It's a small stall, and the stall is set up by a man about 30 years old.

In addition to selling some miscellaneous grains and grains, there was also a seven or eight-year-old girl sitting on the cart next to her. The little girl had a handful of grass on her back, her face was yellow and hungry, her eyes were a little dull, and she sat stupidly on the cart motionless.

"What do you want?"

Seeing Li Chuan's large group of people, the man who set up the stall was excited, and hurriedly laughed.

A group of officials and businessmen all looked at Li Chuan, and found that Li Chuan frowned and looked at the little girl sitting on the cart, thinking that he had fallen in love with the little girl, and he felt a little ashamed in his heart, it turned out that he was also a Sven beast.

"That's your daughter?"

Li Chuan pointed to the little girl, her face was not very good-looking.

The man had never seen him, so he didn't know him, and Fa Guo saw several officials and masters standing behind, knowing that he was a big man, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly smiled: "Exactly, it is a blessing for a little girl to be able to see a little girl." ”

The officials and businessmen all looked a little strange, but no one said anything.

Li Chuan asked: "Why do you want to sell it after you have worked so hard to raise it?" ”

The man did not doubt him, and said: "The girls are all money-losing goods, and they are all raised by others, so it is better to sell them as soon as possible." The adults have taken a fancy to this girl, and the small one will give you a cheaper price and give ten taels of silver to take away. ”

Li Chuan looked at the little girl, and then at the man, although his eyes were not very sharp, but they could penetrate people's hearts, and when the man who looked straight at him was worried, and his face began to stiffen, he casually ordered: "Give him ten taels of silver." ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Tiezhu hurriedly agreed, and took out a silver ingot and threw it to the man.

"Thank you, sir."

The man hurriedly took it, nodded for a while, and turned his head and shouted: "Don't come over quickly." ”

The little girl timidly stood up and jumped off the cart, but did not dare to come.

The man's face was angry, and he wanted to scold, Li Chuan glanced at him, with undisguised dissatisfaction in his eyes, the man's heart jumped a few times, and he was a little embarrassed, and quickly closed his mouth and carefully accompanied the smiling face.

Li Chuan was not interested, and took the little girl he bought back to his house.

A group of businessmen and officials watched him lead the little girl away, but they thought about it, exchanged a look with each other, and they were a little tacit, they didn't know what preferences this adult had, but now they finally got a glimpse of a little look.

Su Xiaomei was checking accounts with Li Changyue, and she was a little surprised to see him bring a little girl back.

Ping'er stared at the little girl with wide eyes, as if she was staring at a thorn in her eye.

Li Chuan said: "This baby is pitiful, her father wants to sell her, I wanted to give her father some silver, but I want to follow such a father, this baby doesn't know how many sins she will suffer, so she brought it back, you look at the arrangement!" ”

Su Xiaomei suddenly called Wu Niang to take the little girl to change and wash.

Ping'er also retracted her gaze, no longer staring at the little girl with the eyes of a thorn in her eye.

Li Chuan sighed and said: "Everyone in the world knows that the people are suffering, but they turn a blind eye to the phenomenon of the people selling their sons and daughters. The child is innocent, but he has to be sold as a commodity. ”

Su Xiaomei was also aroused, and said softly: "That girl can meet her husband, which is also her blessing." ”

Li Chuan said: "Go back and give an order for your husband, prohibiting military households from selling their sons and daughters, I hope it will be better!" ”

Su Xiaomei said: "This kind of thing can't be stopped, some people think that raising a girl is a loss-making business, rather than working hard to raise it and give it to others, it is better to sell some silver to get affordable." Even if the husband orders it, it is impossible to ban it, those who want to sell their children will always think of a way, in fact, the root of everything is too poor, otherwise only a few people are willing to sell their children. ”

Li Chuan thought for a while and said: "You're right, it's better to be blocked, there is really no way to stop this kind of thing, you can only find a way to make the life of the military family better, and there will naturally be fewer children and daughters. ”

Su Xiaomei smiled and said: "Where, the husband is just a hundred secrets, and he doesn't dare to be a concubine." ”

The next day, an edict from the commander was handed down.

If all military households in Jinshanwei have difficulties in making a living, they can apply for assistance from the government yamen, but it is forbidden to sell their children and daughters again, and once it is found that the tax has been increased to 50 percent, they will no longer enjoy the policy of 10 percent of the tax and at the same time severely crack down on human traffickers.

If a human trafficker is found, a reward of 10 taels of silver will be given after the trafficker is caught.

If there is any collusion with the trafficker or concealment and failure to report, he or she will be guilty of the same crime as the trafficker.

When the news came out, some people rejoiced, thinking that the commander was a great master.

There are also people who are dissatisfied, thinking that Li Chuan's full eggs hurt, meddling in things, people sell their children and daughters and do your, and even those who colluded with human traffickers began to curse Li Chuan for not dying well, and they were afraid of being reported, so they disappeared overnight.

This is the common people, easy to buy, and very realistic.

No matter how great a character is, in an invisible corner, there will always be a few enemies.

Fortunately, with Li Chuan's prestige, those ground mice who were hurt by him and wished that he died had not yet dared to jump out, and Li Chuan never expected everyone to be grateful to him, as long as the vast majority of military households thought of him well.

In the afternoon, Lu Congliang came to report on work.

"My lord, Lord Shi, Lord Cui, they took away some military households."

Lu Congliang's face was frosty, but his spirit was very good.

Li Chuan said: "How many households have you taken away?" ”

Lu Congliang replied: "A total of one hundred and five households were taken away. ”

Li Chuan said lightly: "There are really a lot of nail households. But are you sure that's all there is to it? Our Ming officials like to keep a hand in everything, with your understanding of Shi Jian and Cui Long and others, will they still have any backhand? ”

Lu Congliang was also desperate, and said: "Don't hide it from your lords, Shi Jian, Cui Long and others are incompetent, they are good at squeezing military households to make money, and it is okay to play some conspiracies and tricks that can't be put on the table, but if you talk about the layout of things, it is far worse, and they are not Zhuge Liang, it is impossible to expect that adults will come to Jinshanwei, how can it be so easy to bury dark piles in a hurry." ”

Li Chuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "You are good, but don't be careless, keep an eye on me, after all, those people are Jin Shanwei's head snakes, and it is not strange that there are some hole cards in his hand that the official does not know." ”

"The subordinate obeys!"

Lu Congliang bowed his hand, and his heart was a little excited.

It's not easy, how much effort has been put in, and finally got the approval of this master.

But if you want to climb up, it's not that easy.

If you offend that person, even if you get the approval of the commander and make a difference in Jinshanwei, it is difficult to get promoted, and if you want to climb up, you have to fall on this master.

"The housekeeper has something prepared for you by the official, go to the housekeeper to get it!"

Li Chuan waved his hand to drive people away, Lu Congliang came back to his senses and hurriedly retreated.

Confused, he found Li Changyue, and Li Changyue gave him a box.

opened the box and took a look, Lu Congliang was suddenly overjoyed, it was actually a box of Western goods, this is a good thing, not something that an official like him who has no power or money can buy, he has always been very hot, but he didn't expect the commander to give him a set today.

While excited, Lu Congliang was somewhat grateful.