There was silence for a long time, everyone's eyes were fixed on the two celadon tea cups, filled with crystal clear wine.

"What? You want to drink too?"

With a smile on his face, Xu Fan raised his head and glanced at the other people here, including Xu Xiang and Xu Ji's two sons.

With a "chirp" sound, Xu Ji drank the pear blossom white from the tea cup in one gulp, savoring the lingering fragrance on his tongue.

"It's really good. It's much more fragrant than the pear blossom whites at home, and has a long aftertaste."

Xu Xiang on the other side also drank the pear blossom white in the tea cup in one gulp. Although he didn't know why Xu Fan invited the two of them to drink at this time, he still drank it all in one gulp.

"father!"

The two Xu clan members sitting next to the screen shouted cautiously.

Xu Ji and Xu Xiang placed the tea cups heavily on the round table in front of them. They were very satisfied with Xu Fan's pear blossoms and looked at the worn gourd on Xu Fan's waist.

"Brother Fan..."

"Stop it, I'm just showing kindness. I won't give it to others if they want it." Xu Fan pretended to cover the old gourd and moved it behind him in a serious manner.

"Since you drank my wine, you have to do something for me."

"I'm just telling you, Brother Fan's wine is not that good." Xu Ji stroked his white beard under his chin and chuckled. "Tell me, we are the hardworking life of our Xu family. As long as we don't die, we can go there."

Toiling in death.”

"Yeah."

Everyone in the outer hall of Pinzhuxuan echoed.

"It's not a big deal. The two grandpas know that I like to drink." As he said that, Xu Fan took off the old gourd from his waist, waved it in front of everyone, and continued. "I need the two grandpas to give you instructions.

Bring me the finest wines from Guangling City, including sweet-scented osmanthus wine, hundred-fruit wine, apricot blossom wine, peach blossom wine and other top-quality wines, no matter how much they are, to Bo Tao Ting."

On the side, Xu Huaiqiu, who had been sitting quietly, raised his eyebrows slightly and said in surprise, "Ah? This is a big expense. This pear blossom white is our most famous wine in Guangling, and the sweet-scented osmanthus wine and the apricot flower wine are even more expensive.

It is a fine wine from Lingnan Road and Jiangbei Road. As for Peach Blossom Drunkenness, it is the favorite of the princes and ministers in Jinling City during their banquets."

As the youngest son of Xu Ji, he was arranged by his elder brothers to come to Pinzhuxuan to help the old man sort out his accounts, mainly because he was worried about his father's health.

Sitting at the bottom of the table was a young man in rich attire. He was Xu Xiang's third son. He had studied etiquette since he was a child and was called by his father to help him.

The two young men also hung out in the wine shops and brothels in Guangling City all year round, and they were stunned by the names of the wines that Xu Fan mentioned.

"I don't have any other hobbies. I developed a habit of drinking in Xujiazhuang. From now on, I will have to rely on the help of two grandpas to buy the wine." Xu Fan said with a smile.

When he is reborn in this life, he needs to focus all his energy on cultivation. At present, he mainly has to deal with the Yin Yang Sect disciples lurking in Guangling City.

As for the purchase of drinks, it is natural to leave it to the Xu Mansion. If he hangs out in major wine shops in the city for a long time, it will definitely arouse people's suspicion.

However, Xu Fan's excuse obviously failed to convince the two old men, Xu Ji and Xu Xiang. They both hoped that the Xu family would have a decent head, and naturally did not want Xu Fan to indulge in drinking and drinking all day long and forget about the Xu family's ancestral heritage.

Xu Xiang glanced at Xu Ji, coughed slightly, and spoke first. "Brother Fan, our Xu family still needs you to inherit such a large family business. You must not indulge in drinking and ruin your career."

"In the morning, I also discussed with your Grandpa Ji to hire a husband for you. It just so happened that there was a Jinling Scholar in Jinling City."

"Want yourself to study?"

Xu Fan hurriedly waved his hands to express his objection, sighed and said, "Master Xiang, Master Ji, although the Xu family has always been the direct head of the family, you are also the Xu family. As for the Xu family's property," his eyes fell on the two people opposite.

He looked at the young man in rich clothes and continued, "These two clan brothers are also pretty good."

"Me, I just like to be a dandy and eat and drink all day long. It's pretty good."

"Brother Fan, after all, you are a direct descendant of our Xu family, how can you be so ignorant of progress?" Hearing that Xu Fan wanted to continue to be a dandy waste waiting to die, Xu Ji's face was obviously unhappy, and there was a hint of reproach in his voice.

.

"Master Ji, Master Xiang, don't worry. I will definitely make progress after I finish drinking the best wine in the world."

Xu Fan raised the dilapidated gourd in his hand again and shook it at the tip of his nose. Another aroma of wine overflowed from the mouth of the gourd, filling the whole study with a mellow aroma.

As for Xu Huaiqiu and another young member of the Xu family, their hearts trembled when they heard Xu Fan's words.

Is Xu Fan going to hand over the power of the Xu family into the hands of these two families?

Neither of them could believe what they heard, and the accounting gentlemen standing beside the long table also looked shocked.

In the past, the heads of the Xu family were all direct descendants. Now Xu Fan is the only one left in the direct line, but he has to hand over the stewardship to the collateral lineage.

If outsiders knew about it, it would definitely shock the entire Jiangnan Dao.

Everyone looked at Xu Fan, Xu Ji, and Xu Xiang in shock. Their expressions became increasingly ugly. Before they could speak, Xu Fan continued.

