The whole family travels through the book, the plot is broken but the characters are not

Lu Yanyan held the banknote in his hand and smiled with his eyes curved.

She has been making a lot of money recently, from three braised pork shops, snacks at Mingxianglou, deposits from the clothing store, and today's 4,800 taels.

Lu Yanyan now understands especially well why Han Qingyun in his previous life would open champagne to celebrate every time he closed a big deal, and why Chen would check the supermarket's income every night.

It feels so good to count money.

Lu Youtian and Lu Fugui couldn't help laughing. Like every member of the Lu family, Lu Yanyan liked money since he was a child.

When she was a little older, she showed a talent for studying that was better than that of every other member of the Lu family, so Lu Youtian found a female teacher to teach her.

Lu Yanyan was probably influenced by the teacher, and from then on she seemed to have no great interest in money.

But Lu Fugui did not forget that at the beginning of the year, Lu Yanyan saw that his shop in Wuping County was doing good business, so he immediately spent more than one thousand taels and bought a shop in the county town.

The Lu family may not love money, but it is impossible for them not to love making money.

On the second day, the Lu family caravan set off again with 3,000 kilograms of marinade.

This day was also Lu Changan's eleventh birthday. Lu Changan had already told his family that he would spend the year with Mu Chengkang.

It was Mu Chengkang's first birthday celebration. Not only did he have a sumptuous meal, but he also received the same gifts as Lu Changan, a huge pile.

The ten-year-old child had red eyes, which made the adults from the Han and Lu families feel soft-hearted.

After Lu Chang'an's birthday, Lu Fugui took Lu Changping to Lujiang Prefecture.

The people of Nanyang love the tea, porcelain and silk of the Dayu people the most.

Tea and silk are not uncommon in Yuezhou Prefecture.

However, porcelain is fragile, and Yuezhou Prefecture is located at the very border of Dayu State. Porcelain that can be safely transported to Yuezhou Prefecture, even if it is of a single variety and the colors and shapes are not exquisite enough, is worth a fortune.

Lujiang Prefecture is the porcelain capital of Dayu Kingdom, but where Lu Fugui wants to go is a little-known porcelain kiln in Lujiang Prefecture, the owner's surname is Li.

Seventy years ago, the Li family porcelain kiln was famous throughout the country.

The best porcelain in the world is produced in Lujiang, and the best porcelain in Lujiang is produced in Li kiln.

As a tribute, Li family porcelain is ranked as the best porcelain in the world.

It’s a pity that people are afraid of being famous just like pigs are afraid of being fat.

The Li family porcelain kiln had astonishing profits every year, which not only stimulated several other porcelain merchants who were also famous porcelain families, but also aroused the jealousy of the Mo family, the largest aristocratic family in Lujiang Prefecture at that time.

Another identity of the Mo family is that they are the maiden family of Crown Princess Mingyi.

As a result, a premeditated frame-up almost wiped out the entire Li family, a prominent porcelain kiln maker.

At that time, Li Shuqi, the head of the Li family, had a very good personal relationship with Lu Youtian's grandfather Lu Yonglu.

Li Shuqi used the Li family's heirloom - the Nuwa Sky-Mending Porcelain Bottle, to bribe the Mo family's housekeeper, and exchanged a dead baby for the Li family's youngest son - Li Tingyuan, who was not even a month old.

Li Tingyuan was secretly sent to the Lu family by a loyal servant of the Li family.

At that time, several porcelain merchants framed the Li family and turned the Li family upside down, but in the end they did not get the Li family's secret ceramic technology.

But in the end, they discovered the secret of Li Tingyuan being sent away.

Although they didn't know where Li Tingyuan was sent, all the merchants who had a good relationship with the Li family were targeted, especially Lu Yonglu, who had the best relationship with Li Shuqi.

One can imagine the pressure the Lu family was under at the time, but Lu Yonglu managed to hold on.

Fortunately, the Mo family had already inherited all of the Li family's property and was not interested in porcelain technology. Otherwise, the Lu family would have been wiped out long ago.

Li Tingyuan grew up as Lu Deshou, the eldest son of Lu Yonglu, and had a very good relationship with Lu Defu, who was two years younger than him.

It was not until Emperor Yongle ascended the throne that the old servant of the Li family and Lu Yonglu told Li Tingyuan his true identity.

At that time, Li Tingyuan was already twelve years old.

The old servant of the Li family brought Li Tingyuan to Beijing to sue the former Crown Princess's family, the Mo family, for colluding with several major porcelain families to murder the Li family, the world's number one porcelain family.

The Dali Temple soon found out the truth of the matter. Emperor Yongle cleared the Li family's name, beheaded all the culprits, and returned the Li family's property that was seized by the Mo family to Li Tingyuan.

Li Tingyuan donated all his property to the imperial court.

Emperor Yongle used this money to build Nancheng Academy, and Li Tingyuan's name was also engraved on the school stele of Nancheng Academy.

