A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the brick walls on both sides of the Taiping City wall have been built to a height of more than ten feet.

Zhang Chu's hair also grew from a little stubble to a black and hard inch!

On this day, Zhang Chu was still working under the brick wall when he suddenly heard the sound of rapid horse hooves.

He casually threw the six bluestone bars on his shoulders to the ground, turned around and looked at the mountain entrance in confusion.

Not long after, I saw two brothers from the gang who had entered the mountain pass, leading a group of people through the dog's nose and heading up the mountain.

The leader was wearing a bamboo hat and covering his face, so his face could not be seen.

However, his long gray hair flying in the wind made Zhang Chu recognize him at a glance.

He clapped his hands and greeted him with a big smile: "Hahaha, boss, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

When the visitor heard Zhang Chu's loud laughter, he took off his hat and kerchief, revealing a face as simple as an old farmer's.

If it’s not Wu Qianyuan, then who is it?

He turned over and dismounted, strode towards Zhang Chu with a smile, and shouted from a distance: "Second brother, long time no see!"

The two hugged each other warmly and slapped each other on the back.

After the hug, the two looked at each other, feeling as if they were worlds apart.

In the past years, the two met in Beyefang.

A BMW wearing a brocade robe, as modest as jade.

A majestic and domineering person.

Years passed by and we met again.

A man with gray hair and robes looks like an old farmer.

A person with mud on his clothes is like a coolie.

Although they are still in their prime, their brows are filled with vicissitudes that are inconsistent with their grade.

"Let's go, we've already prepared wine for you to come over!"

Zhang Chu turned around and made a "please" gesture to Wu Qianyuan.

Wu Qianyuan smiled slightly and said, "I have quit drinking for a long time."

Zhang Chu shook his head regretfully: "The tea here is really bad."

Wu Qianyuan: "For your sake, even if you cook a cup of chaff for me, I can still drink it."

Zhang Chu: "How come no one ever told me that I am so shameless?"

Wu Qianyuan: "A hundred cavalrymen robbed Zhang Juncao and Xuanyan Prefecture. Who doesn't know about it? Who doesn't know about it?"

…

The edge of the grain drying field outside Juyi Hall.

Zhang Chu and Wu Qianyuan sat opposite each other across a coffee table.

Wu Qianyuan held the tea bowl and looked down at the mountain city below. He asked with great interest: "How did you find this place?"

"Is it okay?"

Zhang Chu leaned lazily on his seat and said with a smile: "This used to be a bandit village. When I arranged for my men to move south at the beginning of the year, the bandits here were blind and tried to kill me, so I asked Li

I was leading people to kill all the bandits entrenched here, but later I learned that Xiliang Prefecture had blocked the border of Xuanbei Prefecture, and we couldn't get through, so we had no choice but to settle here."

Wu Qianyuan nodded: "It's a pretty good place. It's easy to defend but difficult to attack. The mountains are gentle and the space is spacious... It's just that the location is a bit remote. It takes a whole day to walk to the nearest Wuqu County."

Zhang Chu: "I invited you here just for this matter."

Wu Qianyuan casually put the tea bowl in his hand on the coffee table and said with a smile: "I know you didn't invite me to drink. If you need my help, just tell me. You and I are welcome."

Zhang Chu also laughed: "I'm not going to be polite to you either."

"Please come here. I have two things to do."

"The first thing is, I need food, lots and lots of food. There are many people on this mountain. As you can see, the fields that have been cultivated at this stage cannot support so many people. I know you have a wide way.

Help me get a batch of grain to last until the autumn harvest. You can give me some money first, and I will send someone to deliver it to you as soon as I get the money."

"The second thing is, I remember that your Wushi has a team of mules and horses for trading, right? Bring a few lines to me, and I will provide food, drink, and accommodation. I will also be responsible for the safety of their people and goods within a radius of fifty miles. I only ask them

They can deliver me some necessary daily necessities on a regular basis, such as salt and iron, and of course, they don’t have to make a fortune less than they earn.”

