Chen Fan returned the study of the wind, went out of the Taoist temple with Xiao Qing, and met Hou Feng, who was already waiting at the gate of the mountain. Hou Feng saw Chen Fan and said: "Lang Jun, we made an appointment with the people of the dart bureau to leave early in the morning, I have already gone there just now, and I told them to leave later, Lang Jun will leave today?" ”

"Let's talk about this after lunch, the eldest brother is here, I don't know what arrangements he has? By the way, when did the big brother arrive? In addition, if you set off today, I wonder if you can get to Danyang? ”

"Da Langjun arrived last night, and there were five people with him. From here to Danyang, I inquired, it is about 300 miles away, because we have to take a carriage, even if the horse is fast, it is estimated that it will take three or four hours. ”

"Then let's leave tomorrow, after dinner, you go to the dart bureau and talk to them, just say that today's time is calculated, and we will leave tomorrow."

"Yes, Lang Jun."

"There is one more thing, Lang Jun is happy to hear Zhun Bao."

"Oh, is there news of Faqing's defeat?" Chen Fan's heart moved, and he thought of the Faqing Uprising for no reason, and couldn't help asking.

"Lang Jun's clever calculation, indeed, the news I just received this morning, Dean Lu asked Shi Zhongkai, who came to deliver the news last time, to come over, it is said that he was defeated three days ago, Faqing's soldiers and horses were defeated, and they were completely defeated at once, in addition to Faqing being captured, the important generals who participated in the uprising this time were basically either killed or captured, and Faqing's uprising was a complete failure."

"Oh, then we're going to get the money this afternoon." Finally got some money, Chen Fan was secretly happy in his heart.

"Good. As soon as Dean Lu heard the news, he asked Shi Zhongkai to pass the word, in order to let Lang Jun quickly redeem the bet, in case you wait for you to come back and redeem it, I am afraid that it will be too late for the gambling village to repay the debt. ”

"Hmm." Chen Fan nodded. In fact, Chen Fan set off today, and he was going to hand over the gambling notes to Huang Shi before, and let Huang Shi deal with this matter, so he naturally didn't have to bother now, and hurried to redeem it.

When he returned home from the Taoist temple, the eldest brother saw Chen Fan returning, and without waiting for Chen Fan to speak, he stepped forward and asked with concern: "Fasheng, how are you?" ”

"It's okay, let the eldest brother worry, I entered the country last night, and before I knew it, time flew by." Chen Fan couldn't explain the specific situation, so he explained that Master Jia said that he had to enter the country and move out.

"It's good that people are fine, it seems that your cultivation is a small achievement. Well, I arrived just in time, right? The eldest brother asked a little smugly.

"Of course, eldest brother, you are just right at this time, just in time to see me off."

"That's a must. This time I came, but I brought you two helpers, these two people are from a farmer's family, they have raised ducks at home, and they make good dishes, if you want to make roast duck, you can let these two people help you, Zhou Chong, Zheng Yuan, you two come over, see the younger brother. ”

"I've seen Chen Langjun." The two came over and said in unison.

"You are Zhou Chong, you are Zheng Yuan?" According to the order of the eldest brother's shouting, Chen Fan guessed in the order reflected by the two.

Sure enough, the two men replied, "Yes." ”

"How many years have you been in the army?" Chen Fan asked gently

"I've been around for four years." "I've had three years." Zhou Chong was the first to answer, and Zheng Yuan followed.

"Oh, you don't look very old, you've been in the army for so long?"

"I came out at the age of eighteen to join the army." "Me too."

"Where?"

"I'm from Gusu, I live near Taihu Lake, from Xiaoyang Village." Zhou Chong replied

"I am also from Gusu, a native of Fengtai Village, relying on Yangcheng Lake, not far from Xiaohe Village." Zheng Yuan said.

Chen Fan is not a chattering person, but there are important things to explain to these two people in the future, some situations must be understood clearly, and some ugly words must also be said in front.

"Very good. When you come to me, I think my eldest brother has probably told you that he will let you live in Xiaohe Village, one is to help me take care of the house, and the other is to ask you to make roast duck. ”

"Yes, Lang Jun." The two agreed.

