Back in Jiangyin, Li Chuan began to prepare for a fortune.

Money alone has no power, it is a playboy swaggering with gold, purely looking for death.

It is not enough to have a backer, but also to have the power to protect your wealth.

The role of the backer is only to deter those who peep into their wealth and dare not rob openly, and if they want to prevent secret robbery, they must also have enough strength, so Li Chuan is ready to recruit family members and train a team of family members to protect wealth.

The farmers in Lijiazhuang are boiling, and the young master wants to recruit family members, which is great news.

In these years, even if they own a field, life is very difficult, let alone a tenant.

The villagers simply believe that being able to eat enough with the young master, no longer have to go hungry, and occasionally eat meat, that is the best life, so they are very enthusiastic and compete to recommend their sons or men.

Therefore, as soon as Li Chuan entered the village, he was surrounded by a large group of people.

"Young master, do you think I'm a man?"

A woman scrambled to the front, her face full of hope.

Li Chuan smiled: "Only you know if you are a man or not, but others don't know." ”

"Hahaha!"

There was a laugh, and the dealers were all amused.

Behind the crowd, a man in his twenties touched his head and smiled, but he didn't dare to step forward.

The woman's face was flushed, but she was reluctant to give up this opportunity, and tried her best to fight: "Young master, my man is very diligent. ”

Li Chuan said: "Okay, let him go to the housekeeper and try it later!" ”

"Young Master Xie!"

The young woman went away happily, and when she got out of the crowd, she dragged her man to the housekeeper.

"Young master, do you think I can do it?"

A boy of seven or eight years old crowded in front of him, looking expectant.

Li Chuan touched his head and said, "I'll talk about it when you grow up!" ”

The boy's face was disappointed, and he was quickly pushed aside.

The dealers were so enthusiastic that they all squeezed forward with all their might, and a five-year-old girl just squeezed in front of them, and one was squeezed to the ground without standing firmly, and immediately her mouth was deflated, and her nose twitched and she began to cry.

Li Chuan pulled her up, took out a piece of candy and stuffed it into the girl's mouth.

The girl licked her lips, immediately stopped crying, and pursed her mouth vigorously with her cheeks.

"Don't worry, if you want to come to Zhuangzi to do things, go to the housekeeper."

Li Chuan pressed his hands hard, and said: "Even if you are the only son in the family, don't go if you are over thirty years old, the family is not as good as you think, you will often have to follow me out in the future, and you will go again after thinking about it!" ”

However, the farmers didn't listen at all, and they were still squeezing forward.

In these years, there is no family planning, and the common people have nothing to do at night to give birth to babies, three or two are few, five or six are common, and seven or eight are even more common, except for those who can't live and die early, it's normal for a family to have three or four babies.

There are too many mouths to eat, and one can be sent out is one.

Even if you are a slave or a maid, at least you can eat and not starve to death.

This is the reality of Daming, it's not that Young Master Li is so merciful that he doesn't hesitate to give away his son, he really can't raise it, he can eat with one less mouth, and the life of the family will be better, and he will still have money to get when he is selected as a family.

Such a good thing, how can the bankers not strive for it.

didn't break the bloodstream, it was already considered restraint.

Li Chuan couldn't persuade the enthusiastic banker, so he regretted coming here a little, and quickly pulled away and left.

Jiangyin is close to the Yangtze River, and one mile away is the estuary.

Li Chuan did not return to Zhuangzi, but went to the riverside.

The Yangtze River here is very fast, not suitable for fishing, and few people usually come here. Compared with hundreds of years later, the Yangtze River now has a bit more primitive style, standing on the shore and looking at the river flowing, it seems that the heart is much more open-minded.

No one was worried, and Li Chuan was just thinking carefully about the road to be taken in the future.

Recruiting family members is not a trivial matter, and it should not be neglected.

The newly recruited family members are farmers, they don't have much combat effectiveness, and there is still a big gap between them and his expectations, but expanding the scope of recruitment, and the loyalty of the family members cannot be guaranteed, which is really a bit nerve-wracking.

After thinking about it for a while, when he was about to go back, he saw a woman running over not far away.

"Little Sister Su?"

Li Chuan glanced at it and was immediately stunned.

