"Mr. Deng, don't eat crumbs anymore, just eat the food here. In short, as long as Chen is here, you will not let everyone eat crumbs like crumbs anymore! I will let everyone eat white flour steamed buns!" Chen Chu said loudly. When he said this, he was completely from the heart.

The scene suddenly became quiet, and then Deng Gong knelt on the ground with a thud, and then the other villagers also knelt down.

"My lord treats us so well, and we dare not give up our lives to repay us!" Mr. Deng knelt on the ground and said in tears.

"Master!", all the villagers also shouted. The lord shouted very firmly, which shows that these villagers were completely loyal to Chen Chu at this time.

Chen Chu nodded with satisfaction, and then a sense of pride rose in his heart inexplicably.

Then, Chen Chu wandered around the village again and chatted with the villagers. Chen Chu was once a salesperson in a pharmaceutical factory. He had been practicing eloquence for a long time and was particularly good at bringing closer relationships. Before he knew it, Chen Chu and the villagers had become very close. Those in the villages were always following Chen Chu's butt, and the lord and uncle shouted.

Chen Chu stayed in the village until almost noon before leaving.

On the way back to Leping County, Chen Chu couldn't help but think: Although there is no electricity, computers, and all modern entertainment facilities in this era, the people of this era are so simple that they have found a feeling of going home. For the sake of this feeling of home, they must make them live a comfortable and healthy life. Almost a year later, the Yellow Turbans are in chaos. They must accumulate enough strength. For this reason, the first step is to recruit refugees to train private troops, and at the same time they have to find a certain social status.

Chen Chu suddenly thought of Wei Du, who had a good relationship with him, the pawnshop owner.

As soon as he entered the city, he didn't have time to have lunch, so Chen Chu quickly walked to the back hall of the pawnshop. Since Chen Chu and Wei Du often gathered together to chat, the pawnshop servants did not stop Chen Chu, and Chen Chu basically drove straight in.

When Chen Chu entered the back hall, Wei Du happened to be there. Seeing Chen Chu who looked anxious, Wei Du asked in surprise: "Why is Brother Chen so urgent?"

Chen Chu realized that he had been rude, smiled apologetically, then clasped his fists at Wei Du and said, "Brother Wei, I really have something urgent to ask for help." After a few days of getting along, Chen Chu understood Wei Du very well, so he came straight to the point.

"Oh? If you have anything, just say it!" Wei Du said generously.

So, Chen Chu told Wei Du one by one what he wanted.

Chen Chu asked Wei Du to pretend to be two things. First, he asked Wei Du to send people to various places to recruit refugees. There is a condition that these refugees must be young and middle-aged people; second, he asked Wei Du to help buy food, and Chen Chu would give him a thousand gold for this.

If Chen Chu did these two things, it would be a huge challenge, but Wei Du just smiled and said, "These two things are easy to handle, and I can send someone to do immediately. However, due to the disaster last year, the price of grain has almost doubled."

When Chen Chu heard this, his heart skipped a beat and asked with some trepidation: "Then how much food can this thousand gold buy?"

Wei Du immediately calculated and whispered: "The current food is thirty coins per kilogram, and one thousand gold is equal to ten million yuan. You can buy about thirty-five thousand kilograms of grain."

Chen Chu immediately calculated that an adult strong man consumed two kilograms of grain a day on average, and there were still four months to ripening summer wheat, which was 120 days. On average, a strong adult would consume two hundred and forty kilograms of grain during this period. He planned to recruit 5,000 refugees, so he would need about one.2 million kilograms of grain before the summer grain harvest.

Chen Chu was stunned. He didn't expect that the food that could be bought with a thousand gold was less than one-third of the required amount. Although Chen Chu had 3,500 gold, there were many places that needed money. For example, buying a county magistrate's official position from the court, all of which required a large amount of money. However, the food issue was related to the number of refugees that could be recruited, and the number of refugees that could be recruited was directly related to the strength in his hands during the chaos of the Yellow Turbans.

Chen Chu lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally made up his mind to buy grain with two thousand gold. In this way, he could buy about 700,000 kilograms of grain, and could barely deal with the four-month life of 5,000 people.

"Did you really decide to do this?" Weidu asked.

Chen Chu nodded firmly.

"Okay. Both of these things are easy to do, and they can be done in one month at most." Wei Du said with a relaxed look on his face.

Then, Weidu called two guards and ordered these two things.

"Brother, it seems that you are a person with great ambitions!" Wei Du said with a bright look at Chen Chu.

Chen Chu smiled honestly and did not respond.

"By the way, brother, I have something else." Chen Chu remembered another incident and said.

Wei Du nodded with a smile, "Your Madam, just say it straight, as long as I can do it, I will help you with all my strength."

Chen Chu said with some difficulty saying: "Brother, I heard that the emperor is publicly selling official positions today, is there any incident?"

Wei Du nodded, "It's true that this is true. It's been many years since the sale of official positions." Then he asked with some clarity: "My brother asked this, can you also want to donate an official as an artificial person?"

