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Chapter 129 Business Environment
Unity time.

Yaqian Street Ximen Mansion.

Five golden flowers gather in the side hall.

"Three."

"Sixty thousand."

"Eight tubes." Xu Bang played a piece of mahjong, looked at Chen Jingyan, and said with a smile, "Third brother, have the Wangyan rebels on Hebei Road been put down?"

"Dongfeng!" Chen Jingyan glanced at Xu Bang, as if he was very displeased with the title of 'third brother', but he still replied: "Ping the fart, the rebel army is getting stronger now, and it is said that they have gathered more than 1 people. Go up On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Shan Ninggui, the Jiedu envoy of the Jingnan Army and a hussar general, was defeated by Wang Yan in Huaizhou, losing more than [-] troops."

"In red."

Ximen Gong saw that Xu Bang's call was smooth, and followed suit: "Third brother, I heard that the Guiyi Army on Jingdong Road has also rebelled?"

When it was Cai Yuan's turn to play a card, the old man took his time, lifted one and put it down, put it down and lifted it again, and finally threw a card, "Get rich."

"Touch!" Chen Jingyan followed Ximen Gong's words, and said, "Well, you are very well informed. The Guiyi Army was originally a surrendered army from the Zhou Dynasty. The new commander did not know how to appease him, but desperately withheld the army's salary and caused a mutiny!"

"Sitong. The world is full of ups and downs, I'm afraid we won't be able to last long."

At this moment, in the side hall, apart from the four people sitting around playing cards, only the youngest Chen Chu was watching in circles. There were no outsiders, so Xu Bang had no taboos about speaking.

"It doesn't matter whose family he belongs to, as long as Tongshan belongs to our brother. Yaoji."

Zhang Dianshi has gone, and the fire in the Caiwei Pavilion last year did not cause any disturbances. Ximen Gong, who has been quite comfortable recently, is very high-spirited.

Cai Yuan said slowly, "I heard that Jin Guo is very dissatisfied with our turmoil in Daqi which affects taxation, and sent envoys to reprimand the emperor after the year?"

"Brother! Don't comment on the current situation, can you play the cards faster? Every time I come to your place, I have to wait for a long time!" Xu Bang said dissatisfied.

Cai Yuan didn't even lift his eyelids, he still said in a leisurely manner, "[-]."

"bump!"

Today, all the wives went to celebrate the opening of the beauty salon, and Wuduo Jinhua took advantage of this gathering to exchange news, and to express their closeness and strengthen their alliance.

After all, with the contract of sworn brotherhood of 'Five Brothers and Five Family Killing Department Zuo Cao Division member Feng Changning is an alliance', the five families are blood alliances sharing life and death.

Similarly, in order to show their closeness, the five of them have no external ears in private, so it is reasonable to call them brothers except Chen Chu and Cai Yuan.

"Damn it, why is it in Hongzhong again! By the way, fifth brother, what happened to the Watermelon Festival?" Ximen Gong asked casually.

"The publicity has already started, and there will be other measures in a few days," Chen Chu said.

Everyone has a share in the Watermelon Festival, even Chen Jingyan, who has no land in Tongshan County, also takes a certain percentage of the profits in the "Sihai Commercial Firm" jointly established by several brothers.

"Western Wind. Old Five, let's hold this Watermelon Festival together. You can't favor one over another." Xu Bang pointed out something, and then urged Cai Yuan, who was super slow in playing cards, "Brother, can you hurry up! My mother-in-law back then Having a baby is faster than playing cards!"

Cai Yuan drooped his eyelids, and said slowly, "Men, be impatient when you're in a hurry, and break down if you're in a hurry."

"Hahaha~" Ximen Gong laughed out loud.

Chen Chu also couldn't help laughing. Hey, my old man is quite humorous.

After a long wait, Cai Yuan finally played a card of [-].

The deflated Xu Bang looked at Chen Chu, then at Cai Yuan, and said angrily, "Old Wu, I didn't say you treat one more than another. But this year, you planted melons half a month earlier for Cai's niece Zhuangzi, When the new melons are on the market, only her Zhuangzi will have melons to sell! It seems that brothers still don’t have nieces.”

