Qi You protected his family down the mountain as usual today, but the group was shocked after entering the city.

When did Jincheng have so many refugees?

Those people were all dark, yellow and dirty, and they couldn't see their faces clearly.

Some people even knelt on the ground with a hay planted on their backs, which seemed to mean selling themselves as slaves.

Qi You glanced at them. Most of the men who sold themselves were old people and children, and very few of them had grown up.

No wonder the locals in Jincheng came over and took a look, then walked away.

Qi You took his family and passed in front of a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, when suddenly his clothes were pulled by someone.

Qi You looked down and saw that the two children had messy hair and were about the height of Miao'er's shoulders. The clothes were ragged, with only a tattered shoe on their feet, and the other foot was barely on the ground.

Perceiving Qi You's gaze, the boy withdrew his hand suddenly, then gathered up the courage, raised his head, and looked at Qi You eagerly: "Dear son, son, my sister and I are ten years old this year, we can work, you Buy us, you won’t suffer."

"My son, please, you can buy us."

Qi You didn't respond immediately, but instead asked them, "Where are your parents?"

"Gone."

Qi You: "Why not?"

"In the summer, there was a flood, and the house was washed away. In order to protect us, my parents were swept away by the flood."

Qi You frowned slightly: "If a natural disaster occurs, the government over there is left alone?"

The little boy looked dazed, and asked, "Why do the government care about us? It would be great if they didn't tax us."

Hearing this, Qi You's brows tightened, "Where did you come from?"

"We escaped from Mengjin County."

Mengjin County?

Qi You thinks where is Mengjin County? The little boy raised his heart when he saw that he had been silent.

With a heart sullen, he pulled his sister to Qi You and slammed his head, "My son, my son please, buy us, please, my son, please, please, please."

The movement here gradually attracted others. Miao Er secretly pulled on Qi You's clothes and whispered: "Brother You, I want to buy them."

I want to buy them, not whether I can buy them.

Qi You looked at Miao'er, who had gradually had his own thoughts, with a hint of warmth in his eyes, "Okay, since Miao'er wants to buy it, then buy it." After teaching it, follow Miao'er. it is also fine.

As soon as Qi You spoke, they were surrounded by people, "My son, please buy us too. Although the young man is old, the young man used to be a mason and can do some handicrafts."

"My son, please buy us. We eat less and will be very obedient."

"My son please, please, buy us."

A group of old and young surrounded Qi You, kowtow in unison, with endless pleadings.

"The son, the son—"

Qi You was really a little overwhelmed for a while, he didn't want to buy so many people at once.

But if you don't buy it, most of these old people and children who don't have much "value" will probably not survive this winter.

But if you buy it, where are so many people placed?

They still live on the mountain now.

Wait, on the mountain?

Yes, how did he forget the hills he bought.

With four hills, not to mention arranging dozens of hundreds of people, even thousands of people would be no problem.

He planted beans in the mountains last year, fattening the fertile mountains around their residence. When the time comes, these people can grow rice or wheat.

Just according to the kind of terraced fields he had seen in his previous life, the harvest is sure to be good.

According to the **** of the field, there are horizontal terraces, **** terraces, and compound terraces.

Qi You couldn't stop the imagination in his mind when he thought of the future.

Later, I finally pulled my thoughts back, looked at the kneeling people around, and muttered: "Okay, go to the government to register with me."

The government is also suffering from the sudden influx of refugees into the city. Qi You is here.

When the county magistrate heard of his intention, his face almost bloomed.

Oops, what kind of living Bodhisattva surnamed Qi descended to earth? Every time he has troubles, this surname Qi will solve it for him.

So he waved his brush and ordered to go down and let the people underneath give Qi You the green light all the way. What used to be a matter of ten and a half months was solved in half an hour, not to mention being more efficient.

Qi You looked at the newly released "community", sighed helplessly, turned his head and said to Father Qi and the others: "The Lu family and Qi family, you should go and deal with it first, I will take these people back to the mountain first."

Father Qi nodded.

Qi You glanced at Qi's mother and Xiao Zhuzi, but he was still uneasy, took the two away, took Miao'er and gave a few words in a low voice, and then they left at the Yamen.

Qi You glanced at the mighty team with hundreds of people behind him, and was silent.

Come on, he should buy food, salt, medicine and cloth first.

This is just the most basic. He bought people back, so he must live in them.

If you don’t live in a place, just build a house, and build a house, not to mention anything else, you should have basic bricks and tiles, and tools.

It doesn't cost any money.

