At the city gate, Xu Liqiu was very moved to take the wine and meat from Chen Mo's hands.

But he didn't say anything to thank him, just kept the friendship firmly in his heart, and at the same time told Xu Lidong to treat Chen Mo as his brother in the future.

Chen Mo left halfway through the opening of the charcoal shop, and afterwards Mrs. Wang didn't let anyone go to explore, but just told Xu Lidong to drive the carriage to wait here.

After the three of them exchanged pleasantries, Chen Mo got into the carriage, and in the idle chatter on the road, he also learned the origin and experience of the two brothers from Xu Lidong's mouth.

Both parents died, and the two depended on each other, and later the elder brother came to the border city to serve in the military, and the younger brother also came over, and after a few parties, he joined the tooth shop as a partner.

Is it bitter?

Bitter!

But there is no way, you have to live.

The Great Chu State looks like a peaceful and prosperous scene, but in fact, it is also a combination of internal and external troubles, although the overall situation is quite stable, but it has begun to affect the people's livelihood.

"I'd rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled world, I hope there will be no war, otherwise it will only be the people who will suffer."

This topic was too heavy, so after sighing, Chen Mo changed the conversation.

"Lidong, have you ever read a book?"

"Mr. Hui, my brother read it for a few days when he didn't join the army, and then he put it down." Xu Lidong told the truth.

"I'll tell Wang Po to give you as much time as possible and continue to read." Chen Mo understands the importance of reading.

"Mr. is kind, Lidong understands it, but he won't read the book." Xu Lidong shook his head.

"Why?" Chen Mo was puzzled.

"Mr. doesn't know, the Tan Xinggang has counted your deeds in the past few days, and even Mr. has retreated on the road to fame, and Lidong doesn't dare to have extravagant hopes."

"Confused." Chen Mo shook his head.

"Please sir." Xu Lidong hurriedly apologized.

"People are different, and the paths they take are naturally different."

Chen Mo couldn't tell the truth, and he couldn't say that he was afraid of being the leading leader of the court's vice minister, so he could only put on a preachy posture.

"Reading can be reasonable, sensible, and righteous, even if you don't take the road of fame in the future, you can also apply what you have learned to other places, which is the meaning of reading."

"Lidong knows his mistake, but it depends on Mr.'s arrangement." Xu Lidong hurriedly made a statement.

“……”

Chen Mo nodded and didn't speak again.

"By the way, sir, this is the fifty taels of silver that Wang Po asked me to hand over, please keep it." When the carriage came to the entrance of the village, Xu Lidong took out a money bag.

"What money?"

Chen Mo is very short of money now, but he must ask the reason.

Wang Po said that this is the money for leasing 50 acres of land back to Longwan. He also said that no matter who asked in the future, Mr. had nothing to do with the charcoal kiln. ”

"Go back and tell the princess, I have received this love."

Chen Mo didn't refuse, and directly took the silver.

Now that the charcoal shop has opened, Wang Po will soon be richly rewarded.

Of course, the premise is to settle the problems in Baijiazhuang, otherwise the charcoal-burning logs will have to be bought elsewhere.

Judging by Wang Papi's morality, he will have to come to the door if it doesn't last for two days at the latest.

However, what Chen Mo didn't expect was that as soon as he got off the carriage and turned a corner, he saw many neighbors surrounding the door, all of them worried.

Chen Mo knew their intentions, and even knew that no one could be the master, so after politely greeting him, he strode into the courtyard.

Sure enough, Wang Fuxing was waiting.

"Official, you are back, the chief and the neighbors have been waiting for a long time."

Seeing Chen Mo, Qin Xianglian's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words.

"Officials, they look like they are asking for sin, nothing will happen, right?"

"Don't worry, I've got you." Chen Mo said, took out the meat from his arms, "I bought it for you, I was afraid of the cold, so I kicked it in my arms, and I am not allowed to dislike it." ”

"Official, slave ......"

Qin Xianglian was moved, and her eyes were slightly red.

"Chen Mo, you are ruthless, you are really ruthless."

Seeing that Chen Mo didn't say hello when he entered the door, Wang Fuxing, who already had a gritted tooth hatred, finally couldn't help but explode, and came up with a question.

"What is your intention to ignore your hometown and collude with outsiders? The fruits of the hard work of the whole village have all been ruined by you. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Chen Mo pretended to be stupid.

"You still have the face to ask, don't you know about the opening of Wang's Charcoal Store?" Wang Fuxing's face was hideous.

"Wang's charcoal?" Chen Mo's eyes blinked, and he pretended to say suddenly, "I understand, the chief of the forest is complaining that I didn't go to congratulate." ”

"Fart." Wang Fu was angry, "Let me ask you, where did you go today?" ”

"County seat, what's wrong?"

"What did you do in the county seat?" Wang Fuxing asked stubbornly.

"Buy pork cakes." Chen Mo pointed to the side, "In the morning, Xianglian said that she wanted to eat it, so I went to buy it, right?" ”

"That's right." Qin Xianglian hurriedly nodded, "It's the slave family who is greedy, so the officials go to the county seat." By the way, Captain, do you want one? ”

"I ......"

Wang Fuxing is so angry, the key is that he didn't catch Chen Mo's direct handle, so he can only go back to the topic.

"Chen Mo, let's open the skylight and say something. Because of the opening of Wang's charcoal store, the charcoal in the whole village is burned for nothing, and the more you sell, the more you lose. ”

"Let's not mention the matter of your collusion with Mrs. Wang, just say that as a member of this village, you have the obligation and responsibility to help make suggestions and reduce losses."

"What does it have to do with me?" Chen Mo shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands.

"Because you are a scholar, you have to talk about nostalgia and morality." Wang Fuxing began to buckle his hat.

"Okay, then I'll say a solution." Seeing that the fire had arrived, Chen Mo raised his hand to the south of the village, "Isn't there a charcoal kiln in Huilong Bay, can't you just sell it directly." ”

Wang Fuxing was waiting for this sentence, and now he has thought it through, since he can't make a long-term fortune, he can only make a fortune hard.

The charcoal kiln was dug by the whole village, the charcoal was burned by everyone, and the logs were all from other people's homes.

On the contrary, no matter how much money is sold to the Huilongwan charcoal kiln, it has to be at the disposal of Wang Fuxing, and as for how much is distributed to the neighbors, it depends on whether the family's abacus is good or bad.

All the neighbors also expressed their approval, firstly, it is better to sell more and sell less for money, which is better than rotting in your hands, and secondly, you really can't afford to provoke Wang Fuxing, a skinner.

Since he had no opinions, Chen Mo also nodded.

"Then I'll take a trip and draw a line for everyone. Of course, I will do my best to help my neighbors get the highest price. ”

Back to the Longwan charcoal kiln, Mrs. Wang had already sent the person in charge, and under the instruction of Chen Mo, she taunted Wang Fuxing and reluctantly agreed to the acquisition.

Of course, it also pushed the price to the limit.

Seeing the villagers talking about their suffering, Chen Mo was somewhat unbearable, but in order to clean up Wang Pao's skin in one fell swoop in the future, he could only pretend not to see it.

He can pretend he didn't see it, but some people can't.

For example, Wang Anshi.