Isn't this crap?Cai San not only pretends to be Brother Chen in his heart all the time, but also occasionally pretends to be Brother Chen in other places. How can you, a cheap brother like you, be able to compare?
"Three of a Kind!" Xu Bang threw out a card angrily.

"Nonsense!" Cai Yuan, who had been sluggish all the time, quickly pushed the cards, looked at Xu Bang and said calmly, "Look, I said that men can't be fast, and if they are too fast, they will ruin the second brother. You fired it. Haha , eighty articles of sincerity"

Just at this time, someone from outside the hall came to report that someone was complaining in the county government office, claiming that his family members were slaughtered by strong men.

Murder is no small matter, even at this moment.

Chen Jingyan got up quickly, and Ximen Gong and Chen Chu, who were in charge of prison affairs, also followed out.

Seeing this, Xu Bang also stood up.

"Hey! Xu Bangzi! You haven't paid me yet!"

"Brother, my brother, do you also see Bashi Wen?"

"There are no brothers at the gaming table!"

"Can I rely on you? Next time, next time."

It's the second quarter of the unitary hour.

Five golden flowers rushed to the county government.

But I saw a young man in his twenties kneeling in front of the gate of the county government. He kept kowtowing and could hear the "dong dong" sound of his forehead touching the bluestone pavement a dozen steps away.

When Chen Chu approached, the man's forehead was already bloody.
In today's world, except for the parents of heaven and earth, it is generally not allowed to kneel down.

Unless there is a big favor or a big injustice.

Outside the yamen, many passers-by have gathered to watch the excitement.

Ximen Gong winked, and two soap clothes guarding the door stepped forward and helped him in.

Next, it is the usual process, promotion, questioning.

No matter how it is in private, Chen Jingyan is absolutely respected in the public face of the county government. After sitting in the case, he said with a dignified face: "Who is under the court, what is the grievance?"

"The villain He Bei, from Caizhou"

A hoarse voice sounded in the lobby.

Telling the scene of the tragic death of the family did not cause too much emotional ups and downs in the hall. These old fritters have been in danger and are used to the storms of life.

Only Chen Chu, who was standing outside the hall, frowned slightly uncomfortably.

In the hall, until He Bei said that the place where the incident happened was in Lin County, Chen Jingyan and Cai Yuan looked at each other and had an idea in mind.

As an official, it is better to pay more attention to less than one thing.

The incident took place not in Tongshan County, and neither the Sufferer nor the Strongman were from Tongshan County.
Is it reasonable for you to let the officials of Tongshan County catch the bandits in Langshan County?

In an instant, Chen Jingyan had already thought of no less than ten kinds of high-sounding rhetoric, "He Bei, right, this matter"

"My lord! Your subordinates have something important to report!"

Chen Chu, who was outside the hall, suddenly walked in. This behavior was somewhat rude and overreaching, but no matter who was sitting here, he was a good brother of Chen Xiaoge.

"Okay, let's leave for the time being." Chen Jingyan looked at Cai Yuan and the others again, not knowing what he was doing with his little brother, so he could only say helplessly.

back room.

"Is it reasonable for the officials of Tongshan County to arrest the county bandits in Langshan?"

"Very reasonable!"

It didn't rain, and the atmosphere was not harmonious.

Just now when they returned to the back hall, Chen Chu startled the four brothers as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Catch and kill the criminals, silence the official way!"

Such murderous words immediately aroused opposition from several people. Chen Jingyan thought that Chen Chu had committed the problem of youthful chivalry, so he gently persuaded him that he would send an official document to Langshan County to let the local tolerance arrest the murderer.

Chen Chu didn't believe a word of that.

Ximen Gong also didn't understand why Chen Chu wanted to meddle in this nosy business. You are the capital of Tongshan County, but not the capital of Langshan County.

Xu Bang was even more blushing with Chen Chuzheng.

Cai Yuan, who had been silent all this time, finally raised his eyes and asked Chen Chu, "Chen Dutou, why do you insist on killing Zhang Li and other criminals? "

"For the upcoming Watermelon Festival!"

This answer was quite unexpected.

"After two months, our county's watermelons will be on the market. If you want to gather merchants from all over the world, if you want to take the opportunity to sell our watermelons, melon paste, and melon candies, you must first eliminate the murderers who are entrenched near the official roads and steal money! If the murderers are allowed to be rampant, who would dare to come to Tongshan County?"

