Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 63
[Chapter 63: Promotion]
When Lin Xiu returned to the Lin Mansion, he stood at the door, calmed down, hid the gloom on his face, put on a smile, and then strode into the mansion.
The couple of Ping’an Bo were standing in the yard. Lin Xiu walked into the yard and said with a smile: “Dad, Mom, I’m back.”
Mrs. Ping’an Bo walked up to help Lin Xiu tidy up the messy hair on her forehead, and said: “Why are you back so late today? Go wash your hands. We’re going to eat hot pot today, waiting for you…”
Hot pot is a bit similar to hot pot. It is usually cooked in a copper pot with charcoal fire. After boiling water, put the favorite meat or vegetables in it and cook it.
This way of eating is not common in the homes of the rich and powerful, but it is more common in the homes of the common people.
The rich and powerful families with strict etiquette and laws mostly have a separate dining system, while the common people don’t have so many requirements. The Lin Mansion has been in decline for many years, and some living habits have long been the same as those of the common people.
Two copper pots were set up in the spacious yard.
Three masters sat at one table, four servants sat at another, and there was a big bowl on the ground for Da Huang. Zhou Yun put all the cooked meat rolls in the pot into Lin Xiu’s bowl and said, “You have worked hard in cultivation, so you should eat more.”
Lin Xiu smiled and said, “I know, mother.”
No matter how many dangers and calculations there are outside, as long as you enter the house, there is only care and warmth for Lin Xiu. After
living for two lifetimes, Lin Xiucai felt the feeling of home for the first time. He cherished everything in front of him very much. No matter how strong the wind and rain outside were, he would find a way to resist them and would not let them blow into the Lin Mansion.
But now he obviously did not have such strength.
He planned for a long time and took great risks to solve a problem for Yang Xuan. The person behind the scenes who killed him was still not found.
Strength, he urgently needs strength.
In this world where the strong prey on the weak and strength is respected, only with absolute strength can he protect what he cherishes.
With his own hard work, the help and even exploitation of Lingyin, the crystals provided by the palace ice-making company, and the ones he bought at a high price, he was able to awaken for the second time.
If it is converted into the time of cultivation, it is almost a year, that is to say, it takes a year for Lin Xiu to awaken from the first awakening to the second awakening under normal cultivation.
From this point of view, the evaluation of his potential by the Yishu Academy is seriously underestimated.
He did not awaken his ability at the age of eighteen, but on the first day of his crossing. Judging from the speed of cultivation, he may not be able to enter the Tianzi Academy, but he is more than enough to enter the Dizi Academy.
Awakening twice in a year, this kind of talent is not the best, but it is definitely not bad, probably slightly above the average level. If everything goes smoothly in this life, he should be able to awaken five times when he is almost forty years old.
If he can live to be a hundred years old and practice hard every day, it is not impossible to awaken for the sixth time.
Because each awakening will be more difficult than the previous one. It took him a year from the first awakening to the second awakening, so the third awakening will take at least two to three years, and this is not the ideal situation without counting the bottleneck period.
Three years is too long for Lin Xiu.
Even if he successfully advances after three years, he is still a rookie of the lower Xuan level. In this world, only when he awakens for the fifth time, that is, he has the strength above the earth level, can he be considered to have truly stepped into the path of a strong man.
Of course, that is still too far away for Lin Xiu. For him, the third awakening is a difficult hurdle.
The existence of Yuanjing can accelerate the practice of alien arts, but generally no one does so.
A Yuanjing of an alien beast with the same strength as oneself can only be equivalent to one day’s practice. For a high-level alien art master, this is very unrealistic. Risking one’s life to kill an alien beast, just for one day’s practice, is too uneconomical. It is better to
keep the Yuanjing. In case of a battle with others, it can be instantly restored when the Yuanli is exhausted. The endurance time is twice that of others, which is equivalent to having an extra life.
Moreover, the number of high-level Yuanjing is extremely rare. If they want to break through purely by Yuanjing, they have to kill thousands or even tens of thousands of alien beasts of the same level. These alien beasts can destroy a country. Where can they kill so many of them?
Only low-level magicians have the possibility of using Yuanjing to practice.
Lin Xiu calculated that if he wanted to awaken for the third time, he would need more than 800 second-level beast Yuanjing and about 10 third-level beast Yuanjing. Calculated by the market price, it would cost about 100,000 taels of silver.
From the third awakening to the fourth awakening, more than 2,000 third-level beast Yuanjing were needed, with a minimum of 10 fourth-level beast Yuanjing. Converted into silver, it would have exceeded 2 million taels.
At this point, silver was no longer the main problem. More than 1,000 third-level beast Yuanjing, even the entire capital could not get together. If it went up, the way to practice with Yuanjing would be completely blocked.
Moreover, practicing with Yuanjing alone was very extravagant. The value of a Yuanjing of the same level was definitely more than one day’s practice. This method was no different from using silver bills to wipe your butt when you didn’t bring toilet paper. It was still the kind with a face value of 100 taels. Once was for emergency avoidance, and hundreds of times was just for the money.
But krypton gold is indeed the supreme shortcut for low-level magicians to practice, without a doubt.
