Among the five in Jingmen City, the Chu family is the strongest, and its strength lies in wealth, simply put, wealth.

The Chu family has been in business for several generations, although they have never set foot in the high-level elite, but they are also a local tyrant in the countryside. Relying on clever grabbing, he annexed a lot of land, and at the same time captive a lot of tenants, which can be said to be asking for money and money, and asking for people.

Chu Han's rise made up for the lack of strength for this blueprint, so he was able to soar into the sky and rank among the wealthy families in Jingmen City.

The current Chu family is not weaker than the wealthy families in Gyeonggi, and the difference is only one in fame.

Among the other four, the Lin family is the weakest, relying on the emperor's edict to be on par with each family, and when the term of office of the Taishou expires, the phoenix that has landed is not as good as a chicken, either evacuate Jingmen City and find another good land, or as a second- or third-rate family in Jingmen City.

The Lu family is deeply rooted in Jingmen City, but it is a pity that they are already yesterday's yellow flowers, just wait for their own defeat, and the Chu family does not have to do anything at all.

Among the four families, only the remaining Murong family and the Han family can let Chen An face it.

The Murong family is an outsider, and this is not their own family, Bajiu Chengcheng is a split family, and the split family can compete with the Chu family, how can its own family be imagined. In the past, Chu Han was a stunned young man, but now Chen An doesn't want to offend this kind of force easily.

However, if you don't offend them, you may not be able to deal with them. Since he is a newcomer, he will always have some scruples, if he does not integrate into the local area and assimilate with the locals, no matter how strong he is, it will be untenable, and sooner or later it will be over.

In the past, Chu Han, like most of the natives in Jingmen, only thought about the old and xenophobic, but he really didn't seriously think about the issue of win-win. But Chen An is different, he doesn't have these old shackles, and he immediately found the key to the problem. You can explore the true intentions of the Murong family, marry the alliance, turn it into your own people, and make progress together, all of which are ways, and you don't necessarily have to stand on the opposite side and fight to the death.

The last Han family made Chen An frown a little.

The Lin family and the Lu family can ignore it and leave them to fend for themselves, and the Murong family can strive to make progress together for their allies, and leaving this Han family makes Chen An a little disgusted.

The Han family has always existed as a vassal of the Chu family, and the rise of Chu Han has also led to the rise of the Han family. This common interest was originally the most stable relationship, but Han Li's withdrawal from the marriage made Chen An see an unusual way, this once closest little brother seemed to have a tendency to get rid of the big brother in the past and roll up his arms and go it alone.

Chu Yuan is a waste, if he can't cultivate, he can't support the façade of the family, he is definitely not a good son-in-law, if it is an ordinary person, it is normal for people to dislike it. But no, it's not that the Chu and Han families are not ordinary families, each of them represents the vision of a family, and it is easy to play with it.

Even if Han Li was not satisfied with this marriage and was unwilling to pinch his nose and admit the account, he could still discuss with Chu Han and choose another family talent to replace, instead of directly coming to the door to withdraw from the marriage and slap his face, this matter was really a bit decisive.

Such an obvious situation is not only Chen An, if the Chu family hadn't had serious internal contradictions, they wouldn't have failed to see this, so they had to figure it out clearly.

Gao Que Gate?

Chen An's eyes narrowed slightly, or he thought of some passes.

The Great Song Dynasty is still martial, and the power of the sect is very strong.

The Gaoque Gate in Gyeonggi, the Wantong Gate in the north, the Hidden Sword Valley in the south, and the Cold Moon Sect, which they denounced as the Demon Dao, all supported the high-level structure of the sect.

In the original Chu Han's view, these are the strongest forces in the Great Song Kingdom, with countless internal mysteries, as well as Shengang suppression, and even some Star Wheel Warlocks, but in Chen An's opinion, these are just appearances, and many things have to be analyzed from the general trend of the world.

The Great Song Dynasty was seriously divided, and the royal family gradually lost power, which were derived little by little, and in Chen An's view, the sect was a product of the background of this era. This is the case in the Demon Yuan World, and the same is true in this world, and even if you pull the history of the Great Qianzhong Dynasty forward for tens of thousands of years, you can see something unusual.

Therefore, the practice of martial arts must start with the history of the scriptures, and it is not even clear why it became stronger, and how it became stronger. This is also appropriate for the present situation, and it is not even clear what the situation is, let alone take a long-term view.

In the past, Chu Han, even though he was amazing and talented, in the final analysis, he was still a country tyrant, and his cultivation was high, but his knowledge was limited, and he couldn't think of what was behind it. In other words, Chen An in the past was also a martial artist, and he couldn't see through everything on the surface.

But now, when the emperor sits down in a few years, he is used to looking at this small corner of the chess game from the whole chessboard, and he can immediately see many things that ordinary people can't see.

Is the sect strong? What about the people who make up the sect? Who are they? How strong are they?

What role do those high-ranking feudal towns and nobles who are detached from the mundane in the Great Song Kingdom play on the stage of the sect on this surface?

It's naïve to think that you can become big in Jingmen if you tie up with Gaoquemen, you must know that the sects in the world are not only Gaoquemen, and the powerful forces in the world are not only sects.

