Shen Chong saw the different performances of this father and son, and he couldn't help but be happy for a while. However, although he often makes people unable to get off the stage, he is not without measure, and understands that if he really nods and accepts Xi Su's protégé, it will really offend Xi Jian to death, and he will scold him until he dies.

Because this form of worship is a very serious matter. In the early years, when his family was not promoted to the emperor's relatives, it was all because of the master-apprentice relationship between his son and Ji Zhan that he was gradually accepted by the times.

And if there is no such relationship, there is no possibility when choosing the emperor's son-in-law. No matter how much Su Zu thinks about wooing the Wu people, it is impossible for him to promise his daughter to a local tyrant who is completely silent and has no voice.

Therefore, after Shen Chong pondered for a while, he looked at Xi Su, who had an earnest face, and said with a smile: "The Zunfu has its own virtuous relatives who can be used as a teacher to raise their faces, so why should Xi Lang ask for it." If I respond rashly, I will be guilty of offending me. ”

Hearing Shen Chong's smile and refusal, Xi Jian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but when he saw his son's face of defeat and frustration, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

He didn't want his son to worship Shen Chong as a teacher, not because he looked down on the Shen family in his heart, but because the Shen family did not have the qualifications to be a righteous teacher.

Putting this aside, in fact, Xi Jian is also happy to see that his son wants to follow Shen Chong's example. Because the Shen family is indeed the representative of the current of the times, there is no doubt about it. Although he still has a good impression of Shen Chong, he has to admit that the Shen family's pragmatic style of responding to the situation is the real way to prosper the family.

So he looked at Shen Chong again and sighed: "Although this kid is not bad in nature, it is inevitable that he will be occasionally stubborn. I am also getting old and tired, and I am not able to take care of me for a long time. The mediocre people are not worthy of entering the house, but they must often come to worship in the future, and I hope that Sikong will not alienate the stingy teaching. ”

After Shen Chong heard this, he laughed again: "Please rest assured that Gong Xi is in charge of the north, and he also relies on Gong Xi's example to help." Benevolence and righteousness can be obtained from the spring and autumn period, and the heirs will never be lonely and widowed. ”

Speaking of this, he pointed to Xi Su and said: "Xi Lang has a broad knowledge, so he might as well do more here in the future." At present, there are many children of old and good families gathered in this garden, and they are widely involved in economic and historical affairs. ”

Shen Chong said this, not bragging. The Yunyang Village he rebuilt is quite famous in Danyang County, and naturally there are many people who come to visit and visit. Especially with the tense atmosphere in the capital, the Shiliu families don't want their children Meng Lang to cause trouble, and they are happy to avoid right and wrong in the capital.

So gradually, this Yunyangzhuang has also become a gathering point for young people in the outer of the capital, of course, mainly the children of the Wu people.

Although Shen Chong is lackluster in righteousness and morality, his bold and good image of power change is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he is still the reigning Sangong, for the vast majority of young people who are eager for progress and lack of ability, he has a distinct personality charm, and it is not only a mere Xi who is impressed by it.

Although he was disappointed that he couldn't worship Shen Chong as a teacher, he couldn't continue to pull down his face and plead, and the topic could only stop there.

In the evening, the group stayed in Yunyang Village, and Shen Chong gathered some of the children of the family and some young people who are now in the village to gather to welcome Xi Jian. There was naturally no lack of pleasure at the banquet, and many novel pastimes and entertainment could not help but make Xi Su feel an eye-opener, only to feel that compared with his peers in Jiangdong, he really lived up to the time he had spent more than 20 years in vain.

Xi Jian was not interested in all kinds of extravagant pleasures, so he left the table early, and saw his son reluctantly leaving the table to send him to the night, he was unhappy in his heart, and he inevitably reprimanded.

If it was in the past, Xi Su would inevitably feel ashamed when he heard his father's reprimand, but today he heard Shen Sikong's lofty remarks, and this reprimand had a different taste in his ears.

Shen Chong's words are justified or not, but they have shaken the strong image he has established in his son's mind over the years, which even Xi Jian did not realize. No matter who you are, if you don't have reverence in your heart, you will fall into a kind of confusion, and the various bottom lines you have kept in the past will gradually disintegrate, and you will be easily incited and bewitched.

The next day, Shen Chong hadn't gotten up yet, and Xi Chong was already standing under the porch and waiting. Although he failed to worship Shen Chong as a teacher, he was already restraining himself with disciple etiquette.

Shen Chong didn't dare to be surprised by this, so he first went to see Xi Jian as the master and accompanied him to breakfast. Since the family members sent to the capital have not yet been converted, Xi Jian also stayed in the Shen family temporarily, and if he rashly entered the capital, it would be difficult for the hundreds of families who followed him to settle down.

Xi Su also took this opportunity to once again express to Shen Chong the idea of following the karma.

Shen Chong didn't say anything about this, but just called his family to whisper a few words, and then the family hurriedly walked out, and after a short time, he walked in with a small brocade box and placed it on Xi Su's desk.

"Xi Lang's studious heart, I also have a deep feeling, whether to apprentice or not is not mentioned for the time being, since he enters the door after getting along, he must always give a little courtesy."

