Chapter 21 Suzhou Lu Family

Night.

Under the guidance of an angry wind lamp, Xu Chunshen took a flat boat, and the water waves fluctuated silently in the dark, pushing this flat boat down the river.

The boat silently crossed the river and stopped in a small town.

Xu Chunshen got off the boat and immediately asked, "Uncle is here?" ”

"Master Xu, your uncle has been waiting for you for a long time." A servant greeted him and said.

Xu Chunshen walked into the courtyard.

The Jiangnan garden, between square inches, is heavy and mountainous. Xu Chunshen didn't care, this step by step of the garden, maybe the sky is too dark and the lights are too dim.

After a while, I saw a pavilion flying across the water.

Dozens of lights shine at the same time, illuminating the place as bright as day.

Even under the Zaifei Pavilion, the waves were sparkling, and the golden lin flickered.

Xu Chunshen stepped forward and saluted and said, "Meet Duke Lu." ”

This person is none other than Lu Lin, the son of Lu Yong.

Although he only has the identity of a lifter, he is extraordinary in Jiangnan Shilin.

First of all, he is the head of the Lu family.

In any case, Lu Yong spoke for the Jiangnan gentry back then, so much so that he was exiled to Nanyang, which made all the Jiangnan gentry very sympathetic.

In addition, the Lu family is one of the oldest families in Jiangnan.

It can be traced back to the four surnames of Eastern Wu, such as Lu Xun, Lu Ji, and so on, all of whom are the predecessors of the Lu family.

This influence is inherently deep-rooted.

Even now, under the Lu family, there are many Jinshi people.

Secondly, it is the development of the Lu family in the past ten years.

In the world, there are tens of millions of families, and everyone unanimously recommends the Guangdong Xian family and the Songjiang Xu family, which is not right.

The right thing is that these two families do have tens of millions of family assets.

What's wrong is that there are not only these two families in the world.

For example, a family that people have been ignoring, the leader of the maritime business for decades, the old port Shi family.

Yes, Shi Chang'an has been at the forefront of the South Seas to compete for influence with the Hui merchants in the recapture of the old port. Among the Han people in Nanyang, he is a recognized leader.

Now Shi Changan has taken a back seat and has begun to retire.

But the strength of the Shi family has never diminished.

Therefore, many people are not unaware of the strong strength of the Shi family, but they see the Shi family as a prince, not a businessman.

After Lu Yong was exiled to Nanyang, although he did not adapt to the climate of Nanyang, he had such and such illnesses, and he was always sick in the last few years of his life.

But this is not to say that Lu Yong has no contribution in Nanyang.

In fact, Lu Yong's contribution is quite large.

The competition between the Han Chinese maritime merchants in Nanyang and the Hui maritime merchants in Nanyang seems to be a commercial contradiction, but it is fundamentally a contradiction of civilization.

However, Hui Elders, all kinds of preacher came to Nanyang in a steady stream, and Hui scholars from Nanyang were also trained. But the Han Chinese maritime merchants did not have this foundation.

It's not that Confucianism is inferior to the Koran, but that anyone who reads well in China will not go south to the South Seas.

Lu Yong's level of Confucianism, if you look at the Central Plains, I don't know how many people are ranked behind, and there is no way to compare with Wu Youbi, Xue Xuan, Chen Baisha and others.

But after all, he was born as a Jinshi, and he has a strong foundation, but he is better than ordinary scholars.

He lectured in the Old Port.

The children of all kinds of maritime merchants, and even the children of the Shi family, worship under him.

So much so that no matter how vicious the pirates in Nanyang are, they must respectfully call Lu Yong Master Lu, or Master Lu.

The foundation of the Lu family also quickly took root in Nanyang.

Lu Yong's youngest son, that is, Lu Yu. When Lu Yong was busy lecturing, Lu Yu used Lu Yong's connections to lay a foundation in the old port.

Become a well-known staff member in the Shi family system.

And it contacted the Suzhou Lujia and opened up a direct route from Songjiang to Nanyang.

It also made the Lu family's originally strong foundation more and more developed.

Among all the gentry in Suzhou, the Lu family was the one most involved in commerce. Later, many gentry were involved in business, and the Lu family was in the middle.

Therefore, the influence of the Lu family in Suzhou is increasing.

Become a big wharf in Suzhou's business community, and whoever wants to mix in Suzhou's business community can't bypass the Lu family.

