All Hail Cousin Brother

Old Master Xie took the box, took out the token and rubbed it lightly, with a complicated expression on his face: "The branch of the Xie family is a survivor of the Yue Kingdom. Later, the Yue Kingdom fell, and our branch moved to Quanzhou to settle down and changed our surname to Xie. Keeping our names incognito, this token is our proof that we are descendants of the Si family."

Yin Huaixi was quite surprised.

The king of Yue was surnamed Si, and Si was the surname bestowed on Yu by Shun. After King Goujian of Yue moved his capital to Langye, in order to dominate the Central Plains, he became one of the great powers. He coexisted peacefully with the princes of the Central Plains and maintained a peaceful rule for a long time.

This is an amalgamation of Yue culture and Central Plains Han culture.

Later, Chu destroyed Yue, and the Yue was not completely destroyed. It surrendered to Qin, and the State of Yue officially perished.

The remnants of the Yue State, together with the princes of the world, rebelled against Qin and returned to Han rule.

Later, he was granted the title of King of Minyue, and continued to worship the Yue State, and was not ruled by the Han people.

Until the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the rest of Minyue was completely under the Han rule, and the people migrated to live in the Jianghuai area.

The State of Yue is a prince who has been active in history since the Xia Dynasty.

From this point of view, Xie's background is really not small, no wonder the ancestors left the legacy of "not being an official in the world".

The identity of the descendant of the Yue King's family, this background, is indeed enough to compete with King Wu Mu Dingbei, the old lady Xie told him this secret, it is a temptation and a deterrent.

The Jianghuai area is located in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and other places, covering most of the central and southern regions, and there are many Fujian and Yue people.

As the "royal family" of Fujian and Yue, the Xie family, even if the glory of the ancestors is not there, the surname Si has a huge influence in the central and southern regions.

The Jianghuai area has been an important place for grain production and commerce since ancient times, and it is also a place that military strategists must contend for.

He borrowed Ye Hanyuan's hand to take the southeast coastal area by chance, but the strong dragon can't overwhelm the local snake, and Xie's mansion can strangle him by the throat in terms of food and commerce.

This is the pride and heritage of the Xie Mansion.

Yin Huaixi said cautiously: "The Xie Mansion has an extraordinary background, please forgive me for any disrespect."

Mrs. Xie shook his head: "Since Xie's family has kept their names incognito, they have forgotten their ancestors, and they are not worthy of inheriting the virtues of their ancestors. King Wu Mu laughed."

A simple sentence is actually full of deep meaning.

After several dynasties and generations, Fujian and Han have reached the fusion of humanities, but the identity of the descendants of the Yue royal family is not praised by others. The Xie family changed their surnames to plan for future generations

Seek safety for future generations.

From the Xia Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, the Yue Kingdom was a party of princes and great powers, and the so-called virtues of the ancestors were even more devastating.

Claiming that he has forgotten his ancestors and is not worthy of inheriting the virtues of his ancestors is also a statement of his position, and he has no ambition to restore the virtues of his ancestors.

Old Mrs. Xie is a sensible person. The Xie family has already boarded King Wu Mu Dingbei's boat. To expose his family for the sake of his granddaughter is to show weakness and also to seek strength.

Giving the weakness to him actively is to surrender.

At the same time, it also puts a huge bargaining chip on the surface, and only with value can it be eligible to negotiate.

Yin Huaixi nodded: "Filial piety is the first among all kinds of goodness, but there are three kinds of unfilial piety, and no descendants are the greatest. Xie's mansion inherits the legacy of the ancestors and helps the world at the same time. It is an act of great kindness and pure filial piety."

Mrs. Xie didn't say any more, and changed the subject: "Accordingly, the marriage between you and Xiao Yao'er was arranged by Mrs. Yu when she was dying, and it can be regarded as the order of the parents. Naturally, the Xie Mansion has no objection."

