Chapter 361 Different Choices
Southland, the land of the Gu clan
At the place where Gu Huaisheng must pass when going out, several tribesmen gathered together to talk.
"I heard that the young master intends for us to evacuate the Southland and move to Liaodong County."
"That's fine, why should we move away?"
"I heard that winter in Liaodong County is very cold. I don't want to go to Liaodong County. I want to stay in the south."
"I don't want to leave either. Southland is our roots."
It’s hard to leave one’s homeland, and that’s not just for words.
"Furthermore, I heard that if our Gu family wants to leave the Southland and go to Liaodong County, we will need to give up part of our property."
"Why? I don't want to!"
"Yes, it's so good, why do you have to leave?"
Many people in the Gu clan don't understand why they have to go to Liaodong County to endure hardships when they are doing well in the south.
"What about the old master?"
"The old master prefers to stay in the Southland."
Many people seemed to be relieved when they heard this, "Young Master is still young, so he is not as safe as his old family."
"What nonsense are you talking about?! Whether it is the old master or the young master, every decision he makes must be for the good of the family."
"Young master?" Gu Huaisheng's eldest son felt aggrieved for his young master.
"Let's go." Gu Huaisheng said calmly.
Southland, land of the Xie clan
After deciding, the Gu family's head, Gu Lao, and Gu Huaisheng, two generation heads of conversation, came to the Xie Mansion together.
The two parties had a friendly exchange for half an hour, and the head of Gu's family left with Gu Huaisheng on the grounds of physical discomfort.
As soon as they left, the core members of the Xie family beamed with joy.
"Master, Gu has surrendered!"
"Congratulations, head of the family, congratulations to the head of the family!"
Xie Zhan smiled reservedly. To this day, he has basically controlled the Southland.
They talked and laughed for a while, and someone came to report from outside the door, "Master, today Young Master Ji boarded the ship and sailed north again. He also shipped out a batch of boxes and cages. Based on the car marks on the ground, our people judged that they should be gold, silver, etc. Something valuable.”
As soon as these words came out, the joyful atmosphere just now condensed.
Xie Zhan: "I know." This was expected.
He has already seen that the Ji family intends to withdraw its focus from the Southland. Now that the Gu family has made its position clear, the Ji family has just accelerated the pace.
However, just after Gu expressed her attitude, Ji's actions were already implemented. This was too fast. Ji Wuyin was worthy of being the richest man in the South. He was also an old fox with a keen sense of smell.
"Master, are we not going to do anything?" Xie Nan asked, watching Ji's retreat slowly, he was really unwilling to do so.
On the surface, Xie Zhan's attitude was very clear, "Don't worry about Ji! Don't worry too much about temporary gains and losses." Now there is no need to confront Lu Songli for Ji who is bound to leave.
Secretly, Xie Zhan was grinding his teeth on how much profit Lu Songli wanted to extract from Nandi to enrich her Liaodong County!
At this time, a close clan member hurried over with a letter, "Master, Nanyang Earth Dragon has turned around."
Um? Xie Zhan thought to himself, this Dali is really in trouble. The flood in the south has just been resolved, and another natural disaster has hit Nanyang. The emperor should have a headache again.
"This is a secret message, please read it."
Xie Zhan took the letter, opened it, and raised his eyebrows immediately, "The chief and deputy chief officers who went to Nanyang to handle disaster relief this time are actually Zhang Xian and Zuo Anmin?"
Xie Zhan fell into deep thought.
Xie Nan's eyes lit up, "The head of the family, Zhang Xian has become the chief official in charge of disaster relief in Nanyang. Faced with such a difficult situation, Liaodong County will definitely not ignore it. Do we have a chance to trick them?"
They have personally experienced how difficult disaster relief is.
Hearing this, Xie Zhan narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Let's wait and see."
Treating victims in disaster areas is nothing more than money and food.
He wanted to see how Lu Songli could help Zhang Xian solve the problem, and whether they would have a chance to profit from it.
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As soon as Gu Huaisheng returned to the Gu family, he learned that Young Master Ji had gone north and took away a large amount of property. Xie had no intention of stopping him.
He said to himself, "It seems that the person behind the Ji family is very fearful to Xie Zhan."
Gu Huaisheng sighed. If the stupid brother hadn't messed up the matter, the Gu family could have turned to him for help, and they might not have had the chance to leave the Southland at a relatively small cost.
It's a pity that the stupid brother messed up the matter. Xie Zhan kept pushing forward and would not give them another chance to communicate with Liaodong County.
Liaodong County, Houcheng
After the autumn harvest, the emperor's letter arrived, and Liaodong Academy chose an auspicious day to open its doors in a low-key manner.
On the opening day, they held a lively opening ceremony.
The first director of Liaodong Academy was Pan Sitong, a good friend of Zhan Ruoshui.
Pan Sitong's reputation in the literary world is not inferior to that of Zhang Yong of Wansong Academy, Chen Dinghuai of Bailu Academy, and Jiang Jiuqing of Songshan Academy.
He was lured to Liaodong County by Zhan Ruoshui using a pinyin literacy method.
Later, he was persuaded by Mr. Lu to serve as the first mountain director of Liaodong Academy.
At the opening ceremony, Lu Desheng, as the governor of Liaodong County, was the first to deliver a speech.
The scene immediately burst into bursts of warm cheers. From here we can see how much the people love him.
After Lu Desheng came on stage, he greeted everyone present and expressed his expectations for Liaodong Academy. After encouraging the students and people below, he handed over the venue to Pan Sitong.
Although Liaodong Academy did not erect another stele containing the four-part sentence that inspired the world, it used a large piece of yellow wax stone to carve the four-part sentence on it as the school motto.
This yellow wax stone is placed on the left side of the entrance of the academy. It is long, about four or five meters long, very distinctive and shocking.
On the right side of Liaodong Academy is a separate building without a title.
No one in the academy knows what it is used for.
In fact, this is the Wanshu Building, which is the library of later generations.
Students of the academy can apply for a borrowing card with the identity of Liaodong Academy students and borrow books for free.
Lu Songli thought a little further and made it open to the public one day.
However, Lu Songli considered that this move would inevitably cause a strong backlash from the aristocratic families, and they were still quietly collecting all kinds of books. It is best not to alarm the snakes, so it is temporarily left blank.
It can only be said that Liaodong County is still too weak at present, and it cannot withstand too many people's malicious destruction of it.
However, Lu Songli is not in a hurry. In the future, if..., it will be used as a trump card, and it will surely attract poor students from all over the world for them.
