Chapter 197： buy official slaves

Zhou Wen was stunned when he heard Lin Yuelan's question.

But soon, a meaningful smile appeared on his face, and he should not ask back, "Miss Lin, what kind of benefits do you think you can give me?"

There is no profit, of course, he also needs benefits, whether it is in terms of connections or money.

The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit!

Lin Yuelan stretched out **** and said with a smile, "Er Chengli, how is it? Besides, it's limited to restaurants in Anding County!"

He wanted money, and even more wanted Jiang Zhennan's line in her hands. Similarly, she also had to rely on the Zhou family to support the operation of the restaurant.

After all, the county magistrate Zhou is the largest official in the entire Anding County.

Having him as the backstage would save her a lot of trouble.

Zhou Wencai is not a greedy person either.

This time, he will propose to Lin Yuelan to open a restaurant to make money and come here. The main purpose is of course to have a good relationship and friendship with Jiang Zhennan. After being called back by the master, he will also have a backstage and a backer.

Zhou Wencai nodded without any objection, "Okay!"

Lin Yuelan said again, "Master Zhou, in addition to opening a restaurant, I also plan to expand the Lin Kee Pharmacy to the county seat. Whether it is the restaurant or the location of the pharmacy, I may have to trouble Master Zhou to help you find it. After all, I'm not familiar with this place, and I just finished harvesting rice in Linjia Village, so I still have a lot of things to do at home, so I don't have time to stay."

Lin Yuelan's words have always been straightforward.

Since they have formed a cooperative relationship, their interests are closely related, and of course Lin Yuelan will not waste such a free worker.

After Zhou Wen heard it, he gasped for a moment.

He has been away from Ning'an for some time. He doesn't know what Lin Yuelan's income is, but he often has correspondence with Liu Qi. Liu Qi will inevitably marvel at Lin Yuelan in his letters, and at the same time, he will also feel distressed about the money distributed, which is less than a month. Say a few hundred taels, up to now.

However, opening a restaurant is not enough for a few hundred taels. Therefore, he tentatively proposed to collect some funds for the restaurant, but he did not expect that Lin Yuelan would agree so happily.

What surprised him was that Lin Yuelan also planned to open a restaurant and a pharmacy at the same time.

After all, this requires a lot of expense.

How much money does Lin Yuelan have?

After Zhou Wencai took a deep breath, he nodded and said, "Okay! I will ask someone to find out and have a look!"

Lin Yuelan said, "Well, then I will trouble Young Master Zhou."

Zhou Wencai said with a smile, "I'm not bothered if there is any trouble. Anyway, I'm free to find something for myself, that's fine!" In fact, he still has a lot of things every day, such as holding a poetry meeting with friends, Lang Poetry and recitation, like discussing the situation in the world with his father, etc., it's quite busy thinking about it.

Lin Yuelan just smiled and nodded.

Later, Lin Yuelan asked again, "Master Zhou..."

"Hey, wait," Zhou Da Gongzi was a little uncomfortable, and he said dissatisfiedly, "I said Miss Lin, I am a few years older than you, you can call me Zhou Da Ge. It's always Zhou Gongzi, Zhou Gongzi screams. , I always feel a little awkward!" It seems that they have said this before.

Lin Yuelan nodded without any pretentiousness and replied, "That's good, Brother Zhou. You don't want to call me a girl, just call me Yuelan."

However, it is not appropriate for a man to call a girl who has not left the cabinet.

Zhou Wencai thought for a while and said, "My name is Jiaying, and it's like a sister, I'm called Sister Jiaying, and you and Jiaying are sisters in love, otherwise, I'll call you Sister Yuelan too!"

"That's fine!" Lin Yuelan nodded in response.

As long as it's alright in terms of title, she doesn't want to keep struggling.

Lin Yuelan thought of another purpose of coming to the county town, and she asked, "Brother Zhou, I'll follow the county town this time, and there is another purpose, that is, to buy people!"

This once again surprised Zhou Wencai.

"Buy people?"

"Yes, I want to buy people! There are so many fields at home, I just want to buy some people to take care of them." Lin Yuelan said without concealment.

Before, I had always planned to buy someone, but I lived in a small home and had no place to stay, so I kept putting it off.

