Chen Zikun's words are very tough, but he doesn't want to continue to entangle, as the saying goes, many friends have many roads, many enemies have many walls, Zhang Xiaolin will be offended if he is offended, but Cheng Ziqing has no need to offend, anyway, he can't kill the grass and snakes, so why not sell Cheng Ziqing a face.

So, a crisis was resolved, Du Yuesheng didn't do it, let Cheng Ziqing do it, I feel quite good, Chen Zikun knocked out Zhang Xiaolin's prestige in one fell swoop, and it is also in the limelight, Shanghai Tang knows that there is a generalized General Chen who used a machine gun to shoot Boss Zhang on Xiafei Road, and even with Li Yaoting's prestige has risen with the tide.

On the eve of leaving Shanghai, Chen Zikun went to the Li Mansion again, and Li Yaoting mysteriously took him to the warehouse, pointed to a pile of sacks and said, "I bought these things for ten big yellow croaker, you can take them back." ”

Chen Zikun nodded: "I will be able to plant it after I go back, but I still lack the guidance of a knowledgeable master." ”

Li Yaoting said: "I have already helped you find it." Slapping his face, a thin old man came out of the corner, with a bare forehead, a thin yellow braid hanging from the back of his head, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and a cigarette pouch stuck in his waist, looking like an ordinary old country farmer.

"This is Long Wu, Master Long, invited from Yunnan," Li Yaoting introduced.

Chen Zikun did not despise the other party because of his unsightly appearance, but politely arched his hand and said: "Master Long, you have worked hard. ”

The little old man smiled, revealing a mouthful of burnt yellow teeth, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "You're polite." ”

Everything was ready, Chen Zikun embarked on the journey home, but Jianbing stayed in Shanghai, temporarily living in Li Yaoting's mansion, doing some things every day in the morning and returning late, acting quite secretively, and even Yao Yilei didn't know what she was doing.

Before leaving, Li Yaoting called dozens of coolies from the 16-shop wharf to pick up all the guns and bullets in the warehouse of Lihe Foreign Bank, loaded them onto the cargo ship and returned to Nantai by water, while Chen Zikun took his entourage to the provincial capital of Jiangdong Province by train, and then transferred back to the Huaijiang waterway.

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After returning to Nantai, Chen Zikun immediately sent a team of Tuan Ding to accompany Master Long Wu around the county, and he turned around for three days, and Long Wuyi did not say a word until the morning of the fourth day: "The land in your county is suitable for growing tobacco." ”

Chen Zikun was overjoyed when he heard this, but this matter could not be done in the name of the Protector Embassy Office, so he had to borrow the name of the county government and ask the county magistrate to issue an official document to recruit farmers to plant "medicinal materials".

Liu Youjin put all his thoughts on the treasures buried in the mansion of the county government, how could he have the energy to deal with political affairs, and arrange it indiscriminately, the land protection and the village chief knocked on the broken gong and shouted twice casually at the entrance of the street and village, the squires did not cooperate, and the peasants did not take it seriously.

Chen Zikun was very angry, but this matter cannot be solved with the barrel of a gun, opium cultivation is a delicate matter, if the farmers are half-hearted and so-so, the losses will be great, and we have to find a way to mobilize the enthusiasm of the farmers.

When I was worried, Li Juren came to visit, after the death of his daughter-in-law Cuicui, Li Mansion held a funeral in a beautiful scenery, spent a lot of silver, the coffin that was originally placed in the city to show the will to die finally collected Cuicui, the coffin alone cost three thousand oceans, not counting the money to invite monks and Taoists to do the dojo and buy white cloth and linen to repair the cemetery, in short, for Cuicui, Li Juren is all over the family property, rumors and rumors are everywhere in the city, some people who have read the book also take the joke in the stone book to talk about things, but Li Jucai doesn't care, this funeral, Once again, he established his position as the chief squire of the county.

After the funeral, Li Juren married a new concubine, it is said that the girl is only eighteen years old, a pear flower pressed begonia, Li Juren glowed with the second spring, the spirit came up, and he was also quite concerned about the political affairs of the county.

After some politeness, Li Juren asked, "I don't know what medicinal herbs the county government wants to plant?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "It is said to be an elixir that calms the nerves and relieves pain, and it sells very well, and the county magistrate Liu also came up with this method for the sake of the people's suffering." ”

Li Juren twisted his goatee and said: "The county magistrate of Liu County is worried about the country and the people, and the old man really admires it, but the villagers are ignorant, they only know how to plant buds, sorghum and wheat, and they don't know how to grow medicinal materials to make a fortune, it's a pity." ”

Chen Zikun said: "I don't know what is the best plan for the master? ”

Li Juren smiled slyly: "There is a way, the old man just wants to know, what kind of variety of medicinal materials is this?" ”

Chen Zikun looked directly into Li Juren's eyes, his eyes were sharp and could kill, Li Juren was nervous, but he still faced it calmly, and finally, Chen Zikun said word by word: "It's opium." ”

Li Juren's face was solemn, and he hugged his fists and said: "The protector is so frank, the old man admires it!" Old and decrepit, there are still 100 acres of irrigated land and 300 acres of dry land, all of which are dedicated to the county government to grow tobacco. ”

Chen Zikun was very suspicious, why was Li Juren so open and generous, but he was relieved when he thought that the Li Mansion had been spending a lot of money recently, and he was also relieved.