Lu Lin didn't reply and said, "What did you say to Wang Shu?" ”

Xu Chunshen sighed and said, "Without any results, Wang Shu will not enter the oil and salt." ”

Lu Lin sneered and said, "Northerners, isn't that it, starving ghosts are reincarnated, and it's never good to come to Jiangnan." ”

The reason why Lu Lin said this was not only that Kou Shen in Jiangnan had been Qing before, but also that Wang Shu had deeply hurt the interests of the local people in Jiangnan.

is also the grievance that the people of Jiangnan have been accumulating in their hearts.

After all, since the time of Taizu, the Jiangnan heavy endowment has never changed, and since Emperor Taizu, the principle of suppressing the Jiangnan gentry in many places has not changed.

Even now, there are officials from Jiangnan who cannot serve as the head of the household.

With the prosperity of Jiangnan's literary style, it will never lose to Jiangxi.

Why can Jiangxi be half the world, but the Jiangnan gentry are suppressed many times.

How could the Jiangnan gentry have no complaints?

And Lu Lin even combined this kind of local conflict with family conflict, and he hated the northerners deeply.

Lu Lin vented and asked again, "What did Chen Yue say?" ”

He is also very dissatisfied with Chen Yue, a northerner. It's just that I know that I can't get around him. After all, it's the ones who have been fed.

Xu Chunshen said: "Chen Yue said that things can't be done, unless something big happens in the world and the palace is transferred

The idea of the one. ”

Lu Lin pondered for a moment and said, "Big deal, what about giving him big deal?" ”

Xu Chunshen was taken aback, although he knew his current situation, it was already very dangerous, it was simply a child holding money in the middle of the city, and he would be robbed at any time, and he couldn't even save his life.

But Xu Chunshen didn't have the slightest idea of rebelling.

Not to mention the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty's martial arts, no one will have any unrealistic ideas. In addition, if Xu Chunshen gives up his family wealth, he is willing to be a dog completely. In fact, it can still protect the Xu family.

But once you get involved in other things like that, it's hard to say.

Xu Chunshen hurriedly said: "Duke Lu, this matter must not be allowed. ”

Lu Lin said: "What's the matter? ”

Xu Chunshen was speechless for a while, he knew very well what Lu Lin wanted to do, but how could such a thing be announced.

Lu Lin turned around, looked at the sparkling blue water below, grabbed a handful of fish food and sprinkled it in, and said, "Look, aren't they going to make trouble." ”

But I saw a large handful of fish food spilled down, and countless koi fish rushed out of the water on a small piece of water, competing with each other for bait, and disturbing a good wave of clear water.

The reflection of the lights everywhere, as if it was broken gold everywhere, lay on the surface of the water.

"It's good, it's good. Some people know what you can take and what you can't want. Lu Lin's tone paused slightly, and said, "Xu Sheng, what do you think?" ”

Xu Chunshen's heart suddenly swayed.

To be honest, if there is any way to get the imperial court to take back its fate. Xu Shenchun is naturally happy to see it happen, and it is also a good way to instruct the following to make trouble.

After all, not to mention the foundation of the Xu family in Songjiang, just some of the foundation in Suzhou, more than one or two thousand people were pulled out, plus the latent forces of other businessmen or gentry, it was no problem to make Suzhou Mansion and the world change color.

But the problem is that Suzhou is only Suzhou, not the world.

Although Suzhou is important, it is only a mansion.

The people of Jiangnan are weak and unbearable. Once the imperial court quells the rebellion, no matter how much trouble Suzhou makes, it will be useless. But obediently admitting defeat, Xu Chunshen was not reconciled.

Xu Chunshen can make such a big business, and he is not a weak person.

He pondered for a moment, then suddenly got up and said, "I haven't been here today, I don't know anything. However, I would like to remind Lu Gong one last sentence to pay attention to proportion. ”

Immediately, Xu Chunshen took a step back, bowed, and said, "Farewell." Then without waiting for Lu Lin to stay, he walked out.

Lu Yong looked at Xu Chunshen's back, smiled faintly, and said: "It's really the nature of a businessman, seeing profit is like chasing stink, and seeing disadvantage is like scattering." Although he dealt with someone Xu, he looked down on him in his heart.

Lu Lin understood Xu Chunshen's mind very well, but he just wanted to get the result, but he didn't want to participate in it.