The first-class Duke, the fourth-class of the sixth and eighteenth grade, second only to the third-class King. Fan Jian originally closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep, but when he heard this, he immediately opened his eyes and shone brightly.

Beside Fan Jian, his brother Fan Ru was shocked and looked demented and kept muttering, "First-class man? How could he be a first-class man! Impossible, impossible..."

"I have worked hard all my life. I tried my best to make the Fan family return to the gentry. Even my life was almost invaded to exchange for the family's quota for five scholars and one juren... For the position of the Imperial Merchant, I almost lost everything!"

"But... But... But the second family has actually been granted the title? Or is the first-class man... I don't accept it!"

Fan Ru, who was in his seventies, had long been confused. His lifelong greed for official positions had blinded his heart, and jealousy bit his heart like a poisonous snake.

It is obvious that my younger brother is not as good as him, and he is not as good as him in any place, but life is over, why has the second family actually been awarded a title? What's more, the first-class duke, one step behind the prince's title.

"Hahaha... have you seen it? This is a lie! Xiao Letian is a lie... He rewarded his father-in-law as a duke! He is higher than the titles of you generals! Are you convinced..."

"He is just a stinky businessman! Can a businessman be awarded a title? Hahaha... He is also a title of a title! Xiao Letian, you are finished. Your decision is destined to make everyone betrayal, and they will not obey you! They will betray you sooner or later!"

Fan Ru went crazy, she was completely crazy. White foam appeared on the corners of his mouth, and the breath of ignorance and the smell of death were mixed together.

Fan Jian frowned and turned his head and said a few words to the servants behind him. Soon a lit big smoke bluff was sent over. The two servants walked to Fan Ru, forced him to press him on the chair, and delivered the smoke bluff to his mouth.

Fan Ru snatched the big smoker and greedily started to suck it, and soon his hysterical state was relieved.

"I'm sorry, everyone, my brother violated the Prime Minister's ban on smoking. I will send him back to my hometown as soon as possible... He is old and can't live for a few years. His lifelong passion for fame and fortune has completely made him a fool!"

"Let this tobacco paste accompany him in the last few years of his life!"

At this moment, no one dared to come out to accuse Fan Jian of hiding opium. To be honest, no one here except Wang Jue was qualified to accuse the old shopkeeper.

Fan Jian touched Xiao Letian's face and smiled happily, "You said we are your nobles? Are you also our nobles... Because of you, that person and I experienced a brand new way of living before we died. It turns out that people can live so wonderfully!"

"We assist you, not for the status of this nobleman. From the beginning, we never expected you to go so far! In my eyes, you will always be the child in a strange leather jacket, the gangster who jumped and cursed in the mountain temple, and the bastard who cheated my daughter away!"

Xiao Letian blushed when he was said, "This is all the past, why are you talking about him?"

"I can't ask for your title, it's not my luck. This is my truth! That person will not accept your title, so can I still accept it?"

Fan Jian suddenly lay in Xiao Letian's ear and whispered, "Neither he nor I will accept your title. If we accept it, it means that you have really changed everything. There is no one in this world who can control you anymore. Everything has been reshaped by you!"

"I'm afraid you will be proud, you will be complacent, you will forget your original intention... You will forget the way you were when you came!"

"Only we don't accept your title, let us always maintain our past identity, let us always be the two thorns in your heart... We keep reminding you, reminding you not to forget your original intention, and not to forget where you came from!"

Xiao Letian's heart seemed to be pinched by an invisible big hand, and his face turned pale. He never expected that he would hear such words from the old shopkeeper Fan Jian. Could it be that they had long doubted his identity?

The two noble people Xiao Letian mentioned are of course Fan Jian and Shi Dakai. One of them helped Xiao Letian establish a financial system and the other helped him establish a military and political system. It is precisely because of the selfless dedication of these two people that Xiao Letian can have a steady stream of money and countless outstanding talents.

Don’t think that time travelers are all omnipotent. They can do everything perfect. That’s nonsense! Even if Xiao Letian’s mind is full of exquisite strategies, someone must implement them and support from start-up funds!

Without the selfless help of these two nobles, Xiao Letian's career would not have started so quickly.

Scenes in Taihang Mountain were constantly replaying in Xiao Letian's mind. At this moment, he realized that the ancients were not stupid at all. What they lacked was only judgment on the overall situation in the future. If we talk about the analysis of the specific things at present, the ancients were sometimes smarter than modern people.

Who can Xiao Letian deceive? When you returned to China with the Russian caravan, do you think the Fan family has no resources to investigate? Which country's clothing style is that weird leather jacket? Will you not be able to investigate the whole world as the Wing King?

There is also Xiao Letian's various exquisite judgments on the international trend, which is simply a god-like prophecy, how could mortals do it?

Before the old shopkeeper set out for Europe, the two had a secret meeting. The two of them unanimously judged that Xiao Letian should not belong to this world.

Of course, they don’t understand the concepts of ultra-light travel, parallel worlds, wormholes, etc. They just use very simple ancient people’s concepts to analyze problems.

Many of Xiao Letian's characteristics are not what this world should have, so he is very likely to really come from the heavenly realm or the legendary Dragon Palace. Anyway, he is not a person from this world.

What’s ridiculous is that when there were rumors in the Qing Dynasty that Xiao Letian was the third prince of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, the Wing King and the old shopkeeper actually believed this rumor.

"You do not belong to this world, so you have the power we have never had! If you do good, we can give up our lives to help you. If you do evil, we will give up our lives to die with you!"

"It's okay, it's okay! Everything you do is for the good of this country and the good of the nation you talk about! So we have always been your right-hand man, and we are willing to give everything to help you!"

After saying that, the old shopkeeper smiled and turned his head to the people in the hall and said, "Okay, I have already discussed with my son-in-law. I will refuse this first-class duke! Do you know why I don't want this title? It's not that I am noble, but because I feel sorry for my son-in-law..."

"I'm talking more seriously, don't you like to listen!"

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