The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 51 Sharpening the Knife to the Pig and Sheep

As the saying goes, to do great things, dig deep into the wall, accumulate food widely, and become king slowly.

If you want to fight for a fortune in troubled times, you must have money and food.

The Lu family in Fuzhou has just passed the food and clothing line, and their foundation is still very weak.

Before Jianlu took control of the Central Plains, before the troubled times hit Fujian, Lu Changle seized the time to strengthen himself.

After becoming the patriarch, he has been working with Fan San to assign committees and virtual snakes,
Apart from wanting to use his connections to donate an official position, the most important thing is to take a fancy to the wealth of Fan's business.

Get close to him, and slowly find out the operation of Fan's firm, where the money bank is, and who is behind it,

As soon as the appointment certificate of the chief coach of the militia arrived, it was his harvest time.

Lu Jinyuan said worriedly: "Patriarch, will we make a big fuss this time?"

I have always been a man of duty, diligently contributing to the family,
Lu Jinyuan never dreamed that he would also have a day of beating sap sticks, grabbing floats, and tying meat tickets.

All of this started when Le Ge'er became enlightened, and the Lu family in Fuzhou changed.

Gan Hui said appreciatively: "It's just to get a few meat tickets. The big men don't stick to trifles. People like Zhang Laocai and Chen Wanwan are rich and unkind. We do this to eliminate harm for the people. The patriarch Lu also said that Fan San is private Tong Jianlu, that Su Wen is also a great figure in Jianlu, traitors and lackeys, everyone can punish him, this is what a hero and a man do."

Those who achieve big things don't stick to small details, relying on the harvest in the field to accumulate slowly, and they don't know how to accumulate until the year of the monkey.

Lu Changle reassured: "There is no turning back when we shoot the bow. The government and the surname Zheng forced us to have nowhere to go. The floats were all robbed. A few meat tickets are nothing."

"The patriarch is right, I was thinking too much." Lu Jinyuan said firmly.

The Lu family in Fuzhou is dying. The old ancestors and clansmen have to avenge their revenge. They are afraid of tigers and wolves, so they can't do anything.
Gan Hui patted Lu Jinyuan on the shoulder, giving his good brother some encouragement and comfort.

Lu Changle changed the topic: "It's not easy for Uncle Yuan to come here, and he has to go to work later, time is tight, let's talk about the business first, Uncle Yuan, Uncle Hui, you have seen that Su Wen too, do you have any impression?"

Lu Jinyuan's status in the Lu family is very high, and his sudden disappearance can easily arouse suspicion.
This time the kidnapping was carried out by Gan Hui and a few masters in the clan.

The so-called flying books are not registered in the official fish scale book and belong to the hidden population.

In order to evade taxes, dignitaries, gentry, and big families will try their best to hide their population, and the Fuzhou Lu family is no exception.

It is not an exaggeration to say that even if the government went to the Lu family in Fuzhou to investigate, nothing could be found.
Lu Jinyuan was specially brought by Lu Changle to identify him, to see if he recognized the mysterious man named Fang Wen.

After finding out the reasons for going out, I went to ask someone to see if I could contact the Incense Sect.

In order to show the importance he attaches to Fan Sanbo, as soon as Lu Changle returned to Xingping Village, he sent more than a dozen people out to help inquire, doing a good job on the surface.

"do not know"

"never seen it"

Both shook their heads, knowing nothing about the person who claimed to be Fang Wen.

"It's okay, sooner or later dig out his details." Lu Changle said with a sneer, "Fan's firm has been operating in Fujian for many years and has made a lot of money. It's just a good time to let Fan San call for bloodletting."

The first gold digging by the Lu family in Fuzhou depended on the Fan's firm.

Lu Jinyuan said excitedly: "With the money, the Lu family in Fuzhou will not have to suffer from cold and starvation."

Before persuading Lu Changle to be careful not to be used by Fan Sanbo, at that time Lu Changle said mysteriously that he didn't know who was taking advantage of whom,
Now it seems that Le Geer has a detailed plan.

It's unlucky for Fan to meet Brother Le.

When the three of them were discussing, a man with a clown's face walked past with a pot of water.

"Mu Sheng, what are you doing with this pot of water?" Lu Changle recognized Mu Sheng from the clan, and asked curiously.

"Patriarch, those participants are thirsty, get them some water," Mu Sheng replied quickly.

Those who tie up the wrong person and cannot extract money are called bad tickets;

Ordinary people can ask for a ransom, but the ransom is not much, it is called a meat ticket;
Rich people, sons of the powerful and powerful, who can make a lot of money, are called Canpiao.

