"The total income in one month was thirty-three thousand two hundred and seventy-four taels. ”

"The salt and iron business occupies the majority of the income, 24,000 taels. ”

"Buyefang, this month's income is only six thousand taels. ”

"The rest is basically the money handed over by the districts. ”

"Most of the scattered business has been dissolved, and we still control the business in our hands, barely making ends meet. ”

Zhang Meng closed the account book in his hand and respectfully presented it to the desk beside Zhang Chu.

Today, when the county government is resting, Zhang Chu rarely has time to go to the helm of the Silian Gang to convene the heads of the halls.

Now the four hall masters of the Quadruple Gang have also changed.

Da Xiong stepped down as the master of Xuanwu Hall and was transferred to the Beida Battalion as the head of the Xiangjun Army.

The position of the head of the Xuanwu Hall was taken over by Zhao Dazhu.

Zhao Dazhu is the predecessor of Xuanwutang, an old man with the word "benevolence" from the bloody clothing team, and has the experience of serving as the helmsman of the decentralized district and county, and his resume is quite beautiful.

Zhang Chu turned the rosary in his hand and did not touch the account book beside him.

The Quadruple Gang received an avalanche, which he had long expected.

Although the flow of people in AllHeaven's Mansion has recovered to its full heyday, and even has the momentum of surpassing it, most of the people in AllHeaven's Mansion are poor people who have problems with their basic livelihoods.

Could it be that you can still expect those poor ghosts who have eaten the last meal but not the next meal to have spare money to go to the night shop to prostitute themselves?

"Is the money in the gang sent this month?"

Zhang Chu asked.

The four hall masters under the hall shook their heads in unison, "I'm just waiting for you to come back and send it." ”

Zhang Chu looked at the mule: "After removing the money that should be paid, how much is left?"

The mule made a silent calculation and said, "There should be about half left!"

Half of the thirty-three thousand taels, that is, about sixteen thousand taels.

Zhang Chu pondered for a while, and asked softly, "Is there any news from the side of Kotou Mountain?"

Mule: "Yes, according to the news sent back by Elder Yang, eight days ago, a group of displaced people stormed the checkpoint of Goutou Mountain, and was repelled by Elder Yang, but the movement was too loud, and it has attracted the attention of the county government of Wuqu County, and officers and soldiers have been haunted near Goutou Mountain in recent days. ”

Zhang Chu frowned slightly, and then loosened his brows: "Next time this kind of thing, don't suppress it, report it to me in time." ”

The mule hurriedly stood up, bowed and said, "Yes, my subordinates know their mistakes." ”

Of course, he knew that this matter was very important, and he should report it to his eldest brother.

But when he saw that his eldest brother was busy all day long, his feet did not touch the ground, so he was embarrassed to trouble him again.

In fact, he had been busy for several days in order to solve this matter, and the Blood Shadow Guard spies who went to Wuqu County had sent several waves.

Zhang Chu also knew that he was kind, so he did not reprimand him.

"Come to the county office tomorrow to find me, I will repair a book, you send someone to pass it to Yang Changan, let him take my handwritten book, and go to the county lieutenant of Wuqu County to dredge it. ”

Of course, his face is not big enough to be able to swipe his face card across counties.

But if the handwritten book is stamped with the official seal of the soldiers of the Jintianfu Prefecture, it will be different.

A military attache of a system, even if it is across counties, will still give some face.

The mule figured this out, only felt that his mouth suddenly opened, and he bowed down and said, "My subordinates have been taught." ”

"In addition, Li Zheng and Da Zhu'er, you will each allocate a hundred reliable people, and then escort 10,000 taels of silver to Goutou Mountain!"

Zhang Chu said unhurriedly.

Li Zheng and Zhao Dazhu got up, bowed down and said, "Yes, helper!"

"Fierce son. ”

Zhang Meng stood up and said respectfully: "My subordinates are here." ”

"In business, you have to think of more ways, thirty or forty thousand taels of silver a month, but it can't support twenty or thirty thousand horses of our Silian Gang. ”

Zhang Meng's face was embarrassed, but Zhang Chu opened his mouth, how could he shirk it, so he could only stubbornly say: "My subordinates must do their best to share their worries for the helper." ”

Zhang Chu looked at him and said warmly: "It's hard for you......"

"It's not difficult, it's not difficult!"

Zhang Chu's tone softened, but Zhang Meng's heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly shook his head.

He only felt that the aura on his gang leader was getting more and more majestic, even if the gang leader was obviously talking lightly, it still made his heart beat in shock.

"Sit down. ”

Zhang Chu nodded.

Zhang Meng slammed it again and sat back in his chair.

"Li Zheng, Da Zhu'er, how are the 1,500 people who have recently recruited into your two halls doing?"

Li Zheng patted his chest and said, "No problem, you can cut people if you pull it out!"

Zhang Chu glanced at him and didn't speak.

This product is also a master who reports good news but not bad news.

