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Chapter 26 Buying Population
Looking at Zhao Ergou's firm expression, Guo Dapang tested him: "We don't want old and weak women and children, but only young and strong, okay?"

"No way," Zhao Ergou replied to Fatty Guo.

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

Are you kidding me, only a lunatic would sell young adults on a large scale.In this troubled world, being young and strong represents force.By doing this, Shuizhai is capitalizing on enemies and cultivating potential enemies for himself.But once there are old and weak women and children, it will be different. Sometimes a large population is not only an advantage, but a heavy burden.Enough to crush a powerful force alive.

The water village can use this method to pack up and sell all the old and weak women and children, leaving the capable young and strong to expand the strength of the water village.Firmly occupying the dominance of Chaohu Lake.

Thinking of this, without waiting for Guo Dapang to speak out, Zhao Ergou said to Guo Dapang and 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, it doesn't matter to them It’s still not a good thing for you Changhe Village.”

"Mr. Jia, whether or not your Changhe Village accepts refugees is just waiting for your word. As for the bargaining, it's free." Zhao Ergou urged Jia Nian, and then said with emotion: "Our Shuizhai family has a great cause. , I don’t care about keeping them for a longer period of time, I think there will be places willing to take them in. It’s just that Changhe Village will lose this opportunity, and I don’t know if it can grow and grow.”

"My Changhe Village is weak, and it is unrealistic to take in a large number of people. So I decided to take in two young men and their families." Jia Nian said to Zhao Ergou, and he did not take in all The money was used to buy all the population, but it was a very sensible choice to buy ten people first.

Hearing that Jia Nian only bought ten people, Zhao Ergou frowned, but then laughed after thinking of something: "Yes, Village Chief Jia just needs to give me 30 taels."

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

Zhao Ergou took the one gold that Jia Nian handed over, looked it over, took out 70 taels and handed it to Jia Nian.

"You lost one gold, you got 70 taels"

Jia Nian put the 70 taels away, thinking quickly in his mind.Ten people may not seem like a lot, but for Changhe Village, the population has doubled.In addition, it is not the season for planting, and Jiabao's fishing ability has reached its limit.If there is more, I am afraid that we will face the danger of food shortage.

Blind expansion cannot bring any benefits. On the contrary, controlled and planned expansion can transform the population into real strength.This is the best policy.

"Go to the water village to pick up people," Zhao Ergou ordered to the water thief with a knife behind him.

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

Not long after, footsteps were heard, and the saber water thief came over with two young adults and eight old and weak women and children.

Looking at the old, weak, women, children, and young adults with yellow and emaciated faces, the saber water thief said rudely to them: "From now on, you are the villagers of Changhe Village, why don't you hurry up and meet Village Chief Jia?"

"Meet Village Chief Jia" two young adults and eight old and weak women and children spoke to Jia Nian tremblingly.Fear of the unknown fate.

While they were talking, a reminder message appeared in front of Jia Nian's eyes.

"Ten refugees joined Changhe Village. Due to their low sense of belonging, please appease them properly 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 100 yuan."

"One tael for a tent?" Guo Dapang asked Zhao Ergou, his eyes gleaming.

Zhao Ergou nodded quickly, and said to Fatty Guo: "This price is already very fair, even if you have traveled all over Lujiang County, there is no second one selling it at this price."

"I have five tents here, how about selling you three?" Guo Dapang said to Zhao Ergou thinking of the tents in the camp of the five water thieves.

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

"If you want, I can give you a discount, such as two taels for three tents," Guo Dafat chattered to Zhao Ergou.I didn't expect the tent to be so valuable. Fortunately, I didn't set fire to it yesterday, otherwise I would have lost a lot.

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

Zhao Ergou shook his head quickly, what a joke, when did he say that he had collected tents: "We only sell tents here, 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 from brushing water thieves last night, it was a little balanced.For the two huge sums of money, the fact that the tent is not recycled is not that important.

Jia Nian looked up at the sky, and saw that it was already noon.So they interrupted their conversation and said to Zhao Ergou: "It's getting late, we should leave"

"Mr. Jia, go slowly. Remember to pay two gold at this time next year. Don't forget." Zhao Ergou said to Jia Nian with a smile. Anyway, selling eight old and weak women and children is already a good start. So I have a good impression of Changhe Village.

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

"Zhao Ergou's favorability towards you +10"

Just as Jia Nian was about to leave, he couldn't help being taken aback when he saw this reminder message.What the hell is Zhao Ergou's favorability?Then he thought of the amount of two golds and asked without hesitation: "Two golds? Shouldn't it be one gold?"

"I'm sorry, but our Baifan Water Village collects according to the head of the head. One person pays 1000 yuan a year. In view of the generosity of Village Chief Jia, we deliberately waived the tax for two people in Changhe Village," Zhao Ergou said to Jia Nian.

After finishing speaking, he added another sentence: "This year, the head tax for accepting refugees will be exempted, so as not to say that our water village is stingy."

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

Seeing Jia Nian's expression, Zhao Ergou asked him, "Does Village Chief Jia still have any doubts?"

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

Zhao Ergou said to Jia Nian: "It's easy for Village Chief Jia to leave, I hope he can take care of our business in the future."

"Farewell" Jia Nian resisted the urge to beat someone, and took Guo Dapang and others away quickly.

(End of this chapter)