The people locked in the cave are worth at least 2000 taels of silver and at most 1 taels of gold.

That was a huge sum of money, and Shui was afraid that something would happen to them and they would not get the ransom. When he heard that they were thirsty, he immediately went to prepare water.

Lu Changle rolled his eyes, and quickly came up with an idea: "Mu Sheng, those people locked up in the cave are either bad guys who run wild in the village for the sake of being rich and unkind, or traitors who betray the country and seek glory and have illicit relations with the prisoners. There is no need to wait for them." They are so good, just treat them as livestock and just keep breathing."

After finishing speaking, Lu Changle whispered a few words in Mu Sheng's ear.

Fan Sanbo and Fang Wen are pawns that Jianlu placed in Fujian, they must be cleared.

As for Zhang Laocai, Chen Wanwan and Xu Qianmu, their reputations have long been discredited in Changle County.
Binding one is tying, tying several more is also tying, besides, tying only Fang Wen is too obvious, and it is easy to arouse Fan Sanbo’s vigilance.
When Lu Changle made a plan, he simply tied them up too.

None of them are good things, so there is no need to treat them as human beings.

After hearing this, Mu Sheng said hesitantly, "Patriarch, isn't this a bit too much?"

"What's the matter, we are doing justice for the heavens. If you do it well, I will reward you two little piggies." Lu Changle gave the reward.

"Patriarch, look well, let's see how I teach them a lesson." Upon hearing the reward, Mu Sheng regained his spirits immediately.

"Patriarch, what did you tell Mu Sheng?" Lu Jinyuan asked curiously.

"It's nothing, just let him teach those guys a lesson, and temper that Fang Wen's temper by the way." Lu Changle said with a smile.

Lu Jinyuan and Gan Hui looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

For Lu Changle, who was full of ghost ideas, the two of them were convinced.

Lu Changle clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's proceed according to the plan. Uncle Yuan is responsible for inquiring, doing enough superficial work to paralyze Fan. Uncle Hui is responsible for collecting the ransom. Be sure to pay attention to safety. As for me, I will stay with Fan." Call around three times to see what arrangements he has, just in time for an internal response."

This time, not only will Fan Sanbo be beaten to the bone, but also Jianlu's influence in Fujian will be uprooted.

Inside the cave, Chen Wanwan saw Shuisheng coming in with a water bottle, and quickly said, "Shui, hurry up, I'm thirsty."

The chubby Zhang Laocai also said with dissatisfaction: "You want so much ransom, it's not easy to entertain, it's too careless."

"If we're thirsty, we won't be able to receive the ransom," Xu Qianmu also echoed.

"Sweating so much, it stinks, bring me a new set of clothes, not silk, I'm not used to wearing them." There were so many people, Zhang Laocai couldn't help asking.

She has always been pampered, well-clothed and well-fed, and beautifully served by beautiful maids, but now she is fine, tired, afraid and hungry,
My temper has come up.

Fang Wen didn't say anything, but just stared at the kettle in Mu Sheng's hand, with longing in his eyes.

I don't know if it's because I'm sweating a lot, my throat is so thirsty that smoke is coming out of my throat.

Mu Sheng put down the kettle and slapped the cell door with a knife: "It's so noisy, whoever makes any noise, see if I don't cut off his tongue."

The patriarch said that those locked up are not good people, so there is no need to be polite to them.

Zhang Laocai was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Brother, please do me a favor and give me some water. I'm dying of thirst."

These incense sect remnants kill people at every turn, so don't make him anxious.

Mu Sheng put the kettle on the table and said lazily, "If you want to drink, I have to bring it for you. Why?"

Xu Qianmu said cautiously: "Hero, you took all our money, and there is nothing to honor the hero."

When they were on the boat, everyone was searched, and the gold and jade pendants that were not much on their bodies were searched away, so there was no money left.

Chen Wanwan said with a wry smile: "Hero, we all wrote the ransom letter as required, and you can't starve and thirst us to death, right?"

People under the eaves have to bow their heads.

"Hehehe, the four are distinguished guests of the Incense Sect, how can you be negligent, don't worry, I will take good care of you," Mu Sheng said with a smile.

For some reason, Mu Sheng, who had clown makeup on his face, smiled. Zhang Laocai, Chen Wanwan and the others saw it, and they had a very bad feeling in their hearts.
The robber in front of him smiled like a devil about to break free from his shackles
(End of this chapter)