stood up. He also had gray hair and was a little stooped. In terms of seniority, he and Lu Yin were the same generation. In terms of love, he and the old family leader grew up together. If the old family leader now Who else can I listen to, probably the only one in front of me.

"Brother Yin, 10% profit is really too much. It's not easy for the Lu family to get to where it is now. Don't ruin the entire Lu family on impulse!"

The second grandpa was actually very particular when he spoke like this. He did not address the head of the family, but used a more affectionate title.

"Shouye, are you really like your name and will you live your whole life with these two words?"

Lu Yin glanced at his second grandfather, but it was only a glance. The head of the Lu family quickly said: "I said, 100% is not enough. In addition to the 100% of the Lu family's profit this year, every house should go to the accounting office to see Look, take out 80% of what can be taken out from above, and keep the remaining 20%, which is enough for you. Don't tell me that living like this is hard. Your life is better than 90% of the people in the world. Well, no matter how hard it is now, it can’t be difficult for them.”

"And if the court still needs money in the future, I, Mr. Lu, will have to spend more!"

The 10% profit, plus the 80% that can be moved on the books of each house, is not worth the 10% of the court's annual tax revenue, but it is definitely not a small amount.

At least there is no problem in supporting a small army.

When it was originally said that they would give out 10% of the profits, these children of the Lu family could no longer bear it. Now that they have to give out 80% of the money that can be moved from each house's account, these people can no longer bear it. Even if the person sitting across from him is Lu, the most eloquent and authoritative head of the family, they still want to compete.

But before they could speak, the old patriarch spoke again.

"I know, you all think I'm crazy now. If the court wants to fight, let them fight. It's fine if we just spend some money. Why should we stab ourselves with a knife? What's more, in your eyes, I, Lu Yin, , haven’t you always been a hard-nosed man? Why do you have to act like this at this time? I can tell you why the imperial court wants to go to war, then It's because this time's great battle is different from the past. The demon clan mobilized the whole clan and went south, and the frontier army in the north couldn't withstand it. Then our Liang Dynasty will become history. It would be better if the demon clan plunders and then returns to the north. If it's worse, everyone will be a slave to the demon tribe in the future. If the demon tribe is in a good mood, they will throw you a piece of meat. If they are not happy, they will eat you like meat. Can you live this kind of life? Anyway, I can’t survive. Even though I’m old, I can’t bend down! If I don’t want to give up this little money, if the Great Wall of the North is destroyed, neither of you or I will be able to live well. Then what’s the point of having so much money? use?"

"As for why I, Lu Yin, suddenly stopped being such an iron cock, the reason is very simple. The Lu family can stay out of other things and just make money on their own, but who can fucking stand by and watch such a big thing? Besides, Taizong During this time, more than one of my ancestors from the Lu family died in the north. Why are you opposing this and that in the ancestral hall? Are you trying to make your ancestors feel unworthy?"

The old head of the family stood up slowly, looked at everyone present, and said in a stiff tone: "In the past years, I listened to some of what you said, but this time, I won't listen. As for this matter, who wants to object? Then expel the Lu family, erase his name from the family tree, and never say he is a descendant of my Lu family again!"

This was the first time for everyone in the ancestral hall to see such a serious head of the old family. Naturally, they did not dare to say anything at this moment and could only remain silent.

The old head of the family came to Lu Xin's side with a cane, looked at the young man, and said with a smile: "Xiao Xin, I will leave this matter to you. After you have finished this matter, it is time to take over the position of the head of the family. I When you get old, you are unable to do many things. If you are still young and have energy, you should shoulder more burdens. "

Lu Xin stopped talking.

The old head of the family shook his head, "Don't think that you are too young to convince the public. If you really want to say you are young, the guardian envoy is also so young. How can he do a very good job? If young people don't come out, they have to wait till my age to come out?" "

"That doesn't make sense."

The old head of the family shook his head, patted Lu Xin on the shoulder, then glanced at Lu Qingling, and said meaningfully: "Qingling, there are some things that we old guys have no say on, and you young people have to go do it on your own. Do."

