Dominate the Country

"Oh, oh..., oh, oh..."

"Baby, daddy's baby..."

In November, Chen Ming returned to Tiezhai. His eldest son was almost 20 days old. The child was no longer the same as when he was just born. He had grown up, fair and tender, with two black eyes.

Li Xiaomei was in confinement. She smiled happily when she saw Chen Ming holding his baby son.

The mountain was closed by heavy snow, and the Green Camp soldiers and the militia returned to their homes. The crisis of the Chen family was over. Next, Chen Ming could stay with her mother and daughter in Tiezhai for a while.

Dozens of heads were hung on the top of Lushan County. The news that the main force of the Chen family was destroyed really made the people of Lushan County believe it to a certain extent. Because this was said by the government, because the government took out dozens of heads. Those militiamen and volunteers who knew about the matter all kept their mouths shut. The real information was only known by the gentry and landlords who were above the people in Lushan.

Tumenji seemed to have returned to the embrace of the Chen family. But many farmers in Lushan County thought that the Chen family had been wiped out.

Didn't you see that the Green Camp soldiers and the militia had already withdrawn? The heavy snow sealed the mountain and saved the remaining Chen family. Otherwise, the Chen family would have been killed by the government troops.

There were even many people who secretly cursed the Ruzhou Camp for being cruel and ruthless. The Chen family took so many people to the mountain. In addition to chopping off dozens of heads of the Chen family, they didn't know whether those heads were from the Chen family, but they didn't know anything about the people who were taken to the mountain by the Chen family. Many people in Lushan County thought that they were slaughtered by the Ruzhou Camp.

When the news reached the Ruzhou Camp, officers such as Xu Shilian wanted to cry.

With the dispersal of the militia and the withdrawal of the Ruzhou Camp, Tumenji, which returned to the hands of the Chen family, also prospered. Because this "peace negotiation" was jointly guaranteed by the state government, the county government and Ruzhou Camp, some gentry landlords and powerful people who knew the truth, such as the Xu family, returned to Tumen Market as merchants in just a few days.

Renting a house, opening a shop, in the blink of an eye, the flash of swords, the sound of guns and cannons seemed to have become a thing of the past.

The Chen family used large quantities of high-quality iron materials and ironware in exchange for salt, grain, cloth, cotton, etc. Although the Chen family still has a lot of inventory, they will certainly buy it if they can "buy" it. Even the Xu family secretly wanted to buy guns and weapons, and the Chen family was happy to sell them in small quantities.

"Dad, are you really relieved? The magistrate of Lushan County is still the dog official Chang Rui. This man and our Chen family..." Chen Ming's positioning of Chang Rui in his mind is the word "insidious". The Chen family almost fell into a desperate situation because they found his way. "Dad, if this man is not removed, I will not be at ease for ten thousand times." Chang Rui is still a bannerman. Who knows if there is any big relationship behind it! !

After reaching a peace agreement with Xu Shilian, Li Zhao and others, the father and son of the Chen family also knew why their initial plan failed. They were too cruel to the militia under the Phoenix Terrace, and the militia that suffered was the volunteer soldiers of the first county of Ruzhou. This itself puts pressure on Wang Jun and Li Zhao.

Of course, the most important thing is that the militia is not the ultimate force of Ruzhou. The government still has the Ruzhou Camp. If the militia is not working, will the Ruzhou Camp still be not working? The military system of the Qing Dynasty. In addition, in order to shirk his own responsibility, Li Zhao put the eight words "deliberate and ulterior motives" on Chen Hui's head, and used silver to make arrangements in the governor's office. The current Henan Governor Asiha immediately issued a killing order to the Chen family, and the Ruzhou Camp came over.

In the whole incident, the Chen family underestimated the influence of artillery. In a word: the government can not care about bird guns, but it cannot tolerate the existence and proliferation of artillery among the people.

"Chang Rui, this dog official, how can I not hate him to the bone. But now..." Chen Hui put down the teacup in his hand, "Why can't we do anything to Chang Rui now? Otherwise, what will the state government and Ruzhou camp think?" When the two sides negotiated peace, the Chen family also promised not to seek revenge with Chang Rui, and both sides were clear. Under this premise, the two sides confirmed peace.

Chen Ming certainly knew all this, but he just didn't trust Chang Rui. Chang Rui's insidiousness and cruelty mixed with the impression of the Eight Banners dandy that always lingered in his mind made it difficult for him to believe that Chang Rui would stop.

Aren't those uncles and second lords all vengeful for ten thousand years?

And Chang Rui's identity as a bannerman really put a lot of pressure on Chen Ming. In my Qing Dynasty, as the first-class citizens of the Eight Banners, their abilities are immeasurable. Who knows if Chang Rui will overturn everything again if he explodes?

Chen Hui was a little silent, he knew what his son meant. But with the current status of the Chen family, it is not easy to send people to set up points around the county town, or even in the entire Ruzhou.

The Chen family is just a small tyrant, and can only shrink in the northwest corner of Lushan County. Where can the Chen family get so many trustworthy people? Besides, the Chen family has not yet fully developed its contact with the outside world. Let alone, those Chen family members who have fled to eastern Henan, Hubei, Anhui, and even Shandong, will have to wait until at least next spring and summer to fully restore contact, and there is also Chen Guang. Now Tiezhai only knows that Chen Guang is in Xuzhou, and the specific place of residence is completely unknown. It will take time to contact him.

After the incident of the Chen family, Chen Guang’s task was to master the place of residence of the Chen family’s fugitives, and to set up some hotels, restaurants and small inns in western Henan and northern Hubei as much as possible, as a place to gather information and contact, and to receive the second batch of Chen family fugitives in winter.

If you want to build an intelligence network in Lushan and even the entire Ruzhou, Chen Guang is a point that cannot be avoided.

He has the addresses of the Chen family's escaped children and a considerable amount of money. The Chen family's cash flow in Zhoujiakou is not a small number. With money in hand, the escaped Chen family children can't really cut off ties with the Chen family. After a period of time, these people will become the basis for providing reliable manpower for Chen Guang.

Now two months have passed. No one can guarantee how far Chen Guang can develop. It is definitely within his ability to set up several secret points in Ruzhou.

"I don't want any secret information. I just want the most public information that the government can't keep secret."

"Ruzhou Camp can't take us down. If Chang Rui wants to do something weird, the Henan Governor's Office will only mobilize the troops of Nanyang Town. The army can't be hidden from people. This is the kind of information I want." In addition, the troops of Nanyang Town are not only in Nanyang Prefecture.

The Chen family was given a heads-up by the Ruzhou Camp last time. A few hundred soldiers and even more militiamen drove all the way from the state capital to Lushan, but not a single piece of news reached the Iron Fort. This was too passive.

"It can't be done. It can't be done. The Chen family can't show their faces in Lushan, and no one from another family can be completely trusted. Let's wait until we find your twelfth uncle before we talk about this."