Dominate the Country

Yunyang Mansion is a poor place, and there are wealthy families in reusable places.

Especially in Yunyang Prefecture, a place with many mountains and dense forests, salt, iron, grain, and cloth are all good ways to make a fortune. As long as you can get through the government, it's a very profitable business.

You must know that Yunyang Prefecture is close to Sichuan and is the intersection of Lianghuai private salt and Sichuan salt. In the process of Sichuan salt penetrating into Huguang, it has always been tightly suppressed by Lianghuai salt merchants, which leaves a gap for private salt. There is a huge space for activities; and although there is iron here, there is a large population, and the iron produced locally in Yunyang Prefecture is simply not enough to supply the needs. There is also cloth. This place doesn’t even have enough land to grow food. How can there be any space to grow cotton? Almost all cloth is sourced from outside.

These are all ways of making money, ways of making money that are visible to the eyes.

As the northwest border of Hubei, Yunxi County is bordered by the Qinling Mountains in the north and the Han River in the south. Not to mention how important the geography is, it is close to Sichuan and Shaanxi and is also adjacent to Henan. It is destined to be the place where Sichuan's illicit salt is trafficked to Shaanxi and Shaanxi. One of the important passages in Henan and Hubei.

Of course, there are still a small number of private salt from Sichuan entering Henan. Those entering Shaanxi mostly go through Hanzhong, just like those entering Hubei mostly go through Yichang. This is just one of the many passages in Yunxi. But even this kind of "passage" has enriched many wealthy locals. The top priority now facing Chen Baoguang and his trio is how to take advantage of the big players!

Only by eating big households can we have money and food to continue to recruit refugees.

Mu Chunfang from Yanchakou is the most famous household in Yunxi.

When the Yunyang Mansion formed a militia group, Mu Chunfang took the lead in donating 3,000 taels of silver. The organized merchants and gentry donated a total of less than 20,000 taels of silver and thousands of stones of rice and grain to Yunyang Mansion.

Now that Chen Baoguang and his three men have occupied Yunxi, they have not forgotten Mu Chunfang. Mu Chunfang's old house in Yanchakou.

A child pointed to the tallest gatehouse in the village and said, "That's the Mu family, the richest family in Yunxi. He was the first to donate three thousand taels of silver to the government."

Behind the child gathered a group of Chen Jiajun Boy Scouts, all of whom were fourteen or fifteen years old and were about to enter adulthood.

The leader is an orphan named Liu Chengshan. He is only fourteen years old, but he is the most popular captain in the Boy Scouts. Some children who are fifteen or sixteen years old do not have as much prestige as him.

Liu Chengshan looked at the gatehouse with disdain, shook his head, and said, "Donate money to the government? Isn't he a man who has a lot of money? Isn't that a meat bun beating a dog?"

"Can I still lie to you?" said the child who led the way. "The government also uses money to recruit militia groups to fight. It is common for rich households here to pay donations." Liu Chengshan is from Anhui. In my memory, I ran away with my parents when I was very young. He traveled all the way to Yunyang, his father died, his mother died, and he grew up among the homeless. Children who grew up in normal families, such as rich households receiving donations, had heard of things more or less, but he did not I feel very surprised.

"The Mu family has been in the private salt and cloth business for several generations, and their family is extremely wealthy. This time, their family was the first to take the lead in donating three thousand taels of silver, the largest donation in Yunxi County." The face of the leading child was full of tears. envious. He is now also a member of the Boy Scouts.

Chen Ming likes to recruit young children. He believes that those who come out will be more loyal and loyal. Moreover, children are easy to mold and can become the officials of the new dynasty that the general's government needs.

What is good at the top will be bad at the bottom. His thought directly affected all aspects of the Chen family. Chen Baoguang, Chen Baosheng and Huang Shougui strictly abided by this 'rule' and did not regard their children as a burden, but took good care of them properly. and organized the framework of the Boy Scouts. Let these older Boy Scouts do some small things as well. For example, standing in front of the cage as a guard and asking for money.

