Volume Four, Volume 48, Chapter 5, Like Tide
From the next day, as soon as the mourning hall of the Zhang family's old house was laid, the Zhang family's old house in Jinguang City began to become lively. First, the elders and the family's master Zhang Taixuan from Huaiyuan Hall in Yanghe County came to pay their respects. The leaders of various branches of Huaiyuan Hall also rushed in endlessly. Then, representatives of the wealthy families in the entire Youzhou area, representatives of the wealthy families in Gaozhou, Mozhou, Tongzhou, Qiongzhou, Yanzhou, Huizhou and Chaozhou who received the news, flocked to Jinguang City. After the wealthy families in the Northeast Supervisor's states, wealthy families and business partners from all over the Taixia provinces who cooperated with Zhulongling and Jinwu Business Group.
Moreover, those who came this time were not small people. Among those wealthy families, they were either the clan leader or the supreme elder. All the merchant groups were all the leaders level. Everyone knew that Zhang Tie was in the old house of the Zhang family. At this time, if the little people from various families and tribes came, they would probably not even meet Zhang Tie, which would be of no interest.
The entire Golden Light City has almost never been so lively since the day the city was established. The scene of Golden Light City is almost three more lively than when he was competing for the governor in Youzhou. Over the entire Golden Light City, flying boats traveled like rain. The airship take-off and landing bases outside the city were almost all filled with flying boats. The airships that were originally staying in Golden Light City were all transferred elsewhere by the city lord.
Fortunately, the old house had expected that there would be many people coming to mourn the old man this time. Therefore, although the mourning hall was arranged in the old house, in order to arrange the mourning hall, the walls of the two yards in the old house were demolished that night, opening up the road partitions, and the mourning hall was arranged wide and large enough, so that there would be no congestion.
Except for the family leader Zhang Taixuan who left Jinguang City for official business and returned to Youzhou City, Elder Mu Yuan, Elder Mu Yu and Elder Muen in Huaiyuan Hall, all stayed. In the old house of Zhang, three family elders who came to pay their respects, there were three family elders who helped to take charge, but there were no mistakes in the old house.
Zhang Tie is the Supreme Elder of Huaiyuantang. Now that the grandfather of the Supreme Elder has passed away, this is a big deal in Huaiyuantang. Several elders of the family are also people of Huaiyuantang. They are reasonable to greet them here.
Nowadays, the best inns and hotels in Jinguang City have long been booked by the Zhang family and are now used to accommodate these guests.
Because there are many people coming, the two streets outside the old house are now on duty by the sergeants in the city to maintain order.
The next day, Zhang Tie put on his mourning clothes and greeted all the people who came to pay their respects in the old house. The heads and elders of wealthy families from various states who came to the old house were mourning and worshiping Mr. Zhang Haitian first, and then attracted someone to say a few words to Zhang Tie, showing his face in front of Zhang Tie, and then the Zhang family members were entertained to settle down and rest.
There is a saying that there is no one asking about poverty in the downtown area, and there are distant relatives in the mountains. This is human nature and the way of the world. Zhang Tie is very open-minded and understands it very much. He has no cynical and arrogant thoughts. Zhang Tie knows his role in the old house now, and also knows the thoughts of many people who come to pay their respects, so he doesn't say much, just let the people at home arrange it, and he himself is with the light and let it go. At this time, as a member of the Zhang family, the one who can come to pay mourning is the guests, which is a human nature and the old man's grief. Zhang Tie treats all the same with courtesy and does not lose his etiquette. Zhang Tie does not take off his airs when he wants to see him, and meets them calmly and says a few words to make people return home satisfactorily.
Disasters and pain make people mature. When the old man passed away, he handed over the future of the Zhang family to Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie found that he had matured much more overnight.
There were more people coming to the door, but the gifts from those who came to the door scared Zhang Tie and his uncle.
