Looking at Zhao Ergou's determined expression, Guo Dapang tentatively challenged him: "We don't want old and weak women and children, as long as we are young and strong, can we do it?" ”

"No," Zhao Ergou replied to Guo Dapang.

Guo Dapang said quickly: "For example, a thousand yuan for a young man, such a price is also earned for you."

"No, as long as you are young and strong, this is too cruel for refugees" Zhao Ergou said righteously, as for the specific reason, everyone knows it.

What a joke, only a madman would sell young and strong on a large scale. In this troubled world, youth and strength represent force. In doing so, Shuizhai is an enemy, and it is cultivating potential enemies for itself. However, once there are old and weak women and children, it is different, and a large population is sometimes not only not an advantage, but a heavy burden. Enough to crush a powerful force alive.

Shuizhai can completely use this method to pack and sell all the old and weak women and children, leaving capable young and strong people to expand the strength of Shuizhai. Firmly occupy the hegemony of Chaohu Lake.

Thinking of this, without waiting for Guo Dapang to speak out, Zhao Ergou said to Guo Dapang and the others: "Although they are refugees, they also have families. You only take in the young and strong, not the old and weak, women and children, this is not a good thing for them or for your Changhe Village."

"Village Chief Jia, whether your Changhe Village accepts refugees or not, just wait for your words. As for the bargaining matter, it's still free" Zhao Ergou urged Jia Nian, and then sighed: "Our Shuizhai family has a big business, we don't care about raising them for a while longer, I think there will be a place willing to take them in." It's just that Changhe Village lost this opportunity at that time, and I don't know if it will be able to develop and grow."

"My Changhe Village is weak, and it is a bit unrealistic to want to take it in on a large scale. So I decided to take in the two young men and their families" Jia Nian said to Zhao Ergou, he didn't take out all the money on his body to buy all the population in one go, but chose to buy ten people first.

Hearing that Jia Nian only bought ten people, Zhao Ergou frowned, but then thought of something and immediately laughed: "Yes, Village Chief Jia only needs to give me thirty taels."

"Give" Jia Nian replied to Zhao Ergou, and handed over the gold on hand to Zhao Ergou.

Zhao Ergou took the gold handed by Jia Nian, looked at it, and took out seventy taels and handed it to Jia Nian.

"You lost a gold, you gained seventy taels"

Jia Nian put the seventy taels away, and quickly calculated in his heart. Ten people may not seem like much, but for Changhe Village, the population has doubled. In addition, now is not the season for sowing, and their ability to catch fish has reached its limit. If it continues, I am afraid that we will face the danger of food shortages.

Blind expansion will not bring much benefit, on the contrary, a measured and planned expansion can transform the population into real strength. That's the best way to go.

"You go to the water village to pick up people," Zhao Ergou commanded to the saber water thief behind him.

The saber water thief nodded at Zhao Ergou, turned around and walked towards the water village.

After a while, there was the sound of footsteps, and the saber water thief walked over with two young men and eight old and weak women and children.

Looking at the yellow-skinned old and thin women, children, and young people, the saber thief said rudely to them: "From now on, you are the villagers of Changhe Village, why don't you hurry up and meet the village chief Jia."

"Meet Village Chief Jia," the two young men and eight old and weak women and children trembled and spoke to Jia Nian. I am full of fear of the unknown fate.

Just as they were talking, a prompt message appeared in front of Jia Nian's eyes.

"Ten refugees have joined Changhe Village, due to the low sense of belonging, please be properly appeased after returning to the village"

Zhao Ergou took the opportunity to sell to Jia Nian: "If there are no extra houses in your village, we also have tents for sale here, and a tent only costs 1,000 yuan."

"Ten taels for a tent?" Guo Dapang asked Zhao Ergou, his eyes shining.

Zhao Ergou nodded quickly, and said to Guo Dapang: "This price is already very fair, you don't have a second store to sell this price in the entire Lujiang County."

"I have five tents here, why don't I sell you three," Guo Dapang thought of the tent in the five-person water thief camp and said to Zhao Ergou.

Zhao Ergou was dumbfounded, how did he make this fat man sell it, shouldn't he sell it himself? .

"If you want, I can give you a discount, for example, three tents and twenty taels," Guo Dapang chattered to Zhao Ergou. I didn't expect the tent to be so valuable, but fortunately I didn't set it on fire yesterday, otherwise it would have been a big loss.

However, if the tent can be sold for money, it will also be a huge income for Changhe Village, which often brushes water thieves in the future.

Zhao Ergou shook his head quickly, what are you kidding, when did he say that he would accept tents: "We only sell tents here, and we don't recycle tents"

"Hey, it's a pity," Guo Dapang said to Zhao Ergou. All the thoughts just now came to naught. However, thinking about the income of the water thieves last night, this is a little balanced. For the two huge sums of money, the fact that the tent is not recycled is not so important.

Jia Nian looked up at the sky and saw that it was already noon. So he interrupted their conversation and said to Zhao Ergou: "It's not early, it's time for us to leave."

"Village Chief Jia go slowly, remember to hand over two gold at this time next year, don't forget" Zhao Ergou said with a smile at Jia Nian, no matter what, selling eight old and weak women and children is already a good start, so he is full of good feelings for Changhe Village.

Besides, the tax has risen by a gold, and there is no reason to be dissatisfied.

"Zhao Ergou's opinion of you +10"

Jia Nian was just about to leave, and when he saw this prompt message, he couldn't help but be stunned. Zhao Ergou's favorability, what the hell. Then he thought of the amount of two gold and asked without thinking: "Two gold?" Shouldn't it be a gold? ”

"I'm sorry, our Baifan Water Village is charged according to the head, 1000 yuan a year for one person. In view of the arrogance of Village Chief Jia, we deliberately exempted the tax of two people in Changhe Village," Zhao Ergou said to Jia Nian.

After speaking, he added: "This year, the poll tax for refugees will be exempted, so as not to say that we are stingy."

"......" Jia Nian was speechless for a moment. It's actually a poll tax, do you want to be so advanced in tax collection?

Looking at Jia Nian's expression, Zhao Ergou asked him, "Could it be that Village Chief Jia still has any doubts?" ”

"No," Jia Nian said to Zhao Ergou, but his heart seemed to be dripping blood. Originally, I wanted to frantically brush the water thieves to buy the population, but now it seems that it is the most cost-effective to take the elite route. Otherwise, this poll tax alone would bankrupt Changhe Village.

Zhao Ergou said to Jia Nian: "Village Chief Jia is leaving, I hope you can take care of our business more in the future."

"Farewell" Jia Nian resisted the urge to beat people, and left quickly with Guo Dapang and others.