The Three Great Han Dynasties: Awaken Liu Bei with a scolding; you weave mats and sell sandals.

Chapter 194 Fruit-Sharing Conference

"I wonder how much Brother Xuande will receive after this disaster relief effort?"

It's truly captivating.

Upon hearing this, Liu Bei showed a hint of surprise on his face, indicating that he really didn't understand the matter.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shu was visibly shocked, and even more so, he refused to believe it at all.

After all, the relationship between their families is common knowledge.

"Could it be that the General didn't inform you, Xuande? How could that be?"

Liu Bei gave a wry smile, then explained the rules of the Liu family, emphasizing that one must never be too arrogant or impetuous.

Now, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu finally understood the situation to a certain extent.

However, this time he became even more enthusiastic towards Liu Bei because of this.

A good family tradition and rules can be of great help.

Meanwhile, Yang Xiu was on Liu Bei's left and right sides.

It's obvious.

This group of top individuals in Luoyang were almost all at the same level, so they wouldn't break the rules over trivial matters.

The next group consisted of people from various clans, and their effectiveness was significantly lower.

The next group consisted of people from humble backgrounds. Although they possessed some talent, it was only temporary, so they were just average as well.

Shi Tai'a, and Tong Yuan.

The master and apprentice, along with many officials, gathered in this secluded corner.

They were all dumbfounded, only able to watch with indifference.

This fruit-giving ceremony was decided by those in power, and it has very little to do with them.

Fortunately, they were retainers of the Liu family, so they naturally had more advantages than other families.

"Fortunately, we are from the Liu family of Youzhou, Master. Otherwise, we don't know where we would have been assigned this time."

Shi Tai'a felt a faint sense of smug satisfaction.

Tong Yuan's thoughts at this moment were not much different from those of his disciple.

After all, they were master and apprentice, and they had suffered so much over the years.

Therefore, they seize any opportunity, no matter how small, without hesitation, and this has continued to this day without any change.

Their way of dealing with people and things is indeed not wrong at all.

After all, this is the common sense that most people in the world have always followed. Basically, it's like this, and over time, people get used to it, and things will naturally get better.

Afterwards, the other retainers hid in the corners, seemingly without anyone to eat with, which was truly pitiful and disheartening.

This reminded Tong Yuan of his experiences in Luoyang in his early years.

that time.

He and the people in front of him were so similar, they were practically identical.

"Ugh."

Tong Yuan sighed silently, but he naturally understood what was going on.

No matter what, you must pay attention to your situation and make sure you follow the right leader and have a good backer.

Only in this way can we achieve such a vast scope of progress; otherwise, we can only watch helplessly.

For example, like today.

Because they were members of the Liu family of Youzhou, they were able to achieve great things and thus have such positions.

Unlike these other poor scholars, who were utterly useless except for staring blankly.

I'm afraid that the rest of my life will be pretty much the same, nothing more.

It's truly chilling to even think about.

After all, who wouldn't want to achieve something great?

Unfortunately, there was never such an opportunity.

This opportunity isn't something you can just come up with on a whim.

Once the portions were distributed, the banquet was essentially over, and the event was pretty much concluded.

Liu Hong was also preparing for his departure.

At this moment, someone in the Liu family was still asking for help; it was the Zhen family.

Even this time.

The situation was naturally quite different when their parents' old friends came to visit.

They even invited Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, the brother and sister, to join them.

"Good niece, nowadays, everyone in the world knows that the Mi family and the Zhen family are rare business families."

If you don't even lend me a hand this time, it would be rather inappropriate.

Moreover, my Zhen family will inevitably be led by your Mi family of Xuzhou in the future.

Whether it's on trade routes or in other places, whenever we see the name of the Mi family of Xuzhou, our Zhen family will take a step back.

Is this feasible?

Father Zhen spoke slightly, his face serious, indicating that he was telling the truth and that he had already made a very large concession.

Mi Lan could only nod in agreement.

After all, one should respect the Buddha even if one doesn't respect the monk.

The two great families have indeed been very cooperative in recent years.

We can't be so greedy and forget about principles right now, otherwise it won't be good for their family's reputation.

But gradually, after Zhen's parents and the others left, Mi Lan, looking at her eldest brother Mi Zhu and second brother Mi Fang, couldn't help but bar her teeth and claws and beat them hard again and again.

"It's easy to agree to this, but do you know how difficult it is to actually do it?"

Her husband had already refused before and didn't seem to care about the matter, but now she was trying to get him to agree again.

Although I have a decent status in this family, it's not high either. Do you think I can force him to do something he doesn't like?

If only I truly possessed such great supernatural powers! I could easily agree to it today, but do I really have them?

Mi Lan stared with her almond-shaped eyes, as if she wanted to devour her two older brothers alive.

Why do I keep causing him trouble, and end up making him lose face and even his life?

Mi Zhu sighed with regret: "There's nothing we can do about it. Who knew they would actually come? Originally, it would have been enough to just show up, but they brought their children and elderly parents with them."

In addition, although the two families were not old friends, they had provided each other with many conveniences in business in the early years.

Mi Lan, now she is only making a few requests, and she has even brought such a significant gift.

Even the Liu family salt case, and the corresponding goods, were able to be promoted in various southern regions of Jizhou because of the Zhen family.

Otherwise, at least one part of the journey would have to be paid for tolls, half of the journey would be paid for relationship fees, and then there would be other miscellaneous expenses, and that 30% would just disappear for nothing.

"If we hadn't used their internet, the financial loss for our family would have been astronomical."