The rat-whisker squinted his eyes and said, "But no one can eat so many people in one bite like the four of us!" ”

Sun Shen stalked his neck and said: "Then I'll be a little more troublesome, just sell a few more!" ”

The two sides bargained for a long time, and in the end, General Sun won the victory and sold all the death row prisoners at a price of forty taels per person! After that, these people will be executed on the official roster, but the process of killing the head is missing, so that the people will have one less entertainment!

After negotiating the price, the four stewards instructed the thugs to load the prisoners into the prison cart. It can be seen that they have a tacit understanding, and these prisoners are evenly distributed.

Those people listened to it clearly, so when they were dragged into the car by the thugs, they struggled with their lives one by one! However, these thugs were all ruthless, and they were paralyzed to the ground with a few punches and sticks, and there were no serious injuries on their bodies, and all of them were stuffed into the prison car. That's it, those in charge still dislike the thugs for being too heavy and breaking their own belongings!

After the group of death row prisoners finished talking, General Sun pointed to the group of prisoners next to him and said: "This group is ready to be sentenced to life exile, and it is also forty taels per person!" You can pull it back and get to work! After a year and a half, a document came directly from the receiving place, saying that they died of illness and death, and those who were eaten by wild beasts were eaten by wild beasts, and you can use them with confidence! ”

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, there were very few sentences of exile, and the prisoners were basically confiscated! The so-called conscription of the army means forcing prisoners to serve in the garrison. It was the heaviest punishment in the Ming Dynasty other than the death penalty. According to the time limit, there are two types of military recruitment: "lifelong" and "forever".

Those who are "for life" serve until their death; Those who are "forever" must be punished by their children and grandchildren, and only then can they be "open-minded" until they are "exhausted and made up". In the Ming Dynasty, the punishment of confiscation was very extensive, and the punishment of exile was "permanent but not used", in fact, the punishment of exile was replaced by the punishment of confiscation. But it is precisely because of this provision that Liu Haojia took advantage of a loophole and sold everyone!

Later, after the steward came up and checked the quality again, he directly divided the group of prisoners equally as he had just done. After loading this group of prisoners, General Sun pointed to the largest group of people and said: "Four elder brothers, the exile sentences sentenced by this group of people are long and short, so in the end, they were uniformly folded, that is, eight years!" So you can use these people for eight years! But let's say it first, the first two groups of people must die in the mine, but these people must be handed back after eight years! And the rent of ten taels of silver per person per year cannot be less! If anyone dies, he will pay forty taels of silver. ”

The fat steward pouted and said, "You can't be ruthless, you can't be exiled for life!" These sturdy men pulled them back, but let us pay them back in a few years, how is this possible! ”

The rat whisker also said: "That's right, there may be a landslide in the mine at any time, and when the time comes, people will die inside, and we will have no labor to work and we will have to pay you silver, both inside and out!" ”

General Sun said: "You can't say that! These people are rented to you, but you must give them back. But as long as the person is alive when he comes back, he doesn't lack arms or legs! So you just use it to the death on weekdays, don't be afraid of anything else! ”

The shopkeeper nodded and said: "That's the same reason, it's just that the rent of ten taels a year is expensive!" Don't forget, to save their lives, they always need more food, medicinal herbs, these things are very expensive! ”

General Sun said: "Several, don't bargain with me!" Again, you don't want to have people want it! ”

The four stewards knew that they had taken a big advantage, and it was just the instinct of the businessmen to ask for a price reduction. Now seeing that General Sun Shen refuses to retreat, he can only agree. Then the two sides handed over the prisoners and the roster, and General Sun came forward to collect the silver, which was considered a complete transaction!

After the prisoner truck pulled away the weeping prisoners, Liu Haojia turned his gaze to the gang leaders. The people he saw couldn't help but snort, feeling as if they were being targeted by a beast!

Liu Haojia walked back and forth in front of everyone with the handle of the knife in his hand, so that while they all saw themselves clearly, they also looked at these people carefully. In the end, after he stood still, he said loudly: "You are all heroes, and you are also called heroes in the rivers and lakes, which is much stronger than the general flag of this official!" I don't think I'm a general flag in your eyes! By the way, the official's surname is Liu! ”

At this time, the person who already had a spirit said: "It turned out to be Mr. Liu, the little brother is polite here!" ”

Liu Haojia was stunned when he saw the person who spoke! It turned out that the benevolent brother in front of him looked like he was forty years old, and he actually licked his face and called him a little brother! But after this person spoke, the others nodded their heads one by one, called adults, called brothers, everything, but this is really the only one who calls himself a little brother!

But the attitude of these people is still extremely respectful, because they can also see that although Liu Haojia has not spoken just now, he is definitely the person in charge here, and even General Sun is just standing next to him, the general banner, which shows the great power of his power!

Liu Haojia looked carefully at the person who called himself the little brother, and then said: "You all saw the scene just now, right?" ”

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other and didn't dare to answer for a while! Let's see it clearly, it's clearly a smuggling of prisoners, and it's a crime! Let's say I can't see clearly, but I did it directly under your nose, so they didn't know what to say for a while!

But it was the strong man who preemptively said: "Lord Liu, the little brother has seen it clearly!" ”

Everyone immediately looked at Liu Haojia, and when they saw that he didn't react, they all nodded to show that they could see clearly. Liu Haojia said: "Just see it clearly! That's to kill the chicken and show it to the monkey! But this official can give you an explanation, those people have done too much evil on weekdays and have already crossed the line, so damn it! Even those who are not capital crimes, I am afraid that when they return from Xishan, they will also be abolished! ”

Many of the leaders present were also miserable when they heard this! Because they know that Liu Haojia is telling the truth, those death row prisoners and lifelong exiles are a little better, they fall into the mine even if they are the property of the master's family, and they must always take good care of their own belongings, hoping to be able to use them for a longer time!

As for those who have to be sent back after a few years of work, to them they are rented objects, which are naturally used in death, as long as they save their breath, they can be returned to the government, who will care if they are useless in the future!