Chapter 135: Family

Chapter 135 Family
In the middle of the night, Zhang Botao, who gave the ring that day, appeared in the side hall of the city lord's mansion, wearing a black cloak.
His feelings were almost exactly the same as those of Yingyi during the day. There were beautiful little fairies all around him serving tea and water. Xue Mu was still full of the fragrance of women, and he didn't know which fairies had just rolled the sheets with and just got up.
If he knew that the fairy in his heart was Xue Qingqiu, he didn't know what his mood would be.
But his thoughts are different from those of Shadow Wings. He doesn't reject this kind of life at all, on the contrary, he is very used to it. Their Zhang family bet on both Xinyizong and Zongzongdao. The profiteers of the Zongyidao will not mention it. Just talk about the Xinyizong and look at Pan Kouzhi’s six swordsman's pomp, and you will know from the Xinyi Zongmen and Mujian. Li's kendo is two different things, and it is a bit flashy.
And this chapter Bo Tao itself is not the kind of intensive martial arts. As a local clan in Lingzhou, there are many talents in various directions in the clan. Zhang Botao's research direction is formation. In addition, he has another identity: he is a scholar.
Scholars in this world and Xue Mu's concept of the world are not the same. The selection of scholars from the imperial court is not an imperial examination system, but similar to the inspection and examination system, which is evaluated and recommended by local officials. The basis of recommendation is also ignoring poetry and literature. In addition to moral character, it is mainly based on people's livelihood ability, persuading agriculture, mulberry, water conservancy and other aspects. As a handed down family, it will obviously be more focused on such aspects, which directly corresponds to the attributes of the court.
In other words, in addition to the layout of the rivers and lakes, these families naturally correspond to the role of the city master Xue Mu. This Zhang Botao is directly the kind that can be promoted in Xue Mu's hands, so Xue Qingqiu once said, If Xue Mu is a qualified city lord, you should meet these aristocratic families on the first day in Lingzhou.
It is a pity that our irresponsible City Lord Xue has been in Lingzhou for so long, and it is the first time to meet with a family member. The role of the City Lord is not even a word, and even the stamps are left to the subordinates to play by themselves.
Zhang Botao removed his cloak, thanked the girl who served tea in a graceful manner, and smiled to Xue Mu: "The city lord lives in a simple way and does not see foreigners, but it turns out that he is living such a fairy life. It is Zhang. I'm afraid I'm too lazy to meet people."
Xue Mu sipped his tea and said with a smile, "Xue, who came here for the first time, can't be as rich as Zhang's eight hundred years."
This sounded like flattery, but Zhang Botao sounded a bit prickly when he heard it, and cautiously replied: "The Zhang family still needs City Master Xue to show him."
He is also very painful to say, the previous city lord did not say to favor their families, but he was very dependent. But the man in front of him is really different. The city lord's duties are directly used as a fart, and the city lord's power does not care, and he treats himself as a quack. And you look at him from the perspective of the rivers and lakes, that's even worse, he is the chief of Xingyue Sect, no matter which backstage you move out, he will not persuade you... The various ways of treating the previous city lord in the past will be thrown into the stinky water. In the ditch, he couldn't fit this wonderful city master at all, so that he had to go through the conversation with Xue Mu first.
He was not bad, because of a trade fair, he accidentally got in touch with Xue Mu. The eggs of the other aristocratic families were about to break, and even this city lord had never seen him.
"I don't dare to be a leader." Xue Mu replied very kindly: "Xue is still very new to Lingzhou, so he needs the help of Zhang Gongzi."
Zhang Botao hurriedly said, "City Master Xue has anything to do with Zhang's family, just ask."
"It's just to talk about business with Zhang Gongzi." Xue Mu smiled: "The fate that Xue and Zhang Gongzi first met is still fresh in my memory. Thanks to Zhang Gongzi's ring, Xue likes it very much."
