It's late at night.

Chen Sheng was still sitting in the hall, reading the history of the Chen family through the dim oil lamp.

The Chen family is not a family of Confucian scholars who pass on poetry and books, but most of the helmsmen are still literate.

Books from this period were still engraved with carving knives on bamboo and wood. Although it was quite troublesome to write, the cost was not high.

Anyway, if you don’t spend money, several generations of the helmsman of the Chen family reluctantly made it difficult to record some major events of the Chen family and keep them in the Chen family as reference materials for future generations.

The oldest one among these family history bamboo slips was left by Chen Ke, the first helmsman of the Chen family caravan, who was left by Chen Sheng's grandfather.

According to the bamboo slips left by Chen Ke, he was originally from Yangcheng, Sizhou. Because his family was poor and had nowhere to make a living, he joined the army with his second brother to go north.

After fifteen years of joining the army, he was able to get rid of his 500 commanders of the Andi Army in the northern border and was disabled and removed from his armor. On the way back to the field, he encountered bandits and plundered the caravans on his way, and brought thirty soldiers (personal soldiers) to kill the bandits Anmin.

Because of his righteous help, he was supported by the owner of the caravan, Xu Jiaye, Shangqiu, Dang County, and settled in Chen County with eighteen soldiers to conduct business...

"No wonder Chen County calls the Chen family "the Chen family," it turns out that the Chen family, the Chen family, and the Chen county, the Chen family are not the same Chen."

Chen Sheng reads ancient words full of traces of time on the bamboo slips, and secretly says with thoughtful thought.

In theory, in a land where people with the same surname gather, or even named the place name by their surname, people with the same surname will always have some relationships with each other when counting generations. When they call each other, they will mostly call each other by the relationship between generations. Even if they are far apart and have different generations, they can also be named as hall names before the names, which means that they were family five hundred years ago.

However, when other people in Chen County call Chen Sheng and their family, they always call their family "Shang Shang Chen Family", including their family going out to introduce themselves to others, and they are also named "Shang Shang".

Moreover, Chen Sheng had long felt that the Chen family's status in Chen County was a bit subtle, as if they were not as good as other local snakes in Chen County... In terms of Chen family size, with so many industries in Chen County, even if they are businessmen, they can find an industry to continue to maintain their careers. However, the Chen family can only stick to the businessmen business and dare not switch to other businesses.

Now Chen Sheng realized that it was not because of the Chen family that he did not want to do so, but really he could not.

In this era when the rural concept is deeply rooted, even if the Chen family has been rooted in Chen County for four generations, it is probably still an outsider in the eyes of other big-name people in Chen County.

And it's the kind of outsider who needs to be guarded against.

besides……

"Shangqiu?"

Chen Sheng frowned. He looked so familiar with this place name... His first love girlfriend in college in his previous life was from Shangqiu. During the long-distance running, he had been running to Shangqiu a lot, and he saved up a lot of train tickets.

He had heard of the place names such as Dazhou, Yanzhou and Jizhou before, and he just regarded it as a coincidence.

After all, even though he was a science student in his previous life, his history exams always hovered around the passing line.

He also clearly remembered that the Zhou Dynasty implemented the feudal system.

Otherwise, where did the Spring and Autumn Period come from? Where did the Warring States Period come from?

Where did Qin, Chu, Qi, Yan, Zhao, Wei, and Han Qixiong come from?

But at present, the Great Zhou Dynasty is clearly implemented in the county system!

With such a big difference, how could it be a dynasty?

But now even "Shangqiu" has appeared...

Are these coincidences really just coincidences?

"Dalang, it's the hour of the year, why are you still here?"

The gentle voice awakened Chen Sheng from his thoughts.

He turned his head and saw that it was Qing Niang who came in from outside the door with a small brazier.

It seems that she had just finished her shower, her long, thick black hair was still wet on her shoulders, and she was carrying a small bronze brazier the size of a pumpkin in her hand.

I must have just visited him in his room, but I found him in the front yard when I saw that he was not here.

Although they had not had sex, Zhao Qing would visit him several times every night, worrying that his room was cold, worrying that he kicked the quilt, and worrying that he would get sick at night.

She has been in the Chen family for five years and has rarely had a good sleep.

Chen Sheng stood up to meet her, holding her tender horn with one hand, taking the small brazier from her hand with the other, and pulled her back to the hall to sit down. He shouted softly, "Don't you let you go to bed earlier? What are you doing when I come to see me? I'm still wearing wet hair and I'm not afraid of a headache when I get up tomorrow morning?"

Zhao Qing looked at his serious appearance and suddenly smiled silly: "My Dalang knows that he feels sorry for his elder sister, it's great!"

Chen Sheng was lifting up the long hair behind her neck and baking it dry on a small stove. Hearing this, he couldn't help but show a funny expression: "Sister, you can't always use the airs of your elder sister in front of me. If you are used to being a sibling, how can you be a husband and wife in the future?"

Zhao Qing stuffed his hands into his burning palm and muttered coquettishly: "Dalang is still young, so of course my sister has to take care of Dalang."

Chen Sheng rubbed her slightly cold hands and chuckled, "But you have been taking care of me for so many years. Now it's my turn to take care of you."

