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"Second Master Xu, Mr. Li, fortunately, fortunately!"

In broad daylight, on the south bank of the Yinma River, not far from the militia camp and Phoenix Terrace, the head of the Chen family, Chen Hui, Uncle Chen, met with Xu Pengqiu and Li Jiannan. One of the latter two is the second master of the Xu family, the largest household in Lushan County, and the general manager of the Lushan County People's League, and the other is the representative of the Sven scum in Lushan County.

People like Li Jiannan are embarrassed to come and go on weekdays, but this kind of person is familiar with the yamen and the heads of big households. When he saw Chen Hui, he smiled and said good things.

"Buying and selling?"

"Buy, sell!"

"How much iron can your Chen family smelt in a month?"

"The Chen family has 3,000 miners and blacksmiths in Funiu Mountain." Chen Hui said a number that made Xu Pengqiu stunned.

"Second Master Xu has heard of the private iron dens in Xiangxian County? To tell the truth, the iron there is a part of the Chen family. Chen Hui broke another piece of news that stunned Xu Pengqiu.

After returning to the campsite, Xu Pengqiu walked around in the tent, unable to settle down. The two news that Chen Hui broke out really made him unable to calm down.

"Second master, that mess in Xiangxian County is not something that can be tossed up with a small fight. The people behind the scenes took money and smashed it, and used people to settle the entire Xuzhou, and the energy can be imagined. Why didn't you see him reaching out to grab a handful of the Chen family? Li Jiannan pulled the goat nonsense. This matter of the Chen family, in the final analysis, is a county and a state that have the same intention of seeing wealth, which is of course a catastrophe for people with shallow roots. But for those big shots, it's just a matter of a sentence or two.

Chen Hui said that he can produce 100,000 catties of good iron a month, which accounts for two or three percent of the supply in Xiangxian. The importance of the Chen family to the people behind the scenes can be imagined, if what Chen Hui said is true, then why do the people behind the scenes turn a blind eye?

After seeing Chen Hui's accident, the Chen family's busy work in the past few days was running around like headless flies. It doesn't look like there's a big guy behind it.

And Xu Pengqiu and Li Jiannan both knew that the Xiangxian den was about to fall. There are already rumors and legends in the market in Xiangxian that new goods have not been delivered in Xiangxian for more than half a month. All that's been sold these days is reserves.

However, Xu Pengqiu and Li Jiannan still didn't hook the Xiangxian den with the Chen family, because that kind of financial resources were too incommensurate with the Chen family. Chen Hui's nonsense of '100,000 catties of good iron' and 'one of them' took deep root in the hearts of the two.

In the center of the camp, in Li Zhao's tent.

The official whispered the news of Xu Pengqiu's meeting with the Chen family to Li Zhao. Li Zhao didn't react. He can't even control the militia in Zhouchengshou County, what else can he do with Xu Pengqiu?

Will you partner with Chang Rui to get rid of the Xu family again? Let's not say that the weight of the Xu family is completely different from that of the Chen family, it is unknown whether Chang Rui dares to do this. This time, the Chen family broke the county government prison and broke the prison, Chang Rui jumped over the wall and escaped even after losing his wife, and almost put himself in. Li Tianhe, Huang Biao and others fell into the hands of the Chen family, although they broke their arms and legs, they could still leave a life, but no one dared to guarantee that Chang Rui, the culprit, would fall into the hands of the Chen family and save a life.

Experience teaches. Chang Rui has learned a lesson, the local rich and powerful are not good at stubble. As a layer of existence connecting the government and the people, they really exist is reasonable. There is a necessary reason, and there is the strength to survive.

In Lushan County, at least in Lushan County, Chang Rui will never dare to fan the flames again during his tenure.

Li Zhao was very depressed in his heart, but he endured this breath. Who doesn't hold his breath in this life? The emperor can't do everything well, right? All his worries now are pinned on the palindrome of Kaifeng Mansion, Li Zhao was bleeding five thousand taels of silver [Chang Rui gave him an IOU of two thousand taels of silver], and Wang Jun, the governor of Zhou, rushed out to Kaifeng Mansion and handed over an official document. Wang Jun and Wang Zhizhou's face is still bigger than that of Li Zhao's state, and he openly documents and secretly makes money, so what can be the result depends on the palindrome of the governor's yamen.

Although he was very confident in Asiha's discipline, Li Zhao firmly believed that the governor who was enough to buy five thousand taels of silver raised his noble hand, but if the matter was not implemented, he was really uneasy.

The Chen family, who returned to Phoenix Terrace, also broke the silence. Chen Ming didn't agree with Chen Hui's revelation of the Xiangxian den, which Chen Hui insisted. The result was not satisfactory, and Xu Pengqiu was obviously interested in the iron business. This made Chen Ming very smack-smacked the audacity of the local wealthy families of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Based on the perception of the strength of the Manchu Qing state in the early and middle Qianlong periods, Chen Ming's estimation of the government at this time has always been very strong. Moreover, the Chen family can make a fortune, and a soap household family can hold that big family business, which is also in line with his cognition. Why is the Xu family so bold?

Just because Xu Pengchun is a lifter? The Xu family is the largest gentry in Lushan County? It won't be that simple!

"Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial power has not gone to the countryside. Who is the biggest in the countryside? Patriarchal clan. A strong family, the government will not go too much trouble, on the contrary, many things the government still depends on the family to handle.

As long as it is not a major crime that cannot be covered, there is not less than a country family that was investigated and dealt with by the government when it was prosperous.

Our Chen family was handled by Chang Rui, not because Chang Rui didn't understand the rules, but because our Chen family was too weak. The earth gate set is too weak. How much grain tax can those mountain villages pay to the county in a year?

But the Xu family is different.

The Xu family's acres of land and industry are all on the edge of the county, and the annual payment of money and grain is more than that of the five Chen families. They were also the leaders of the entire Lushan gentry.

Therefore, there are some things that our Chen family can't do, but the Xu family can't care. Lushan County is the only one who can pave the way. ”

Chen Hui didn't care what his son felt in his heart, and continued: "We are stuck in Phoenix Terrace, if nothing else, the entire Tumenji will be our territory." But to become the second Qingtiaoling, it is not enough to have a piece of land, what we lack is Zhao Chuanjing's way. ”

"Identity determines that it is impossible for us to come forward to do business publicly, and the only thing we can use is the Xu family; As long as we can make the Xu family make money, the Xu family will also rely on us. ”

"One road is one road and one road is open, our family has iron materials in hand, as long as the iron ore in the mountains cannot be dug up, God will not be able to cut off the income of our Chen family." Without the constraints of the identity of a warden, Chen Hui has thought a lot these days. The perspective has changed, and some perceptions have changed. The Chen family became the second Qingtiaoling, and the road was very difficult, but they really couldn't find a way to live.

"If the Xu family is really interested, they will be able to pave the road this winter." Two bright lights appeared in Chen Hui's eyes.

Chen Ming was a step behind him, listening to Chen Hui's words in his ears, and his eyes looked at his back with a kind of glass-looking gaze. Chen Hui would never have imagined that all his son's mind was thinking about rebellion at this time.