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Chapter 72: Upright

When it comes to the ancestral tomb, Li Xuan was slightly moved and couldn't help but think of the Li family's ancestral tomb.

People in the world have the habit of calling others with surnames and ancestral homes. Zhang Suqing of Jiangling Prefecture is Zhang Jiangling, and Qin Qing of Longcheng Chaoyang Prefecture is called Qinlong City. Li Daoxu has always been called Li Beihai because the Li family's ancestral tomb is located in Beihai Prefecture, Qizhou, not the Three Immortal Island of the East China Sea.

Because of this, the Li family's sacrificial fields were also in Beihai Prefecture. The area was not very large in the early years. However, every head of the Li family would purchase new sacrificial fields to add them. It was passed down from generation to generation and the area was already very vast. Especially in the Li Daoxu era, the originally scattered sacrificial fields were connected into pieces, about 1,300 acres.

But then again, compared with other aristocratic families, this thousand three hundred acres is nothing. Not to mention the 200,000 acres of fertile land in the Sun family of Songyin Prefecture, Qin Qing prepared 2,000 acres of land for Qin Su. Moreover, this thousand three hundred acres were not Li Xuandu's private property, but the public property in the clan, just like Qingling Palace was not the private property of the sect leader, but the public property in the sect, and Li Xuan was only temporarily in charge.

Now that Li Xuandu succeeds as the head of the family, he also needs to add sacrifice fields, ranging from 100 acres to 300 acres. In other words, it is buying land.

People in the world think that Li Xuandu is rich and whether it is rebuilding the Zaoge Sect or aiding Liaodong, it is often worth millions of taels of silver. In fact, these are not Li Xuandu's private property, just like the treasury is not the emperor's private property. Moreover, even if the Zaoge Sect and aid Liaodong and other things are rebuilt, a contract was signed, but the interest was exempted and the money would still be paid back in the future.

Putting aside the sect and talking about individuals, Qin Su is the rich, and Li Xuandu has very little private property. One is because Li Xuandu strives to distinguish between public and private, and the other is because Li Xuan has no intention of this. He has no hobbies and naturally has no place to spend money. Who would have thought that he would take over as the head of the Li family?

Now, Li Xuan feels a little embarrassed.

Because buying land requires money, and Li Xuandu, as the world-famous Mr. Qingping, stared at so many eyes, was not easy to buy 100 acres of land to deal with, and most of them had to buy 300 acres of land at the most.

There is a saying in today's world that "one field and two masters" is that a piece of land can be divided into fields and fields. Field and fields are held by two people respectively. Field and fields are two parts that do not interfere with each other. They can be bought, sold, pawned, and given away at will.

The land holder cannot farm, but can only collect rent. If he wants to farm himself, he must buy back the land from others. The land holder can farm but has to pay the rent. At the same time, he can buy and sell the land noodle at will, and even build houses and tombs on the land. The land holder has no right to interfere. If the land holder owes rent, the land holder can find ways to collect debts and use other things to pay off the debt, but cannot drive people away from the land unless the land holder sells the land noodle himself, which is one field and two owners.

Li Xuan even wanted to buy sacrificial fields. Of course, he could not buy just one field noodles, but to buy all the fields and the bottom of the fields. The expenses here were huge. Beihai Prefecture is surrounded by good fertile land, and most of them were under the name of local families. According to the market price, a mu of land costs fifty taels of silver per acre, and the bottom of the field is even more expensive, about three times that of the field. The two together cost at least 200 taels of silver, and 300 acres of land costs sixty thousand taels of silver.

This is still a clear account. After all, the land with a master is all the people who are not short of money and may not be able to sell it. If Li Xuan is unwilling to force people to buy land with power, he has to raise the price up, so he goes straight to 70,000 or 80,000 taels of silver. Many things on Li Xuandu are priceless, but if he wants to talk about cash, he really doesn't have much, so he can't sell many of his belongings for money. In this kind of thing, Li Xuandu can't use Qin Su's money.

But Li Xuan even said that he had no money, and no one believed it. Some people would say that he was seeking fame and did this on purpose. In this case, Li Xuan could only borrow money from Taiping Money House. Even if he borrowed, it would take two years to pay off the silver of 10,000 Taiping Money a year. The good news is that after Li Xuandu became the leader of Qingwei Sect, he would have an extra silver of sect masters, which was probably not much different from Taiping Sect and could pay it off in one year.

When Li Xuan thought about this, he had to sigh: "A penny stumped the heroic man, and the ancients did not deceive me."

After this incident, Zhang Baizhou went to Yuyingguan outside the city, while Li Xuandu returned to Yuqing Garden, and the two went against each other.

When he returned to Yuqing Garden, Li Xuandu found that Wu Xian was sitting in the main hall, with a bad expression, just like a sleepy person being called out in advance, and he was very unhappy.

Li Xuandu stepped forward and asked, "Why is the great wizard here?"

Wu Xian glanced at Li Xuandu and said without a good voice: "It's not because of you."

At this moment, Lan Xuanshuang walked in with a tired face and explained apologetically: "I am not capable of Liu Yi's affairs, so I have to invite the great wizard."

Li Xuan immediately understood and smiled and said, "Since the great wizard takes action, he must be able to capture it."

Wu Xian said in a slightly cold tone: "There are two news, one is good and the other is bad. Which news do you want to hear first?"