No wonder the county magistrate didn't reach out to him this time. I also know that after buying these people and going back, he is not far from going bankrupt.

Oh, right. Since it is buying people, no matter how much, he still has to pay these people a sum of money, not much, five taels or six taels per person. All of them add up to five or six hundred taels.

But since Qi You wants to employ people, he certainly can't let him fend for himself, so the later investment is necessary.

Qi You was calculating the approximate cost of the later period in his heart, and his brows were frowned into a word of Sichuan.

Qi You was at the forefront, and the people who were bought behind him were also anxious.

The confusion about the future and the lack of understanding of the new owner made their hearts full of anxiety.

Until Qi You entered a grain store and asked people to move out more than 20 bags of old rice, the eyes of these people were instantly red.

That's rice, how long have they all had it, they haven't eaten rice.

Right now, a few half-old children and only a few adult men in the team have dealt with food.

Even if it is raw, it is edible. They don’t have to be hungry as long as they eat rice.

This chaos happened too suddenly, but it ended just as quickly. Before everyone knew what was happening, they saw their new owner stepping on the feet of the food grabbers.

Qi You pushed hard under his feet, and the man who was stepped on by him immediately yelled out in pain.

Qi You sneered, "If you want to commit a crime, you can. As long as you have the ability."

He lifted his foot, and the face of the man who was stepped on by him showed a grateful look, but his expression froze on his face the next moment, and then quickly twisted.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

The screams of screams resounded throughout the sky, and the people who listened had goose bumps.

The Jincheng people who had been watching their team from a distance, heard the screams, and stepped back dozens of steps.

Mother, this young man is so cruel, he beats people if he doesn't agree with him.

It's just that those people are all subordinates he bought. If they are killed, they are also called to death. The government doesn't care about them. They still don't want to join in the excitement.

Thinking of this, the people watching the excitement around scattered in twos and threes.

Qi You swept across the others coldly, angered Dantian, and said in a loud voice: "I feel sorry for you, but it doesn't mean I'm bullying. Today's thing is to tell you that if you keep yourselves in peace, everything is easy to say. If you are born. What shouldn't be thought of,"

"He is your lesson."

Qi You kicked the man under his feet in disgust. To be honest, he regretted buying this man a bit.

Don't think he didn't see it, this man just incited others to grab food.

Really think he is a soft persimmon, how to pinch how to pinch.

The team was silent, Qi You ignored the people on the ground and turned around and took them to the next place.

Buzhuang, pharmacy.

The elders and children in the team are almost half-divided. Even though some children are young and don't understand what this means, many elders in the team look at Qi You with gratitude.

This new owner is buying things for them.

Looking back, when they saw the grain, the idea of ​​grabbing flashed in their hearts, and they felt ashamed.

Qi You looked back at the people, then slightly curled his lips.

Two flowers bloom, one on each table.

On the other side, Miao'er and Qi's father went to the Lujia restaurant first. Before leaving, Brother You said that they should not act separately, it is best to walk together, so that they can take care of each other.

Father Qi tilted his head to glance at Miao'er, who was disguised as a man. Over the past year, she has no worries about food and clothing. The girl quickly jumped high, her face also has flesh, especially the whole person's mental outlook has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The girl who had been shrinking from the past raised her head at some point, strutting with her head high and confident.

Miao'er felt Father Qi's gaze and turned his head to look over, "Father, what's wrong?"

Father Qi smiled, "It's nothing. Just suddenly feel that Miao'er you have changed a lot."

Miao'er lowered his eyelids and smiled embarrassedly: "Really? You brother said that he thinks I am better now than before."

Father Qi nodded: "I think so too." People are more cheerful and smarter, so they won't be easily bullied.

The smile on Miao'er's face expanded a bit, and she looked up at the front, feeling filled with her heart.

She also feels that she looks better now.

Because she felt that she was closer to Brother You.

The two walked hurriedly, but when they were about to approach the Lujia restaurant, suddenly more than a dozen men rushed out, all with long sticks in their hands, and, apart from anything else, they fought over at both father Qi and Miao'er.

Miao'er's eyes shrank, and he immediately pulled Qi's father behind him, raised his long legs, kicked the long stick that had come, and then kicked the man's mandible with a roundabout kick.

With a "click", the man fell to the ground with a scream.

The others froze for a while, Miao'er took advantage of this gap and took Qi's father and ran away.

She remembered Qi You's instructions to run to a crowded place if she was in danger, and run to home if conditions permit. Nothing is safer than home.