Chen Congzhi was a smart man. After hearing that Mengjiazhuang was holding a banquet for thousands of people, he stopped far away and sent someone to find a Mengjiazhuang sent a message.

Waiting for the whistleblower to speak, he said that they were all kind and innocent people. After asking him to go over and talk, Chen Congzhi took two hundred yamen runners and the township heroes to approach Mengjiazhuang carefully.

Of course he is not in line with [Dingdian Novel     www.booktxt.xyz] believes in the other party’s nonsense. The word kindness and simplicity has nothing to do with those who kill people without blinking and even dare to kill officers and soldiers.

He even suspected that this group of people was a thief, and Mr. Meng had been held hostage by them long ago.

When he was two hundred steps away from the gate tower of Mengjiazhuang, Chen Congzhi stopped and did not dare to move forward any further.

After looking at the gatehouse, he vaguely saw the man named Qin Chuan standing on it. Chen Congzhi opened his throat and shouted: "I am calm and happy Chen Congzhi, I have met Mr. Qin."

Qin Chuan only found it funny, thinking that the master wearing a Confucian robe looked a bit funny when he pulled open his throat.

Chen Congzhi shouted again: "The magistrate of the county magistrate has always heard that Mr. Qin is both civil and military, and has a great talent. He also heard that Mr. Qin once led the village bravery to kill 200 gangs to serve the court to show his loyalty and loyalty. He sent me to reward the village bravery, especially Mr. Qin should be rewarded and encouraged."

After shouting these words, Chen Congzhi's face did not blush or his heart beat, but he always felt a little awkward.

He was a magistrate under the seat of the magistrate. He was respected by thousands of people in Jingle County. All the gentry and masters in the county were respectful to him, but now he was trying to flatter a mountain man. This felt really wrong.

However, this is not a county town, but Loufan Town. The wild man is a cruel character who does not follow the rules and plays cards. He also holds the heads of two hundred elderly bandits in his hand. He can only feel a little aggrieved, make the other party happy first, and get the heads before talking about it.

On the gatehouse, Qin Chuan smiled for a while before shouting: "Sir Chen, let's talk openly. I want an official and I want to be stationed in Loufan Town. You just tell me clearly. Can it be done?"

"Yes." Chen Congzhi agreed without hesitation, "With Mr. Qin's civil and military skills, his courage..."

"Okay, just give up compliment and spanking, let's talk about the serious matter."

Qin Chuan interrupted him without hesitation and continued, "Master Chen, please give you five hundred taels of silver first. I will give you two hundred heads, all of which are old bandits who are easily identified."

"After the magistrate sent my official hat, I will return the five hundred taels of silver to you. The so-called payment and delivery will be made on one hand, and there will be no credit."

"ah?"

Chen Congzhi was stunned and even had to pay 500 taels of silver first?

Isn’t what he said as the magistrate Mubin enough to win the trust of the other party?

As if seeing through his thoughts, Qin Chuan smiled and said, "Master Chen, it's not that I can't trust you, I just can't trust you, you official masters. Just use 500 taels of silver as a quotation, pay the head when the money comes, and pay the money when the official hat comes."

Chen Congzhi's polite face collapsed.

As we all know, the Ming Dynasty court valued culture and over military affairs. Some people spent 5,000 taels of silver to become a prefecture-ranking governor, while others could only spend 800 taels of silver to find a position in the Ministry of War.

As for the positions of military officers in the garrison, there are very few people willing to spend money. If there are vacancies for hundreds of households, not to mention 500 taels of gold, a general flag can be promoted to a hundred households. Even if he is a white-born person, he can spend 100 or 200 silver, and a hundred households will be sure to get a job.

Now that the war is in chaos, the money is deducted for many years, so how much money can the soldiers and officials in the garrison have to make money?

If the other party's 200-level heads were worth 200 taels of silver, he could agree at once, but 500 taels of silver... Although those heads might bring a lot of achievements to the magistrate, the amount of silver was not large, so he dared not agree casually.

Thinking of this, Chen Congzhi bowed to the gatehouse and shouted: "Mr. Qin, I'm really sorry. This amount is not small. I really can't make any decision. Can I let me go back to the county town and ask the magistrate to make a decision?"

