For the next three days, Chen Chao stayed in the mansion and continued to take the school examination for Yue'e, instilling all kinds of knowledge in her.

Yue'e lived up to Chen Chao's expectations, with a high talent and a fast learning speed.

But to become Chen Chao's right-hand man, it will take a long time to hone it.

Three days later, the one-armed village chief of Junhuzhuang personally came to the prime minister's mansion to report to Chen Chao about the situation of the more than 20 people.

He knew that the Chen Dynasty valued those more than twenty people very much, and if not, he would not put them in the military household village he managed.

Chen Chao waved his hand and asked Yue'e to show the village chief a seat, "Sit down, just send someone to report, you still come in person, it's really...."

"This is a big deal for Xiangye, and his subordinates have to come in person, otherwise his subordinates will not be steady."

The village chief reached out and touched the back of his head, and sat down on the chair opposite Chen Chao with some surprise.

After sitting down, he saw the maid waiting in the study bringing him hot tea, he hurriedly stood up and reached out to take it, and thanked him.

Yue'e blessed her body and retreated behind Chen Chao.

The village chief looked around and felt as if he were in a dream.

He didn't dare to think that he, a little veteran, could sit and talk face-to-face with the prime minister of the dynasty? And good tea for him to drink.

Chen Chao looked at the one-armed village chief carefully, recalling the experience of the two acquaintances.

The two met on the battlefield of Yunzhou, the one-armed village chief surnamed Zhuang, everyone called him Lao Zhuang, Lao Zhuang was originally an ordinary person in Qingshan County, and was called into the army to become a member of the Changsheng Army, because of his combat bravery, he was soon promoted to the captain of the army, and served as a squad leader of the Chen Dynasty's personal guard battalion.

In the year when he fought against the bandits in Yunzhou, although Chen Chaoshan made a strange plan and led the army to win a hundred battles, the battlefield was dangerous and the sword had no eyes.

Rao is the main general of the Chen Dynasty has also been under siege several times, and was almost hacked to death by bandits, and one of Lao Zhuang's arms was lost to help Chen Chao block the knife.

Later, the bandits were leveled, the army triumphed, Lao Zhuang refused the kindness of the Chen Dynasty to stay, retired from the Changsheng Army honorably, and then took the whole family to settle down in Zhuangzi, claiming to be a trilogy.

And the villagers of Junhuzhuang are all veterans of the Changsheng Army.

When they are not fighting, they are ordinary peasants who plough the fields, but when they are given weapons and armor in wartime, they are soldiers again.

"Are you alright?" Chen Chao's voice was very kind, he respected these retired veterans from the bottom of his heart.

"Okay, very good, Lao Zhuang is here to thank Xiangye." The one-armed village chief was about to stand up as he spoke, but when he saw Chen Chao pressing his hand down, he sat back again.

He knew that Chen Chao didn't like them veterans, and he was too groveling.

"If the villagers of Junhuzhuang have any difficulties in life, just come and tell me, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, you are all heroes of the country, and you deserve it." Chen Chao said.

Most of the villagers living in Junhuzhuang were discharged from the army due to disability, and their contribution to the country could not make them feel cold.

"There is no difficulty, Xiangye, although everyone is crippled now, it is not that they can't be moved, Junhu Zhuang is a good paddy field, and the planting fields can fully feed a family, not to mention the monthly subsidy, which is completely enough." Lao Zhuang smiled very happily.

In fact, they can survive without farming, and the monthly allowance for their disabled soldiers is terrifyingly high, and every family in their military household village has also made a small fortune for this, and they can become small landlords outside.

"This is good, this is good......"

Hearing Lao Zhuang speak, Chen Chao nodded and put his mind at ease.

......

The two chattered and laughed, and Yue'e, who was standing behind Chen Chao, listened quietly, she had never seen any powerful person in the world who could gather such a powerful heart...... He finally knew why Xiang Ye was always invincible, and finally understood the concept that Chen Chao had instilled in her intentionally or unintentionally these days:

In this world, when you can always stand in the shoes of the vast majority, you will not be defeated!

After chatting about homework, it was already an hour later, Lao Zhuang remembered what he was doing today, and hurriedly stood up and put a booklet in his arms on the desk in front of Chen Chao.

The booklet records what the twenty-odd people did every day, every hour, and even every quarter of an hour.

There are special people in Juntozhuang who are responsible for keeping an eye on them, even at night.

Chen Chao picked it up and looked at it, and said as he looked through it, "Do they have any abnormal behavior?" Or is it noteworthy?"

Lao Zhuang is a veteran and has this vigilance.

Lao Zhuang frowned twice, thought about it carefully, and shook his head.

This is really not the case, they are the same as the new villagers, they are a little resistant to the new environment at first, after all, it takes a while to get used to a new environment.

They usually stay in their own yards, and they don't go out and don't like to communicate with their neighbors.

When you get to dinner, you make a fire to cook, and at night you go to bed, and there is really nothing out of the ordinary.

But as time went by, Lao Zhuang really thought that something was wrong, so he said to Chen Chao:

"There are more than 20 of them, strictly speaking, five families, the five of them are very tight, what is the matter, the five families are all discussing together, and the one who makes the decision is an old man who doesn't look easy to mess with."

"That old man looks fierce, and he doesn't speak very well, even if I, the village chief, go, the old man doesn't give a good face, as if everyone else owes him money and doesn't pay it back."

When Chen Chao heard this, he tried to ask, "Is the old man's name Lei Xingkui?" ”

"Yes, yes, it's that old man, Lei Xingkui! I've heard other people call him the Six Elders or something. ”

Chen Chao nodded, that's right.

There are more than 20 people in this line, Lei Xingkui is the oldest, and he is also the elder of Baijiemen, and he is the one in charge.

Touching his chin, squinting his eyes and thinking about it, Chen Chao looked at Lao Zhuang and ordered: "Lao Zhuang, give you a task to get this Lei Xingkui,"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Lao Zhuang stood up suddenly, his body was straight, this was a military order, he would definitely be able to complete the task.

.....

Night.

In the gazebo in the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the cool breeze is blowing.

Sending away Lao Zhuang, Chen Chao met with a farmer surnamed Niu in Nanshan, that is, the farmer who Chen Chao gave him the blueprints of Quyuan plough.

Hou Ji searched for a long time before he found him.

He recruited it, saying that after leaving that day, someone spent a lot of money to buy the drawings and gave him a hush money, which was 2,000 taels.

If you guessed correctly, it was the drawings that the eldest princess Chu Yunmei sent someone to buy, and built the Quyuan plough according to the appearance of the drawings.

In addition to meeting with farmers surnamed An, Chen Chao also met with Lu Zhengming, the governor of Huainan.

"Huh? You, you are not the imperial doctor, you are the prime minister! Lu Zhengming was stunned, and almost died of fright.

Chen Chao is annoying, he can get along with others as the imperial doctor Zhao Cheng, who wants to get along with others as the prime minister of Daji?

Don't forget, Chen Chao has a well-known name outside.

Treacherous!

Everybody gets it!

Although its reputation has improved much in recent years, most people's impression of the Chen Dynasty is still stuck in controlling the government and being autocratic.

"At the first day of September, the eldest princess Chu Yunmei wants to use the strategy to invite merit in front of His Majesty and the princes of the court, I need the adults to testify to the court, and testify that this strategy was not written by Chu Yunmei."

"He Chu Yunmei risked the heavenly merit, it is an unforgivable sin!"

Lu Zhengming was stunned, and then nodded blankly: "It is incumbent on the lower officials to wait for the dispatch of the slaughter." ”