The Cai family is a Fujian surname, there are many Dingkou, it can be described as luxuriant, and there are not a few merchants of the Cai family in Quanzhou City, but the well-known Cai old lady is only Cai Chang and Cai Lao Ye in the Cai family compound opposite Chongfu Temple.

Cai Changhe's father is just a partial branch of the Cai family, and when he is down, he walks the streets and alleys to sell groceries, and earns a little money every day that is not enough for the whole family to fill their stomachs. When Cai Changhe took over his father's groceries, he also took over the foreign debt of fifteen taels.

In three years, a boy who was less than 15 years old not only paid off his foreign debts, but also bought three shops on the street and became a well-known businessman. According to ordinary people, as long as Cai Changhe works hard and accumulates tens of thousands of family fortunes, there is no problem at all.

But unexpectedly, not long after, Cai Changhe announced that he would redeem the shop and went to a private school to study with a group of teenage children.

Facts have proved that if you can do a good job in business, you may not be able to do a good job in eight shares, Cai Changhe has taken the exam three times in a row, and he has not passed the two county exams. Just when everyone was laughing at Cai Changhe's inadequacy, news suddenly came out that he had donated a prisoner and had the qualifications to be an official.

Then he went to Jiangxi to be a county magistrate, and since he entered the officialdom, Cai Changhe has been like a fish in water. Although he is only a prisoner, it is impossible to make great progress, but he is good at dancing with long sleeves, and he is meticulous regardless of his official position.

In the decades since Cai Changhe became an official, the Cai family's business is like blowing up a balloon, inflating wildly. As long as they make money, they can get a kick in it.

Especially twenty years ago, Cai Changhe moved himself to the City Ship Division of Yuegang and became the deputy lifter, that is, the second in command of the City Ship Division.

Don't look at it as the second-in-command, usually the promotion of the city department is promoted by the inspector or the salt department, that is to say, the daily affairs of the city department have fallen into the hands of Cai Changhe, and he, the second-in-command, does not need to have a term limit like the first leader, and he will sit for twenty years.

During this period. The Cai family's business has swelled more than a hundredfold, with a large number of fleets at sea, and a large number of helpers and thugs under him, as if they were a hegemon in Quanzhou.

People say that Master Cai doesn't know how much money he has in his hands, how many people he has, and how many ships there are at sea!

Cai Changhe has been beautiful all his life and enjoyed it all his life, but now he is old and decrepit, sitting on the Taishi chair of Rosewood, thin and only a skeleton remains. The two old eyes were cloudy, and the big hands covered with age spots were shaking.

The children and grandchildren of the Cai family filled two large rows, and seeing the old man like this, tears welled up one by one, howling and crying bitterly.

"Don't be in a hurry to mourn, I'm not dead yet!"

Cai Changhe paused for the crutches in his hand, and everyone reflexively quieted down, looking at the old man in unison. Perhaps only with the wisdom and experience of the old man for more than 70 years can the Cai family come back to life. Get out of the deadlock in front of you!

After waiting for a long time, just when everyone suspected that the old man had stopped breathing, Cai Changhe sighed.

"Well, there is a saying. Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, don't be a horse and a cow for your children and grandchildren! I'm a bad old man, the loess doesn't reach my neck, why don't you let me worry! ”

"Daddy (Grandpa). The son (grandson) is not filial, please punish him! ”

"It's useful to punish you, I'll have killed you a long time ago!"

The eldest son, Cai Zhong, and several younger brothers were blushing. He got up from the ground and listened respectfully to the old man's reprimand.

"The Cai family was robbed, and it was still a catastrophe of life and death. But the Cai family won't fall lightly, let me ask you, do you know where you lost? ”

"This ......" Cai Zhong bowed down and said: "Father, my son thinks that we should not assassinate Zhang Ke, let alone provoke Zhang Ke's subordinates to fight with the imperial court, which has attracted revenge!" ”

Cai Changhe squinted his eyes, looked at his son, and sneered contemptuously.

"Cai Zhong, just rely on your knowledge, after the old man dies, you can give up the place where the Cai family lives!"

Cai Changhe's fluttering words fell on the ears of many children and grandchildren, no less than a thunderbolt, Cai Zhong was even more scorched on the outside and tender on the inside, and his bones were crispy and numb.

"Listen, the Cai family has survived all these years, and its power has become bigger and bigger, relying only on two words: big things! Whoever is powerful will cooperate with whomever he wants. To put it bluntly, it's to be a dog! Dogs and dogs are different, isn't there a saying called the seven officials in front of the prime minister? When the old man started his business, he was trembling, and when he slept every day, he thought about himself in the first half of the night, and thought about others in the second half of the night, whether he had offended anyone who should not be offended! ”

"The old man handed over the family business to you, but you are good, you feel that your wings are hard, don't be afraid, just find someone who can't be offended! This is not enough, and he also ran to encourage people to fight, wanting to reap the benefits of the fisherman! You deserve it, don't look in the mirror! ”

Cai Changhe scolded his children and grandchildren for being bloody, but no one present dared to refute it! It is indeed said that they hit the point, they are so arrogant, so arrogant that they forget who they are!

"Dad, you're always right, but what should I do now?"

"What else can I do? Honestly confess your guilt, take out all your family property, hand over all the overseas fleets, so many pirate thugs, and if it's not enough, send my old life too! ”

"Dad, how can your sons make you guilty!"

