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MTL - Black Dragon Kingdom-Chapter 500 mortal wisdom
"Ah Er, Ah Wu, Ah Qi."
"You three come with me, I have something to tell you."
In the room, facing his five wives, his eight sons, grandsons over fifty, and granddaughters over sixty-five, the old man spoke with a tone of guilt that he didn't even notice.
Ah Er, Ah Wu, and Ah Qi are the three sons who are as wise as him.
Now he only gives them his most precious things, which means that his other five sons will not get that thing, and without that thing, after the division of the family in the future, the weakness of the five sons' families is almost visible to the naked eye of.
But there is no way, their wisdom is too little, and it is not enough to grasp the most precious thing of this old man.
Even self-defeating, there is a great possibility of turning good things into bad things, and letting them live with their three smartest brothers is their best choice.
The old man's second son, fifth son, and seventh son looked at each other and silently followed the old man's footsteps.
And behind them, the other five sons of the old man are a little unclear, so they don't know what their father wants to hide from them.
But facing their father's decision, none of them wanted to object.
At the beginning, their father resolutely came to this uninhabited land, captured a lot of prey with a knife and a bow, then married their mother, gave birth to them, and created this big farm.
In just three generations, the old man has changed from one person to a big family of more than one hundred people.
The hardships and wisdom in this process are unimaginable for ordinary people.
Therefore, they respect their father's decision.
In the basement with a very good sound insulation effect, the old man came to a set of tables and chairs step by step, sat down on the main seat, looked at his three sons, and said kindly: "Sit, all!"
The second son, fifth son, and seventh son sat down silently, looking at their father with puzzled eyes.
In the past, the old man and his eight sons discussed everything together, and few people called out alone.
Now, the old man actually called them over alone, probably because he had something important to tell them, so they were a little nervous and puzzled.
The nervousness was because they were afraid that the matter would be too big for the three of them to handle, but they didn't understand why they had to be full of the other five brothers.
The old man looked at the three nervous sons and asked a question.
"You say, why do I still want you and my grandchildren to risk their lives to hunt in the forest when there is enough food at home."
The second son, the fifth son, and the seventh son began to think about their father's problem one by one.
In fact, they had already thought that the people in the family would stop hunting and live on the fields, cattle and sheep on the farm.
In these years, as long as there are males over the age of fifteen in their family, they must hunt for three months every year. Anyone who violates the rules will be expelled from the family.
Such frequent hunting caused a lot of casualties to their family.
The old man’s sons not only had eight, but he and his five wives had a total of fifteen sons.
As for the other seven sons, except for two who died young, the other five died while hunting in the mountains.
Besides, the old man's grandsons were also seriously injured, and eleven of them have died in the forest so far.
According to the miscellaneous calculations, eighteen men of their family died on it because of hunting.
With such a high casualty rate, they really don't want to take any risks.
I am afraid that one day I or my children will die in the mountains.
The three sons of the old man thought hard, trying to figure out why their father let them risk their lives to hunt in the mountains and forests?
Looking at the three sons who were thinking desperately, the old man was very patient, waiting quietly for their answers.
After a while.
The second son suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Father, you may want to use hunting to train us and improve our military strength, so that others will not dare to bully us."
Hunting is not an easy task. Jackals, tigers, leopards, and bears are not fierce. Compared with ordinary residents, hunters who hunt all year round are definitely not easy targets to bully.
Not to mention anything else, just the bow and arrow practiced in hunting can make many people dare not to suffer.
So he believes that the reason why their father let them risk their lives to hunt is to enhance their military strength and let them see blood, so that others dare not bully them.
Facing his second son's answer, the old man nodded with a smile and said, "Part of it is correct, but this is only part of it. There are many, many reasons in it."
"Ah Er, think again."
Hunting is part of training yourself not to be bullied, and there are more reasons for this.
He hopes that his sons can think more and understand more truths.
The fifth and seventh sons of the old man saw that the second son had spoken, and hurriedly began to think more desperately.
The second son of the old man fell into thinking again in the face of his father's encouragement.
After a while.
This time the old man's seventh son spoke.
"Father, you once said that only when people in the family unite can we gather a strong force, so that others will not dare to bully us, so that we can live a better life."