The two thousand people and horses in the White Tiger Hall before, which one was not a carefully selected embryo, after entering the Quadruple Gang, it took half a year of training and drills to have the combat effectiveness that could fight with the Northern Barbarian Fierce Cavalry for one.

And this group of people who have just been accepted into the White Tiger Hall, most of them are the children of the good family who only put down their hoes and grabbed the handle of the knife this month, and now they have only been practicing for half a month, and it is good not to pee their pants when they encounter a large formation.

Zhang Chu looked at Da Zhu'er.

Da Zhu'er swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "These brothers who have just been recruited are still far behind those old brothers before us. ”

He has just taken the throne and is not qualified to report good news or bad news.

"What are you talking about, if you can't practice, hand over the person to me, and after half a month, I promise to return you a bunch of screaming calves!"

Li Zheng patted the armrest of the seat dissatisfied, jumped up and glared at Da Zhu'er and said.

Da Zhu'er didn't dare to squeak.

There are five people in this hall, he can be tough with Zhang Meng, and he can't afford to mess with any of the others.

"Sit down!"

Zhang Chu frowned and snorted.

When the words fell, the four people in the hall shook suddenly, and they couldn't help but sit upright.

Li Zheng sat down and smiled vigorously at Zhang Chu.

"If you don't tell the truth yourself, you don't allow others to tell the truth?"

Zhang Chu glared at him angrily.

Li Zheng nodded like pounding garlic: Yes, yes, you are right.

"From now on, the White Tiger Hall and the Xuanwu Hall will cancel all activities, and they will practice for seven hours a day, and the meat and esophageal tubes will be enough...... Tell them, don't be afraid to cry, don't be afraid to be tired, every extra drop of sweat now, when the Northern Barbarians come over in the future, they will have a better chance of surviving!"

"Yes, my subordinates understand!"

Li Zheng and Da Zhu'er got up and bowed solemnly.

"Alright, if there is anything else to report, I will go home and rest without me. ”

Zhang Chu adjusted a comfortable sitting posture and asked softly.

"Helper, there's one more thing I want to report to you. ”

The mule stood up, "The night before yesterday, the leader of the Qinghong Gang in the east of the city, Du Jinrong, died......"

Zhang Chu's brows furrowed sharply when he heard this, and he instinctively looked at Li Zheng: "You did it?"

Li Zheng shook his head confidently: "I didn't do it, your ban hasn't been lifted yet, how can I go to the east of the city, besides, if I do it, none of his Qinghong Gang will survive." ”

Zhang Chu turned to the mule: "How did you die?"

Mule: "It was as if he had been besieged and killed, and his subordinates had seen his body, and he had more than 20 wounds, including knife wounds, axe wounds, and arrow wounds......"

Zhang Chu lowered his eyes and chuckled: "This is a fierce dragon crossing the river...... Have any restless people entered AllHeavens lately?"

"A lot!"

The mule said without changing his face: "Bandits, bandits, and some small Jianghu sects were all driven into Jintianfu by the Northern Barbarians, but most of them are hidden in the east of the city, and there are very few people who dare to enter our territory!"

After being reminded by the mule, Zhang Chu remembered something, "The people from Qingxiamen, have you entered Jintian Mansion?"

The mule nodded: "Entered, in the south city." ”

Zhang Chu squinted his eyes and pondered for a while, then asked lightly, "Are these people safe?"

"Some are safe, some are not. ”

The mule glanced at Li Zheng imperceptibly, and whispered: "A few days ago, a group of people from the White Tiger Hall in Beicheng were picked by a group of people, and four were killed and seven were injured. ”

As soon as his words fell, Li Zheng slapped the armrest, jumped up with his neck and glared at the mule and asked, "Why doesn't Lao Tzu know about the White Tiger Hall?"

Zhang Chu frowned, grabbed the tea bowl on his side, and threw it at Li Zheng's head.

"Smack. ”

The tea bowl exploded on Li Zheng's forehead, and bright red blood came out in an instant.

Li Zheng didn't dare to reach out to wipe it, turned around and bowed his head respectfully towards Zhang Chu.

"You can be a man, but you can't know what to do!"

Zhang Chu put down his hand expressionlessly, "The mule treats you as a brother, and I am afraid that you will put yourself in it impulsively, what qualifications do you have to be angry at the mule? Do you really think that Jiupin is invincible in the world?"

The mule hung its head and let the blood trickle down like a curtain of beads with broken threads.

If there is still someone in the world who can beat him to the head and bleed, he can not be angry, and it will be Zhang Chu.

It has nothing to do with strength.

"Mule, go on. ”

"Yes, helper...... Afterwards, I sent someone to investigate, it was a group of water thieves who used to eat the canal in Yanquan County, and the thief's head was nicknamed 'Boat Handle', which was very famous on the green forest road in Yanquan County, and was suspected to be seven products. ”

Zhang Chu looked at Li Zheng, who was still standing in the hall, and said lightly: "Now I know, why don't you know about this?"

Li Zheng turned around and bowed his hand to the mule neatly: "It was my brother who was wrong just now, go back to my house, and let your sister-in-law personally cook the whole hard dish for you to make amends!"