"Yes." Qin Chuan agreed readily, "But I can only give you two days. If I didn't see five hundred taels of silver before noon the day after tomorrow, then the two hundred people would have to be sent to the Taiyuan Prefectural Office of Yangqu County."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. I will definitely give Mr. Qin an answer within two days."

"Then Master Chen please don't give it to me."

"Looking back to Mr. Qin."

…

Chen Congzhi did not return to the county town, but returned to Jingyou Town to settle down, and wrote a letter, sending two yamen runners one by one and two horses, and rushed back to submit the magistrate for several days.

And He Changbao was anxiously waiting for Chen Congzhi to come back in the county government.

He had already seen Han Mao, and when he went there, he brought 300 soldiers from the guards. When he returned, he was less than 200 old, weak, sick and disabled. The nearly 100 private soldiers of several officers were already there.

After asking, Han Mao told him with anger that the Meng family colluded with bandits, set up a trap in Loufan Town, ambushed the army, and when his guards arrived, they broke out from all over the place, with more than a thousand people, covering the sky and the earth.

Han Mao led 300 soldiers to fight bravely, fought fiercely for several hours, and killed hundreds of soldiers. Due to the strong momentum of the bandit army, he was determined to kill the enemy but was unable to return to the sky, so he had to break through the siege and head north and return to Jingle.

After a angrily whispered and beat his chest and stamping his feet in order to prevent the bandits, Han Mao hurriedly with his men to the Qianhu Station in Ninghua.

This scared He Changbao very much. Han Mao was defeated. The two hundred yamen runners and the township heroes led by Chen Congzhi would only be in danger.

Nowadays, there are less than a hundred Baimao and the township heroes who guard the city in the county. If Chen Congzhi's men were wiped out, it would be difficult for him to protect Jingle County.

Thinking of this, He Changbao hurriedly asked his family to clean up and prepare to run away, while waiting anxiously for Chen Congzhi.

Finally, he waited for a letter.

After reading the letter, He Changbao first breathed a sigh of relief, then scolded Han Mao's family all over, and finally paced back and forth in the room with the letter.

There are two ways before him.

First, he wore a pair of pants with Han Mao and reported the brigades who colluded with the Loufan Meng family to ambush Han Mao to the prefect's office.

In this way, his relationship with Han Mao will go further, but he will definitely not be able to escape the charge of lax defense.

The second is to give 500 taels of silver to Mengjiazhuang, exchange the head of the two hundred-level old bandit to seek credit, and report Han Maokilling Liang's robbery of the villagers truthfully.

In this case, he will be able to lower his merits and keep the black hat on his head. If he makes some progress, he may be able to get promoted and make a fortune.

Moreover, Loufan is the southern gateway of Jingle County. According to the master, the reckless man named Qinchuan is very capable. He has now won over hundreds of refugees and villagers. It is estimated that he can pull out three or five hundred rural heroes. With him stuck in Loufan Town, the bandits in the south will not be able to go north to enter Jingle.

However, Han Mao must have no choice but to be incompatible with him, and even the generals and officials from Shanxi Xingcheng City and the garrisons under his jurisdiction would not like him.

Furthermore, according to the master, Qin Chuan was an intractable person. Once he had a great power, he would either become the second Hong Chengchou Cao Wenzhao, or establish himself or be like Zijin Liang Lao Huihui and others who had endless troubles.

For He Changbao, this is a dilemma.

After thinking about it, he finally decided to keep the black hat first.

As for whether Qin Chuan was the pillar of Chengguo or became a thief... that was a story later, it was also a gamble. If he won the bet, he would be promoted. If he lost the bet, he would stay away at most.

So, He Changbao received 500 taels of silver and handed it to the yamen runners, and quickly sent it to Chen Congzhi.

The next morning, after Chen Congzhi received the money, he hurried to Loufan Town.

But when he arrived outside Mengjia Village, he shouted, and the people inside said that manager Qin was not in the village.

In desperation, Chen Congzhi could only wait patiently.

Qin Chuan went to Heishan.

He brought twenty-five old bandits in Jiuji Mountain, rode war horses, carried firearms, and took Meng Guiming to deal with Meng Zhongsi.
Chapter completed!