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The old lady returned to Tumen, and also brought back the eldest young master from the Chen family. The news immediately spread like the wind throughout the Tumen Market, and two days later, even the people of Xiaonangou took a picture of their faces in front of Chen Ming.

In the past two days, Chen Ming didn't make any easy moves, he just silently understood Tumen and looked at the Chen family carefully.

As a mountain valley bottom, the area of Tumen is not large, not to mention compared with Zhaoping Town and Qili River, it is the tile house and Shuangyin Temple on the east side of Tumen, and the area is not comparable to Tumen. The area of the entire Tumen market is only 3,000 acres, and after deducting a market, the good and bad fields are only 1,500 acres.

The reason why this place can slowly develop from a grass market to the current Tumenji is half of the credit to the Chen family. Xiaonangou is too remote, but Tumen is located on the bank of the Yinma River, from here along the Yinma River can be led all the way to Zhaoping Lake, directly connected with the official road. Moreover, as a tributary of the Zhaoping Lake-Shahe River system, the Yinma River also has countless tributaries, and they may only be said to be mountain streams, but where there is water, there are people.

Lushan County is divided into seven mountains, one water and two fields, and the vast mountain villages are mostly living near the water, because as long as there are streams, there are always mountain valley bottoms, and the impact of small plains is a piece of land. When the Chen family walked out of the mountains, Tumen, which was still just a village at that time, was their best choice.

It's too big for them to eat, because each village has its own power. The Chen family also has from weak to strong, the big fish eat the small fish, the small fish eat the dried shrimp, and if the small fish are not eaten by the big fish, then they will one day become a big fish by eating the dried shrimp.

The Chen family has been operating in Tumen for sixty or seventy years, and here, the Chen family is the master. The local villagers have long accepted the Chen family, which is all Chen Ming's ancestor and Chen Ming's cheap father, who used the taxes that should have been the imperial court to buy people's hearts for themselves. Several generations of the Chen family have been working as errands in the house, so it's not too simple to take care of Tumen.

With interests, there is a connection, and after sixty or seventy years, the two sides have long become a family. Therefore, the Chen family is the dominant family in Tumen and is the standard Tu overlord.

The original Chen Ming was too deeply influenced by Chen Hui, and his impression of Tumen only stayed in the very general concept of 'his own territory', and he did not know much about the detailed situation of Tumen.

Now it was different, after two days of observation, Chen Ming realized that the situation in Tumen was much better than he had originally thought. I'm afraid that if I make a cannon here, no one will report it to the government.

Tumen has a total of 2,000 people, and the chief is the Chen family, and the seniority is the same as Chen Ming's. There are three restaurants and restaurants in the market, all of which are opened by the Chen family, there are fifteen shops, and there are ten people surnamed Chen behind them, and the rest are to explore the roots, either the wife or the old lady, or the daughter-in-law, and the most important is the brother's family, all of whom are in-laws with the Chen family.

In addition, the private salt team in the hands of the Chen family has a number of fifty or sixty people, and Chen Erbao, who takes the lead, Chen Ming should call him the second uncle. But this number is only a standing number, if there is a big event, the entire Tumen, without going to Xiaonangou, can pull out another one or two hundred.

The entire 302 households in Tumen turned over the families and livelihoods of these people, or directly worked for the Chen family, selling salt and transporting iron; or directly work for the Chen family, shops, restaurants, kilns, iron shops, and mines all need people; Or the ancestors and themselves have received the favor of the Chen family, such as when they are in a hurry to use the money one day, or when they pay taxes, they are the Chen family who has solved the urgent need, which is a great kindness and saves a family; The last time is also related to the in-laws of the Chen family, in short, the entire Tumen, the eighteen or nineteen families can be involved with the Chen family. The foundation laid by the Chen family in the earth gate is really beyond Chen Ming's imagination.

In the past two days, Chen Ming has been thinking, if he hadn't crossed over, what would be the fate of the Chen family?

