The Xie family is too big. As a top family, they are rich and extravagant! However, human hearts are unpredictable and desires are insatiable. It's not that no one has ulterior motives.

It’s just that the old man of the Xie family, Xie Anfeng, and even Xie Yu are all very powerful, and the benefits they bring to them are enough to make them surrender.

Now, the building has collapsed and lives are in danger. Xie Anfeng and Xie Yu have lost all their advantages. It is difficult for them to be the patriarch or the young patriarch.

Sure enough, the cousins ​​from my second grandfather's branch raised objections. My eldest uncle Xie Qingcang, my third uncle Xie Qingyun, and my fourth uncle Xie Qinghai were unwilling to board the ship.

Not only did he refuse to board the ship, he also cursed loudly.

"It's all your fault, the first branch. Xie Chunxi brought disaster to the country and the people, and caused the entire Xie family to fall. The first branch is the sinner of the Xie family!"

"The clan leader is incompetent. The 150,000 Black Robe Guards are the legacy left by many generations of ancestors. You offer them to the imperial court in exchange for Xie Chunxi's intact body!"

"And you, Xie Zhaozhao. The Xie family has put all their efforts into raising a useless waste like you. They even gave birth to a son, but you were divorced and abandoned. This is a disgrace to our ancestors!"

"We will accept all our property in exchange for exile. Your Majesty won't live many more years. When the new emperor ascends the throne and grants amnesty, we may be able to return to the capital. But you killed the escort and cut off the livelihood of our entire family!"

……

Old Madam Xie, Xie Anfeng, Xie Yu, and Xie Zhaozhao were scolded like sieves!

Old Madam Xie was already suffering from a double blow, and now it was like the end of her life. She stood in front of Xie Anfeng, looked at her second grandfather, and asked, "Does my second brother have the same idea?"

The second grandfather burst into tears: "Sister-in-law, the ability of the old man (Xie Anfeng) is indeed not as good as that of the elder brother (Xie Zhaozhao's grandfather). Now the life and death of the whole family is uncertain. If the children complain a little, you will have to bear it!"

Xie Qingcang said, "What are you worried about? My father never divided the family into two houses for the sake of the family's reputation. There are more than 150 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Because of Xie Chunxi, so many children and grandchildren died. Don't you hate it?"

Xie Anfeng asked him, "What do you want, cousin?"

"We are not going anywhere. You can go wherever you want. We will die in Daqian!"

They were about to board the ship, but they were making a fuss here and wasting time. Xie Anfeng and Xie Yu were very anxious.

The third grandfather said to the second grandfather, "Brother, please listen to my third brother's advice. We cannot accept good things with a clear conscience and then put all the responsibility on the eldest family when we encounter disasters.

Do you think the old man wants this? Isn't it because our family is too big and there are too many things that are not up to par?

Besides, do you think I want to hand over the 150,000 Xuanyi Guards? If I don't hand them over, can you still stand and argue with me? You would have been dead by now, right?

In the final analysis, is our Xie family too eye-catching? People are afraid of us! You are so old, you can't still see through it, right? "

The second grandfather burst into tears and said, "Third brother, our family is gone. I don't want to die with more than a hundred descendants!"

"Who told you that retreating from the world means death? You will have no way to survive if you stay! His Majesty will not let us go, whether Xie Chunxi is here or not.

To put it bluntly, Xie Chunxi has been a royal concubine for most of her life, and she still protects our Xie family, right?"

The third grandfather persuaded the second grandfather, and the old lady burst into tears.

Queen Xie died so tragically, and died in front of her, how could she not feel sad?

In the end, the third grandfather pulled his brother onto the boat, but Xie Qingcang and his two brothers resolutely stopped him.

The third grandfather was also annoyed: "The enemy is coming soon, what else are you thinking?"

Xie Anfeng stood up and said sternly: "Uncle San is right. The enemy will catch up soon. Everyone hurry up and get on the boat. You don't have to complain. As long as I can lead you to live, I will never lead you to die."

Xie Zhaozhao said calmly, "Those who want to leave, hurry up and line up. Those who don't want to leave, I won't force you! But let me be frank, once the ship leaves Daotou, it won't turn around and dock for anyone."

