After Gong Zijun resigned, he moved to the provincial capital with Xia Jingxi.
He first helped his uncle's Huijin Bank and accumulated some experience before planning to study abroad in Waseda, Japan, to learn financial economics.
The two were childhood sweethearts, and now that they were engaged for life, they talked about everything.
Xia Jingxi said that although her father had sinned deeply, he was still a brother and sister.
If he was left in Nantai, he would be killed sooner or later, so it would be better to live in the provincial capital.
It was better to take care of him sooner or later, so the two of them took the passenger ship back to Nantai.
When she got off the boat, Xia Jingxi felt uneasy and her right eyelid kept twitching.
Gong Zijun also joked that she had only been away from home for a few months and was timid about being close to home.
She hired a mule cart and went all the way to the south gate of the county.
She saw thousands of people.
The people gathered in a big circle, and there was no big show going on inside.
"Let's go and have a look."
Gong Zijun pulled Xia Jingxi and squeezed over.
Someone who knew him greeted him warmly: "Master Gong, come and watch the fun."
He also spontaneously made way for them, Gong Zijun was wondering why these people were so polite.
When he walked over and took a look, he was shocked.
It was Xia Dalong who was kneeling on the open ground.
Standing next to him was a burly man, holding a ghost-headed sword in one hand and a bowl of strong wine in the other.
He drank the wine in one gulp and sprayed it on the blade, looking up to the sky and mumbling something.
Xia Dalong's face was ashen, and he killed him with his neck.
Looking at Xia Jingxi next to her, she looked pale, biting her lips and saying nothing.
Gong Zijun was anxious: "I asked the military guard not to kill all the Xia family.
How could this happen?
If it doesn't work, I'll go find him."
Xia Jingxi held him back and whispered, "It's useless."
Zeng Jiao muttered silently: "Father, mother, you souls in heaven should be able to rest in peace.
Today, my son killed his enemy with his own hands to avenge you."
After saying this, he raised the ghost-headed sword high, shouted loudly, and slashed down with the long sword.
The crowd let out a burst of exclamation, and all took two steps back, as if an invisible hand drew a circle.
The knife was not accurate and struck Xia Dalong on the shoulder.
Blood spurted out, but the man did not die.
Liu Youjin, who was supervising the execution, frowned, waved his hand and said, "Be smart and don't torment people."
It was not that Zeng Jiao was not good at cutting, but he deliberately missed the mark to make Xia Dalong suffer more.
He slashed twice more, but still did not cut open the neck.
Xia Dalong was a tough guy after all.
He was seriously injured but didn't feel any pain.
He lay on the ground without struggling, letting blood spray out.
A man came down from the supervisory platform.
Without saying a word, he pulled out his pistol and shot Xia Dalong in the back of the head.
Xia Dalong's big head suddenly turned into a bloody gourd, and he fell to the ground and died.
Zeng Jiao glared angrily.
He recognized that the person who shot Xia Dalong was regiment leader Chen Shou.
This man also had a sworn enemy with Xia Dalong.
Chen Shou put away his pistol and walked away.
Zeng Jiao swung his knife again and chopped off Xia Dalong's head.
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This time, he was very neat and solved the problem with one knife.
The people watching let out bursts of exclamation.
It had been a long time since they had seen a beheading.
They were so excited and excited, as if they had drunk two ounces of white wine.
Xia Jingxi had fainted.
Gong Zijun hurriedly carried her out, put her on the mule cart and went home to settle down.
Angrily, she came to the Protector's Office to question Chen Zikun.
Chen Zikun asked the orderly to show Gong Zijun a stack of confessions, which were all shocking accusations against Xia Dalong for bullying men and dominating women.
"Zi Jun, when I say take care of him properly, it's all about your face and giving him justice, rather than letting him go unpunished, do you understand?"
Chen Zikun said.
Gong Zijun nodded and sighed: "I was impulsive."
Chen Zikun said: "Xia Dalong is dead, and the grudges have been settled.
The Xia family has robbed a lot of property over the years.
The real estate will be confiscated and auctioned to compensate the owner.
The house will be kept by the Xia family, but there is no share for Miss Xia."
Son, there is a will here, I found it from the Xia family, take it."
Gong Zijun accepted the will, which stated that all the Xia family's property and land would be owned by his adopted son Xia Jingqi, and Xia Jingxi only had some jewelry and silk as a dowry.
"Also, Xia Dalong confessed that Miss Xia's biological mother did not actually die of illness, but was lynched by Xia Dalong for having an affair with a salesman.
Go back and tell Miss Xia to see off the guests."
After Chen Zikun finished speaking, he stood up and left.
Gong Zijun returned home with heavy steps and told Xia Jingxi everything.
After all, Miss Xia was Xia Dalong's biological daughter.
Without a drop of tears, she said calmly, "I already knew that my father killed my mother, but no matter what What should I say, he is my father, I have to collect his body.
Xia Dalong's body was pulled back and buried in the Xia family's ancestral grave.
All matters were handled by his son-in-law Gong Zijun.
Xia Jingqi, the adopted son who inherited the Xia family's business, didn't even show his face.
Of course he wouldn't show up.
As long as he If you show up in Nantai, you will be immediately arrested and shot by Chen Zikun.
Poor Xia Dalong, who had been majestic for half his life, didn't even have a son to die with.
On a cold morning, he was buried quietly.
In the morning of the same day, a meeting to auction the Xia family's farmland was also held outside the county government office.
