The other expenses are relatively large, and the largest of them is the transportation fee of the Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall. The iron can't beat 200 taels a month, and they can only be transported. If someone wants to save money? Spend more than 100 taels to buy 10 ox carts? Hehe, then you will definitely win Zhenwei's appreciation, will praise you for being very imaginative, and will give you a one-way ticket to the underworld.

In addition, it is a festival respect, and every year and the festival should be given to the Zhenwei Martial Arts Museum, and the annual gift will be about five or six hundred taels. So nominally, it belongs to the Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall. But how useful can such an affiliation be? Only God knows. It can be described in one sentence - you may not know if you send Zhenwei, but if you don't send him, you must be impressed.

By the way, including Qiu Bo's brave victory, more than half of the large and small forces in the nearby provinces, they all have a similar affiliation with the Zhenwei Martial Arts Pavilion. Otherwise, it will be difficult to move an inch.

Therefore, when he met the Zhenwei team today, Niu Sanye would be like a life-saving straw, because of this affiliation relationship. It's just that he was unlucky, and he happened to meet Zhang Jiuyun and Tie Sheng, who were "not in the mood", so he could only receive a box lunch very sadly.

And the relationship between Qin Bai's named disciples is different. First of all, the festival is relatively high, between 1,000 and 1,500 taels per year, which is two or three times more. Secondly, you can borrow the name of Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall outside. And the last point is that the Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall will fulfill certain obligations, although it is very few, but there are still ...... You will be avenged when you die.

Therefore, there are relatively few such registered disciples. Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall doesn't like to ask for trouble for a little more money, and the people in the rivers and lakes feel that it is not worth it, so it is better to spend more money to trust the relationship and directly become a formal disciple of Zhenwei. Although I will give most of my inheritance, it is better than the ridiculous death to get revenge, right?

"Hah!" Qin Bai smiled dumbly, and met Dong Chuan's puzzled gaze.

Qin Bai shook his head, he was no longer interested in continuing to ask, including the East Erfang in Jingjiazhuang. Because it is already completely unnecessary. So Qin Bai ended the conversation: "Mr. Dong, thank you. You go out first! ”

Dong Chuan was stunned for a moment, worried about where he had said the wrong thing. Regardless of Dong Chuan's anxiety and leaving step by step, when Qin Bai was left alone, he immediately rummaged around, hoping to find some of the belongings left by Niu Sanye.

Sure enough, the result was a big one. Because Niu Sanye fled in too much hurry, he didn't even bring the gold and silver with him. It was easy to dig out more than two hundred taels of silver and a large basket of copper coins from the house, and also found an oiled paper bag in the crack of the wall tiles next to the bed, which contained twenty gold leaves of about five dollars each, enough for ten taels of gold. There are also five gold earrings, gold rings, and gold bracelets, which are estimated to weigh several taels, and there are still black blood stains on them, which are also estimated to have been looted.

In addition, there are several blank road guides inside. If the estimate is correct, this oil paper bag should have been prepared by Niu Sanye for his escape. But now it's all cheaper, Qin Bai.

At this time, Qin Bai somewhat admired Tie Sheng. The conspicuous silver and baskets of copper coins in the room did not move Tie Sheng and his men at all. In fact, I can't say anything if I really take it all, although my attitude towards myself is relatively cold, but I am a rare person who pays attention to the morality of the rivers and lakes.

After all this, Qin Bai came to the outside of the mansion. And the people of the Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall have already turned into overseers, directing the mine slaves to carry the ore onto the car. It wasn't until more than two hours later that the more than 100 minions finished their work. Zhang Jiuyun didn't say anything long-winded, and directly ordered: "Bai Er, with today's batch, you have already lost more than 10,000 catties in the past half a month?" Remember, 200,000 catties at the end of the month must not be less. Don't be careless, it's useless if you can't plead. If you are soft on those bitter people, who will be soft on you? Also, tomorrow you go to the village to settle this half-month's account, and by the way, you can receive the East Erfang. Tiezi, don't forget to help Bai Er clean up when you go back, don't be afraid of trouble if you are a brother. ”

"Yes, Master."

“……”

Watching the convoy of Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall leave, the crowd suddenly commotioned. There were still people who suppressed it just now, but now only a few of Qin Bai and them were left, even if they added the new ones who came over, and the few people who were originally brave and victorious, the number was less than ten.

People's hearts fluctuated, and Li Kang, Big Eyes and others became anxious. Only Qin Bai kept smiling, and he suddenly shouted, "What are you waiting for?" If you want to go, you can leave, and if you want to stay, you can stay. The people who went away took five catties of grain each. ”

"Boom ——!" It became noisy. The miners had expressions of joy, shock, disbelief, palpitations, and so on their faces. Suddenly, one of them ran away, and he didn't even want the food he had promised. The others all stared nervously at Qin Bai's reaction, until the man ran out of the stockade, and seeing that Qin Bai still had no obstacles, he immediately dispersed and began to run out in groups.

In the blink of an eye, more than thirty people had already run, and Qin Bai was still smiling and indifferent. Until a thin old man was just about to run, but he felt uneasy in his heart, so he came to Qin Bai first, knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you for your mercy, thank you for saving your life!" ”

Qin Bai laughed: "It's okay. Uncle, please. But I'm a little curious, why don't you even want the food you give? ”

"Huh?" The old man raised his head in surprise, he never expected that Qin Bai's promise just now was actually true.

Qin Bai laughed, and then ordered behind him: "Dare, Big Eye, oh, and Mr. Dong, you help distribute the food." Don't worry about the number, it's okay to give more. ”

It happened to be the day when the grain was transported up the mountain, and it was nothing to give everyone five days of food. Moreover, Qin Bai had already made a decision, he was not unfamiliar with the territory of Xiaohongling at all.

When he listened to the introduction just now, Qin Bai had doubts about the numbers in it. There are two key points: one is 200,000 catties per month. And there are more than 120 miners here. As long as there is a primary school monk's level of mathematics, it is easy to calculate, and each person only digs up about 60 catties per day? Yields are outrageously low. As for why there is such a low production efficiency? Is it because of the production method, or is it because of other reasons such as tools? Let's not dig deeper, put it aside for the time being.

But another issue is the monthly income and expenditure. Most of them need to pay tribute to the Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall, and there are not many left, so it can be said that they happen to be pinched in the throat. So he was immediately faced with two choices, one was to keep it as it was, Qin Bai found a group of guards by himself, and then grabbed a group of mine slaves, so that he could still barely maintain.

The other is the normal salary, but this is not more than 120 mining slaves, and the 30 or so guards are also unpaid. If it all adds up, it will cost at least five or six hundred taels more per month. Therefore, it will be lost immediately.