The Qian family's house, in the study.

"Is that kid really not fooled?"

Qian Heng's eyes were full of suspicion when he looked at his daughter-in-law.

Seeing this, Bihe was anxious: "My lord, this is really the case, that waste somehow, he actually knows how to read, and he is unwilling to draw a confession..."

Qian Heng listened, his brows tightened: "It's not easy to clean up..."

The second son is in prison, and reasoning is not a big deal.

The Qian family is a famous family in the clouds, although they started as businessmen, they also have some energy.

The eldest son, Qian Yi, is now a middle-level officer in the Xiliu Battalion under the command of the famous general Zhou Yafu.

even married the little girl into the Wei family early, and married Wei Shang, who was in the old clouds.

Up and down in the clouds, not to mention that only the Qian family is looking forward, at least it is necessary to give three points of thin noodles.

Some time ago, when the war was extinguished, Qian Hengzheng was sad that he couldn't get a bargain from the war, and Qian Budu, a side nephew who served in the army, came to the door and proposed a good thing that Qian Heng couldn't refuse.

On the outskirts of the southern city, hundreds of displaced people gathered, and they were about to starve to death without money and food!

When Qian Heng heard it, he celebrated with the crown!

The displaced people brought by the war had an unparalleled attraction for the landlords!

There is no other reason: the homeless people are definitely desperate people who are hungry and cold!

If it is operated properly, then hundreds of people can be put into the money pocket, sell themselves to the Qian family, and become slaves of the Qian family!

What is the most valuable and most valuable at this time?

Acres of land?

Hehe!

Maybe the landlord of Chang'an will tell you that one mu of land in Chang'an is worth tens of thousands!

But in the clouds, the first line of the Han-Hungarian border, the land is really as much as there is!

As long as someone goes to reclaim a large area of wasteland and reports it to the local government, you can get a land deed and become the owner of that land!

The question is, why bother?

After spending a lot of manpower and material resources, and investing so much money, you get a piece of saline-alkali land that no one wants to buy, and can only grow two or even more than one stone of grain a year?

It can't be done at all!

What is really valuable, and can bring far less wealth, is the slave!

According to the Han law, when a man reaches the age of 20, he must abide by local arrangements and participate in different degrees of forced labor.

Although food and shelter are included, the young and strong laborers are away from home for several months, which is a major blow to any peasant family.

And rich families are not willing to let their children suffer that unnecessary hardship.

What to do? Pay the money!

According to the 'cheap policy', a certain amount of money is paid to the local government, and the government then uses the money to hire people to complete the work that should have been carried out by the money payer.

At this time, the feast of Haoqiang has arrived!

In these years, who dares to call themselves a wealthy family, who doesn't have hundreds or thousands of slaves?

They would send their slaves to the government and let them serve as servants!

How could the hired money be given to the slaves?

Slaves, even flesh and soul, are private property!

According to the convention, the lowly changer also has to give the replacement a thank you gift, which is another amount of money!

Send the slaves to serve, and the clothing and food during the period are also contracted by the government, and there is another sum left!

Relying on this trick, the rich have more and more wealth, and the family property is getting bigger and bigger!

The poor peasant households, on the other hand, had to dig up food in the soil, and had to use their small savings to avoid forced labor.

Under such a vicious circle, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer; The rich have no place to stand on the poor!

Even putting these aside, their value alone is a huge wealth!

Now the slave market is in the market, 20,000 yuan for female slaves, 6,000 yuan for small slaves, and more than 40,000 yuan for adult strong slaves!

Hundreds of displaced people, if they all eat, it is equivalent to directly getting tens of millions of dollars of wealth!

As for the cost?

Is there anything more important to the hungry and cold displaced people than rice?

In this way, all money needs to pay is some food, plus some symbolic money!

With such 'mercy' on the exiled people, and buying their deeds of sale at a reasonable price, the government can't find anything wrong!

I hate that group of homeless people, their backs are stiff, and they would rather starve to death than sign a deed of sale!

Qian Heng had no choice but to use some means to force them to comply.

Who would have thought that among that group of homeless people, there were people who joined the army in Rongcheng, and they actually made a lot of martial arts!

That's all it takes, just a martial artist, and a fluke of meritorious service, at most will make this matter a little trickier.

Coincidentally, the idiot at home brought someone to fight with that martial artist, and he also killed someone!

Qian Heng knew in his heart that if this matter was a big trouble, he would not be able to end up with anything.

But he was not very happy to ask him to give up the fat in his mouth.

It just so happened that Na Wufu's wife was included in the house by his second son, and Qian Heng sent him to trick Na Wufu into confessing his guilt.

The husband confessed to the crime, and the rest of the people couldn't make any waves, and if they made some money and two go away, the matter would be a big thing and a small matter.

I hate that the man was not fooled...

Although the Qian family is noble, they have no family background, and they can make a fortune by smuggling the Huns with copper and iron.

Qian Heng has nothing to do about the current situation.

When I was worried, there was a knock on the door outside.

Qian Heng's face was full of impatience, and he scolded outward: "Didn't I say it? Not today! ”

The door of the study was still opened, and the intruder's face was full of anxiety: "Why is my father so confused?!" ”

Qian Heng saw the return of his eldest son, and before he had time to rejoice, he was complained.

"The army taught you to talk to your father like this?"

was taught such a straightforward lesson by his son, Qian Heng was embarrassed and angry.

Qian Yi knew that he was rude, and he confessed, but he still said impatiently: "Father, the child has said many times that the child has achieved success in the army, and it is the time to accumulate steadily!" ”

"Money and silver, but it's just a flash of time, why can't my father let it go? Is partiality going to cause such a disaster? ”

Qian Heng's face turned red with anger, and his expression was distorted: "Bastard thing! ”

"Lao Tzu gave birth to you and raised you, just to listen to you teach your father?"

"If it weren't for my father's decades of planning, where would you get the money to donate to Lang Guan?"

"Now that the wings are stiff, teach Lao Tzu a lesson!"

"Get out! Lao Tzu should not have your son! ”

Qian Yi returned from Chang'an non-stop, and heard about the family as soon as he entered the clouds.

Hurried home, but saw that his father couldn't listen to the persuasion at all, and he felt extremely depressed.

After all, he still didn't dare to go against etiquette, and bowed deeply to his father, and then said goodbye and left.

"Get out of here! Get out! ”

scolded Bihe out of the study, and Qian Heng only felt that his heart was on fire.

The anger dissipated reason, and a trace of madness quietly sprouted, taking deep root in Qian Heng's heart.

"I don't believe it!"

"Just a pariah with a small jaw, and you dare to embarrass me?"

Outside the study, Qian Yi, who had been reluctant to leave for a long time, listened to his father's vague self-talk, and the sense of foreboding in his heart became stronger and stronger.

"I hope my father doesn't do anything stupid..."