Chai Qingguo vomited a lot of bitterness, and also gave Chen Ke a lot of new ideas. After Chai Qingguo left, Chen Ke was thinking about countermeasures, but he heard someone calling him. Turning his head to look, he saw Hu Xingzhi walking over quite freely. Looking at the meeting room, there was an obvious temporary adjournment for everyone to rest. The landlords either sat in their seats in the house, or went to the toilet, or came out in small groups and talked in low voices.

Chen Ke smiled: "I'm thinking about our insurance group." Mr. Hu, can you get used to living in this barracks? ”

The first-class security at the door is no joke, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without a pass, the purpose is to ensure safety. If there is a robbery of the camp, then the insurance group will really be finished. Moreover, the landlords' heads of families were controlled, and the landlords' families were leaderless, and they didn't dare to really do anything out of the ordinary.

"The guest is as he pleases, and I will live as I am. And I didn't expect the barracks of the insurance regiment to be so quiet and tidy. When this meeting is over, I want to stay a few more days. Hu Xingzhi also smiled.

Chen Ke naturally didn't care about this kind of scene, he just smiled and didn't pick up.

Hu Xingzhi saw that Chen Ke didn't answer, he smiled slightly, and then said: "Mr. Chen doesn't seem to believe it, I am a few years older, and I have seen many people. I have only seen Mr. Chen Ke who can manage tens of thousands of people in an orderly manner. If you don't know, just look at the county like this, then this is the day of peace. How can I know that the flood has just passed? So I really want to get along with Mr. Chen. ”

If this kind of overture was in the past, Chen Ke was afraid that he would really believe it, but now he can't fool Chen Ke, he also smiled: "After the flood, everyone can't help themselves. Whoever carries us can't resist God. In order to survive, we can't help it. ”

Hu Xingzhi didn't care about the toughness implied in Chen Ke's words at all, he said very seriously: "When you die during the flood, you die, but in fact, you are happy." The most uncomfortable thing is that after the flood, there is nothing to be harvested this year, and it is very difficult to survive until next year. Mr. Chen led the insurance group and dared to lead the people to make a living, which I admire for this courage. I'd love to help. ”

This is still a scene, and the landlords have reached a consensus on the temporary use of land by the insurance group, and they admit it. However, it is very stubborn about how long to "borrow land". Shang Yuan asked for a two-year loan, but of course the landlords were unwilling. They demanded that the land be returned after the harvest was completed. The People's Party has no intention of returning the land at all, and the two sides are entangled in this issue. Chen Ke felt that Hu Xingzhi came over to talk to him in private.

Hu Xingzhi knew Chen Ke's thoughts, and he smiled: "To pull up such a big scene, Mr. Chen naturally doesn't want to seize our land." Not to mention the flood, with Mr. Chen's ability, it is during the peaceful years, and there is no problem for us landlords to pay the monthly tribute to the insurance group. We can't fight you. I'm just surprised that Mr. Chen spent a lot of effort to bring so many people to do such a big thing. There is already chaos in this world, if Mr. Chen wants to cut the land as the king, I don't look like it. I just want to know what exactly Mr. Chen is for? ”

Hu Xingzhi's words made Chen Ke feel that this landlord still had some ideas, and other landlords were just trying to keep their land, so this Hu Xingzhi could ask this question. Now Chen Ke definitely can't tell Hu Xingzhi, "I want to rebel." He smiled and said, "Mr. Hu, do you want to protect the territory and the people?" People have to do something to accumulate virtue in this life. When I go to Fengtai County, I have to do it too. ”

Hu Xingzhi saw that Chen Ke never had the idea of telling the truth to himself, he pursed his lips and made up his mind, "Mr. Chen, you said that borrowing land, in my opinion, this borrowed land is Liu Bei's borrowing of Jingzhou." If I had lent it out, I would have known it wouldn't be so easy to get back. The meat that eats into the mouth is not the knife holder neck who is willing to spit it out. But I don't think Mr. Chen's strength is the kind of greedy person, and the insurance group's reputation in our Fengtai County is not bad. Fei is so big to grab land, I actually don't believe it. Moreover, there are not many hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Fengtai County. If the insurance group swallows it in one gulp, it can't eat it. What do you say, Mr. Chen? ”

Chen Ke smiled after hearing this, but did not answer.

