My game can make money starting from the Three Kingdoms period.

Winter 194

As expected, the day Ah Xiang gambled on arrived.

After Liu Bei thrice declined the governorship of Xuzhou, he succeeded him as the governor of Xuzhou.

As refugees from the Central Plains flocked to the area, Liu Bei, in order to appease them, appointed Mi Zhu, a wealthy merchant from Xuzhou, as his chief advisor. Mi Zhu then used money and land to purchase grain at high prices from local powerful families and clans, thus providing relief to the people of various counties.

The refugees widely praised Liu Bei's benevolent reputation and showered him with compliments.

Taking advantage of the situation, Ah Xiang kept the stockpiled grain for her own consumption and then sold it in batches without attracting any attention.

With her small stature, it's hard for her to attract attention.

But better safe than sorry.

In contrast, powerful clans hoarded goods and engaged in speculation, and this year of disaster was a godsend opportunity for them to annex other territories!

Although they weren't as prescient as Ah Xiang, they were also a little slower to enter the scene.

However, their advantage lies in their large size; they have enough assets to sell at mid-to-high prices and then make a small profit.

Although it's only a small profit, it's enough for many people to work for ten lifetimes!

Their goal was the same as Ah Xiang's: to seize the land.

Land is the means of production in this era, and the foundation for starting a business!

Given the times, how can ordinary people without special abilities turn their lives around? Perhaps the only option is to go with the flow.

Qingming Festival 195

Ah Xiang purchased property in Huailing City.

Although it was a small courtyard, it was enough to shelter them from the wind and rain, and dispel their constant worries about being robbed by bandits.

On the altar are newly made memorial tablets and incense sticks, and on the table are land deeds, all of which Ah Xiang obtained through last year's drought, totaling more than 130 acres.

To avoid attracting unwanted attention, these tasks were distributed among the mother and daughter. This demonstrates Ah Xiang's extreme caution.

"From the fields and mountains, burn incense and kowtow."

This time, my mother-in-law remained silent.

She has come to a clear understanding that the Lu family truly has the protection of their ancestors.

She now regards her daughter Ah Xiang as her top priority and follows her daughter's lead.

If she had been so kind and compassionate last year, how could she have ended up with hundreds of acres of fertile land in her hands today?

As long as there is no war, no financial ruin, and no famine like last year, the rent from these hundred acres of land will be enough for a family to live on for a lifetime!

This truly reflects the saying, "Fortune favors the bold."

If they simply farmed honestly, their living conditions wouldn't change much. In the end, they would only live a life of poverty.

They will never take root.

"Congtian, Congshan, you brothers remember this: burning incense on Qingming Festival is a family rule of the Lu family. No matter where you are in the future, or how many children you have, all those with the surname Lu must burn incense and pay respects on that day!"

Ah Xiang's temperament is quite different from when she was a peasant woman.

At this moment, she seemed to be transforming into a matriarch. It wasn't something she did intentionally, but something she had no choice but to do.

She now understands perfectly well that in order to survive in this chaotic world, she must abandon her past conscience.

But she didn't want her young child to be cold-hearted too early, so she had to step forward and take all the negative blame upon herself.

"I will remember this!"

The two brothers kowtowed and paid their respects.

Lu Congshan suddenly paused, "Reading. Our ancestors said, 'Reading.'"

"Reading?" Ah Xiang frowned.

The mother-in-law was even more astonished, "We finally managed to save up some money, and it's not even enough to cover all of it for my education!"

In this era, reading was the exclusive domain of aristocratic families. It was something that ordinary people could not attain.

The gentry possessed knowledge, and possessing knowledge meant possessing the channel to enter officialdom.

Ordinary people don't even have the right to take a look!

"I must study! I absolutely must!" Ah Xiang declared resolutely. "We'll scrimp and save, even sell our possessions, to support my studies in the mountains!"

Ah Xiang felt deeply guilty as her gaze fell on the back of her eldest son, Lu Congtian, who was obediently kowtowing.

If Lu Congshan's education were provided, then the family's resources would inevitably be tilted towards him.

The eldest brother will inevitably have to live a life of hardship and poverty with them.

I hope the boss can understand.

In fact, five-year-old Lu Congtian understood everything.

Since last year, after my younger brother was able to hear the instructions of our ancestors, my mother has been intentionally or unintentionally showing favoritism towards him.

