Chapter 301: Quadruplets to the rescue

Chapter 301: Quadruplets to the rescue

  Chapter 301 Quadruplets save lives

   "Also."

  Chu Wenbi nodded: "Do you have anything from Anlin Village that you need to move here? Let me and your mother come together in the afternoon, shall we?"

  Chu Nanzhi recalled it in her mind, and there were actually no valuable items there.

  The original owner's dowry, and even Lin Jinxiao's books and documents were long gone by the original owner. The remaining few valuable things were brought to Chu's house after Mrs. Chen broke open the door last time.

  The things that can be moved now are nothing more than insignificant daily necessities, which is also sad to say.

  After thinking about it, she said to Chu Wenbi: "Let's buy some household supplies in the city today. I'll go back and have a look in the village when I have time. I'll pack up what I need."

   "Well, although Da Lang and Mrs. Zhou have arranged properly, it is difficult to cover everything. The family still lacks a lot of things. Let's go now."

  After Liu Yun finished speaking, she went to take out the one hundred taels of silver that Lin Jinxiao had given her, and handed it to Chu Nanzhi along with the package.

   "Mother, keep it."

  Chu Nanzhi pushed the silver bag back into her hand: "It's not a small expense to raise a horse every month."

  Although the horses sold in the horse shops are not considered good horses, the carriages cost seven or eighty taels of silver, and they are still the most simple decorations.

   And to raise an ordinary horse, I am afraid that the monthly fodder will cost two or three taels of silver.

   After finishing speaking, he led the quadruplets and Liu Yun and his wife out together, and ordered a few snacks and a few mutton cakes at the teahouse at the West Gate.

  The horse shop is located in Qinghefang in the west of the city. It is mainly a trade of livestock and human teeth selling slaves.

  Chu Wenbi has bad legs and feet, and it was a few steps away. It took almost half an hour for everyone to see the gate of Qinghefang.

  As soon as he entered through the east gate of Qinghefang, he saw a familiar figure greet him.

  Chu Nanzhi took a closer look and found that it was Guan Erbai. She couldn't help but asked happily: "Guan Langjun, why are you here?"

Guan Erbai arched his hands towards Liu Yun and his wife, and replied with a smile: "Ms. Chu, Master Lin specially asked me to wait here. Horse carriages are not easy to buy, so you need to book them in advance. I will make them yesterday. I thought my wife would come over earlier, so I waited here early in the morning."

   "Oh, I'm so sorry, something has been delayed."

  Chu Nanzhi replied embarrassingly.

   Although Guan Erbai didn't go to Chongrenfang, there was a murder case in the head of the Lin family's house, and it was widely spread. She must have gone there to join in the fun, so she didn't ask any more questions.

   He took the initiative to go forward to support Chu Wenbi who was staggering, and led a group of people towards the horse.

  There are many large and small markets in the square, selling horses, cattle and the like, and from time to time you can see some imprisoned slaves locked in iron cages in the livestock herd.

   It was the first time for the little ones to come to this kind of place, and when they saw that people were locked in cages and treated worse than livestock, they couldn't help feeling sympathetic.

  Sibao Lin Ruijia took Chu Nanzhi's hand, her small eyes kept rolling, and said weakly: "Aniang, look at those people in the cage, how pitiful they are."

"Um."

Chu Nanzhi picked up Sibao and whispered in her ear: "These people are pitiful, but we can't help them. When someone buys them, they will be able to live better if they have jobs. gone."

  In this era, the hierarchy is relatively strict, and there is a difference between the good and the low. Poor families with better circumstances sell their sons and daughters to rich families to do some rough work, and earn some scattered silver to supplement their families.

   Those who are in a bad situation can only sign a death contract and completely become a private slave of a wealthy family.

   But those are all "healing", at least they can be less insulted.

   It is even worse for those locked in cages like those in the tooth shop. Although the origins are different, the experience is similar to that of the official slaves of the imperial court, and their status is equivalent to that of slaves.

  Liu Yun looked at the slaves in the cage who were beaten to a **** mess, and couldn't help but sigh: "The imperial court has suffered heavy corvee these years, and many people in the village can only sell their sons and daughters if they can't pay their taxes."

   As he spoke, he moved closer to Chu Nanzhi's ear and whispered, "I heard that the Qi family has made a lot of money by relying on the dental business."

   "The Qi family is still in the dental business?"

  Chu Nanzhi looked surprised.

   "Cough, you girl still see too little of the world."

Liu Yunxi said: "It's true that the Qi family has money, but those who have money will not be content with the status quo. He still wants to earn more money. The court imposes additional taxes, so many people can't afford to grow land. Sell ​​the land to the Qi family at a low price and become a tenant farmer. The Qi family is a wealthy family in Luyan Port and owns 10,000 mu of fertile land. If his family raises the rent, other big families will follow suit.

  The tenant farmers have no land and still can’t pay the rent, so they can only sell their sons and daughters. Don’t everyone in the dental shop have to thank the Qi family, so that both sides benefit, and he can naturally earn a lot of money. "

"I see."

  Chu Nanzhi suddenly realized when he heard that.

   No wonder Lin Jinxiao said when he was in Haikang County that the first thing he did after taking office was to clean up the powerful and evil gentry in Luyan Port.

  The reason for this is self-evident.

  If the common people really reach the point where they can’t even survive as tenant farmers, they still have to rise up.

When she was in Haikang County, she had already seen the ability of those officials and gentry to enclose land. Half of the arable land in the tiny land had fallen into the hands of filthy officials and gentry. It's all peaceful, but there are also many hidden worries.

  At this moment, she could finally feel how heavy the burden on Lin Jinxiao was.

  Not only is he responsible for the management of the people's livelihood in Luyan Port, but he also has to shoulder the important task of coastal defense in the six counties in the east. Thinking about how he took Lin Jinhui away in a hurry today, the resentment in his heart is no longer so heavy.

  The group of people continued to walk in, and when they reached a horse market, Erbao Lin Ruixi stopped suddenly, staring straight into the distance with small eyes.

   Liu Yun didn't know why and pulled the little guy, but her feet refused to move as if they had taken root.

   Seeing this, the other little guys followed suit.

  Chu Nanzhi followed the eyes of the little guys, and saw a sturdy man swinging a long whip towards the iron cage beside an iron cage in the distance.

   The little guys thought about what happened to them in the past, as if they felt the same way, they rushed over indignantly, and shouted at the reckless man with immature voices: "You are not allowed to hit people."

   Before Liu Yun could react, she found that the little treasures had run far away, so she was so frightened that she quickly chased after them.

  Chu Nanzhi followed closely with the Four Treasures in her arms.

  When I arrived at the door of Deya Shop, I saw a middle-aged man sitting on a wicker chair next to him, shaking a cattail fan, slowly stood up.

With heavy steps, he walked in front of the three little guys with a contented expression, and glanced at the adults behind him. When he saw the figure of Guan Erbai, the official, he couldn't help frowning slightly, but then he immediately became calm, Loudly without fear:

   "You little bastards, what's bothering you when I teach my slaves a lesson?"

  Guan Erbai was about to draw his knife, but Chu Nanzhi immediately stopped him, and said in a low voice, "We really don't care about this matter."

  She secretly looked at the two slaves held in the cage. They looked dirty, but they could be roughly distinguished as a man and a woman. They were blond and blue-eyed, not like people from the Dahe Empire.

   Even if this kind of slave came through improper channels, presumably the government would not intervene. It should be a prisoner of war obtained from the government channel.

  (end of this chapter)