"Ten guards?"
The escort leader hesitated a little and asked Liang Xiao to wait for a moment before moving to the backyard.
It turns out that Mu Ping has been waiting here for a long time.
"Master, he wants to hire ten guards. The lady said that if he wants to hire less than twenty guards, he can hire them at a low price."
Mu Ping frowned: "This girl actually wants to help him! Increase the price. Each person will be paid three taels per month, including food and accommodation. Let's see if he agrees!"
The escort leader took the order and left, but came back less than half a quarter of an hour later: "Master, he agreed!"
"This prodigal son, no wonder he squandered thousands of taels!" Mu Ping looked helpless.
"Then you still agree to him?" The escort chief wondered.
Mu Ping could only nod.
Three taels per month is an extremely high salary for veterans who have nowhere to settle after retirement.
Ten retired veterans of Dingguohou Mansion in their early 40s signed a contract with Liang Xiao under the arrangement of the escort agency. They followed Liang Xiao back to the small workshop next to Liang Mansion and showed them the small house in the workshop.
"You will all live here from now on."
The guards received part of the deposit, and now they all looked happy and agreed.
"Did my dad find out?"
Mu Qinxue, who was practicing swordplay in her boudoir, was surprised when she received the urgent report from the maid.
"The eldest young master said that the young lady can no longer take care of him, otherwise the master will obstruct it and it will be counterproductive." The maid replied weakly.
Mu Qinxue pouted, with an angry look on her face.
"Smelly daddy! Wait until grandpa comes back and see how he deals with you!"
Beijing, inside the refugee camp.
Jiang Fuxue followed Liang Xiao, looking at the refugees sitting on the ground, and then at the bustling pavilions in the distance.
The dignitaries coming and going, laughing and chatting happily, form a strong contrast.
"Brother, why do some people never make any mistakes in their lives, are kind and innocent, but live a bad life..."
Liang Xiao was stunned for a moment, then looked at Jiang Fuxue with a bit of relief in his eyes, and patted her little head gently.
"This kind of thing will be understood when Xue'er grows up. It cannot be explained clearly in a few words. Some people have peaceful years because someone is carrying the burden for them. And some people are carrying the burden forward because there is someone there. May the years be peaceful for them."
After saying that, Liang Xiao sighed.
Jiang Fuxue was thoughtful, silently following Liang Xiao and watching him walk into the refugee camp.
The guards from behind pushed several carriages with cages of steamed buns on them.
"Some kind person has given out steamed buns!"
These refugees stood up excitedly and walked toward Liang Xiao.
The guards immediately stood in front of Liang Xiao, maintained order, and began to distribute steamed buns.
Mu Ping led his children and watched this scene from a high building with mixed emotions.
"Xiaoxue, you have also seen how wasteful and short-sighted he is! As the sage says, if he is successful, he will benefit the world. He has not even made any money himself yet, and he just wants to do things to destroy the family and relieve people from difficulties. He is doomed to live in trouble for the rest of his life. You can’t stand out!”
"Dad, doesn't this prove that he has a kind heart?"
After Mu Qinxue retorted, she noticed that Mu Ping was glaring at her and quickly explained: "My child is relaying my elder brother's thoughts."
Mu Lingxiao on the side instantly received Mu Ping's angry gaze. He could tell that his father wanted to blame him for speaking for Liang Xiao, even though the younger sister said it for him.
"It is indeed the child's idea." Mu Lingxiao nodded.
"You brothers and sisters can't hide your little thoughts from your father!" Mu Ping said seriously.
"It's really a child's idea, and it's absolutely not against my will!" Mu Lingxiao grinned, and was given another blank look by Mu Ping.
"Such an idiot will only be manipulated by aristocratic families when he enters the officialdom. In business, he will lose all his money. My father will never allow Xiaoxue to marry him!"
Mu Qinxue and Mu Lingxiao fell into silence.
At this moment, a noisy voice came from the distance: "Think!"
Under Mu Ping's shocked gaze, a large number of refugees followed Liang Xiao and walked towards Liang Xiao's workshop.
Mu Ping frowned and said, "What's going on? How can these people follow him just because of the virtue of a meal? Does this kid want to continue spending money to support such a group of refugees?"
Mu Qinxue looked at the young man in front of the crowd with a little more joy in her eyes.
A personal guard came to report: "Master, Liang Xiao applied to the official to take away fifty households of refugees, and also paid one hundred taels as a deposit..."
"What does he want the refugees to do? Why are the refugees following him? What did he just say to the refugees?"
The guard replied: "He only asked: Do you want to have a full meal? They replied: 'Yes', and he said again: 'Then come with me'!"
"That's all?"
"Back to my lord, that's all!"
After the personal guards left, Mu Ping glared at Mu Qinxue and said angrily: "Within a month, if he can't do anything famous and still loses money, even if your grandfather returns home, he will never think of his son as a father. You are not allowed to marry such an idiot! Starting tomorrow, you are not allowed to leave the Dingguo Marquis Mansion!"
Mu Qinxue looked at Mu Ping who was leaving with a little worry in her eyes.
"What does this kid want to do?" Mu Lingxiao looked confused.
Mu Qinxue hummed: "Brother, in private, I want to call him 'my future brother-in-law'!"
"What does my future brother-in-law want to do?" Mu Lingxiao curled his lips.
Mu Qinxue said aggrievedly: "You are curious, go check it out for my little sister. My little sister is grounded by her father."
Even Mu Lingxiao was curious about what Liang Xiao wanted to do, so he got into a carriage and followed him from a distance.
In the huge workshop, fifty households of refugees, totaling 260 people, all looked at Liang Xiao on the high platform.
"From now on, every household of yours will have food and shelter for the whole family, and then select a person who is quick and agile to work for me, and I will be paid one tael per month, do you want to do it?"
Hearing Liang Xiao's inquiry, the crowd below instantly became excited, and people turned over and bowed.
"Thank you, benefactor! Do it!!"
Liang Xiao quickly called everyone up and said, "You don't have to kneel to me anymore. If you must salute, just bow."
Everyone was obedient and agreed, for fear of making Liang Xiao unhappy by talking too much.
The guards of Dingguo Hou Mansion looked at the happy crowd with confused expressions on their faces.
They didn't come back to their senses until Liang Xiao paid for the errands and entrusted them to buy firewood, rice, oil and salt for three hundred people.
Half an hour later, Mu Qinxue was being lectured by her parents in the yard. Suddenly, a guard hired by Liang Xiao came outside and asked to see him, explaining the situation truthfully.
"Give the refugees one tael per month? Food and accommodation for the whole family?"
Mrs. Mu almost lost her temper with anger: "We must not let Xiaoxue marry such a prodigal, otherwise sooner or later he will also ruin our Dingguo Marquis Mansion!"
"Is he so kind-hearted?"
Mu Qinxue's eyes were blurred, and she murmured for a moment, then suddenly woke up, looked at her angry parents, and said quickly: "This man is indeed a prodigal, I just don't know if he can make money..."
"Including the salary of the guards, I'm afraid the only business he can make money in is private salt, which is a serious crime of beheading!!" Mu Ping sighed.
Mu Qinxue's breath was stagnant. Just as she was about to say something, another guard came outside to report.
"Master, the princess is here..."
