After they drank a few glasses, Xi Rui said to Liang Youxiao, "Your family asked you to marry Bai Li, what do you think?"
Liang Youxiao spit out a mouthful of wine, "What?"
"My family asked me to marry Bai Li? How come I didn't know?"
Xi Rui raised an eyebrow, "Didn't your family tell you?"
"It's not obvious that your mother is asking about Baili recently."
He was a little unhappy and felt that the Liang family did not respect Xiao Baili enough.
He wanted Liang Youxiao to get married without telling him.
Do you want to compete with three other companies?
Liang Youxiao frowned, "My mother didn't tell me, but she has been helping me find marriage partners recently. She even selected several for me to look at, but I rejected them all."
He really didn't expect that his family actually wanted him to marry Xiao Baili.
He has been busy with some important matters recently, and basically goes out early and comes back late, so he is not very clear about what is going on at home.
Xi Rui curled his lips, "Your mother probably wants to find you a girl from a noble family who is a good match for you first. If she doesn't like you, then consider Bai Li."
He heard from his mother that Liang Youxiao's biological mother was a bit powerful and his two sisters-in-law were not very likable either.
Liang Youxiao smiled bitterly, "Probably."
Then he said with a firm attitude and shining eyes: "But I will not marry those girls from aristocratic families. My goal is the stars and the sea."
Xi Rui raised his eyebrows, "Has the sea of stars that Qing Luo mentioned become your goal?"
Shi Qingluo had told them before that her master had been to many places.
On the other side of the sea, there are many countries with different races, including people with white skin, yellow hair, or red hair.
There are many places inhabited by indigenous peoples overseas where you can exchange food or cloth for gold, jade, etc.
There are also pirates and so on, anyway, it sounds exciting.
He was not very interested in going out to sea, but he did not expect Liang Youxiao to be so interested in it.
He asked, "Do you want to go to sea?"
Liang Youxiao nodded, "Yes, I want to go to sea."
"I have been making arrangements recently. When the time is right, I will go and conquer the sea of stars."
His eyes were full of longing, "I think that's where I should go."
Although Shi Qingluo emphasized the various dangers of going out to sea, the rewards of going out to sea are also huge profits.
The main reason is that he likes this kind of excitement and is even more curious about overseas countries and wants to explore them.
If he could start a sea trade route, he would have no regrets in his life.
Xi Rui clinked glasses with him and said, "Then I can only wish you success. I am not interested in going to sea. I prefer studying machinery now."
"I plan to learn from Lao Xiao's craftsmen and open a machinery workshop when I return to Beijing."
He knew that Liang Youxiao was very ambitious and preferred excitement and gambling, so it was useless to persuade him.
His buddy wanted to conquer the stars and the sea, which sounded very cool. If successful, the benefits would be immeasurable, so he had no choice but to support it.
Liang Youxiao chuckled and said, "You guys really understand me."
"I told my family that I wanted to go to sea, but they were against it."
He curled his lips, "But it's useless for them to stop me from doing what I want to do."
He added: "By the way, do me a favor."
Xi Rui asked: "What help?"
Liang Youxiao said: "Please help tell the emperor, I want to see him."
"I've thought a lot these days. Although it's dangerous, this is the only chance in life. If I don't go, I'll regret it for the rest of my life."
"I also think it would be better if I had the Emperor's support, so I want to talk to the Emperor about it."
Originally, he was planning to ask his grandfather and father to pass on a message, but both of them strongly opposed him going out to sea, saying that it was too unsafe on the sea.
His grandfather and biological father were worried about his safety, while his uncles and cousins mocked him for his wild idea of losing his life.
So he didn't mention this matter. Now his family couldn't understand and didn't support him, so he could only achieve his goal in his own way.
I also made up my mind to succeed so that my family would look up to me in the future.
Xi Rui was stunned for a moment, "So you and Shi Qingluo have a plan. It would be much more reliable if she gives advice."
"But I heard that going out to sea is really dangerous. Do you want to reconsider it?"
He was also worried about his brother's safety.
Liang Youxiao smiled and said, "What's not dangerous?"
"If we go to the northern border, we might run into bandits and get killed, but we went anyway, and nothing happened."
"If you want to achieve great things, how can you not take risks?"
"Arui, you and I are different."
"I want to prove myself. On the one hand, it is indeed my hobby and I want to realize my dream. On the other hand, I also want to let those who look down on me at home see that my choice is not wrong."
His eyes were filled with ambition that seemed to be burning, "In the future, I will rely on this to reach a height that many of them cannot reach."
Although his family and Xi Rui's family are both duke's mansions, the home environments are different.
Although he was favored by the old lady and his mother, they actually favored his other brothers as well.
His father valued his two older brothers more and was even more disdainful of his idea of doing business. If it weren't for his grandfather's support, his father would not have agreed.
Only his grandfather supports him at home, but he also needs to balance the family and it is impossible to give him too many resources to support him.
Therefore, his future depends on his own efforts.
Xi Rui's favor is real. He is the apple of the old lady's and the prince's wife's eyes. Although Old Man Xi and the prince appear to dislike him, they actually dote on him very much.
With the favor of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, Xi Rui lived a domineering and willful life.
Being the most arrogant and overbearing person in Kyoto is not something that can be achieved by just being arrogant and overbearing. Without the support of all these favors, he would have been defeated long ago.
The Xi family is the emperor's maternal family. It is enough to have one or two outstanding heirs in each generation. Otherwise, they will be feared by those in power. Therefore, Xi Rui does not need to fight for anything.
Moreover, Xi Rui can act arrogantly not only in the capital, but also in the Xi family.
Even if those cousins were jealous, they didn't dare to do anything to Xi Rui, otherwise the old lady would be the first to not let him go.
Anyway, it's obvious that he favors me, and no one can do anything about it.
Moreover, Xi Rui's elder brother dotes on him very much, and his cousins are at most jealous of each other, but they are still relatively harmonious.
At home, they may be jealous and unhappy that Xi Rui is favored, which is human nature.
But to the outside world, if anyone dares to scold Xi Rui or beat Xi Rui, the brothers of the Xi family will definitely unite to deal with the opponent.
It's the opposite in his family. If anything happens to him, his brothers will probably just gloat over his misfortune, and some may even want to add fuel to the fire.
Although the old lady in their family favored him, she was also concerned about her other cousins, so she always stood on his side in small matters and ignored big ones.
He made a lot of extra money this year, and his two sisters-in-law looked particularly unhappy, as if he had taken great advantage of the Duke's Mansion.
So he was tired of worrying about all this and wanted to go out to sea to achieve something on his own.
(End of this chapter)
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