My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

"Mother, most of the servants employed by the General's Mansion are servants and children of the family. When they were dismissed, many of them cried and begged to stay, willing to live and die with our family. My husband thought that he would still need servants in the future, so he kept some. Transfer here with your tribe."

As soon as Luo finished speaking, the old lady asked: "How many people are left behind?"

"The total cost of the front and back yards is about three hundred."

Old lady: "..."

After a moment of silence, the old lady said, "Go and tell Wan Wan about this so that she can be mentally prepared."

Soon after Su Yunwan heard this, he showed the same surprised expression as the old lady.

But she didn't have the same worries as the old lady.

The Qin family can still afford food rations for just a few hundred people.

As for the monthly money, those people were all servants or children of the Qin family who sold themselves to the Qin family. In the past, the rewards and favors given to them by the Qin family were not remuneration.

If the monthly payment really needs to be reduced or stopped, those servants will have no choice but to suffer.

Anyone who dares to forget his duty will be killed.

In the evening, Qin Junyi and his party came back from the mountains.

He held a handful of colorful roses in his hand, and his accompanying subordinates brought back more than a dozen kinds of thorny plants.

When Su Yunwan saw it, she happily took the bouquet and plucked the petals with her fingers. Her eyes were as bright as stars: "Where did I find this? It's so beautiful!"

"On a cliff." Qin Junyi caught her in his eyes with a smile in his deep eyes.

"Next time, don't put yourself in danger. It's not worth it." After saying that, Su Yunwan took out a delicate plum vase and scissors in his hand. After pruning the flower branches, he inserted them into the vase.

The flower branches overflow sideways, showing the various graceful postures of the rose. In this cold winter, it looks even more delicate and charming.

Qin Junyi: "Don't worry, I have a rope tied around my waist and I have the skills, so nothing will happen to me."

Su Yunwan nodded, admired it for a while, and then turned his attention to the plants he brought back.

Just as he stretched out his hand to identify it, it fell into Qin Junyi's big palm, "Don't prick your hand, I'll get it."

Under Qin Junyi's fiddling, she identified juniper, mandarin thorn, yellow thorn rose, scorpion grass, vine rose, pepper tree, saponaria tree and so on.

"Wanwan, do you want to use these plants as a fence?"

"That's right. If the peace talks are successful, we will first erect a wooden fence around the property boundary, add thorny plants to block it for a while, and then build a high wall next spring."

After receiving the invitation for peace talks from the government the night before, Qin Junyi immediately stopped improving the epidemic prevention facilities, and all employed people concentrated on building houses.

He strives to build as many houses as possible before the next heavy snow comes, so that his subordinates and the people who defected to Jizhou can be safely accommodated.

Qin Junyi's heart softened: "This is a good idea, but I'm going to have to work hard for you again."

Su Yunwan smiled nonchalantly and said, "By the way, do you know that the servants of the Northwest Mansion are moving here?"

"I know, but I have received a letter from the tribe. When they saw the refugees and the epidemic, they stopped for the first time and planned to wait until the disaster eased before setting off. According to my guess, it will not arrive until next spring."

"That's good, so as not to be on the road in the cold winter."

While the two were talking, the old lady sent Luo to let them come over to discuss something.

Seeing the rose flowers on the table, Mr. Luo praised: "These flowers are so beautiful! Did Brother Yi finally pick them?"

Qin Junyi: "Fortunately, I almost missed it because of its hidden appearance."

"Wanwan, look at what Brother Yi said, how regretful he would be if he missed it!" Luo joked.

Qin Junyi's expression did not change, but his ears quietly turned red.

Su Yunwan glanced at Qin Junyi with a smile on her face, "If he really misses it, he won't know there are flowers on the cliff, so there will be no regrets."

"Cliffs?! Brother Yi, you have put in a lot of effort!" Luo's eyes widened exaggeratedly.

"It's okay." Qin Junyi said with a faint smile, his eyes fixed on Su Yunwan.

As long as Wanwan likes it, he will pick it back from any more dangerous place, let alone a cliff.

After a few more pleasantries, they set off to the old lady's side.

After the old lady asked everyone to sit down, she immediately told Qin Junyi about the transfer of the servants from the northwest. Finally, she said worriedly: "Brother Yi, if they come, what will happen to this monthly money?"

Qin Junyi said: "Grandma, due to the seriousness of the disaster, their team stopped halfway. It is estimated that they will not arrive until next year. By then, maybe our family will be able to recover."

The arrival of the family this time brought more than 50,000 taels of money. Together with the income from cleaning up the house, it was enough to last for a long time.

As for open source, he has set his goal on mining. As long as valuable mineral veins are explored next year, he can completely establish a foothold in Youzhou.

The old lady sighed: "I hope so."

Seeing that she was still not completely reassured, Qin Junyi said in a deep voice: "Whether they are really loyal or they are afraid of the government's troubles and cannot establish themselves in the local area, since they gave up the opportunity to be dismissed and transferred here with their clan members, they must continue to serve our family.

If someone dares to disobey instructions or violate orders because they don't have monthly money, they can just punish them according to the rules, so there is no need to worry. "

The Qin family was accustomed to using servants as family members to have children. When they needed to expand their manpower, they would sign death contracts and buy out people.

In this way, the wealth and life of all the servants are completely in the hands of the master.

Qin Junyi treats his servants seriously, but he is not a master who will let his servants restrict his actions.

If someone dared to bump into the blade, he would never be merciful.

On this point, he and Su Yunwan had unprecedentedly consistent thinking.

The old lady understands this truth, but she has always been concerned about her family's reputation and does not want to spread rumors of treating her servants harshly, so she has more scruples.

Seeing that Qin Junyi had a plan, he said no more.

My family's reputation had already been completely ruined when they were convicted of treason by the emperor, and they still care about this trivial matter.

The mere fact that the Qin family was secretly communicating with Beidi and manipulating the truce agreement between the two countries discredited all the years of hard work and contribution that the eldest grandson and his family had put in to expel the invading Beidi enemy forces.

After suffering frame-up, murder, and family decline, she has completely bid farewell to the past and no longer regards herself as the old prince of the palace.

That's all, with her eldest grandson and eldest grandson's wife here, she just needs to be an idler.

Qin Junyi did not see Mrs. Lin beside the old lady, and thought for a moment, "Grandma, my grandson will go to Fucheng tomorrow and buy two maids to come back to serve you. If you want to go to Fucheng to choose for yourself, you can also go with your grandson. Set off."

"Then grandma will drop by Fucheng for a stroll. She is sitting at home every day, and her legs and feet are almost weak."

Seeing that her eldest grandson was so considerate, the old lady was so happy that she opened her mouth from ear to ear. She turned to Su Yunwan and said, "Wanwan, why don't you go buy some servants to help you, so as not to get tired."