Shen Chong pointed to the brocade box and motioned for Xi Su to open it and take a look.

Without his father watching by his side, Xi was a little less restrained, and after hearing the words, he opened the brocade box, and when he saw the things inside, his face changed suddenly. What is placed in this brocade box is not a strange treasure, but a tripod coupon sold by Huainan Dingcang, with a face value of 10,000 yuan, neatly stacked and filled the entire box, there are dozens or hundreds of them!

Nowadays, the currency system is chaotic, although Huainan new money has a high reputation in the market, but there are many restrictions in circulation, so it has not become the mainstream of the market. Because of the strong reputation guarantee of Dingcang, the tripod bond can be directly used as currency in Jiangdong. In other words, there is a full one million dollars in this brocade box on Xi's desk!

How much is a million dollars worth? After the winter, the price of Jiankang rice rose, and the high-quality japonica rice was only 30 yuan per bucket of rice, and the miscellaneous grains such as millet were even less than 10 yuan a bucket. With the prosperity of Duyi, the prices of various real estate in Jiankang City have also risen, but even in the best districts, one million dollars is enough to buy a home that is enough for a family of ten to live in and is not cramped, and there is even a surplus.

It's not that Xi Su hasn't seen money, he is a year older than Liang Gong, and he has already married and taken over part of the family business. Like the many properties gifted by the Shen family before, he and his cousins and cousins confirmed it, and hundreds of millions of family fortunes are not a problem.

But even so, he was shocked by Shen Sikong's generosity. You must know that there is still a difference between industry and floating wealth after all, and millions of dollars are casually given as a small gift, which is definitely beyond Xi Su's imagination.

Therefore, he looked at the tripod coupons placed in the brocade box, and was stunned for a while, and only after a while did he suddenly wake up, and felt a little ashamed, and then he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I really dare not take it lightly with such a heavy gift...... Also、Please don't ......"

"Money is just a fine dust for me, and I don't like it, and I don't hurt if I scatter it."

Shen Chong smiled and raised his hand to interrupt Xi Su's words, and then said: "Yesterday, I had a small discussion with Ling Zun, saying that it is to educate children not to be dogs and horses, but this does not mean that you should let it go. Savings of goods and goods, if you have a little ability to stand up, you will not be worried. But this thing is also the most demagogic and makes people forget their lives after the pleasure of it. If you lose control of the ordinary, you will inevitably make a degrading and unrighteous move, and you will suffer first before you get the benefits. ”

"Ling Zun is an example of benevolence, and even I have to admire and follow in this regard, and it is inconvenient to teach you a lesson as a teacher. But since it comes to this, it is always necessary to make small words in order to make friendship. The scriptures are reasonable, each has its own experience, although the head is old, I dare not say everything. With this kind of ignorant learning, how can we teach people to distinguish between right and wrong? Therefore, whenever there is a backward person to ask for advice, I have never persuaded others with rotten words, but I have just shared a little bit of my own life. ”

Although Shen Chong is still saying that he will not be a teacher who is ashamed, he is now in the posture of a teacher: "Let's talk about financial gains, there is no shortage of people at the time who say that wealth and goods are disgusting, destroying people's morale, only talking about its harm, not its benefits." If you talk about the benefits and disadvantages of wealth and goods, who can know better than me? Those soldiers are tired of sound, but they are just summer insects talking about ice, well frogs talking about the sea, and they haven't seen their depth, how can they talk about the pros and cons? ”

When Xi Su heard this, he couldn't help but nod his head again and again, if people want to comment on what is good or bad, they must be good at it, and the words they say can be convincing. What is the difference between ordinary people who have no surplus and who discuss the good and bad of wealth and those who are illiterate but want to talk about the great meaning of the scriptures? And in this regard, there is no doubt that Shen Chong has the absolute right to speak.

"When you see people drowning, you teach them to eradicate the rivers; When he saw someone killed, he taught him to abandon the soldiers; When he saw people choking to death, he taught them to abstain from grain food. It's not a moral sound, but it's just the disgust of a corrupt fanatic. All things in the mortal world, lack is poverty, surplus is overflowing, take moderate, in order to obtain material benefits. This is true for physics, and the same is true for money. ”

Shen Chong said with a smile again.

"If I can hear Sikong Xian's training early, I won't be disappointed for a long time and achieve nothing!"

Hearing this truth, which he had never heard before, Xi Su couldn't help but sigh with emotion. This is the truly correct view of wealth, unlike his father, who only knew how to blindly admonish him to value virtue over financial gain.

If a person has no wealth, he can't stand calmly, the sage of Confucius is seventy-two, and the poor are only able to return to their faces. Only talking about virtue and not about financial gain, should everyone in the world be as virtuous and open-minded as Yan Hui?

Seeing Xi Su looking at himself with a look of adoration, Shen Chong laughed again: "Wealth is not treacherous, just like all things, only by making good use of it can you benefit." In this world, there are many rich and unbenevolent people, this is not the rich are unkind, but the world's accumulated evils, blindly slandering, people do not know their physical nature, and suddenly huge goods are added, such as birds throwing into the water, which is harmful and useless. Xi Lang, you ask me for advice, and I have nothing else to teach you, only to teach you how to gain financial benefits and avoid financial disadvantages. ”