The previous owner had offended the county magistrate, who was a petty person. Such a shopkeeper, accountant and clerk would easily be avoided by other merchants.
Yu Zizhen thought it was just a matter of convenience, so he readily agreed. "Twenty taels for the clerk, fifty taels for the boss and the accountant. Is that enough?"
Zhou Fengnian was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "Enough! Enough!"
The monthly wages of the shop assistants in his shop ranged from 600 to 800 wen according to their abilities, while the shopkeeper and the accountant received three and two taels of silver respectively.
With the severance pay paid by Yu Zizhen, they can take some time to wait for the storm to pass, or simply move to another place and start over.
After all, no matter how domineering the Baofeng County magistrate is, he can't extend his power outside the county.
As for the tenants on his farm, they did not have a close relationship with the Zhou family. It was simply a relationship between landlords and hired farmers. As long as the magistrate of Baofeng County was still a normal person, he would not make things difficult for those farmers because of the Zhou family.
But even so, Zhou Fengnian still planned to distribute the few stored grains and good seeds on the farm to them.
He thought that after his family left the city, their carriage would have to pass by his farm. At that time, he would ask the housekeeper to go and distribute the things on his behalf.
In short, if there was any possibility, he didn't want the Zhou family's things to fall into the hands of that bastard Baofeng County Magistrate.
The two of them handed over the keys neatly. Yu Zizhen took the key and went alone to the Zhou family's large warehouse, granary, and the small warehouse of Zhou's father and son.
In order to be able to take away everything she wanted, she immediately used points to upgrade her system warehouse the moment she opened the heavy wooden door of the Zhou family's warehouse.
The system points she had worked so hard to accumulate returned to single digits, and the newly redeemed system space was quickly filled with various supplies as she kept moving around.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to various items, the Zhou family’s warehouse also contained twelve boxes of pressed small silver bricks.
Although that silver brick was not the best official silver, people of that era were not so particular about purity. When this small silver brick made by the people was put on the market, its purchasing power was not inferior to official silver at all.
Because the amount of money was huge, Yu Zizhen even went out to confirm with Zhou Fengnian whether these boxes were accidentally forgotten by their family.
Zhou Fengnian's affection for her doubled because of this. He said, "No, I left those on purpose."
This money was saved bit by bit by the ancestors of the Zhou family. Originally, there were three boxes of gold bricks, but because those gold bricks were much more valuable than silver bricks, he and Zhou Zheng immediately carried the boxes onto the large carriage with secret compartments at home.
In addition, he and the other three people in his family each brought some silver notes and cash.
Silver bills are easy to carry, unlike cash, which takes up space and is heavy, and will attract attention when carried on the road.
With Yu Zizhen taking care of things, he didn't have to worry about his family's silver falling into the hands of the county magistrate, that corrupt official. So, Zhou Fengnian had no psychological burden and left those heavy boxes full of silver bricks.
He thought, even if Yu Zizhen did something good and asked for something in return, so what? It was a fact that he had directly saved them and their son, and indirectly saved their family.
For such a great favor, shouldn't he give some money as a reward?
After hearing what he said, Yu Zizhen immediately looked at him more favorably.
It's good to repay a favor, that's what she likes.
After happily collecting everything he could into the system warehouse, Yu Zizhen walked out with his hands behind his back, ready to go to the Zhou family's shop to collect more.
"As soon as the day breaks and the city gates open, leave the city immediately. Don't delay. If you don't know where to go, consider heading south to Jiangling. The prefect there is a good one."
After witnessing with his own eyes how Yu Zizhen wiped out the Zhou family, Zhou Fengnian, who was still with his mouth slightly open and a silly look on his face, suddenly came to his senses.
Oh my God, what kind of god saved him?
He just walked around the yard and collected all the things of the Zhou family. Is this the legendary secret of the sleeve?
Could it be that the person who saved them was not an ordinary person, but some old immortal who had already achieved enlightenment?
He trotted after him and said, "My benefactor, you haven't told me how I can contact you in the future."
Now it was no longer Yu Zizhen chasing him to repay him, but he was chasing Yu Zizhen, wanting to hug Yu Zizhen's big, thick legs that he might not be able to encounter once in his eight lifetimes.
Yu Zizhen stopped and said, "Remember my face. Someone will come looking for you in the name of Tan Lang in the future."
This means that there is no need for Zhou Fengnian to take the initiative to find her.
Zhou Fengnian didn't know that for every cannon fodder rescued by Yu Zizhen, the system would give a separate character card. Through the character card, Yu Zizhen could grasp almost all the information of those cannon fodders.
In other words, no matter where Zhou's father and son go, Yu Zizhen can find them accurately.
However, Zhou Fengnian had other concerns. He said, "What if someone impersonates me..."
After all, Yu Zizhen didn't just say this to them, father and son. What if someone who was saved by Yu Zizhen accidentally or even intentionally revealed this matter? Wouldn't they, father and son, have acknowledged the wrong benefactor?
Yu Zizhen thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll leave you another codeword."
Zhou Fengnian breathed a sigh of relief, "Please speak, benefactor."
Yu Zizhen thought for a moment, "The king of heaven covers the earth... well, the kitten catches the mouse."
Zhou Fengnian: “???”
Yu Zizhen was a little proud, "Just this sentence, most people would never think of it."
Zhou Fengnian: “…” That’s really unexpected.
After watching Yu Zizhen climb over the wall, Zhou Fengnian turned around and hurried to meet his family.
At Yu Zizhen's request, after everyone in his family had packed up their things, he gathered his father-in-law, his family members, and all the servants in the house into the two empty courtyards in the front yard.
At first he didn't understand why Yu Zizhen asked him to do this, until he witnessed with his own eyes Yu Zizhen taking away all the things in the room with a wave of his hand.
"Father." Zhou Zheng had been waiting outside the yard where his mother, sister and grandfather were temporarily staying. He was surprised to see Zhou Fengnian striding towards him with great excitement, not looking like a man who had just been imprisoned.
Zhou Fengnian tightly grasped the hand his son extended to support him, "Son, this time, we have truly survived a great disaster and will surely have good fortune in the future!"
Zhou Zheng: ...
Zhou Zheng reached out to touch his father's forehead. Was he having a fever? Was he hallucinating?
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