Hu Xingzhi saw that Chen Ke didn't mean to deny, so he continued, "If the insurance group wants to forcibly seize my family's land, unless my whole family dies, I will definitely fight Mr. Chen to the end." However, if Mr. Chen can convince me, my family's 1,000 acres of land will be taken out. is so capable at a young age, Mr. Chen doesn't have to worry about anything, whether it's war or peace, let's just make it clear directly. If Mr. Chen is reasonable, we might as well cooperate sincerely. What's the point of always being so double-faced. ”

In other words, Hu Xingzhi's meaning of taking refuge is already very obvious. Based on Chen Ke's experience, this Hu landlord is either insidious and cunning, or he can really afford to let it go, although it is not certain which side this Hu landlord will stand on in the end. But Chen Ke knew that Hu Xingzhi was not a character that could be easily dealt with. Zhang Youliang's family and the people who depended on him were now only being supervised, and in order to reassure the landlords attending the meeting, Chen Ke had already made this matter clear. Hu Xingzhi didn't know that Chen Ke was unwilling to kill people easily, so he had to find out?

However, Hu Xingzhi's question was very good, he saw that Chen Ke was struggling now and needed allies. So he threw out a statement that Chen Ke couldn't refuse. Even if he refuses now, he will have to talk about it in the future. And at that time, there was no possibility of mutual trust between the two sides. Since Hu Xingzhi expressed his friendliness first, Chen Ke really couldn't clap this hand aside. After thinking about it, Chen Ke had to say his future plans as Hu Xingzhi had expected.

Anyway, there is already a precedent for Zhang Youliang, and Chen Ke does not even hint at the threat.

"The insurance group will not go from the county. So we have to put the land in the county in order. And since it is sorted out, our county is located in the southwest corner of the Huainan Plain, with mountains, rivers and land, as long as the overall planning, it must be the rich side. According to the piecemeal farming like now, everyone must still be just as poor......"

Hu Xingzhi listened very carefully, nodding his head from time to time. After Chen Ke finished speaking. Hu Xingzhi was not excited, he asked: "Mr. Chen, the cultivator has said that he has his field for thousands of years, but he has not seen how long it can be implemented. According to Mr. Chen, more than ten years is okay. But after more than ten years, the number of household registrations has increased sharply, and the land in Fengtai County will not increase, and it will be like this when the time comes. Still no land to plant. ”

Hu Xingzhi was right, Chen Ke didn't mean to refute, he smiled: "Don't talk about the future, how many idlers are there in the county now?" That's a lot. If it is only a division of land, it will not solve the fundamental problem. There are many students who go abroad to study abroad in our insurance group, and there are many students who go to university in China. If the land division is successful, the people can rest assured, and our insurance group has credit, we will open factories and mines here. Of course, you have to train the troops, otherwise there will be many people peeping at such a piece of fat. This factory mine, as well as the insurance group, how many people can do things. The dolls can also go to school for free, and after learning something, how many serious things can be done. ”

"Hmm." Hu Xingzhi lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then continued to ask: "Not to mention that the landlords' land was taken away, this is already a big deal. If it is really as Mr. Chen said, the insurance group must be in charge of the county at that time. Mr. Chen said that there are international students and college students in the insurance group, and there are still a lot of them. Those are all talents, and there is absolutely no problem in governing such a small county. I just want to ask one thing, if what Mr. Chen hopes to come true, where does Mr. Chen want to put us at that time? That's how much we have been able to make ends meet for generations. First, I haven't read a book, and second, there are few people. Mr. Chen's subordinates are full of talents, and the people will follow Mr. Chen. Even if we temporarily mix the name of people's representatives, it is just a scene. It will be fortunate that you will not die in the future. Even if Mr. Chen is righteous and gives us the land money. We went underground, but we couldn't see our ancestors. ”

Hu Xingzhi's words are clear and righteous. Chen Ke didn't think there was anything wrong with this. A revolutionary is loyal first to his country, while landlords are loyal first to their own family. In this sense, Chen Ke feels that Hu Xingzhi can be regarded as a confidant. There is nothing wrong with either type of allegiance.

