Chapter 379: Getting Money
"Boy, you are so arrogant. Since your family doesn't need the ten taels of silver, just release the person immediately. Now you want money again, and you say you don't need the silver. Do you think my master gave you too little?"
Wan Lao Si was not angry, he clapped his hands, "Butler is smart, that's right, I won't waste my words with you, without 400 taels of silver today, you can't take any of them away, I will take this confession to the county to sue you, I can tell you clearly, so that you can give up, what we are doing now is to relieve the worries of the court, if you dare to have crooked ideas, be careful to lose your head."
Zhou Biao was so frightened by Wan Laosi's words that he took a step back. Although he was greedy for money, he never dealt with the court. The court's money was not something he could earn. If this family was really working for the court, then he really had to think carefully.
"Master, don't listen to their nonsense. Why would the court let them do something? They are all peasants, what can they do? They must be deceiving us." Seeing that Zhou Biao was about to back out, the housekeeper added fuel to the fire.
But Zhou Biao has completely calmed down. He thought that none of the merchants in this town had come to inquire about the news so far, so was there any news that he didn't know?
"Shut up, stop adding fuel to the fire in front of me. I can tell the difference." Zhou Biao kicked the butler and looked at Wan Lao Si and Wan Lao Er.
There was no change in their expressions, and they didn't seem to be lying. Besides, they were both country people, so they probably didn't have the courage to say that, which meant that this was not groundless talk.
Zhou Biao acted decisively, pulled out the purse from his waist and threw it directly to Wan Laosi.
Wan Laosi quickly reached out to catch it. It felt heavy in his hand. He opened his purse and took a look inside. He saw several silver bills. He took out the silver bills and saw two with a denomination of one hundred taels, and four with a denomination of fifty taels. There was also fifty taels of loose change in the purse.
"This is the money you want. If there's more, I'll consider it as buying the confession in your hands. Is that ok?"
Wan Laosi showed the silver to Wan Laoer, who nodded and handed the money to Wan Laosi.
Wan Laosi gave the silver to Wan Laoer for safekeeping, tore up the confession in front of Zhou Biao, and then threw it directly into the air.
"Master Zhou, I tore it up in front of you. Now you don't have a confession. You don't have to worry about me using it to blackmail you in the future. You can take the person back with you. But if you dare to send someone to get information again, I promise you will go to jail next time. Remember what I said, everything we do is to help the court."
After Wan Laosi finished speaking, he glanced at Wan Shuang, who quickly ran over and opened the door of the woodshed.
The Zhou family’s housekeeper went in and brought the person out himself, and he almost vomited from the smoke.
Zhou Biao looked at Wan Laosi meaningfully, then turned and left.
The villagers outside pointed sticks at Zhou Biao vigilantly. Zhou Biao turned around and glanced at Wan Laosi.
Wan Laosi walked out slowly and said to the village chief: "Village chief, it was just a misunderstanding. It's okay. Let them go. I think Mr. Zhou will not patronize our village casually in the future."
"Jin Hai, are you sure this man can leave? He didn't..."
Jinniu was halfway through his sentence when Wan Laosi interrupted him, "Village chief, he knows nothing, he just came to ask for people. Our family can't afford to feed so many mouths, so let him go quickly. After all, we are a small family, not even as thick as a leg hair of Master Zhou. These days, Master Zhou's servants have been wronged. I hope he won't come next time, otherwise it will be even more painful."
Wan Laosi glanced at Uncle Zhong with a half-smile, and Uncle Zhong quickly shrank his neck in fear. These past few days were simply a nightmare in his life. He really wished he had never been to Shizi Village, especially this family, each one was more cruel than the other. Not only did they starve them, they also gave them a few buckets of water a day and didn't let them go out. Now they smelled worse than a toilet.
When the people saw them coming out, they had already covered their mouths and noses and rolled their eyes in disgust.
"It stinks. Were these people just fished out of the manure pond?"
"My cesspool is not as smelly as theirs. Thanks to my aunt's generosity, they can tolerate their waste."
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"Okay, everyone, get out of the way and let them go. Don't ruin our village's land and make it stink. Jinzhu, you guys have to use water to wash the land later." The village chief's words made Uncle Zhong and his group so excited that they wanted to shove their heads into their crotches.
Zhou Biao got on the carriage with a huff, gritted his teeth and said, "Go back."
The villagers followed the carriage and watched all the people leave the village before they dispersed.
At this time, Wan Laoer was holding Zhou Biao's purse, and his face finally brightened up.
"Old Four, you have a way to get so much money. You are born with a brain for business. Take this silver and go to the city to take over the shop in a few days. I think there will be news from Zhengyang soon. It is not cheap to rent a yard in the county for a year, but it is definitely not comparable to the shop in our city. I estimate that it will cost dozens of taels of silver a year. The extra fifty taels should be enough."
Wan Lao Er spoke to himself and handed the purse to Wan Lao Si.
Wan Lao Si didn't answer. "Second brother, when I go to the city in a few days, I want you to go with me. You've been to the city before, so it's a good opportunity to get familiar with it and take Fu Bao with you to have some fun. Fu Bao hasn't been to the city yet, right?"
When little Fubao heard Fourth Uncle mention her, she quickly ran over and held Wan Laosi's hand, "Fourth Uncle, Fubao wants to go. Fubao has never been there. Daddy said that the prefectural city is very interesting and bigger than the county town. Fubao wants to buy delicious food and see fun things."
Wan Lao Si picked up Fu Bao and said cheerfully, "Okay, this time, Uncle Si will take you there. Let's play for a few more days. When the shop is renovated, you and your father can come back together."
"Wow, great! Fourth uncle is so nice." Little Fubao kissed Wan Laosi on the face.
Seeing his daughter so happy, Wan Laoer didn't want to spoil her fun, so he nodded in agreement.
"Fourth brother, what you just said about us helping the court with its worries, if Zhou Biao spreads it, wouldn't we be guilty of deceiving the emperor?"
Wan Laoer felt a little worried.
Wan Lao Si didn't care much and said, "Second brother, you are just too cautious. We have encouraged the people of the whole town to grow potatoes, increased their income, and paid a lot of taxes to Da Qi. This is not false. Of course, we are helping the court. Even if we take a step back and say that what we said is wrong, who heard it? Can we still say that they are spreading rumors about us?"
Wan Laosi had already thought of a countermeasure in his mind. With such empty words, why not just deny what he wanted to say? Without any witnesses present, who could convict him?
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