Chapter 996: How Much Is Face Worth?

After thinking incessantly about the possibilities of operation, what he had to do was flip through the legal statutes of Huaxia to see if doing so violated Huaxia's laws. Although he was the Prime Minister, he was not a member of the Ministry of Justice, and he was not very clear on the increasingly complex and perfected laws of Huaxia. However, he thought that perhaps the Fiefdom Law of Huaxia did not mention this issue.

Sure enough, when he opened the laws to the Noble chapter and saw the Fiefdom Law, there were only a few very simple regulations written above. It basically only stated the rights of nobles to possess fiefs; as for other things, there was nothing at all.

Although Huaxia stated that "what is not prohibited by law is permitted," while this would allow the first person to discover a legal loophole to take advantage of it and gain benefits, it could also be considered a contribution to perfecting the laws.

Furthermore, the main laws of Huaxia were perfect; only some new matters and some detailed rules were not yet perfected. Moreover, Huaxia also said that law is the minimum standard of morality, meaning that even if there were no law, if this matter violated morality, it was also illegal. Overall, no one could harm the overall interests of Huaxia by exploiting major loopholes; one could only say they could scrape together some small benefits.

Once Sanxin saw that the law did not have regulations, it meant there was room for operation, whether it was yielding profits to the townspeople to have them help him cultivate the fief, or changing the location of his fief.

Although doing these two things at once was a bit embarrassing, Sanxin hardened his heart and thought that he had worked in Huaxia for a lifetime. He had never asked Baifeng to do anything, nor had he asked Baifeng for his own private gain. Now that he was almost retired, what was wrong with using his own face to trade for a better future for himself and his family?

After thinking this through, Sanxin raised his hand to look at it, then slapped his own face hard. He wanted to use this to make himself realize clearly that his face was worth nothing. Back when he was following the King, everyone didn't even wear pants; how many years had passed since then, and now he was being particular about his face?

It was just that the time was too late now, so he definitely could not go find Baifeng. Private matters could only be handled with Baifeng during off-duty hours, so he left the room to go to the living room to eat.

His little darling grandson saw his grandfather come out and immediately rushed over: "Grandpa, Grandpa! Why didn't you say anything when you came back today?"

As a result, he took a close look at his grandfather's face, pointed at the red mark, and said: "Grandpa, why is your face red? It looks like there's even a handprint. What happened?"

Sanxin picked up his grandson and recited: "My darling grandson, Grandpa is testing how much his face is worth!"

The grandson tugged at Sanxin's face: "Then Grandpa, is your face worth a lot?"

"Hahahaha, as long as it can be sold and the deal is made, then the value will be incredibly high, high enough to let you eat Beef every day!"

The grandson laughed happily: "Grandpa, I want to eat Beef, I want to gnaw on big beef bones!"

"Alright, wait for Grandpa to go sell this face of mine tomorrow and see if I can trade it back for beef bones for you."

The grandson raised his hands high: "Yay, yay!"

At the dining table, Sanxin did not bring up this matter again. Everyone was very silent, keeping to the rules, especially those sons of Sanxin, who could be said to be extremely afraid of Sanxin and dared not resist a shred of their father's authority.

They were also unlucky, not born in a good time. Even when Huaxia was building earth houses, several of them had already been born, rolling in the mud every day. At that time, Sanxin didn't bother with them; it was just an attitude of "if they can live, they live; if they can't, then give birth again."

Moreover, at that time, they wouldn't call Sanxin "father," because at that time, Sanxin didn't know if they were his children either; he only remembered that some woman seemed to have given birth to a boy, and he had slept with her, so it might be his child.

It wasn't until life gradually improved and the Household Policy of Huaxia gradually became comprehensive that Sanxin turned back to look for the children who might be his.

Those women had already given birth to children for many men. Sanxin could only call up those of similar age and then go ask Baifeng, letting Baifeng see which ones were his children. He believed Baifeng had a way to distinguish them.

However, this was extremely difficult for Baifeng. Baifeng could only judge by their appearance. How many people were in Huaxia at that time? He knew every man clearly. It was precisely by seizing that opportunity that Baifeng, based on the children's eyebrows and features, found a father for every child who didn't have one.

Baifeng could only ensure that the majority were likely correct. Now that so many years had passed, he still hadn't seen one that clearly didn't look like him, though there were certainly some mistakes. But there was no help for it; who told them to give birth indiscriminately in the past?

And Sanxin's few oldest sons and daughters were the ones assigned at that time, but now they were all very old. After applying, they had also separated households. Now, only two old sons who were born before the founding of Huaxia remained here, and they were already over thirty years old.

Some younger children were also by his side. Now, Sanxin was long past the stage of three generations under one roof; it was four generations under one roof, and his great-grandson had already been born.

His family was becoming increasingly large, and the competition in Huaxia was becoming more intense day by day. Many children could not enter the government to become officials and could only be Workers or farmers, which did not play much of a helpful role for the entire family.

The burden of supporting the family rested entirely on Sanxin. But now it was not like before. Before, there was so much grain there was nowhere to use it, and one could only find more wives. But now, his own salary had to support the family and also subsidize those children who had no ability. Fortunately, he had hoarded land before; otherwise, they wouldn't know what to eat.

It was said that they were people of the Prime Minister's family of Huaxia, but their days weren't lived that well. And now, Sanxin had finally found an opportunity to change this situation. His family could have the opportunity to grow without pressure.

Of course, Huaxia had more than just one smart person like Sanxin. Those people in the Ministry of Revenue were more cunning than the next. They had already begun their own plans. Zhu also let his wife and daughter go over to see Lan to see if they could find out any situation from Lan's side, and if they could carry out any operations based on this.

Baifeng and Yulong were eating, Sui and Chinv were dining with other noblewomen, and people had come to Lan's house and were also gathering. Only the two father and son were eating together.

Yulong was not embarrassed at all; the relationship between the father and son was very good. He said casually: "Father, people from my father-in-law's family have come to visit Lan. Why did they come at this time?"

Baifeng said without raising his head: "What do you think?"