The mule returned the salute with a smile: "My own brother, I will see the outside world when I say this." ”

After the two of them finished speaking, Zhang Chucai tapped on the armrest of the chair and said slowly: "Mule, investigate all the dragons that have crossed the river in Jintian Mansion." ”

"Honest, dishonest, the leader is a few products, you have to find out, there can be no mistakes. ”

"There's no seven-pin in charge. ”

"It's pretty honest, let them join my Quadruple Gang...... This is not a request, let alone a consultation with them, after entering the Jintian Mansion, everything will have to be ordered by my Quadruple Gang!"

"If you are not honest, let the big bear come back and lead the team, and it will be all killed. ”

"There are seven products in charge. ”

"Honestly, don't mess with it just yet. ”

"If you are not honest, give me the list. ”

"As for this gang of water thieves, tomorrow all the people of the White Tiger Hall and the Xuanwu Hall will come with me and ask them, who gave them the courage to kill the people of my Quadruple Gang!"

"Bring more men to defend yourself in the back, don't capsize in the gutter!"

......

When Zhang Chu returned home, he unexpectedly saw a person in the living room.

Wu Qianyuan.

He was dressed in a plain teal robe and sat in the living room waiting for him to return.

Zhang Chu has been very busy for a while, and he hasn't seen him for several days.

However, when he saw Wu Qianyuan today, Zhang Chu was shocked to see that Wu Qianyuan's hair was as white as Lao Suo!

He couldn't help but lose his voice and said, "Boss, your hair ......"

Wu Qianyuan smiled indifferently: "It's better than you don't have hair, right?"

His voice was also hoarse, as if his throat had been burned by alcohol.

Zhang Chu didn't know what to say.

He walked over to Wu Qianyuan and sat down, and asked, "Are you still drinking?"

Wu Qianyuan shook his head, "Don't drink it, in the past half a month, I've drunk all the wine for a lifetime." ”

Zhang Chu smiled, "Then let's drink some tea...... Come on, serve tea!"

The servant served two fragrant teas and exited the living room.

Zhang Chu picked up the tea bowl and lightly buckled the lid of the tea bowl: "How is it, have you figured it out?"

"Can you figure it out if you change it?"

Wu Qianyuan said with a smile.

Zhang Chu thought for a while and shook his head: "I can't figure it out." ”

This kind of thing, no one can figure it out.

"Isn't that the end of it!"

Wu Qianyuan clapped his hands briskly.

After a pause, he said slowly: "But you're right, I'm a man, I can't fall, I should pay for the sins made by the Wu family!"

He said it lightly, but Zhang Chu's heart sank slightly after hearing it.

He said that before, just to motivate Wu Qianyuan to cheer up, not really to let him pay off the debts of the Wu clan.

How easy is it to repay the sins created by the Wu clan......

This time, the northern barbarians entered the customs, affecting half of Xuanbei Prefecture.

The number of dead and wounded civilians was in the number of 100,000.

The destroyed houses and farmland are countless!

This is no longer a problem that money can solve!

"Boss, what I said before was just talking, you don't have to take it seriously, Wu is Wu Shi, you Wu Qianyuan is your Wu Qianyuan, no matter what outsiders think of Wu Shi, but as long as people who know you, they must know that Wu Shi's affairs have nothing to do with you. ”

Wu Qianyuan smiled slightly, and teased: "Listen to what you mean, do you still want me to go back to the room and drink for half a month?"

Zhang Chu was about to respond, he waved his hand again, and said lightly: "Your kindness, I understand, but I am the eldest son of the Wu family, twenty-six years ago, this identity gave me a glory and wealth that ordinary people can't achieve in their lifetime, and now that the Wu family has created evil, it is naturally up to me to bear the consequences." ”

"I wasn't the patriarch of the Wu clan before, but now, I'm a ......"

Zhang Chu was speechless.

After a long time, he sighed softly, didn't persuade him again, and instead asked, "What are you going to do?"

Wu Qianyuan took a deep breath and said: "The Wu clan withdrew in a hurry, and the business in Xuanbei Prefecture has not had time to be closed, I am ready to pick up the business first, with money, I can fund the Zhenbei Army to fight against the Northern Barbarians, and I can resettle the displaced refugees......"

He said slowly.

But Zhang Chu could see that Wu Qianyuan had been thinking about these for more than a day or two.

"What's there I can do to help?"

Zhang Chu asked.

"Of course I need your help. ”

Wu Qianyuan smiled: "In the past, the Wu clan was still there, and of course the deacons and big treasurers distributed in various places would listen to the greetings, but now I am alone, who will take the Wu clan in their eyes." ”

"I see!"

Zhang Chu nodded: "Tomorrow, I will send a team of people to you, just let it go, as long as you don't mess with the middle and third grade qi sea heroes, I will bear everything for you!"

Wu Qianyuan didn't thank him, he picked up the tea bowl in front of him, touched it with Zhang Chu, raised his head and drank it all.