Chen An snorted coldly, sorted out the forces of the entire Great Song Kingdom in his mind, and planned carefully.

Three days later, the main hall of the family, which had been converted into a small conference room, allowed Chen An to discuss some matters with several people in power in the Chu family.

At this time, in addition to Chen An, there were four people sitting upright, Chu Yan Chu Ran and the two Tongxuan offerings of the Chu family, Ouyang Dewang and Gong Hui.

Ouyang Dewang is already in his sixties, but because of the alienation of the root marrow, his body has been improved in essence, and he is still as strong as night, and his back is straight. He was originally the son of the Chu family, and he was working for the Chu family at the time of Chu Han's grandfather, and the previous generation of the Chu family did not treat him as an outsider and trained him, and finally became a Tongxuan when Chu Han rose, and he could sit on one side.

The other Gong Hui was born in a reckless background, he was acquainted by Chu Han when he traveled in his early years, the two hit it off at first sight and were about brothers, and later he was promoted to Tongxuan with the help of Chu Han, because he had nowhere to go, he came to the Chu family at the invitation of Chu Han to become a guest, and they are all trustworthy people. In the past, whenever Chu Han had a major decision, he would consult with them.

On the contrary, Chu Ran's relatives are not all the way with them, and they rarely appear in their small meeting.

"I have called you here this time because I have some ideas that require your help. ”

Chen An got straight to the point as soon as he came up, and did not say some warm and polite words because of Chu Ran's new arrival, and directly regarded him as his own person, fully demonstrating the temperament of not doubting and suspecting people.

"The head of the family is polite, and sharing the worries of the head of the family is within my equal share. ”

Everyone humbled in unison, and then listened to Chen Andao: "The first thing I also mentioned to Chu Yan is the matter of Jiping Hou's recruitment of sons-in-law. I'm going to let Chu Xun give it a try, what do you think?"

Chu Yan already knew about this matter, but there was no unusual expression; Ouyang Dewang and Gong Hui looked at each other in surprise, only Chu Ran showed a thoughtful expression.

There was a slight silence in the hall, but Chu Ran asked first: "I don't know why the head of the family chose Jiping Hou?"

Chen An glanced at Chu Ran approvingly and replied, "Because I don't think well of King Xian." ”

Chu Ran's eyes lit up and said, "I understand, the head of the family is wise." ”

His appearance at a glance made Chen An couldn't help but look at him a little higher.

After all, no one is born with the ability to comprehend and learn.

Sometimes the ability to comprehend is more important than the ability to learn, and it can determine whether you are a person who can achieve great things.

Chu Ran was seventeen in the Chu family, younger than Chu Yan, and now he was only seven out of twenty, and the mysterious achievement of exploring the root essence of alienation at such a young age was enough to prove the strength of his learning ability.

Dare to conspire with Chu Zhen for the throne, and he can retreat after defeat, which shows his courage and carefulness.

Now as soon as Chen An talks about King Xian, Chu Ran can understand the cause and effect and Chen An's meaning, which shows that his comprehension ability is amazing and his horizons are broad.

This is quite extraordinary, in the case that the Chu family is still a local tyrant, he stands on top of Jingmen City and cares about the general trend of the world, if he says that he has no ambition, Chen An is the first to disbelieve it.

Of course, this can also be seen from his desire to seek the master's position, but at that time his ambition was miscalculated, and now Chen An has provided him with a platform for him to play to his heart's content.

Retracting his gaze with relief, Chen An looked at the other three again, and saw that Chu Ran, who had already unconditionally carried out his orders, was at a loss, and he couldn't help but sigh weakly, feeling that the Chu family's road still had a long way to go.

I don't want to explain too much, but no, if even the core team can't absolutely understand what they mean, how can the people below implement it.

So Chen An had to say patiently: "King Xian is nameless, he seems to be powerful, has millions of soldiers, and sits in the northern Xinjiang, but he is like a rootless duckweed, and it may not be possible to last long." In these years, the Marquis of Jiping has been suppressed by King Xian for a long time, and if we can send charcoal in the snow, we will definitely be able to get the Marquis of Jiping, and take a step towards the Gyeonggi Wang clan, which may not be impossible. ”

Chu Yan Gonghui was still confused, and Ouyang Dewang was also the official of Jingmen, and he would more or less care about the court situation, although he didn't understand how the matter of competing with the other four families rose to the level of the imperial court, but he still followed Chen An's words and asked: "Why is it the Jiping Hou family? ”

Chen An smiled, thinking that he had finally asked the point, so he said: "The fourth dynasty of the Jiping Marquis family, the six people in the family are feudal marquis, and the world admires them, but it is only because they are confined to Beijing that they are not developed." And my local tyrant, the family has solid resources, there are people who want money, even the soldiers also have reserves, and what is lacking is the word fame, which can be described as complementary to the Jiping Hou family. If you can get married, you can take what you need and make progress together. ”

The three of them were still a little confused, it was really Chen An's train of thought, and the jump was too big. They are still limited to the level of families and sects.

In the end, Chu Yan couldn't help but ask: "Family master, I don't know what the contradiction between King Xian and Jiping Hou has to do with us? ”