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

After all the dead people in Wangjia Village and the servants, guards and soldiers were buried.

The huge team fell into a brief silence.

Wait until the sun is about to set again.

Everyone was on high alert.

Village chief Wang Dakuo ran to Shen Qian and complained softly:

"Many people died in our village this time."

“Although there are still 185 households, there are only 1681 people left.”

"Two families left behind only half-grown children. They probably can't push carts and follow the group south. You have plenty of ox carts here, can you..."

"Sure!" Shen Qian nodded in agreement without waiting for Wang Dakuo to finish speaking.

In the previous fight, the villagers contributed a lot, otherwise the barbarian would have broken through in front of the car, and even with the protection of her maid and the third brother, she would have died under the barbarian's scimitar.

"Let's go!" With the order from the village chief.

The mighty team set off again.

The merchants and the county lieutenant Liu Sheng, who were walking at the end, were now in the middle of the team, following Shen Qian's carriage.

Wang Dakuo also expressed his understanding of this.

After all, they were the rear guard before because they had guards. Now they have given up the ownership of the guards and also helped the villagers to resist the charge of the barbarians. It is reasonable and moral for the Wang family to not expel them.

Behind Wangjia Village.

Chamber of Commerce President Wei Liangping watched them set off and ordered them to follow.

He didn't sleep at all during the day.

Instead, he searched through the accounts, looking for the families of the princes and generals in the northern border to see if there was anyone with the surname Shen.

However, only a thousand people on the border found Liu Qinghu's wife, Shen. But he had seen that Shen before when he gave her a gift. She was over forty years old.

People grow old and their looks fade.

She doesn't look as graceful and elegant as a noble lady.

It doesn't match, it doesn't match at all.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the servant's voice:

"President!"

"There's an old lady who wants to see you."

"I've seen this old woman before among that group of villagers. She was tied up in the middle. Now that the villagers have left, the ropes around her have not been untied."

After hearing the servant's report, the Chamber of Commerce President's eyes suddenly lit up.

Excitedly shouted:

"Send her over to see me!"

"By the way, don't untie the ropes on your body."

As soon as the words fell, the servant took action immediately.

After a while, Old Mrs. Lin was brought over.

The ropes tied around her body, coupled with the pain from the beatings, made walking difficult for her and she kept bumping into the swollen areas.

The expression on his face is not very good.

Old Mrs. Lin’s second daughter-in-law, third son Lin Ze, and two grandsons were left where they were.

"I wonder what Madam wants to tell me?" Wei Liangping said with a forced smile, and his tone sounded very kind.

Seeing this, Old Lady Lin twisted her body as she walked beside the carriage and said:

"Untie the rope for me first."

"I have some news about Shen Qian, you'll definitely be interested."

As she spoke, Mrs. Lin's eyes rolled.

When Wei Liangping heard the old lady calling Shen Qian by her name, he frowned slightly and signaled the servant next to him to untie her rope:

"Untie."

"promise!"

The servant agreed, and soon the ropes on Old Mrs. Lin were untied.

After untying the knot, she did not immediately tell Wei Liangping the information she had learned, but instead started to move around.

But after this movement, Old Mrs. Lin bared her teeth again.

I cursed in my heart: These bastards are so cruel.

Wei Liangping, who was in the carriage, felt unhappy when he saw that there was no sound coming from outside for a long time.

But since it was about the hateful woman who made him lose thousands of taels of silver and face, he was very curious.

"If you have any requests, please tell me." Wei Liangping said.

In his opinion, the old woman had not spoken a word about Shen Qian for such a long time, which meant she was just waiting for a good price.

Let her name her price.

When Old Lady Lin heard Wei Liangping speak, she immediately quoted the price she had been considering for a long time:

"Five thousand taels!"

Before, Shen Qian only needed to let the soldiers threaten him, and he would take out ten thousand taels of silver.

Now that I have sold him the information about Shen Qian, he deserves five thousand taels for me.

When he heard the price, Wei Liangping almost vomited blood.

"How many?!"

As he spoke, Wei Liangping's tone became much higher.

Doesn’t this old woman know the purchasing power of silver in Daliang?

Five thousand taels of silver could buy thousands of acres of good farmland.

Is she crazy? Or does she think she is a fool?

"Five thousand taels!" Seeing Wei Liangping asking, Old Lady Lin quoted the price again.

His attitude is unusually firm.

"Show him away!" Wei Liangping shouted.

The servant took Old Lady Lin's hand and walked out of the team.

Seeing this, Old Lady Lin became anxious.

"Don't you want to know about Shen Qian?" Mrs. Lin shouted.

Wei Liangping's voice came from inside the carriage:

"I do, but it's five thousand taels."

"Wei can't afford it!"

After he finished speaking, Wei Liangping no longer intended to communicate.

When Old Lady Lin saw that the servant was actually pulling her out, she suddenly became anxious.

shouted:

"Three thousand... no, one thousand taels!"

Seeing that the person in the sedan had not responded yet.

Mrs. Lin could only lower the price again:

"One hundred taels! If you don't even have one hundred taels, I won't reveal it!"

After the words fell, Wei Liangping in the sedan chair finally spoke:

"All right!"

"Bring her here and give her a hundred taels of silver."

The maid beside Wei Liangping understood what he meant after hearing his orders and the sound of knocking on the side of the carriage.

He took a hundred taels of border silver note, and when the note came into the hands of Old Lady Lin.

Old Mrs. Lin just took a look at the denomination of one hundred taels, and her eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of light.

But I felt secretly regretful in my heart: one hundred taels is still too little.

If I offer five hundred... no, two hundred taels! I'll definitely agree.

How stupid.

Thinking of this, Old Lady Lin quietly put the banknote into the lining.

He laughed and narrated:

"This Shen Qian was just a widow in our village before."

"Her husband died of illness. He was a typical farmer from Wangjia Village."

"Those guards and soldiers were brought by merchants and the Beiyang County Lieutenant. I don't know how Shen Qian got so lucky to have fifty armored men around her."

"But she's just an ordinary peasant woman. I, Old Lady Lin, guarantee this with my life!"

Speaking of this, Old Lady Lin became even more generous.

Wei Liangping's eyes widened as he listened to what Old Lady Lin said!

An ordinary peasant woman, and a widow at that.

All my previous guesses about her identity were wrong!

He was blackmailed for ten thousand taels of silver by an ordinary woman.

And those heavily armored infantrymen were not well-trained, but were temporarily assembled by servants and guards wearing armor.

Hearing this, he felt his heart bleeding.

Ten thousand taels...Ten thousand taels!

That's thousands of acres of fertile farmland.

This cunning woman actually dared to cheat him. Thinking of this, Wei Liangping's eyes became extremely gloomy.

When we get to the county town...I will definitely report you to the authorities for secretly storing armor and raising troops for rebellion.