"Hunting in the mountains requires cooperation. It is difficult for jackals, tigers, leopards and bears to fight alone. During this process, we will definitely help each other and save each other's lives."
"In this way, my brothers and I and my brothers' grandchildren will become more united in the process."
"We who are united are stronger than those who are scattered, and we can live better and more easily with mutual help."
The reason why he thought of this was that when he was hunting, he and the old man's fourth son, that is, his fourth brother, met a tiger.
Facing the tiger, they united as one, and fought the tiger fiercely with arrows and knives. In that battle, the tiger was injured by them and ran away, but he was seriously injured. It was his fourth brother, regardless of himself. The injured body carried him to the foot of the mountain, and he survived.
For the second time, he is very grateful to his fourth brother.
Of course, he also saved the lives of other brothers, and hunted all the way here. They are a group of brothers who supported each other and have a good relationship.
It can be said that without those experiences, his relationship with other brothers would not be so good.
Looking at his seventh son who was full of confidence, the old man nodded in satisfaction and said, "Ah Qi, you are also partly right, but you are still not right about the most important part."
"My son, come on!"
The seventh son of the old man felt a little disappointed when he saw that he had given such a perfect answer, but he still didn't mention the most important point.
But with his father's encouragement, he ignited a raging fighting spirit and began to continue thinking hard.
The fifth son of the old man, seeing the other two brothers opened their mouths, became anxious for a moment. Suddenly he thought of the bags the old man sewed for them and their grandchildren, and the smell of blood that had to be eliminated after hunting the prey.
He suddenly thought of a little reason, and said excitedly: "Father, I once heard that a man was very lucky and picked up a box full of gold in the river."
"After picking up the gold, that person made a lot of publicity, spending money like dirt, so happy."
"I remember being quite envious of him."
"Then I heard that not long after the other party lived a happy life of spending money like water, a large group of robbers wiped out their family in one night. Everyone in their family died, and the gold was gone."
"In the forest, the smell of blood is the news of delicious food."
"You let us cover up the smell of blood, which is to tell us what benefits we have gained, so we have to hide it instead of being exposed to the eyes of countless tigers, leopards and wolves. Their sharp claws can kill people."
"It's the same in the forest, and it's the same in the society. There are even more tigers, leopards and wolves in the society than in the forest."
"After all, after the smell of blood in the forest spreads, it will only attract tigers, leopards and wolves from the surrounding forests, but after the windfall in the society is known, even if it is hundreds of miles away, there will still be greedy people who want to kill it." Our idea."
"So, if you make a fortune, you should hide it, don't make it too public, but slowly convert the wealth into the strength of your own family."
"It's like you got a lot of money and didn't publicize it, but worked hard to marry a wife and have a son, and then let your son, that is, we marry a wife and have more grandchildren."
"In order to strengthen the strength of the family."
"As long as the family is strong, why not?"
The old man's fifth son raised his head and said with movements like a child, I said so well, praise me, praise me.
The smile on the old man's face became stronger. It seemed that the happy time of most of his life was not as happy as he was at this moment.
He happily said to his fifth son: "Ah Wu, what you said is very good. I didn't even think of your father you said."
"Your wisdom is no worse than mine, even smarter than me."
"However, you said this truth yourself. There are many tigers, leopards and wolves in society. You have to put away your pride and face everything with caution. Don't be too proud."
The old man was very relieved that his fifth son was smarter than him, but he was a little proud.
As long as he can be humbled, he will surely become a great talent and lead the family to a better future.
The old man’s encouragement greatly motivated the old man’s fifth son, and his self-confidence was greatly satisfied.
It’s just that the old man just said that he thought of what the old man didn’t think of, that is to say, the most critical point is not what he said.
Coupled with the comfort of the old man, he put away his pride and began to think calmly again.
Time passed slowly, and five hourglass hours passed.
The old man's three sons still haven't come up with a new reason. Obviously, what they answered just now is their limit at this moment.
Seeing that his sons could no longer think of new principles, the old man knew it was time.
The old man tapped the table lightly with his fingers, waking up the three sons who were caught in a storm of thinking.
The old man's second son, fifth son, and seventh son recovered from their thoughts and looked at their father, all of them were a little sad.
They really couldn't think of a new reason.
But even so, the three principles they said before are enough to maintain the prosperity of a family, and it is the heirloom knowledge that can really make a family rise.
