supreme heaven

() After the Luocheng incident, although the Qian family tried their best to suppress the impact of this incident under the instruction of Qian Xunxue, a major change occurred in the succession ceremony of the Qian family's head, and it was spread like wildfire by the people of many aristocratic families attending the meeting. Walk. .

But what happened in the city?Some people in the city said that a strange beast might have come to attack, because they heard a lion-like roar, and some said that there was a deviation in a certain sacrificial process, which released an evil way that the ancestors of Qianjia had sealed in the past. Master, of course, the most reliable guess is that at the succession ceremony of the Patriarch of the Qian Family, someone came to seek revenge...

But who is the master who has an enmity with the Qian family, the whole family of the Qian family is silent, and they are not willing to mention this matter at all.

I don't know if someone deliberately fabricated it or spread the rumors. There is a legend circulating in Luocheng. , but the Demon King was leaked. Although Patriarch Qianjia led everyone to fight hard, the Ice Soul Yuanzhu was still taken away by the Demon King.

Such legends seem absurd, but all the people in Luocheng can feel one real thing, that is, Luocheng seems to be warmer than before.

Because of the existence of the Ice Soul Orb, Luocheng is still the town with the lowest temperature in the southeast even if it is on the banks of the Luoshui River. So is the Ice Soul Orb really lost?

There is no evidence for this.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, and at the end of September, even the wind in the southeast has a bit of coolness.

The Qin family's ancestral house was built next to the mountain, and it was even colder in the morning and evening, so the servants and maids also put on autumn clothes early in the morning, and the watchmen on duty in the morning and evening even had to wear cotton-padded jackets.

The Tang family and the Xu family also kept their promises, and returned all the farmland and mountains and forests that Qin Guyue had promised to return in Daxing City. The Xikou Iron Mine at the junction of Zhongcheng also took the opportunity to return it to Qin Guyue.

Although it is said that this iron mine has been mined by the Xu family for generations, and the stock is not much, it is obviously more political than economic.

Throw it in with a peach and repay it with Qiongyao. Since Xu Shu is so sensible, it is impossible for Qin Guyue to say nothing. She immediately proposed in the name of Qin's eldest son and the management of Yunshui Villa. This time, she had a dispute with the Xu family. Some of the farmlands were changed to joint operation by the two parties. The precedent refers to the model of the Qian family and the Qin family.

In this way, the relationship between the Xu family and the Qin family has been completely improved. In comparison, the Tang family, which was already allied with the Qin family in Daxing City, seems to be alienated.

It is said that after Xu Banruo, the head of the Xu family, heard that Xu Shu had "returned" the still productive Xikou Iron Mine to the Qin family in exchange for the joint management rights of the disputed 300 mu of farmland between the Xu family and the Qin family. , not only did not scold Xu Shu's prodigal family as the outside world thought, but sighed and said: "It's a pity that he is not my son!"

The love for talents is beyond words. This sentence was circulated secretly in the Xu family. It was regarded as one of the strong evidences that Xu Banruo wanted to formally change Xu Shu as the young master of the Xu family. The position of the family has become stronger.

In the past, there may have been some elders of the Xu family who used to make things difficult for Xu Shu with questions such as "Have Xu Haotian been found" and "Where is the whereabouts of the young master?"

As the relationship between the Xu family and the Qin family became closer day by day, finally, the Tang family in Yangcheng couldn't stand it anymore.I don't know if Tang Jiu was afraid of being marginalized, or if he was instigated by his master, he reluctantly offered the Qin family an olive branch that was long overdue.

The Chamber of Commerce in Yangcheng requested to set up a branch in Yunshui Mountain Villa, with a tea garden on the border between the two parties as compensation, and hand it over to the Qin family for management.

In terms of conditions, they are not as forthright as the Xu family, and they are slow in terms of time, and they look very willing.Qin Guyue even felt that the wording of Tang Jiu's letter to herself had been revised for a long time, because there were many traces of revisions on the letter... Well, either Tang Jiu was too emotionally unstable when writing the letter to Qin Guyue , or he didn't pay much attention to this matter, in short, he didn't leave a good impression on Qin Guyue that he should have.

Then, Qin Guyue also smirked, and gave Liu Wangcai all of the matter of the letter, which had already been opened by the Tang Family Chamber of Commerce, to Liu Wangcai.

This old boy, the one who plucks the wild goose's hair, can be accepted by Tang Jiu!

After this series of actions, the problem of the Qin family's internal elders' meeting also came to Qin Guyue, who was wearing a snakeskin armor, carrying a Qianqiu sword, and leading a hundred full armor, and the Qin family's private soldiers on horses drove to the elders After the meeting venue, all the problems were solved.

After all, no matter how hard the bones of the elders are, they are not as hard as armor, and no matter how fast their mouths are, they are not as good as the standard sabers of private soldiers?