"When you come to me, I will give each of you one hundred and fifty yuan a month for food, and you can get some food for yourself in the future."

"Yes, thank you Lang-kun." When the two of them heard this, they seemed to be relieved.

"In addition, you have just arrived, and the place where you live is a little simple, I will give you an extra three hundred wen each, and you can add some items for your own life."

"Thank you, Lang-kun."

"Well, there is one thing, I must make it clear to you, my roast duck recipe is taught to you, and you are up to you to figure it out, but you are absolutely not allowed to leak it, and you are not allowed to leave me in the future, and you are not allowed to engage in this work, can you agree?"

"Yes, Lang Jun." Neither of them hesitated, and immediately agreed.

Chen Fan was also quite satisfied with the attitude of these two people, and then said: "Fortunately, you are all from Gusu, and you will not be a soldier in the future, so you will do it with me, and when the roast duck is made in the future, I will give you another salary of 200 Wen per month, and there will be additional bonuses according to the quality of the business." ”

"Xie Langjun." The two men couldn't help but smile on their faces.

"You're welcome, that's what you deserve. This is Hou Feng, my guard, if there is anything in the future, he will be responsible for telling you, and he will also be responsible for handing over the specific affairs of Xiaohe Village to you, if there is anything you don't understand, please ask him for advice. Chen Fan pointed to Hou Feng beside him and said. Since coming back, Hou Feng has not left Chen Fan.

"Yes, Lang Jun." The two saluted Chen Fan, and then bowed to Hou Feng next to Chen Fan, and said, "I'm tired." ”

"It's okay, I'll look for you after I've finished eating." Hou Feng nodded in agreement.

"Okay, you guys go get busy first, Zhang Ke, you come here." The eldest brother answered from the side.

I saw that with the shout of the eldest brother, a young man who looked to be twenty-five or six years old walked over.

"I've seen two Lang Jun." This one named Zhang Ke came over, and he didn't wait for the eldest brother to speak, and said directly.

"No need to be polite, you and your brother should have met. Fa Sheng, this is specially sent by his mother, he and Hou Feng are both from the Shen family, called Zhang Ke, he has been here with us for five years, this time, let him go back to Jiankang with Hou Feng to see, he has lived in Jiankang for a while, he is very familiar with that, this time I went to Jiankang with you, and there are many helpers. ”

"Okay, thank you, big brother, and thank you for me, grandma."

"You're welcome."

"Zhang Ke, what other relatives do you have in Jiankang?" Chen Fan realized that he didn't know much about the people around him, such as Hou Feng and Ah Chun, and what other relatives did they have? What are their thoughts and plans?

"I have a second brother who is in Jiankang now, and I am going to take a look with my uncle this time."

"What about your parents?" At his age, his parents should still be alive, Chen Fan guessed in his heart.

"Together with my eldest brother in my hometown of Wuxing."

"Okay, I'm sorry for you this time."

"Yes, it is a blessing for the villain to be able to help." This person named Zhang Ke said smartly, it seems that he doesn't know how to do martial arts, but his ability to speak is much stronger than Hou Feng.

"Hou Feng, you greet Zhang Ke, let's eat right away."

"Okay, Lang Jun." Hou Feng pulled Zhang Ke to the side.

"Big brother, what else do you have to explain?"

"Yes, there are two letters, which are for the two uncles, you bring them, and this is ten taels of silver, for you to use on the road, go to the house of the two uncles, and buy some gifts." After speaking, the eldest brother handed the letter and silver to Chen Fan.

Chen Fan smiled, took the letter from the eldest brother's hand and said, "I'll take the letter, and you can keep it and take it back with you." ”

"Why aren't you short of money now?" The eldest brother looked at Chen Fan and asked.

"Well, I went to the gambling house to bet on a vote, but I didn't expect the results to come out today, and if I won the bet, there will be a sum of money, which is considered to solve the urgent need." Chen Fan didn't think that he would hide his gambling money from the eldest brother, after all, it was Hou Feng who did it, Xiao Qing and Huang Shi both knew that when Shi Zhongkai came in the morning, the eldest brother should have been there, since he couldn't hide it, there was no need to lie.

