In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chen Dao thought about it for a long time and realized that no matter how he thought about it, the massacre of the Zhu family was full of conspiracy.

At this moment, Wu Han lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Rumors are circulating that the massacre of the Zhu family is very likely related to the county magistrate!"

County Magistrate?

Chen Da and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. The title "County Magistrate" was generally used to refer to the highest-ranking official in a county, just like the title "County Magistrate" that people in the village often used to refer to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate secretly murdered the entire Zhu family...

Is this county magistrate really so ruthless?

"But I think that's unlikely!"

Wu Han continued, "Brother Chen, you live far from the county seat, so you may not know the situation in the county government. In our Taiping County, the real power in the county government actually lies with the three major families. The county magistrate is just a clay idol; he can't even control the county government, let alone the Zhu family who were wiped out!"

As a peddler, Wu Han was very well-informed. In the eyes of ordinary people, the county magistrate was the most important person in the entire Taiping County, and he had the power to wipe out the Zhu family.

Wu Han knew very well that the magistrate of Taiping County had no power at all. If he wanted to wipe out the Zhu family, not to mention whether he could do it, he would probably die at home the day after he uttered the idea.

After all... apart from a few official government officials, almost everyone else in the county government, from top to bottom, was from the three major families.

Chen Dao nodded. He had talked with Li Hu about the situation of the Taiping County government office and knew that the county magistrate was just a figurehead and had no power to exterminate the Zhu family.

But... if it weren't for the county magistrate, who else could have wiped out the Zhu family?

Chen Dao thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an answer, so he simply stopped thinking about it and said directly to Wu Han, "Brother Wu, I've come here because I want to ask you for help with something."

"What is it, Brother Chen? Please tell me!"

Wu Han agreed without hesitation. Chen Dao had given him such a great benefit, so he naturally didn't mind helping Chen Dao out.

Chen Dao paused for a moment, then said, "I want Brother Wu to take my two uncles into business."

As he spoke, Chen Dao looked at Li Dadan and Li Feng and introduced them to Wu Han: "This is Li Dadan, my eldest uncle, and this is Li Feng, my second uncle."

Li Dadan and Li Feng exchanged a glance, then quickly stood up and clasped their hands in greeting to Wu Han. Chen Dao had already told them in advance that he wanted them to learn how to do business, so the two were not too surprised at the moment.

Instead, Wu Han hesitated and asked, "Brother Chen, are you planning to have them learn how to do business from me?"

"Correct!"

Chen Dao nodded. That was his purpose: to have Li Dadan and Li Feng learn from Wu Han and acquire some business skills so that they could sell Chenjia Village's goods more easily in the future.

"no problem."

Wu Han readily agreed, then added, "But... Brother Chen, this shouldn't affect my white-feathered chicken business, right?"

"of course not!"

Chen Dao smiled and said, "Brother Wu, please rest assured, white-feathered chickens will definitely be supplied to you first. As for my two uncles, they will be selling other goods in the future."

Chen Dao's family now has quite a few kinds of livestock. In addition to yellow-feathered chickens and blood-feathered chickens, they have also added ducks. In the future, they will also have grain and other things. They don't have to worry about not having goods to sell. What they lack is only trustworthy merchants.

"That's good."

Wu Han was immediately relieved. As long as teaching Li Dadan and the other man how to do business did not involve his interests, he was naturally willing to help.

So Wu Han discussed the matter of Li Dadan and Li Feng joining the caravan with Chen Dao. They quickly finalized the details: for the next month, Li Dadan and Li Feng would stay at Wu Han's house and accompany Wu Han's caravan as guards. During this time, Wu Han would try his best to teach the two his business skills, and the price they would have to pay was...

They were offered to act as guards for Wu Han's caravan for free. Of course, this was not unacceptable to Li Dadan and Li Feng. After all, they were staying at Wu Han's house and were provided with free food and drink. This was already a privilege granted by Wu Han out of respect for Chen Dao. Otherwise, the two of them might have had to find their own way to eat.

"Then it's settled!"

After the matter was settled, Chen Dao looked at Li Dadan and Li Feng: "Uncles, you can rest assured and learn from Brother Wu. I guarantee you will be able to live a good life in a month."

Li Dadan and Li Feng nodded solemnly.

Wu Han then said with a smile, "Brother Chen, you've come all this way, how about we have a simple meal here tonight?"

"no need."

Chen Dao shook his head and declined, saying, "I have some other things to attend to, so I won't stay here any longer, Brother Wu!"

After saying that, Chen Dao got up and led Chen Da and the others out of Wu Han's house, heading towards the Fuhu Boxing Hall.

Wu Han saw Chen Dao to the door and watched them leave. He then turned to look at the somewhat reserved Li Dadan and Li Feng and said with a smile, "You two don't need to be so reserved. Just treat my old Wu's house as your own."

Although Wu Han said that, Li Dadan and his companion were still a little reserved. They had lived for decades and this was the first time they had stayed in someone else's home, so they were somewhat unaccustomed to it.

It's estimated that it will take at least a few days for the two of them to adjust to life at Wu Han's house.

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The backyard of Fuhu Boxing Gym.

Li Hu and Xu Zhiwen were sitting opposite each other at a stone table, drinking tea.

Since they committed the massacre of the Zhu family together, Xu Zhiwen and Li Hu have become inseparable, quickly becoming acquainted with each other. During this period, they have frequently been seen sitting together and drinking tea.

Not far from the two was Li Ying practicing the Tiger-Taming Fist. After Li Hu entered the seventh rank, the Blood Feather Chicken had become much less effective for him. Therefore, he gave all the Blood Feather Chickens he had obtained from Chen Dao to Li Ying to eat. With the help of the Blood Feather Chicken blood and meat, Li Ying made rapid progress during this period and was already close to the eighth rank.

Li Hu took a sip of tea, glanced at Li Ying who was practicing his boxing, and said, "The Yuan family has been quite dissatisfied with you, County Magistrate, lately!"

The rumors circulating in the streets are not unfounded. The reason why the county magistrate was the one who wiped out the Zhu family is because... the Yuan family has placed their suspicions on Xu Zhiwen!

Neither the Yuan nor the Fang families were fools. They knew very well that the refugees outside the city could not possibly have the ability to wipe out the Zhu family. Therefore, they immediately turned their suspicions to the major powers within the city. The first suspect was naturally Xu Zhiwen, who had always been at odds with the three major families!

After all, when Xu Zhiwen called on the major powers in the city to donate money and food last time, his dissatisfaction was written all over his face, making it hard not to suspect him.