Humane Yongchang

Chapter 89
Not yet outside the county yamen.

Chen Sheng saw from a distance the four second-generation families headed by Zhang Ji, standing outside the gate of the county government, talking together, surrounded by a large circle of guards with swords hanging from their waists.

Zhang Ji's eyes were sharp, and when he saw Chen Sheng from a distance, he walked out of the crowd and shouted loudly, "Why did Brother Sheng come so slowly, brothers have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Chen Sheng hurriedly stepped up his pace, smiled and cupped his hands as he walked: "It's my younger brother, isn't it, the brothers have been waiting for a long time!"

Among the four, the heads of the grain merchant Zhang's family and the oil merchant's Tian family all died in the previous incident of the Taiping Road branch in Panchen County, and Zhang Ji and Tian Mu of the second generation took over as the head of the family.

The heads of the Chen family of Huai Antang and the salt merchant Liu family escaped, but Chen Sheng also had more contact with the young masters of the two families. Chen Sheng.

Among the five people, Tian Mu was the oldest, followed by Zhang Ji, Chen Sheng was the third, Liu Geng was the head of the Liu family, and Chen Xi, the head of the Chen family, was the youngest.

The five alliances were originally just a loose alliance that was forced to come together by the Yellow Turban thieves.

If there is no accident, this loose alliance with neither deep friendship nor deep interest binding may naturally dissipate in the last four or five years.

However, less than a month after the incident of the Taiping Road branch in Chen County ended, it hit a famine again, and the world was about to be in chaos...

At this juncture, who would be foolish enough to turn away from their allies?

It's too late to warm up in a group!
……

Under the guidance of the servants of the county government office, the five of them stepped into the gate of the county government office together.

As soon as he entered the door, a servant came and guided the guards behind the five people to sit in the side hall.

And the five continued to go deeper under the guidance of the servants.

This was the first time Chen Sheng walked into the gate of the Chenjun County Government Office.

It was found that this county office was not composed of open office halls as he had thought.

But like a mansion, it consists of independent courtyards. He even saw a group of children riding bamboo horses in these courtyards... It was very similar to the Soviet-style gardens he had seen in his previous life.

To say what is the difference between the buildings in the prefecture and the houses outside, that is, the houses in the prefecture are built extraordinarily tall, and their shapes are more square and simple. Strange monster pattern...

"At this time, without guards accompanying you, you are almost afraid to go out."

"Yeah, two other warehouses in my house were looted last night. In my opinion, this county will no longer be able to live in it. If you live in it, you will die at the hands of those mob sooner or later!"

"Brother Ji, the name of your grain merchant Zhang's family is too conspicuous. If you say that your family has no grain, let alone others, even I don't believe it!"

"Don't talk about you, I don't believe it myself, but my father left me such a mess, what can I do... Brother Sheng, how is your family?"

Chen Sheng, who was looking around at the county government and listening to their chatter, suddenly heard that they brought the topic to him. When he turned around, he found that the four of them were all staring at him.

He thought for a while, and then chuckled lightly: "Brother Ji, why do we have to play these twists and turns between our brothers... A comprehensive place, my family has it, I bring my own rations, and each person has a thousand catties of food, listen to the arrangement, I promise that no one can hurt you a single hair before my merchant Chen family falls!"

"This……"

Zhang Ji looked at Tian Mu, Liu Geng and others with some hesitation, and then whispered, "Brother Sheng, is there more?"

Tian Mu nodded his head: "Yes, brother Sheng, you are aware of the situation in your brother's house. If there is still room, it will be given to you earlier, so why wait until now?"

Liu Geng and Chen Xi also repeatedly said yes.

It's not that there are no guards in their home, but those guards and the guys from the merchant Chen family are no match at all!

Moreover, no one can say for sure how much worse this year's famine will get.

If it really deteriorates to the point where the entire line collapses, no one can guarantee whether those guards will still be guards.

In contrast, the Hongshang Chen family has been established in Chen County for 200 years, and their reputation and family tradition are well-known. In addition, if they can get the protection of the Hongshang Chen family, it will be better than entrusting their hopes to those who spend money to care for them. The guards who came were even more reassuring.

Chen Sheng looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "My brothers, I'm not hiding from you. Your family has prepared food, and my family has also prepared a lot of food. The reason why I still asked my brother for the food earlier. In front of us, it is because my family still has to support people...a lot of people!"

He was vague.

The four of them understood in an instant.

After Zhang Ji pondered for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Forty people, but the food and fodder, I have to trouble Brother Sheng's family uncle to get it by himself!"

When Chen Sheng heard the words, he was unhappy and sad, and muttered in his heart, "We've lost, we've lost, we should drive higher."

The grain merchant Zhang's family was nearly wiped out by Li Yuan's gang before, but now there are less than 20 people in the whole house.

But Zhang Ji asked for a quota of 40 people!

What does this mean?
This shows that Zhang Ji has asked for places for some of his henchmen!
He has long known that the Zhang family must still have a large amount of food in their hands.

But knowing that you know, at this juncture, it is not easy to buy... let alone borrow!
At this time, even if he buys food at fifty times the original price, that would be bullying!
"Don't worry about this!"

Chen Sheng whispered: "Brother Ji, might as well go to see the environment first, and then make a decision!"