Sure enough, the eldest brother smiled and said, "Then I'll put away this silver, and you can be regarded as a rich lord now." ”

Chen Fan smiled and said: "Big brother, I didn't have money before, and I couldn't do a lot of things, but now that I have money, I can do many things." ”

"What are the plans of the Fa Sheng?"

"I want to build a farm in Gusu first, raise some ducks, and start a roast duck business, and at the same time build a village in Hudu, which can grow some grain, raise some pigs and chickens, and prepare more granaries, you can store some grain, at least 100,000 catties."

"100,000 catties? Fa Sheng, do you know what is the hardest part of this? ”

"Know, it's flowing. 100,000 catties of grain, now to buy, it is 50 guan, but it is not easy to store, every year to replace the old rice with new rice, the old rice to be disposed of, the new rice to be transported in, this is a troublesome thing, but I have already thought about it, the old rice is used to raise pigs and chickens, the people of Zhuangzi can also consume a part, this storage of 100,000 catties of grain, can not be less, that is, enough for a thousand people to eat for three months, it is really not good, more grain will be donated to your navy, eat two or three months will be gone, I want to be able to save more, can our strength, At present, saving 100,000 catties of grain is the limit. "In Chen Fan's mind, 100,000 catties, that is, it sounds like a big number, if you really want to eat it, it will soon be gone, but this matter of storing grain, I think every big family will do it, and the grain stored by yourself can be held on for a year.

"Okay, listen to you, have you chosen the address of this Zhuangzi?"

"No, that's what I'm going to ask you to do, big brother. I don't know if you've finished drawing your sea charts, big brother? ”

"Not yet, the distribution of reefs along the coast is more complicated, this matter is done for my brother himself, and it is not good to fake it, so it is a little slow, but it is also fast, and it is estimated that it will be completed in another month."

"The place to build a farm in Gusu is in Xiaohe Village, the eldest brother has time to see if there is a big place to sell, if there is a look of one or two hundred acres, it is ideal."

"How do you prepare to plant crops?"

"No, it's used to build a workshop, in addition to roast duck, there are also my chess eggs, and we can also build a wine workshop."

"Build a brewery?"

"Yes, the grain we store can be used to make wine, this wine is a good thing, in addition to drinking, and it is flammable, if you prepare more, it can be used in battle, it can also receive miraculous results."

"Okay, just do what you want according to the law."

After the two finished their discussion, the meal had been prepared, and after Chen Fan hurriedly finished eating, he explained a few words about what Hou Feng was going to do in the afternoon, and gave Hou Feng the bet slip.

Chen Fan, who had taken a nap, woke up, went out of the wing, and saw that the eldest brother had come back and was sitting in the hall, and there was still this burden on the desk next to him. When the eldest brother saw Chen Fan come out, he said with a smile: "The money has been recovered, two hundred taels of gold, and the gambling house has received a bonus of twenty taels of gold, which is black enough, what are you going to do with this money?" ”

"What about Ah Qing and Hou Feng?"

"Ah Qing went to the Taoist temple, and Hou Feng and Zhang Ke, Zhou Chong, and Zheng Yuan went to Xiaohezhuang. There are also two guards guarding the hall at the door. ”

"Fifty taels of gold to Aqing, he bought this house with thirty taels of gold, and the other ten taels of gold are the gambling funds of this time, without these ten taels of gold, there is no capital to win, so give him another ten taels, as profit."

The eldest brother nodded and said: "This is as it should be, the house is in your name, there was no money before, so you took it, and now that you have money, you should naturally pay it back." ”

"Thirty taels are brought to the family, and the desecrated Zhuangzi is run by the family, and it is not good if there is no money; You take the other sixty taels of gold, you take it, run a farm in Gusu, and ask the eldest brother for help in building a workshop; The rest of the money, I am going to see if I can buy a bigger house nearby, now the place to live is still a little small, mainly in the future need to have a place to put wine, roast duck and chess eggs, Xiaohe Village is a bit far away after all, there is no place in the city to turn around is inconvenient, if you can plate a shop, it is better to run a winery. ”