Today's Chen family, like those rising dynasties in history, is vigorous and blooming with dazzling light. If Chen Gang can win in one fell swoop this time, the Toad Palace will win next year, and the status of the Chen family will be able to rise to a higher level - breaking through Lushan and jumping directly to the level of the state capital. Then the Chen family will be able to continue to develop, and eventually expand their foundation from Tumen to the entire Lushan County, which will also reach the top. Unless the descendants of the Chen family can continue to take imperial examinations, so that the Chen family has become an official family, this is another level.

But if Chen Gang is not successful this year, will not be successful in the future, or is only promoted at the age of forty or fifty, then in Chen Ming's eyes, the Chen family's strength and power have reached its peak if the social pattern does not move. If it continues to develop, the umbrella on the official face will not be enough to protect itself from the wind and rain, and it is not difficult to know what the fate of the Chen family will be. Or just honestly don't move, according to Chen Ming's perception of his cheap father in the past few days, Chen Hui is likely to choose this way. That's a very self-aware person!

It's just that the thriving Chen family suddenly touched the ceiling, just like a mighty flood hitting the Three Gorges Dam all of a sudden, the consequence was not to destroy the dam, but to reverse the torrent, and the family began to think carefully. The vigorous upward momentum of the entire Chen clan came to an abrupt end at this moment. The next thing is inevitably decay all the way and decay all the way.

If the Chen family can still be outstanding in later generations, it should be able to continue the wealth of the Chen family, otherwise, it will not take a few generations for the Chen family to lose.

Just like those squad leaders and wardens in the third class and six rooms of the county government, the road of the Chen family is an old road that many families have already walked, but look at the current fate of those people who have come over like this?

The decaying Qian family, in its heyday, controlled the two fat flowing oil of the Cangda official and the ambassador of the river station, but now? Qian Lao Er still has a regular position in the Yamen, and Qian Lao can only follow the ass of the Yamen as a white servant.

And in Lushan County, such a prosperous tiger as the Qian family in a hundred years, I don't know how many families have been lost early. They have been prosperous for fifty or sixty years, and the short ones are only three or five years, or their children and grandchildren are not good, or they have hindered the eyes of the county lord, or they have been complacent and careless and have been calculated, and then they are too presumptuous and are regarded as fat pigs, and even some people themselves don't know how to lose power, and the old position is given to the newcomer.

In the era when the imperial power did not go to the countryside, in the era when the government was hereditary, it was not unusual for a sitting tiger like the Chen family to appear. The difference is only in strength and weakness, and there is no difference in the essence of good or bad reputation. Not to mention the whole of China, just one Henan Province, it is easy to find out dozens or hundreds.

"Second uncle!" Chen Ming behaved very respectfully in front of this middle-aged man in his thirties. His second uncle, Chen Cong.

The name does not match me very well, Chen Cong is more wooden, I don't know if it is because of his identity, or because he has a big mountain on his head from beginning to end, Chen Cong is a real honest duty, and he does his best to take care of the mine and porcelain kiln factory for the Chen family. Of course, Chen Hui didn't treat this second brother badly, he was more close to his mother in Tumen, and the second brother was waiting.

Chen Ming has no opinion on a life like Chen Cong, and there are too few people who are so honest and honest in the future generations. In the 21st century, when morality is degraded and everything is looking at money, if anyone is in charge and does not take some benefits from the public account, it is simply synonymous with inability.

Looking at Chen Cong's 35 years of life, except for the silent 'work', he did not cause the slightest trouble to Chen Hui and Chen Hui's Laozi. This may be the force of morality that has been passed down for thousands of years. The identity of the concubine and Chen Cong's experience made Chen Ming not know what to say.

He didn't think that Chen Cong was a 'loyal traitor', one thing in front of him and one thing behind his back, he didn't believe that his father couldn't see through this second uncle for decades!

If Chen Cong really had such a heart, Chen Ming could only say that he was really condescending to be born in the small nest of the Chen family.

If this is born in the royal family, then maybe he can become Zhao Kuangyi's second!

"Bone china ???" Chen Cong looked at the eldest nephew in front of him in confusion, he has been in the chief porcelain kiln for more than ten years, and he has never heard of bone china.