Chen Chu nodded uneasyly. What he hated most in his previous life was buying and selling official positions, but he didn't expect that he would have the day to get caught in it.

Wei Du glanced at Chen Chu deeply and continued, "The official position is clearly marked. The county magistrate needs 800 gold, and the prefect requires 1,500 gold. The higher the official position, the higher the price. If the three officials and others don't have ten thousand gold, there is no need to think about it."

Chen Chu listened carefully and thought to himself that he had 1,500 gold left in addition to buying land and grain, and he could just buy a prefect's official position, but considering that he had to have a certain amount of working capital, he could only buy a county magistrate.

The reason why Chen Chu was so sharp that he wanted to be an official was carefully considered. Chen Chu had watched countless film and television dramas on the Three Kingdoms theme in his previous life, which gave him an inspiration, that is, heroes with official positions are more likely to recruit counselors and generals, and relatively easy to establish their own power. In view of this, Chen Chu had the idea of ​​buying an official.

After planning, Chen Chu asked again: "Brother, what should I do if I want to donate a county magistrate?"

"It's simple. Just go to Luoyang with money. When Zi is selling official positions in Hongdu Gate, you can do it as long as you have money and no one needs to recommend it. To be honest, Zi's products are still good." Wei Du smiled, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

Then Wei Du remembered something and said, "Brother, I will go to Luoyang in a few days, so I can accompany you."

Chen Chu was happy when he heard this, "That's great! I'm worried that I'm very unfamiliar with Luoyang!"

Wei Du smiled and said, "Then let's make up. I'll wait for you at the South City Gate in three days."

After talking about the main business, the servant came in and said that the meal was ready.

Chen Chu wanted to leave, but was pulled by Wei Du and forced him to stay for Chinese food with him.

After saying goodbye to Wei Du, Chen Chu remembered that the matter of land reclamation still required approval from the government, so he walked straight to the government office.

After reporting his name at the government office, the yamen runner asked Chen Chu to wait at the door and reported to him. Soon after, the yamen runner came out and said that the county magistrate was in the lobby and asked Chen Chu to go in.

After seeing the county magistrate, Chen Chu explained his purpose, but the county magistrate talked about it.

The county magistrate's surname is Qin, over 70 years old, and has been in the position of Leping County for decades. The people of Leping County know that whether it is a lawsuit or something else, as long as you have to work with the Qin County magistrate, you must prepare money in advance, otherwise you will be exempted from negotiation.

Of course, Chen Chu, a time traveler who had just arrived in Leping County, did not know the habits of the Qin County Magistrate, but with several years of experience as a salesperson, he immediately realized that the Qin County Magistrate was asking him for benefits. Chen Chu was prepared for this.

When Chen Chu took out ten gold and offered it to him, all the problems were solved.

In the next few days, Chen Chu stayed in the tenant village almost every day. The tenant village was no longer called the tenant village. Chen Chu gave it a new name - Longhu Village. Speaking of which, although the villagers were very excited about the village having a name, Deng Gong had some objections. According to Mr. Deng, it was a taboo to choose the word dragon. However, Chen Chu ignored these things. With his insistence, Mr. Deng didn't say anything else.

At that time, Mr. Deng thought to himself: It seems that the lord is really ambitious! The lord is as kind as a mountain to everyone. No matter what the lord wants to do, the people in his village must follow him to the death!

Chen Chu must have never expected that just one name would lead to his subordinates' feelings. If he knew, he would not know what he would think.

At present, the villagers are stepping up two things: one is to cut down trees and build houses, and the other is to reclaim wasteland. Everyone has a very enthusiastic work experience, and they have reclaimed 100 acres of wasteland in just three days.

When Chen Chu saw his subordinates working very hard, he went to help, but Chen Chu knew nothing about these rough farm work, but he didn't help, which caused a lot of chaos. However, Chen Chu's actions moved everyone even more. Just imagine which master could be like Chen Chu and get along with everyone without being dirty. Under the touching, everyone was more motivated.

Three days later, Chen Chu arrived at the South City Gate early, and the guard had not yet appeared.

Today is the day agreed by Chen Chu and Wei Du. Chen Chu will go to Luoyang, the capital with Wei Du. Before coming out, Chen Chu had already arranged all matters in Longhu Village, and Deng Gong was responsible for all matters in the village. After several days of observation, Chen Chu could still feel at ease with Deng Gong.

Chen Chu waited at the city gate for about half an hour, and a convoy of horses and carriages appeared, and Wei Du was among them.

Chen Chu quickly met him and said hello, "Brother."

Wei Du smiled and said, "Brother, you came so early!"

Then Chen Chu joined the team and the group followed the official road towards Luoyang.

Wei Du found that Chen Chu had no mount, so he led a horse to Chen Chu for transportation.

The guard team had eleven large carts. In addition to the groom servants, there were also a hundred guards. These guards were strong and solemn, and they were really majestic when riding on horses. When Chen Chu saw it, he was envious and secretly decided that he would set up a cavalry team as well.
Chapter completed!