"Don't worry, you two. It's not that you are taking over the direct family property, but I am simply trying to be lazy. I can still trust you as a person. If you really want to take over the Xu family, no matter how careful I am, it will be useless. Isn't it?"

Looking at Xu Fan, who was always smiling, the two old men didn't know how to speak for a while. They both had children, and looking at Xu Fan, they had only one direct lineage.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. My wine will be served to these two grandpas."

"Okay. Let's have fun for another year at most."

The two of them didn't want to tire such a young boy, so they let him play for a while. When he grows up, he can take over the Xu family's ancestral business.

After giving instructions for what he needed, Xu Fan stood up and left. As for the investigation of various industries in Guangling City, as long as he was still in Guangling City, he would not worry about trouble.

No matter who dares to cause trouble, he will never show mercy.

...

The bank of Guangling River is lined with green trees and crowded with tourists. Among them, the most conspicuous three five-story buildings are connected by a circular corridor. There are a lot of people inside. As far as you can see, there are young and girls in rich clothes, followed by two or three people.

The elder follows the young man.

In the private room of Baifang Pavilion, there is a middle-aged man, about thirty years old, with a square face and fine eyebrows, with his hands on the platform guardrail. He is wearing silk clothes to cover up the linen clothes underneath.

As an ordinary disciple of the third room of Xu Mansion, Xu Feng became the new shopkeeper of Baifang Pavilion.

If Manager Wang and his two sons were both masturbated, the middle-aged man would not become the manager of Baifang Pavilion.

As a descendant of a branch of the Xu family, I used to just sit back and wait for death, dawdling around.

Now that he controls Baifang Pavilion, he can be considered to have a small amount of power.

But he couldn't be happy at this time. There were more than a dozen stewards sitting in the private room behind him, all of whom were stewards of other places in Guangling City. There were theaters, teahouses, inns, brothels, salt shops, grain and rice shops,

Cars and horses travel, boats travel.

Wuyangyang was full, and the private room that could only seat seven or eight people was overcrowded.

"Master Feng, you are the new master of Bai Fang Pavilion. You have to show us a way to survive." Beside the round table, a man with a big belly took a sip of tea, coughed lightly, and turned to look at Xu Feng at the window.

Although his surname is Xu, everyone sitting in the Accord is all stewards promoted by the previous head of the family.

It is unclear who is behind whom and who is related, or perhaps a big shot in the officialdom of Jiangnan Province is involved.

Xu Feng raised his hand and rubbed his somewhat heated forehead, trying to calm down his complicated emotions. He turned around with a warm smile and bowed his hands to everyone in the Accord.

"Everyone in charge, I, Xu Feng, can't afford to call me father. You can just call me Xiao Feng."

"How can this be possible? No one in Guangling City knows yet that the third and fourth bedrooms of the Xu Mansion now have the final say."

"The head of the family left suddenly, and we didn't know who to look for to take charge of the matter for a while. We gathered in Baifang Pavilion today just to discuss a solution."

"Yes, look at Brother Wang, he still has a sad look on his face. Let me tell you, although Master Fan's words are harsh, he probably won't really kill you and your two nephews, Brother Wang."

In the Accord, the stewards were talking incessantly. They were actually worried about what they would do if Xu Fan actually attacked the former Steward Wang of Baifang Pavilion and his two sons.

"Okay, everyone, please be quiet."

The man in rich clothes with a big belly knocked on the table gently, his eyes swept over everyone present, and finally fell on Xu Feng. "Brother Feng, everyone has been working for the Xu family all year round, you have to give us some consideration. Master Fan

After all, you are still young, and Xu Mansion’s huge family fortune cannot all fall into the hands of a young boy.”

"Nowadays, there are several elders in the third and fourth bedrooms who are watching us eagerly. When we come here, who can say for sure whether one of the elders in the third or fourth bedroom has overdone it?"

"Since Mr. Ji and Mr. Xiang have chosen you to be the steward of Baifang Pavilion, they clearly trust you. All the accounts of Qinghua Pavilion are in my head. If you want it, I can give it to you now."

The tone of the man with a big belly and fine clothes suddenly changed, "If the two gentlemen really want it, and if I really give it to you, if something goes wrong in the future and someone from Jiangnan Dao asks, you have to think carefully about your options.

"

In the Accord, the atmosphere suddenly changed. The originally lively atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point.

The fat on the face of the man with a big belly and fine clothes trembled. The Qinghua Pavilion is the largest boat pavilion in Slender West Lake, and the guests who come in and out of it are all high-ranking officials.

In order to gain access to some powerful families in Jinling, men with big bellies and well-dressed men even privately sent many skinny horses to the villas of some adults in Jinling.

This time, the head of the Xu family passed away suddenly, and he was met by a child. Many managers in the Xu family's industry had the same thoughts as the man in the rich clothes with a big belly.

Find another high branch to keep your current power and interests.

"Are you threatening the Xu family?" Xu Feng's expression suddenly changed, and his expression became more solemn.

"How can I be considered a threat? I'm just telling you some of the key points. It's really unclear who will be in charge of the Xu family in the future. The salt affairs department is the head of the Xu family, but I don't know if it can be kept next year."

As soon as the fat-bellied man in the splendid clothes said this, the expressions of many other stewards present also changed. Some were surprised, some were surprised, and some were in disbelief.

Xu Mansion is the leader of salt merchants in Jiangnan Province. Is there someone who wants to use Xu Mansion's salt name?


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