Lin Xiu’s current situation is that he wants to spend money, but he can’t.
Last month, he worked so hard that he emptied his body and only earned 10,000 taels of silver. Most of it was left for his mother to use. Lin Xiu only kept more than 1,000 taels, and he bought all of them with Yuanjing. Now, he can’t even take out 100 taels of silver.
To earn 100,000 taels in a short period of time, he must rob.
As a time traveler, Lin Xiu certainly has several ways to make money, but they all involve business. However, he has no manpower, no start-up capital, and no time or energy. He has nothing, so he can’t do this business for the time being.
Moreover, after experiencing the Tianxiang Tower incident, Lin Xiu knew very well that business in the royal capital was not so easy to do. Without some background, the bigger the business, the more he would do for others. How
big an industry can a small third-class mansion hold?
Although there is still the imperial concubine as a backer, she is far away in the harem and can actually help Lin Xiu very little. Lin Xiu can’t bother her every time he encounters something. If it happens too many times, even if the imperial concubine likes him, she will probably get bored. When
getting along with women, you must know how to keep a proper distance, otherwise it will be too much, and even cause disgust.
This is also a little experience that Lin Xiu has gained after experiencing countless relationships.
Everyone in the Lin Mansion was eating shabu-shabu happily, and they didn’t know that countless thoughts had flashed through Lin Xiu’s mind in this short period of time.
At a certain moment, the half-closed door of the mansion was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and then, Li Zongguan came in with several young eunuchs.
When he saw the situation in the courtyard, he smiled and said, “Mr. Lin, are you eating?”
After a slight pause, Lin Xiu stood up and said, “Mr. Li is here, sit down and eat something?”
Li Zongguan waved his hand and said, “No, I’m here to convey the imperial edict this time, and I have to go back and report later. Mr. Lin, Lord Ping’an, don’t eat yet, accept the imperial edict…”
Hearing that the imperial edict had arrived, Lord Ping’an and his wife immediately stood up and stood aside respectfully.
The servants of the Lin Mansion all knelt down, and even Da Huang lay on the ground honestly.
The powerful do not need to kneel when they see the emperor. This is one of their privileges. Similarly, powerful magicians do not need to kneel to the emperor. Strength is supreme, which is the unchanging law of this world.
Lord Ping’an lowered his head, full of doubts.
Imperial edict, how could there be an imperial edict to the Lin family? The Lin family has not received an imperial edict for decades, right?
Li Zongguan looked at Ping’an Bo first and said with a smile: “Congratulations to Ping’an Bo for being promoted to the second-class Bo.”
Ping’an Bo was stunned and even forgot to accept the imperial edict.
He couldn’t figure it out. He stayed at home and did nothing on weekdays. How could he be promoted to the second-class Bo?
Although there is only one word difference between the second-class Bo and the third-class Bo, the meaning is completely different.
The third-class Bo is the lowest noble, and the next generation will become an ordinary citizen. Although the second-class Bo is only one level higher, the family will at least continue to be rich for a generation, for decades…
Li Zongguan stood there and began to read the imperial edict. The imperial edict was very literary and the language was very official. Lin Xiu listened to it roughly.
His Majesty the Emperor meant that Lin Xiu worked hard to make ice for the royal family, and he also saved the imperial concubine’s pet several times and relieved the imperial concubine’s worries. His heart is commendable. From today, his father Ping’an Bo was promoted to the second-class Bo. At the same time, he gave the Lin family 100 hectares of good land, 100 pieces of silk, and 10 maids and servants…
To be honest, Lin Xiu was also a little surprised at this moment.
He thought the Imperial Concubine was joking with him, but she was serious.
He made ice for the palace, and His Majesty had already rewarded him with a house. There was no reason to reward him more. If it was said that the Imperial Concubine had no reason for this, Lin Xiu would never believe it.
There are rules for conferring titles in Daxia, that is, the younger generation is almost never conferred.
Even if the younger generation has made contributions, it is the elders in the family who are conferred.
The Zhao family is an example.
The future father-in-law gave birth to two good daughters, and directly completed the five consecutive jumps in the title. His own father was only promoted one level.
However, there is not much difference between the elders being conferred and the children being conferred. After all, the family’s title is to be inherited, unless it is the merit of the second son or the illegitimate son, there will be a difference.
Lin Xiu is the only son in the family, so naturally there is no such problem.
It was only then that Ping’an Bo realized that his promotion to the title was actually because of his son.
At this moment, he couldn’t help but think of Lin Xiu’s joke with him that he would earn him a duke title. Although he had never imagined that he could become the Duke of Ping’an one day, he also didn’t expect that he would have the opportunity to upgrade his title to a higher level during his lifetime…
I recommend a book written by a friend: “Don’t Kneel, You Are a God”: Five hundred years ago, someone walked out of the small town and wanted to tell all living beings in the world: The so-called divine realm is nothing more than the neighbors living on the second floor. As long as you don’t kneel, you are a god.
Five hundred years later, someone returned to the small town, and he had fallen into dust. Things had changed and he didn’t want to reason anymore. After five hundred years of fighting spirit, he wanted to play a big game and make the world tough again!
(End of this chapter)
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