Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Zhou Banxia couldn't understand why the great-grandfather of the Liu family, who was not a good grain merchant, could be so crazy that he wanted to be an imperial merchant.

When it comes to the food that is the foundation of the country, the social status of grain merchants is inherently more sensitive than that of ordinary businessmen. Why would they dare to actively cling to the powerful if they don't hide away?

If you have the courage to bankrupt your family and join the prefect, why not give up business and train the third generation, and train your great-grandchildren for scientific examinations? Isn't it better than taking risks and becoming an imperial merchant?

You must know that the imperial merchants in Daliang did not have official titles. If you add the word "emperor" to them, they are still merchants.

Having money but no power is not just a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

After listening to the history of the rise and fall of the Liu family, Zhou Banxia couldn't figure out what her mother-in-law was thinking when she saw that Mrs. Liu didn't want her to ask someone to inquire about the current situation of the enemies of the Liu family.

Let’s talk about Concubine Shu.

As far as she knew, it was indeed her master's aunt, or her biological aunt, but it was the other person who caused her master's father's family to turn against her mother's family.

The other party died happily.

In order to become the Queen Mother, she also caused misfortune to her only son. Even the bloodline that survived the adoption has been eradicated by His Majesty.

Otherwise, there has been no family ties in the royal family since ancient times, only power and profit. Her uncle Zhou Huan was so evil that he would sneak away as soon as His Majesty got old.

As for Concubine Shu's natal Shu Mansion, they naturally couldn't escape. They wanted to frame the Zhou Mansion, the in-laws who were not taking sides, but the Zhou Mansion counterattacked at that time, causing both sides to lose.

Then to the in-laws of the Shu Mansion, then the concubine’s brother-in-law will naturally also fall, and then to the brother-in-law of the brother-in-law’s brother-in-law’s brother-in-law, the magistrate?
Even if you think about it, there will be no intact eggs under the overturned nest, and the skin will not be preserved, and the hair will be attached. Their noble concubines have fallen. Even if the prefect escaped, how can he have no enemies?

It's like talking about the Liu family's enemy back then, the prefect's rival, Mr. Qianhu.

However, decades have passed, but I have never heard of such a high-ranking minister in the DPRK.

"That Qianhu Master back then, mother, I actually inquired about him privately in Fucheng this time.

Moreover, Aunt Zhou had specially mentioned to me which of the ministers and other families of the DPRK were marrying whom, and whose wife was at odds with whose wife.

In addition, when I was in Fucheng this time, when the senior management talked to me about how Mrs. Gao was doing in the capital, he mentioned Mrs. Gao's natal family and talked about the current situation of the generals in the DPRK.

There is also Mrs. Qian. Her soap shop is now expanding to the Jianghan Plain. She will also mention it to me more or less whose influence it will fall under.

Therefore, I dare not say how well I know the civil and military ministers of North Korea and China, but I still have a rough idea, and I pay special attention to the Wuchang Prefecture.

It was impossible for the Qianhu master back then to change his surname. I have never heard that any of the fifth-rank officials or officials above have that name, or that among the officials with the same surname, whose father or grandfather served in Wuchang Prefecture Over a thousand households.

Even if the Qianhu master has descendants, as long as he is not of the fifth rank, if grandpa wants to return to his ancestral homeland to visit relatives instead of settling there, it should not be a big problem.

After all, we were not convicted of any crime by the government at the beginning. We were just threatened and had to avoid trouble. Now we are not without backers, so we are afraid of whom.

But for the sake of safety, it is best to wait until our bodyguard team is trained. Then it will be more appropriate to send our own bodyguard to escort grandpa back and forth. "

"..." Mrs. Liu laughed dumbly and patted her old daughter-in-law's arm happily, "Your grandpa and uncle would be very happy if they heard what you said."

"It should be, not an outsider." Zhou Banxia smiled, "It's too far over there, and I can't guarantee that anyone will do their best. Even if I want to help, there's nothing I can do.

On the other hand, when my grandfather returns and regains his identity, I will be able to help him more or less. By then, Xiao Linzi's generation will be able to take the scientific examination. "After careful calculation, even if we start from her father's generation, it is really Xiao Linzi's generation who can take the scientific examination without worrying about tracing the household registration at all.

It is impossible to say that you are not moved.

But things couldn't be as simple as Sanya said. Whether the truth back then was as her father said, even her father probably couldn't guarantee it 100%.

What's more, this also involves her uncle and brother-in-law, whom her father has not yet contacted. How could she not contact her father, a brother, if she really meant it.

Don't look back and see her father go back to his ancestral land to visit relatives, and then one after another suddenly appears to ask her father to take back the ancestral property. It's better to forget it, because if something happens, it will implicate her family.

It's not that she is unfilial, it's that she doesn't dare to be filial.

Her family, Sanya, managed to get out of a wealthy family, and her family, Liulang, finally made it to where he is today. One mistake and his hard work was in vain.

Her mother can no longer help her old son, how can she hold him back?

It’s not like her mother’s family had to restore their status, and they were living a good life now. The only way to go was to take the scientific examination, and not everyone was as lucky as her family Liulang.

Without Sanya, her family Liulang would not be able to pass through one level after another without any shortage of good books and money, no matter how motivated he was to study.

The child’s uncle is the best example.

If the child's father had made a fortune to buy land and support the family, the old Gu family would have been completely impoverished by the child's uncle's education.

In this way, the whole family still ate wild vegetable wowotou sweet potato porridge for decades, and it was not until the family was separated that they moved out before eating food for other people!
Thinking of this, Mrs. Liu shook her head repeatedly, "Forget it, your grandpa and the others are living a good life now. It's better to have one less thing than one more thing.

If someone from the Liu family over there comes to see your grandpa, and your grandpa wants to go back, then you can send a few guards to take him back.

If not, your grandma and the others are used to it after coming here for so many years. Even your cousin and sister-in-law are from here, so it doesn't matter whether they go back or not.

If you have the intention, why go back if you can't worship your ancestors? The people there are not as united as the old Gu family, and they will hide away faster than anyone if something happens.

Besides, your aunt, if you really think about it, it wasn’t just my grandfather who harmed her, my uncle and the others didn’t even help to stop him from selling his granddaughter for glory.

Not to mention those tribesmen, they used to make excuses for my eldest sister’s annulment. Afterwards, she thought that my father had promised his eldest daughter to be a concubine, so she couldn’t think of it——”

Halfway through the words, Liu swallowed back the words "hang yourself" when he thought that today was an auspicious day for the workshop to start work, "I don't want to get close to those people."

Zhou Banxia didn't know that the Liu family was still so dirty back then, so he nodded quickly when he heard this, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll do what you say."

Mrs. Liu couldn't help but smile at this child and looked at her old daughter-in-law, "Don't let your brother Liulang learn what we two said today. Can you do that?"

Zhou Banxia blinked, "Can you change it, mother? Brother Liulang said that I won't hide anything from him, and he also made sure not to hide anything from me."

"You are stupid. If mother doesn't tell you, he doesn't know -"

"Mom, wife, are you in there?"