Knight was forced to retreat to the sea, and the provincial city naturally fell into the hands of Chen Jiaming. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info was also the happiest that he was, on the day Knight evacuated, he openly entered the mansion with the Illuminati.

Without Knight, who was in the way, Chen Jiaming was even more presumptuous for a while. In order to have more money to recruit troops and buy foreign firearms, he was the first to kill the original rich businessmen in the provincial capital.

And the businessmen who were arrested in the prison were the first to bear the brunt, and dozens of notices have been issued. In the courtyard in front of the main hall of the mansion, there are several cases lined up, and nearly ten middle-aged men who look like bookkeepers are holding pens and preparing to collect money.

Every merchant who was arrested had to come and ransom him with a maximum of three million taels of silver and a minimum of one million taels, or else he would be arrested and sold to foreigners to be transported as slaves.

Today is the first day of collecting money, and the government is ready early. Chen Jiaming sat in it personally, with a cold expression on his face.

Today, the entire provincial capital is no longer under the control of the Qing Dynasty, and whoever has the big fist at this time will be justified. Chen Jiaming will start with some rich businessmen, in addition to deterring some people, he wants to take the opportunity to really grasp the power of the provincial capital.

You must know that the provincial capital is without the shackles of the Qing Dynasty, and only these rich businessmen are the most difficult. These people have many workers who work for them, and in such troubled times, as long as they are willing to spend money, there are many people who work for you.

If these wealthy businessmen join forces, it will inevitably bring a great threat to the Illuminati Sect, plus there are some people in the rivers and lakes who are hiding in the dark to make trouble.

Chen Jiaming felt that it was necessary to take out this threat first, his ambition was not just a single city, but he wanted to use the Bright Sect to swallow the already destroyed Qing Dynasty in one gulp.

The rich businessmen who received the news, as Chen Jiaming imagined, set up an association at the first time, and elected the most powerful and prestigious rich businessman, the old lady of the Li family, to come to discuss with Chen Jiaming.

When the gate of the government was opened, I saw a carriage that had been waiting here for a long time. An old man with white hair and no difficulty walking, trembling and supported by two subordinates, walked towards the gate of the mansion.

The old man is past the age of six, and he is also the patriarch of the most powerful wealthy merchant family in the provincial capital. Li Changjian is a scholar of the Qing Dynasty in the previous dynasty, in addition to a solid family background, there are also many protégés.

In the past, the prefect of this provincial capital also had to sell the old man's thin noodles, and he didn't dare to come and disturb his old man's house.

Although the provincial capital has changed, the old man has no choice but to go out of the mountain in person to deal with Chen Jiaming. I hope he can give the old man a face, and don't make enemies of these rich merchant families in the provincial capital.

The Ye family and the Tang family, the original reputation of these two families was only under the Li family, if the Ye family or the Tang family were in the provincial capital this time, naturally the two of them would come forward.

But the Ye and Tang families have already moved away from the provincial capital, and they will not be able to catch up for a while. Only then did Li Changjian drag the old body and come in person.

"Stop, what are you doing here?" A soldier on duty stepped forward to stop the old man who was heading towards the palace.

Li Changjian raised his head, stared at his still clear eyes, and the momentum of being an official in the court for many years exploded, pressing directly on the little guard in front of him, and when he opened his mouth, he let out a cold shout: "Bold!" ”

The guards were forced by Li Changjian's momentum, and they immediately withered, and the old man changed so quickly that the guards were shocked by him without warning. I didn't even dare to open my mouth for a while, and watched in a daze as the old man continued to step into the gate of the mansion with the support of the two subordinates.

After entering the gate, in front of the courtyard of the main hall of the mansion, Chen Jiaming had already seen the old man Li Changjian from afar.

Chen Jiaming is also a native of the provincial capital, and he has long heard of the hidden family of the Li family. He had also met Old Man Li a few times, and he obviously didn't expect Old Man Li to come in person.

Chen Jiaming immediately frowned, and then quickly put on a smiling face, laughing and greeted him: "Mr. Li suddenly visited, Chen Jiaming missed the welcome." ”

Li Changjian had already hidden all his momentum at the moment, and at this time, he was no different from an old man who might lose his breath at any time.

Li Changjian stared at a pair of cloudy eyes, looked Chen Jiaming up and down for a moment, and then sneered: "Who made a fucheng into a miasma, it turned out to be your Chen family boy." ”

The old man's tone of leaning on the old and selling the old suddenly made Chen Jiaming's face sink down. In the past, it may have been difficult for him Chen Jiaming to see this old man.

But now it is not the same as in the past, he Chen Jiaming is not the leader of the Bright Sect who could only survive in the dark before, but the upright leader of the state religion. With the prestige of the old man now, he will call Mr. Li for a little face, and if he doesn't give face, his old man is nothing.

Chen Jiaming turned his face and sneered: "Mr. Li's words are too ugly, this provincial city was originally taken by foreigners. The Qing court couldn't let the foreigners occupy it, and I, Chen Jiaming, took it back from it, and now I just levy a little food and salary from everyone, so as to prepare for resisting the attack of the foreigners, how can it become a miasma in your old man's mouth. ”

"It's a good guy to raise food and pay to resist the attack of the foreigners, if this is the case, why should the old man come to the palace to talk to you. Who in the provincial capital doesn't know that your Guangming Sect colluded with foreigners, seized the provincial capital, not to mention, and wantonly suppressed my Qing people. With a personality like yours, you can't even be called a hero. ”

"Presumptuous!"

Chen Jiaming saw that the old man's words became more and more ugly, and even interrupted with a cold drink: "I advise you that the old man should obediently return home to spend his old age, don't come to this troubled water, otherwise don't blame me Chen Jiaming for not giving you a warning in advance." ”

After a pause, Chen Jiaming pointed to the sky above his head, and said with a smile: "You know, the sky has changed now, and the world is no longer the emperor of the Qing Dynasty." If you still want to rely on the old and sell the old in front of me, then you don't have to, if you don't listen to it, you are just a dying old man in your heart. ”

"You ......"

Li Changjian never expected that this Chen Jiaming would be so arrogant that he wouldn't even give his old man's face at all. And when he faced such Chen Jiaming, he also felt deeply helpless.

"Someone, send off!"

Chen Jiaming didn't bother to fight with the old man Li Changjian anymore, because it was not necessary at all. In the past, the Li family was covered by the imperial court, and he Chen Jiaming didn't dare to do anything to it? And now? The Qing Dynasty is dead, and there is no need for him to be afraid of the old man.

Although the Li family still has a bit of a family background, Chen Jiaming, who has foreigners as his backer, doesn't take it seriously at all.