Su Xiaomei cried while running, it seemed that she didn't want to live anymore, and was about to jump into the river.

A few maids and mothers-in-law chased behind, shouting while chasing.

"Don't want to live anymore?"

Li Chuan was a little confused and couldn't figure out the situation.

When he was stunned, Su Xiaomei had already run ten meters in front of him and jumped down.

"Hold the Grass ......"

Li Chuan was startled and completely stunned.

After being stunned for ten seconds, he was so fierce that he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly rushed over and jumped down.

At this time, his first reaction was to save people.

And why Su Xiaomei jumped into the river, she didn't have time to think about it at all.

As for the men and women who can't tell or receive anything, they can't take care of it.

The river bank here is not high, less than two meters, but the river is not shallow.

Ladies from large families are really rare who can swim.

After Su Xiaomei jumped down, she sank directly.

And the water flow here is too fast, after Li Chuan jumped down, Su Xiaomei had already been washed out of seven or eight meters.

At this time, he was most fortunate to learn to swim when he was in college.

If it weren't for that, just jump down like this, and it is estimated that I would have to make a pair of mandarin ducks with Su Xiaomei.

But even Shunyou, with his half-tone level, was washed out by the water for more than thirty meters before catching up with Su Xiaomei. At this time, Su Xiaomei was already choked by the water, and he could only drag Su Xiaomei to swim ashore.

However, there are no shoals nearby, so even if you swim to the shore, you can't get up.

It's no problem for him to be alone, but there is nothing Su Xiaomei can do with the mud.

Li Chuan looked left and right, and could only swim upstream, swim to a shore as high as one meter, grab a ball of aquatic grass, barely stabilize his body, and wait for the maid servants chased by the Su family to come to rescue.

Sukong's maid and servant quickly ran over and pulled the two of them up with all hands and feet.

"Miss, wake up, Miss......"

Several maids and servants surrounded Su Xiaomei, and the six gods were in a hurry.

Li Chuan sat on the ground wet, panting and wiping the water on his face.

The experienced mother-in-law pressed Su Xiaomei's stomach hard, and Su Xiaomei quickly vomited a few scoops of river water and woke up.

"Let Me Die......"

Su Xiaomei cried so much, completely abandoned her strong coat, and her weakness made people sympathize.

Li Chuan shook his head, dragged his tired body to get up, and went back to the village wet.

Today's fact is too sudden, and the suddenness makes him a little confused.

When he returned to Zhuangzi, he sent Li Changyue to inquire why Su Xiaomei jumped into the river.

Li Changyue soon heard the news and came back to report: "Su Xiaomei and the descendants of the Sun family have a marriage contract, I heard that Sun Jikai passed the examination last year, and next year he will enter Beijing to catch the exam, and he is expected to be admitted to the Jinshi, and he feels that Su Xiaomei is hurting her dignity by showing her head outside, and she came to withdraw from the marriage today, Su Xiaomei was humiliated, so she jumped into the river and committed suicide, and the Su family was in a mess. ”

"Is there such a thing?"

Li Chuan's face twitched: "If you retreat, you will retreat, the ancestors all said that the wife of the chaff should not be abandoned, then Su Jikai dislikes his fiancée after taking the exam, and it is not a thing, just find a good man, why do you want to jump into the river." ”

Li Changyue sighed and said, "Young Master, a woman's reputation is greater than her life. ”

Li Chuan was stunned and sighed.

Although feudal etiquette has all kinds of drawbacks, it also has its positive side. Not to mention anything else, women in this era regard chastity and reputation as more important than life, for large families, a woman who has not been out of the cabinet is divorced, and I don't know how much pressure she has to bear, how much white eyes and contempt she has suffered, maybe jumping into the river is also a good choice.

But for Su Xiaomei, it was a little too cruel.

Li Chuan couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic to that girl, this is life is thinner than paper!

Li Changyue's face was a little strange, and he couldn't help but say, "Young Master, I heard that the people of the Su family said that you saved Su Xiaomei?" ”

Li Chuan nodded: "I was by the river at the time, and Su Xiaomei jumped right under my nose." ”

Li Changyue's face became even more weird, how could this matter feel like this, bloody.

It's just that these things are not for you to worry about.

Li Changyue shook his head and went to work on recruiting family members.