"You useless..." Xie Qingcang wanted to scold Xie Zhaozhao.

Xie Zhaozhao immediately retorted: "I'm useless? Go find someone useful! This ship is mine, you can come on board or not, you can leave or not, I have no obligation to spoil you!"

"You, you evil girl, why do you talk like that?"

"Yes, I will always say this in the future! If you don't want to get on the boat, please stay away and don't hinder others from getting on the boat. I don't care whether you live or die."

"After we get on board, will you promise that we will remain the same as before?"

"cannot!"

"Where is the final destination?"

"I didn't have to tell you in advance!"

Xie Zhaozhao was once again thankful for her prudence. At least, up to this point, she had not told anyone whether she was going south or north.

What a wise decision!

Xie Qingcang smiled sarcastically and said, "Then I wish you a bright future. I'm sure I won't go."

Madam Xie couldn't bear it, but she couldn't save herself, so she could only persuade him: "Qing Cang, we are a family together, whether it's life or death, we face it together, isn't it like this for hundreds of years?"

However, Xie Qingcang had already made up his mind not to follow the eldest branch of the family.

Third uncle Xie Qingyun and fourth uncle Xie Qinghai were hesitating. Half of their children and grandchildren wanted to follow the eldest wife, while half were unwilling to follow.

Xie Zhaozhao really didn't want to be spoiled, so he said to Ling Xun, "You and my brother should register all the Xie family members who are willing to leave, and count them in groups."

The Liberty is really huge. Standing at the end of the road and looking at it, you will realize how majestic it is.

The hull was two or three people high above the ground, with two folding ladders extending to the shore. The ship swayed up and down with the waves.

The boatmen came over to support the Xie family.

In addition to the huge cargo hold, the ship also has living cabins, public cabins, food storage cabins, living and sanitary cabins, medical cabins, service cabins (offices, databases), etc.

There are six decks with sea view rooms, a canteen, bathrooms, etc.

The Xie family members boarded the ship first. After Xie Anfeng and Xie Yu counted them two or three times, they made sure that all the Xie family members who were willing to go and more than a thousand soldiers and horses had boarded the ship from the stepping stones at the stern.

Li Yunmu had already given the cabin structure to Xie Zhaozhao.

Xie Zhaozhao looked at it for a while, then handed it to Xie Yu: "Brother, please assign rooms to everyone."

Xie Yu assigned the rooms, and Ling Xun continued to follow up and wrote the room number after the list.

Xie Zhaozhao and Yuanyuanman walked onto the deck together and watched Fernandy cooperate with the people on shore to begin removing the gangway and shouting "anchor high" in unison and forcefully.

At the moment when the gangway was withdrawn, Xie Qingcang, Xie Qingyun and Xie Qinghai's illegitimate son, who originally did not want to follow, broke free from their parents' obstruction and were the last group to board the boat.

Now that it is winter, it is not a good time to go north as we have to sail against the wind. However, the Liberty and Miracle are the most advanced large ships in the world today and use conventional steam power, so they are not greatly affected.

Both ships were used for both military and commercial purposes, otherwise one of them would not have been sold for over 10 million taels of silver.

After the ship shouted "Lan Zheng", it began to raise the mast.

"Hey, come up, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey..."

With the sound of "Li Mast", the ship slowly left Yejian Port.

The operator of the road head waved his hand and retreated.

"They are all our people." Li Yunmu said, "Yin Jinan and I started to discuss leasing this dock in Yejiangang. Later, Yin Jinan said that in order to prevent the court from seizing it, we simply bought it."

Yin Jinan...

Xie Zhaozhao only felt his eyes getting hot and his throat tightening.

She could never forgive herself in her life.

The big ship slowly left, crashing into the waves with a "clattering" sound, and the bow stirred up high waves, and her heart settled down.

On the shore, except for the illegitimate sons who were unwilling to be exploited by their biological mother and brothers, Xie Qingcang, Xie Qingyun, Xie Qinghai and the other two hundred people from the second grandfather's family all watched the ship sail away in despair.

The Liberty sailed through the waves, the coastline became farther and farther away, and Daqian gradually turned into a black line.

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