When Ouyang Yuqing heard the old village chief ask if the price for lodging was too high, he said to the old village chief, "Village chief, let's set the price at this. I don't want to trouble the villagers to rest after just one visit, and then have to suffer with those convicts."
When the village chief heard that Ouyang Yuqing was thinking of the villagers so much, he thought to himself: There is a reason why the War King is loved by the people of Haoyue Kingdom.
So the old village chief accepted the request for lodging from the exiled group, and his first task now was to inform the villagers.
He wanted to share this good news with the villagers, as it represented a significant source of income.
For ordinary people like them, if they can earn two taels of silver a month by working hard in their prime, they are already grateful.
But where do you find so many good jobs?
Therefore, a strong young man could only earn a tiny fraction of a tael of silver a month at most.
With an income of only one or two ounces a month, it's really a struggle to support a large family.
He was extremely excited that the War King had secured such a great benefit for him.
When he gets excited, he wants to smoke a cigarette to calm himself down.
But then he touched his waist and thought, "Hmm? Where's my pipe?"
Not at his waist, he looked at his hands again.
Seeing the village chief excitedly searching for his pipe, Ge Peng, who was watching the commotion from the sidelines, shook his head helplessly.
He approached the village chief, bent down, picked up the pipe the village chief had dropped, and handed it to the village chief.
"Uncle Village Chief, your pipe fell to the ground..."
When the old village chief saw the pipe that Ge Peng handed him, he said, "You rascal..." and then quickly took out some tobacco from the small cloth bag under the pipe and stuffed it into the pipe.
After filling the container with tobacco, I quickly lit it with a tinderbox and took a deep drag.
Despite the old village chief's excited actions, only a short while had passed.
The old village chief lit a cigarette to calm himself down, then said to Ouyang Yuqing, "King of the Northern Desert, go and call people into the village to gather at that threshing ground. I'll go and inform the villagers, okay?"
After he finished speaking, he pointed to the location of the threshing ground.
The matter had been decided, and Ouyang Yuqing nodded and said "Okay," after which the three of them parted ways.
Ge Peng originally wanted to accompany Ouyang Yuqing back to the exile group.
Seeing that Ge Peng was still carrying a pheasant, Ouyang Yuqing told Ge Peng to go home and settle his family first.
Ouyang Yuqing quickly returned to the exiled group.
Shen Yingying and the exiled people were waiting for Ouyang Yuqing at the village entrance.
As soon as Ouyang Yuqing returned to the exile group, he stood beside her.
Shen Yingying looked at Ouyang Yuqing and said, "You're back? How did the questioning go?"
When Ouyang Yuqing heard Shen Yingying's question, he said to her, "I was just about to talk about this when I got back."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yingying said to him, "Then let's tell everyone about it as well."
Ouyang Yuqing nodded. He looked at the exile group and explained the conditions for lodging to the prisoners.
“For those of us in exile who wish to stay overnight, each person will receive half a tael of silver.”
If you don't have money to stay overnight, the village chief will arrange for you to rest in an open area.
Those of you who are staying here, behave yourselves. Don't think you can act arrogantly towards the villagers just because you paid money.
If I find you daring to boss the villagers around, be careful, I don't tolerate any disrespect.
Upon hearing that it was half a tael of silver, the convicts thought to themselves: "The War King is very kind..."
These convicts, every time they went out to buy supplies, would bribe the officials with at least ten taels of silver.
They went to the post station and wanted to stay in a better room, which would cost at least ten taels of silver.
Although they haven't checked into the inn yet, they've already found out the price.
After comparing the two situations, they all agreed to Ouyang Yuqing's request, promising not to harm the villagers.
Ouyang Yuqing got the result he wanted, and he led the exile team into the village with Shen Yingying by the hand.
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