Chapter 101: Be a rich man that no one dares to offend
The most important thing is that he doesn't want his family members to be driven away when they enter the town. If not, he will be bullied if he doesn't look at him, especially for his obedience.
But if you have a little money in your pocket, on the contrary, it is them who should be afraid, and the townspeople can relax and think about how to earn their money.
If you want to make money from them, you will naturally have a good attitude and you have to support them.
This was what Old Man Qi had in mind when he first entered the town.
Only when he discovered that almost the entire Beiyang Town had united to fight against the refugees' pockets did Old Man Qi realize that his idea was a bit bad.
The old Qi family and the old man's family are ready-made fat sheep for others to slaughter.
The next day, someone persuaded the villagers to stay. This made Mr. Qi feel very unhappy. The two families had sacrificed so much, and they would have to spend dozens of taels to appease the townspeople.
Although his family's money came from a certain amount, he also came from that kind of money just for the sake of the money, so he secretly wanted to spend some money to pray for Guaiguai and gain merit.
But he is doing it for the villagers in the end, isn't he?
However, after the uncomfortable feeling passed, Old Man Qi was pleasantly surprised to find that this was a good thing, a great thing for their family.
Beiyang Town wants to keep the refugees here, which means that Beiyang Town will not really make things difficult for them as refugees, at least it will not kill people with swords or sticks without provoking them.
They only showed that they had a little money, and they didn't show that they had a lot of wealth. If they "unintentionally" revealed the "understanding" or something, the county magistrate would probably want to drive them away.
However, in order to prevent himself from making the wrong decision again, he still went to look for Qi Bao'er somewhat unconfidently.
As for discussing with several of his sons, don't talk nonsense. They are just hammers. When he made a wrong decision, no one stood up to refute him.
Still, his obedience can often give him enlightenment.
Sure enough, after hearing Old Man Qi's worries, Qi Baoer waved his hand like a normal person and said:
"Sir, there are two types of rich households. One is the rich households with no background, and the other is the rich households with strong backgrounds that even ordinary officials dare not offend. We will do what makes people think it is the second type.
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So there was Mrs. Tian talking nonsense to the cook and grandma, and there was Old Man Qi talking nonsense to the Yamen.
Will it be exposed?
I pray that Baoer will reply to you with two words: Haha.
At this time, there were no computers or anything like that. According to the household registration regulations, the number of people in each family was recorded.
But first, women have no human rights here. It is common for them to just register their names in the clan without going to the government.
The second is that the household registration of a place is under the local control, and the report to the superiors is only an integer. It has not been long since the war started, and Qi Baoer dares to use his head to guarantee that the integration of household registration has not started yet.
But it doesn't matter what they say, as long as you are honest and pretend to be decent.
As for saying it will be discovered in the future, let’s continue haha.
After they leave, who has the time to find out who they are and where they are really going?
For those who want to stay, their coming out like this can be regarded as a support for everyone.
The most important reason why Qi Baoer does not object to their pretending to be rich is that Beiyang Town is poor and has not yet become a bandit county. Once a person is poor, his confidence will be weak, even if he is the county magistrate.
Therefore, as long as they show that they are confident, the county magistrate will generally not treat them excessively, at least not openly.
If you change to a rich place, haha, try this trick again?
Therefore, experience is accumulated.
If something like this happens again next time, the first thing that Old Man Qi must rule out is the trick of pretending to be rich. Although it has its benefits, it is too worrying and the most important thing is that it will lead to a loss of wealth.
Another incident happened in the afternoon, which made old man Qi's worries about the remaining villagers disappear.
The head of the Yamen came to the inn with a group of Yamen servants and a book historian who was in charge of household registration, and personally supervised the process of keeping the household registration of two to three hundred people in Qijia Village.
Because of the lunch meal, the Yatou had a "magnetic" brotherhood with Old Man Qi, so he quietly pulled Old Man Qi aside to talk.
"Hundreds of people cannot be assigned to the same place. Unlike you and Master Juren, they cannot be kept in the town. They can only be assigned to the villages below. But which village can collect two or three people at a time?
Hundreds of people, we can only separate."
Old man Qi took out a small roll of banknotes from his sleeve and quickly stuffed them into the Yamen's hand.
"Can you please help me make arrangements for them all so that they can all come to the same place. When this place becomes stable in the future, I may come back to see them."
The Yamen's eyes were so happy that they narrowed into slits. This was a banknote, starting at least ten taels.
He immediately patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, brother, as long as we have such a good relationship, your fellow villagers are my fellow villagers."
Old man Qi smiled, turned around and looked at the familiar faces over there where the heads of households had lined up to register, and then looked at the two large groups of people at the entrance of the two large stores who were ready to leave at any time.
He sighed reluctantly.
The Yatou had already put the banknotes into his sleeve pocket. Seeing that old man Qi seemed to be in pain, they had dinner together and received a lot of benefits from him. They were considered true brothers.
So he couldn't help but comforted him: "Everyone has his own path to follow. Don't feel bad, brother. Look at how many of these people are babies. If they really follow you, they have to be yours."
burden."
After a moment of pause, the Yatou said again in a low voice, hoping that only the old man could hear him: "Brother, your family is going to the capital. Let's not talk about what happened along the way. When you actually arrive in the capital, you have relatives here, so you don't have to worry about the appointment.
But what about others?
It is not possible for people to settle down in the capital at will. Even in the surrounding villages, they may not become slaves by then.
Why don't we stop here? Let me tell you the truth, my county magistrate is pretty good. It's just that we are poor, but we have hands and feet. If we are willing to work, how can we be without food? At least we are not clean."
Old man Qi tugged at the corner of his mouth and said nothing.
The Yatou felt that his brother was too sincere. At this time, when he had a bleak future, he was still worrying about the villagers.
Touching the small roll in his sleeve pocket, the Yamen's eyes changed when he looked at Old Man Qi. He admired this man a little. He didn't need money on the way to escape, but he was willing to spend it on someone who had nothing to do with him.
When the Yamen later discovered that what Old Man Qi gave him was actually twenty taels of silver, his admiration for Old Man Qi deepened by several percentage points. He originally thought it was ten taels, but that was already a year and a half after his death.
The month has passed.
"Don't worry, bro. I'll try to arrange things as close to each other as possible. We'll take care of each other even if it's a few steps from the next village or something."
The old man Qi thanked him gratefully, and he felt quite pleased with him now.
When it comes to people, you really can't determine a character's character just by looking at it. Just say the Yatou in front of you, the city gate at the beginning, and then listen to his words.
A true villain.
But if you look at him now, he doesn't seem to be any worse off.