The Cai family should have been smooth over the years, if it weren't for Chen Ji suddenly jumping out to stir up the situation, the Cai family should have gone to the next level. Now that something happened to Changle's house, some hidden crises within the Cai family have been revealed.

Cai did not want to have anything to do with Chen Ji.

"I have already said that the Cai family does not have much say in the affairs of Dengzhou, even if they can cooperate with Chen Ji, I am afraid they will not really do what you want."

Chen Ji bowed his head and said: "At this time and that time, as long as your old lady nods, there will definitely be some face over there, so it is enough."

Cai Qu raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you know that you are very unruly in doing this."

"If you follow the old rules, business will only get harder and harder. Don't talk about the far away, let's just say that the current Qingzhou, since the Qi family led the Lin family to enter, the rules have long been broken. Of course, you can also say that after all, it is my old rule that is broken first. It's just that after that, what I have done in the past year, except for the initial disaster relief, I used some modest means with you, which one of them in the future is out of conscience? On the contrary, in order to stabilize the Qingzhou market and maintain your so-called rules, how many benefits have I given up? ”

Chen Ji looked over and smiled: "Do you really think I can't eat it?"

"Or else?" Cai was puzzled.

"I was so underestimated." Chen Ji didn't want to say more, and continued the previous topic, saying, "That's what it means, the business in the north is so big in the final analysis, and if you want to really develop, you can only find a way to go south, so I have this proposal." Of course, the southern side is more monopolized by the nobles than in the north, and it is not easy to intervene, so I plan to do business at sea. There are Zheng pirates blocking the road in the south for the time being, and the focus can only be on Beiyang at the moment. ”

Chen Ji paused, "I am very sincere in doing business with you, of course, this is also a win-win situation, I really can't think of any reason for you to refuse." ”

Cai Cheng said: "The Qingzhou families have dealt with each other for several generations, and they can be regarded as knowing each other, and your Chen family's eldest young master suddenly killed Cheng Biting Jin, cooperating with you is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger." What is Young Master Chen's reputation in the past, do you still need me to remind him? ”

Chen Ji rubbed his forehead and sighed, "The stain of my life."

When Zhughu heard this at first, he thought he was talking to him, but he looked up blankly and sighed in confusion.

Chen Ji smiled: "Okay, the reason why I want to cooperate with the Cai family is indeed a little selfish, but it is not the kind of evil intention that harms my teammates."

"Young Master Chen can't say it directly?"

"I can't tell."

Cai said: "Then there is no need to talk about it."

"Don't really have to talk about it?"

"What else is there to talk about?"

"Young Master Cai thinks that the palace behind him can hold up the field?"

"The Cai family only does their own business."

Chen Ji bowed his head and gave a thumbs up, "Young Master Cai is so ambitious, since this is the case, it is Chen who is disturbing today." ”

"Ransom Cai did go first."

Chen Ji said: "Go slowly, don't send it."

Not long after Cai Qu left, Zhughu stopped the chopsticks in his hand and wondered, "The conversation collapsed?" Why don't I stay with a few people and find a time to go to Cai's house and ask? ”

Chen Ji said helplessly: "This temper has changed, and at this time, you can't do it brutally." And the reason why I informed the Cai family was just to sell that Cai Tong to judge a face, people don't look down on me, why should I have a hot face and a cold ass, and I'm not interesting. ”

"But I still don't understand, now only the Qi family and the Cai family in Qingzhou still wear a pair of pants, but even so, the current Chen Ji doesn't have to be afraid."

"Do you understand that harmony makes money? And with that palace behind us, we will never be able to really eat these two. What is the biggest business in the whole of Shandong? Salt only. Back then, King Wu of Zhou divided Jiang Taigong to Qi, but it was a bitter cold and barren land, but he didn't rely on fishing and salt to start his business. ”

Zhughu's eyes rolled, "There is still this kind of statement." ”

“……”

The two of them stayed for a while, then got up and left. After that, the appointments issued by the Shandong Military Garrison Department arrived one after another, and several people, including Zhughu, began to take office. Before leaving, I naturally got together and thanked Chen Ji for his operation. Chen Ji immediately told them about the benefits and disadvantages, although several of them were serving in the local army, but if something happened one day, the local army would be the absolute main force, so Chen Ji hoped that they would be attentive. They were even asked to experiment with the "reclamation" strategy as appropriate. This kind of policy has always been adopted only in the border areas, and Shandong is regarded as the hinterland of the Guan, and at worst, such measures will be held accountable and killed.

Fortunately, Chen Ji's current low-level officers are well aware of the stakes and are willing to listen to Chen Ji.

Things gradually became clear, Chen Ji went to Qingxiu Mountain, saw the growth of potatoes, and worked with the old man of the front pavilion for several days. At least the current growth momentum is still good, and the seed source is too small, even if Xu Ge Lao has been cultivating in Beijing for several years, and the planting in Qingxiu Mountain at the beginning of the year is not less than 100 catties. If you want to cultivate a seed source on a large scale, I don't know how many years it will take. I want to start a seed source in Yazhou, but the road is far away, and it is difficult to make the trip.

Therefore, Chen Ji dug a soil shed in Qingxiu Mountain, and created a more suitable environment for growing by burning coal, hoping to speed up the cultivation time as much as possible. However, with limited conditions, the effect will not be very good.

According to his plan, next year, the first batch of seed sources will come out, and he will be in Qingxiu Mountain large-scale promotion and cultivation, two or three years later, it will be implemented near Qingzhou, at most five years, it is necessary to radiate most of Shandong, and the accumulation of "shed technology", if possible, he will also ask for promotion in Liaodong. Moreover, he used the influence of Xu Wu, Xu Guogong and others to urge the people inside the customs to emigrate outside the customs and reorganize the reclamation strategy of the border passes.

Of course, these are just his thoughts, if he wants to get to this point, not to mention whether he really has that ability, I'm afraid God won't give him so much time.

As he said to Chen Xiujie at the beginning, everything he wants to do is to make money in the final analysis, but if he can help a group of good citizens like Lao Chen in addition to making money, he will not resist.

It's just that he knows that time waits for no one.

I met with Xu Ge Lao that night, and Chen Ji said that he was going to Dengzhou, and the old man did not stop him. just explained some things, such as "plan and then act", Chen Ji remembered it in his heart, and did not forget to bury a few nonsense words of "why did the old man retreat".

The old man smiled, turned his face and said, "The old man really wants to be in power, the first to do something to your kid, and I will never let you be so leisurely."

Chen Ji shook his head and said, "Then the old man really has to take care of his old age."

The old man's eyes condensed slightly: "I don't know how long this idle day can last."

"Wouldn't it be true that the new emperor wants to edict you back?"

"Now you know what the old man is capable of?"

Chen Ji sighed: "Let's make a gentleman's agreement, if there is a day, don't you really care about me?"

The old man laughed and scolded, "." 22