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Chu Huan understood, and said, "So, the Su family is still very prestigious in Yuezhou?"

Lin Lang nodded slightly: "I wonder if you have heard of the sixteen surnames in Kansai?"

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it, but I can guess that the sixteen surnames in Kansai should all be rich families in the northwest?"

Linlang smiled charmingly, and said: "It's not difficult to guess, but don't think you are very smart. The sixteen surnames in Kansai are the sixteen wealthy families in Kansai, and the Xiguan Road has seven surnames, also known as the Seven Kansai. The surname, the Su family, is one of the seven surnames in Xiguan."

Chu Huan sighed: "The people from Xiliang broke into the pass, and the West Pass road suffered heavy losses. The seven surnames in the pass are probably dead in name only now."

Lin Lang said dejectedly: "You're right, not to mention other powerful families, only the Su family, almost all the property accumulated by generations of people was looted by the Xiliang people, and many people died in the Xiliang people's house." Under the gun."

"Old Uncle Su's ability to enter the customs must not be easy!"

"At the time when Yuezhou was in danger, members of the Su clan were either killed or injured, and they were all dispersed." Linlang said: "The old uncle retreated in time, and escaped from Yuezhou in time before the people from Xiliang arrived. They walked in a hurry, so they almost never brought any belongings with them. On the way to escape, they met robbers again. The two carts of belongings they brought out in a hurry were also looted by the robbers. At that time, the servants fought with the robbers and lost More than a dozen lives."

Knowing that bandits who took advantage of the fire were not uncommon in the Northwest, Chu Huan nodded slightly.

"The old uncle thought that the Northwest Army might be able to repel the Xiliang people, so he didn't enter the customs at first, but hid in the house of an old friend on Beishan Road." Lin Lang sighed: "As the saying goes, it's good, poor on the side of the road No one asks, rich people are looking for in the deep mountains. At the time when the Su family was prosperous, there were so many so-called old friends of the Su family. The old uncle led dozens of people in the family and wanted to take refuge at the Gao family in Qingzhou for a while. Who knows if they stayed for two days? The whole Gao family pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, which means that the old uncle led the whole family and lived in the Gao family for free, and the old uncle had never suffered such grievances in his life, so he immediately asked him to leave the Gao family...!"

"Wait a minute!" Chu Huan asked with a frown, "Linlang, the Gao family you're talking about is the Gao family in Qingzhou? Is there someone named Gao Lian?"

Lin Lang was startled, her pretty face showed doubts: "Chu Lang, do you know Gao Lian?"

"It really is Gao Lian's Gao family?" Chu Huan sighed, only feeling that the world is not small if you say it is big, but it is not big when you say it is. Indirectly involved, "I have seen this person before. This time, he came back from Xiliang and passed through Jiazhou. Gao Lian and a group of Northwest gentry went to Jiazhou to host a banquet."

Lin Lang frowned, and said angrily: "This kind of person is an ungrateful villain. It is said that Gao Lian's father was once favored by his old uncle. Their Gao family was able to have today, and the Su family also helped them. The relationship is said to be good. Although Gao Lian's father is a few years older than the old uncle, he still calls the old uncle his elder brother... This is an old story. After leaving the pass, they were placed in Tongzhou at the beginning...!"

Chu Huan hugged Linlang's waist, gently stroked Linlang's soft waist with one hand, and asked, "Then why did they come to Yunshan?"

"Actually, they already knew that their father had established an estate in Yunshan, but his father had never contacted them before. At that time, their family had a big business, and no one came to ask their father. Although they belonged to the same clan, they were like strangers." Lin Lang lightly Sighing: "This time they suffered a catastrophe. They took refuge in Tongzhou and suffered a lot. After the war in the Northwest, many people fled from the Northwest into the pass. Those who fled in were actually wealthy gentry from the Northwest. They They have horses and carriages, so they have the ability to escape into the pass... The old uncle is with those people in Tongzhou."

"Those people should also seek refuge with relatives in the pass?"

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"You don't know, the seven surnames in Xiguan are all from Xiguan, and the rich families in the northwest rarely walk with the pass, so there are not many of them who can take refuge in the pass." Lin Langli leaned her head on Chu Huan's shoulder and said with a wry smile : "Although these people used to be rich in the northwest, but now their families are ruined, many of them have lost their homes and property, and only escaped with their lives... You said that even if you have relatives and friends in the pass, who is willing to take them in."

Chu Huan can understand.

Just as Lin Lang said, a phoenix that lands is not as good as a chicken. The people of Xiguan Road have suffered heavy losses, the gentry and wealthy families have suffered heavy blows, their wealth has been wiped out, and they are no longer as prominent as they used to be. Even though these people still retain the dignity of the wealthy clan, in the eyes of outsiders, They are just ordinary refugees who suffered from military disasters.

After all, these wealthy families in the Northwest used to be big families, and they all had their own industries. They had business contacts with the customs, and there were still some friends and friends in the customs. However, when they fell into the current predicament, those who can really accept them and lend a helping hand , although there are no such people, but they are very few after all.

