Warlords: I just made a little fortune, but I didn’t build a country.

In the early morning, when the first ray of light tried to penetrate the night, it was swallowed up by the cold fog. When I opened the window, a sharp chill rushed in like a wild horse, and in an instant, the whole world was shrouded in this chill.

There were very few pedestrians on the street, and the few figures were all wrapped in thick cotton-padded clothes, with only a pair of eyes exposed, as they hurriedly shuttled through the cold air.

The whole Kyoto was covered with heavy snow, as if it was going to cover up all the ugly things in the world, but one footprint after another brought these ugly things out.

It has been half a year since the Great Purge, and the New Year is only a few days away.

At this time of year, people who are far away from home begin to prepare to return home to celebrate the New Year, reunite with their families and enjoy the joy of reunion. But at the same time, they will sigh that a year has passed, and they have not saved much money after working like cattle and horses. Going home will inevitably lead to comparisons with people in all directions, and relatives will try to find out whether you are better off than their families, as well as all kinds of tedious things that make people scratch their heads.

"dad."

A boy of about six or seven years old rushed towards Qin Lin. He was Qin Lin’s eldest son, Qin Chengye. There were thirty-five others behind him, all of them were Qin Lin’s children.

If Qin Lin had not controlled the number of his children to thirty-six, there would be more. After all, he had eleven wives and had been married for eight years. Today was January 1728, 1 in the Qin calendar, and it would be the New Year in a few days, so Qin Lin gave himself half a day off.

"Have you been studying hard recently?" Qin Lin picked up Qin Chengye and asked, "Have you been listening to your teacher?"

"Have."

Qin Chengye responded happily, "Chengye knows more than 3000 characters, can recite ancient poems, read the Records of the Grand Historian, and learned arithmetic. I have learned a lot of new things this year."

"awesome."

Qin Lin patted the other person's head with satisfaction and said, "After the Chinese New Year, Dad will give you a big red envelope and fulfill one of your wishes. How about that?"

"That's great," Qin Chengye danced with joy, after all, he was just a child of seven or eight years old.

"Go!"

Qin Lin put Qin Chengye on the ground and said, "Go play with your brothers and sisters."

"Dad...Dad."

A cute little girl shouted to Qin Lin with some fear, "Happy New... New Year."

"Haha."

Qin Lin picked up the little girl directly. This should be his twenty-second child, Qin Xiyue, born to his seventh wife, and was only three years old.

After playing with the children for a while, Qin Lin went straight to the courtyard. All his family members had returned, so he came to see his parents and sisters.

"Father."

Looking at Qin Yuanzhong, who is nearly 70 years old, sitting under the ginkgo tree and chatting with his four daughters and sons-in-law, we haven't seen each other for a year and they are having a very happy chat.

"Yo."

Qin Yuanzhong said with a smile, "How can you bear to give yourself a day off today?"

Hearing Qin Yuanzhong's joke, Qin Lin smiled and said, "Well, I knew you were back, so I came to see you specially."

"elder brother."

A 23-year-old girl in a dress came up to Qin Lin, gave him a hug and said, "Long time no see, brother, do you miss your sister?"

"You're already a big girl."

Qin Lin smiled and said to Qin Shiyao, "Why don't you introduce your boyfriend to me?"

"whee."

Qin Shiyao turned around and pulled up a 1.80-meter-tall boy and said, "This is my boyfriend, Xu Bowen. We plan to get engaged this year, so I brought him here to meet my parents."

"elder brother."

Xu Bowen swallowed and shouted at Qin Lin.

To be honest, after knowing his girlfriend's special identity, he felt a lot of pressure and even thought about ending this relationship because they were not a good match. Although his family was not poor, compared with the Qin family, it was like the bright moon and the starry sky, not worth mentioning.

"good."

Qin Lin patted Xu Bowen on the shoulder and said, "My sister is spoiled by us. You will have to bear with her in the future."

"elder brother."

Qin Shiyao stamped her feet and shouted, "Why are your elbows bent outwards!"

"Haha."

Everyone laughed at once. At this time, Qin's mother came out and said, "Don't blame your brother for scolding you. You are usually disrespectful. Now that you are married, you must listen to others and don't do whatever you want."

"Got it, Mom!"

Seeing that no one was helping her, Qin Shiyao pouted and pretended to be angry.

"Okay, okay," Qin Lin said with a smile, "Be obedient and I'll give you a big red envelope during the New Year. Is that all right?"

"Brother is still good to me." Qin Shiyao said with a smile, "Then I will let bygones be bygones and give brother some face."

"You!"

Everyone was amused by this clever guy and the atmosphere became lively.

"I said."

Qin Yuanzhong took a sip of tea and said, "You have been very active in the past half year. Several of my former subordinates have been dealt with by your Jinyi Department. You showed no mercy at all!"

"It's not a big deal, just killing a few corrupt officials."

Hearing that it was not a big number, Qin Yuanzhong and Qin Lin's four brothers-in-law who were present suddenly jumped their eyelids. The large-scale purge in the first half of the year had caused panic among the people. No less than 100,000 officials and no less than 300,000 members of the underworld were killed. It can be said that the public security in the country is now very good and there is a real trend of prosperity.

"Four hundred thousand isn't too much?"

Qin Yuanzhong shook his head and said, "You kid, don't learn from that ancestor emperor, who has such a strong desire to kill!"

"rest assured."

Qin Lin took a sip of tea and smiled, "These people should be killed. If they are not killed, the local security of the Great Qin Empire will not be so greatly improved in the second half of the year. Well, let's not talk about government affairs at home. I will let your brothers live out their days in peace. They are not young anymore."

"Ah."

Qin Yuanzhong put down his teacup and said, "That's right."

As they were talking, the topic turned to national affairs again. Whenever boys get together, even if they start talking about family matters, they always end up talking about national affairs.

"What do you think?"

Qin Lin asked the four brothers-in-law in front of him, "How is the economy of the Great Qin Empire now? You are all in business, how is the business environment? Do you have any ideas? Let's chat freely."

The four of them thought about Qin Lin's question, and the first to respond was of course the eldest brother, who was also the husband of Qin Lin's eldest sister Qin Shiyue. He was engaged in the textile industry and had a family fortune of over millions.

"The economy is developing rapidly," said my brother-in-law Lu Mo. "Take my textile industry for example. As long as you can produce as much as you can, you can sell it. There are 360 ​​industries, and almost all of them are profitable. As long as you are willing to invest and go abroad, there are plenty of opportunities to make money."

The others also agreed with what Lu Mo said.

"but!"