Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 52 Xu Family Brothers
Except for the wedding day, Lin Hai rarely performed the Zhougong ceremony with Zhu Niang.Because Zhu Niang always claimed that Xiu'e lived next door, she was afraid of making too much noise and was shy.

Now Lin Hai knew that being shy was just an excuse. These two words basically did not exist in Zhu Niang's dictionary.The reason why she refused was because she was already pregnant.

However, this separation would take at least four months. Lin Hai decided to be gentle with Zhu Niang, but he was also afraid of hurting the child in his belly, so...

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Zhu Niang coughed and retched: "Thieves are strong, and they don't have any consideration at all. I am so happy that I just bully others."

Lin Haili said confidently: "Who dared to hide your pregnancy? Your husband-in-law thinks that Lai is also a fifth-rank official. If you don't take care of it, what will happen to you in the future?"

Zhu Niang rolled her eyes at him and sneered: "Drink! Mr. Lin is so majestic and majestic, how can a common girl kneel down and kowtow when she sees you?"

Lin Hai touched his nose and said, "As you said, this is the pose I just taught you... Kneel down to make it more interesting."

Zhu Niang kicked her over and said, "Get out of here, mom!"

With quick eyes and quick hands, Lin Hai grabbed her calf and stroked her belly, which was not yet showing her pregnancy: "Madam, you said you were overjoyed two and a half months ago. Did your husband do it with one arrow?"

Zhu Niang said angrily, "See what you can do."

Lin Hai suddenly said: "Seriously, if something happens to me at sea this time..."

Zhu Niang quickly covered his mouth: "Bah, bah, bah! You are not allowed to talk nonsense."

Lin Hai gently took her hand away and said seriously: "I mean, if I don't come back after the New Year, you should move inland first. The coast of Fujian will not be peaceful next year. Wait until our baby is born When you return to Guangdong later, you must take a boat overseas before your child, and never come back again."

Zhu Niang asked in confusion: "Why is this?"

"The world will soon be in chaos. Guangdong can still enjoy peace for about 20 years, and then it will be bloody." Lin Hai sighed, and then said, "If you go overseas, don't go to Lu Song.”

Zhu Niang was shocked and said, "Is this what my mother told your husband?"

Lin Hai nodded: "That's right, she asked me to save the world, so I asked Sanshu Xu to donate a thousand households and train some soldiers first."

Zhu Niang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Since I have my mother's help, my husband will definitely succeed and the sky will not fall."

Lin Haisurong said: "My mother said that this is going against the will of heaven and may not work, but I will try anyway."

Seeing his serious expression, Zhu Niang didn't know what to say for a moment, so she just snuggled tightly into his arms.

After a long while, Lin Hai said again: "I will leave you 5000 taels of silver. You can go back to Uncle Xu and ask him to find a silversmith for you, make a few sets of hair and face, and change them into some light and soft ones. If I haven't come back after the New Year, , just do as I say."

He thought for a while and then said: "Abba is old, and Qizai and our baby are still young. When the time comes, you will accept Xiu'e as your contracted daughter, and then make the decision to marry her to Tiedan. Both of these are good My child, Xiu'e is careful and Tiedan is very strong, so I will be able to take care of you when the time comes."

When Zhu Niang heard him speak so solemnly, her nose felt sour, and her long eyelashes were misty.

Lin Hai chuckled and said: "I just teased you. Your husband-in-law is protected by my mother-in-law, so he will be fine. Let's not talk about it. I will go find Uncle Xu early tomorrow morning and ask him to take care of you for me during these days."

In the center of the city on the left is Xu Xinsu's mansion.

A young junior pushed open the sandalwood door of the study room, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Dad, what's so urgent? My kid invited Zhao Tongzhi for a drink tonight, and on the spur of the moment he said he had something to do, so he rode back all the way, smelling bad. sweat."

"A bad fellow is just a fool? Second brother, look who's here?" On the Huanghuali official hat chair, a dark-skinned grown man pursed his lips at Li Guozhu beside him.

The young junior student was wiping his face with a Yunjin silk handkerchief. Hearing this, he removed the handkerchief, took a look, and exclaimed in surprise: "Brother Li Shi!"

This young man was Xu Yilong, Xu Xinsu's second son, who was a serious student at Zhangzhou Prefecture School. The grown man who started talking was his elder brother Xu Letian.

Li Guozhu had put on clean clothes. Hearing this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Yilong, you are well. I encountered a great disaster this time. Fortunately, Mazu blessed me and came back with my life."

Xu Xinsu sat at the top, waved her hand and said: "Okay, it's not early, and we are just a family talking less."

As he spoke, he explained the matter between Li Guozhu and Lin Hai in detail, and then said to his second son: "Yilong, you have always been in charge of Hong Hengjiu of Zhejiang, and the matter of Lin Xian's nephew donating his official position. Tomorrow you take his boat to Ningbo. Let’s get this done.” Xu Yilong muttered: “The origin of this Lin Hai is unknown, and he is not related to us. I’m afraid he might have ulterior motives if he approaches Brother Li Shi...”

