The days are not alarming, like mountain streams and springs.

Chen Chao replied to Meng Changge, but the letter was in Meng Changge, I don't know when it will be a month? Two months?

Chen Chao didn't know very well.

From Meng Changge's letter, as well as Chen Chao's own understanding of the Qin State over the years.

He found that this country is very different from other countries, its difference lies in the current situation of Qin, now, the power of Qin is not concentrated in the hands of King Qin, King Qin has no real power in his hands, more like a puppet, the real power is in the hands of those powerful families in the capital of Xianyang, and King Qin has been hollowed out by them.

And in all parts of the Qin State, the division of feudal towns is already a big deal.

The generals of the feudal towns in various places also turned a deaf ear to the orders issued to them by the capital Xianyang, and they all wanted to establish themselves as kings.

In the Qin State, whoever has a large territory and a large number of troops in his hands is the boss.

In this regard, the Chen Dynasty could only say that the Qin State would soon fall.

The choice made by Meng Changge's father, Meng Wu, is undoubtedly correct!

On the eve of the disintegration of the Qin state, he tried to expand his strength as much as possible to gain an advantage in future wars.

If he could, the Chen Dynasty even wanted to secretly fund Meng Wu and let this old general defeat half of the Qin State, but then think about it, forget it, at the moment the Qin State and Daji are still in a peaceful situation, once he interferes in the affairs of the Qin State, it is easy to burn himself if he can't get it well.

During these days, Chen Chao was preparing for his marriage, except for this matter, he secretly climbed over the wall in the backyard at night to exchange feelings with Chu Yunmei.

I don't know if she is sober, when she sees Chu Yunmei again, the eldest princess refuses to admit the words she said in the carriage, and also said that it is impossible for her to say those words to Chen Chao to show her heart.

In this regard, Chen Chao could only sigh..... Chu Yunmei Society is dead.

At the same time, Junhuzhuang also sent news that more than 20 people from Baijiemen had settled in Junhuzhuang and slowly relaxed their vigilance.

Lao Zhuang tried to communicate with them, but because Lao Zhuang was the village chief and very practical, he quickly got along with them.

Chen Chao took the time to go to Junhuzhuang and prepared to meet them in person.

......

On this day, the wind is light and the shadows of the trees are soothing.

In the center of the village of Junhuzhuang, in an ordinary courtyard, several men were dressed in coarse linen clothes and straw sandals with exposed toes on their feet, squatting on the ground to eat watermelon.

As soon as the ripe watermelon is opened, it is red and bright, and the mouth is full of juice when you bite into it.

Now, although the heat has passed, the weather is still very hot, and it is very comfortable to eat the chilled watermelon fished up from the well at noon.

Lei Xingkui, as the elder of Baijiemen, was in the scenery, and his family also lived in a large mansion with three entrances, and dozens of maids and maids were waiting.

He doesn't want to be like the men, squatting on the ground and nibbling on watermelons without any image.

He asked his wife to bring out a chair for him, served a pot of herbal tea, and he sat in the shade of a tree, holding a watermelon in one hand and a fan in the other, enjoying the afternoon leisurely.

Throwing a tooth of watermelon skin to a yellow dog with a wagging tail raised in the yard, Lei Xingkui was not happy, so he coughed.

"Ahem."

His son Lei Yi hurriedly got up and handed his father a tooth again.

At that time, Baijiemen was surrounded and suppressed by the imperial court, and Baijiemen was destroyed overnight, Lei Xingkui, as the elder of Baijiemen, was naturally on the list of beheadings, and their family escaped desperately, but they were also seriously injured, several of his sons were killed, and in the end, only his youngest son Lei Yi survived to the present.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed since the tragedy, and everyone can now be regarded as having found a new home and a comfortable life.

When he came to Lei Xingkui's side, Lei Yi did not leave, but squatted down, raised his head to look at his white-haired father, and said: "Dad, we have been here for a few days, we can't be idle at home and do nothing, a few days ago, I, Gao Tian, Yang Ping and Wang Shiliang have discussed, we have craftsmanship in our hands, we can't bury it, I and they are going to open a blacksmith shop, usually build some farm tools or something, which can be regarded as subsidizing the family..."