Zhao Qing slowly leaned his head against his shoulder and murmured: "Da Lang, there is no need to worry, your life will be long. You will grow up slowly, let your elder sister take care of you for a few more years. When your elder sister gets old, you will take care of your elder sister..."

Listening to these love words that were not considered love words, Chen Sheng was suddenly stunned.

He seemed to realize that this little woman by his side would accompany him for the rest of his life...

He covered Zhao Qing's hands with both hands and suddenly tightened.

Suddenly, a low "clang clang" knocked on the door, breaking the quiet and warm atmosphere in the hall.

Like a frightened rabbit, Zhao Qing suddenly raised his head from Chen Sheng's shoulder and looked out of the courtyard in surprise: "Who will it be so late!"

Chen Sheng looked out of the hall with resentment and complained: "Who else can it be? Second uncle, otherwise you would think I won't go to bed so late, so why are you doing here?"

Zhao Qing: "My second uncle asked you to wait for him?"

Chen Sheng shook his head: "No, I guess he has something to say to me."

While the two of them were talking, the door of the door had already opened. Chen Hu, who had returned, walked into the lobby quickly with a cold air.

When Zhao Qing saw him coming in, he was about to get up when Chen Sheng held it down and said softly: "It's okay, it's just a small matter, you don't need to avoid it."

She was still a little hesitant, but Chen Sheng's attitude made her feel extremely at ease.

Chen Hu walked into the hall and saw Chen Sheng in neat clothes, and was slightly surprised: "Are you waiting for me?"

Chen Sheng made a "please" gesture next to the small stove: "When you sent Uncle Zhao Si back home, you saw that you had something to say to your child."

Chen Hu knelt down beside Chen Sheng, symbolically roasted the fire, and suddenly sighed: "Dalang, you have really grown up, and your second uncle can't understand what you did."

Chen Sheng smiled slightly: "We are a family. Do you have any doubts about it? Even if you ask, no matter what you can say or not, the child will try to tell the second uncle as much as possible."

Chen Hu remained silent.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the hall was a little heavy, Zhao Qing stood up as if he was sitting on pins and needles and said warmly: "Second uncle, please sit down first, and my daughter-in-law will bring you a cup of hot soup."

Seeing that she was feeling uncomfortable, Chen Sheng stopped forcing him to keep him. He picked up the small stove in front of him and handed it to her: "Let the cook pour the hot soup, you dry your hair first."

Chen Hu, who was grinding his hands:???

When Zhao Qing saw Chen Hu's speechless expression, he couldn't help laughing.

After she went out with the small stove, Chen Hu finally spoke slowly: "Dalang, do you know what the consequences will be?"

"as a result of?"

Chen Sheng smiled casually and changed his comfortable sitting cross-legged position. He thought to himself that he would have to make a few chairs to come out tomorrow and sit on the ground like this every day, and he would have to sit out a pair of crocodile legs. He would not have forgotten that Qing Niang's two long and straight legs would have turned into crocodile legs.

"There are only a few people left and right. Don't tell your child that you have been traveling around for so many years and have no life on your hands."

He said lightly.

Since he had already decided to make such a layout, of course he knew that once his layout was promoted, it would definitely hurt people's lives.

But so what?

If the laws of this era are sound, would he need to make such a complicated business behavior as a street stall?

Since this era is like wealth, wolf, tiger and leopard, why should he be a harmless little white rabbit?

Moreover, once his layout is completed, it is not just the surname of his Chen family caravan, but also many powerless and powerless stall vendors in Chen County.

There are profits, benefits outweigh disadvantages, and there is no way to deviate... Then you can only let those stumbling blocks die!

Anyway, those people are not good people.

Of course, he is not...

"Just how many people died?"

Chen Hu frowned suddenly and unconsciously raised his tone: "When is life so worthless in you? Your father has traveled all over the world for so many years and has seen storms. He still warns me: To be kind to others, you must not use any weapons unless you have to!"

"Why did you get to the mouth of Huangkouzi, who has all the hairs, and your life is as light as grass?"

He got angry with Chen Sheng for the first time.

In Xiao Chen Sheng's memory for fifteen years, Chen Hu never got angry with him.

"Did the child say that life is worthless?"

Chen Sheng still kept a smile on his face: "But their lives are fate, but our family's lives are not fate?"

The anger between Chen Hu's eyebrows frozen in an instant.

Chen Sheng said lightly: "You saw Uncle Nineteenth bringing a urinal in the Jileyuan. When you went home, you sighed to the child, how could such a good man fall into such a situation... But have you ever thought about it? If my father and his friends did not get as expected this time, and even lost all their goods like the previous two times, how can these 300 households in our family survive in the future?"

The anger between Chen Hu's eyebrows disappeared little by little, and he lowered his head and remained silent.

Chen Sheng answered for him: "It will be more afflicted than now, and there will be another nineteenth uncle... many nineteenth uncles!"

Chen Hu seemed to have thought of something, and his face gradually became gloomy.

Chen Sheng was not prepared to let him go so easily, and said even more aggressively: "Tell your child that the lives of those dogs who do nothing all day long and only bully good people are important, or are our family's life more important than to take advantage of their uncles and aunts who would rather give them shit and urine than to earn money without compromising their conscience!"
To be continued...