The old man said to his second son: "Ah Er, let me ask you, what is the most important thing in a family?"
The old man's second son knew that the critical moment was coming, and after thinking about the old man's previous education, he said: "The most important thing is a capable person. A capable person is like you, father, even if you are alone, as long as you carefully Three generations are enough to create another powerful family.”
"Nowadays, in the farm you run, among the adult males are your eight sons, more than fifty grandsons, with a radius of hundreds of miles. Except for the lord, no family is as powerful as ours."
"And if a family is full of incompetent people, no matter how big the family business is, it is very likely that it will be slowly wiped out, or the family will be ruined after being calculated by the enemy."
"So, I think capable people are the most important."
He has grown up so much, and in the surrounding villages and cities, he has seen too many people who lost their property and their families were ruined because of lack of ability. The whole family is brought together at once, and the whole family enjoys the benefits.
Just look at his father.
One person came here, with the help of his own ability, but in just three generations, he created such a big family,
And you must know that in society, most of the families are getting worse and worse with the passage of time, and the families that can maintain their own family stability or even prosperity only occupy a small part.
In the words of Ace's previous life.
It is difficult to fight the world, but it is even more difficult to defend the world.
The family business created by the ancestors after all kinds of hardships, the process is very, very difficult.
It is very, very difficult for future generations to keep the family business left by their ancestors.
Competition in society is everywhere, and capable people are rising all the time, and those capable people want to get more resources. Among the limited resources, under normal circumstances, they can only **** Others' resources to give to their own children and grandchildren.
After all, not everyone is Ace, and he can create countless new cakes at will, which is only a very few of the very few.
How can it be easy to keep your family business under the eyes of countless capable people?
Competent people vs. incompetent people.
The biggest difference between them is that capable people can use one of their own resources to produce ten or even a thousand parts of the effect, and sometimes they can even use other people's resources to achieve the effect they want.
For those who are incapable, one hundred resources can generally only exert the effect of one hundred resources. If it is slightly worse, one hundred resources can only exert the effect of fifty, thirty, or ten resources.
Sometimes, you can use your own resources to hit yourself in the foot, and use one hundred resources to achieve negative ten and negative one hundred effects.
In this case, it is not easy for those who are incapable to keep their own business.
There are too many capable tigers and wolves in society.
The old man nodded with a smile, and said with a smile: "Ah Er, did I teach you in vain? You are right. The most important thing in a family is people, capable people."
"As for people like pigs, cows and horses, if there are no capable people to guard them or they themselves are not united, no matter how many there are, they are still meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered."
"What I want to teach you now is the method to make more capable people in the family."
"The three of you are my chosen successors. After my death, you will be the leaders of the family and lead your loved ones towards a better life."
The voice fell.
The old man's second son, fifth son, and seventh son's eyes lit up instantly, and their hearts were filled with excitement.
Which father does not want his child to become capable, and which mother does not want his child to become a talent.
Any parent wants it, and they are no exception.
For this reason, many parents can be said to be desperate.
Take the society of Ace’s previous life as an example. In order to make their children successful, those parents are desperate to educate their children well, such as good schools, good teachers, nutritious meals, and cram schools.
For this reason, countless poor farmers or ordinary citizens in the city are desperately making money and working hard with their lives, in order to send their children to a good school, attend a good cram school, and make their own In the future, children can become capable people, become talents, and live a better life in the future.
Looking at the expectant faces of the three sons, the old man sighed deeply in his heart.
This is why he felt sorry for the other five sons before.
Everyone has selfishness, one is his own child, and the other is his brother's child. In most cases, people will love their own children.
In this case, he gave the three sons in front of him the method of making it easier for children to become talents. In their generation, they may take into account the relationship of brotherhood and apply the principles to the entire family.
But when it comes to the next generation, that is, the generation of his grandson, the sons of these three sons will probably not apply the truth to the family of the other five sons.
But there is no other way. The wisdom of the other five sons is too low. If you give them the principles, it will be difficult for them to keep the principles that can make their family members more capable.
For a family, capable people are very, very important, but the principle of being able to create more capable people is extremely important.
That is the basis for each family to be able to pass on for hundreds of thousands or even thousands of years.
He couldn't be too careful.