Lu Qingling was stunned for a moment, but she quickly nodded and said softly: "I understand, head of the family."

The old head of the family smiled slightly, and when he walked to the door of the ancestral hall, he suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at the people in the ancestral hall, and said with emotion: "The world is not easy to come by now, don't give up on it easily."

After saying this, the old family leader left without looking back.

The ancestral hall was extremely silent. No one thought that these things would happen tonight, and no one thought that even if these things happened tonight, they would not have the slightest chance to object.

Many of the Lu family elders walked out of the ancestral hall in silence, but some elders still came to Lu Xin and exchanged a few words with the future head of the family.

They do know that as long as the Liang Dynasty does not collapse, the Lu family will definitely not have any big problems in the hands of the young man in front of them.

Less than half an hour later, all the elders of the Lu family left, and only Lu Xin and Lu Qingling were left here.

Lu Xin rubbed his brows, glanced at Lu Qingling, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect tonight to be so smooth. I originally thought I was going to have a scolding match with these uncles."

He really didn't expect that the old patriarch would be so open-minded. Like the other children of the Lu family, he once thought that the old patriarch was old-fashioned. He had even thought about forcing him into the palace in the future. But he didn't expect that when the old patriarch opened his mouth, he was so surprised. Everyone was surprised.

Lu Qingling said: "The old master is still a little insistent in his heart. Maybe he just had to do that in the past, but it was not his original intention."

The head of a family, in many cases, should not have their own personal preferences, because they are responsible for a family, and all choices they make should be based on the interests of the family.

Lu Xin looked at Lu Qingling and asked with a smile: "Do you think it's a good thing for me to be the head of the family?"

Lu Qingling was startled. She had not seriously thought about this matter. The Lu Xin in front of her was definitely the most outstanding in terms of talent, but does being the head of a family only require talent? Or is talent not enough?

Lu Xin is definitely not the kind of person who does things solely for the benefit of the Lu family. He is a young man with the passion and impulse that a young man should have, but is this kind of impulse that a family head should have?

Lu Xin seemed to see Lu Qingling's worry and said with a smile: "The head of the family also said that if young people don't come out, why don't they come out when they are old? Moreover, being passionate and impulsive is not necessarily a bad thing, and everyone is not willing to do so. If we had done something and changed something, the Daliang Dynasty would not be like this now.”

"After this period of time, I will start to deal with the matter of women entering the ancestral hall. There will definitely be a lot of resistance by then, and I will need my sister's help."

When he came outside the ancestral hall, Lu Xin looked at Lu Qingling, who nodded. Then Lu Xin took the lantern from the servant's hand and walked forward. After walking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and looked at Lu Qingling. Ling asked: "Sister, if you meet the guardian envoy that day, will you be tempted?"

Lu Qingling's expression remained unchanged, she shook her head and said, "No."

Lu Xin turned his head with some pity and said with a smile: "It's a pity."

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After leaving the Lu family's ancestral home, Lu Xin boarded the carriage and drove slowly towards the distance. After half an hour, the carriage stopped in front of a dark long street. Then Lu Xin got out of the carriage, holding a lantern and walked forward. Go.

A few feet away, Lu Xin saw a carriage parked on the street. He came to the carriage and knocked on the shaft. A young man's voice soon came from the carriage, "Come in."

Lu Xin then put the lantern aside and entered the carriage.

There was a young man sitting in the carriage, dressed in black.

Lu Xin smiled and said: "Now the entire Liang Dynasty is looking for traces of the guardian envoy. If they know that you are in the capital of God, will their jaws drop?"

The young man sitting in the carriage at this moment is naturally not someone else, but the young warrior who disappeared without a trace after disappearing in Longjiao County.

Daliang garrison envoy Chen Chao.

Chen Chao looked at Lu Xin and said, "I am hiding now because I want to see how many people are thinking wrongly. You also understand the current situation. The war in the north is going on. It is estimated that it will not end in a year and a half." , If you want to win this war, you must work together. If anyone wants to cause trouble at this moment, I really won’t show mercy. "

Now this war with the demon clan is related to the national destiny of the Liang Dynasty. It can be said without politeness that once it loses and the Great Wall in the north falls, the country of the Liang Dynasty for more than two hundred years may be ruined. It's going to end here.

