"Great news for the Lin family army!" Lin Yiran looked at Lin Changshou in confusion.
Her eyes fell on the golden booklet in his hand.
In the sunlight, the A4-sized booklet in Lin Changshou's hand sparkled with golden light.
There was not a single word on the cover, and she couldn't tell what kind of important thing it was that needed to be made into a booklet with gold thread and silk cloth.
And why does this gold-thread silk cloth look familiar?
Shang Lu looked at the eye-catching booklet in Lin Changshou's hand, his bright eyes full of curiosity.
It was the first time she had seen such golden silk cloth.
It would be such a waste to use such fine cloth to make a booklet. It would be better to make a beautiful riding suit for the master.
Thinking of this, Shang Lu had already imagined Lin Yiran wearing riding clothes made of gold thread silk cloth.
She looked at the booklet in Lin Changshou's hand, her eyes becoming even more fiery.
Later she would have to ask Lin Changshou where this gold thread and silk cloth came from.
Lin Changshou looked at Shang Lu's expression, which seemed like he wanted to swallow the gold-thread booklet, and was so scared that he quickly covered the booklet with his hands.
This precious booklet cannot be given to Shanglu.
Don’t even think about it, little girl.
Lin Changshou glanced at Shang Lu warily. Shang Lu saw Lin Changshou's stingy behavior and rolled his eyes at him.
Lin Changshou pursed his lips and turned to look at his master.
He suppressed his excitement and presented the booklet to Lin Yiran with a smile.
"Master, please take a look!"
Lin Yiran looked at the golden booklet in front of her and raised her hand to take it.
Under Lin Changshou's excited and expectant gaze, she opened the cover of the golden booklet.
On the title page it was written,
Version: (blank)
Compiled by: Lin Taihong, Lin Dashan, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Lei
Proofreader: Lin Changshou
"This is --- the Lin family genealogy!?"
Seeing the content on the title page, Lin Yiran raised her eyebrows and looked at Lin Changshou.
"Yes." Lin Changshou smiled and nodded repeatedly. "I have only written a rough outline of the family tree. Many contents have not been detailed yet. I need the master's approval before I can write it tonight."
"I learned all this from the people in the Ministry of Revenue. The binding is completely in accordance with the requirements of the aristocratic families."
Lin Changshou looked at the glittering family tree and continued with a smile,
"This gold-threaded silk cloth used to bind the family tree was given by the palace's weaving bureau."
He saw the silk cloth woven with gold thread in the weaving bureau in the imperial palace.
These gold thread and silk cloth are for making clothes for the royal family and cannot be used by ordinary people.
When he saw the gold-thread silk cloth, his first reaction was that if he could use such silk cloth to make the Lin family genealogy, it could definitely be passed down from generation to generation.
No one would be willing to destroy such a precious family tree made of gold thread and silk cloth, so it must be preserved well.
Originally, ordinary people were not allowed to use the gold-thread silk cloth, but when the manager of the weaving bureau heard that he wanted to make a family tree for the empress, he immediately bound one and gave it to him.
Each booklet has 80 pages, and the Weaving Bureau gave him three such booklets in total, which was really a generous gesture.
It can be seen that the people in the weaving bureau also want to please their master.
“It’s really well done.”
Lin Yiran nodded.
The compilers are the oldest members of the Lin family army, and they are all old people with rich life experience and long-term vision.
That line in the version is still blank. It will be just the right time to revise the country's name after she conquers Xiliang.
Turning back to the preface:
Compiler: (Blank - Written by an elder or well-known person in the family to increase the authority of the genealogy.)
Content: (Blank - Briefly describe the background, purpose and significance of compiling the genealogy)
Explanation: (Blank - explain the rules and format of compiling the genealogy)
Biography of the ancestor: (introducing the ancestor's life, migration history, etc.). This page details the entire process of Lin Yiran saving the Lin family army and the process of leading the Lin family army to overthrow the Daliang Kingdom. It then writes about the beginning of the attack on Xiliang, and is to be continued.
Family motto and rules: (Blank - List the family's traditional moral norms and codes of conduct, and define the various rules and regulations within the family)
The page with the genealogy chart (starting from the ancestor and listing the information of descendants and their spouses generation by generation) only had the ancestor - Lin Yiran - written on it.
The six huge characters blinded Lin Yiran's eyes.
Then turn the page to see the information about the current members of the Lin Family Army sorted by generation.
Lin Changshou saw Lin Yiran finish flipping through the family tree and grinned.
"The four characters on the cover of the Lin family genealogy must be written by our ancestors."
"As for the blank spaces, I will have to wait for Master's instructions. I will discuss with the clan elders and write them for Master's approval before copying them into the family tree."
"Well done. Just discuss and write in the blank spaces."
After Lin Yiran finished reading, she handed the family tree to Lin Changshou.
"As for the Lin family rules, it must be added that men are not allowed to take concubines or commit domestic violence. If they violate these rules, they will be expelled from the Lin family. You can write the rest and let me see it when you are done."
"Yes, I'll remember it." Lin Changshou didn't think there was anything wrong with what Lin Yiran added.
None of the people in the Lin family army took concubines at all.
In the past, we all lived in the same village. If a family had the ability to take a concubine, it would be hard to make ends meet, let alone take one.
Now all the Lin family soldiers follow the master, and everyone is busy studying and training all day long, so they have no time to think about other things.
Since following the master, all the villagers have become visibly younger. They can't even love their own wives enough, let alone have any affairs with others.
"Why am I not in this family tree?!"
Just when Lin Yiran and Lin Changshou finished discussing the revision of the family tree, Shang Lu said weakly.
She had been watching beside her master as he was looking through the family tree.
She didn't see her name at all.
When Shang Lu said this, Lin Yiran and Lin Changshou were stunned.
Lin Changshou blinked and looked at Shang Lu, and said with a dry laugh,
"Miss Shanglu, you're not a member of the Lin family, so it's a little inappropriate to include you here."
"Look, the Lin family tree is written according to generation. There's really no way to include you."
He just wanted to write about Smilax glabra, but he didn't know where to write it.
unless-----
"Why don't you take a look at the Lin family army to see if there's anyone you like and marry into the Lin family. That way, you can be included in the family tree."
Seeing that Shang Lu looked like she was about to cry, Lin Changshou quickly gave her an idea.
There are quite a lot of unmarried men in the Lin family army, and many of them are of the right age for Shang Lu.
He actually wanted Shang Lu to be his daughter-in-law, but his two sons were not worthy of Shang Lu.
Shang Lu was also unwilling to be his daughter-in-law. She was a generation younger than him, so it would be strange if Shang Lu was willing.
Fortunately, he had the foresight to ask his master to give him the surname Lin, otherwise he would not have the honor of being on the same family tree with his master.
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