I want to be a good minister

Chapter 67
The carriage went back, and the speed increased a lot. Although Cen Xi only knew that the golden nanmu was a very rare and rare tree, it took a hundred years to grow to the thickness of a thigh, and a golden nanmu with a diameter of one meter must be at the age of the tree. The golden nan tree is more than 800 years old, and the conditions for the growth of this kind of golden nan tree are very harsh. It can only be found in the mountains hundreds of miles south of Ziyan country.

The wood of golden nanmu is very densely woven, and there are golden spots shining in circles of tree age, which are called golden threads. They are constantly cut by knives, and they will not rot when burned. They will not rot even if they are soaked in water for a hundred years. .

There are many kinds of trees in various countries, and there are many more easy-to-obtain and more practical woods than golden nanmu. However, the reason why golden nanmu is so famous is because of a very sad and moving legend.

According to legend, Princess Fengyi of the Ziyan Kingdom died suddenly one month after her marriage to the Ziyan Kingdom. The thousand-year-old golden nanmu in the southern corner of the Ziyan Kingdom died overnight.

It is rumored that the golden nanmu dried up by itself because God took pity on Princess Fengyi, and the owner of this suddenly withered golden nanmu was the Hao family, the number one merchant of Ziyan Kingdom, and the Hao family also made this golden nanmu. The coffin was presented to the Lord of Ziyan. The name of Princess Fengyi is very famous among the people of Ziyan. At the funeral of Princess Fengyi, from the Lord to the people, there were all tears and tears. People from all over the country spontaneously came here in an endless stream. Come to worship, for a whole year, the capital city of Ziyan Kingdom is full of people who come to worship, the rich occupy all the inns, and the poor occupy the entire street.

After making the coffin, there was only one piece of tree root left, and now the Hao family has this remaining piece of tree root.

Since then, Jinsi Nanmu has also been called Fengyi. It has been 15 years since the words were said, but so far, Ziyan Kingdom and Ziyan Kingdom are like enemies, and the people of Ziyan Kingdom have even spontaneously cut off all contact with Ziyan Kingdom , Businessmen also spontaneously do not do business with Ziyan country businessmen.

The current headed son of the Hao family is the only heir of the Hao family who took the initiative to deliver the coffin to Lord Ziyan that day. Since the princess was buried, the Hao family has moved to the Dajing Kingdom and has not been heard from again.

Helian Jianxiu knew the whereabouts of this piece of golden nanmu. After all, when the Xiangtianyi was in their hands, they had done research on the material of the Tianyi, and they had selfish intentions to copy another Xiangtianyi.

The carriage returned to Qiliang County quickly, and the speed was very fast all the way. It took only one and a half days to reach Qiliang County after three days' journey.

Qiliang County is a not-so-large county along the coast of Dajing State. Half of the county's coastal area is fishery and salt industry, and it has the second largest salt field in Dajing. The largest civilian wharf at the mouth of the bay.

Therefore, the people in Qiliang County are also mixed, there are mysterious hermits like half-faced beard (the system's official statement), and there are also wealthy merchants like the Hao family.

When they arrived in Qiliang County, Elder Ge and others discussed that the Hao family had basically disappeared in the business world, so the fewer people who went there, the better, so Helian Jianxiu brought Su Chi, Elder Ge, Wen Sheng and others together. Five people from Cen Xi went, and the rest stayed where they were.

Helian Jianxiu and his entourage came to the door of a deep house located on Qiliangjun Street with light clothes.

Su Chi stepped forward and knocked on the door three times, but no one came to answer, and the atmosphere of the people waiting outside the door was somewhat gloomy.

Helian Jianxiu and the Hao family met three years ago, when Helian Jianxiu came to Dajing, the Hao family offered a lot of money to ask a luthier to restore the guqin, and for three consecutive months, there was no guqin that could restore the guqin division.

But Shu Yicheng is an expert in guqin, and happened to be in Dajing, and out of curiosity, he revealed the list. Shu Yicheng lived up to everyone's expectations and repaired the guqin. Only then did he know that the master of the guqin was actually the famous Hao family.

Su Chi knocked on the door again, still very polite, knocking on the door again every other cup of tea.

Cen Xi guessed, maybe no one?
"Master, there are people in the house." The next moment, Su Chi's words dispelled Cen Xi's guess.

Helian Jianxiu remained silent, and signaled Su Chi to knock on the door again with his eyes. It took about half an hour before he heard hurried footsteps in the courtyard.

"Here we come, here we come—" I heard a panicked voice from the courtyard, with disordered footsteps, and then the courtyard door was opened, revealing a young boy.

"Everyone, who are you looking for?" The little boy looked anxious at first, and he was a little angry when he opened the door, but when he saw a group of people standing outside the door, their clothes were not very ordinary, so he covered up his impatience and asked.

"Dare to ask, boy, is the Patriarch of the Hao family here?" Su Chi bowed and asked very politely.

"Yes, but I'm really sorry. My Patriarch is seriously ill, and I'm afraid I won't be able to see you all." Xiaotong said immediately, with a flustered expression, and it didn't seem like it was a lie.

"When is the Patriarch free?" Su Chi hesitated for a moment, then asked.

"Are you free?" Xiao Tong immediately shook his head, "I'm very sorry, distinguished guests, you came at an untimely time, I'm afraid you won't see our Patriarch." As Xiao Tong said, the door was about to close, but Helian Jianxiu took a step forward.

"Little boy, wait a minute, we are here with a famous doctor, maybe he can help you." Helian Jianxiu's voice was cold, and the little boy was taken aback, and immediately showed a very happy expression.

"Is that true? Which one is a famous doctor?" As he spoke, his eyes searched among Helian Jianxiu and the others.

"I haven't brought it, but I'll be here in a quarter of an hour." Su Chi received Helian Jianxiu's signal, said immediately, turned around and turned back.

"Then, everyone, please come in first." Seeing this, the little boy hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and opened the courtyard door.

Everyone in Cen Xi was able to enter the gate of the courtyard.

The courtyard is extremely deep, with rockeries and water bridges all the way, and then to the main hall next to the lake. Cen Xi looked around and saw that the entire lake was included in the courtyard, which shows the strength of the Hao family.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I will report to the butler later—" The boy was very polite, and he greeted and led the way in a decent manner, and the two boys who followed him to deliver the water also did not hear footsteps or noise.

"Honored guest?" After a while, an old man about fifty years old came over, led by the boy, just like the boy, with a flustered expression, as if something happened just now.

"Your Highness?" The old man's eyes fell on Helian Jianxiu, and he was taken aback for a moment, then he took a step forward and was about to salute, Helian Jianxiu got up immediately.

"Steward Wu doesn't need to be too polite. This is Dajing. After three years of separation, I don't know that Patriarch Hao is in good health." Helian Jianxiu said, the butler no longer pretended to be energetic, and suddenly his red eyes couldn't stop crying .

"Your Highness, you don't know, the Patriarch is afraid..." the butler said, wiping his tears with his sleeve.

"Three years ago, this king saw that Patriarch Hao was in good health, and he was in that year, so how could it be..." Helian Jianxiu frowned slightly, as if he didn't believe what the steward Wu said.

(End of this chapter)