Chen Ke is very disgusted with the "jy" of the 21st century, or the five cents. If these people can say what is in their hearts, "I want to sell my votes for money, I want to get something for nothing, I want free benefits." Chen Ke's disgust was only afraid that it would not be so strong. But those people are obviously only loyal to themselves, Chen Ke feels that they are only afraid that they don't even have much loyalty to their own family, but these people talk about "out of love for China" and ask for so many "xx values", this kind of two-faced style makes Chen Ke extremely disgusted. The level and open-mindedness of these people in the 21st century are not a little worse than the landlords in front of them, and not a little worse than those landlords in the conference room.

So Chen Ke still wants to use reason to convince Hu Xingzhi, and in this era, he can meet a person who can "be reasonable", even if the positions are completely opposite, Chen Ke does not feel the slightest annoyance. Even some like it. A "confidant" does not have to be a friend, just like Jiang Guangtou, he is in a sense the "confidant" of Grandpa Mao and others. The bald head knows very well that the party's socialist policy is absolutely incompatible with the bald head's own policy, and it is incompatible. So from 27 onwards, the bald head has been planning to eliminate the party. And the bald head and his set of policies were indeed crushed by the party.

"I remember that Mr. Hu's family has scholars." Chen Ke said with a smile.

"The dog was just admitted to Xiucai, and now he is working on an errand in Anqing, the provincial capital."

"Since I am on an errand in the provincial capital, I naturally know a lot of news. I came back from studying abroad, and I studied there in Europe and the United States. I think Mr. Hu must know about the self-protection of the southeast. ”

"I've heard of it."

"Mr. Hu should have heard that the foreigners entered Beijing and signed a treaty, and China will pay the foreigners 450,000 taels of silver. is still the principal, and as for the interest, it must add up to tens of thousands of taels. The court itself eats and drinks from the people. Will they produce a copper coin themselves? The southeast self-protection just doesn't want to mix in this troubled water. But the foreigners took away 450 million taels of silver from China this time, do they want to get it next time? Just like our insurance group, if you set a monthly tribute to you, when do you say you will pay the head? We can only add money, not subtract money. Do you think that's the reason? ”

Hu Xingzhi looked at Chen Ke with a strange look, as if he was meeting Chen Ke for the first time, and as if some kind of doubt in his heart had finally been solved.

Chen Ke didn't care so much, he said with a smile: "If there are no foreigners outside, the world will not be chaotic." Mr. Hu sits on these lands and is an inevitable thing to be a gentry. Those of us who can go overseas to study and go to university can have a nourishing life at home, and if the world is peaceful, we will not be able to go to Fengtai County to make trouble. But Mr. Hu said that the chaos in the world has become a reality. I am an international student, and there are more international students in the insurance group, and there are more college students studying in Shanghai and Beijing. We've seen what foreigners do, and we know what foreigners want to do. We also know how wasteful he is at the court. The foreigners must come in, and the court will definitely not be able to resist it. Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet, we are those ducks in the water. We know. ”

When Hu Xingzhi heard this, his face, which was still quite good-looking, was already a little blue. And Chen Ke talked eloquently and smiled, as if he was happily telling some joke, and the two formed a stark contrast. Quite a few people have seen it. Naturally, the comrades of the insurance regiment did not come to disturb them, and some of the landlords wanted to come and see what was going on, but they were all driven back to the conference room. For a while, the conversation between the two became the focus of everyone's attention. Everyone had a more or less curious or nervous look on their faces. Although the break is over, Shang Yuan is not in a hurry to start a meeting. Hu Xingzhi has faintly become the core figure of the landlords in the past two days, if Chen Ke can convince Hu Xingzhi, then the other landlords will also give in.

