In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

Shen Qian looked at the county lieutenant Liu Sheng, who ran to her and cried poor, with a strange expression on her face.

After a long while, he asked:

"You have so much wealth with you, can't you take out the money?"

Faced with Shen Qian's question, County Lieutenant Liu Sheng's face suddenly turned red.

You can definitely get it.

But they had no intention of taking it when Shen Qian gave the order without any objection!

The compensation for the dead was 100 taels of silver, and they had to pay 18,100 taels of silver just to pay for the 181 guards and soldiers who died.

Such a huge expenditure of money and goods is enough to buy 5,000 acres of fertile land!

This does not include the reward for killing the barbarians.

There were hundreds of barbarians, and even if only half of them were killed by their guards and soldiers, that would cost 1,500 taels of silver. Adding the seriously injured and so on, they would have to spend nearly 20,000 taels of silver.

Especially landlords and merchants who have many guards with them.

Asking them to pay this money is more difficult than taking their lives.

"Of course I can take it out." Liu Sheng lowered his voice to the lowest level and became extremely humble when he heard Shen Qian's displeased tone.

"But you know what those merchants and landowners are thinking."

"They definitely don't want to pay that."

"I'm just a small county lieutenant. I have no way of forcing them to pay the compensation..."

Having said this, he stretched out the tail end of his tone and cautiously glanced at Shen Qian out of the corner of his eye, fearing that this noble lady would be angry because of his little thoughts.

After hearing this, Shen Qian smiled faintly:

"It's okay if you don't want to pay compensation."

"But they must give up ownership of their guards, soldiers, and servants and hand them over to me."

"This way I also have a legitimate reason to provide compensation for the deceased."

After she finished speaking, Shen Qian raised her hand to see the guest off.

He signaled the county lieutenant to stop talking and just convey his message.

County Lieutenant Liu Sheng couldn't help but gasp when he saw this.

This gentleman is much more decisive than I imagined.

If we recruit the guards and servants of those landlords and wealthy businessmen, wouldn't that be like having a group of mobile money treasuries?

If you want to take money from them when you are out of money, they can take it away at will.

I just don’t know if those landlords and wealthy businessmen have the wisdom to think about what the adults are thinking.

As for reminders?

He won't do it.

He was still counting on Shen Qian to help him at the critical moment, so how could she do something to sabotage him at this time?

When Liu Sheng returned to the wealthy businessman and landlord, they couldn't wait to ask:

"Sir, what did that person say?"

"Do we still have to pay for this huge pension?"

"Yes, sir, my family will receive 2800 taels of silver as compensation. This is no small sum, enough to buy a thousand acres of good farmland."

"..."

Liu Sheng listened to everyone chattering and asking questions.

He raised his hand to signal them to be quiet.

When everyone quieted down, Liu Sheng told everyone what Shen Qian had just said.

For a moment, the wealthy businessmen and landlords were all speechless.

If you don't want to pay pensions, you will hand over the ownership of the guards and servants?

Let’s not talk about hiring guards, let’s talk about buying servants.

Each servant actually spent three or five taels of silver.

But then I thought again, how many servants can I buy with a thousand taels of silver?

What's there to be reluctant about?

Thinking of this, a landlord spoke first:

"There are 11 servants left in my family, and 18 were killed in action. I am willing to hand all of them over to that master!"

After someone expressed their opinion, some people simply stopped thinking.

We all came out together, so we will definitely stick together if something happens.

They echoed the sentiment:

"I have 15 guards left, 28 were killed."

"I have 31 guards left, and 7 were killed."

"My home..."

After everyone expressed their opinions, the only ones left with him were the cook, the maid and the groom.

All the other servants and guards who were able to fight gave up their ownership.

And under Liu Sheng's urging, they successively obtained the slave contract and the employment contract.

Looking at the slave indentures and employment contracts filling a small box, Liu Sheng showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Now, Liu Sheng's name must have entered the adults' field of vision.

Just as he was thinking happily, he returned to Shen Qian again.

He handed the box over respectfully to Shen Qian.

Report:

"Your humble servant Liu Sheng has fulfilled his mission!"

Such a response is naturally to make one's name leave a deeper impression in front of the noble person.

After Shen Qian took the box, she sighed inwardly: It is too easy for these landlords and wealthy businessmen to hand over their guards and servants.

"Thank you for your hard work, County Lieutenant Liu." Shen Qian thanked Liu Sheng.

This made Liu Sheng flattered.

He shook his head repeatedly and expressed his opinion:

"I dare not take credit for what I have done for you."

Accompanied by Liu Sheng, Shen Qian walked towards the group of guards, servants and soldiers, holding the box in her hand.

At this moment, everyone was surrounding Old Lady Lin's family to vent their anger.

No one knew when Old Mrs. Lin fainted.

But thanks to the intervention of the village chief Wang Dakuo, the person was not actually burned to death.

"Quiet down." Shen Qian's elegant voice came out of her mouth.

The voice was not loud, but Liu Sheng behind him was shouting with all his might.

He even shouted out his identity to force the restless villagers to calm down.

The soldiers, officers, guards, and servants all looked towards Shen Qian.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Shen Qian said:

"From today on, all the guards and servants brought by landlords and wealthy merchants will be owned by me."

"The soldiers of Beiyang County also belong to you, sir!" Liu Sheng also shouted loudly to express his attitude.

The guards and servants felt dizzy when they first heard it.

But after hearing it clearly, there was a burst of cheers!

"My Lord is willing to accept us!"

"Doesn't that mean the reward will definitely be paid? Thirty taels! I killed a barbarian, thirty taels!"

"Long live the Inspector!"

"..."

Shen Qian was frightened when she heard the shouts of the group of people.

This identity of the Inspector cannot be removed.

Fortunately, the Wang family members in Wangjia Village did not understand the twists and turns.

All he knew was that he was appreciated by the eunuch and was given a silver medal.

This title was brought by the silver medal. As for whether the title of Inspector was really awarded, they were more inclined to believe it was true.

After all...if Shen Qian was impersonating, she would be too bold.

After the cheers died down, Shen Qian continued:

"In the next period of time, I will do a statistics and distribute the rewards for killing the enemy to you first. Once we arrive in the southern border, please supervise. I will send people to find the families of the fallen, and the pensions will be delivered to their families."

"Yes!" Naturally, no one doubted that Shen Qian's guarantee was empty talk, and they responded loudly.

High morale.

Rewards and death compensation are closely related to them. If these can be implemented, they will have nothing to worry about.

While Shen Qian was counting and distributing the rewards, a team with flags was walking towards them.

The scale is huge, with more than a thousand people!