"It's impossible to be careful. There are so many eyes in Jiangnan Road staring at the Xu family. Naturally, I have to give them a chance. Otherwise, if I am killed unknowingly one day, when they divide the Xu family

It’s good to have a reason, isn’t it?”

Xu Fan had a naughty smile on his lips and a hint of contempt in his eyes.

Hearing this, a smile suddenly appeared on Bai Luohe's cold face. He didn't know whether he was laughing at the group of people or at Xu Fan.

A strange light flashed in her beautiful eyes, "But do you really intend to hand over the Xu family's property to these people you recruited? Even if it is possible that it will be handed over to a craftsman?"

Bai Luohe didn't believe that Xu Fan had such a kind heart and would trust others easily. Even she herself had to pay a price to get that glass of wine.

The young man in front of him cannot be regarded as a simple young man.

Bai Luohe felt a little uneasy in his heart, but the strange look in his eyes remained unchanged, concealing the strangeness in his heart.

Xu Fan patted his robe, got up and walked out of the hall. When he saw Xu Wenshu coming towards him, he asked, "Uncle Wenshu, you can report back to the two grandpas. I'm fine here. I've taken care of it."

"

Looking at Xu Fan, who was dressed in brocade clothes under the eaves of the main hall of Pinzhuxuan, with a calm expression. Xu Wenshu, who looked anxious, breathed a sigh of relief.

Early in the morning, Lu Baishan rushed into the Xu Mansion with a group of blue-striped fish bags from Diaoyutai and Jinling Mansion soldiers, saying that he wanted to investigate a murder case in Guangling City.

As the largest wealthy family in Guangling City, when had everyone in the Xu family seen such a battle? Xu Ji and Xu Xiang hurriedly went to invite Xu Fan to come and discuss it.

In the end, Xu Fan asked the two old men to go to the front hall to take charge of recruiting people, while he stayed to deal with Lu Baishan's official power.

At this moment, seeing Xu Fan looking lazy, he didn't take Lu Baishan's bringing people into the house seriously at all.

Although Xu Wenshu was worried in his heart, there was a hint of relief on his face, and he exhaled heavily. "It's good if it's solved, it's fine. By the way, my father and uncle sent me to ask, when will you be in the main hall in the front yard?"

past?"

In the past two days, Xu Mansion has been very busy recruiting people. For every person who wants to enter Xu Mansion, Xu Fan will go and have a look in person. It just so happened that Lu Baishan came today, which delayed his time.

Lu Baishan walked out of the main entrance of Xu Mansion and looked back at the crowded front yard of Xu Mansion with an angry expression.

Along the way, he could clearly feel that there were several monks with powerful qi in the crowd.

"Master Baihu, are we going to seal the property of Xu Mansion?" A blue-striped fish bag asked cautiously, subconsciously hiding behind him for fear that Lu Baishan would slap him in the face.

Noticing the little thoughts of his men, Lu Baishan was not angry. He just snorted heavily, turned around, got into a large and gorgeous carriage, and headed towards Diaoyutai's station in Guangling City.

"First send people to keep an eye on the Xu family's property in Guangling City. If there are any suspicious people, arrest them first."

The moment the curtain fell, Lu Baishan's indifferent voice came from the carriage.

"As commanded."

A silver-patterned fish bag in the crowd raised his hand, then turned and left.

Everyone from Diaoyutai got on their horses one after another, guarding the large and gorgeous carriage, leaving the street in front of the main entrance of Xu Mansion and heading east.

It wasn't until the group of people disappeared outside the archway at the end of the street that a white shadow appeared behind a window high up in the attic of the outer courtyard of Xu's residence and fled away.

The Xu family's properties in Guangling City, including salt shops, grain shops, gold and silver jewelry shops, restaurants, teahouses, inns and many other properties were subsequently targeted by Diaoyutai's blue-striped fish bags.

Anyone considered suspicious by the Diaoyutai Blue Stripe Fish Bag will be captured quietly and taken directly to Diaoyutai's secret prison in Guangling City.

Xu Fan didn't care about all this. He guessed that Lu Baishan would take action against the Xu family, but he didn't expect that Lu Baishan would be so blatant and unscrupulous.

However, Xu Fan still didn't care.

Why did he recruit so many people? He just wanted to see when the imperial court would take control. He wanted to see whether the people lurking behind the scenes could be caught quickly, or whether the Xu family could recruit people faster.

These days, as long as you have money, you still have to worry about not being able to recruit people?

When Xu Fan came to the main hall in the front yard of Xu Mansion, there were already more than 20 people standing respectfully in the hall. They were all newly recruited scholars and many of them had the reputation of being scholars.

There are hundreds of people waiting for a new round of assessment in the courtyard outside the hall. As long as they accept the last round of assessment, they will become members of the Xu family. Not only will they be able to eat and drink every day in the future, at least they will have enough food and clothing.

At the top of the two rows of chairs in the hall, two old people, Xu Ji and Xu Xiang, were sitting. They looked much better than the previous two days, and even looked younger.

Sitting next to Xu Xiang was a young man wearing a light blue brocade robe, holding a file in his hand and looking through it carefully, looking at the information from everyone standing in the hall.

"Yu Hui, go take a look again. I don't know what's going on over there with Brother Fan." Xu Xiang's face improved a little, but today when Lu Baishan came with everyone from Diaoyutai, he was still frightened.

In this way, it can be regarded as firming up his idea of ​​supporting Xu Fan and clearing out the idle people in the Xu Mansion as soon as possible to avoid causing the Xu Mansion to fall into mud in the future.

