Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 16 Sugarcane Wine

The top ten surnames in Jiangjin County are not a fixed set, so it is much more operational.

It makes sense. Although people in a county often marry each other, a county has limited resources, and there will always be conflicts over interests.

For example, top-level resources such as scholar quotas are bound to be fought over by these big families.

What Chen Gui needs to do next is to worsen the relations between these big families, intensify their direct conflicts, and turn their state of opposition into one of confrontation.

It would be better if they could fight openly.

What just happened is a very good fuse. Young people are full of blood and are most prone to impulsiveness. If someone else instigates it, it is possible that things will get out of hand.

It’s a pity that Chen Gu has no one available. If Chen Gu also controlled a gang, things would be much easier.

No matter how good a plan is, it needs timely intelligence to support it, and it also needs someone to implement it.

Thinking about his worries all the way, Chen Gu arrived at the house of Suan Xiucai.

The sour scholar looked at Chen Kui who was holding Chen Ermei, nodded and said, "Well, sit down, I hope there is nothing to do on the way!"

"There should be, right?" the little guy said uncertainly.

Chen Gu couldn't help but laugh. Could it be that this little guy had been waiting for him at the gate?
"Where's grandpa?" Chen Guxian took out a piece of malt sugar from his arms and put it into Chen Ermei's mouth when he picked her up.

"How are you, sir?" Chen the Assassin came to the private school first, carrying Chen Ermei, and bowed to the sour scholar.

Everyone in the Chen family was busy on the roof.

"Uncle Master!" Chen Ermei's voice rang out.

Chen Gu put down his hand and took two steps forward. "Can you still tell that there is something hidden in Master Uncle's arms?"

"Then I will take my leave first!" Chen Gu put Chen Ermei down and put the malt sugar into the little girl's arms.

Chen Gu pointed at the little guy's covered chest and asked, "Second sister, do you think that Uncle Shi can tell that you are hiding something?"

"Then, second sister, are you going to the private school?" Chen Gu asked as he closed the door.

"Yes, there must be!" Chen Ermei looked at Chen Gu and nodded vigorously.

Chen Gu sighed, imitated the little fellow, covered his clothes, and asked, "Second sister, do you think that Master Uncle has something hidden in his arms?"

As soon as Chen Guiyong raised his hand and knocked on the door, it was slammed open. Fortunately, Chen Guiyong was not very strong, otherwise he might have sprained his waist.

Chen Ermei nodded vigorously and said, "Second sister wants to follow Uncle Master to the private school!"

"Fortunately, when it was hailstorming, the students took shelter in the shops on the street. Sir, why don't we take a day off from classes today and clean up the roof first!" Chen Gu suggested.

The little fellow's eyes lit up after tasting the sweetness, and he said in a somewhat unclear voice, "Grandpa is waiting for Master Uncle in the school room!"

The sour scholar thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but I don't need your help here. You should go home first to see Liu Er, so that he won't be inconvenienced by himself!"

The little girl held her chest tightly, as if she was afraid that others would not know that she had something in her arms.

Although the hail just now was not big, the roof of the tiled house was more or less damaged. We had to pick up all the tiles on the roof, pick out the bad ones, and then replace them with good ones.

The little guy couldn't help but be stunned.

Chen Gu smiled and walked out openly. Chen Ermei thought about it and stopped covering her chest. She followed Chen Gu's example and walked out openly.

Watching the interaction between his granddaughter and Chen the Assassin, Suan Xiucai couldn't help but smile, put the book in his hand back on the bookshelf, and walked out of the school room, rolling up his sleeves as he walked. In the school room, he was a well-read gentleman, but out of the school room, he was just an ordinary person. Ordinary people have to worry about their livelihoods and the leaking roof.

When Chen Gu returned home, he found that Zhang Haomin and Zhang San and his son were actually helping Liu Er pick up roof tiles, and there was a load of new tiles in the yard.

Chen Gu smiled and hurried over to help.

Liu Er's row of four small tiled houses had a total area of ​​less than 50 square meters. Several people worked together to pick up all the tiles and pile them on the roof, and then covered them up. It was done in more than an hour.

The load of new tiles that Zhang Haomin brought over was barely enough, and the remaining tiles were covered with broken tiles.

The tiles don’t matter much, the main thing is that the tiles for water flow must be of good quality.

"Please help me send them off!" Liu Er threw a small ingot to Chen Gu, and then went back to his room.

In the Qing Dynasty, silver ingots were divided into 125 taels, 10 taels, 20 taels and 50 taels, and were in the shape of a boat. The one Liu Er gave to Chen Gu was the smallest silver ingot, which was one tael of silver.

A load of tiles usually consists of two hundred pieces, which is only worth fifty cents without shipping costs. Chen Gu did not expect Liu Er to be so generous.

"Here, take it!" After leaving the yard, Chen Gu directly gave the entire ingot to Zhang Haomin.

"This is too much!" Zhang Haomin took the ingot and handed it back.

"Take it. Consider it your hard work fee." Chen Gu did not take it and walked forward slowly.

Zhang San came forward with a basket on his shoulder, grabbed the silver from Zhang Haomin's hand, and said, "You don't want it, but I do!"

Zhang Haomin glared at Zhang San, and didn't bother about the silver any more. He said to Chen Gu, "When the hailstorm happened earlier, Wang Jian came to see me."

"What do you mean?" Chen Gu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Let me go to Bai's Restaurant tomorrow!" Zhang Haomin said with a sigh.

"Have you got the gunpowder gun?" asked Chen Gu.

"Not so fast." Zhang Haomin shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Killing is not the solution to the problem."

"But it is the fastest way to deal with people who are looking for problems." Chen Gu sneered.

Zhang Haomin smiled bitterly and said, "Perhaps it could exacerbate the problem and make things out of control."

"Then kill a few more to divert their attention and confuse them about the situation." Chen Gu's tone was murderous.

Zhang Haomin pondered for a moment and said, "I originally wanted to replace the roof with tiles, but after thinking about it, I decided not to. I will help you sell your secret recipe for 1,000 taels of silver, and then our whole family will move out!"

Chen Gu thought for a moment and said, "It would be a good idea to move away and hide away. We can find a place where sugarcane is grown and open a small sugar factory. Sugarcane skin, also known as sugarcane residue, can actually be used to make wine!"

"Can squeezed sugarcane residue be used to make wine?" Zhang Haomin asked in surprise.

"It can be used to make wine. One hundred kilograms of squeezed sugarcane residue can make at least two kilograms of liquor." Chen Gu said.

"Two kilograms is enough!" Zhang Haomin thought for a moment and said, "If it really works, the Zhang Family Sugar Factory can give you dividends in the future!"

In fact, with the pressing technology of this era, it is far more than two kilograms.

"It's up to you. It doesn't matter whether there is a profit or not. Just get me the gunpowder gun as soon as possible!" said Chen Gu.

(End of this chapter)