Li Juren said: "The old decay of this little acre of land is just a drop in the bucket, what is done is just throwing bricks and attracting jade, the villagers are ignorant, and it is useless to educate, only let them see that someone has made a fortune by planting medicinal materials, and they will rush to plant." ”

Chen Zikun thought about it, isn't this a demonstration field, and said with a smile: "Li Juren has set an example for the people of the county, which is really rare, and this envoy will inform the county government to commend you." ”

Li Juren said with a heartfelt voice: "As a squire, it is my duty to set an example for the welfare of the people of the county. ”

Chen Zikun hugged his fists and said: "Then there will be Lao Li Juren." ”

Coming out of the Protector Embassy Office, Li Juren let out a long breath, when Chen Zikun stared at him just now, his entire back was soaked, for fear that this murderous demon king would be unhappy, so he shot himself, fortunately he finally made the right bet.

Li Juren is quite complacent, a funeral and a wedding, in fact, the Li Mansion has already been hollowed out, and now there is only an empty shelf left, and the county does not know how many people are staring at their own 100 acres of watered land, if he didn't make a quick decision, relying on the protector to help him grow opium, the inheritance left by the ancestors would be lost in his hands.

After the sorghum was harvested, the 100 acres of irrigated land and 300 acres of dry land in Li Ju's house were planted with "medicinal materials", Master Long personally guided the farmers to turn the land again, turned the land deeply with a plow, and took the trouble to crush all the soil.

After consulting Chen Zikun, he adopted a method, those who are willing to plant sorghum will plant sorghum, and those who are willing to plant wheat will plant wheat, and the rent will still be the same as in previous years, but those who grow medicinal materials will be exempted from the rent for the next year, not only will they be exempted from rent, but the medicinal materials will be sold for money, and there will be a share of the tenants.

This hand is really vicious, after consideration, the tenants of the Li family still decided to plant medicinal herbs, of course, there are some dead brains who still choose to plant sorghum, and every now and then come to see the medicinal herbs are busy in the field like dead dogs, and laugh at them while watching.

Other rich people in the county are also waiting to see Li Juren's jokes, what kind of medicinal herbs are not worth three dollars for three dollars to be planted on the good watered land, isn't this a brain kicked by a donkey.

Li Juren is light and light, sitting firmly in the military tent, he has read the book of sages, naturally different from those rich people, he secretly thought, when the smoke blooms in the coming year, and sells the money, I will not be surnamed Li if you don't regret your intestines.

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When the county was busy planting opium, the Huai River was not calm, a cargo ship from Shanghai went upstream, the ship was full of crates printed with German, suddenly gunfire was everywhere, several sampans were killed from the reeds, the owner knew that he had encountered water bandits, and quickly stopped the ship to greet him.

The owner of the ship is not worried, there is a way to steal, the bandits only encounter those who dare to resist will kill people and cross the goods, the general cargo ship passenger ship has to pay the road money, will not rob the goods and hurt the passengers.

The bandits all covered their faces, armed with knives and guns, murderous, jumped over, without saying a word, raised their guns and shots, banged a burst of gunfire, the ship boss and sailors fell in a pool of blood, only one sailor who was cooking in the rear cabin jumped ship to escape.

The cargo ship was driven to a small dock by the river, and Adjutant Xia Jingqi of the Overseer Office came with a team of men and horses to receive it, and the bandits changed back into military uniforms, it turned out that they were Adjutant Xia's subordinates, and they were ordered to rob on the river.

Adjutant Xia got into the cargo hold, saw the mountain of crates, immediately smiled, took a crowbar himself, and pried open the first crate, only to find that there was only a pile of stones inside.

"What's going on!" Adjutant Xia was a little flustered, and hurriedly pried open another box, which was still a stone, and now he understood that the information he got from Zhang Xiaolin was inaccurate, and Chen Zikun, a cunning guy, played the trick of Ming Xiu plank road to secretly cross Chen Cang, and used other methods to transport the purchased arms back to Nantai.

At the wharf of Nantai County, three cargo ships with small yellow flags were quietly moored, and the coolies stepped on a long gangplank to come to the ship and carry bags of Siamese rice on their backs

The coolies rested for a while, shouted again to carry the munitions, and while they were sweating like rain, a drizzle fell in the sky, and a canopy boat came from downstream, leaning against the trestle, and then a woman wearing a green cheongsam came out of the cabin, looked up at the rain and fog in the sky, held up a small and delicate paper umbrella, and dragged the leather box to the gangplank with the other hand.

The slit of the woman's cheongsam was very high, and a gust of wind blew, revealing snow-white thighs, and the coolies all stopped their movements and looked at her blankly.

The coolies were all sucking their saliva, staring intently.

Behind the water green cheongsam, another pink cheongsam came out, this one had whiter skin, higher slits and more exaggerated waist swings, and then a tender yellow cheongsam and a lake blue cheongsam......

There were a total of thirteen cheongsam women.