Soon Xiao Fan waited for the second unlucky subordinate.

Rise, pounce, pounce, knock down......

With tears of humiliation and horror, the subordinate sobbed and told Xiao Fan everything he wanted to know.

The subordinate said a lot, but the preface did not match the afterword, and there was only one sentence to sum up: Chen Fu is in trouble today.

It's not a big problem.

The family of a businessman with a big business must not bury his head in business, but more importantly, he has a good relationship with the local government, moves with affection, and induces him to benefit, so that the business can be done for a long time and the business will be prosperous.

The Chen family is certainly no exception.

The reason why the Chen family has done such a big business in Jiangpu County is because they have a good relationship with the county magistrate and the officials below, but the biggest backer behind the Chen family is still Zhang Shide, the county leader of Jiangpu County, this backer Zhang County is not completely smashed out of the Chen family's silver, Chen Siliu is quite good at management, I don't know what method was used back then, and Zhang Xiancheng got into a relationship, and the relationship is still very iron, the official things, Zhang Xiancheng unconditionally supported the Chen family, because of this, Chen Jiacai became a wealthy businessman in Jiangpu County smoothly.

But it is impossible to rely on the backer for a lifetime, and Zhang Xiancheng cannot be a county official for a lifetime, people are old, and there is no hope of promotion, and he is an official under the nose of Emperor Hongwu, who hates corrupt officials the most in history, and he is greedy for money and does not dare to be greedy, and the people of fish and meat do not have the courage, the best choice is to return to his hometown. So Zhang County is a gentleman.

A few days ago, Ying Tianfu had approved Zhang Xiancheng's letter to Shishi, so Zhang Xiancheng loaded a few carriages with his family and the big and small things in the house, and then returned to his hometown in Changzhou Mansion without worry, and went to live in peace of mind.

The most iron-clad backer has stepped down, which is not a big trouble for the Chen family, after all, the Chen family has been working up and down for many years, and it will not have a great impact if a backer is gone.

Trouble is behind, Ying Tianfu quickly dispatched a new county Cheng, this new county Cheng surnamed Cao, yesterday just arrived in Jiangpu County, it is said that the Chen family is unlucky, Chen Siliu's only son, Xiao Fan's nominal brother-in-law Chen Ning yesterday said that in Jiangpu County's Jinyulou called friends to eat and drink, and another table of guests because of the competition for the only remaining Accord, and then the two sides quarreled, because the other party was wearing civilian clothes, Chen Ning, who was annoyed and angry, kicked others regardless of it, so Chen Ning got into trouble.

The person who was kicked was none other than Cao Yi, the county magistrate of Jiangpu County, who had just taken office.

Cao Yi felt very sad and angry, and he came to take office, and before his ass was hot, he was kicked by the son of a lowly merchant, which made him a dignified and eight-grade court official.

Cao Yi, as an official of the imperial court, of course can't fight with Chen Ning like a splash in front of the public, and the dignity of the official must still be maintained, so after being kicked, Cao Yi didn't say anything and returned to the official post alone.

After the results of the investigation came out and it was confirmed that the person who kicked him was Chen Siliu's only son Chen Ning, and the Chen family did not have a very strong backer in Jiangpu officialdom, Cao Yi sent someone to Chen's mansion today to spread the word: It is a big crime to beat the imperial court officials, but I, Cao Yi, will not arrest your only son, and second, I will not smash the door of your house, isn't your Chen family the richest man in Jiangpu? The richest man has done it, prepare to close the door, Lao Tzu wants your Chen family to go bankrupt.

Chen Siliu couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this rumor, and hurriedly called Chen Ning to inquire in detail, and finally knew the whole story, Chen Siliu panicked, and after slapping Chen Ning a few big mouths, he hurriedly prepared a few large envelopes of silver and expensive gifts, and took Chen Ning to the door of Cao Yi's bedroom in the official post and knelt down to plead guilty.

After kneeling for more than an hour, Cao Yi's door was closed, and he didn't pay attention to the Chen family's father and son at all, only let an old servant pass the word and quickly close all the shops of the Chen family in Jiangpu County, otherwise Cao Xiancheng would immediately clean up the shops in person.

