The whole family traveled through ancient times to start a new business

As soon as Li Chunsheng came over, Old Lady Su saw his intention. Before he could speak, Old Lady Su asked directly, "Chunsheng, is ten taels of silver enough?"

Mrs. Su knew that Li Chunsheng had rescued Su Yitong when they were robbed that night. Regardless of whether it was out of the relationship between the relatives or the favor of saving Su Yitong, Mrs. Su felt that the money should be lent.

Li Chunsheng said a little embarrassedly: "Aunt, I don't need so much, seven taels will be enough."

Old Madam Su had more than ten taels of silver on her, so she took out ten taels of silver and said, "Take it all! When we get to the destination, your family will definitely need the silver. When you have silver in the future, you can pay me back."

Li Chunsheng thought so too, and he believed that there would be places where money would be needed when he got there, so he took the silver and thanked Old Lady Su.

This time, after deducting the Li family, there were still four families left who could not come up with so much silver.

The four families knew that only the Su family could come up with so much silver. The Su family must have made a lot of money from raising rabbits, selling charcoal, and building kangs last year. Although they didn't know how much money the Su family made, they thought that eighty taels of silver should be enough.

However, it is their business whether they can take out the money or not. Why should they ask them to take out so much money at once? Each family felt embarrassed to ask.

If it was one or two families, they might not have such a big psychological burden. They put down their face and asked for a loan. But now that so much money was taken out, they didn't know how to ask for it. It was they who insisted on following the Su family.

These people didn't know that the Su family had so much money, and they all thought that eighty taels was not enough for the Su family, but they probably didn't have much left.

Furthermore, each family had their own concerns. They had borrowed so much silver, twenty taels! How could they pay it back? They had already arrived in a strange place, without a house or land, and now they owed so much foreign debt, how could they pay it back?

We are all honest farmers. We have never owed so much money to others. Just thinking about it is stressful enough.

Not to mention those families who couldn't afford the money, even those who could afford it were weighing whether the twenty taels of silver were worth it. Just to be able to share a place with the Su family, they had to pay twenty taels of silver.

This twenty taels of silver is a lot of money for the farmers. If they hadn't made so much money following the Su family last year, the only families that could afford this twenty taels now would probably be the Zhao family and the Zhou Lizheng family.

Su Anton was fully aware of everyone's concerns and hesitations.

But time waits for no one, and he was afraid that if he delayed any further, the place he wanted to go would be full and he would not be able to go.

Su An Dong called the heads of each family and said, "Our Su family has decided to go to Daxi Village in Fengze County, Anbei Prefecture. I am afraid that if we delay, the quota for refugees in this village will be full. So my family will go to queue up. I suggest that everyone also go to queue up and think while queuing. After all, the closer you are to the front, the more options you will have."

When everyone heard this, they felt that what Su Anton said made sense. They estimated that the further they went, the fewer good places there would be. Let's think about it while queuing!

A group of people began to line up.

Not long after they lined up, the city gate opened and a small group of soldiers came out. They cleared the refugees at the gate to both sides and made way for them to leave the city.

After the road was cleared, soldiers began to march out of the city in an orderly manner. A line of soldiers, several thousand people, passed by many refugees and headed north. Su An Dong estimated that these people should also be going to subdue the rioters.

After the soldiers left, new notices were posted in the city. Su Anton asked his family to line up and went to see the notice himself.

The notice was aimed at refugees who had no household registration and could not come up with money.

These refugees had two choices: one was to return the same way. Soldiers had been sent to subdue the rioters, and those who were willing to return home could do so. The other was to become a military household if they wanted to stay. They had to go to the north of Zhenjiang Prefecture to open up wasteland and cultivate land, and serve the army.

If anyone wants to return home, they will not be stopped. If someone has money and a registered permanent residence but does not want to stay, they can also leave.

Once this notice was issued, the people who had lost hope regained some hope. But at the same time as they had hope, they also fell into a dilemma.

It is well known that the status of military households is low. If possible, who would want to become a military household?

But then again, although the status of military households is low, at least they can save their lives by staying.

It's easy to say that we should go back home, but it's not so easy to go back home safely. Although the army has gone to subdue the rioters, it's not something that can be done easily. It takes time. It's still unknown how long it will take to completely subdue them.

Besides, how many people have enough food to support themselves and return home after such a long journey? Those who live near the village are still better off, but for those who live far away like Su An Dong, it is not easy to go back.

Even if we don't consider the problem of food, we can eat wild vegetables along the way. Those who were originally in a good weather and became refugees due to the rioters can consider the feasibility of returning. For those who have natural disasters in their families like Su Andong, why should they go back after they have come this far!

Anyway, no one in Su Antong's group plans to return home.

Although there are so many difficulties and uncertainties in returning home, there are still people who want to return home, especially those who live a short distance away.

Actually, if the Su family would become a military household if they stayed here, Su Anton would definitely consider returning home. But this is not the case now, and the weather forecast from Mrs. Su gave her a feeling that the weather here would be good and the harvest would be good.

The Su family is about to take over, and each family has finally figured out where they are going.

Of the four families that could not come up with the money, two finally decided to give up on being with the Su family. They really did not want to bear such a huge debt.

One of the families that could afford the money also gave up on joining the Su family. For this family, if they took out the twenty taels of silver, it would be like emptying all their assets, and they didn't want that.

In the end, seven families chose to go to the same place as the Su family.

In fact, they all knew that they were in a strange environment and that the people here would bully strangers. If they could be with everyone, they could always take care of each other.

Put yourself in their shoes, and think about how they also rejected Li Chunsheng's family when they first came to their village. If Li Hongmei hadn't married the Su family and married into the village, it would have been even harder for them to integrate into the village.

But every family has its own considerations, and these twenty taels of silver are really a considerable sum of money for them.

Su Anton had no objection to the choices of each family, and he respected everyone's choice.