Wu Qianyuan listened carefully to what he said and agreed without hesitation: "Just leave it to me for small problems!"

Zhang Chu listened to his tone and asked with interest: "With such a big tone, how many percent of the industry left by the Wushi family have you taken over?"

Wu Qianyuan turned the tea bowl on the table and said calmly: "Except for those confiscated by the state government, the rest are all in my hands... There are people in the north who are secretly helping me control these industries."

Zhang Chu frowned.

Is there anyone in the north?

Who else could help him accept the inheritance left by the Wushi, except the Wushi who rebelled against the Northern Barbarians?

Wu Qianyuan didn't seem to notice the change in his expression, and sneered to himself: "When I escaped from Yanzhi County back to Jintian Mansion, I thought they were lax in their vigilance, allowing me to seize the opportunity. Now it seems,

It’s obvious that they let me back on purpose!”

"What a plan!"

"Betting on both ends, even if you open the big one and the small Wushi's bloodline will be cut off!"

Zhang Chu didn't speak, but the frown he had just frowned slowly dispersed.

It would have been impossible for Wu Qianyuan, the humble gentleman back then, to see clearly these evil schemes.

"What are you going to do?"

Q&A with Zhang Chu.

"What else can we do? Let's do a big cleaning."

Wu Qianyuan said casually: "You can't help them save their family business so that they can become traitors again, right?"

He said it calmly.

But Zhang Chu clearly smelled the strong smell of blood from his words.

He fell silent.

Compared to Wu Qianyuan, who could speak such murderous words in a calm tone, Zhang Chu actually preferred to see the Wu Qianyuan who helped his mother sift through the millet Dole Taotao for a while.

But growth itself is irreversible.

If I had a choice, I would have taken my mother, Zhiqiu, Xia Tao, Daxiong, Li Zheng, and Mule with me several months in advance.

"Death" war.

After a long time, he spoke softly: "If you need help, speak for yourself."

"You said that yourself."

Wu Qianyuan suddenly laughed like a fox who stole an old hen, "I have something to do now and I need your help... and only you can help!"

Zhang Chu glanced at him angrily, "Why have you been waiting here for me? Tell me who you want to kill!"

Wu Qianyuan shook his head: "You don't need to get your hands dirty for the time being when it comes to killing people."

Zhang Chu spread his hands: "But I can only kill people with a knife!"

Wu Qianyuan continued to shake his head: "Don't talk about yourself like that, your ability is much stronger than you think!"

"These days, I have secretly gathered a group of refugees and scattered them around Beiyin County. Neither I nor my people can come out to settle them. We are afraid of attracting the attention of the state government and harming them, so we have to secretly rescue them."

"I visited two relocation sites a while ago. The lives of the refugees are really not like human beings. I see that the space here is quite spacious. I am thinking of moving them to your place together and letting you settle them.

.”

Wu Qianyuan gathered the refugees.

Zhang Chu understood that Wu Qianyuan reorganized Shanhe's junior high school just to atone for Wu's sins.

Wu Qianyuan and his people were unable to settle the refugees.

Zhang Chu also understood that he had already seen the state's wanted documents for the Wushi clan when he was at the Jintianfu County Government Office.

Wu Qianyuan was on the list and was rewarded five thousand taels of silver, which was several times higher than the reward for the most wanted thief in Wuding County.

But settling the refugees...

Zhang Chu frowned into the character "Chuan" and asked: "How many are there?"

Wu Qianyuan said with a smile: "Not much, only thirty or forty thousand in total!"

Zhang Chu was so shocked that he almost jumped up from his chair, "Brother, are you kidding me? Thirty or forty thousand? I don't even know how to feed myself with just over 20,000 people. Except for those who sell themselves, there are still three or four thousand people."

When Wan? comes, we can only drink the northwest wind together!"

"You don't have to worry about food."

Wu Qianyuan said domineeringly: "I will carry it with you. Tens of thousands of people can't even take advantage of the family fortune accumulated by generations of Wu family members!"
To be continued...