Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 94 Hot Pot

  The subordinates knelt down and worship at the big ceremony at every turn, and everyone in the hall has already been surprised.

  Li Fushou has no way to change all of this, he can only leave it alone, he will not do the kind of stupid thing that smashes the tree, just listen to it, and watch it for the first time.

The reaction of the Li clan has already been expected by him. Even if it is the new British aristocracy, the rich and powerful in Australia, according to China's deep-rooted family concept, it is impossible to abandon the ancestors and remain the children of the clan. .

  Li Fushou’s close relatives have long since passed away. Both his parents were killed in the war. The only close uncle dragged a few members of the family. He got tuberculosis a few years ago due to overwork and finally passed away.

  In the course of his more than ten years of life, the clan has never helped, let alone deep feelings.

  In order to make ends meet at a young age, he could only help the foreigner church priests to run errands, do things, and eat, and he was bullied and humiliated.

  In the end, he sold himself out of anger and went overseas. As a result, he was in a coma due to the storms and turbulence on the freighter, and his soul came through...

  Today

Li Fushou came into being in far away Australia. He was rich and wealthy and forced to return home. He invested in the repair of ancestral shrines. Clan studies and worship of ancestors are all the meanings of the question. There is no need to say anything, so as not to be pointed out by the clansman. Forgetting the ancestor, not being filial, and detrimental to reputation.

  It's just that some clan old lions open their mouths to ask for property. Thousands, tens of thousands of taels of silver, of course, cannot be satisfied. Li Fushou does not owe them, and there is no need to get used to these people. It is inevitable that some obstacles will be encountered.

   But having said that, if you want to establish another branch of the Li family in Honghe Mountain, the clan is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed.

  The towering tree must have its roots.

  The water of Huaishan must have its source.

  Yanhuang and Huang are in the same heart, in the same line of China.

  Blood is thicker than water, and leaves fall back to their roots.

  The Chinese clan culture originated from the Western Zhou Dynasty and has a history of thousands of years. It is the root bloodline of the Chinese.

The ancestors of the Li family in Gusu city can be traced back to the parachutist Li Guang of the Han Dynasty. Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was all descended from the Li family in Longxi.

  After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, one of the royal family members of the Li family lived in Gusu City and settled down and multiplied.

  The ancestor of this tribe was Li Ye of Tang Zhaozong, the 19th emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Later, his family was distributed to various places, and the current Gusu Li clan came into being.

  Roughly calculated, there are still more than 10,000 tribesmen who have been divided into more than 20 branches in remote and suburban counties despite the baptism of war.

  Li Fushou will take root in Australia in the future, and the family genealogy will be moved to establish a branch of Hongheshan. Every Qingming New Year sacrifices to ancestors, this is a major thing that must be done.

  The husband's family has genealogy, the state has aspirations, and the state-owned history, and its righteousness is also one.

  In this way

When the Li clan held a spring ceremony for ancestor worship, the ancestors told me to burn incense to worship the ancestors. It shouldn’t be too difficult to extend a Li Fushou grandfather’s ancestral tablet, and it shouldn’t be too difficult to separate a branch of the Li family as far as Australia. After all, there were already more than 20 branches. NS.

If the Hongheshan line wants to distinguish the "branch tree", it is necessary to invite the ancestor tablets of his grandfather's generation, as well as the ancestor tablets of his grandfather and his parents and relatives, as the ancestors of the Hongheshan line, stay in " The first page of "Fundamentals".

   So it is named "branch genealogy", which itself indicates that it belongs to a branch under a certain line. Branch genealogy still belongs to the category of genealogy.

  Different tribes of the same clan, different tribes of the same tribe, different families of the same tribe.

  The Li clan elders deliberately made things difficult for this issue, and Liu Shouqi, the elder of the Liu clan, couldn’t decide in one word, so things dragged on.

  In the warm hall

Li Fushou tapped the red sandalwood wooden table with his slender fingers, and said deeply; "This matter should not be urgent, it needs to be discussed long-term. There are indeed some fainthearted people in the elders of the clan. Most of them, just isolate a small number of people, and they can't cover the sky with one hand.