And Qin Guyue didn't talk too much with these rice-eating worms, and directly slapped her saber hard on the stage. Sitting on both sides of the square table, the seven elders of the Qin family who were a little bit older sneered: "Elders, long time no see, Gu Yue is being polite here!"

The seven elders saw Qin Guyue's ferocious appearance, not even the slightest appearance of a junior, and immediately looked at each other, wondering what was sold in the gourd that this "junior" had brought the Qin family's private soldiers in full armor. medicine.

In principle, the transfer of the private soldiers of the Qin family has to go through the council of elders, but rules are rules, and principles are principles. These people are Qin Guyue's... personal bodyguards!

"Xian... nephew..." One of the elders who seemed to have a good relationship with Qin Zhantian finally had the courage to say: "What's the matter with you?"

According to what a servant employed by the Council of Elders said afterwards, Master Qin Guyue took out a letter from his bosom, slapped it on the table, and said in a neutral tone: "The matter of the Long family, It seems to have something to do with a few members of our Elders' Council, and how to put it, well, it's not too serious. It just wants to cooperate with Long Ruoli to destroy the combat effectiveness of our Qin family army, so that the real power can be held in the Elders' Council. ..." At this point, his tone became cold, and he said one sentence at a time: "So, I want to say hello to everyone! Good! Chat! One! Chat!"

Then those elders of the Qin family, who were originally stern-faced and would not be surprised when the sky fell, were like the chilling cicadas in autumn, daring not to say a word.

Afterwards, Master Qin Guyue said: "I am going to carry out reforms in Yunshui Villa recently, I hope you can cooperate." She put away the letter and her sword, and left with a group of private soldiers of the Qin family.

According to the "Qin Family Letter" written by the descendants of the Qin family later, in the autumn of the 37th year of Wu Lie, Qin Guyue, the eldest son of Bingge Hou, carried out reforms in the territory of the Qin family as the leader of Yunshui Villa.

The reform involved many matters in the Qin family's territory, among which the most controversial was the reform of the Council of Elders.

Cancel the Elders' Association's jurisdiction over the distribution of farming, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, and minerals in Yunshui Villa, and all of them will be returned to the big steward of Yunshui Villa. Make a book and collect it in a unified way.The big steward conducts unified management, and then distributes money and food to each branch family on a quarterly basis according to the population. The elder council reserves the right to discuss matters and discuss military affairs, and is responsible for mediating internal conflicts within the family and receiving allowances.

Although later generations were discussing these reform policies, some people believed that Qin Zhantian instructed Qin Guyue to carry out the reforms, and he cleared up many obstacles for him, otherwise, it would be unimaginable that a seventeen-year-old Such a young man has such courage to change the system of his ancestors for nearly a thousand years?

However, more people quoted from other documents and pointed out that Qin Guyue did carry out reforms in Yunshui Villa by himself. Perhaps this young man was too famous when he wiped out the Long family. Or maybe he had some handle on the Council of Elders, which made all the elders of the family silent, and almost acquiesced in his behavior, allowing the property under his name to be confiscated to the chief steward.

But it cannot be denied that Qin Guyue's move was not a decision made on the brain.

After the family business that was originally disorganized was integrated, the profit nearly doubled, and the people in the territory also avoided the embarrassing situation of having to pay taxes to the family elders who were in charge of them before.

Such an act of benefiting the people can be said to be unique among the big southeast families who were influenced by the business atmosphere and tried their best to exploit the common people.

Among the aristocratic families in the southeast where "the smell of copper permeates the southeast, and geese pluck their hairs for hundreds of miles" recorded in "Historical Briefings", Qin's family has left a lot of affection.

The author of "Qin's Family Letter" also mentioned at the end of this paragraph, "If the people benefit from it, they will die. When the haze rises, the land of clouds and water is as stable as golden soup, covered by the labor of a lonely moon."

The people were willing to serve him when they received favors, so in the great storm, not only did Yunshui Villa not riot, but it was also impregnable, all because of Qin Guyue's contribution!

Of course, these are all for later.

At this time, this one, with his own power, within half a year, destroyed the Long family, allyed thousands of families, recovered the farmland occupied by the Xu family and the Tang family, made drastic internal reforms, emptied the elders' council, and almost disturbed the southeast land. ——Qin Guyue, the eldest son of Qin, was looking through the thick accounts sent by Liu Wangcai under a bright lonely lamp in his room.

"Master, you should go to bed early too..." At this time, Liu Wangcai, who was wearing a brown leather jacket, handed over the account book and then served tea, and said to Qin Guyue who was still sitting at the desk: "After the New Year, it will be you It's time for the wedding with Miss Qian, if she sees that you are so emaciated about family affairs, she will definitely blame the villain again."

Qin Guyue took the teacup from Liu Wangcai, opened the tea bowl, took a sip, but still did not move her eyes from the ledger, and said softly: "Liu Wangcai, go down, I will take a rest after reading it for a while."