Although Li Tingyuan was reluctant to leave the Lu family, he also had his responsibility, which was to pass on the Li family's porcelain.

The secret technique of the Li family's porcelain making, which was hard to find by rivals at the time, was hidden in Li Tingyuan's cradle.

Just a few pages of paper became the death warrant of the Li family. No matter how much emotion Li Tingyuan had, he still had to pass on this secret technique.

With the help of the Lu family, Li Tingyuan rebuilt the Li family porcelain kiln.

In less than ten years, Li Tingyuan had already produced porcelain that was no less than that made by his predecessors.

But Li Tingyuan was worried about repeating the same mistakes, so he was unwilling to publicize it or expand production. He continued to pass on the Li family's porcelain in the form of a small workshop.

The Li family and the Lu family have always maintained a relationship that is closer than that of brothers.

Twenty years ago, the Lu family was killed, and fifty-year-old Li Tingyuan cried in regret.

He hated himself for being timid and cowardly, and for only running a small workshop. When something happened to the Lu family, he could not help at all.

Li Tingyuan sold his workshop and took out all his savings over the years, raising 50,000 taels and giving it to Qin Chi...

Lu Youtian had kept the news of Lu Defu's death a secret from Li Tingyuan, and only wrote a letter saying that everything was fine.

But a few months later, when Li Tingyuan went to visit Lu Defu, he learned that his brother had passed away.

Li Tingyuan fainted from crying at that moment.

After returning to Lujiang Prefecture, he fell ill and could not get up.

During the more than one year he spent on his sickbed, he made his descendants swear two oaths.

First, the Lu family must be regarded as the closest relatives for life. If anything happens to the Lu family, the Li family must help the Lu family at all costs.

Second, carry forward the Li family porcelain kiln.

The first thing was achieved by the descendants of the Li family. They were of the same blood as the Lu family. Even though they did not meet often, they were still the closest family.

The second thing was not done.

When Li Tingyuan passed away, the Li family's only workshop was sold, and all the money was used for the Lu family's affairs.

The Li family didn't have enough money to build the Li family porcelain kiln, let alone develop it.

At that time, the Lu family was living like a frightened bird. The few remaining shops, such as the Linlang Department Store in Yuezhou Prefecture, were far away from Fengxi Town and no one was willing to take over.

The Lu family's situation was similar to that of the Li family, and they had no ability to help the Li family rebuild the kiln factory.

Li Tingyuan's two sons could barely make a living by working for other porcelain kilns.

Later, when Lu Fugui was fourteen years old, he started as the smallest merchant and gradually built his business by relying on the Lu family's previous connections.

When Lu Fugui was seventeen years old, he saved up thirty thousand taels. Instead of redeeming his own shop first, he rushed to Lujiang Prefecture to redeem the Li family's porcelain kiln.

Unfortunately, none of Li Tingyuan's descendants had the talent for business. Although they made excellent porcelain, the business of the porcelain kiln was not very good and was almost on the verge of going out of business.

It was only after Lu Fugui transported the Li family's porcelain to Yuezhou Prefecture that the business of the Li family's porcelain kiln gradually improved.

Li family porcelain has beautiful shapes and bright colors, and its biggest feature is its strength.

It is more than 5,000 miles from Lujiang Prefecture to Yuezhou Prefecture, and there are many mountain roads, making the journey bumpy.

When porcelain from other places was shipped to Yuezhou Prefecture, it was considered good if two out of ten pieces were intact. In many cases, there might not be a single piece left, which is why the price of porcelain from Yuezhou Prefecture was extremely high.

But among the ten pieces of Li family's porcelain, at least seven are intact.

This time, Lu Fugui took Lu Changping to the Li family to bring more porcelain to Yuezhou Prefecture.

From Luocheng to Lujiang Prefecture, and then from Lujiang Prefecture to Yuezhou Prefecture, by the time they return to Luocheng from Yuezhou Prefecture, it will probably be almost the end of the year.

Before leaving, Lu Fugui gave Lu Changan all kinds of instructions.

No mischief, no laziness, listen to your uncle, aunt, and cousin, listen to your teacher at the academy, learn from Yan Xuewen's perseverance, and...

Lu Changan imitated Lu Fugui's expression and tone and complained to a few friends, which made Han Huaijin, Mu Chengkang and Yan Xuewen laugh.

Lu Yanyan originally arranged a room for each of the four children.

But they didn't want to and insisted on living together.

Lu Yanyan connected two of the rooms and put two bunk beds in them. The four children were so curious that each of them wanted to sleep on the upper bunk.

The children ate and slept together, and their relationship became better and better.

Han Huaijin, who has always been mature, has become quite lively, which is rare for him. Han Qingyun and Lu Yanyan are also happy to see it.

When Yan Shi'an heard about this, he asked Yan Qing to send a large box of pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and also made two sets of clothes and shoes for each of the four children.