The officers and soldiers then came to their senses, felt that they had lost their composure, and immediately put on serious faces.

"Each person entering the city needs to pay a five-liang silver entrance fee and household registration documents. Livestock also need five liang silver. If you want to enter the city, you can prepare them in advance. The city gates will be closed after dark to avoid delays."

"Five taels of silver?" Shen Shuli couldn't help but widen her eyes, a look of shock and disbelief on her face.

Of course, Shen Shuli's performance is more important.

She was mentally prepared, but still didn't expect that the entrance fee would be so outrageously high!

"Thank you, sir. Let's go back and discuss it." Shen Shuli pulled Su Yunhai back to the team with a painful look on her face.

Inform the villagers of the situation truthfully.

The villagers were immediately excited!

How could they afford so much money to pay the entrance fee?

But if they don’t hand it over, how will they resupply supplies?

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...

Qingzhou is the heart of the entire Qingzhou and also an important pass.

Only the North Gate and the South Gate can be used to enter and exit the city.

The east and west sides of the city are all high and steep mountains. If you want to take a detour through the mountains like you did in Qingyun County, the difficulty will increase by more than ten times!

Only by entering the city can you pass through Qingzhou and continue heading south.

Of course, there is another way, which is to take a detour, go through other counties, go around to Ningzhou next door, and then go south.

But the pass of Ningzhou is not so easy to pass.

Who can say for sure that the entrance fee in Ningzhou will be cheaper than that in Qingzhou?

What's more, this place is more than a thousand miles away from Ningzhou, and the supplies in the villagers' hands can't last that long!

Therefore, passing through Qingzhou is the only route everyone can choose!

The Su family, the Shen family, and the Zhang family will definitely choose to enter the city, as they have no shortage of money.

But Village Chief Li's family and other villagers may not be able to afford this money.

Nowadays, every household has a large population.

A small family with a small number of people had to pay at least ten taels of silver.

For a family with a large population, such as Su Dashan's family, there are 14 people in total, which would cost 70 taels of silver.

This does not include Old Man Su, Old Lady Su, Su Dalin and their family of four, as well as the livestock in the family.

This sky-high entrance fee has undoubtedly put the villagers in a desperate situation.

Everyone in the Su family was in a panic.

They don't have that much money to pay the entrance fee!

Last night, refugees were looting supplies, and Su Dashan discovered that the silver he had hidden on his body had also been stolen at some point!

He had lost all his energy and spirit.

That was the money he had saved for several years!

Just like that!

Although he knew that Old Man Su and his wife must have a lot of silver in their hands, it did not belong to Su Dashan for the time being. It was different from the silver that completely belonged to him!

"Second son, my second son, you can't abandon our parents and the whole family!" Old Mrs. Su was reluctant to pay so much silver as the entrance fee. That was the silver they had saved for their entire lives.

If they hand it all over, they will have no money to buy food in the future.

But if they don't enter the city, they will sooner or later starve to death or be trapped outside the city.

She would have to say goodbye to the second brother's family forever, and she felt so sad just thinking about it.

"All our silver was taken away by the refugees last night. We don't have any silver left!"

"Second brother, I was wrong. I shouldn't have abandoned you and run away when I encountered danger. From now on, I will accompany you. Please help us pay the entrance fee!"

Old Man Su also looked at Su Yunhai with eager and pleading eyes, hoping that he would not be so cruel.

Seeing that the second brother was indifferent, he kicked Su Dashan hard and glared at Cui Yuhong fiercely.

Su Dashan and his wife then reluctantly dragged the entire family from the first house to kneel down and beg Su Yunhai.

Su Dalin's family of four had no psychological burden at all. They knelt down swiftly and kowtowed continuously, but they did not utter a single coercive word.

Su Yunhai didn't let his brother and younger brother get up. He glanced at Shen Yuehua and waited for her to express her opinion.

Shen Yuehua walked to Shen Shuli's side and pulled her a few steps to an open space. Seeing this, Su Yunhai immediately followed.

"Daughter, what do you think? Do you want to bring someone from the Su family with you?"

Su Yunhai also looked at his daughter and waited for her to express her opinion.

He had long been accustomed to the profit-seeking nature of these people in his family and had no expectations of them, so he could take it easy no matter what they did.

But my daughter is different.

In her previous life, my daughter was spoiled by her grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins ​​and other relatives.

But when they came to this world, except for the two of them, everyone else's personality changed.

My daughter must be feeling bad.

But he also saw it.

I have been separated from my daughter for eight years and she has changed a lot.

In the past few days, he increasingly found that his daughter's temperament had become too cold and heartless, as if she had no feelings for the people in the Su family.

"Dad, Mom, I've never gotten along with them, so it doesn't matter to me. But you've been with them for eight years, so you must have feelings for them. Just make your own decision. If you don't have enough money, I have some~"

"However, if you help them through disasters time and time again, and they still don't know how to be grateful and act like ungrateful wolves, I can't stand that."

"Let them sign a contract to sell themselves. When they pay off their debts, they will be free."

Shen Shuli couldn't help but suggest.

Su Yunhai's eyes lit up. This was a good idea!

He wouldn't have to watch the Su family members die, nor would he have to vomit himself to death for helping them.

By making them slaves, he not only saved them once more, but he could also tie them up to his side and torture them from time to time to relieve his unhappiness.

Oh~

Best of both worlds~

Su Yunhai immediately decided to do so.

"Okay, I'll listen to my daughter!"

An evil smile appeared on Su Yunhai's fat face. He chuckled for a long time before speaking to Shen Yuehua.

"Wife, go talk to my Yue family and ask them to pay all their money. Let them keep the money to buy food. The journey of escaping from the famine is long and you can't do without money. Don't waste it on the entrance fee."

Shen Yuehua did not refuse, she thought so too.

Although these people in the Shen family were also written by that bastard author based on her biological parents.

But her parents were still very nice to her and she was happy to spend money on them.

Soon, Su Yunhai told the old Su family what he meant.

The old couple and Su Dashan's family were dumbfounded!

Su Dalin didn't react much.

He knew that his second brother would not let them be servants forever, so he just signed.

Even if the second brother didn't give them back their freedom, their family would definitely live a much better life as servants than they do now.

"Second brother, I'll sign, we'll all sign, our family of four! I'll sign and seal it now, hehe." Su Dalin said quickly, fearing that his eldest brother would go back on his word the next second.

Su Yunhai raised his eyebrows and glanced at the third brother, then asked the eldest brother to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and quickly write a contract of sale, and asked Su Dalin's family to sign it first.

Old Man Su and Old Lady Su didn't react at all.

By the time she reacted, the third child was no longer her third child!