However, now that the house is about to be built, and I am in the county seat again, I will just buy someone and go back.

Zhou Wencai put away his surprise, and then said seriously, "On the east side of the street in the county town, there is an old camphor tree. There is a population trading market. We can go there and have a look. However,"

Speaking of this, Zhou Wencai paused for a while, and said hesitantly, "I think it's better to buy official slaves. Just now there are a few official slaves in the prison to be distributed, why don't we go and see first?"

Lin Yuelan raised her eyebrows and asked, "How many?"

Zhou Wencai nodded and replied, "There are three families. One of them made a mistake, was implicated, and was imprisoned. One family committed serious murder and caused the massacre, and their family made a cover-up act, According to the law of the king of the country, this family was charged with covering up. The family was convicted of being a slave and was convicted of selling it. The family was ordered from above to let their family be sold as slaves. As for the real reason, it is said that they were implicated. , and was sold as a slave, the specific details, my father is not clear; the third, because the sale of illicit salt, is a serious crime, was convicted of selling as a slave."

Zhou Wencai explained their situation one by one.

After Lin Yuelan listened, she lowered her head slightly, her eyes were half down, and she was thinking deeply.

After a while, she said, "Let's go to the cell to have a look first, and then make a decision."

Why did Zhou Wencai recommend the prisoner to Lin Yuelan?

That's because these prisoners can only be sold on a death deed, with the official-slave mark on their bodies, they cannot redeem themselves, nor can they escape, because no matter where they flee, the official-slave mark will accompany them. If anyone finds out, they will be sent to the government, and they will be convicted of a felony again.

As for the slaves who are sold as slaves by the common people, they are sold as slaves because their families are too poor and the family can't support them. Except for slaves who voluntarily sign a death contract, other slave contracts can be used for themselves as long as they get a certain ransom. Redeemed, became a good citizen again, became a free body.

Such slaves, unless they are really sincere, will always want to raise money to redeem themselves, which may cause them to disagree with the master.

Therefore, if you really want to buy slaves, it is best to buy official slaves.

Since Lin Yuelan decided to visit the prison, the other two naturally accompany her.

During their conversation, Jiang Zhennan had been sitting next to Lin Yuelan without making a sound, which was equivalent to acting as a guard in the background, except that Zhou Wencai felt the icy aura emanating from him from time to time, which made him goosebumps all over his body.

Hearing that he was going to prison, Jiang Zhennan immediately stood up first, and then the tall and slender shadow completely shrouded Lin Yuelan's petite body in the shadow, as if to shroud her within his own protection.

Zhou Wencai's heart trembled slightly.

Because, the rumored Jiang Zhennan has always avoided women by three feet.

But now, what is the situation?

Zhou Wencai kept muttering to himself, "What is the relationship between Lin Yuelan and Jiang Zhennan? One is in the capital city, the other is in Gajia Mountain Village, the other is the general of the town, and the other is a village peasant girl, but these two people know each other, and look It's a very close relationship. What the **** is going on here?"

Of course, Zhou Wencai wouldn't ask stupidly.

After the three came out of the Zhou Mansion, they went directly to the jail cell of the county government.

Zhou Wencai took them directly to the cells where the three families were being held.

When she opened the first cell, Lin Yuelan saw a few angry eyes, staring fiercely at Zhou Wencai and his party.

One of the obese women, dressed in rags, cursed angrily as soon as she saw Zhou Wencai, "You **** officials, let us all go, obviously we were wronged, why should we be condemned? Ah? We're going to sue you corrupt officials!"

A group of people behind the woman roared with angry eyes, "God officer, let us out, otherwise, even if we are ghosts, we won't let you guys go!"

Zhou Wencai darkened his face and shouted angrily at them, "Your good son and grandson, you killed three members of a family, not only did you not persuade others to surrender, but you also concealed things, shielded criminals, and obeyed the laws of the country. , you are guilty and sentenced to be sold as official slaves!"

The woman shouted angrily, "It's obviously the family of three that deserves to die. It's a blessing for my son to see their daughter. Who has the right to refuse my son's marriage proposal? Such a person is not worthy of living."