Xu Xinsu raised her hand to interrupt him: "No matter what his intentions are, since he sold Huang Cheng and Zheng Zhihu, he will not be one of Zheng's thieves. This man is capable. He wants to get some benefits from us now, so let's give it to him. , as long as he can help us deal with Thief Zheng together."

Xu Yilong said: "I'm just afraid that he will only take benefits but not do anything."

Xu Letian retorted: "Second brother is too worried. Brother Lin and I had a few more drinks tonight. This man is a loyal man."

Xu Xinsu also said: "Hong Hengjiu is his immediate boss, how dare he take our benefits and do nothing? Besides, this man wants to do business with the Japanese country, but has no way. He killed Huang Cheng and Zheng Zhihu, and is already a mortal enemy of Zheng Zhilong. He can only count on us on the other side of the house."

Xu Yilong heard this and said, "Dad is right, the child is over-concerned."

The few of them talked for a while, and seeing that it was already midnight, they went back to their rooms to rest.Xu Xinsu had just finished washing her feet and getting ready to go to bed under the maid's service, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Xu Yilong's voice came from outside the door: "Dad, it's my kid Yilong."

"Yilong is back? Why didn't you tell me?" Xu Xinsu's first wife, the biological mother of Xu Letian and Xu Yilong, heard this and hurriedly opened the door.

"He came back in the middle of the night and is leaving early tomorrow morning. What do you want me to do?" Xu Xinsu replied to his old wife and ordered all the maids in the house to go out. Then she said to Xu Yilong, "If you haven't gone to bed yet, what are you doing here?"

Xu Yilong hesitated and said: "Dad, please don't get angry if the kid talks about it. You promise the kid first, otherwise the kid won't say anything."

Xu Xinsu frowned and said, "What trouble did you cause outside again?"

Xu Yilong gritted his teeth and said, "I just thought about it carefully. Now in this situation, the person named Zheng has the upper hand. Our Xu family has no grudge against him..."

Before she finished speaking, Xu Xinsu slapped her in the face.Xu Yilong's mother looked on and said anxiously: "Master, why do you want to fight Yilong?"

"I wish I could kill this traitor." Xu Xinsu was old and frail. The slap was so hard that she almost dislocated her arm. She rubbed her palms as she spoke.

Xu Yilong covered his face and said aggrievedly: "Even if the child is wrong, it is for the good of our Xu family. Dad, why do you have to be angry? Isn't it the child's fault to be so angry?"

"Are you still reasonable? Fortunately, you are still a student. Don't you know that there are five great principles in the world: monarch and minister, father and son, brothers, husband and wife, and friends. Starting from your great-grandfather's generation, four generations of the Li and Xu families have been sworn to Jinlan. Now that your uncle Li has been murdered by that thief Zheng, you say that my Xu family has no grudge against thief Zheng?"

Xu Xinsu said angrily: "If one day your father also dies in the hands of the thief Zheng, will you still have a drink with that Zheng?"

Seeing his father's heart-breaking words, Xu Yilong couldn't help but knelt down with a plop, slapped himself in the face and said: "My child doesn't dare, it's my fault. Father, please calm down and don't get angry."

Xu's wife had always loved her little son the most. When she saw this, she shed tears and started crying: "Master, why are you cursing yourself? Are you not trying to force Yilong to death? You might as well kill me first."

"You're the one who spoiled me all day long, look what he's become?" Xu Xinsu scolded his old wife, and then said to Xu Yilong, "Why don't you get out of here, or will I cry to death?"

Xu Yilong got up and retreated dejectedly. Xu's wife still said reluctantly: "Why is Yilong so different? He was selected as a scholar at a young age. He will definitely be a scholar in the future. Then our Xu family will be an official family. Secondly, isn’t it better than being a businessman?”

Xu Xinsu also passed the scholar examination when she was young, but unfortunately she was just a boy when she grew old.He has always been proud of his second son. Hearing this, the anger in his heart has long subsided, but he still said: "A long-mouthed woman, a loving mother often loses her sons."

It was night, and Xu Xinsu couldn't sleep for a long time.

The Li and Xu family relied on several generations of clear division of labor and sincere cooperation to create the current overseas trading business empire. However, in Xu Yilong's generation, the relationship between the two families suddenly became indifferent.

This is certainly related to the fact that Li Guozhu moved to Hirado when he was very young, and his parents and grandparents grew up in Fujian, and he has been close to the Xu family since he was a child.But the bigger reason is that Xu Yilong has been immersed in the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and he sincerely despises the reckless atmosphere of the Li family.

In comparison, Xu Letian and Li Guozhu were much closer. They both ran boats at sea and had more dealings with each other.Perhaps, the second son Yilong should be allowed to concentrate on his career, and the eldest son Letian should be allowed to deal more with Fujian officials and gentry?
However, whether it is the way he treats people or the people's calculations, the eldest son Letian is far inferior to his younger brother Nai. If he is allowed to be the heir to the Fujian foundation, he may not be able to keep the family business.

Xu Xinsu tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep until the roosters sang outside the window.

　I started streaking on Sunday, and my collection has basically stopped moving.Does anyone know anyone who makes book lists and can help recommend this book?It is best to have a long review list that mainly promotes seedlings.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)