  Today, the governor of Jiangsu Zuo Liangshan and the right chief envoy Luo Min both owe me favors. It is really impossible to ask them to come forward and put pressure on them. This is a last resort strategy.

  In this way, the clan relationship is gone, which is really the last resort.

  Although the knife is good, you must guard against hurting your hands. "

  A group of German military instructors could not say anything about this. Mr. Kestner had a great say, and the British were also deeply touched by the family ties.

He said, "Boss, family blood has always been cut, and things are still messed up. Compromise is the best way, and it’s not the way. It’s true everywhere, but procrastination is not a good way, it will only hurt them. His appetite is getting bigger and bigger, even if you pay some price, it’s better to fight quickly."

   "Well, that makes sense."

After thinking about it for a while, Li Fushou finally made a decision; "Charlie Vincent was asked to come forward for this matter, and Li Ping, who assisted him, can promise to take some of the Li clan to Australia for development, and can also support them to go to Europe. Studying abroad, granting local distribution rights for some products in Gusu, etc., using profit temptation to win the support of more elders, isolate a small number of stubborn veterans, and quickly cut the mess."

   "As you wish, Boss." Charlie Vincent stroked his chest gracefully and bent down to salute.

  Li Ping, several housekeepers clasped their fists and took the job together.

After briefly discussing a few things, Li Fushou clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's end the discussion! Today we are all tired from coming from afar. Let's see what delicious food the butler has prepared for everyone. A diet with a strong Chinese flavor is not to be missed."

"It’s the cold winter season. It’s best to sit in the hot pot and listen to small songs in the room. The younger ones have all arranged. The chefs from Baiweiju are invited to set up the table, and the Kunqu opera team will help you. Lord, look. You can pay it back." Li Ping asked respectfully.

   "Okay, this is what you want, so let's open the table." Li Fushou laughed with his palms.

   "Okay, please look at it, Lord."

  Li Ping slapped his hands twice, and a group of charming maids brought copper hot pot, trays, saucers and other things in their hands, and soon put down a few tables of shabu-shabu banquets.

   Then a few dexterous boys came in carrying the brazier, adding the burning hot coal to the bottom of the copper hot pot one by one, and the hall was filled with a fragrant and rich fragrance in the blink of an eye.

  The Kunqu opera group entered in file, and the band playing the piano and stroking the strings sat down in the hall, and the sound of silk and bamboo music suddenly rang, bringing a full house of ancient charm.

  The famous actors dressed in ancient costumes sing and dance with the silk strings.

   "Li, I also want to attend such a lively banquet, and there is no one to say anything in the deserted back hall, which suffocates me to death."

   Yelena didn't know where she got out, she looked around with her probe head, her face was joyful.

Behind him followed Fiona, who was a little frightened. Their eyes turned from the dishes on the table to the famous Kunqu opera actress, and then turned back. Obviously, the index finger moved, and they couldn't bear it. .

"Well, you are originally Westerners. You shouldn't be bound by Eastern rules, Miss Yelena, please sit down at Mr. Kestner's table, and Fiona comes to me." Li Fushou was kind. Smiling and beckoned.

  Elena is reluctant, but she can’t help it.

  The four-sided table of the hot pot has to leave a space for watching the show. The guests live on one side and can sit at most three people. There is also room for a maid standing next to it.

   Fiona was overjoyed, and she came to Li Fushou's side very well to sit down, but was helpless with the table full of hot pot ingredients.

  I know these foods separately, and I don’t know how to eat them together.

  At this time, a handy maid came forward to serve. Li Fushou was surrounded by Xiang Niu'er and Sweet Niu'er, and Fiona was a maid in Fuyuan, named Jin Suo'er.

  The steaming hot pot drove away the severe cold, everyone was so addicted to eating, Tao Ran forgets me in the melodious Kunqu opera.

  Although foreigners can’t understand what to sing, these tactful tunes alone are enough to have a long aftertaste.