In the final analysis, what Chen Chu said was the 'business environment'.

Before the opening of the Watermelon Festival, the internal business environment must first be rectified. For example, officials should be severely punished for extorting and extorting money from foreign merchants.

Furthermore, the external business environment is like whether the road leading to Tongshan County is safe.

Two hundred miles to the east of Tongshan County is the starting point for navigation on the Huai River. If the local foreign trade becomes bigger and stronger in the future, the Huai River connected to the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and can go north to south will definitely be the best solution to the problem of transportation capacity.

And this official road between Tongshan County and Langshan County is the only way to the starting point of Huai River navigation.

The Watermelon Festival has been prepared for half a year and publicized for two months. It is related to the vital interests of the people present. However, they have always had some concerns about cross-border hunting.

The room fell silent for a while.

Chen Chu looked around at the crowd, chuckled, and said, "I want Rentu's head! It's not just him, whoever dares to block my Tongshan's fortune on this official road in the future, I'll take whose head! "

Chen Chuyi cupped his hands, and said again: "Brothers, you should think about it slowly, and I will go to prepare now."

After all, he turned and left the back hall.

A few people left looking at each other.

What this little brother means is that whether you do it or not, I will do it anyway
After a while, someone came to report that Chen Dutou had taken away the Caizhou native named He Bei.

Now, they were completely sure that Chen Chu was going to get serious.

The eldest brother Cai Yuan sighed for a while, and said: "Let's not just sit still, each family will draw a few trustworthy and skilled people, and prepare for it."

"Brother! Are we really following the old five? Who knows what kind of forces are behind that Zhang Rentu, who will take people across borders, and might have a conflict with Lin County!"

Xu Bang hesitated again and again, but still reminded.

"If we don't send people to follow, he might dare to kill the official of Lin County!" Cai Yuan narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Have you forgotten? He is a monkey who dares to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace!"

The four of them knew what "Havoc in Heaven" was talking about.

All the officials sent by the imperial court dared to kill Zhang Rentu. If there were officials from Langshan County to stop Zhang Rentu from being arrested, who would guarantee that Chen Chu would not act recklessly?
The five of them were like grasshoppers on a rope, and they were the ones who caused Chen Chu's trouble.

At the end of the unitary hour, the four of them separated and made preparations.

at night.

Cai Yuan told his eldest son Cai Yun about what happened today in his study.

Cai Yun, who is cautious by nature, was startled when he heard about it, "Father, this Chen Dutou has no rules. My family really helped him do such a reckless thing? If things go on like this, sooner or later he will cause a catastrophe."

Cai Yuan pondered for a moment, then sighed: "Now, can my family and his family still be separated in the eyes of others? My son, let's make a bet for my father. If I win the bet for my father, it will be for your brother and for me." The grandchildren have won a lot of money; if you lose the bet, your father will accompany you on the road to the underworld, and your life will not be in vain after all!"

Inside the secret room, the candles were dimly lit.

A few words, implying a heroic spirit.

Cai Yun understood that his father was going to bet on Chen Chu!
For his father, Cai Yun not only has reverence, but also has extreme trust.

It can be said that it has reached the point of obedience.

So he quickly accepted Cai Yuan's idea, but he also thought of his younger sister. After a little hesitation, he said, "Father, if that's the case...then why did you drive Hua'er out of the house?"

Cai Yuan looked at his son silently, and said slowly: "With Chen Chu's current situation, even if he stops his wife and remarries, he will not worry about remarrying a young lady from a wealthy family, but he still regards a poor peasant girl as his main wife. People are nostalgic. Last year, they killed Shangguan again for the sake of a nobleman. It shows the seriousness."

"Father, what do you mean?" Cai Yun didn't understand.

Maybe because he thought his son was stupid, Cai Yuan frowned slightly, and said: "People who miss the past and cherish love can only restrain them with 'love'. I kicked Hua'er out of the house, and Chen Chu owed Hua'er a big debt." mutual affection.

In this way, Hua'er can let go of her hands and feet to earn a little money, understand? "

(End of this chapter)