Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 58 Chen Family
It was raining and there was nothing to do at the dock. The members of the Cao Gang were chatting and chatting in a warehouse, and there was a man standing guard at the door.

No matter what, the Cao Gang has some underworld characteristics and has more or less had some feuds with other gangs, so they still have to be vigilant.

When the sentry saw Chen Gu and Zhang San appear, he immediately turned around and went in. After a while, Wang Jian and Wang Wu came out to greet them.

"Brother, please come in!"

Chen Gu nodded and said, "Sorry to bother you, Boss!"

"Brother, that's too polite. You can come to the dock because you think highly of me and you are giving face to my Cao Gang. It can't be considered as a disturbance." Wang Jian said cheerfully.

The Jiangjin clans intermarry with each other and compete with each other, so the relationships are very complicated. However, generally speaking, they are now divided into two factions. The group headed by the Bian family is slightly more decent, and most of them are engaged in legitimate business.

The other side is headed by the Bai family, who are involved in all walks of life, including eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, and smoking, as long as they can make money.

Other small landlords and gentry also joined the two sides, forming a situation of mutual confrontation and cooperation.

Of course, these are all things that are on the surface. As for whether the confrontation is just for show, whether there is any cooperation in private, and whether the Bian family is as upright as they appear to be, no one can be sure.

Therefore, Wang Zhong and Gu He were asked to help investigate the strangers who had appeared in the county recently. The specific target was the stranger who came to the county to rent a house and open a smoking house.

Wang Jian depends on the Bai family for survival. This can be seen from the fact that the first thing Wang Jian thought of when he encountered the MSG last time was the Bai family restaurant.

Moreover, Chen Gu did not place all his hopes on Wang Jian. After all, when it comes to knowing the city best, no one else can do it better than the yamen runners.

Gu He and Wang Zhong just need to confirm the authenticity of the information, and Chen Gu will pay them when the time comes.

Of course, if one company has the opportunity to easily swallow up another company, Chen Gu believes that they will not be soft-handed at that time. After all, it is interests that determine actions in the end.

South City has the most people from all walks of life, and gossip spreads very quickly. You don't even need to go around asking for information. You can get a lot of information by sitting in a teahouse every day.

But Chen Gu didn't care. He came only to ask Wang Jian to help her keep an eye on the people who came from Hejiang to do opium business. As long as the goal could be achieved, it would be fine.

Chen Qi returned from the mountain stronghold yesterday. The two-tooth hoe works very well, and Old Nie is now working hard to make it.

Three days had passed since Chen Gu asked Wang Wu to deliver the message. Wang Jian waited so long to see him, and was so polite at this time, so Chen Gu guessed that Bai Wencheng must have told him something.

Especially since the Bai family and the Bian family are both in Jiangnan, and their main spheres of influence are adjacent to each other, and they have been intermarrying for generations, it is hard to believe that the two families really have a deep hatred.

If one family is in Jiangbei and the other in Jiangnan, and their spheres of influence form a natural confrontation, then Chen Gu would be more likely to believe that the two families are real enemies.

The Chen family has already begun planning to occupy more cobblestone land.

For this reason, Suan Xiucai has informed Chen Gu to temporarily suspend classes and go back to Longhua Field to help. This may very well be an opportunity for the Chen family to return to the top ten clans.

The overall strength of the Chen family in Jiangjin is not bad. If a large amount of land can be added at one time, it will definitely be a great improvement for the Chen family. Chen Qi has returned, but he has no time to help Chen Ju monitor the people who open the opium den. Instead, he went to Zunyi Prefecture, where there is a large iron mine.

It can be predicted that Jiangjin County will need a large amount of iron in the future to make two-tooth hoes. In fact, not only Jiangjin, but also several surrounding prefectures and counties with similar geology to Jiangjin also have a great demand for iron.

Therefore, the Chen family had to take the lead. In this way, the Chen family would not only own a considerable amount of land, but also make a lot of money to ensure that the Chen family could once again be among the top ten families in Jiangjin.

The top ten clans certainly have more than just land and money, what's more important are fame and voice. However, if there is enough money and land, fame and voice can be exchanged. Moreover, the Chen family was originally one of the top ten clans in Jiangjin, so it would be relatively easy for them to regain the lost power.

This is a top priority for the Chen family at the moment, so the three of Suan Xiucai, his father and his son, all became busy.

Chen Qi went to Zunyi to purchase refined iron, Chen Tao verified the feasibility of developing the cobblestone land at the mountain village, and the sour scholar Chen Minghua returned to the Chen family to mobilize manpower and material resources in order to maximize the acquisition of more undeveloped cobblestone land before other families.

There are a lot of pebble lands, but the content of pebbles in these lands, the convenience of water sources, the convenience of transportation, the slope, all aspects will affect the development value.

Therefore, before buying the land, one must verify it in advance without alerting other people. Moreover, how to acquire more valuable land as quickly as possible without anyone noticing is also a problem. After all, land transactions need to be registered with the government.

All of this is not easy to do.

As for whether it will succeed in the end and to what extent it can be achieved, we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate.

Of course, Chen Gu hopes that Suan Xiu can succeed. Although the Bian family is in a cooperative relationship with Chen Gu, they are not very reliable. Chen Gu and the Bai family even have a grudge.

In contrast, not only is Chen Gue and Suan Xiucai a master-disciple relationship, but they also have the same surname, Chen, so they are naturally closer.

Speaking of having the surname Chen, it's a pity that Chen Gu didn't know his family tree. It's possible that he was a descendant of the Suan Xiucai lineage. After all, Chen Gu himself was from this county.

Although Chen Gu's hometown was in the Simian Mountains, many people fled into the mountains during the wars that followed for more than a hundred years. Even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was some population mobility, and there was some migration when production teams were divided.

It is not impossible that we are a family.

Thinking of this, Chen Gu felt better and looked at Wang Jian next to him with a better eye.

After the two entered the warehouse, Wang Jian took Chen Gu to a small table and sat him down, and personally brought over two bowls of tea.

"The Cao Gang is simple and has neglected Brother Jie, but this tea is excellent. I have to thank Brother Jie for his secret seasoning recipe, which allowed me to make a little money. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to prepare such good tea!"

"It's just a small matter. Besides, it's the money that Boss Wang earned with his own ability. There's no need to thank him. People with ability never lack money. Here comes the opportunity to make money again!" Chen Gu said with a smile.

"I wonder if Brother Jie can do anything to help the Cao Gang this time. As long as Wang can do it, Brother Jie can tell me!" Wang Jian said with a generous smile. Making money is of course good, it just depends on whether he can make it.

"It's very simple. Boss Wang, you just need to keep an eye on the movements of some people for me." Chen Gu said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)