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Cai Sheng lowered his head and listened to the scolding, but said: "This is just in case. What if we can't reach an agreement and these unruly people start fighting?"

Master Wu quickly spoke up for Cai Sheng: "Song Dalin brought so many people with him. He may have the intention of holding us hostage. If it weren't for your kindness and good negotiation skills, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to leave safely today."

"That's right," Cai Sheng said, "We have agreed on everything, but he still refuses to register. This shows that he is not sincere. Even if everything is agreed now, we have to be careful that he doesn't go back on his word."

Yu Qian glanced at him and quickened his pace.

Cai Sheng hurriedly chased after him: "Sir, Sir..."

Pan Jun followed the two people slowly, and watched them walk away. He couldn't help but chuckle and stretched out his finger to gently touch the black cat's nose.

Pan Xiaohei jumped off her shoulders and quickly ran through the crowd into the bushes on both sides of the road.

Yu Qian tilted his head and glanced back until he was far enough away from Pan Yun and the others. Then he spoke: "You said you know who are the rebels. How many do you know?"

Cai Sheng said complacently: "Nine out of ten times, the list is in the government office."

Master Wu behind him seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Yu Qian looked past Cai Sheng and looked at Master Wu: "Tell me, how many people are on the list?"

Master Wu lowered his head and said, "The miners who followed Song Dalin and Wang Xiaojing in the rebellion are all famous."

"Besides the miners?"

Master Wu swallowed and said, "Big, only about twenty new people have been added."

Yu Qian looked at Cai Sheng coldly: "How many miners are there in a mine? You are just a small silver mine, do you have 500 people?"

Cai Sheng opened his mouth, feeling a chill down his spine: "I, I..."

He couldn't help but look at Master Wu.

How many people are there in the mine?

Master Wu whispered, "Of the 388 people, 369 followed Song Dalin in the rebellion, and the remaining 19 took the opportunity to run out of the mine and go home."

"It seems that Master Wu is more familiar with county affairs than Magistrate Cai." Yu Qian snorted coldly and turned away.

Cai Sheng glared at Master Wu and hurriedly chased after Yu Qian: "My lord, my lord, since Song Dalin has agreed to surrender, there shouldn't be any surprises..."

Yu Qian's face was solemn: "Even if there is no accident, the county government should be aware of people who have participated in the rebellion. If similar things happen in the future, they can respond to appeasement and suppression as soon as possible.

And from this incident, we can see that these people have other aspirations and are chivalrous. The government can use them.”

Cai Sheng glared: "What can the government do with a bunch of unruly people?"

Yu Qian said expressionlessly: "Whether they are cunning or not depends on how you use them. If you use them as hangers-on, they can keep an eye on lawless people on behalf of the government. If there is a war, they can also serve as auxiliary troops. Isn't it faster and more experienced than conscripting civilians now?"

Yu Qian said coldly, "Master Cai, as the head of a county, you should know the talents in the county so that you can place them in the right positions when needed and make the best use of them."

Cai Sheng looked confused.

Yu Qian shook his head: "Forget it, why am I telling you this? You won't need it anymore."

Cai Sheng: …

However, Master Wu behind him lowered his head in deep thought and took Yu Qian's words to heart.

Yu Qian turned and left.

Cai Sheng didn't have time to think about the deeper reasons behind Yu Qian's words, and hurriedly followed up: "Sir, sir, then we request to register again..."

"The opportunity has been lost. If we speak up again, even the recruitment may be in jeopardy." Yu Qian said, "Don't even think about it. Besides, didn't you see how many times Pan Yun tried to stop us?"

Cai Sheng glared: "Why did Pan Yun want to stop it?"

Yu Qian: "Maybe you are worried that the next few county magistrates will be as stupid and cruel as you, and will not know how to use people, but will harass and embarrass them instead?"

Cai Sheng: …

Yu Qian: "Stop calling them unruly people. Since they are willing to surrender, they are good citizens." In the evening, a group of good citizens met in Sanhu Village.

This time, Pan Yun brought Miaohe and the other three along.

Wang Xiaojing's neck almost broke as he stared at them: "Why don't you bring my sister?"

Pan Yun: "I don't want to take care of the child."

Wang Xiaojing muttered: "My sister is very well behaved."

Pan Yun pretended not to hear. She said to Song Dalin, "I will have someone send a batch of money and food over tomorrow. You can distribute it to everyone. Each person can get about one tael of silver and ten kilograms of rice."

Song Dalin's eyes lit up slightly, and the corners of his mouth widened: "How can this be so embarrassing?"

Pan Yun: "Then I won't give it to you?"

Song Dalin immediately said, "Then I would like to thank you on behalf of my brothers. But Taoist Pan, where did you get so much money and food? We have already spent so much on disaster relief during this period... Is being a Taoist so profitable now?"

Pan Jun looked around and waved at him.

Song Dalin immediately leaned over to listen.

Pan Yun whispered: "Do you know what the most profitable industry in the world is?"

Song Dalin shook his head.

Pan Yun: "He's a robber."

Song Dalin's face darkened: "Master Pan, if you want to ridicule me, just say it. I am a rough man..."

"Who mocked you?" Pan Yun glanced at him and said, "I have one more thing to say. The most profitable people in the world are robbers who rob robbers."

Song Dalin was stunned: "Isn't that just black eating black?"

Pan Yun raised his chin and said, "That's right, justice and making money. All this money I made was robbed from pirates."

She shook her head and said, "Taoists don't make money. They are the poorest, so all Taoists in the world call themselves poor Taoists."

Song Dalin actually thought what she said made sense, and was moved and envious for a moment: "Not everyone can rob these pirates. In the end, it's still Master Pan who is very capable."

Like him, he also wants to snatch, but he can't, and he doesn't dare to snatch.

Pan Yun glanced at him and whispered, "Besides being a pirate and robbing pirates, there is another thing that makes a lot of money."

Song Dalin immediately perked up: "What's the matter?"

Pan Yun: "Maritime trade."

Song Dalin was discouraged: "This is not something we can do."

Pan Jun smiled and did not answer.

Song Dalin is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart, otherwise he would not have been able to lead so many brothers in rebellion without suffering much loss.

His eyes rolled, he kept the matter in mind, turned around and pulled Wang Xiaojing aside and whispered to him.

When they were roasting steamed bread slices around the fire in the evening, Wang Xiaojing sat obediently beside Pan Yun.

Pan Yun turned his head to look at him, handed him a slice of baked steamed bread, and said, "Your grandfather and the others live with us, don't worry, when you are dismissed the day after tomorrow, you can go back to the village directly, and I will send them back."

Wang Xiaojing: "Uncle Junior, you stopped Brother Song from registering us. Are you afraid that they will settle accounts with us later?"

He said worriedly: "Then, should I move Grandpa and the others away?"

Pan Yun: "Where can you move them to? Besides, are your grandfather and his family willing to leave their homeland?"

Wang Xiaojing lowered his head and said nothing. (End of this chapter)