Wu Sang's expression suddenly changed and he stared at Qinglian's mother coldly: "You actually revealed such an important thing? Do you know what kind of trouble it will cause if it is leaked?"
Qinglian's mother looked at Wu Sang at a loss: "Uncle, no matter what Lian'er did, he is a part of this village. She has the right to know about it. How can you still control Lian'er's temperament?" Isn’t it clear? She will definitely not tell anyone.”
"Girl Lian, you can take care of yourself. This matter has been discussed. Thirty thousand men have already prepared their troops. In seven days, they will launch a large-scale campaign to overthrow the chieftain's control. Finally, they will send troops to attack Suizhou City. The government will not let us live. , we can only do the opposite, we would rather die on the way to the killing than starve to death in front of our eyes."
"Uncle, Suizhou is only more than a hundred miles away from Chengdu. Once the matter is exposed, Chengdu government mobilizes heavy troops to attack the garrison of Suizhou City from both sides. The thirty thousand Miao brothers will be killed and injured countless times, and it may even lead to annihilation. The disaster, great-uncle Lian'er hopes that you will think twice, but you can't do it."
Wu Sang stamped his feet fiercely: "I don't want to let our sons and daughters go to the point of no return, but there is no food, Lian girl, there is no food, our harvest is already small, and other places have a little more than 30% tax revenue in a good harvest year. The surplus grain, we Miao people, 60%, Lian girl, 60% of the tax, the best fertile land, the yield of 100 jins of rice per mu will have to pay 60 jins, the land of Shu is the land of heaven, but there are people If we can starve to death, does this mean we are disobedient? No, this is the government forcing the people to rebel."
Qinglian's mother also stepped forward to support Qinglian's arm: "My child, you are also a person who has suffered natural disasters. You know better than my mother who has starved to death. Don't persuade me. Listen to my mother. You will wander in the Central Plains for a long time." You can survive away from this remote place, but the brothers and sisters in the Miao village can't, they can't leave their roots. My mother only has this little money, so she leaves the Miao territory and flies far away, do you understand?"
Qinglian's mother took out a few broken pieces of silver and stuffed them into Qinglian's hands, silently wiping the tears from her eyes.
"No, no, no... uncle, grandma, there must be another way. You can't die. Lian'er can't watch you die. There must be other ways. Food, food, Lian'er can borrow it. Food, Lian'er is going to borrow food."
"Girl Lian..." Wu Sang's old but angry voice interrupted Qing Lian's confusion.
"Great-uncle..."
Wu Sang looked at Qinglian solemnly: "Girl Lian, if you still think that I am your great-uncle, just listen to my great-uncle's last order and leave the Miao village and fly away. Don't stay here and die in vain. Listen. Reached?"
"No... Lian'er can't just watch you die. Great-uncle, if Lian'er goes to borrow food, we will pay it back. You can't die."
"The bigger your temper, the more stubborn you are. The Miao people in other prefectures are not under our management. There are 70,000 Miao people in Chengdu Prefecture. It will take two months to pass this threshold. The old and young together will take 70,000 people." It consumes 30,000 shi of food, who do you think can borrow 30,000 shi of food to help us survive."
"Thirty thousand stones?" Qinglian didn't know how much food thirty thousand stones was, and he had no specific idea, but he understood from Wu Sang's expression that this was an impossible thing.
Otherwise Wu Sang would not have teamed up with Wu Miao to rebel and make a living.
"Uncle, how much silver does one stone of rice cost in Chengdu?" Qinglian seemed to have thought of something and looked at Wusang with bright eyes.
Usang pondered for a while: "In the early days, it was one tael of silver and one stone, but now it takes one, two, and five taels of silver to buy one stone. The key point is that we don't have any silver. If we had money, why would we go to the dead end? My child, you'd better leave quickly. Leave the Miao village."
Qinglian didn't hear what Wusang said behind her. She clasped her fingers and hummed in a low voice. It took about half a quarter of an hour for Qinglian to finally understand: "It's about fifty thousand taels of silver. There's no need to go against it. There's no need to go back over it." Lian'er can borrow food."
Mu Ran Qinglian opened her eyes wide and shouted: "Uncle, Lian'er can borrow 30,000 shi of food, Lian'er can."