Forcibly suppressing the idea of listening to it in the past, Shang Yuan sat on the main seat, and did not leave Chen Ke and Hu Xingzhi in the distance for a moment. I saw Chen Ke standing straight, although he occasionally waved his arms and had some other small movements, he looked so unrestrained and natural, and he was like the young man who always looked like he had a lot of things to do before. Although Hu Xingzhi had his hands behind his back, his waist was unconsciously arched, as if he was pressed by what Chen Ke said.

"Wenqing, work hard." Shang Yuan said silently in his heart.

"Then Mr. Chen is going to rebel?" Hu Xingzhi finally asked.

"Rebellion? Whose rebellion is it? Chen Ke asked rhetorically.

"Naturally, it is a rebellion against the imperial court." Hu Xingzhi said this sentence with some difficulty in breathing.

"Mr. Hu, I see that you speak elegantly and can get to the point. Certainly well-informed. Have you ever heard of anyone who rebelled for the sake of rebellion? None of those famous rogues is a place to die. Confucius said that a gentleman fears the destiny of heaven. I am also a believer in Confucianism, and if there is one in the mandate of heaven, I will not hesitate. If there is no destiny in it, I will not look at it. I don't have this plan to rebel, but I encountered the matter in Fengtai County, so I will take care of it to the end. I can tell you plainly, we don't want your land, but it must be taken out for us to use now. We will also guarantee that your title deeds will not be forfeited. As long as Shangyuan County Commander is here for a day, we won't want your land. But if you go to sue for it, you will definitely not win. I said that if the world is going to be chaotic, it will be a matter of three or four years. Shang Yuan finished this term, if there is no smoke in the world, then my own family also has thousands of acres of grain fields, and I will go back to my own house to farm. ”

This was said very generously, and Hu Xingzhi looked at Chen Ke with delay. Xindao: Why don't you do it at your house, why don't you do it at your house, you have to go to our Fengtai to do it, doesn't this make it clear that you are afraid of affecting your family. We don't have anything to do with you, so you are naturally not afraid.

Chen Ke knew Hu Xingzhi's thoughts, and he smiled: "You don't suffer either." How many people do you have to hire and how much does it cost to repair the water conservancy in Fengtai County? Our insurance group has taken all of them, and we don't ask you for money. Shang Yuan can't be a county magistrate here forever, and there are big officials in his court. Since Mr. Hu's son-in-law is on an errand in Anqing, just ask if you can't. Shang Yuan is in Fengtai County as a county magistrate, we can be unscrupulous, he is no longer in Fengtai County, we also have to roll up the cover roll and get out. The world is not chaotic, and the imperial court wants to clean up our insurance group, which is just a gesture. If the world is in chaos, Mr. Hu, do you think the court still has the strength to deal with us? ”

Hu Xingzhi has never seen Chen Ke and others, he has seen bandits, and he has seen officials, but he has really never seen someone who can mix the two in this way. Chen Kewei coerced and lured, and Hu Xingzhi felt that he was really unable to resist. He originally thought that Chen Ke was difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect Chen Ke to put aside his previous appearance and reveal his true face, which was so terrifying. But Chen Ke is still a reasonable person in Hu Xingzhi's heart. He boldly asked, "That's what Mr. Chen said, I still want to ask what Mr. Chen is trying to do before." ”

Chen Ke restrained his smile and replied, "Mr. Hu, I really respect you because you are loyal to your family. And my comrades and I are loyal to China. China is not the China of the imperial court, but the China of the people. The court can't save the people now, let's save it. The imperial court can't save China, we will save it. We're not trying to rebel, we're trying to save people. ”

Looking at Chen Ke's serious expression, Hu Xingzhi couldn't figure out whether Chen Ke was telling the truth or deceiving people. He also didn't know if Chen Ke was a saint or a madman.