Hearing Lin Yuelan's question, Zhou Wen was stunned.

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

Nothing can be profitable, of course he also needs interests, whether it is connections or money.

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

After all, the magistrate of Zhou is the largest in Anding County.

Having him backstage will 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 raise money. Of course, the main purpose is to have a good relationship and friendship with Jiang Zhennan. A backstage and backer.

Zhou Wencai nodded nonchalantly, "Okay!"

Lin Yuelan said again, "Master Zhou, in addition to opening a restaurant, I also plan to expand the Linji Pharmacy to the county seat. Whether it is the restaurant or the location of the pharmacy, it may be troublesome for Zhou. The son helped to find it. After all, I am not familiar with this place, and I just finished harvesting rice in Linjia Village, and there are still 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, then their interests are closely related, and of course Lin Yuelan will not waste such a free worker.

Zhou Wen took a deep breath.

He has been away from Ning'an for a few days. I don't know what Lin Yuelan's income is, but he often has correspondence with Liu Qi. Liu Qi will inevitably marvel at Lin Yuelan and feel distressed in his letters. The money distributed is less than a few hundred taels a month, and it is now.

However, opening a restaurant is not enough for a few hundred taels, so he would tentatively propose 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.

It will cost a lot of money.

How much money does Lin Yuelan have?

After taking a deep breath, Zhou Wencai nodded and replied, "Okay! I'll ask someone to find out and take a look!"

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

Zhou Wencai smiled and said, "If there is any trouble, it is not troublesome, anyway, I am free to find something for myself, that's fine!" In fact, he still has a lot of things every day, For example, holding a poetry meeting with friends, reciting poems, or discussing the world situation with his father, etc., I think it is quite busy.

Lin Yuelan just smiled and nodded.

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

"Hey, wait," Zhou Da Gongzi felt a little uncomfortable, he said dissatisfiedly, "I said Miss Lin, I am older than you, you can call me Brother Zhou. Always Zhou Gongzi, Zhou Gongzi's screaming, it always feels a little awkward!" It seems that they have said this before.

Lin Yuelan nodded without pretentiousness and replied, "That's good, Brother Zhou. You don't want to be called by 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 moment and said, "My name is Jiaying and I'm also like a sister, I'm called Sister Jiaying, and you and Jiaying are sisters, or else I'll call you Yuelan too Sister!"

"That's fine!" Lin Yuelan nodded.

As long as the name is decent, she doesn't want to keep struggling.

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

This once again surprised Zhou Wencai.

"Buy people?"

"That's right, I want to buy people! There are more fields at home, so I 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 never bought it.

However, now that the house is about to be built, and I am in the county 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 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 is better to buy official slaves, just now there are several official slaves in the prison to be distributed, or else Shall we go 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 a serious murder, causing the massacre of the family. , and their family made a cover-up act. According to the law of the king of the country, the whole family was charged with covering up. The family was a slave and was sentenced to be sold. The real reason is said to have been implicated and sold as slaves, and my father does not know the specific details; the third one was convicted of selling as slaves because of selling private salt, which was a serious crime."

Zhou Wencai explained their situation one by one.

After hearing this, Lin Yuelan lowered her head slightly, her eyes half down, thinking deeply.

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

Why did Zhou Wencai recommend the prisoner to Lin Yuelan?

That's because these prisoners can only sell it on a death deed, with the official slave mark on their body, they can't redeem their lives, and they can't escape, because no matter where they escape, the official slave The imprints accompany them, and once they are discovered, they will be turned over to the government, and they will be convicted of a serious crime again.

As for those slaves who sold themselves as slaves, they sold themselves as slaves because their families were too poor and the family could not support themselves. Except for slaves who voluntarily signed a death contract, other slaves contracted as long as they held At a certain ransom, you can redeem yourself again, become a good citizen again, and become a free body.

Unless such minions are really sincere, they will always want to raise money to redeem themselves, which may cause them to have dissent towards the master.

So, if you really want to buy slaves, it’s better 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 and kept silent, 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, making him He got goosebumps all over.

I heard that she was going to prison, Jiang Zhennan immediately stood up, and then the tall and slender shadow completely shrouded Lin Yuelan's petite body in the shadow, as if she wanted to shroud her in himself within the scope of protection.

Zhou Wencai 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, the other is in the village of Gaya, the general of the town and the country, and the daughter of a peasant in a mountain village. The two of them know each other, and they seem to have a very close relationship. What the **** is going on?"

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.

Opening the first cell, Lin Yuelan saw a few angry eyes, staring at Zhou Wencai and his party.

One of the obese women, in ragged clothes, when she saw Zhou Wencai, she scolded angrily, "You dog officials, let us all go, obviously we are wronged, What condemns us, why? We are going to sue you corrupt officials!"

Zhou Wencai darkened his face and shouted angrily at them, "Your good son and grandson killed three members of a family. Criminals, according to the laws of the state, you are guilty and sentenced to be sold as official slaves!"

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

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

This second family that was assigned as an official slave was brought over by the upper side 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, she was still quiet, but her face was ashen, and she looked like she could not love her.

Perhaps 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, she was not only shocked by the seller, but also by Zhou Wencai. Jiang Zhennan was only slightly surprised, and her expression immediately returned to coldness.

Why are they surprised?

This is because Lin Yuelan's words mean that after she buys them, she will have the opportunity to restore the common people from the official slave.

This is a great temptation for those who want to be servants.

, the main family will generally not let people go.

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

Unless the buyer is a very kind person.

How many good-hearted buyers?

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

Zhou Wencai did not expect that Lin Yuelan had the idea of ​​giving people freedom when he bought slaves. 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 qualifications do you have?" Suddenly a tall, bearded man in the corner stood up 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!"

Official slaves, who fell from heaven to **** once, but still did not restrain the temper of their daughter-in-law. Of course, such people are not willing to be slaves and maids.

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

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

Heh…

Zhou Wencai took a breath.

This is indeed a very loyal minion.

Just, what kind of riddles are they fighting?

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

Then why is Lin Yuelan doing this?

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

Since you want to give freedom, of course you must 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, whether to leave or stay, with you Make your own decision. Leave, I will return the contract to you, stay, 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 be free.

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 life, and let you be mine for life. Bulls and horses, whip with me, 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 greatly, 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 he thought that Lin Yuelan's promise of freedom to them would be a little too impulsive?

Just before he could continue to think about this question, the man headed by the man replied, "We promise! However," he changed his words and said very seriously, "You have to promise, put We all bought it!"