Wu Sang glared at Qinglian angrily, do you know what you are talking about? Who else but the government can come up with 30,000 shi of grain?
Qinglian bit her lower lip tightly, a trace of bright red blood left along the corner of her mouth. She seemed to have made up her mind. Qinglian carefully took out a jade pendant wrapped in a handkerchief from her arms and raised it: "Uncle, can you borrow it?" Thirty thousand shi of grain, but we have to sign a contract and must pay it back next year."
"Confused!" Wu Sang glanced at the jade pendant in Qinglian's hand and rolled his eyes. He was so angry that he was at a loss: "It's not bad if a piece of jade pendant is worth a hundred taels of silver. Do you think someone else is a fool for 50,000 taels of silver? "
Wu Sang had never been out of the Miao Village, so she didn't know that there were different types of jade pendants. The jade pendant in Qinglian's hand was the identity token of Young Master Liu. Ying'er was anxious when she found out that Young Master Liu's jade pendant was missing. She told Young Master Liu If you hold a small token, you can collect 100,000 taels of silver from any shop in the Liu family.
Qinglian didn't know how much money Mrs. Liu's jade pendant could collect, but she knew that she could definitely raise some money for use. At least she couldn't watch her mother-in-law and great-uncle die.
But once the jade pendant is revealed, it means that the news will be leaked, and her affairs will be spread to the ears of the Liu family. But Qinglian naturally knows what is more important, and she must save her mother's life.
If you are born but not nourished, you can get your finger cut off. If you are born and nourished, you can get your head cut off. However, if you are not born and nourished for ten lifetimes, it is difficult to get retribution.
My mother had saved her and her sister's lives, but she could not repay the favor of living. If there was a gap between Liu Lang and his wife because of her, the only way to resolve it would be to die after the child was born.
"Uncle, I wonder if you have ever heard of the Liu family in Jiangnan?" Qinglian raised her jade pendant and looked at Wusang eagerly.
Wu Sang shook his head: "I have never heard of the Liu family in Jiangnan, but my great-uncle knew that there was a Liu family business in Chengdu. The leather goods business, the rice grain business, and the cloth business were all over Chengdu. Our animal skins were all sent to the Liu family business. sell."
"That's great. We'll find out if the Liulang family's business is there."
.............
The ox cart creaked into the city gate after several people paid the entry fee.
Wuge wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Uncle, uncle, aunt, sister Qinglian, brother Wufu, we have been traveling for two days, why don't we find a place to rest first."
Although Qinglian was a little tired, she knew that some things couldn't be delayed. She rubbed her sore waist and said, "Brother, it's better to go to the Liu family business first. It's better to finish the matter early."
"Okay, you guys sit tight, brother will drive on." Uge started to play with the bullwhip again.
Wu Sang still looked worried: "Girl Lian, are you sure this jade pendant can really borrow thirty thousand shi of food? Thirty thousand shi is not a small amount like three hundred and thirty."
"Uncle, even if I can only borrow three thousand stones, I can still cope with the emergency. The remaining Lian'er will think of a way, but I can't watch you die."
Wu Sang sighed and looked at the other old man and sighed, they could only resign themselves to fate.
"Do you want to buy some food?" As soon as the oxcart stopped, the gatekeeper greeted him.
Wusang and others looked at Qinglian anxiously.
Qinglian bit her lower lip and clutched the jade pendant in her hand: "Brother, do you dare to ask me if this is the Liu family's business in Jiangnan?"
The waiter was startled and looked at Qinglian and others carefully: "This girl, the head of the family is the Liu family in Jiangnan. I wonder where you heard about it? Few people in Chengdu ask such questions."
Seeing the second brother admitting, Qinglian breathed a sigh of relief, took out the jade pendant from her arms and handed it over: "Brother, please give this jade pendant to the shopkeeper."
The waiter was a little hesitant. The behavior of Qinglian and others was too weird: "This..."
"Brother, please, this is a token of the Liu family in Jiangnan. Your shopkeeper will understand it."
"Okay, you guys wait here, I'll give it to the shopkeeper for review. Don't wander around."
"thanks, thanks."
While waiting anxiously, a thin middle-aged man trotted out, holding the jade pendant in his hand tightly: "Fan Hai, the shopkeeper of the branch grain store of Liujia Trading Company in Chengdu Prefecture, pays homage to the eldest young master."
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