This is a truly important matter that no one should take lightly.

Lu Xin nodded and said softly: "At times like this, we really have to be more careful, otherwise we will fail and we will all be sinners."

Chen Chao shook his head and said: "I am a sinner. No matter when the time comes, you will not be counted."

Lu Xin didn't bother with this statement, and just said softly: "According to what the guardian envoy said before, after all the business we did in partnership is discounted and donated to the court, we are almost done."

Chen Chao frowned, "I'm only talking about my share."

"Of course you make the decision on your part, and of course I make the decision on my part."

Lu Xin looked at Chen Chao with a smile. He had already made up his mind, so no matter what Chen Chao said, he would not change anything.

Chen Chao was not pretentious and just said: "Then I'll thank you in advance for those guys in the north. What about the other thing? How much was accomplished?"

Another matter is actually something that Chen Chao has been doing since he returned to the divine capital from the northern sacred mountain. This time the imperial court has to face the demon clan's move south, and it will cost far more money than any previous war. It was much more, so the court levied additional local taxes. Of course, even so, it was actually too tight. So after Chen Chao returned to the capital, the first thing he did was to find Lu Xin and want to borrow some money from the Lu family. Come, let the imperial court issue a document, wait until the war is over, and then pay it back slowly.

Of course, borrowing money from the Lu family was just the beginning. Later, he would use this beginning to borrow money from other big families.

The court needs money, but it doesn't do things like plundering.

Of course, Chen Chao didn't have any intention of loaning out that much money. Half of it would actually be good.

Lu Xin glanced at Chen Chao, shook his head and said, "I failed to complete the tasks entrusted by the guardian envoy."

Chen Chao was startled and frowned. According to his calculation, even if it was not 50%, how come Lu wanted to come up with 20% to 30% for his name, but couldn't do it at all?

Lu Xin was not willing to give in, and said with a smile: "Before I could move the guardian envoy out, the old family owner took the initiative and said that all the profits of the Lu family this year would be used. Not only that, but 80% of each house would be used." I have to give all the money to the court. Fortunately, I prepared some words, but as an actor, I just came on stage and was kicked off the stage before I could open my voice. "

Chen Chao frowned, thought for a while, and then said, "Mr. Lu is very righteous."

He had looked through the files before, and in his impression, Lu Yin was not such a person.

Lu Xin continued: "As for what happens next, the Lu family will take the lead, and the major families in Shendu will pay some money, but they may not be as generous as the Lu family."

"It's a reasonable thing. After all, as the old saying goes, the hardest thing in the world is to take money out of other people's pockets. Just have some money and it depends on what they want."

Chen Chao narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "If the imperial court really needed money, I would not be willing to be a bad person. Originally, my reputation in the imperial court was average, but this caused this incident among these aristocratic families. In the future, history will be I can’t tell you how many good things I have to say.”

Lu Xin smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the Guardian, do you still care about this?"

"I don't care too much, I just said it casually."

Chen Chao rubbed his head and sighed: "Originally, Nandu should have done this kind of thing. She must be very familiar with it, but now the Northern Territory also needs her very much, so I have to do it myself."

Lu Xin looked at Chen Chao without saying anything, but there was a smile in the corner of his eyes.

Chen Chao turned around, looked at Lu Xin, and said with a smile: "I can tell you something frankly. If the court survives this time, you, the Lu family, will definitely get some benefits. The court can leave many businesses to you. , But don’t take this kind of thing seriously now, because you can’t tell whether you can survive it.”

Lu Xin shook his head and said, "This is not why Lu did these things."

"You don't do these things for these reasons, but if you do these things, you will naturally be rewarded. If you give a favor, you will repay it with a plum. This truth is very simple, you must understand."

Chen Chao rubbed his cheeks and said with a smile: "Nothing should be taken for granted. The court cannot take it for granted, and neither can you. Only in this way can the world get better and better."

Lu Xin thought for a while and said, "I've learned a lesson."

Chen Chao smiled and said nothing.