Lei Xingkui ate the watermelon, as if he hadn't heard it.

Lei Yi said to Lei Xingkui again: "Dad, you see, we finally settled in this military household village and lived a few comfortable days. I've inquired, all the veterans who have retired from the battlefield live here, and the general surnamed Murong has not broken his promise to us, we really don't have to hide in Tibet in the future, and we will move with our luggage as soon as there is a storm. ”

"There is not much food at home, only enough to eat for more than three months, and there is no more after eating, if we don't want to make money, we all have to go hungry, I don't want to plant farming, I can't plant ..... in this life"

"Dad, do you think the business of opening a blacksmith shop can be done?"

Lei Yi chattered, Lei Xingkui didn't say a word, just ate the watermelon one bite at a time, and threw the watermelon skin to the yellow dog tethered to the corner of the wall.

In the end, an old woman with weak legs stepped forward and waved her hand away.

Lei Xingkui looked at the old woman, who was also his wife who had been with him for so many years, and the solemn expression on his face gradually slowed down.

He didn't know that everyone couldn't be so idle, and he had to find a job to support his family.

But he faintly felt uneasy, he had been on the run for so many years, and this time they couldn't escape from this small military household village anyway.

At first, he didn't understand why the villagers of Junhuzhuang would give up the best courtyards in the center of the village for outsiders to live in.

Later he realized that the Guntozhuang was like a cage, and that they were locked in the most heavily guarded cell.

The villagers of Junhuzhuang are the guards, and no matter which direction they flee from, they have to alarm the villagers.

Moreover, the villagers of Junhuzhuang are all veterans who have been discharged from the battlefield, which undoubtedly makes it more difficult for them to escape.

He dared to guarantee that as long as they dared to leave this Zhuangzi with their front foot, they would definitely be caught with their back foot.

And, day and night, he always felt that there were several unscrupulous eyes watching them secretly.

The solemnity between Lei Xingkui's eyebrows was seen by the old woman, and she said: "This may not be a bad result, we can think about the bright side." ”

Lei Xingkui's brows furrowed and he looked at his wife, on the good side?

After a pause, the old woman said:

"We were placed in the center of the village, surrounded by veterans, perhaps because we were worried that someone would harm us and hurt us. At least we lived in this period of time, did not suffer any abuse, on the contrary, Lao Zhuang's hospitality was too much, three days and two ends to send things to our yard, a few days ago, Yang Ping's daughter was also entrusted by Lao Zhuang, sent to the school....."

Before he finished speaking, the people in the courtyard heard Lao Zhuang's hearty laughter, turned their heads to look over, and found that Lao Zhuang had already pushed the door and walked in:

"Yo, what about eating watermelon? Give me a tooth too. Lao Zhuang is a self-cooked, picked up the watermelon on the table and nibbled on it.

"Lao Zhuang, what are you doing today?" The man in the courtyard asked jokingly, he was already very familiar with the village chief.

"What? Of course, there are good things. Lao Zhuang finished gnawing a tooth of watermelon, touched the juice on his clothes, took out a document from the government from his arms, and said: "I will ask someone to fix the paperwork for you in your blacksmith shop, and you can start to make iron tomorrow." ”

"Really?"

The men led by Lei Yi scrambled to stand up and surrounded Lao Zhuang, scrambling to see the document.

You know, in Daji, salt and iron are all materials strictly controlled by the government, if you want to open a blacksmith shop, you have to go to the government to report, and you can only open it after the government agrees.

At the same time, after Lao Zhuang threw the paperwork on the table, he walked straight to Lei Xingkui, who was sitting on a chair and holding a fan.

Lei Xingkui subconsciously stood up, "Village Chief Zhuang." ”

Lao Zhuang was one-armed, smiled at the old man in front of him, and asked, "Elder Lei, please come out with me, someone wants to see you." ”