Chapter 37 The Way to the Door
After a brief discussion, it was decided that Chen Yue would visit Lu Wenxuan, the commander of the Jingying Qian, to find the way to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and Chen Jianghe would be responsible for dealing with Yang Zhengping, so that he must not fall into the hands of the government.
Although Lu Wenxuan is only a thousand generals, he is still far from the governor of the five armies, but such a person can be promoted from an ordinary military household to a middle-level officer like Qianzong, naturally he has his own way, and Chen Yue just wants to ask him to help him get through the doorway.
Of course, this matter is very difficult, it is not easy to get through the high-level relationship of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the official positions in the Governor's Mansion are all princes and nobles in Beijing, whether they can stand up for ordinary military households like the Chen family is still two words.
Of course, Chen Yue is not a helpless person to go to the door, he is confident that as long as he can meet the people in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies who can speak, he will be able to persuade him to stand up for himself.
It's nothing more than interests, as long as the interests are there, even the nobles like the Duke of Chengguo and the Duke of England will bow their heads and hand them over.
Yes, Chen Yue is ready to use the honeycomb coal business as a bargaining chip to find someone to help his father and son tide over the difficulties. Some people may say how much money can be made by selling briquettes? How can it be put in the eyes of those nobles?
Only Chen Yue knows that as long as it is promoted effectively, honeycomb coal will quickly enter every people's home, but there are seven or eight hundred thousand people in Beijing, and the coal burned every day can be piled up into a small mountain, what a huge profit! If you monopolize the honeycomb coal in the whole of Beijing, the annual profit can reach one million taels of silver!
One million taels of silver, how much is the treasury income of the Ming Dynasty in a year? At the end of Wanli, the central financial revenue was only five million taels of silver, during the Chongzhen period, there was a rebellion in Houjin, and there were thieves in Shaanxi in the Central Plains, in order to deal with Houjin, in order to exterminate the thieves, Emperor Chongzhen continued to increase taxes and silver, so that the fiscal revenue increased to more than 10 million taels......
And just monopolizing the honeycomb coal business in Beijing, the annual income is as much as one million taels, which is one-tenth or even one-tenth of the treasury income, Chen Yue does not believe that such a huge benefit is not moved by those nobles!
Lu Wenxuan's home is a three-entry mansion, and the house is located in the velvet alley east of Xuanwumen Street.
Chen Yue was wearing a brand new dress, dressed up very neatly, Wu Wan'er combed his hair, pulled a bun, and put on a blue-black hat, looking heroic. Since you are going to someone else's house, you always have to dress up neatly, and you can't let others look down on you!
I bought four exquisite dim sum bags at the dim sum shop, put them in my hand, and knocked on the door of the Lu family.
"May I ask who this son is?" An old servant in his fifties opened the door, looked at Chen Yue suspiciously, and asked.
"Please let the old man know, so Chen Yue, the grandson of the guerrilla general Chen De, came to meet Mr. Lu Qian!" Chen Yue smiled at the old man, revealing four white teeth, and said politely.
"Are you Chen's grandson?" The old servant's eyes lit up, and he asked Chen Yue in surprise.
"You know my grandfather?" Chen Yue asked in surprise.
"Of course, when your grandfather was alive, I was still in the army, and I retired when I was old and useless. Your grandfather was a good man, and he was very good to his brothers in the army. The old servant chattered, opened the door and invited Chen Yue in.
This Lu Qian is a good person, he still thinks about the old brothers in the army when he is developed, looking at the old Wang Tou, the servant of the Lu family who is chattering around him, Chen Yue thought.
Mr. Lu Qian is over forty years old, with a Chinese face, a tall and burly figure, and at first glance he is a regular soldier, but his lower abdomen is slightly bulging, showing his pampered life in recent years.
"You are General Chen's grandson, Brother Jianghe's son, Ah Yue?" Lu Wenxuan didn't wait for Chen Yue to come forward and salute, he asked first, looking at his expression, he was extremely excited and eager.
"I'm Chen Yue, meet Uncle Lu." Chen Yue clenched his fists with both hands, bowed to the end, and made a big salute.
"Virtuous nephew, hurry up and excuse me." Lu Wenxuan held Chen Yue's arms.
"Like, really like," Lu Wenxuan carefully looked at Chen Yue's eyebrows, and couldn't help but say, "It looks really like General Chen back then!" I hugged you when you were young, and it's been so many years in a blink of an eye......," Lu Wenxuan sighed.
This is a person who misses the old, looking at Lu Wenxuan's true feelings, Chen Yue thought to himself. Since he misses the old days, he will be willing to help with his own affairs.
Lu Wenxuan took Chen Yue's palm to the hall, and repeatedly ordered his subordinates to invite his wife to come and meet.
"You have two younger brothers, but unfortunately they are not at home, so you go to a private school, and you can see them after school." Lu Wenxuan said to Chen Yue.
Lu Wenxuan's wife is an ordinary woman, dignified and virtuous, after coming up and chatting with Chen Yue for a few words, she went down, and after a while, someone brought tea and snacks.
"How is your father now?" After taking a few sips of tea, Lu Wenxuan finally couldn't help but ask about Chen Jianghe's current situation.
"Daddy is doing well now, and he often mentions Uncle Lu to me." Chen Yue put down the teacup and said respectfully.
"Your father, it's just too stubborn, he only had a few arguments back then, and he refused to come to my door again..... Lu Wenxuan sighed.
"Today, you have taken the liberty of boarding my house, you must have encountered something embarrassing, although you said it, as long as my uncle and I can help, there is no second word!" Lu Wenxuan was very shrewd, and he could see at a glance that Chen Yue was in trouble, and he didn't wait for Chen Yue to take the initiative to mention it, and said bluntly.
"Uncle Lu is really sharp-eyed," Chen Yue praised, "Don't hide it from my uncle, my family really encountered something, and there was no way to do it, so I came to your door, uncle." ”
Chen Yue told Lu Wenxuan everything about his family, of course, he concealed the murder in the middle of the night, but said that Yang Can was not angry that his family had robbed his business, so he first sent someone to the coal yard to set fire to the attempt, and then went to Wanping County to file a complaint and frame his family for murder.
Lu Wenxuan listened quietly until Chen Yue stopped, and then asked out loud.
"What about the coal yard owner surnamed Yang who framed Brother Jiang He for murder, is there any physical evidence?"
"There is no physical evidence, and there should be no human evidence." Chen Yue remembered the only witness, Yang Zhengping, and didn't know if his father could find him.
"You, worthy of being Brother Jianghe's son, have the same fiery temper, how dare you beat the county officer?" Lu Wenxuan pointed at Chen Yue and smiled.
"The team surnamed Liu is too arrogant, and he dares to insult us as lowly military households, the little nephew didn't hold back for a while, I can't watch them take my father to Wanping County, if that's the case, under Miki, I'm afraid he will be beaten into a move, and my father will really be charged with murder." Chen Yue said embarrassedly.
"Well, you're doing the right thing, you can't let them take Brother Jianghe away." Lu Wenxuan nodded and said, "Do you want me to dredge up the Five Armies Governor's Mansion for you, and not hand over Brother Jianghe to Wanping County for trial?" ”
"That's how the little nephew is going to be, I don't know if Uncle Lu has a way?" Chen Yue said in surprise.