After chatting with the future Lu family for half an hour, Lu Xin turned around and walked out of the carriage. After lifting the lantern, the young business genius did not leave in a hurry, but asked seriously: "Your Majesty the Guardian, are we really Can you win?"

The same question has appeared in the minds of different people, but few people can actually come to Chen Chao and ask the question like this.

There was silence in the carriage for a long time, no sound.

Lu Xin thought that Chen Chao couldn't answer his question, so he just smiled and turned to leave.

But at this moment, there was a sound in the carriage.

"The answer is like the lantern in your hand, it can't illuminate much, but at least you can see the road ahead because of it. We may also lose, or maybe we will be like this lantern, which can only illuminate The surrounding dimness cannot be compared with the light of the sky that illuminates everything during the day.”

"In that case, what is the point of our efforts?"

Chen Chao smiled and said, "I knew I couldn't illuminate everyone and change everything, so why do we keep doing this?"

"Doesn't anyone care what we do?"

Lu Xin looked at the lantern in his hand and murmured: "Yes, then why do you do this?"

Chen Chao in the carriage said with a smile: "Because the people who are illuminated will care."

"What I'm more afraid of is that if this lantern is gone, then next time you walk at night, you won't be able to see anything."

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The carriage slowly left the long street, and there was a coachman, Weng Quan.

The current deputy commander of the left back is now frowning, which is very different from his previous temperament.

Chen Chao asked through the curtain: "What? I didn't have enough to eat at your second uncle's house last time. Why are you looking so worried?"

Although it was a joke, Chen Chao was actually a little unaccustomed to such a dull Weng Quan.

You know, this guy is even more talkative than Yu Xiyi, and he shouldn't be like this.

Weng Quan gritted his teeth and asked, "Sir, can I go to the northern border?"

As soon as Weng Quan spoke this way, Chen Chao understood that it was probably because this guy wanted to go to the north, but was stopped by his second uncle, so he was frowning.

Chen Chao raised his eyebrows and said, "When you go to the northern border, who will handle the matter of going to this divine capital?"

"There is always something a capable person can do. I want to go north to kill demons and contribute to the court!"

Weng Quan took a deep breath and said, "As long as you ask, I can leave the city tonight!"

Chen Chao didn't speak, just looked at Weng Quan quietly.

Weng Quan waited for a long time before Chen Chao spoke. Just as he was about to speak, Chen Chao slowly said: "Why are you so anxious? When it's your turn to go north, you won't be able to run away. If you want to live by then, you won't be able to survive." ”

Weng Quan stopped talking.

Chen Chao said: "If I were you, I would quickly find a wife and give myself a wife. Don't die in the north. No one will burn a handful of paper money for you during the Qingming Festival."

Weng Quan shook his head and said: "Since you are going to die in the north, it won't be so tortured. Let the girl you like be a widow for you. It will be uncomfortable to think about being demoted. It is better to let her marry someone else and live a stable life. "

Chen Chao sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect that your mind could think of this."

Weng Quan chuckled, "That's right. If you like a girl, you won't be willing to see her suffer. You would like to suffer all the suffering for yourself. That girl will just enjoy happiness."

Chen Chao glanced at Weng Quan and said, "Then you have made up your mind to marry an old man? Do you have to be pinched and beaten every day?"

"Yes, sir, is this okay?"

Weng Quan originally thought so, but when Chen Chao talked about it, he felt a little unsure.

Chen Chao shook his head, "That's not the case. When two people are together, they think about each other and only wait for others to do things for themselves, or only do things for others. It's not right."

Weng Quan said oh, still a little confused. How could this guy understand the secrets here? But he just kept these words in his heart, and then asked curiously: "My lord, you and Miss Xie have been together for so many years. Why aren't you married yet?"

Before Chen Chao could say anything, the carriage stopped.

They arrived at Xie's residence. Xie had already received the news, but this time the middle door was not opened. Chen Chao's late-night visit was certainly not for others to know.

Chen Chao walked out of the carriage, glanced at the Xie family's residence, and then said: "I am also afraid that the girl I like will become a widow."