Now that the ancestor has instructed his younger brother to study, as the eldest son, he naturally has to support him unconditionally.

Who told him to be the eldest brother? Who told him to be deaf to the ancestors' instructions?

Little did they know that Lu Xiao, who had witnessed everything, was astonished, shocked, and furious.

"Studying? What a load of rubbish! I haven't even conveyed anything yet!"

"This game character can actually talk nonsense!"

Surprised, Lu Xiao checked Lu Congshan's biography, wanting to see why he would lie.

"I see."

As a result, after Lu Congshan moved to the county town, he was often ostracized when playing with the children of wealthy families in the town, which made Lu Congshan's inferiority complex begin to emerge.

There is also a hierarchy of contempt among children, and education is a major dividing line.

Perhaps it's the parents' example, forbidding them from playing with children who don't go to school. Or perhaps the children also understand that those who can't afford to study don't deserve to play with them.

And so, little Lu Congshan came to believe that if he went to school, he could be like the other children and say that others were not worthy to play with him.

Since the ancestor's instructions could only be heard by him, he became cunning and made up a story that the instructions were about reading.

Lu Xiao recalled a saying: Children don't lie, but they can talk nonsense.

Isn't that it? And you're saying it as if it's a serious matter!

"Studying is fine too. With this child's intelligence, he'll definitely be able to become an official after graduation."

"But I'm afraid this child will keep lying, and no matter what I convey next, he can pick out the parts that are in his favor. That would ruin everything."

The game started to spiral out of Lu Xiao's control.

Lu Xiao was very troubled by this.

Take off your helmet.

Try to calm down the emotions that have been stirred up.

I saw several unread messages on my phone.

Someone tagged him in someone else's video.

I clicked in and took a look.

The video is just a screenshot; it shows Lu Xiao replying to a colleague today, asking which generation of the aristocratic family he was playing in, and he replied with the number 3.

Looking at the video's likes, it had already surpassed 100,000. Lu Xiao was extremely envious of this kind of traffic.

I took another look at the article: "Famous game review blogger Xiaolu Baba is suspected of leaking information about the closed beta of 'The Clan'..."

Lu Xiao: "???"

"I clearly replied that there were still a few days until the public beta! But he took advantage of the fact that we had the same nickname, edited and overlapped two comments, and pasted my reply of '3' into the first question section!"

One clause in Lu Xiao's contract with the manufacturer stipulated that he must keep the beta test information of "The Family" strictly confidential.

After being teased like that, his reply with a 3 is practically a way of describing the game's generational shifts.

They've fallen for it!

We've been set up!

"That traitor has ruined me!"

Lu Xiao now strongly suspects that the person using the alternate account to try and get information from him is either a jealous competitor or a game company that he has offended.

After all, who's a good person who keeps a close eye on his video comment section? And who takes screenshots before the video is taken down and deleted?

No wonder he sent that "You'd better watch yourself!" He was waiting for me here!

The high number of likes is all from the companies he offended!

"Complaint! Remove from shelves!"

Every time someone files a complaint against Lu Xiao, it's a successful one.

When it was Lu Xiao's turn to complain, all his applications were rejected.

Lu Xiao felt resentful at being treated differently.

He wanted to prove his innocence, but found that his video had been deleted and the comments had disappeared, leaving him with no proof!

Just then, the manufacturer of "The Family" called.

"Mr. Lu, I'm sorry to bother you. This is Xiao Li from the legal department of Shijia. I need to discuss with you the matter of you leaking game details online."

"How much do I have to pay?"

I was so caught up in the joy of making money that I was careless and didn't notice the trap.

Now, without any evidence, any further words are just sophistry and sophistry, and are useless.

"The commercial contract stipulated a reward of three thousand, but based on the extent of the leak, Mr. Lu now needs to pay ten times that amount in compensation."

"Thirty thousand? Do you think my life is worth thirty thousand?!"

"I'm sorry, everything must be done according to the contract. I will discuss the payment and compensation with Mr. Lu after the intra-laboratory test is completed the day after tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Xiao took a deep breath.

"Who's trying to frame me?!"

His entire fortune wasn't enough to cover the breach of contract.

It seems that our only hope now is to get Lu Congshan into an official position and then make money!

How do officials make money? Of course, it's through…