Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 31 Negotiation
Liu Er was obviously moved this time. He gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's do it."

The reason why Liu Er hesitated at first was mainly because he was worried about Chen Gu's safety.

Although Chen Gu showed no respect for Liu Er on the surface and always called him "old man", after two or three months, Liu Er had somewhat seen through Chen Gu's character.

Chen Gu was actually quite nice to him. He would basically complete whatever Liu Er assigned him, whether it was training in swordsmanship, studying with Suan Xiucai, or small things like buying groceries and cooking, Chen Gu would always do it well.

This is a pretty good heir. He is willing to work hard, learn, and is determined to study.

Liu Er was lonely when he was young and is still alone until now. He has no experience of getting along with younger people, but in his opinion, this way of getting along with Chen Gu seems quite good.

If Chen Gu was really a filial son and a good grandson, Liu Er would be afraid that he would feel uncomfortable.

The most important thing is that Chen Gu never hides anything from him, whether it is burning down the Bai Family Restaurant or trying to kill Addis now, he did not hide it from him intentionally, which shows that Chen Gu trusts him.

This alone is enough. Moreover, no matter what purpose Chen Gu wanted to kill Addis, the consequence was that he stood on the opposite side of the Qing Dynasty. The two formed a natural alliance, and it can be said that they had the same values.

Therefore, Liu Er did not want anything to happen to his successor Chen Gu. However, since Chen Gu himself felt confident and the power of the rifle and the explosive canister was indeed very strong, Liu Er was willing to take a gamble.

Later, when I burned down the Bai Family Restaurant, I left some footprints and other traces at the scene, which were discovered by the people arranged by the Bian Family in the government office. So Bian Shichun targeted me and wanted to buy the explosive cans from me. "

"By the way, what's going on with Bian Shichun?" Liu Er asked.

In addition, the anti-Qing forces including the thirteen families of Kuidong and other parts of the country were also in full swing, and no one knew who would win in the end.

Chen Gu explained briefly, then asked, "You seem to have some connection with the Bian family?"

"all?"

Liu Er nodded and said with a smile: "When Chen Yonghua came back to found the Tiandihui, the Southern Ming court was still there, and there were also southern regions such as Guangdong and Guangxi, plus Zheng Chenggong's Taiwan, the strength of the Southern Ming was not weak.

"all!"

Anyway, the Tiandihui acts in secret, so sending a few family members to join them is not a big problem.

Liu Er nodded and said, "More than a hundred years ago, the Bian family also had ancestors who joined the Tiandihui, and the Bian family's power is in the west. If my village wants to survive, there is no way to bypass their family, so I am quite familiar with the two heads of the Bian family."

"Oh, the reason why the kid from the Bai family fell and had a bloody head was actually because I secretly did it. In the end, the matter was implicated in Bian Shichun. Bian Shichun should have seen me do it that day, but there is no evidence.

Chen Gu thought for a moment and asked, "How many big families in this county have joined the Tiandihui?"

If they are familiar with each other, then it means that the relationship is not ordinary.

All big families like to bet on several sides, such as the Southern Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. Until the dust settles, no one knows who will rule the world.

If one completely sided with one of the sides, it was very likely that the entire family would suffer an unbearable catastrophe when the matter was settled afterwards. Therefore, when the Tiandihui was first established, basically every family sent their children to participate.

But now that things have changed, some people are still insisting, while some have completely regretted it. The Bian family can be considered as someone who still has connections and is willing to provide some help secretly! " "The family of the sour scholar?" Chen Gu couldn't help but ask.

Liu Er smiled bitterly and said, "The sour scholar insisted before, but now he is disappointed!"

Chen Gu nodded to show his understanding. In such a great situation, any choice could be made.

"By the way, earlier at the dock, I told Bian Shichun that I wanted to kill Addis. At the time, I mainly wanted to invite him to join me. After all, Addis came to Jiangjin to support the Bai family to deal with his Bian family. Who knew that the boy would actually back down."

Chen Gu couldn't help but feel a little contempt when he thought about it. Although he was a scholar from a wealthy family, he was not as straightforward as Liu Er.

"It's okay, they won't say anything." Liu Er smiled and said, "I'll go to the Bian family tomorrow. After all, they are a big family with a large family to take care of. How could they possibly get involved in something like confiscating property and exterminating the family!"

"That's right!" Chen Gu nodded and said, "Then you will be busy tomorrow. After going to the Bian family, go to your mountain stronghold, and then find a way to transfer all the people in the mountain stronghold to the upper reaches, and then find a few suitable ambush points as backup.

I am not familiar with the terrain along the river, so you have to do all these things. I don’t know when Addis will leave, so these things must be done as soon as possible, so as not to miss the opportunity! "

"Then what do you do?" Liu Er asked.

"I'm going to make some explosive cans. It takes a lot of time to make them, mainly because the raw materials need to be purified before they can be used. It will take about a day. Once I have enough explosive cans, I'll come up to find you!" Chen Gu said.

Liu Er nodded and said, "That's fine. I'll tell Zhang Haomin the ambush location, and then you can take Zhang San with you to find him!"

"Is Zhang Haomin your man?" Chen Gu couldn't help but ask.

“It was once, that was more than 20 years ago. After he worked in the village for five years, he left with a sum of money. It had been three years since he came back.

After he came back, he settled down in Jiangjin, got married and had children, and lived a peaceful life. I never asked him what he went through during those three years away." Liu Er said.

It seems that everyone has their own secrets. Life is not easy these days. It is not easy for anyone who can survive, and it is even more difficult to live a little more comfortably.

Most people can only endure the misery like the walking dead.

You can't even eat meat all year round, your clothes are patched up, and you're prematurely aged before you're thirty. Isn't that just hardship!
In order for the masters to live a good life, ordinary people exhaust their energy and life.

The world doesn’t seem to be like this!
Chen Gu smacked his lips and decided to do something, starting with killing Addis.

The next day, Liu Er went to Bian's house early in the morning, then rode out of Bian's house on a chestnut horse and went straight out of the city.

Chen Guze and Zhang San went to different shops in the city to purchase sulfur and saltpeter, and also bought some pottery jars, charcoal and other things.

Then Chen Gu arranged for Zhang San to go out and keep an eye on the warship at the dock, while he himself made explosive tanks at home.

(End of this chapter)