Lin Yuelan looked at this family's selfish, domineering, arrogant and unreasonable appearance, shook her head at Zhou Wencai and said, "Let's go and see the other two!" If they really bought these people, they would be slaves, but uncles. She, Lin Yuelan, didn't want to buy slaves and return to serve.

Zhou Wencai took Lin Yuelan to another cell, in charge of the previous one, and shouted furiously behind them.

The second family that was assigned to be an official slave was escorted from above to sell it.

The specific reason is unknown to Zhou County Magistrate and Zhou Wencai.

However, since the above asked to sell, these people also marked the official slave, so they also sold them.

Lin Yuelan looked at this family, and it was still quiet, but her face was ashen, and she looked like she couldn't love her.

Maybe they all know that it takes officials and slaves to have such despair.

Lin Yuelan looked at them and asked, "If you are given a chance to live freely, would you like it?"

As soon as Lin Yuelan's question came out, it was not only the seller who was shocked, but also Zhou Wencai. Jiang Zhennan was only slightly surprised, and his expression immediately returned to his coldness.

As for why they were surprised?

This is because Lin Yuelan's words mean that after she buys them, she will have the opportunity to recover the good status of the commoners from the officials and slaves.

What a temptation this is, for someone who wants to be an official slave.

You must know that after some buyers buy official slaves, they are equivalent to his slaves. They are likely to be beaten and scolded for a lifetime. They are not even as good as dogs, but they are more sensible and obedient than dogs. human.

Therefore, the freedom of these officials and slaves is really comparable to the sky.

Unless, the buyer is really a very kind person.

However, how many buyers with good hearts are there?

It's better now, as soon as this person opens his mouth, he wants to give them freedom.

Zhou Wencai also didn't expect that Lin Yuelan bought slaves and still had the idea of ​​giving people freedom. This is like the heart of a bodhisattva.

However, he knew very well that Lin Yuelan couldn't possibly be a Bodhisattva-hearted person, just by how she treated the Lin family.

so……

"What conditions do you have?" Suddenly a tall, bearded man in the corner stood up and came over and asked. Those sharp eyes were not dimmed by the official-slave mark on his forehead.

Lin Yuelan said to the man with a half-smile, "Loyalty!"

For official slaves, they are forced into slavery. Many of them are slaves themselves, but they are only slaves for a family, but they have no heart to resist, but these official slaves who were originally the rich young masters fell from heaven. In hell, he still hasn't restrained the temper of his young master. Such a person, of course, is not willing to be a slave or a maid.

The man thought for a while, and then asked, "What kind of loyalty do you want?",

Lin Yuelan said, "The kind of person who will die without hesitation when I let him die!"

Ah……

Zhou Wen just took a breath.

This is indeed a very loyal minion.

It's just, what kind of riddles are they fighting?

These officials and slaves themselves are the masters who want them to die, and they cannot have slaves who can resist.

Then why does Lin Yuelan have such a problem?

The man asked again, "If this is the case, how long will it take us to be so free?"

Since you want to be free, of course you have to know how much time you have when you are a slave.

"Three years!" Lin Yuelan said without hesitation, "However, within these three years, you must be absolutely loyal to my master. After three years, it is up to you to decide whether to leave or stay. The contract is returned to you, keep it, and I will personally go to the yamen and turn your servants into good books!"

You only need to be an official slave for three years to regain your freedom.

How tempting is this for those who have already marked the official slave.

"However, if you have a hint of betrayal within these three years, then" Lin Yuelan said sharply, "you will be my slaves for the rest of your life, and let you be my bulls and horses for the rest of your life, and you can live as long as I can. Life is better than death!"

As soon as Lin Yuelan said this, except for the man who was talking to Lin Yuelan, or the other people who were sitting or standing behind the man, their expressions immediately changed drastically, and they were terrified.

"The conditions have been made clear to you, whether you will follow me or sell to others, you decide for yourself, and give you half an hour to think!"

Zhou Wencai had some doubts about choosing this family, but did he think that Lin Yuelan's promise of freedom for them would be too impulsive?

Just before he could continue to think about this question, the man headed by the man replied, "We promise! However," he said seriously, "you have to promise to buy us all!"