Chapter 304: Continuing to revise the family tree
"That's true, but I didn't expect that after so many generations, and because I live in such a remote place, the Qin family from Wuzhou would still come to my door." Qin Ziling said.
In the country where he once lived, clan power had a profound influence on history.
The basis for a family's long-term prosperity is the ancestral hall, family tree, and clan authority. Through these, family consciousness is strengthened, family unity is maintained, and a cohesive force is formed.
Therefore, Qin Ziling found it easy to understand what Shao E said.
"Speaking of which, it is actually five generations starting from you, young master. It's not even seven generations yet, so it can't be considered a long gap of generations." Shao E said.
Qin Ziling was slightly startled when he heard this, and then he remembered that in the country where he once lived, there was a saying in history that the big clan would not move for a hundred generations, while the small clan would move after five generations. However, in the Great Qi Kingdom, the big clan still would not move for a hundred generations, but the small clan would move after seven generations, not five.
So according to this rule, even if Qin Ziling's great-grandfather belonged to a small clan, the descendants of Qin Ziling and his great-grandfather's brothers still worship the same ancestor, and there is still a gap of two generations to be considered "close relatives".
"But from what that person said, the reason they found their way here this time is probably because the branch to which the young master's great-grandfather belonged is now in power. So when it comes to continuing the family tree, even though the young master is five generations away and lives in Fangqiao County, they still came all the way to find us." Shao E added.
"I see. No matter what, since my clansmen have come all the way here to visit me, I have to go and meet them. Besides, I just happen to want to go on another long trip recently. I'll talk to my clansmen first, and if it's appropriate, I'll go to the Qin family in Wuzhou to take a look." Qin Ziling nodded and said.
After saying that, Qin Ziling and Shao E walked out of the hall one after another, rode on the bloody goshawks and flew all the way to the Qin Mansion.
Before Qin Ziling arrived home, he saw a luxurious carriage parked in front of the Qin Mansion.
The carriage was pulled by four third-grade exotic horses, the Blood Cloud Horses, with a single horn on their heads and blood-red manes.
There is a pattern embroidered on the curtain of the carriage.
The outline of the pattern is in the style of a shield, but on the left and right sides above the shield, there is a four-clawed dragon grasping it, with a mighty dragon head sticking out.
In the center of the shield is the word "Qin".
A groom was combing the mane of the Blood Cloud Horse with a comb, and it was obvious that he had the power of transformation.
Riding on the back of the blood goshawk and seeing the scene below, Qin Ziling couldn't help but admire it secretly in his heart, then he patted the blood goshawk's head and flew to the backyard of the Qin Mansion.
After the Qin Mansion was rebuilt, it became much more imposing and occupied a much larger area than before.
There is a special area in the backyard for storing exotic animals.
After settling the blood hawk, Qin Ziling came to the central hall of the front yard.
In the central hall, Cui Yun was drinking tea and chatting with an old man in blue clothes who had a refined temperament and elegant demeanor and looked like he was from a wealthy family.
The green-clothed old man's cultivation level was not high, only at the level of a Huajin martial artist, but the middle-aged man and woman sitting below him, the man had the cultivation level of the late Bone Refining stage, and the woman was a great Qi Refining Master at the middle Zhenyuan stage.
In addition to this middle-aged couple, there were two beautiful young maids standing behind the old man in green, both of whom had powerful energy skills.
Although Qin Ziling now has several masters under his command and his own strength is even more terrifying, he was still greatly surprised to see a member of the Qin family of Wuzhou who came out to do business and whose cultivation level is only that of a Huajin martial artist, but who has such a great demeanor.
"Brother Tian Chou, he is Qin Ziling, the son of my late husband Tian Meng." When Cui Yun saw Qin Ziling coming in, she first said something to the old man in green clothes beside her, and then waved to Qin Ziling and said, "Ziling, come and meet Uncle Tian Chou."
Qin Ziling strode forward, then bowed to the old man in green and said, "Ziling greets uncle!"
"Not bad, not bad, you have an extraordinary bearing and a handsome appearance. I didn't expect that your great-grandfather, who moved to Fangqiao County, could actually raise such an outstanding descendant like you." Qin Tianchou looked Qin Ziling up and down for a long time before stroking his beard with a look of joy.
"Thank you for the compliment, uncle." Qin Ziling bowed modestly.
"You are the only heir in your family now. You are the master of this house. You should sit down and talk." Qin Tianchou said with a smile, giving people a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze, without any arrogance and pride of a prominent family in Shangzhou.
"Yes." Qin Ziling replied modestly, then sat down.
"The country has its history, the land has its records, and the family has its genealogy. This time it is time for the thirty-year revision of the Qin family genealogy of Wuzhou. Sixty years ago, a member of the family came to Fangqiao County to record the descendants of your great-grandfather's branch into the family tree. At that time, your great-grandfather had already started a family and had a son, who was your grandfather, but he was still a child at that time .
Thirty years later, according to reason, the Qin family of Wuzhou should come to Fangqiao County to continue compiling the family tree. However, because the place where your great-grandfather's branch lived was too remote, your great-grandfather's talent was mediocre, he did not make many achievements, there were not many people, and the time was far away. In addition, the Qin family was in power at that time. Our branch was only a side branch, so no one paid attention to your great-grandfather's branch, and no one was sent to register. Therefore, your father's name was not included in the family tree, and naturally you were not included in the family tree.
Twenty years ago, my uncle entered the Qin family of Wuzhou and was elected as the head of the Qin family of Wuzhou. My uncle's grandfather, that is, my great-grandfather, and your great-great-grandfather were half-brothers. So, by this calculation, you now also belong to the main branch of the Qin family of Wuzhou, and at your age, you are considered to be of high seniority in the family. It's just that there are too few people, and there is only you. All the branches under our main branch have dozens or even hundreds of people. "Speaking of the latter, Qin Tianchou couldn't help shaking his head.
Qin Ziling was confused by the relationships such as main line, branch line, great-grandfather, and cousin. It took him a while to sort out his thoughts.
"No wonder my mother never mentioned anything about the Qin family of Wuzhou after my grandfather and father passed away and the family tree was destroyed . It turns out that since they came to revise the family tree once when my grandfather was a child, they later saw that my great-grandfather was mediocre, had no achievements, had few descendants, had no outstanding figures, and lived in a remote area, so the Qin family of Wuzhou let them fend for themselves and no longer paid attention to them.
If the Qin family in Wuzhou had not changed its owner, my great-grandfather and the current clan leader would have been relatively close in blood relationship , and it is estimated that they would not have sent people to such a remote place to look for the descendants of the clan. The reason why this clan uncle spoke to me so politely and clearly was probably because of the relatively close blood relationship, and also because he saw that my Qin family was now quite powerful and attracted attention.
Otherwise, if my Qin family still shows signs of decline and lives in poverty, and I am still just a martial artist at my age, I guess this uncle will just enter his name and leave. It’s hard to say whether anyone will come back in another 30 years.”
After Qin Ziling sorted out his thoughts, he quickly bowed to Qin Tianchou and said, "I see. It's a pity that both grandfather and father are gone. Otherwise, if they knew that someone from the main family came to find them and entered their names into the family tree, they would definitely be very happy."
