“Younger brother, how can you speak of Father like that? Father was only thinking of the entire Su family!” Su Kunliang’s elder brother, Su Kunchang, the future head of the Su family, said indignantly.
Other elders of the Su family also stood up to criticize Su Kunliang.
“Ah Liang, your father did it all for the Su family.”
“You and your son have such ability that you don’t think of your own family, but instead benefit outsiders.”
"If you had demonstrated these skills earlier, the Su family would not have married so many of their daughters into merchant families."
"..."
Hearing the accusations from the crowd, Su Kunliang's face turned ashen with anger.
Seeing that everyone had said enough, the head of the Su family gave his eldest son a wink.
Su Kunchang spoke up at the right moment: "Fourth brother, Father wants you to bring Yunzhi and develop them back to the Su Family Academy in Cangwu County to be a teacher. It doesn't matter where you teach, why do you have to go to that remote place, Longtan?"
"Brother, you are joking. Back then, the clan was really unable to find a way out for so many of its members, so I had to settle for following an old friend to Longtan."
Su Kunchang's face flushed, and he was immediately rendered speechless by his retort.
Patriarch Su: "That was a choice we had to make back then. Now that the academy in Cangwu County has been built, I believe that with the efforts of so many of our disciples, we will surely be able to make the Su Family Academy famous throughout the entire southern region once again!"
“Father, the academy is only for teaching and nurturing people, while Longtan Academy teaches people a skill to make a living. This goes against my educational philosophy. After careful consideration, I still want to stay at Longtan Academy.”
Although reluctant, Su Kunliang still spoke his mind.
After living in Longtan for the past two years, he has seen something different.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, the head of the Su family frowned, rolled his eyes, and decided to settle for second best.
"Then let Yunzhi and Development bring them back."
Upon hearing this, Su Kunliang was somewhat incredulous. If he still couldn't see through his father and the clan elder's intentions at this moment, then he would truly be a fool.
He refused righteously and firmly, “Father, both of these papermaking techniques were provided by Longtan. Yunzhi is just researching according to the formulas given by Longtan. If it were someone else, they would definitely succeed if they had the formulas and studied them more.”
"Even if Yunzhi returns, do you think Longtan would let him take the technology with him?"
The head of the Su family and all the elders fell completely silent.
The bamboo paper recently launched by Longtan is better than the frost-free paper produced by the Shijia family, and it is also more affordable. Since its launch, it has been well received by scholars.
"As for the clan members I brought, I will not stop them if they wish to return to the academy."
Su Kunchang looked at him with scrutiny in his eyes. He knew that among the four brothers, their father had always valued this youngest brother the most.
He not only had many sons, but all of them were also successful in their studies.
Fourth brother, aren't you coming back?
Su Kunliang shook his head, his attitude more resolute than ever before.
“From now on, I will settle down in Longtan. The Su family is full of talented people, so let’s leave the opportunity in Cangwu County to our clansmen.”
The other elders wanted to persuade him further, but the head of the Su family waved his hand at them, stopping them from speaking.
The Su family were not the kind of treacherous people. Now that they had made a name for themselves, they would let their youngest son's branch continue to stay in Longtan.
The character "Su" cannot be written in one stroke; no matter where they go, they will always bear the surname Su.
Lin Yinan was unaware of what had happened to the Su family in Cangwu County and the Yu family in Nanzhou Prefecture, nor did she have the energy to pay much attention to it.
After a bumper potato harvest, the rice was also successfully harvested.
Immediately afterwards, they will be busy cultivating the second crop.
The successful production of bamboo paper brought Longtan a large sum of money.
Wu Xingwang walked with such speed and a slight limp that it was hard to believe that they had built such a large business in just a few short years since they came to the South.
This made him determined to sell bamboo paper, brown sugar, fruit wine, and other products all over the country.
Seeing Wu Xingwang talking animatedly, Lin Yinan thoughtfully handed him some tea.
"Lord Lin, what do you think of my plan?"
Lin Yinan praised it generously, saying, "It's very thorough."
She couldn't bear to refuse, but she still tried to persuade him, "Uncle Wu, the situation in the Central Plains is not optimistic. I think you should not go there for now. We can't risk our lives for this little bit of money."
"But this opportunity is once in a lifetime." Wu Xingwang wasn't the kind of person who didn't know the importance of things, and he said regretfully.
"A new wave of migrants is expected to arrive in the south in about a month."
As if he had just thought of something, Wu Xingwang immediately stood up and said, "Then I'll go out again before then and collect the payments that are due."
"Okay, I'll bring more people with me later."
Seeing that she couldn't persuade him, Lin Yinan could only send more people to protect him.
After Wu Xingwang left, Lin Yinan began to take stock of her existing assets, her fingers moving quickly across the abacus.
The paper, fruit wine, and brown sugar business had earned them a considerable amount of money over the past six months, but the bulk of their profits came from the saltworks.
We'll distribute the bonuses to everyone at the end of the year, so everyone can have a prosperous year.
After she finished putting away the ledgers, she saw Yun Mo, who had appeared out of nowhere, leaning against the door and watching her busy herself.
"When did you arrive? You didn't even say a word."
"I saw you were focused on your work, so I didn't disturb you. Are you done?"
Lin Yinan stopped what she was doing and looked at him. "Is something the matter?"
"The mare on the mountain is about to give birth. I need to call Dr. Lin. Do you want to go and take a look?"
"Doctor Lin can deliver foals?" Lin Yinan asked, puzzled.
Yun Mo frowned; he hadn't thought about this question.
"He's a doctor!"
Doctors should all be able to treat illnesses, right?
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