"How did the old uncle find this place?"

"It's not the old uncle." Lin Lang said with a wry smile: "In the old uncle's generation, there were originally six brothers. My grandfather was the eldest, but when my father was very young, my grandfather passed away, and my old uncle was the second. The old uncle became the helm of the Su family. In fact, the Su family operated many industries. At that time, the main business of the father's branch was the winery. Originally, this was not the biggest income of the family, but my father liked to make wine, and he was very popular. , the wine shop also grew bigger and bigger, and later, the biggest business in the clan turned into the wine industry."

Chu Huan said: "Mu Xiuyu will be destroyed by Lin Feng, the old club is too good, the rest of the family are naturally jealous."

Lin Lang sighed: "It is precisely because of the fact that the wine industry is being expanded by the father, so many people in the clan are jealous. Although all the industries of the Su clan are owned by the clan, and those stores belong to the public, but the profit distribution But it's different. Just like the father is in charge of the liquor store, all the liquor stores under the name of the Su family belong to the father. If they make a profit, [-]% of the profit will go to the public, and [-]% will go to the father himself. Don't underestimate the [-]% of the profit. Well, there are so many wine shops in the Su family, plus my father is well-run and his business is booming, every year, my father's personal dividends are not small."

"If this has always been like this, it will be a good thing for the father and the family." Lin Lang smiled bitterly: "But because of the generous dividends that my father receives every year, many people in the family are jealous, and Uncle Seven is one of them." .”

"Is it Su Zhen's father?"

"Yeah." Lin Lang nodded and said, "Su Zhen's father was seventh in his father's generation, and we all call him Uncle Seven." Before he took over, the tea business was always very good, but later the tea business failed, and Gongzhong had to subsidize the money from the tea shop every year. According to the rules of the clan, if the business lost money, Gongzhong would subsidize [-]% of the losses, and the remaining [-]%. The vacancy will be filled by the operator himself..."

"That year the clan held a clan meeting, which was presided over by the head of the clan. In fact, the main purpose was to discuss how to manage the next year, and sometimes make some adjustments to the members of the clan." Lin Lang frowned and said: "It was that year Clan association, someone in the clan suggested that father should run the tea shop, but Qishu should run the wine shop."

Chu Huan said: "This must be something that Uncle Seven did behind the scenes."

"Father knew it well, so he opposed it on the spot. But most of the people said that my father is very capable and the tea shop in the family is not in good condition. As long as my father steps in, he will definitely be able to reverse the loss." Lin Lang was obviously still a little angry in her heart. The son picked it up: "Father was able to run a wine shop well, that's because my father liked brewing wine since he was a child, and he had been in the wine shop for many years. He didn't know much about tea shops, so how could he manage it well? At that time, the wine shop of the Su family The shops have already formed a large scale and are well-known in the Northwest. As long as there are no major problems, there will be substantial income every year, and the tea shop is losing money every year. I'm afraid that it will all be lost within two years."

"So the old club left the Northwest in a fit of anger?"

"Father didn't care about how many bonuses he got. His greatest wish was that one day the fine wine he brewed would be selected as royal wine." Lin Lang said sadly, "But Uncle Qi has already bought off many people in the clan in advance. Even the father and uncle have benefited from the Seventh Uncle. Although the old uncle is usually a fair person, he didn't speak for his father that day... The father turned his face on the spot, and when he returned home, no one was seen. After drinking and being drunk for several days, he suddenly asked his family to pack up and did not say goodbye to the family, so he wanted to leave the northwest and enter the customs to lay a foundation for himself."

Chu Huan said with admiration: "It's a pity that the old club passed away and I couldn't meet him. He is daring and decisive. If he can be taught by his side, he will definitely learn a lot."

"The news that my father was going to leave, after the family knew about it, the old uncle personally came to persuade him, but my father had already made up his mind to go. Instead, many wine shop brothers who followed my father heard that my father was going to enter the customs to start a business alone. I am willing to enter the customs with you." Linlang said: "This is also because father treats them kindly, and he always takes part of the bonus that father gets every year to reward them, and treats them as his own family. Everyone says that the wine shop has left father. It will soon wither, and they don’t want to see the signboard that they have worked so hard to destroy like that, so they are willing to follow their father to enter the customs and work hard. The signboard that my father ran in the Northwest back then was Heshengquan!”

"This time, my uncle and the others have been in Tongzhou since they entered the customs. The food from the government was sent to the northwest. The refugees who entered the customs, although the government will also donate porridge and food, but who can eat enough?" Lin Lang said softly He said: "Uncle Qi and the others have never suffered such hardships before. They have been in Tongzhou for a long time, but they couldn't bear it any longer. They knew that I was in Yunshan Mansion, so Uncle Qi came to Yunshan Mansion alone first. He didn't say anything clearly, but I knew he In any case, they are all members of the Su family, even though my father left in a fit of anger, he only started his own business, not leaving the Su family, and now that they are in such a catastrophe, I can't just sit idly by."