In the blink of an eye, Zhou Chen had been in Youyu County for three days.

In these three days, Youyu County has undergone great changes.

Originally, there were 5,000 households in Youyulinwei, which guarded the Shenhekou Pass, and there was actually a thousand-household office, and a full 1,200 people were stationed in Youyu County.

Now there is no Tatar Wara Department to knock on the border, and the Ming Dynasty has not reported that it is about to go out of the customs with troops, so the military transfer of such a guard has made the entire Youyu County, and even the entire Datong territory have been alarmed.

It wasn't until the news that Tie Shaotang, the commander of the Right Yulin Guard, sent the imperial court to supervise the army and held the Tiger Talisman to control the entire Right Yulin Wei to the upper echelons of Datong Town, that all the soldiers under the command of Datong Town regained their calm.

Subsequently, the officials in the county government gradually learned the reason for the changes in Youyu County.

Most people's hearts are calm, but some people's expressions are becoming more and more panicked.

Among them, the two most obvious people are Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang, the heads of the Fan and Tian families among the eight major families of the Jin merchants.

The mansions of Fan and Tian are not far from Youyu County, and they are both in Datong Mansion in Shanxi.

Therefore, on the second day after Zhou Chen arrived in Youyu County, the two of them received the news that most of their own people in Youyu County were imprisoned in the county jail.

Immediately after, the invitations of Cheng Sutong and Wang Yan, the chief bookkeeper of Youyu County, also arrived in the Fan Tian family at the same time.

said that it was an invitation, but in fact, the attitude given by Su Tong and Wang Yan on behalf of Youyu County was very tough.

On the grounds that the personnel of the Fan and Tian families collided with the officials of the imperial court, they questioned the Fan and Tian families for their lack of governance, and asked the heads of the two families, Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang, to go to Youyu County to personally lead the people within three days.

At the beginning, Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang, two big businessmen, didn't take it seriously in their hearts at all.

The left and right are just slightly offended by a seven-grade magistrate, with the relationship between the two of them in Datong Mansion, it is just enough to ask someone to make peace, and there is no need for two of them, two of the eight major families of the Jin Shang Dynasty, to come forward in person.

Although the status of the merchant class is not very high in the Ming Dynasty, when the scale reaches the level of the eight major families of the Jin merchants, their connections are still not to be underestimated.

At the very least, a seven-grade magistrate still can't shake the commercial power of the scale of the eight major families of the Jin merchants.

However, Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang greatly underestimated the strength of Zhou Chen, the new magistrate of Youyu County.

No matter how the two of them go to the door and follow the relationship, the two of them are simply unable to settle the troubles suffered by the Fan Tian family in Youyu County.

At present, the officialdom situation in Datong Mansion is very delicate, the sudden transfer of Youyu Linwei and the active activity of Jinyiwei's secret agents are all led by Zhou Chen, the newly arrived magistrate of Youyu County.

Don't look at this magistrate on the surface, it seems that he is just a seven-rank petty official, but the other officials of Datong Mansion are not stupid, they can naturally know that Zhou Chen definitely hides a very amazing identity and official position behind his back.

Therefore, no matter how the heads of the Fan Tian family asked for help, looking at the entire Datong Mansion, no one dared to take this trouble at all.

Even Zhou Chen's nominal boss, the prefect of Datong is secretive about this matter.

These old fritters who are mixed up in the officialdom are best at protecting themselves, and where are they willing to easily cause trouble for themselves.

The deadline from the Ya of Youyu County is getting closer and closer, and Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang are as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

This is not because the two of them attach great importance to the people they left in Youyu County, but because of the resolute attitude of the Youyu County Ya.

Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang had already vaguely guessed that Zhou Chen was directly looking for trouble with their Fan Tian family.

Through other officials in Datong Mansion who were good friends with the Fan Tian family, Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang gradually learned a little bit of Zhou Chen's secret strength.

Such a mysterious and unpredictable big man suddenly set his sights on the Fan Tian family, how could Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang not be in a hurry?

Although the Fan Tian family is one of the eight major families of the Jin merchants, in the final analysis, the two of them still can't escape the low-status class of merchants.

If they were to get rid of the relationship network operated by the Fan Tian family and let them fight against the imperial court officials alone, they really didn't have the strength and consideration.

In desperation, the two heads of the family, Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang, could only go to Youyu County to apologize in person, and at the same time test Zhou Chen's attitude.

Approaching dusk, when the three-day deadline given by Zhou Chen was about to pass, Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang finally appeared at the door of Youyu County.

Except for a few guards, Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang can be said to be light and simple, very low-key.

Not at all of the usual huge pomp and shelf of the eight major families of the Jin Dynasty, for fear that it would cause Zhou Chen's unhappiness.

Walking outside the Youyu County Ya, I saw two middle-aged men in satin brocade robes slowly walking up the stairs in front of the county yamen, and the others stopped and stayed under the steps.

Among the two well-dressed men, the middle-aged man who was a little short in stature, but very wealthy, was Fan Qichang, the head of the Fan family.

In addition, the tall and thin man, the man with a white face and beardless face is naturally Tian Yongliang, the head of the Tian family.

The two approached, and Fan Qichang arched his hand towards the guards guarding the left and right at the gate of the county ya: "The two officials who are tired of entering the house will report it, and they will say that Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang of the Fan family want to see the county lord." ”

Even in the face of these two errand officers who are not even small officials, Fan Qichang is also very polite and polite, and his life can be described as extremely sleek and sophisticated, and he is worthy of being one of the leaders of the Jin merchants.

Although Tian Yongliang didn't speak, he also smiled and arched his hand to the two messengers.

After the two officers looked Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang up and down, one of them turned around and ran into the county office.

The other officer stepped forward and saluted back and said, "Please wait a moment again, my brother has already gone in to report." ”

Although the identities of Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang were not clear to the two officers, before they were stationed at the gate of the county ya, Su Tong and Wang Yan, the county clerk, had instructed the two of them that in the next few days, people with the surnames of Fan Tian would come to visit, and they could be reported directly when the time came.

If not, the two errand officers would at least have to interrogate Fan Qichang and Tian Yongliang.