"It's neither possible. The corvee who signed a contract to sell himself is not the same as a criminal. Whether he lives or dies depends entirely on others. That means he is forced to live, which is boring, and future generations will have to be slaves for generations.
It's not right to join the army. What we are joining here is King Xuan's army. This is following the rebellion."
Old Man Qi and the others all thought of the iron mine mentioned in Beiyang Town, and the corvees probably went to that iron mine.
Not to mention the age limit, there are many old people, women and children in their team, so they cannot be counted.
Both of these roads are designated as not to be taken.
But they couldn't come up with 1,860 taels of silver, even if they cut them all into pieces, weighed them and sold them.
As for what the yamen officer said about someone above him, there's no need to think about it. They want someone above them, so why are they so inhumane like they are now?
As the sky began to get darker, Qi Kangan became more and more anxious thinking of the yamen officer's reminder.
"Dad, I think it's getting dark. As soon as the city gate is closed and the government officials retreat, I guess there's nothing good going on outside."
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered his daughter's ability, "Bao, did you see anything?"
Qi Bao'er asked with a cute look on her face: "What does dad want me to see?"
"That's it, it's something that your father, mother, and I usually don't see, Piao Zai."
Qi Bao'er: "...Dad, it's daytime now."
Qi Kangan slapped his forehead and said, "Dad, you forgot."
Suddenly another person squatted down in front of the three of them. He had long legs and was very conspicuous.
"What are your plans, father-in-law?"
Oops, this is not a mute. He didn't make a sound all the way, eating when he was given, and lying down when he was told. He thought he couldn't speak.
Not to mention, Master Yuan's voice is quite pleasant.
Yes, they don't know the real names of these three. They only know that the handsome one is Master Yuan, and the other two are named Wu Da and Chen Yi.
Don't think that they are from the mountains. You can't tell that these three people use pseudonyms. It's just that they don't care. They don't have any intention of saving people.
Old man Qi also convinced himself that he could still think about these nonsense at this time.
"It costs five taels of silver per person. Our family can get there, but there is nothing we can do about the others."
They can't just leave everyone behind, that would be too bad.
Jun Chenyuan stood up without saying a word again and walked back towards the city gate.
Old man Qi: "???"
Qi Baoer: “????”
What does it mean?
Soon they understood what it meant. Saving people was not in vain. It turned out that they rescued Mr. Wu from Hefeng Town and called him uncle.
The yamen officer got the letter and called Master Wu. It was impossible to get away with it in vain. Master Wu didn't have that much power, but he could reduce it by half.
It was reduced by half to nine hundred and thirty taels, which couldn't be obtained. The villagers collapsed on the ground again, this time they were so numb that they couldn't even show a crying expression.
Qi Fugui, a man with absolutely nothing, said with a despairing face: "Forget it, I'd better join the army. Uncle An, when you settle down later, don't forget to come see me when you can come back."
Let him at least know where the Qi family's ancestral temple has been moved after death, and know how to find it back.
Gao Dayou showed a smile that was uglier than crying, patted Qi Kang'an on the shoulder and said, "Brother An, I'm going to join the army too. They can get there by myself, but I'll have to trouble you to take care of them in the future."
Qi Kang'an looked at the other members of Doctor Gao's family, feeling guilty and intolerable, but they all acquiesced. Apparently they had discussed it privately.
Seeing his son in Dayou's wife's arms, Qi Kang'an also knew why their family made such a choice.
Lian Ba also sniffed and came over, "Brother An, my wife and children, please excuse me."
Immediately afterwards, men from almost every family gathered around. You and I told each other that they all chose to join the army. If they join the army, their families will be able to cross the town and they will not become slaves.
Five taels of silver, except for those wishing for wealth and honor, is not something that others cannot afford. It is just five taels per person. Even if it is reduced by half, the Gao family of the doctor's family will still be in difficulty.
Besides, there's no need to think about it later. They have just entered the boundary of Tongcheng.
Qi Kang'an shouted with his bare eyes: "What are you arguing about? Come around here and don't let anyone look at you. Let's take out all the money and sort it out. Our family and Uncle Wen Fang's family will take care of the difference first, and we will pay it back to us later if we have any."
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As soon as they heard this, everyone's eyes were filled with thunderous eyes. The men hurriedly called the women who were in charge of the house, and the women with money in their hands quickly wiped away their tears and came over.
Counter Qi Kangtai went online again and wrote down the amount of silver each family took out one by one.
At this time, I haven’t even secretly hidden anything, and it’s not enough to take it all out.
But there were nearly sixty households, and all they could collect together was only three hundred and ninety-six taels and thirty-seven coppers, which was less than four hundred taels.
After erasing the small change, there is still a shortfall of five hundred and thirty-four taels.
Qi Kangfu went to Li Qin and said, "Let's give the one hundred taels to Dad, and we will go over it first. The folks in the hometown are not bad either."
If he really holds a hundred taels in his hand but doesn't care about everyone, he will definitely not be able to deal with this matter in the future.
Li Qin was sitting on the floor rubbing her feet. When she heard this, she raised her head and glared at him angrily, "I would have given it to my mother if I had waited for you to say it."
Qi Kangfu raised her hand, and when Qi Kangfu came closer, she whispered: "I think, dad is absolutely right, what we got is ill-gotten wealth, we have to spread it out in exchange for blessings, but this is not the best time to spread it."
It was so thorough that I didn’t even cover myself up, so I couldn’t save a penny.”
On the other side, the couple praying for health and happiness were also talking about one hundred taels.
Qi Kangfu was not very patient with Qian Lanhua and said, "Give dad back the hundred taels that dad gave us."
Qian Lanhua was quite happy to see him at first, but when she heard this impatient tone, her hot face suddenly turned cold.
"Here you go, I watched my second sister-in-law give the money to my mother, and I followed suit."
Qi Kangfu nodded and turned around to leave.
When Qian's mother came from Mrs. Tian's house, she saw her daughter wiping tears. She thought she felt sorry for Qian Zi, and her face suddenly sank.
But who wants this to be his only daughter? He still has to be patiently persuaded.
"The money was originally lent to you by Dafang. You should just treat it as repaying it in advance. What, you still plan to pay it back in this life? Is this what your father and I taught you?"
This is just advice, but it doesn't sound like advice.
Qian Lanhua suddenly shed more tears, "Why am I doing it for the money?"
Qian's mother understood now that what her son-in-law had just said was not pleasant.
But that's it... Qian's mother sighed, sat down on the ground, hugged her daughter into her arms, and patted her back gently like she did when she was a child.
"This man, if you can be patient with him, people's hearts are made of flesh. Kangfu is not a heartless person. If you treat him sincerely, he will not be able to feel it.
You can have a little temper, but the prerequisite for being a little temper is that the man cares about you, and he wants to care about you. It's fun for you to be a little angry, but if he doesn't care about you, it's unreasonable for you to be a little angry."