There was silence for a while, everyone was observing the expressions of the people next to them, and an old man shook his head and said: "I heard that the gentleman has a way of mercy and forgiveness......", Qiu Ming immediately said: "What about the Qiu family?" Why not be merciful to her? The old man was amazed and said, "She is just a woman, and a woman is no different from a cow or a horse?" What about forgiveness? ”

Due to the loud voices of the bitter lord and the village elders, half of the people in Dengzhou City knew about this case, and there were really many women and women who came to the county government to observe the trial. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 As soon as the old man said this, he immediately became angry, and many women shouted angrily: "You are the cow and the horse, and your whole family is the cow and the horse." ”

After a while, an old woman squeezed out of the crowd and hit the old man with a wooden cane: "Let you come out to buy garlic, but you came here to fill garlic and spray feces all over your mouth." Say, if the old lady is a cow or a horse, what are you? The old man was beaten and screamed, and kept saying, "I'm a worm, I'm a worm, okay?" ”

In the midst of everyone's laughter, the old woman said loudly: "My old man is talking nonsense, Shangguan doesn't have to take it to heart, if he dares to sell my son, my woman will kill him immediately, how can he be allowed to see the sun the next day alive?" The old man was so shocked that he said repeatedly: "Madame, silence, this is above the public court, how can you be allowed to spill?" ”

The old woman reached out and pulled out his ear: "Sapo? Okay, the old lady will sprinkle it on you, and when I go back, I will kneel on the stone platform and make a cow and horse. Amid the laughter of the people, the old man was lifted by his ears and faded away.

Qiu Ming said: "Without three media and six hires, the deceased cannot be regarded as Qiu's husband, but only the **** who persecuted Qiu." If such a **** wants to sell her own parent, any normal woman will be crazy, right? What's more, it's selling three in a row? On the conviction of the heart, the official believes that Qiu's crime does not lead to death. ”

Although the villagers strongly objected, there were also a large number of people at the scene who agreed, and the voice of approval gradually overwhelmed the opposition. Qiu Ming saw that the overall situation had been decided, so he handed over the sentencing to Guo Jia and Chen Zhen, but he asked Ju Kong to bring the villager and the bitter master into the ear room.

The bitter lord was so frightened that he trembled, but the villager was so angry that he trembled, thinking that Qiu Ming was going to blame himself, but he didn't expect Qiu Ming to groan for a while and actually asked: "Just now you said that the township is poor, and the unscrupulous girl is willing to marry, what is the matter?" ”

Under the explanations of the two of them, Tyumen roughly understood the local situation. They are from Zhu LS District in the west of Dengzhou, where there are many mountains, rocks and disasters, there is not much production, and there are many beasts and bandits, so every family is poor, and their own girls are all married outside, and if they want to pass on the lineage, they can only buy back the women from the outside of the mountains from the hands of human traffickers. Some families are so poor that they can't even afford to buy a woman, so they have to make an agreement with traffickers to sell the first few babies to pay off their debts.

Tyumen was shocked and asked Ju Kong: "When I came back this time, I saw that the life of some villages has improved greatly, and even started to build Yicang, why is there still such a place of poverty?" ”

Ju Kong smiled bitterly: "What you said is a village on the trade road, they rely on business to eat business, and they can naturally prosper." However, the western mountainous areas are inaccessible and there is no production, even if the tax is reduced this year, but there is not much income there, and there is basically no impact, so it is still poor. ”

Qiu Ming looked at the villagers and bitter masters who didn't know why, shook his head and said: "The people are poor, this is the responsibility of the official, but others can rely on business to eat business, can't you rely on the mountains to eat the mountains?" ”

The villagers and the bitter lord were excited, and they were comparing and contrasting with each other, to the effect that the township was impassable, the roads were not quiet, the land was unproductive, and the people were powerless, Tyuming sighed and asked Ju Kong: "It's so unbearable over there, is there really no special product?" ”

Jukong pondered for a while and said: "As far as I know, Zhu Lianshan can't even be self-sufficient in grain, let alone export, but if you want to talk about special products, you can still find them." The first is the stone, according to Guo Fengxiao's planning, there will be many construction projects in Dengzhou City in recent years, at least the city wall will be heightened and thickened, so that the stone of Zhulian Mountain can be used for a great purpose; The second is fur, there are many wild beasts in Zhulian Mountain, which are both bad food and hurt people, it is better to organize people to hunt beasts for skin, and the meat can also be distributed to poor families to eat; This is the third. ”

Ju Kong looked at the villagers: "Third, the mountain people here are all remnants of the Yongguo, the people are brave, and there are many strange skills, and they can be recruited into an army to be prepared." ”

"Oh," Tyumen came interested: "Yongguo? But the mediocrity of the mediocrity? The villager and the bitter lord glanced at each other and nodded.

Yongguo, the first help of King Wu's war, the first military power in the early Spring and Autumn Period, almost beat Chu to the end of the country. Qiuming didn't have much research on the history of the Yong Kingdom, and only remembered the sentence "Only the Yong people are good at fighting, and Qin and Chu are invincible", isn't this another fighting nation?

Seeing Qiuming's energetic appearance, the villager said with difficulty: "My township is poor, and the people are not prosperous, I am afraid it will be difficult to accept the invitation of conscription. ”

Qiu Ming scratched his chin, this is probably to retaliate for not sentencing Qiu to death just now, or maybe he thinks that being a soldier is unlucky, and the military salary is not high, but it has caused the family to lose a strong laborer. Tyuming said: "Dengzhou is narrow and can't afford to raise too many troops, but what if you are a mercenary?" ”

Mercenary? The three of them looked at each other, not knowing what it meant, but Qiu Ming said excitedly: "Yes, mercenaries, if you go out, you will be a soldier, and if you enter, you will be a people." Wouldn't it be good to farm on weekdays, train in spare time, go into battle as a soldier when there is something to do, and charge a fee for each combat operation, so that you can not only gain a background, but also supplement your family with a skill? ”

If you can do it according to the ideas of the county lord, you can have a serious income, second, you can persuade your children to change their ways, and third, you can also let the fighting skills that your ancestors have passed down from being wasted, which is also a good way.

The villager clasped his fists and said: "Dare to ask the county Cheng, how much does this mercenary charge for fighting?" If there is no war for a long time, how will these soldiers deal with themselves? ”

Qiu Ming saw that the old man of the village was moved, and said with great joy: "We can discuss the cost again, since this idea was proposed by me, then the consumption in the early stage is naturally mine, and half of the military salary stipulated by the imperial court will be distributed on weekdays, and I will not participate in the daily management of the mercenary group." I have only two conditions, first, if I have any military action, the mercenary group must fully cooperate with me; Second, under no circumstances can the mercenary group take over actions that are unfavorable to me. ”

When the villagers heard that half of the grain and rice were already willing, they naturally accepted all the conditions for Tyumen. And Tyumen is also happy in his heart, he only needs to provide some food and rice to get a usable army for nothing, not only do he not have to worry about the logistics, but he also doesn't have to worry about the pension at all, which is really cost-effective.