The next day, before noon, Chen Ming had just returned from visiting the prison with Ren Meng, Zhang Chi and other five people, and sent someone to hire a carriage to send them back to their respective homes, when he heard Lao Liu say that Chen Gang had arrived.

When Chen Ming entered the main hall, he saw a cheap big brother with a hesitant and helpless face. "It's useless to be a scholar!"

"Big brother." Chen Ming slandered Chen Gang in his heart, but he shouted affectionately on his face.

"Brother Ming, how is your father? Did you suffer in prison? "Chen Gang, don't call him a waste, at least this person has feelings. If the anxiety on Chen Gang's face and the endless pain in his eyes in front of him were fake, Chen Ming also admitted it. This is more Oscar-winning acting than the Oscar!

"My brother is a showman, and he is older than his younger brother, and in the future, he will bother his brother to deal with the government."

Chen Ming threw a good pot, and Chen Gang didn't want to deal with the government in his heart, but he had to respond. Don't you come forward and ask a brother who is sixteen or seventeen years old and has no merit to come forward?

"Uncle Nan, how much cash is left in the family's account? Has anyone ever asked about those three properties? ”

"Young master, there are still three thousand seven hundred taels of cash in our family's account. No one has asked about those three properties yet, but they are coming soon. Chen Nan opened his mouth and replied. The Chen family had 43,400 taels of silver in the city, and 500 taels were given to Chang Rui, and some were given to the county government and prison, and some more were given to Ren Meng, Zhang Chi and other five people's homes, and now there are more than 3,700 taels left.

"My brother can take it if he wants. If it's not enough, the younger brother will raise it again. Chen Ming completely shook the pot, but others would not leave the county immediately, he had to wait for Chen Erbao, Chen Erbao who went to Xiang County before. Since the completion of the iron village, the Chen family's iron production has risen rapidly, and now the monthly steel output has exceeded 600,000 catties, more than half of the peak monthly output of 400,000 catties in the first half of the year, and the output of crucible steel has also exceeded 20,000 catties. So much iron has brought a lot of profits to the Chen family, and it has also greatly increased the amount of military labor of the Chen family guarded by Chen Erbao. Of course, Chen Erbao and they are busy with happiness and harvest, and every time these people go to the goods, they get the silver in vain.

Although the Chen family has organized a 200-person mine protection team in the deep mountains, and the three villages also have armed teams, they have the highest quality, the highest loyalty [the density of the Chen family's children], the most daring to fight, and the most ruthless people, or Chen Erbao and them. Now the number of Chen Erbao's armed force has expanded to 120 people. 50% of them are the children of the Chen family or Tumenji, and the rest are mountain people recruited from the surrounding mountains, and they are also masters with strong personalities.

As long as those people entered the team, they took the family to Tumenji, and the reliability was greatly guaranteed. What's more, because of the tasks they are engaged in, this unit is extremely disciplined and organized, which is why Chen Ming values Chen Erbao the most.

Tomorrow, at the latest, tomorrow afternoon, Chen Erbao will rush to Beiguan, the county seat, and Chen Ming will send someone to wait for him there, not let him enter the city, and follow him all the way back to Tumenji.

Chen Gang freshened up and dressed up, handed a post to Chang Rui in the afternoon, and then met with the teachings, and invited many classmates from the county school to gather at Songheju, the best restaurant in Lushan County, in the evening. This is a set of fixed processes when showing talents in this era, handing posts, visiting school officials, and contacting classmates and friends.

In the afternoon, his uncle Gao Pengqi, who was far away in Luyang Pass, also rushed to the county seat.

"Uncle." Chen Ming looked at Gao Pengqi and felt very complicated in his heart, if the Chen family fell into the grass, the Gao family would give them a miserable pit.

The errand of Luyang Guan, which is a key place, Gao Pengqi is decided. The entire Gao family has to shed a layer of skin because of this, and even hurt their muscles and bones.

Gao Peng didn't say anything else, and went straight to the point. Chen Ming recounted what he knew and the process of visiting the county government, and Gao Pengqi's already flat face turned blue all of a sudden.

"Chang Rui doesn't plan to let your family go. He is going to completely squeeze the Chen family dry, and he has a vicious heart. Gao Peng scolded loudly, Chen Hui has done his best to 'open up the situation' for Chang Rui in the past two months, and he has made great contributions to Chang Rui's foundation in Lushan now. This Chang Rui turned his head and aimed the knife at the Chen family! Gao Pengqi can be regarded as well-informed, but he has never seen someone as ruthless as Changrui.

"Uncle, in my opinion, Chang Rui, the dog official, is afraid that as soon as he arrives in Lushan, he will have already made a plan to eradicate my Chen family. Who is Li Tianhe? Uncle doesn't know? Without Li Zhou's backing, he would never have been involved. Since he has mixed in, it is Li Zhoutong who has mixed in. If you don't strip my Chen family and squeeze it clean, how can you satisfy the appetite of Chang Rui and Li Zhoutong! ”

Chen Ming didn't plan to tell Gao Pengqi about his plan to fall into the grass. This is not only out of secrecy, but also because it is impossible for the Gao family to follow the Chen family into the mountain.

Don't look at the Gao family only entrenched in Luyang Pass, then Luyang Pass is the only official road connecting the Nanyang Basin and the hinterland of the Central Plains. The location of the inspection of Luyang Pass is fat, and the Gao family went through the road of Zhizhou back then, so they exhausted their family wealth to find this fat shortage. Nazhizhou has left Ruzhou for many years, and the Gao family has not cut off contact with him, and a filial piety is sent every New Year's holiday.

It is also in line with the face of Nazhizhou - people are still in the officialdom, although they are far away in Guangdong - plus Gao Pengqi will be a man, the filial piety that should be respected, and the profit that should be shared, the Gao family can always hold this feng shui treasure land, and in addition to being dry and clean in a year, how can three or four thousand taels of silver fall into the pocket. This silver is pure 'profit', and the income of the Gao family is not weaker than that of the Chen family before Chen Ming's crossing.

And the income of the Chen family was obtained by Chen Hui by relying on the errands of the county government and more than 1,000 acres of land, as well as the profit sharing of the entire Chen family's industry.

Gao Pengqi drank two sips of water at Chen's house, clapped his hands and went out to pull a relationship. Chen Ming sent him out and said that as long as it was a matter of money, let him not be polite, just come to the house to get it. Gao Peng waved his hand and walked quickly onto the carriage.

Chen Ming looked at the carriage in the distance and secretly regretted that the relationship between the Gao family could only lead to the former Lord Zhizhou. This adult is now the prefect of Zhaoqing, Guangzhou, but he has been away from Henan officialdom for many years, and people have gone to tea and cool, and this influence is already unbearable, and it can only be said that there are still some relationships left. And the other officials, for the sake of his rise and a future, there is no difficulty for Gao Peng to raise this old man, which is already very face-saving. If the Gao family really works, they still have to smash those relationships with gold and silver, but this kind of way is not the Chen family on the surface.

Now standing opposite the Chen family are Chang Rui and Li Zhao, the former is the county governor, and the latter is the same state, so if you want to suppress them, they are at least the governor, right?

However, Wang Jun, the governor of Ruzhou, is a well-known good man, confused state officials, and believes in the concept of 'more things are better than less things' as an official, you just put the relationship in front of him, let him make trouble with the state and the county magistrate for a mere warden, how much money does it take?

Uncle's path is destined to be of little use.