"Yi'er, it's been a year and a half since you went up the mountain. How have you been feeling during this time?"
In the study, only father and son Xu Chun and Xu Yi were left.
Although he really wanted Xu Yi to give up the idea of practicing martial arts, Xu Chun showed that he was not in a hurry and took a slow sip of tea before speaking calmly.
Having been the head of the family for so many years, managing so many businesses of the Xu family, and having dealt with so many people, Xu Chun understood very well that to achieve one's goals in a conversation, it was definitely not possible to speak loudly.
It requires skill!
Xu Chun, who has mastered various conversation skills, used step-by-step techniques at this time. Through step-by-step questioning, not in a hurry, he gradually made Xu Yi realize the difficulty of practicing martial arts, and then made him give up on practicing martial arts.
Wu's thoughts.
Xu Chun has been preparing for today for half a year. Based on what he knows about his son's character, he has considered it hundreds of times and included every reaction. He feels that he is absolutely foolproof.
"Dad, what do you think our Xu family lacks most right now?"
"Um?"
Xu Chun was stunned.
This is not in his default answer!
All in all, in this world where warriors can play a big role, it is difficult to get rich simply by doing business.
He didn't go into details, and his son couldn't elaborate on this kind of thing, but the meaning was clearly stated.
Or speaking of it, you can’t keep your wealth at all!
In this world, even the so-called imperial court is, in a sense, a warrior force, but it is just the largest warrior force.
"In this world, there are only two types of forces that can play a decisive role. One is the warrior, and the other is the country. If you don't want me to take the path of a warrior, then the only way left is to take the imperial examination, which can rely on the power of the country."
As the only remaining head of the Xu family, how could he not want the Xu family to return to its heyday?
Therefore, Xu Yi's topic directly caused him to fall into deep thought.
I have to say that there is nothing wrong with Xu Chun’s idea, and it can even be said to be very good!
The Huashan Sect is indeed no longer suitable to be the backer of their Xu family.
Xu Chun looked at Xu Yi in surprise.
Xu Chun frowned.
Xu Yi smiled in his heart. He had already seen Xu Chun's thoughts. Although he didn't know so many conversation skills, he knew how to make the other party not understand either - just interrupt the other party's rhythm.
"strength?"
At that critical moment, if Xu Chun hadn't decisively given up his interests outside Huayin County and married Xu Yi's mother, Xu Liu, perhaps the Xu family would really be gone now.
The Huashan Sect was indeed powerful a few decades ago, and the Xu family, which relied on the Huashan Sect, naturally grew stronger along with it.
Change the door!
From this point of view, Xu Chun's idea of borrowing the power of the imperial court can be said to be a disguised change of his backing from the Huashan Sect, a declining warrior force, to the Ming Dynasty, a 'warrior' force.
Although at this time, the capital power of this country had begun to sprout, and strong capital prototypes had even appeared in the southeastern coastal area. If it were a normal history, there would be no way out for just doing business.
But before Xu Chun could give an answer, Xu Yi asked and answered his own questions and gave his own answer.
With the decline of the Huashan Sect's Sword Qi War, the Xu family suffered a very serious blow. After all, the bigger the body, the stronger the enemies it faced!
At that time, the Huashan Sect, which was the backer of the Xu family, had too much time to take care of itself, so naturally it was unable to help the Xu family.
It's a pity that with the decline of the Huashan Sect's sword fight, the Xu family has also declined. Although it is not as miserable as the Huashan Sect, it is basically shrinking in Huayin County now, and it is no longer even in Huayin County.
The first family was chased by other families.
In its heyday, the Xu family was not only the largest family in Huayin County, but its influence even spread to the entire Shaanxi Province and even several surrounding provinces.
Xu Chun was born and grew up in that peak period, and has experienced how glorious and glorious the Xu family was in its heyday.
"It's power! What we lack now is power!"
Interrupt the other person's rhythm, and then drag the conversation into your own rhythm, and everything will be under your control.
Just like Xu Yi said, if he hadn't done that at that time, the Xu family might have ceased to exist now!
It seems that he didn't expect that he could guess it so accurately!
Xu Chun's face was calm. Although he was a little embarrassed to be told such a thing by his son in front of his face, he didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did back then, so he quickly calmed down.
"It's not hard to guess."
"Keep talking."
Either they are from a family of warriors themselves, or they rely on powerful Jianghu forces behind them, or they have various connections with the imperial court.
The most important thing in a conversation is rhythm. Those who control the rhythm will have a huge advantage.
Xu Yi nodded.
"That's right."
"Dad, I can guess a little bit of what you are thinking. If my guess is correct... you probably want me to take part in the scientific examination, right?" Xu Yi looked doubtful, but actually said firmly.
Similar to Yue Buqun, what he cares about most is his family. How to make his family better has always been what he wants to do most!
And from a certain perspective, the situations he and Yue Buqun encountered were actually very similar - they both had reached their peak.
But in this martial arts world after the magic reform, the reason why these big capital families, which seem to only do business, are able to rise up is also because they are inextricably linked to the major martial arts forces.
What Xu Yi is talking about now is obviously a topic that Xu Chun is very interested in - what exactly is the Xu family lacking at the moment?
As soon as Xu Chun heard this sentence, he couldn't help but think deeply.
If it were another force like Shaolin and Wudang, this approach would definitely be courting death, but due to the special nature of the Ming Dynasty, the problem would not seem so big.
"Dad, you must not have forgotten what happened to our Xu family more than ten years ago, right? If it weren't for you and my mother at that time... maybe our Xu family might not even exist now."
Xu Yi shook his head slightly.
Of course, this kind of thing is easy to say, but it is actually not that easy to do. Interrupting the other person's rhythm does not mean that you can say whatever you want. The topic you bring up must be of extreme interest to the other person!
Otherwise, people will ignore you, so why would you drag the conversation into your own rhythm?
This is what Xu Chun thinks.
"Um?"
However, whether we analyze it from the present or the future of the Huashan Sect in the original work, it is not a good choice to take refuge in the Huashan Sect at this time.
If Xu Yi hadn't turned on the golden finger, he would also have carefully considered Xu Chun's idea and left a way out for himself and even the Xu family.
But now...
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