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Before we knew it, the first day was at night. After twelve o'clock in the evening, although the old Zhang family house was brightly lit and the door was open, according to the rules, no one would come after twelve o'clock in the evening. Those who had not yet paid their condolences would not come until the sunrise the next morning. The mourning hall was set up for seven days, and after seven days, "big reunion" and "first sacrifice", and then there would be a ceremony such as the first funeral, seven days, funeral, and funeral. It would take a full forty-nine days before the old man's funeral was completely completed.
Of course, this is also the custom of the wealthy families in Taixia. For ordinary people in small families, the funeral of the elderly can be completed in three days or seven days.
"...Mozhou Jianaitang Mo family gave 17 million gold coins, Tongzhou Governor Qian's family gave 3 million gold coins, Gaozhou Deruntang Gu's family gave 3 million gold coins, Qiongzhou Baoshitang Wang's family gave 3 million gold coins, Huizhou Governor Liu's family gave 3 million gold coins, Chaozhou Tianyuantang Xiong's family gave 2 million gold coins, Chaozhou Sixiantang Hong's family gave 6 million gold coins, Yanzhou Governor Zhu's family gave 4 million gold coins, Yanzhou Jixintang Sun's family sent 2 million gold coins, and... "
In a room next to the mourning hall, Zhang Tie, who had been socializing for a day, sat on a chair, listening quietly as Zhang Su's father held a gift list and recited it in front of him.
This thin gift list seemed to have a huge weight to Zhang Tie's uncle. His hands holding the gift list were trembling involuntarily, and his voice was also trembling.
A long gift list lists the names of hundreds of families who came to pay their respects today. The gifts on the gift list are already astronomical. It took Zhang Tie's uncle several minutes to report the gifts on the gift list today and Zhang Tie.
This gift list is just the name of the family with a gift of more than one million received today. Those with a gift of less than one million will not be given.
Not to mention this gift list, just the amount of the gift given by the Mo family of Jianaitang is several times larger than the entire family business of the Xinghe Shipyard in the old house. No wonder Zhang Tie's uncle is nervous.
In addition to Zhang Tie's uncle, several other uncles and uncles in mourning clothes on the old house were in the room at this moment, and Zhang Tie's father was also there. Everyone was pricking their ears and listening to the numbers on the gift list with shock. Every time a number was reported on them, they felt that the stars in front of them were scattered and their mouths were dry. Even if Zhang Tie's father was indifferent to money on weekdays, he was also shocked at this time.
Zhang Yang also listened on the side, sitting on the chair next to Zhang Tie, drinking tea, his calm eyes swept across the faces of several uncles from time to time.
"Just just now, I heard a cousin say that the old man was so glorious this time. The family received the gift money. All the money was considered the old man's inheritance. After that, everyone divided the gift money. Each of the people in the family could have at least several million gold coins. The descendants of the Zhang family are billionaires and can't spend them in ten lives. Everyone can live a stable life. I wonder if the uncles and uncles think so too?" As soon as Zhang Tie finished speaking, Zhang Yang put down the teacup in his hand and spoke.
Zhang Yang's face was smiling, but there was not much warmth in his words, but he was a little cold.
Zhang Tie looked at Zhang Yang calmly. Of course, he would not doubt the words of his brother. He just didn't expect that among the children in the old house, some people were knocked out by the money on the gift list in just one day, and they were thinking about how to share the money and put the gold coins on the gift list.
This is only the first day. In the next few days, more people will come, and more gold coins accumulated on the gift list will be. No wonder someone will think about this money.
Is this money the old man's inheritance? Of course, on the surface, it can be said that, but in fact, as long as the person who is not a bad brain knows what's going on, these gift lists are more given to Zhang Tie than to express his feelings. If the Zhang family does not have Zhang Tie, then, let alone Mr. Zhang Haitian, even if Zhang Taixuan, the Earl of Changfeng, others would not be so polite.
Under Zhang Yang's eyes, some of the uncles were calm, while others showed an awkward look on their faces...
Chapter completed!