  Everyone listened to the song, and was enjoying the hot pot. The housekeeper Li Jing hurriedly walked in and bowed in the hall and said;

"Return to the great master, there is a person from Luo Min's house, the right chief ambassador, and 20 cars of various kinds of thanks were sent with the name stickers, mainly silk and su embroidery, and there are many kinds of gadgets. Please ask for the gift list. Look at it."

   "Oh, present it."

  Li Fushou took the gift list and opened it up. The long gift list has a rigorous calligraphy with fine brushwork. The list and quantity of gifts are listed, which is a long walk.

  Such as 50 pieces of poplin, 50 pieces of printed silk, 50 pieces of Shu brocade, 20 pieces of Su embroidery, 100 knives of fine rice paper, 50 brushes, 10 Huizhou inkstones, 10 sets of lacquer...

  There are a lot of gifts, the tricycle is equipped with a full 20 cars, plus a car of precious jade handles, worth nearly 30,000 taels of silver. It can be seen that this Lord Luo Min is also an informed and interesting person, and the etiquette is absolutely unambiguous.

  How long hasn't it been

  The steward Li Yuan ran over to report. The governor of Jiangsu Governor Zuoliangshan came with a name sticker, and he also gave 20 cars of various gifts. The value of Lin Lin's total value is not inferior to the former.

  The most precious thing is some celebrity calligraphy and painting. Even now, they are valuable, but they are even more precious if they are passed down to later generations.

  Li Fushou held two famous posts in his hands and was dumbfounded. He just said that these two adults owed him a favor, which was more than half back in a blink of an eye.

  Sure enough, one of these officials is more than a monkey spirit, knowing that the most difficult thing in the world to owe is the favor, especially the favor of the foreigners.

  Who knows what the foreigners have to do?

  Even if it is a newly opened commercial port, facilitating the trade of Westerners is related to the state of the imperial court, and no one can easily allow it.

  These things are important events related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Even if they are a member of a feudal domination, they dare not owe such favors. Is it true that the court is a decoration?

No matter   !

  Li Fushou originally didn't want to have more ties with the high officials of the imperial court. He returned from this trip to worship the ancestors and divide the clan, and by the way, set the marriage as the main thing, and let everything else go.

He put down the famous post and said to everyone in the hall; "Good food cannot be without wine. It just so happened that we brought Scotch whiskey and gin, as well as local specialty rice wine and white wine. Eat and drink, and get everything you need. We will take a break today when we are drunk."

   "Oh, to Boss." A group of German officers toasted together.

  "This cup respects the master, I wish the master good luck and health, and I will be drunk today and rest." Several secretaries and Fu Peng and other guard leaders also toasted.

   "Hahaha...just let go of the belly and drink." Li Fushou picked up the warmed rice wine on the table, lifted it up and turned it around and drank it in one go, winning the applause of the whole house.

The guard leader Fu Peng placed an authentic burning knife in front of him, and the wine was so hot. The Major Schwarz-Kopf sitting next to him was very curious and pointed to the white wine in the bowl and asked; "Fu, this is you. Eastern wine?"

   "Yes, do you want to taste it?"

"Can I."

Fu Peng laughed loudly, picked up the black porcelain wine jar in front of him and poured a bowl for Major Schwartz Kopf, then touched the bowl in front of him, drank it with his head up, and shouted happily. ; "Good wine, enough energy."

  Major Schwartz-Kopf was also unambiguous, and he took the wine and smelled it carefully, frowning.

Then he closed his eyes and bit his scalp "Gudong Gudong" and drank it, and he could see that his white skin was reddening visible to the naked eye, as if swallowing a ball of flames, and he quickly picked up the cooked dishes from the plate to his mouth. Lisay.

   After a while, he stomped a drink, and the strong alcohol spit out.

   "Enough..." Major Schwartz-Kopf shouted in a weird tone, causing everyone to roar with laughter...

  A banquet for the guests and the host to enjoy themselves.

  (End of this chapter)