Dominate the Country

ps: I am here to announce an extra-large cup - this book will be naked next week. So please, brothers and sisters, have mercy on me, collect it, please collect it!

"Mr. Xu Er, Mr. Li Da, nice to meet you, nice to meet you!"

In broad daylight, on the south bank of the Yinma River, not far from the militia camp and Phoenix Terrace, the leader of the Chen family, Chen Hui, Uncle Chen, met Xu Pengqiu and Li Jiannan. One of the latter two is the second son of the Xu family, the largest family in Lushan County, and the general manager of the Lushan County Vigilante Group, and the other is the representative of the polite scum in Lushan County - the leader of the litigation stick.

People like Li Jiannan are usually ashamed to associate with scholars, but this kind of person is familiar with the Yamen servants, and is also familiar with the people in charge of big families. When I met Chen Hui, she smiled and said good things.

"Buy or sell?"

"Buy or sell!"

"How much iron can your Chen family smelt in a month?"

"The Chen family has three thousand miners and blacksmiths in Funiu Mountain." Chen Hui said a number that stunned Xu Pengqiu.

"Mr. Xu, have you ever heard of the private iron den in Xiangxian County? To be honest, the iron materials there are from the Chen family." Chen Hui broke another piece of news that shocked Xu Pengqiu.

After returning to the campsite, Xu Pengqiu wandered around in the tent, unable to settle down. The two pieces of news that Chen Hui broke really made him unable to calm down.

"Second Master, that mess in Xiangxian County was not something that could be started in a small way. The person behind the scenes used money to throw money at it and used people to fight with it to bring peace to the entire Xuzhou. You can imagine the power. Why don't you see him? Reach out and grab a handful of the Chen family?" Li Jiannan said, grabbing his goatee. In the final analysis, what happened to the Chen family was caused by Tong Jiancai, a county magistrate and a state. It was of course a huge disaster for a family with a shallow foundation. But for those big shots, it's just a matter of one or two sentences.

Chen Hui said that he could produce 100,000 kilograms of high-quality iron a month, which accounted for 20 to 30% of Xiangxian County's supply. One can imagine the importance of the Chen family to the people behind the scenes. If what Chen Hui said is true, then why do the people behind the scenes turn a blind eye?

After seeing Chen Hui's accident, the Chen family was busy in the past few days, running around like headless flies. It doesn't look like there's a big shot behind it.

Moreover, both Xu Pengqiu and Li Jiannan knew that the Xiangxian den was about to collapse. There are already rumors in the market in Xiangxian County that no new goods have been delivered to Xiangxian County for more than half a month. What is being sold these days is all reserves.

However, Xu Pengqiu and Li Jiannan still did not associate the Xiangxiang County den with the Chen family, because the financial resources were too disproportionate to the Chen family. Chen Hui’s nonsense about ‘one hundred thousand catties of good iron’ and ‘one of them’ took root deeply in their hearts.

In the center of the camp, in Li Zhao's tent.

The yamen servant quietly reported the news of Xu Pengqiu's meeting with the Chen family to Li Zhao. Li Zhao had no reaction. He couldn't even control the militia in Chengshou County, so what else could he do to Xu Pengqiu?

Are you going to team up with Chang Rui to destroy the Xu family again? Not to mention that the weight of the Xu family is completely different from that of the Chen family, it is still unknown whether Chang Rui dares to do this. This time the Chen family broke into the county jail, Chang Rui even lost his wife and jumped over the wall to escape, almost getting himself in. Li Tianhe, Huang Piao and others fell into the hands of the Chen family. Although their arms and legs were broken, they still had a life. However, no one could guarantee that Chang Rui, the culprit, would still have a life if he fell into the hands of the Chen family.

A lesson learned. Chang Rui has learned his lesson that powerful local people are not good people. As a layer of existence that connects the government and the people, their existence is reasonable. There are necessary reasons and the ability to survive.

In Lushan County, at least in Lushan County, Chang Rui will never dare to stir up trouble again during his term of office.

Li Zhao felt very depressed, but he could bear it. Who doesn’t hold his breath in this life? The emperor can't have everything go his way, can he? Now all his worries are pinned on the reply from Kaifeng Mansion. Li Zhao suffered a heavy bleeding of 5,000 taels of silver [Chang Rui gave him an IOU of 2,000 taels of silver], and the prefect Wang Jun came forward to hand it over to Kaifeng Mansion. received an official document. Wang Jun, Wang Zhizhou's reputation is still greater than that of Li Zhao. He writes official documents openly and spends money secretly. The result depends on the reply from the governor's Yamen.

Although he was very confident in Asiha's integrity and Li Zhao firmly believed that five thousand taels of silver was enough to buy the governor's favor, he was really uneasy if things did not fall into place.

The silence was also broken between the Chen family and his son who returned to Phoenix Terrace. Chen Ming did not agree with Chen Hui's revelation of the news about the Xiangxian den, which Chen Hui insisted on. The results were not satisfactory, and Xu Pengqiu became obviously interested in the iron business. This made Chen Ming shocked at the audacity of the wealthy and powerful families in the Qing Dynasty.

Based on his understanding of the strong power of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in the middle and early Qianlong period, Chen Ming's assessment of the government at this time has always been very strong. Moreover, the Chen family can make a fortune, and it is in line with his understanding that a wealthy family can have such a large fortune. Why are the Xu family so brave?

Just because Xu Pengchun is a civil servant? The Xu family is the largest gentry in Lushan County? It can't be that simple!

"Since the Ming Dynasty, the imperial power has not been sent to the countryside. Who is the biggest in the countryside? The clan. For a strong family, the government will not cause too much trouble. On the contrary, the government still relies on the family to handle many things. .

As long as it wasn't a serious crime that couldn't be covered, there were many rural families who were investigated and prosecuted by the government when they were prosperous.

Our Chen family was raped by Chang Rui, not because Chang Rui didn't understand the rules, but because our Chen family was too weak. Tumenji is too weak. How much grain taxes can these mountain villages here pay to the county in a year?

But the Xu family is different.

The Xu family's acres and property are all located on the edge of the county town, and they pay more money and grain every year than the five Chen families. They were also the leaders of the entire Lushan gentry.

Therefore, there are some things that our Chen family cannot do, but the Xu family can not care about. Only they can pave the way in Lushan County. "

Regardless of how his son felt in his heart, Chen Hui continued: "We are stuck on Phoenix Terrace. If nothing happens, the entire Tumenji will be our territory. But to become the second Qingtiao Ridge, we need only A piece of land is not enough, what we still lack is Zhao Chuanjing’s path.”

"Our status determines that we can no longer do business in public. The only people we can use are the Xu family; as long as we can make the Xu family make money, the Xu family will also rely on us."

"Every road is open. Our family has iron materials in hand. As long as the iron ore in the mountains cannot be mined completely, God will never cut off the income of our Chen family." Without the constraints of being a pawnbroker, Chen Hui has been spending most of his time these days. Thought a lot. The perspective is different and some opinions have changed. The Chen family has become the second Qingtiaoling. The road is very difficult and dangerous, but it is not impossible to find a way to survive.

"If the Xu family is really interested, the road can be paved this winter." Two bright lights appeared in Chen Hui's eyes.

Young Master Chen Ming was one step behind him, listening to Chen Hui's words in his ears and looking at his back with eyes that looked at the cup. Chen Hui would never have imagined that all his son could think about at this time was rebellion.