"Hmph, what did you do earlier! Alas, don't worry, in fact, there is still a glimmer of life in our family, I think what Zhang Ke has done is far beyond the duty of a minister. In a word, he wants to change the dynasty, and a family like ours is his best help. He can let go of eleven families, and he can let us go......"

The old man was imparting a lifetime of wisdom, when suddenly there was a chaotic noise outside. The butler ran in with sweat on his forehead.

"Master, it's a big deal, the Yizhou soldiers have surrounded our house!"

When Cai Zhong and the others heard this, they all changed color and trembled. The old man smacked his crutches and scolded angrily: "What's the panic, the sky is falling, there is an old man on top, go, open the door of the house!" ”

Before the family went to open the door, they heard a loud bang, and the mahogany gate of the Cai family was blown up, and the Yizhou soldiers rushed out of the smoke and entered the gate of the Cai family.

Chu Haitian took the lead and rushed to the front. Since Zhang Ke's assassination, everyone felt that the matter was strict, and the 3,000 troops led by Chu Haitian were the first batch of reinforcements, and then more men and horses were transferred to Jiangnan.

This time, he acted as a pioneer and entered the Cai family compound.

"Brothers, arrest all those who are panting, confiscate all the valuable, and find out all those with words!"

Chu Haitian was born as a beggar, and he has two hobbies, one is fighting, because fighting can rise step by step and get rid of the fate of despicability. Then there is the raiding of the house, watching those high-ranking officials and eunuchs become nothing, and they are comfortable from the heart outward.

Comparatively, he prefers the latter.

What kind of officers you have, what kind of soldiers you can bring.

The people under his command were full of banditry and rushed into the Cai family's compound. The Cai family raised a large number of domestic thugs, and also harbored many Jiangyang thieves. When these people saw the officers and soldiers killing, although the Cai family strictly forbade them to do it, they didn't want to be tied up, so they picked up their weapons to resist, and they wanted to escape.

But where they were the opponents of the Yizhou soldiers, they only heard the sound of gunfire, and they were beaten into a sieve one by one. Blood splattered, painted carved beams, and the exquisite mansion became a Shura slaughterhouse in the blink of an eye.

You're welcome, all the living people were grabbed and tied into strings of grasshoppers with ropes! Pulled to the front yard and stood in a dense turn.

The old and weak women and children hugged each other and wept bitterly, and all the children and grandchildren of the Cai family trembled and sweated. Only Cai Changhe stood in the middle of everyone, trying to straighten his waist, and there was no expression on his face.

"Hehe, you are Cai Changhe, Old Lady Cai, right?"

"It's the little old man."

"What do you think of the raid on your house?"

"Okay, great!"

"Hahaha, this is fresh, don't you feel sorry for your children and grandchildren?"

"Alas, you will pay back your own iniquity! If they offend the grandfather of the country, they should be cut with a thousand cuts, and the old man, as the patriarch, is more willing to pay for an old life to the grandfather of the country, and please let the adults be able to fulfill it! ”

Chu Haitian looked the old man up and down, facing the house, he could be so calm, whether he was sincere or not, this old man was extraordinary!

"Hehe, Old Man Cai, what a noble status Grandpa Guo has, even if he kills everyone in your Cai family, it is not worth a little finger of Grandpa Guo. Now Grandpa Guo is still in a coma on the hospital bed, and the sins of your family are monstrous, and it is difficult to write about them! Don't think that pretending to be obedient will spare you! ”

"That's great!" Cai Changhe said with a smile: "We know that we are guilty of a lot of sin, and we will not redeem our death, no matter how we deal with it, we will not have the slightest complaint." It's just that the old man thinks it's easy to cut off the head, but it's hard to tie it back! Grandpa Guo is a person who does great things, our Cai family doesn't dare to say anything else, there are thousands of sailors alone. Several of my sons and grandchildren are also proficient in the Xiyi language, and Grandpa Guo founded the City Ship Division, which is in need of talents. Our Cai family is willing to contribute all their property, and from now on, we will only serve as the slaves of the grandfather of the country. ”

Saying that, Cai Changhe took the lead and knelt on the ground, and the clansmen behind him were all stupid, they could only follow the old man and kneel down a large piece of black pressure!

"Killing us, but for a while, wouldn't it be better if we were left behind, and used as cattle and horses for Grandpa Guo, and paid for our sins? When the time comes, the magnanimity and benevolence of the grandfather of the country will spread all over Fujian and Fujian, and he will definitely obey the orders of the grandfather of the country, so why worry about the big thing! ”

Listening to the old man's words, Chu Haitian was silent for a long time, squatted on the ground on one leg, and said with a smile: "Old man, your words really moved me, if I would keep you!" ”

"Ah, that's what you agree with......

"Hahaha! Sue you one thing, Grandpa Guo has set an iron law, as long as you collude with outsiders, whether it is a slave or a widow, eat inside and out, go crazy, and harm your own compatriots, you will be killed! ”

Chu Haitian waved his hand as he spoke, and the soldiers on both sides raised their firearms and aimed them at the Cai family present. Suddenly, Cai Changhe spun around and almost fainted.

But he suddenly found that Chu Haitian was gone and returned, and the old man seemed to grasp the life-saving straw.

"Have you changed your mind, sir?"

"Hehehe, let me remind you, your family's two boats have been arrested, and none of them have escaped!"

Wow!

A mouthful of blood spurted out, and Cai Changhe lay down straight. (To be continued......)