The two sides had talked last time, and the Ma family had invested a lot of human and financial resources in building housing for the refugees, and a factory to manufacture textile carts was also under construction at the same time.
Everything went according to plan and went very smoothly.
Fang Chen left everything to Mashan. He was specialized in the field, and this time he had the support of the imperial court and the participation of the Ministry of Industry. This gave Zhang Yu a hundred thousand courage and he did not dare to interfere with building houses or factories.
Moreover, many disaster victims also joined the work of building houses.
Most of the victims who were able to travel across mountains and rivers from the south to reach the imperial capital alive were young and middle-aged people. The addition of the victims further improved the progress of the project.
Within half a month, all the 100,000 victims can be settled, and there is no need to disperse some of the victims to other cities. With Yanghuafang as the center, a large number of houses and factories will be built on the surrounding vacant land.
After everything was arranged, Ma Shan and several senior executives of the Ma family invited Fang Chen to dinner.
It was hard to refuse such kindness, so Fang Chen had no choice but to agree.
"Master Fang, let me toast you!"
"Master Fang is such a good drinker!"
"Master Fang, from now on everyone in our Ma family will be headed by Mr. Fang and be loyal to Mr. Fang!"
"I heard that Mr. Fang will take up the post of commander of the Jinyi Guards soon. With Mr. Fang taking care of our Ma family, our Ma family will definitely be proud of our ancestors!"
"Master Fang is a beacon of light in the darkness. I admire him like a torrent of water, which is endless..."
"Come, let's respect Master Fang together!"
People from the Ma family frequently toasted to Fang Chen and showed great respect to Fang Chen.
The feeling of being flattered and licked by someone is also very satisfying.
Everyone was exchanging cups and cups, and were drinking vigorously. Suddenly, someone from the Xicheng Military and Horse Department outside asked to see them.
The person coming is Li Yun, the commander of the Military and Horse Division.
"Sir, it's not good!" After Li Yun learned that Fang Chen was here, he hurriedly came.
He was panting and sweating profusely.
Everyone put down their glasses. Fang Chen's heart sank and he asked: "Li Yun, don't be anxious. Tell me, what happened to Xiao San?"
There was horror in Li Yun's eyes: "It was Zhang Fengwu, the youngest son of the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. He arrested Xiao San and... cut off two of Xiao San's fingers..."
"Sir, please hurry up and save Xiao San. If you are late, I'm worried that Xiao San may not even be alive..."
Zhang Yu’s son?
Damn it, you dare to touch my people!
Fang Chen suddenly became angry and cursed: "What do you soldiers and horses do for food? What does the urban management team do? There are thousands of people under Xiao San, right? How could he be arrested by Zhang Fengwu?"
"And someone cut off your fingers?"
"This is totally embarrassing to me!!"
This is a shame!
Xiao Sannian is Fang Chen's man. Now if someone cuts off Xiao San's finger, it is equivalent to giving Fang Chen a hard slap in the face.
How could Fang Chen bear it?
"Brother Ma, friends, I'm really sorry. I have something to do and I can't drink with you. Next time we'll get drunk."
"Let's go and avenge Xiao San!"
Fang Chen and Li Yun said goodbye to Mashan and others.
"Sir, please wait a moment!" Mashan stood up and had something to say.
"Master Fang, I have heard a little bit about what happened between you and Master Zhang Yu."
"Zhang Yu's son is not easy to mess with. If he dares to go to your territory this time, the person who disturbs you must be coming for you. It may be a conspiracy or a trap."
"Master Fang, please don't be carried away by anger. You must be careful."
Fang Chen took two deep breaths and calmed down a lot: "Thank you, Brother Ma, for reminding me. Don't worry, I have my own sense of discretion."
Fang Chen and Li Yun rushed to Yanghuafang.
Li Yun told everything on the way. This time Zhang Fengwu brought more than a dozen guards.
Zhang Fengwu went to a gambling house to find Xiao San, arrested him and asked him for money.
Xiao San refused, so Zhang Fengwu chopped off two of Xiao San's fingers.
Although the gambling den was all under Xiao San's command, hundreds of people were summoned to the scene, and soldiers and horses rushed over, no one dared to touch Zhang Fengwu.
Because Zhang Fengwu was the son of Lord Shangshu, he was still a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Household Affairs.
How could they, little people, dare to touch a fifth-rank official?
Just the name Lord Shangshu suppresses everyone.
Another point is that Li Yun asked soldiers and horses to maintain order at the scene and not to take action or any conflicts.
All decisions will be made after Fang Chen arrives.
If a conflict occurs and the matter gets bigger and bigger, it will definitely get out of hand and may affect Fang Chen's career.
Fang Chen's face became colder and colder. He beat Zhang Yu half to death in the morning, and now Zhang Yu's son came to take revenge at night.
No matter what the conspiracy is, Fang Chen has to save Xiao San. If he doesn't go, it will definitely make his men feel cold.
In the past half month, Fang Chen has managed Yanghuafang very well, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Everyone in Yanghuafang is very grateful to Fang Chen.
However, places such as the Branch Hospital Gambling House have not been closed, because in ancient times, these were legal and existed normally. If they were forcibly closed, it would arouse opposition from many people.
These places are all run by Xiao San. In the past, Bing Sima charged a certain amount of protection fees. Xiao San's monthly profit was only two to three hundred taels, and more than 80% was given to Zhang Fengwu.
After Fang Chen comes, he will put an end to all black transactions and gray income, even branch hospitals and gambling houses.
, as long as your business is legal and compliant, you will definitely not pay money to this bastard Zhang Fengwu.
Tonight, Zhang Fengwu used this as an excuse to depose Xiao San.
Fang Chen arrived near the gambling house. More than two thousand people had gathered here, completely surrounding the gambling house. Even Xiao San's men were shouting at Zhang Fengwu to let Xiao San go.
The men of Bing Sima were afraid that Xiao San's men would be impulsive, so they blocked them and prevented them from rushing in to cause trouble.
Xiao San inside did not let his men take action, everyone was waiting for Fang Chen to arrive.
Zhang Fengwu stayed in the gambling shop just to see Fang Chen.
After Fang Chen and Li Yun dismounted, the crowded crowd immediately parted ways.
"Master Fang!"
"Master Fang, you are here!"
"Master Fang, please save Xiao San!"
Fang Chen said loudly: "Please rest assured, as long as I am here, Xiao San will be fine."
Fang Chen and Li Yun walked into the gambling house.
The light was very dim, and all the irrelevant people in the hall had been driven outside.
In the center of the hall, Xiao San was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, his face was covered with blood, and his body was covered with injuries.
The index and middle fingers of his right hand had been chopped off and were thrown aside like garbage.
The right foot of a young man in his twenties stepped on Xiao San's chest.
This young man was Zhang Fengwu, and there were fifteen warriors standing on both sides of him.
All of them have an extraordinary atmosphere!
After Fang Chen and Li Yun came in, Zhang Fengwu's eyes fell on Fang Chen.