Xu Yuhui put down the file in his hand, cupped his hands towards Xu Xiang and Xu Ji and said, "Dad, don't worry. Wen Shu has already gone to urge you. If something happens, he will definitely send someone to report it. It's all gone."

At this time, if no one is sent back to report, it proves that there is nothing serious. You two elders, don’t scare yourself."

"Our Xu family is the largest family in Guangling. Diaoyutai may have come to investigate the incident where thieves set fire to the mansion a few days ago."

Xu Yuhui did not avoid the people in the hall when he said these words, he also said them to them.

The implication is that you should test it out. If you have bad intentions in your heart, you can take the opportunity to use the name of Diaoyutai to beat you.

When Xu Fan came to the main hall, he happened to see all the newcomers with their heads lowered, looking thoughtful.

When Xu Xiang and Xu Ji saw Xu Fan entering the main hall, their worried expressions faded a little, "Brother Fan, how are you?" Xu Ji still couldn't hold it back and asked.

Xu Fan had a smile on his face, shook his head slightly, walked past everyone in the hall, and headed towards the main seat.

The two old men felt relieved and began today's review.

Xu Yuhui stood up and took a step forward, gently placed the file in his hand on the round table with red lacquer beside Xu Fan, and said softly, "Brother Fan, there are a total of twenty-three people in the hall, fifteen of them are from Guangling and five are from Jinling.

There are three more people..."

Xu Fan nodded slightly towards Xu Yuhui, picked up the file beside him and looked at it carefully.

Xu Yuhui turned sideways, faced the people in the hall, coughed slightly, and said, "Everyone has gone through two rounds of review by our Xu family, and you can be considered a member of our Xu family. Today, Brother Fan is here in person to ask for

Do the final assessment. Some of you will be assigned some tasks. If they are completed..."

Everyone in the hall was shocked when they heard that they could be assigned to take charge of affairs. They had only been assigned to the Xu Mansion less than three days ago.

At this time, the standing group of scholars raised their heads slightly and looked at the young man sitting in the main seat. The first thing they felt was that he was too young!

"Wang Yu?"

Just as everyone's thoughts were racing in their hearts, Xu Fan slightly shouted.

In the hall, a young man wearing a scholar's robe bowed and said, "May I ask the young master what you have ordered?"

Xu Fan moved the file in his hand slightly and glanced sideways at the young man in the crowd. He was wearing a Confucian robe and a scarf, with delicate features, red lips and white teeth. He looked like a frail scholar. He obviously rarely exercised and looked too weak.

"You are a member of the imperial family, why do you want to come to the Xu Mansion for some errand?"

"Juren?"

When the hall was full of scholars, the status of one of the candidates really caused quite a stir. Others looked at Wang Yu in the crowd with surprised eyes.

"I didn't expect that a young master with no appearance or demeanor would already be a high-ranking official."

"That's right, you are already a candidate. If you don't go to Shenjing to gain fame, why would you come to Xu Mansion? Aren't you trying to steal everyone's jobs?"

Wang Yu had a calm expression on his face, not paying attention to the comments of the people around him. He bowed slightly towards Xu Fan who was sitting on the throne, and with all manners, he said loudly, "I am poor. I hope I can earn more money in many mansions and go to the gods." Jing’s troubles.”

"Oh." Xu Fan nodded slightly and took a closer look at the file.

Wang Yu, 23 years old, is from Bailifang, Guangling City. His parents are present at home, and he has a younger brother who is only five years old.

In order to treat his brother's illness, Wang Yu's father sold his ancestral home. Wang Yu now supports his parents and young brother by writing and writing.

Born in the Xu family, the richest man in Guangling, Xu Fan has never encountered anything where it is difficult to find a hero for a penny.

"I read your answer sheet. Do you have some knowledge of arithmetic?" Xu Fan put down the file in his hand, picked up the tea cup beside him, took a sip, and asked.

"Exactly, I used to help the shopkeepers calculate some accounts in some shops." Wang Yu answered firmly without any hesitation.

"Tch! He's actually still a cashier!"

"That's right, the accounting office!"

"Not bad!" Just when many people in the hall were secretly laughing, Xu Fan from above gave an unexpected evaluation.

Even Wang Yu, who was standing below, couldn't believe it. When he first wrote about this experience, he was still hesitant whether to write it down or not.

After all, being a bookkeeper is the most forced and helpless thing for a scholar, not to mention that he is also an official.

"It just so happens that the nearest Wanfang Pavilion is short of an accountant. You can go and try first. If he is available, you can also manage the accountant of Baifang Pavilion for Xu Mansion in the future." Xu Fan said casually.

The main reason why he came here this time was to check the accounts of various places and sort out Xu Mansion's properties.

If you want to make money, you must first know how much money you have left.

Xu Fan's random assignment shocked not only Wang Yu, but also the other scholars in the hall.

Wanfang Pavilion is one of the Xu Mansion's largest properties in Guangling City, and it is visited every day by wealthy businessmen and officials in Guangling City.

There is also the most popular Qinghuan in the city, who is also in Wanfang Pavilion.

It was the place where scholars like them frequented most, and there were even some ladies from aristocratic families in Guangling City who disguised themselves as men and went there quietly, just for the sake of curiosity.

After arranging Wang Yu's errands, Xu Fan looked at the rest of the people in the hall, "Which one of you is good at arithmetic?"

"I~"

"I~"

"I~"

At first everyone looked down on Wang Yu, but now they all nodded and raised their hands to show that they were good at it.


Chapter completed!