Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 92 Is it a wolf or a dog?
It is common knowledge that if you do heavy work you need to eat better to supplement your nutrition.

The weather has been good this year, and because Yunhua takes Rang hunting around the Buddhist treasure every day, the crops this year have not been harmed by birds and beasts at all, so the grain harvest will definitely be a good one.

Everyone is willing to spend a little more money to buy meat for nourishment, and Chen Gu is naturally happy to see it happen. If the people like Fobao are in better health, the quality of Chen Gu's future soldiers will also be better.

So Chen the Concubine not only sold some fat pigs without making a penny but also sold them to everyone at a fair price. He even bought a cow and twenty pigs with his own money before the harvest started, and set up a long street banquet to treat everyone to a meal.

Today, Chen Gu specially allowed Yunhua's special forces to drink alcohol. They could drink as much as they wanted, and the alcohol was supplied by the mountain village.

As for other people, they are also not allowed to drink alcohol. Even if they bring their own, they can only drink one bowl of fermented glutinous rice wine at most.

Except for the people on duty, everyone else was happily eating and drinking in the threshing ground. Even Qin Ling and Wu Qing'er were sitting at the same table with Zhang Haomin's wife, Zhang Liu, enjoying this rare joy.

This is the first grand banquet held by the Buddha in such a long time.

After more than two months, Qin Ling and Wu Qing'er have completely integrated into Fobao. The ladies of Fobao also like these two young ladies from the host family very much. They are not only kind, but also know a lot of things and are willing to teach them.

Chen Gu did not eat and drink with everyone. Instead, he came to the mountain of Guanyin Temple with a pot of rice wine, and drank while looking in the direction of Guizhou. Lao Piao went into the mountain from Guanyin Temple towards Guizhou.

"Very good!" Chen Gu showed a rare smile on his face, "Tell me about other news!"

There was a sound of horse hooves, and soon, Lao Nian appeared on horseback behind Chen Gu. When he was still more than ten meters away from Chen Gu, Lao Nian jumped off his horse, came behind Chen Gu, saluted and said, "Young Master!"

"Old Shake Head is fine, and everything is fine in the village. More than a thousand acres of cobblestone land have been reclaimed, and everyone has planted a lot of sweet potatoes. The pumpkins are growing very well, and a bumper harvest is expected, so the village has raised a lot of sows." Lao Nian smiled. He knew that Chen Gu liked to hear this.

"The White Lotus Rebellion at the junction of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, and Hubei provinces was so powerful that the imperial court was completely drawn to it and could no longer care about the disappearance of Addis.

“Tap, tap~!”

It has been more than two months now, but he has never come back once.

It's not just wild beasts that are deadly in the mountains. In fact, wild beasts are the easiest to deal with. In comparison, inconspicuous things like snakes, insects, rats, ants, miasma, and bacteria are more likely to take a person's life.

During this period, Na Yancheng and his two sons were busy gathering food, fodder, armaments and other supplies needed for the imperial army. Sichuan troops were also continuously being mobilized to the upper reaches of the Jialing River.

Chen Gu took a sip of wine and asked, "Now that you're back, are the old man and the village all right?"

Although with Lao Piao's skills and the weapons he brought, it would not be difficult for him to escape from any ferocious beast as long as he wanted, Chen Gu was still very worried.

However, more and more opium dens were opened in Jiangjin County. Wang Jian from the Cao Gang and Gu He and Wang Zhong from the government office had completely mastered the information of those people who came from Hejiang to Jiangjin to sell opium.

Including the location of each opium den, the specific situation of all the people involved, the opium cultivation area, the transportation route, transportation time and pattern, the whereabouts of the money, etc. Everyone is waiting for the young leader to take action. "After Lao Nian finished speaking, he paused and waited to see what Chen Gu said.

Of course, pigs must be fattened before being slaughtered, but Chen Gu is not a pig farmer, nor is he a butcher.

If possible, Chen Ke would immediately catch all the big opium dealers. But the actual situation does not allow Chen Ke to do so.

Because of the arrival of Na Yancheng and his two sons, Chen Gu did not dare to cause any trouble.

Although Na Yancheng was a Manchu noble who served as the prefect of Chongqing, Chen Gu was not actually afraid of him. After all, this was Chongqing, and the court's control over this place was not as strong as in Peking or further north.

Even if Na Yancheng found out that Chen Gu was responsible for the incident against Addis, Chen Gu would not be very worried. In fact, there were only two thousand Eight Banners soldiers in the whole of Sichuan, and only more than 20,000 Green Camp soldiers.

This small amount of troops is scattered throughout Sichuan. Given the current strength of the mountain stronghold, Chen Gu has enough time to prepare.

As for those who came from Hejiang County to Jiangjin County to sell opium, Chen Gu was even less afraid of them. They were just some ruffians. Even if there were noble families involved, it would not be a big deal. Hejiang County was much weaker than Jiangjin County.

Chen Gu can handle either side, but if the two sides cooperate, the pressure on Chen Gu will be great.

Moreover, Chen Gu's chances of winning will affect the choices of the big families in Jiangjin County, such as the Bian family. If Chen Gu only fights with Na Yancheng or the opium dealers in Hejiang County, the big families in Jiangjin County will definitely stand on Chen Gu's side because Chen Gu has a greater chance of winning.

On the contrary, if Chen Gu fights both sides at the same time, with little chance of winning, he will become the target of all the major clans in Jiangjin County.

"Give Wang Jian and Gu He one hundred taels of silver to appease them, and let them continue to pay attention to the intelligence of those big opium dealers. After all, a blacksmith must be strong himself. We are not strong enough, so we tend to be timid when doing things." Chen Gu said with a wry smile.

"Young Master has matured and is considering his brothers!" said Lao Nian with a smile.

In fact, it is true to say this. The reason why Chen Gu dared to burn down Bai's restaurant and kill Addis without any scruples was because he had no scruples. Even if he failed, it would not be a big deal. The worst that could happen is that he could just run away.

Now that he has so many brothers and the Fobao base, Chen Gu has begun to have concerns.

The Bian family's conspiracy finally succeeded. At the cost of a Buddhist treasure, they tamed Chen Gu, the reckless lone wolf, into a leading dog.

Chen Gu touched the cloth bag on his waist with a sneer on his face. There were more than 80,000 taels of silver notes in it. In the past two months, Chen Gu had spent 100,000 taels of silver.

So much silver was exchanged for more than 400 rifles and nearly 10,000 rifle bullets, as well as 100 50-jin shotguns, more than 1,000 shells of various types, hundreds of thousands of detonators and bombs, and countless gunpowder and gunpowder raw materials.

As well as various salt, iron, pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, cloth and other supplies.

At this time, the reserves of Buddhist treasures were enough to support Chen Gu in a battle of a small scale.

What Chen Gu needs now is just an opportunity. Even if no suitable opportunity appears, as long as Chen Gu runs out of money, it will be time to take action.

Whether one is a wolf or a dog is not determined by the living environment, but by what he eats. Chen Gu is very sure that he eats meat, and at the same time he is training his subordinates to develop the habit of eating meat.

"Have you found out where the Bian family's gun barrel came from?"

(End of this chapter)