Zhang Ji nodded with a smile: "Brother Sheng still does everything well."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tian Mu hurriedly said: "Brother Sheng, we also need ten people for my brother. Grain and rice... oil cakes count? Don't worry, you can definitely eat it, but it's not easy to eat!"

As soon as Chen Sheng heard it, he knew that the Tian family really didn't have much food. He nodded and said, "Yes, five for one!"

Tian Mu said happily: "No need, as long as the younger brother is willing to accept it, twenty for one will be done!"

Oil pancakes are indeed edible, but they are extremely unpalatable, and they are also weakly poisonous. If you eat too much, you will get seriously ill!
Chen Sheng: "No need, I said five for one, then five for one, but if Brother Shou has a lot, the younger brother can take the ratio of twenty to one, and exchange the grain for the Brother Slip!"

He also knew that that thing could not be eaten as food, but if it was used as livestock feed, it was an excellent thing.

Besides, people are really hungry to the point that they can even eat soil and stones, not to mention oil pancakes?
Tian Mu praised: "It is worthy of being a family of [-]-year-old merchants. If you really speak your mind...you don't deceive your brother, you can't make you suffer for yourself, don't change it, you take care of the food and drink of your brother's family. You take all the oil cakes that my family has hoarded!"

Zhang Ji also nodded his head with a sigh, but he didn't feel that he was at a loss by producing food from his own family, while Tian's family could get the same treatment as himself by producing oil cakes.

This is a special period, and there is no way out. Naturally, if you can understand each other, you should understand each other.

Moreover, a human ally is always more reassuring than an ally whose interests are paramount.

Chen Sheng thought about it for a while, then sighed, "Then my little brother, thank you so much!"

After speaking, he turned his eyes to Liu Geng and Chen Xi.

The two hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "Brother Sheng, this little brother has to report back to the high hall before making a decision!"

Chen Sheng smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, since it is my own family, the door of my business Chen's family will always be open to my family!"

After a pause, he turned his head to look forward and suddenly became enlightened. There were forty or fifty short tables arranged around the banquet venue, and the center was crowded with people. After a pause, he said in a low voice: "Speaking of which, you all know tonight's banquet, What is it for?"

The young people in the center of the banquet, dressed in Chinese clothes and beautiful ornaments hanging from their waists, can tell at a glance that they are all the second generation of the wealthy and noble families in this county.

Zhang Ji, Tian Mu, and Liu Geng shook their heads in unison.

However, the youngest Chen Xi, after hesitating for a while, said in a low voice, "Little brother, I heard something from Gaotang... It should be Mr. Shi Lu, the chief farmer of the prefecture, who came to Chen County to hold a banquet to entertain me."

"The history of Dian Nong? Master Lu?"

Chen Sheng asked in a slightly surprised whisper: "What are you waiting for to entertain me? The prefectural government needs the help of the heroes of Chen County, and it should be a banquet for the heads of the various families."

Chen Xi looked left and right, stretched out his hand and surrounded Zhang Ji and Liu Geng, who were on the left and right, to form a circle, and said in a low voice, "Brother Sheng doesn't know anything, although the state government is in charge of one state, the government orders can only be issued. Yujun Ya, according to the rules, the prefectural government cannot directly jump over the county office to directly intervene in the affairs of the county, which is not in line with etiquette!"

"Master Lu, who is an official, can't hold a banquet, but as the eldest son of the Lu family's branch to entertain me, it is justifiable... Oh, by the way, Brother Sheng is afraid that he still doesn't know, Master Lu is the eldest son of Duke Wei of the state!"

The Chen family of Huaiantang is the leader among the people with the Chen surname in Chen County. The clan has many officials, and the clan also had a fake county chief. In this Chen County, it can be regarded as a family of evergreen trees in the political arena.

Therefore, at a young age, Chen Xi was able to tell a lot about these officials in the officialdom.

"Oh I got it!"

Chen Sheng nodded suddenly, but his mind suddenly froze again, and he asked in a daze, "Brother Xi, what did you just say Lord Zhou Mu's name? Lu... Lu Buwei?"

Chen Xi looked at him blankly, nodded and said, "Yes."

Chen Sheng asked again in a daze: "Then what is the name of the Master Lu who is hosting the banquet today?"

Chen Xi: "Master Lu, famous and political."

Chen Sheng:  …

Gan, history, are you playing with me again?
He scratched his head, scratching his head vigorously, and asked in disbelief: "You confirm that Master Lu's surname is Lu, not the surname... Win?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Oh, so Brother Sheng has also heard about this rumor?"

Chen Sheng: "Huh? How do you say it?"

Chen Xi: "Master Lu is the son of Duke Wei, that's right, although it was said with certainty that Yingzi Chu gave Zhao Ji and Duke Wei, Zhao Ji was already pregnant and tried to win Qin with him. The bloodline of the family replaced the Yanzhou Qilu family, but Gaotang was fortunate enough to have met Duke Wei, saying that Lord Lu is extremely unworthy of Duke Wei, and should be the son of Duke Wei!"

"It's just this kind of thing, hehehe..."

"But it doesn't matter if Duke Wei doesn't care, what am I waiting for?"

Although he lowered his voice, his eyebrows were full of indifference, and even a little bit of wretchedness.

Obviously, this matter, in their circle, is as well known as he said.

Chen Sheng:  …

Expensive, your circle is really messy!

(End of this chapter)