Li Xuandu thought for a moment and replied, "Let's listen to the bad news first."

Wu Xian said: "The bad news is that I accidentally killed Liu Yi."

"Do it?" Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then said, "He is the one who deserves to die, it's just a matter of time. What about so good news?"

Wu Xian took out a snow-white head out of thin air. Not only did he not feel disgusted, but he held it in his hand like a treasure and whispered: "The good news is that this head is really a good thing. The things inside can be sorted out at least hundreds of thousands of words. I rarely see such a good thing."

Li Xuandu said: "Let's not talk about the others for now. I want to know where the corpses of the four ministers are?"

Wu Xian threw the head in his hand up and down and said, "Tianshou Mountain, but the corpse has been cremated, leaving only ashes."

Li Xuan had long expected this. Since the Empress Dowager and Liu Yi chose to secretly kill the four ministers and not to bury them, they mostly chose to destroy the corpses. Fortunately, the ashes were not scattered at will.

Li Xuandu asked again: "Where is exactly in Tianshou Mountain?"

Wu Xian said: "I have told Mrs. Lan that she can take you there."

Li Xuandu looked at Lan Xuanshuang, and saw Lan Xuanshuang nodding slightly, then said, "I'm working."

Wu Xian stood up and said, "If there is nothing else, I will go back to Yuying Temple."

Li Xuan gathered a little green light unique to the "Eternal Life Stone" at his fingertips and sent it to Wu Xian: "A little bit of thought is not respect."

Wu Xian's eyes lit up. He took this little thought without hesitation, and a smile appeared on his face, which looked very much like Yao Xianglian: "Why should I see you so much in the Zi Mansion? If there is any order, just speak directly, I'll be there any time I call."

Li Xuandu personally sent Wu Xian away, and then sighed to Lan Xuanshuang: "The great wizard really looks like he is hundreds of years younger, not like an old man at all."

Lan Xuanshuang said: "After all, it's already another person. Maybe after a while, it will be really hard for the two to tell each other."

Li Xuandu nodded, not tangling more on this topic, and instead said, "Prepare, let's go to Tianshou Mountain."

Lan Xuanshuang replied: "Yes."

At this moment, Ning Yi and Shangguan Wan also came back. After such a change, the banquet at Wutonglou could not last too long and could only end in a hurry.

When Li Xuandu saw the two, he first said to Shangguan Wan: "By the way, I have to bother my senior sister. Let's go to Yuyingguan to help Baizhou take care of the funeral. Baizhou is young after all, and many things may not be able to think carefully."

Shangguan Wan had a good relationship with Zhang Baizhou, and Li Xuandu explained it, so he naturally agreed: "Don't worry, senior brother."

Li Xuandu then said to Ning Yi: "I have other important things, but I have to trouble the ministers. I will return to my hometown soon. Because of the family tradition, the new head of the family needs to purchase sacrifice fields. There is still a gap of about 70,000 taels. The ministers are now serving as the Grand Guest of Taiping Sect and have a good relationship with Senior Sister Lu, so they ask the ministers to go to Taiping Money House to borrow 70,000 taels of silver for me, leaving a corresponding loan certificate, and wait for me to pay back the debts in the future."

Li Xuandu actually had no money and had to borrow money from Taiping Money House as the leader of Taiping Sect. I'm afraid no one would believe it if he said it. However, Ning Yi is an exception, because Ning Yi and Li Xuan are both average, and don't care much about money and don't have much savings. Instead, they think that it's natural to have no money and ask: "Do you want silver bills or cash?"

Li Xuandu said: "Silver notes, give the silver notes to Bingyan. She has been in Qizhou for a long time and is more familiar with people. I will ask her to buy land for me."

I would rather go down and leave.

Kelan Xuanshuang is not Ning Yi, she just felt strange. Li Xuan helped her rebuild the Zaoge Sect and made her feel that Li Xuan had a mountain of gold and silver. Even if she was not so exaggerated, she would never be short of money. Why do you still have to borrow money now?

Although Lan Xuanshuang did not ask questions, Li Xuandu also saw her inquiry from her face, and could only explain on his own initiative: "Mrs. Lan finds it strange? Actually, you and I are both borrowing money from Taiping Money House. If you use the foundation of Zaoge Sect as collateral, I will use my own reputation as collateral. It should not be an exaggeration to borrow tens of thousands of taels of silver from my reputation?"

"Of course it's not too much." Lan Xuanshuang said hurriedly, "It's just... as the identity of Zi Mansion, you can use it directly. Taiping Money House will not only not have any complaints, but will be very happy. After all, since ancient times, there has been a saying that you can't catch the temple gate with a pig's head."

"Of course I can use it directly." Li Xuan did not deny it, "It's just that once this precedent is opened, will everyone follow me after I become self-imitated? There is no distinction between public and private, and regards public property as private property, and seizes the hearts of everyone with one's own heart, and then develops into a sect and Taoist sect as private property of a family and a family family, and then passes it on to one's descendants. What's the difference between this and an emperor who treats officials like servants and governs the world with family slaves?"

Lan Xuanshuang was stunned.

Li Xuandu continued: "Everyone has a master between heaven and earth. If it is not my own, it is not enough to take a single step. A man is open and upright, and he will do it without order. If I am not upright, then what else can I have to judge the crimes of Xie Zhi and others?"
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