Although Mr. Chen has a bad temper, he is generous and pays very high wages to various shopkeepers, and the money spent on visiting brothels and keeping concubines can also be reimbursed.
In addition, he always kept his word, saying that he would give the shopkeeper some slack so he wouldn't really beat him to death.
The shopkeeper came here today with the determination to die. For him, it was an unexpected surprise.
"Reporting to Mr. Chen, these bandits are very capable of fighting..."
The shopkeeper knelt on the ground and told Mr. Chen the analysis of the thug boss.
After hearing this, Mr. Chen actually put away his whip: "You also know that sending someone to find out the details of the bandits is much better than these two idiots... Come on, break his legs and throw him out!"
"Yes!" Two burly men holding sticks walked out next to them.
"Thank you, Mr. Chen! Thank you, Mr. Chen!"
The shopkeeper kept kowtowing to Mr. Chen, and then was dragged out by the burly man.
Mr. Chen glanced at the other two shopkeepers hanging on the pillars, turned around and entered the room.
After changing his clothes, Mr. Chen led a group of people on horseback and left the county town. They ran along the mountain road in the west of the city for half an hour and stopped outside a small mountain village.
"You guys wait here!"
Master Chen asked his entourage to stop at the foot of the mountain and walked into the mountain village alone.
In recent years, the north has been severely affected by disasters, and the lives of people in the south of the Yangtze River have also been difficult, but this village is peaceful and peaceful.
The road paved with bluestone is clean, and on both sides of the road are small green brick courtyards scattered side by side, contrasting with the green mountains not far away, full of poetic and picturesque scenery.
Mr. Chen, who was extremely irritable in the county town, became extremely humble when he arrived in this village. He always had a smile on his face from the moment he entered the village, and he quickly gave way to villagers passing by.
If someone doesn't know him well, and sees Mr. Chen like this, he will definitely think that he is a humble gentleman.
Mr. Chen walked along the bluestone road and came to the outside of an ancestral hall.
The plaque at the door of the ancestral hall reads "Xie's Ancestral Hall", and the sound of reading can be heard from inside.
A middle-aged man wearing plain clothes passed by the ancestral hall yard and saw Mr. Chen at the door. He frowned slightly and walked out.n
"Chen Er, why are you here?"
"If you say thank you sir, I'll come find the old gentleman!"
Mr. Chen bowed and saluted.
"Your granary was also robbed?" the middle-aged man asked with a frown.
"How did Mr. Xie know?" Mr. Chen was surprised.
The middle-aged man did not answer Mr. Chen's question, but asked again: "Is the bandit who robbed you Dou Niwan from Miaomiao Gou?"
"Exactly!" Mr. Chen was even more surprised: "Mr. Xie, does he know what this person is like?"
"I don't know," the middle-aged man said, "Fat Wei and Zhang Quangui came here just now. Their granary was also robbed by bandits last night. The person who robbed them also claimed to be Dou Niwan from Miaomiao Gou."
"The granary owned by Fatty Wei and Lao Zhang was also robbed?"
Mr. Chen couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
The south of the Yangtze River produces grain and there are many grain merchants. Apart from his ability, the most important thing about Mr. Chen's dominance is that he has a backer.
Mr. Chen’s backer is the Jiangnan Xie family.
The Xie family is a long-established family with a history of more than 400 years and has deep roots in Changling County. Master Chen is just one of the many minions trained by the Xie family.
Like him, Fatty Wei and Zhang Quangui were grain merchants trained by the Xie family.
Mr. Chen originally thought that he had offended someone, causing all three of his granaries to be robbed. But now he found out that the granaries of Fatty Wei and Zhang Quangui were also robbed.
Master Chen suddenly felt relieved.
But he didn't dare to show it, but pretended to be anxious and asked: "What did the old gentleman say?" wp
"Father is still in class and didn't say anything."
The middle-aged man led Mr. Chen into the small courtyard and pointed to the side room: "Go in and wait. Let's talk after class!"
"Yes!" Mr. Chen bowed again and stepped into the side room.
As soon as he entered the house, he found two people kneeling on the ground in the side room, it was Fatty Wei and Zhang Quangui.
If it were a normal meeting, Mr. Chen would definitely have some fun with the two of them, but now he didn't even dare to say hello and knelt down beside Fatty Wei without saying a word.
The three of them knelt until the evening. When the children left after school, the three of them heard footsteps coming from behind.
An old man on crutches walked in with a roll of bamboo slips under his arm.
The old man had white beard and hair, and he was wearing very simple clothes, and even had a patch on his trousers.
But Mr. Chen and the other two people did not dare to be careless at all. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times seriously, shouting in unison: "Students pay homage to the old gentleman!"
Most of the families that can be passed down for hundreds of years are actually very low-key.
For example, the Xie family has a very strict family tradition. The direct descendants rarely act arrogantly outside. Instead, most of them live in this small mountain village, and their children receive education in the family school.
Every head of the Xie family has to hold a position in the family school. The old man in front of him is the previous head of the Xie family.
After retiring from the civil service in the capital twenty years ago, he returned to his ancestral home and served as the headmaster of the family school.
When the clan members see the head of the family, they all call him sir. The old head of the family is called Mr. Lao.
This is also the reason why the Xie family can be passed down for hundreds of years.
Only by paying enough attention to education can talents continue to emerge among the descendants, and the inheritance of the Xie family can be continued.
The Xie family not only trains disciples within the clan, but also selects some smart orphans from various places every year to train according to their respective personalities and abilities.
Master Chen, Fatty Wei and Zhang Quangui were orphans adopted by the Xie family. After rounds of selection, they finally stood out and became the white gloves for the Xie family to make money.
In the eyes of many people, the Xie family is a scholarly family with a very strict family tradition. In years of famine, the Xie family will set up porridge shacks in various places in Changling County to provide relief to the people.
Therefore, the Xie family has a very good reputation throughout the country.
But in fact, the Xie family has many minions like Mr. Chen, who infiltrate all walks of life in Changling County, bully and dominate the market, and do all kinds of evil.
In order to annex the people's land, Mr. Chen and the others had their hands stained with the blood of countless innocent people.
This is also the reason why Jin Feng hates aristocratic families.
The wealthy and aristocratic families appear to be sanctimonious on the surface, but in fact they hide in secret and suck the blood of the people. They are more terrifying and hateful than bandits!
"Xiao Chen, Xiao Wei, Xiao Zhang, are you here?"
When the old man saw the three of them, he asked kindly: "Is there anything wrong with you?"
"Father, it's like this. Their granaries were robbed by bandits last night!"
The middle-aged man standing aside told the story of the robbery of the granary.
"Alas, after the fourth prince Chen Zheng killed his father and usurped the throne, the world was in chaos and bandits were everywhere. In the end, it was the common people who suffered!"
The old man looked pitiful and sighed: "Although this son Jin Feng is an accomplice and supports Chen Wen'er, a female prostitute, to ascend the throne and become the emperor, he has a poem that is right. It is true that the people are suffering in prosperity, and in death, the people are suffering!"
"Father, please stop feeling emotional at this time and tell me what we should do now."
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