"Bone char, clay, feldspar and quartz...... high-temperature plain firing, low-temperature glaze firing......" Chen Cong looked at Chen Ming with straight eyes, he could be sure that he had never seen this kind of recipe and production technique, "Stone, where did you get this recipe?" The second uncle has been managing porcelain kiln things for many years, not to mention how proficient he is, and the world's porcelain is also heard of one or two, why is this unheard of? ”

Stone is Chen Ming's nickname, and the dog's egg, tree stump, and tiger head have the same meaning, to be tall, it is to compare with Cao Cao's Apu, Liu Chan's Adou. It was not easy for Chen Ming to come, and he was given a cheap name when he was a child, so that he could stand. The old lady said that she would make her grandson as strong as a stone.

Chen Ming is only 15 years old now, he is not an adult, he is still a child in Chen Cong's eyes. There are a lot of casual words, but this kind of casualness is not revealing intimacy.

"My nephew was picked up from a broken book, and I don't know if it will be true or not. The second uncle just asked people to give it a try, it won't cost a lot of money anyway. If it can be done, as said in the broken book, delicate and transparent, moist as jade, our family will be rich! ”

Chen Ming said, his eyes lit up, this was the first step in his plan. If this step is taken steadily, then he will have the right to speak, and he will get a lot of trust from Chen Cong, and in the future, when he goes to the earth kiln to make steel, the obstacles will be much smaller.

However, this look is in Chen Cong's eyes, and he is stunned when he sees money + whimsically. There was almost no silent consideration, and Chen Cong responded. As Chen Ming said, it won't cost a lot of money anyway. The small negligible effort and the huge benefits that may be received, even if the possibility is small, Chen Cong does not mind giving it a try. What's more, this is what his nephew, the future head of the Chen family, means.

Chen Cong didn't mean to hug Chen Gang's thighs at all, as long as there were people in the entire Chen family, there were few people who wanted to press Bao Chen Gang. Although Chen Gang was admitted to Xiucai at a young age, Chen Gang was not the head of the case, not only was he not the head of the case, he didn't even enter the top ten in the county. With such a ranking, if the knowledge does not advance by leaps and bounds, how easy is it to raise people in the examination?

You must know that there are nearly 100 counties like Lushan in Henan Province, and the number of people who have passed the township test in each subject is only 100. The proportion of people who passed the examination was smaller than that of the Jinshi, and 300 people were selected for each Jinshi. Moreover, the number of people participating in the imperial examination is not more than that of the people in a province who participate in the township examination.

Chen Gang's results do not give people confidence. Chen Ming has been staying in that home in the county for a long time, and under the influence of his father, he has always regarded it as a great possibility for Chen Gang to raise people in the examination, but he doesn't really know much about the thoughts of Tumen, the upper-level backbone of the Chen family.

Moreover, the Qing Dynasty has undergone the reform of Emperor Yongzheng, and the energy of lifting people has been greatly reduced.

The officials and gentry are one and the same as the errand and pay the grain, and the most different point between the Manchu finance and Zhu Ming's finance is here. Emperor Yongzheng's contribution to the Manchu Qing Dynasty was definitely not comparable to that of his precious son. Qianlong was in power for 64 years, and there were so many wars and disasters, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty could still have the cheekiness to praise it as a 'prosperous age', and the foundation was all laid by Yongzheng. In particular, the Sichuan-Chu White Lotus Rebellion at the turn of Qianjia caused the Manchus to fall to the peak, but such a big uprising, such a heavy blow, the Manchus were able to support it, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops before and after, and spending 200 million taels of military spending, such financial capacity is definitely not comparable to the previous Ming Dynasty. Qianlong has a good father. Otherwise, after hundreds of years of land annexation, the Sichuan-Chu White Lotus Sect uprising will be able to open the curtain to bury the Manchu Dynasty!

Therefore, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not as good as the Ming Dynasty, although it is still the master. But Chen Gang's confidence is too weak, and no one is optimistic that he will be able to win as expected, and then come to compete with Chen Ming for the power of the Chen family in the future!

Chen Gang, who is almost impossible to win, 90% of them may be a lifelong talent, why should he compete for the power of the Chen family with Chen Ming, who has the backing of the Gao family? If anyone bets on Chen Gang so early before getting off work, there is definitely a problem with his nerves!

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