It took a long time for Chen Huaili to come back from the shock, the fat on his face shook violently a few times, and he smiled embarrassedly: "I want to... I can't imagine that Lord Guo still has such a family history, it's really disrespectful, Lord Guo came to visit this mansion for the first time, and the old man has nothing to entertain, why don't we have some tea and rice first, and then talk about ......"

Guo Zhiyuan didn't want to completely tear his face with Chen Huaili, after all, there were some places where he still had to rely on this Gutian soil emperor, so it was enough to beat Chen Huaili to achieve the effect, and arched his hand and said: "Then bother Chen Lao......"

Chen Huaili waved his hand, and his own maid came up to set up the table and chairs, but when he looked at the food brought by the maid, Guo Zhiyuan's eyes were worth it, two large bowls of rice porridge that were so rare that he could see the figure of a person, a salted fish, this is Chen Huaili, the largest landlord in Gutian County, entertained him, the county magistrate!

Chen Huaili didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said with a shy smile: "Outsiders think that my Chen family has a lot of land and must be very rich, but they don't know that it is not easy for the old man to maintain the livelihood ......of so many people.

Nima, it's loaded. I can't help but cry poor! Guo Zhiyuan scolded a little speechlessly, fortunately, he ate a big meal of fish and meat at Sun's house at noon, and it was good to drink some porridge to wash his stomach and intestines, so Guo Zhiyuan didn't say anything, he picked up the porridge and drank it, only drinking the porridge A little light in his mouth, Guo Zhiyuan wanted to say that the porridge was under the salted fish, but the chopsticks stretched out but didn't pick it up, the salted fish was actually carved from wood, pure decoration!

That's weird, isn't it? This Chen Huaili is really a miser, and he actually carved a fake fish out of wood to entertain guests! I have to say that this carving is really amazing, and he actually deceived Guo Zhiyuan!

Chen Huaili not only didn't feel embarrassed, but shook his head proudly and said: "This fish can only be viewed from a distance, look at the fish, drink a mouthful of porridge, it is particularly sweet and ......", and really snorted and drank the porridge.

Guo Zhiyuan looked at this strange miser a little speechlessly, no longer had an appetite, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said sarcastically: "Old Chen is really a good housekeeper, no wonder he can be rich Gutian, this official is really knowledgeable today......"

Chen Huaili seemed to not understand the irony in Guo Zhiyuan's words, and climbed up the pole and said: "My Chen family has been inherited for a hundred years, and the current situation is all thanks to this diligent and thrifty housekeeper, but this rich Gutian does not dare to be, although the Chen family has thin land, but it can't be compared with those profiteers, they can buy a false name of a justice of peace for eight hundred taels of silver, and the old man can't take it!" ……”

Saying that, Chen Huaili just doesn't want to donate silver, with his miser character, asking for his silver is to cut his flesh, so Guo Zhiyuan didn't bother to go around with him, and said coldly: "I don't agree with Chen Lao's words, the Justice of the Peace is not a false name, but a real power and status recognized by the government, the reason why the official is willing to share the power to the local squires is that he hopes to build the Taiping Gutian with the local squires, the higher the status, the greater the natural responsibility, if it has no contribution to the place, how can he enjoy the respect of the local people?!" Now that Gutian bandits are rampant and the people are poor, Chen Lao is not only the leader of the local squire, but also should take on the responsibility of maintaining the place, such as the Sun family's Sun Lao, who is very responsible, and donated two thousand taels of silver this time! ……”

"What? Two thousand taels of silver?! Is Sun Chuan's old puppet crazy?! ......" Chen Huaili jumped up and shouted when he heard this, his stomach was too big, and this jump almost overturned the table in front of him!

Then Guo Zhiyuan saw a scene that stunned him, Chen Huaili actually sat on the ground and cried! With tears in his eyes, he cried and cursed endlessly: "Sun Chuan, you old horseman, why are you against my Chen family everywhere, showing that your family is rich!" Two thousand taels of silver! How many years of thin rice porridge does the old man have to drink to save two thousand taels of silver! You've made me miserable! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan looked at this picture that made him laugh and shook his head speechlessly, he had already said what he should say, naturally there was no need to stay any longer, he got up directly to say goodbye, Chen Huaili did not get up to send him off, he was still there crying and cursing Sun Chuan!

However, the next day, the Chen family still sent a family to send silver and some food, although Chen Huaili was conservative but not stupid, he knew that if he insisted on not being able to get the silver, he would be completely isolated, and his Chen family's leading family status in Gutian County would not be guaranteed, so he didn't want to give out this silver, and it couldn't be less than Sun Chuan!

Giving out so much silver is more uncomfortable for Chen Huaili, a miser, than killing him, so he hated Guo Zhiyuan too, I heard that he has now changed the thin rice porridge three times a day to two meals a day, and when it comes to drinking porridge, he will curse Guo Zhiyuan and Sun Chuan, and he can't stop for a few hours.

Guo Zhiyuan naturally laughed at this, his Justice of the Peace program was a complete success, ten Justice of the Peace and other squires donated a total of more than 12,000 taels of silver, and he could finally show his strength!

For how to show his strength and quickly open up the situation, Guo Zhiyuan also discussed with Xu Guangqi, the foundation of Gutian County is too thin, Guo Zhiyuan to revitalize Gutian can be said to have a long way to go...... There are too many facts to do, although Guo Zhiyuan has now raised more than 12,000 taels of silver, but if it is really to be rolled out in an all-round way, this amount of silver is not enough at all!

So we can only advance according to the priorities, at present, we can only grasp the most important things first, and they all say that the new official takes office with three fires, this first fire is the most important, this first fire is burned, and the rest of the things will be easy to do, if the first fire is not burned, then Guo Zhiyuan's prestige that he has finally established will disappear, then everything will be stopped!

As for where this fire should be burned, Xu Guangqi and Guo Zhiyuan are surprisingly consistent, that is, to suppress bandits! On the way to take office, seeing the bleak scene of ten rooms and nine emptiness, Guo Zhiyuan swore in front of many people in Yuping Town that he must exterminate the bandits and let the people of Gutian live and work in peace and contentment!

And if the bandits are not eradicated, Guo Zhiyuan will not be able to implement even if he launches some measures to revitalize Gutian, the common people live under the threat of banditry, and they are worried every day, where do they have the heart to implement the government's decrees, so the suppression of bandits has undoubtedly become the first priority of Guo Zhiyuan's county order, and if the bandits are not destroyed, his plan to develop Gutian will not be able to talk about!

But this bandit is not so easy to exterminate, Xu Guangqi has already said that these bandits come and go like the wind, and even the army has a headache, not to mention that now there are only a few people under Guo Zhiyuan, and it is simply a desolation to want to exterminate the bandits with such a few people!