About 20 years ago, before the Great Zhou Dynasty reached the point where Xu Shiyang despised the "Southern Zhou" he despised, his uncle and his father passed the Jinshi in the same year...

Two Jinshis in one subject caused quite a stir at that time.

Since then, the Xu family has begun to transform from self-cultivated farmers to local gentry.

The money and grain "storage" of the Xu family and the second master were gradually converted into land during their tenure as officials. A large number of civilians of the same surname or different surnames led land to contribute, and then married to the same local tyrants...

When the Great Zhou Dynasty ruled in Jiangbei tended to collapse, the two masters returned to their hometowns. With the connections and huge wealth accumulated during their official period, they gathered a large number of tenant farmers and desperate self-cultivated farmers nearby, and began to build villages to protect themselves.

The above is the history of the Xu family's fortune, and it is also the standard routine for most Jiangbei rich families to start their own business today - they are all so-called "hometown" families, nothing more than big or small.

The purpose of these families is actually very simple. They insist on someone or a group of forces to clean up the mess, and then continue to be their hometown genius and live a beautiful life of their farming and studying and passing on their family.

As for who this person or this group of forces are, these so-called local geniuses don’t care.

Anyway, in their eyes, no matter who is in power, even the Tartars will eventually rely on them to maintain the normal operation of the regime. In fact, it is better to say that the Tartars are in power. After all, the Tartars have less experience in maintaining a great empire, so they have to rely more on local tyrants and scholars.

In Xu Shiyang's view, if it weren't for the fact that the Tartars were still fighting and not deciding the outcome, these bastards would have long brought their penalties and persuaded them to go out of the seclusion.

‘We must establish a force that is loyal to myself, and others, even relatives of blood, cannot be trusted.’

Xu Shiyang was riding on the war horse, strolling around while thinking endlessly:

‘Now I have to rely on them, but I cannot trust them too much, and I must exchange their help for benefits!’

"It's so troublesome!" Xu Shiyang couldn't help but sigh.

"Young Master, we are here." Seeing that he always wanders around the sky, Old Man Hu had to remind him: "The eldest master is here to pick you up."

"Brother!" Xu Shiyang raised his head and saw a tall and strong man standing at the door of the First Village wall.

This is Xu Shisong, the boss of the Xu family generation.

The Xu family took the generation of "I am willing to be united, respect and harmony, and have a long history, and have a great success in my ancestors" as their generation; the name is that the five elements are reborn.

Xu Shiyang himself is from the Shi generation, and his father's generation is from the Mu generation.

The Mu generation is named after water, and water produces wood, so the Shi generation is named after wood.

The eldest brother Xu Shiyang is from the eldest son of Xu Mujiang, and he is a whole century older than him. Because he is the eldest son of the eldest son of the eldest son and his mother's clan is also very powerful, no one can shake Xu Shisong's status in the Xu family, so he developed a domineering personality.

For Xu Shiyang, this big brother has two benefits worth winning:

First, in Xu Shisong's view, Xu Shiyang is the eldest son of the second wife. In the eyes of Xu Shisong, who pays special attention to the difference between legitimate and illegitimate, he has a higher status than other people of the Shi generation (including two other peers of the eldest wife) and is more worth dating.

Second, being domineering is usually a person who is prone to trouble, but in this troubled times, Xu Shisong seems more brave.

Judging from the current situation, the two generations of nine men in the Xu family are naturally Xu Shiyang, and then he is probably the eldest brother.

Therefore, Xu Shisong occupies a very important position in Xu Shiyang's future plans and he must give him enough respect.

"Third brother!" Xu Shisong saw Xu Shiyang from afar, laughed loudly and walked towards him.

Xu Shiyang quickly dismounted - he was tall, and riding on the horse would put a lot of pressure if he got close.

This kind of pressure is really unnecessary for my elder brother.

"I actually bothered my brother to come out to greet him in person!"

Xu Shiyang bowed to his elder brother with his fists.

"It's easy to say! Hahaha!"

Xu Shisong quickly replied with a bow, but Xu Shiyang found that the elder brother's eyes were always peeking at his back, as if he was peeping at some stunning beauty.

Xu Shiyang smiled faintly and said, "If you like it, just pick one and give it to me with both hands."

Unlike the previous generation who started his career with the imperial examination, Xu Shisong was more fond of martial arts and liked to fight wars (although he didn't dare to fight the Tartars). He was also a bit of a brave name among the bandits, refugees, and tunners in Qi Province. His biggest hobby was weapons, and naturally war horses.

However, unfortunately, the Xu family did not have war horses.

In other words, the entire Qi Province may not be able to find a serious war horse. There are pack horses, and Xu Shisong often rides those things. However, compared with the tall and long-legged Liaodong war horses brought by Xu Shiyang today, those dull pack horses are really not worth mentioning.

"How can you be so embarrassed? How can you be so embarrassed?"

Xu Shisong kept repeating his mouth, but the man had already floated to the side of the war horses held by Xu Er and several other villagers in Shiwutun. Looking at this and touching that, he felt that each of them was so loveable.

"Brother, don't be too anxious. Each of us brothers has one, everyone has it."

Xu Shiyang smiled and said:

"But, my father, uncle and third uncle have to choose first-I plan to give two to each elder."

"Elder two horses?" Xu Shisong looked at Xu Shiyang in surprise: "Each brother, one horse?"

"yes."

Upon hearing this, Xu Shisong counted the war horses he brought again and asked, "How many have you got in total?"

"Twelve best war horses." Xu Shiyang replied with a smile: "Of course, there are still some slow horses, but those are not used to show off their ugly faces."

"Then are you only one left?" Xu Shisong asked: "You are so many good horses out for nothing. You are really willing to give up your third brother?"

The 11 best Liaodong war horses are worth at least 1,000 taels, but that is the price in the grassland or Liaodong, and it can be a little higher in the Han area.

As a village-level feudal lord (very standard, not a derogatory term for European and Japanese feudal lords in the previous life), such a large amount of wealth is for nothing, and this is not easy to make.

"Hahaha, what's there to be reluctant to let go of this?" Xu Shiyang said with a big laugh: "It's all a family, why bother to be so disgusted?"

Hearing this, Xu Shisong also smiled.

This brother's temper is really about his appetite.

Regardless of whether this is sincere or not, it is at least very comfortable.

Xu Shisong thought about it and after taking these horses, everyone naturally had to give him some rewards - there is no reason to eat for nothing in this world.

In addition, when the second house split, I naturally had to look more towards this direct brother.

After figuring this out, Xu Shisong no longer hesitated and said in a light tone: "I thought my third brother was trying to sell it at the market."
Chapter completed!