"It’s good if the city lord likes it." Zhang Botao felt a little loose in his heart, and smiled: "In fact, everyone seemed to be not interested in storage rings that day. Zhang was a little disappointed. Since the city lord likes it, he can be considered a destined person. ."
Xue Muqi said, "Master Zhang's ring industry is not going to be done?"
Zhang Botao shook his head and said: "I don’t want to hide from the city lord, my Zhang family has been dealing with various special accessories for generations, such as Qingxin pendants, Daidi jade hairpins, etc. If you promote this ring, it will only expand a small product, and it is not particularly important. Things. Since everyone is not interested, most of this business cannot be done. It is meaningless. If you don't do it, you can't do it."
Xue Mu thought for a while: "Because people are not used to wearing accessories on their hands, which affects the fight?"
"Yes, even if you know that this ring does not affect the battle, but people have not formed the habit of wearing things on their hands, naturally they can't replace the universe bag, and the effort to promote it will not necessarily bring any benefits."
Xue Mu lightly tapped on the arm of the chair, and he continued to ponder.
Zhang Botao tentatively asked: "Is the city lord intentionally?"
If you are really interested, it means that we have done a lost business.
Xue Mu woke up and said with a smile: "I have a story, do you want to hear it?"
Zhang Botao smiled and said: "The little story of the city lord is famous all over the world. Is there any reason why Bo Tao doesn't want to hear it?"
"This is not that kind of story." Xue Mu laughed mockingly, and said: "Say, two shoe dealers went to a new land, and there are also humans inhabited. The two shoe dealers investigated their business. They found that the locals don’t wear shoes. The first shoe dealer thought that this was the case and the shoes were not sold here, so they went back. The second shoe dealer spent a lot of time trying to make the locals discover the comfort of wearing shoes. Since then, it has become popular for dumping, and it has become richer than the country."
Zhang Botao was silent for a long while, and smiled bitterly: "It's reasonable, but it's difficult. After all, wearing shoes is better than not wearing them, but wearing a ring does not necessarily have any advantages over using a Qiankun bag, and the cost is much higher."
"Of course there are advantages. Taking fewer bags that are easy to drop is not an advantage? Although this advantage is not that big..." Xue Mu smiled slightly: "The key is that the formation of a trend sometimes does not require any advantages. "
Zhang Botao said solemnly: "Please the city lord for advice."
"If Mr. Zhang really intends to cooperate with Xue, then Mr. Zhang will get the answer for tomorrow's ceremony of returning to the sect of the Yan Yang." Xue Mu said calmly, "Middle Zhang, can you think about it clearly?"
Xue Mu's words obviously had other meanings, and Zhang Botao's heart was stunned: "What does the city lord mean?"
Xue Mu's voice was cold: "I will make special arrangements for the sake of partners, otherwise there is no need to make extravagances. Zhang Gongzi needs to determine whether Zhang Jia is my Xue Mu's collaborator or some splash in the dark."
Zhang Botao's pupils shrank slightly, and he said nothing for a while.
Xue Mu didn't urge, but leaned back in his chair to enjoy tea.
For a long time, Zhang Botao suddenly laughed and sighed: "To tell the truth... The Zhang family never cared about Lingzhou’s surname, or even Da Zhou’s surname. If the city lord’s arrangement can really benefit Zhang’s family, those people The matter, Zhang Family will take care of them to die?"
Xue Mu also laughed, this is very vertical and horizontal, this is very heartfelt, this is very...a family.
The first time he heard the concept of aristocratic family, Xue Mu confronted the aristocratic family he knew. To a certain extent, the two worlds still had something in common.
Why didn't the Zhang Family Patriarch come to see the city lord, but only a young master? And Xue Mu was not surprised, didn't he feel underestimated?
Because everyone was tacit, Xue Mu was just one of these aristocratic bets.
Expanding further, Zhang Botao represents not only the Zhang family, but the common mentality of many similar families in Lingzhou. They will only stand on the side of the winner, focusing only on the interests and inheritance of their own family, as for other things. , Never important.