When Yin Huaixi heard this, his eyelids twitched heavily, feeling a bad premonition.

really!

Old Master Xie changed the subject and asked knowingly: "Does Xiao Yao'er's father know about your marriage with Xiao Yao'er?"

Yin Huaixi bit the bullet and said, "I don't know."

"That's it," Old Master Xie's complexion relaxed, and he smiled: "Old Madam Yu left it behind before she died, and let Xiao Yaoer return to Xie's house. The token she gave was also given to Yao by Xie's house back then My mother's family heirloom, I think this marriage is not committed, and it also means to let the Xie family intervene."

The only difference is that it is not clearly stated that marriage is a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words.

Mrs. Yu passed away, and Yu Zongzheng should be in charge of the marriage, but Yu Zongzheng didn't know that Yu Youyao had returned to her mother's family, and the Yu family could not interfere with her marriage at will.

Only the Xie Mansion can truly make the decision.

Yin Huaixi sighed slightly in his heart, Jiang was still very old, and it was obviously impossible to get away with just a token.

He also carefully considered his words: "Old Madam Yu hopes that I can get the approval of the Xie Mansion, and under the witness of the Xie Mansion, marry Yao Yaoti."

Knowing the origin of the token earlier, Yin Huaixi knew it, and he was put together by Mrs. Yu.

The token was a real token, but Mrs. Yu also dug a hole for him at the same time.

What to say don't tell Yaoyao about the token for the time being.

In fact, Mrs. Yu didn't promise him anything at all, let alone make any promises about this marriage, but handed it over to the Xie family in a disguised form.

It was only then that he issued a greeting card as King Wu Mu Dingbei.

Put a stand first, let the Xie family know that he is not someone who can be dismissed with a few words, whether it is a little low-key or low-key later, it is not a big deal.

Mrs. Xie peeped into his mind.

Then he also assumed his identity as a descendant of the Yue royal family and dealt with him.

Old Master Xie frowned: "Xiao Yaoer is still in the period of filial piety, and the marriage is not easy to plan. Why don't you wait for Xiao Yaoer to finish her filial piety, and then ask Xiao Yaoer what she means?"

As the granddaughter of Yu Youyao, according to the funeral etiquette, she only needs to observe filial piety for Mrs. Yu for one year, and she can complete her filial piety.

The bad thing is that Yu Youyao has a deep relationship with her grandmother, and she has to keep mourning for Mrs. Yu for three years. After three years, Yu Youyao will be sixteen. He can wait, but he can't wait.

At the very least, the status must be determined first, and with the permission of the elders, the cultivation of feelings can be justified.

Otherwise, what would he do, and even ask Mrs. Yu for a token, and when he came to Quanzhou, he couldn't wait to go to the door of Xie's mansion and reveal his identity?

Yin Huaixi expected this, and made a plan: "I think the old man has heard that a crop called sweet potato was widely planted in the north in the first half of the year, because the appearance of this crop has greatly alleviated the drought in the north and helped the stability of Prince Wumu's mansion. The Northern Territory deserves a lot of credit."

Mrs. Xie's eyelids twitched heavily. Xiao Yao'er's merchant ship went out to sea with Xie's mansion. Xie's mansion also knew the origin of sweet potatoes. Xiao Yao'er tried planting sweet potatoes for two years before he succeeded. Under the implementation of the law, it has been planted on a large scale, which he knows better than others.

King Wu Mu specifically mentioned this, could it be...

really!

Yin Huaixi continued: "The yield of sweet potatoes is high, tens of stones per mu, 20 times higher than that of seed grains, and it is moist and edible, not only satisfies the stomach, but also quenches thirst and promotes body fluids, replacing drinking water. The trial planting and promotion of sweet potatoes not only can Alleviating the famine will benefit all the people in the world, and the merits in the present age will benefit the future. I plan to go to the imperial court to ask for the merits of Shaoyi County Lord.”