How could the three of them not know about the reputation of the Mu family in Yanchakou while lurking in Yunxi County? Mu Chunfang's ancestors were engaged in private salt and cloth business several times over, which can be seen as an enlarged version of the original Chen family, because the Mu family's private salt business extended to the entire Yunyang Prefecture, including the southwest of Nanyang. Moreover, the Mu family has a very good reputation in the local area. They often do good deeds in the countryside, build communities, build dams, set up charity schools, and provide aid to the poor. Otherwise, because Mu Chunfang took the lead in collecting donations, Chen Baoguang would have sent people long ago* ***His hometown.

Mu Fu had already seen a group of boy scouts coming with knives and guns at the door. After closing the door, he kept praying in his heart, praying to the true God to protect these evil stars from coming to their Mu family. Well, I forgot to mention, this Mu family is huihui.

Mu Chunfang has already moved to Xing'an Mansion, and his eldest son is leaving with him, but no one is willing to give up his hometown. His wife is still guarding the old house with her youngest son. If chaos breaks out, not only will the Mu family's old house be in ruins, Even my grandmother and young master will die.

Liu Chengshan and a group of people came to the gate of Mu's house aggressively. They looked at the closed door and waved their hands sharply. Two boy scouts stepped forward and slammed the door hard, shouting and cursing. After hearing that the Mu family was the leader in donating money to fight against the rebels, no one in the group of boy scouts had any patience with this family. Moreover, no matter how good the Mu family's reputation is, they will not be kind to them. Otherwise, the kid who leads the way only has five miles of land in Yanchakou, and the family has nothing to eat, so why don't the Mu family help his family?

Mufu didn't dare not open the door. The boy scouts outside were already threatening to kill him. Mu Fu's face was full of smiles and he said with great respect: "Young masters, I wonder why you are here?" After saying that, he took two silver ingots and put them into Liu Chengshan's hands.

Liu Chengshan was like a hand. Apart from the government, he was most annoyed by these dog rich people. With a sneer on his face, he said directly: "Looking for your master. Call Mu Chunfang out."

"My young master, my master is not here. He went to Xing'an." Mu Fu was a little uneasy, but he looked down on Liu Chengshan and his friends. They were just a bunch of boys, crazy boys. But when he heard Liu Chengshan call Mu Chunfang by her name without any courtesy, his heart was lifted up, although he still had a smile on his face.

"It doesn't matter if your master is not here, as long as the gold, silver and treasures are there." Liu Chengshan raised his eyebrows, and a group of scouts behind him laughed loudly. A group of people raised their guns to push Mu Fu away and rushed into the courtyard.

When Mu Fu saw that he couldn't stop him, he stamped his feet anxiously outside the door. He was stimulated by the four words "gold, silver and treasures".

Dozens of scouts stood in the courtyard of the Mu family and shouted: "Call your housekeeper out!"

"Is there anyone in charge? Stand up. If you don't come out, we will not be polite!"

In an attic in the backyard. The young Mu Jun hid in the arms of a woman in her thirties with a look of fear on his face. Mu Fu rushed up to the attic and was out of breath when he saw Mrs. Mu. After telling her about the previous situation, Mu Fu asked Mrs. Mu what to do. Although the Chen family army did not send people to search the house directly, only a group of boys came. But if they can't deal with this group of boys in front of them, then the adults will come, and the Mu family will be in great trouble.

Hearing that it was a group of scouts, Mrs. Mu was relieved. At least it showed the attitude of the Chen family army, and they had no intention of digging up the roots of the Mu family. "Give money if they want money, give food if they want food, as long as they don't hurt people."

The vigorous sweep did not only sweep the Mu family, but all the gentry and wealthy families in Yunxi were on the list. The notorious and evil ones were directly eradicated, but the Mu family, which at least benefited the hometown, was given a break. By the time the main force of the Chen family army entered Yunxi, the money and grain in the Yunxi County Treasury were so much that they could no longer be piled up...