The Xia family had a lot of fertile land, and no one in the county could take it all.
Even those big households were helpless, and the auction failed.
The land had to be used as government property and leased to tenants to collect land taxes.
Chen Zikun didn't expect this result.
He ruined the Xia family but still couldn't find the money.
Seeing that the wind was getting tighter and the war was about to break out, he was so anxious.
Suddenly, a servant came to report that Magistrate Liu came to the back house with several workers and hung him down the well with a well rope.
Chen Zikun hurried to the back house and saw several workers standing next to the well, lifting buckets of mud and bricks from below.
Liu Youjin looked down with a flashlight with an excited face.
"Guardian, I finally have some clues.
I have studied hard for many days and determined that the thing is underground."
Liu Youjin saw Chen Zikun coming in and reported to him happily.
"Okay, dig quickly."
Chen Zikun was also overjoyed.
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Not long after, a report came from underground, saying that a mechanism was found on the wall of the well, and a big hole was dug out, with a lot of things buried in it.
Continuing to dig, the treasure that had been buried for many years was finally revealed.
Baskets of heavy black metal objects were hoisted up.
They were of different shapes, including horseshoes, cakes, cubes and ingots, and the stamp marks on them were also different. , those with private bank accounts, those with government treasury, and those with landlords and wealthy owners.
In addition to various types of silver ingots and bars, there are also a large number of silver coins wrapped in oil paper.
The British silver coins, Mexican Eagle coins, Spanish double pillars, and Japanese Dragon coins are not very good-looking because they have been underground for a long time, but they are not very good-looking.
It is indeed real money.
"I'm so rich!"
Liu Youjin rubbed his hands.
He came to Nantai to be the county magistrate just for this treasure.
Now that he has finally achieved great success, how can he not be excited about it.
When weighed on a large scale, it weighed 20,000 catties, which equaled 320,000 taels of silver.
"Let's add two to one to make five and divide it," Liu Youjin said.
Chen Zikun said: "Why?"
Liu Youjin was shocked: "You can't go back on your word.
We agreed to dig out the treasure and divide it five to five."
Chen Zikun sneered: "Yes, I said so, but you deceived me first, so it's right for me to regret it."
"Conscience of heaven and earth, how could I have deceived you?"
Liu Youjin trembled with anger.
Chen Zikun rebuked the workers and lowered his voice: "You said you are the son of County Magistrate Zeng, and your name is Zeng Jiao, but I met another man named Zeng Jiao, and he also said that he is the son of County Magistrate."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, he must be a liar."
Liu Youjin panicked.
"Humph, of course there is a liar, but it's not him, it's you."
Chen Zikun stared into Liu Youjin's eyes and said, "Are you really the county magistrate?"
Liu Youjin avoided his gaze and said, "I am the county magistrate appointed by the provincial government, so that's still wrong."
"Hmph, I sent people to the province to check.
It turns out that Liu Youjin is a middle-aged man in his forties with big teeth.
He looks nothing like you.
Tell me, who are you?"
Liu Youjin was dumbfounded and said after a long silence: "It doesn't matter who I am.
I did trick you into getting this county magistrate.
What do you want to do with me?"
Chen Zikun said: "Besides being greedy for money, you have many advantages.
If you are willing, you can continue to be the county magistrate.
If you are not willing, I will not make it difficult for you.
You can go wherever you want."
Liu Youjin looked at the piles of silver nuggets on the ground and smiled sadly: "In the end, it will be used to make wedding clothes for others.
How are the guards going to use the money?"
Chen Zikun said sternly: "Zeng Jiao said that his father would never take corruption or bribery, so this money should have been left by the former county magistrate.
It is the hard-earned money of the people of Nantai.
Of course I will not swallow up this money."
Put it into the official treasury and use it for the people."
Liu Youjin smiled.
These words were high-sounding, but they could only deceive ordinary people.
However, the situation was stronger than the people, and he had no right to speak now.
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"Envoy of the Army Guard, since you have put aside the past grievances, I will continue to be the county magistrate and serve you."
Liu Youjin cupped his hands and said.
"This is the right thing.
Work hard and I won't treat you badly.
When you get into the provincial capital, I will make you the governor."
Chen Zikun patted Liu Youjin on the shoulder and said confidently.
Liu Youjin smiled helplessly.
The emergence of 320,000 taels of silver greatly eased Chen Zikun's economic pressure.
Although silver coins, mainly Yuan Datou's, are currently circulating in the country, and silver ingots and foreign silver coins have withdrawn from circulation.
In international trade, silver taels are still used.
It is a settlement unit, so you don’t have to worry about not being able to spend the money.
Having learned from the past, he did not dare to transport money to Shanghai anymore.
Instead, he took the land route to Beijing.
He first purchased a batch of urgently needed supplies such as flour, rice, medical cloth, etc., and the rest was stored in the Bank of Communications account for easy access at any time.
The atmosphere of war is getting thicker and thicker.
In August, Wu Peifu of Luoyang ordered the governors of Henan, Anhui, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces to assist Qi Xieyuan, the governor of Jiangsu, in using troops against Zhejiang.
The governors sent out messages one after another to criticize Lu Yongxiang, the governor of Zhejiang.
In mid-August, Qi Xieyuan held a secret meeting in Nanjing.
At the military meeting, Chen Zikun, as a direct force in Jiangdong Province, also participated in the meeting.
This is the first time he has participated in a giant meeting as the overlord of one side
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