Only then did the Chen family father and son realize that the situation was serious, and they returned home in despair, and began to rack their brains to think about countermeasures.

The lowly place of the merchant is here, if you have a good relationship with the court officials, then everything is easy to say, everyone will get rich together, but if the businessman offends the official, then it will be a big deal, the so-called "county order to break the family, the history of the assassination of the door", even if it is just a small county, he wants a lowly merchant to be wiped out is a matter of one sentence, unless you have a harder backer behind you.

After Zhang County told the old man, the Chen family did not have a harder backer at all.

The subordinate trembled and told him everything he knew, and then looked at Xiao Fan with teary eyes, hoping that this crazy uncle could let him go.

Xiao Fan waved his hand generously, and his subordinates staggered away in tears as if they had been pardoned.

Xiao Fan shook his head and sighed, he had been walking on the street all day, he couldn't imagine that in this short day, the Chen family would cause such a big trouble, if Chen Siliu couldn't come up with a solution to the crisis, the fall of the Chen family would probably be just that.

At the same time, Xiao Fan also felt a little, it turned out that in this era, money is not omnipotent, power is omnipotent. A fluttering word from the superior can make a rich man easily bankrupt and ...... power Sure enough, it's a good thing!

The Chen family is in crisis, it is not good news for Xiao Fan, whether he likes the Chen family or not, after all, before adequate preparation, Xiao Fan cannot leave the Chen Mansion at present, if the Chen family falls, Xiao Fan will not be better, at present, the Chen family is a loss to Xiao Fan.

So the Chen family can't fall! At least until Xiao Fan leaves the Chen Mansion to start his own business, it can't fall!

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly, the world is always so helpless, he doesn't like the Chen family in his heart, but at this moment he doesn't want the Chen family to fall, this is really a logical but tangled paradox.

I don't know if I have a way to get the Chen family out of trouble?

If he comes forward to solve the crisis of the Chen family this time, he must think that in the eyes of the Chen family, he will look up to himself a little bit, and his life in the Chen Mansion may be better than before.

And helping the Chen family this time can be regarded as repaying the Chen family for raising him for four years, and he will be able to be confident when he leaves in the future.

Xiao Fan secretly made a decision.

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The front hall of the Chen Mansion.

The light in the hall was dim, the two red candles flickered in the slight breeze, and on the mahogany Taishi chair, Chen Siliu looked gray, as if he had aged dozens of years in a flash, sitting quietly on the chair without saying a word, his fat body trembled slightly, like a fat duck cowering in the storm, his expression was pitiful and ridiculous.

The cold wind of winter poured into the front hall, and on the low-footed coffee table, the Jingde glazed tea cup inlaid with blue lace trembled slightly, Chen Siliu looked out of the front hall with blank eyes, unconsciously picked up the tea cup, and slowly took a sip of tea with a walking corpse-like movement.

In the past, it was said that the sweet and fragrant Longjing before the rain was extremely bitter when he drank it today, just like his current state of mind.

"Master, the butler is back!" A subordinate said outside the front hall.

Chen Siliu's expression perked: "Quick!" Call him in! ”

Steward Chen walked in with heavy steps and a panicked expression, and before Chen Siliu could ask, Steward Chen said in a trembling voice: "Master, things are not good." The villain added an extra 2,000 taels of silver to the gift list according to your instructions, and went to give it again, but the Cao County Cheng didn't even look at it, and tore up the gift list in front of the villain and threw it on the ground, and then told the villain to get out, he also said...... He also said......"

Chen Siliu asked with a pale face, "He...... What else did he say? ”

He said...... He suspects that our Chen family has been evading business taxes for many years, and he said that he wants to take Lord Xie, the chief secretary of the county government, as well as Liu Zhutou and a cadre, to check the accounts of our Chen family, if it is found that the Chen family has evaded business taxes, you will have to hand over you to the county government's history Master Li, and all the industries under the name of the Chen family...... Confiscated! ”

"Smack!" The tea cup in Chen Siliu's hand fell to the ground, making a crisp cracking sound.

Chen Siliu's face turned pale, sat back on the Taishi chair, and muttered, "The Chen family is ...... Rest! ”

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