Nanyang is close to Luoyang, very wealthy, and there are many families.

There are 36 counties in Nanyang County alone, unlike Liaodong, where there are eight or nine counties, which cannot be compared with them.

The original population of Liaodong was only more than 200,000, which was less than a county of other people, and it could not be compared at all.

This time and space is much better than in history, and the population has not died on a large scale, which is still a lot of Ye Chen's credit.

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, due to Ye Chen's existence, the Yellow Turban's range of activity was much smaller, and at the same time, the Yellow Turban was extinguished in advance, which saved a large number of people.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion was conservatively estimated to have killed tens of millions of people in history, but now there are not so many deaths, which preserves the vitality of this time and space.

In addition, Ye Chen promoted the development of the overall business, and the economy of the entire Han Dynasty was much better, which could also reduce the number of deaths.

Many families employed a large number of people who did not starve to death, and at the same time had some money to buy food.

Famine was a powerful tool for killing people, and at the end of the Han Dynasty, I don't know how many people died of starvation.

Don't talk about anything else, Ye Chen summoned these families, of course, for a purpose.

In the evening, Ye Chen asked people to arrange the dinner, and he himself was still sitting in the county office.

"Lord, what kind of dinner are you holding here, you don't have anything, it's better to go to the barracks to eat." Xu Huang heard that Ye Chen was going to hold a dinner banquet to invite the families in the city, so he ran over to take a look to see if there were any delicious rubs, but he was very disappointed.

"Hey, I didn't invite you, but you dislike it." Ye Chen looked at Xu Huang with a disgusted look and said.

"Your banquet is just a little fruit, dried fruit preserves, not even meat, just the wine is not bad, who will eat it." Xu Huang glanced at him and said with strong dissatisfaction.

"It's good to have fruits and dried fruit preserves, but it's not to entertain any guests, and it's a loss to get too much delicious food, and candied fruit is very expensive, and Du Kang wine is also expensive." Ye Chen replied.

"Hey, lord, don't you want to blackmail people, this is not to give people a better meal, catch and cut off the head and eat the decapitation."

"Haha, you don't understand this, you can't be so polite to the enemy, otherwise they won't take you seriously, you see them directly show the knife, then everything is negotiable." In fact, the banquet was deliberately arranged like this by Ye Chen, since he wanted to rob them, there was no need to be so polite.

"Anyway, I don't understand, you are an expert in blackmailing and doing business, and I will go back to the barracks to eat later." Xu Huang was helpless, the delicious food can't be mixed, it's better to eat those things than to go to the barracks to eat, at least the food is enough.

Ye Chen ignored Xu Huang, saw that the time was almost up, and got up to go to the banquet place in the county yabian hall.

Those family heads who were invited by Ye Chen were worried in their hearts, and they didn't know what Ye Chen was going to do, but it would definitely not be a good thing.

When Ye Chen arrived, the heads of several families had already sat down, looking at each other, looking a little nervous.

"Don't be so nervous, I'm a businessman, and I've always been kind to people." After Ye Chen arrived, he saw that everyone was nervous, so he spoke.

Everyone was still uneasy in their hearts, Ye Chen had indeed not killed a person since he entered the city, and he did not restrict his personal freedom except for restricting entry and exit from the city, but they got the news that Ye Chen had emptied the treasury, and now it is estimated that they will be bloodletting.

"Then thank you General Ye, I heard that General Ye expelled Dong Zhuo, the credit is very great, in addition to a big harm for us, General Ye has contributed to the effort, and we also want to do our part, so we have scraped together three million dollars to fund General Ye, and I hope to accept it." Xie Cheng is a prestigious person in Hongyang County, and he is also one of the families, and he was recommended by other families to talk to Ye Chen.

"Okay, then I'll laugh at it." Ye Chen didn't blink his eyes, and immediately smiled.

"Uh..."

Several families were speechless for a while, this was completely beyond their expectations, according to the script, it should be Ye Chen who excused himself, and then they all persuaded each other, and finally Ye Chen had to accept it.

But this Ye Chen agreed as soon as they proposed it, and he didn't mean to be modest at all.

"Send me money, where do I have a reason to excuse myself, three million is also meat." Ye Chen said secretly in his heart.

After accepting their gifts, Ye Chen politely toasted them.

It's a good wine, but they can't taste it on this occasion.

Ye Chen received three million without frowning, obviously he had a big appetite, and this money was not enough.

"I invite everyone here today because I want to settle accounts with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu robbed me of 500,000 people in Luoyang and besieged me, this account has to be settled with him." After drinking, Ye Chen said.

Everyone scolded in their hearts, you have settled accounts with Yuan Shu, what are you asking us to do, rob your people, and it is not us who besiege you.

Although they had a lot of opinions in their hearts, they didn't dare to say it, but looked at Ye Chen with a puzzled expression.

"Of course, Yuan Shu's account must be counted on the entire Nanyang people, if it weren't for their support, how would Yuan Shu dare to rob my things, so all the people in Nanyang will be compensated, and I will settle accounts with them one by one." Ye Chen's eyes widened, and he said with a fierce face.

Several families stood stunned for a moment, what kind of logic is this, this is obviously to rob them.

"General Ye, how can this account be calculated like this." Xie Cheng said anxiously.

"Well, why can't that be counted? So what do you think should be counted? Ye Chen asked rhetorically.

Xie Cheng was speechless, thinking that you have the ability to go to Yuan Shu, what is it to find them, but he didn't dare to say that Ye Chen had already controlled the entire city.

"General Ye, I don't know how to compensate?" Xie Cheng knew that Ye Chen was going to blackmail them, and it was useless to say more, he just hoped that Ye Chen would ask less.

"Okay, for the sake of your remorse, you'll pay two million dollars." Ye Chen said to Xie Cheng with a smile.

"This..."

Xie Yuan wanted to speak out against it, but Ye Chen looked at him with a sneer, which made him feel stunned.

"Okay, two million dollars." In the end, Xie Cheng was helpless, he didn't give it today, I'm afraid he would ask for more when Ye Chen went to get it in person.

Everyone's hearts are gloomy, if one person is two million, it is not a small amount.

"Okay, since everyone is willing to compensate me for my losses, then I'm not welcome." Saying that, Ye Chen stood up.

"You, three million."

"Why do I want three million?" As soon as he heard that it would cost three million, the man jumped up and said.

"Because you're fat."

"I..." The man was speechless for a moment, and this fat was also the reason.

"You're three million, you're four million, you're five million, you're three million, you're six million."

Ye Chen pointed at them and counted them one by one.

"Why should I be six million." The man jumped up, his family was not the richest of the people, but it cost six million, and six million was half of his family.

"Hmph, your brother-in-law's cousin's cousin is in Yuan Shu's army, and you also donated 10,000 quintals of food to Yuan Shu, is this reason enough." Ye Chen snorted coldly and said to him.

The man was instantly dumbfounded, but besides, Ye Chen's cold eyes might have chopped him on the spot.