When more than 200 servants from the Xiao family joined the nationality of Qi happily, Xuecheng, one of the largest port cities on the western coast of Lu.

Sixteen Xiao family merchant ships, as well as more than a dozen merchant ships of the Principality of Ventera, were towed or sent by sailors, formed a medium-sized fleet and entered Xue Port in a mighty manner.

Before the fleet could completely dock into the port, the entire Xuegang Wharf caused a huge sensation. The state of Lu was all Qufu, and the Xiao family was also a gentry and powerful family in the country. However, Qufu was an inland city. Therefore, the Xiao family and other large families in Lu were still mainly distributed in coastal port cities.

Xuecheng is the port city with the greatest influence in the Xiao family, focusing on routes to Lu and Rome.

A few days ago, the Xiao family fleet had just left the port and returned to the port in just a few days, and even pulled out one or twenty spoil merchant ships?

Even if it was just some porters on the dock, it could be seen that the Xiao family won a great victory at sea, so many people who worked for the Xiao family began to cheer.

Especially, when a large number of ships were parked, a group of slaves from the Xiao family escorted many white prisoners of war from the Principality of Ventra ashore, this sensation was also set at a small limit.

A large number of people from all walks of life who worked for the Xiao family cheered and celebrated on the dock.

Before Xiao Jichen went to sea this time, when they returned from Rome last time, they had already fought a battle with the Principal of Ventra on the way, and both sides suffered a lot of losses. This time, the Xiao family's victory was indeed easy to stimulate the people's hearts.

Of course, amid the cheers of the crowd, many figures who heard the news were full of tension and worry. In war, people would die. Even if the Xiao family wins a lot... there may be many servants and servants who die.

For the huge Xiao family, those dead servants are just a number, representing their servants. One or a group of servants can be divided into specific families, and the meaning is completely different.

The noisy atmosphere lasted for a while. Xiao Jichen brought elite servants to Xiao Mansion in Xuecheng, and then said to his personal affairs in a grand manner, "I will do what I say. This time, all the dead will be paid for five times the pension and three times the injured. You can pay it as soon as possible and be sure to do your best."

It is naturally a pleasing to follow the company and to handle the promise.

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An hour passed by, a civilian area in Xuecheng. When the manager and several servants knocked on the gate of a small courtyard, he calmly said to the middle-aged man who opened the door, "Zhao Sheng, this time we went to sea, our Xiao family caravan encountered a pirate ambush from the Principal of Ventra. Your boy unfortunately died in battle, but the second young master Bodhisattva was kind and gave Zhao Shun five times the pension. Isn't thank you very much?"

Zhao Sheng is Zhao Shun's father.

When Zhao Shun was willing to sell himself as a slave, his mother was seriously ill and his younger brother was young and his father was too busy alone. Finally, he signed a contract to help his mother with the money he sold. Later, many of the money he earned from running to the Xiao family were taken home to support his family.

Zhao Sheng, who had just opened the door, collapsed on the ground and had no idea what to say for a moment.

The servant who was in charge of the business was furious when he saw this. He was about to curse, but the manager waved his hand and stopped him. He threw a silver bag with him, "Okay, this money is enough for your Zhao family to spend a few years. He will die without any worries. When your second boy grows up, he wants to avenge his brother. My Xiao family fleet welcomes him to join at any time."

After leaving this, the manager turned around and left.

Zhao Shun is just one of the more than 200 servants and slaves who died in battle.

He doesn't have time to spend too much time in this family.

It was not until the manager disappeared without a trace with his servants that Zhao Sheng cried and grabbed the silver bag. He opened the bag with no idea what mood he was and counted it, 20 taels of silver.

Zhao Sheng, a middle-aged man who already has white hair, cried even more heartbreakingly. 20 taels of silver is indeed a good fortune, at least for a small family like him, it is a great fortune.

It doesn't make much sense if you only look at the amount of silver and don't compare prices.

The key to the value of silver depends on purchasing power and price level. If you are in Qi State, one stone of rice can only cost two cents of silver, and one tael of rice can buy five stones, which is about five hundred kilograms. A person can eat one kilogram of rice a day, and one tael of silver can eat more than a year.

But the State of Lu is not good. The islands of Lu are small, with few plains on the islands, and the land is not so fertile. Local staple foods such as rice and grain can barely support the people of the country. Most people still cannot eat enough to eat staple food. Here, they rely more on trade, fishing, etc. to provide food.

The price of rice is only one tael of one stone here, about one hundred kilograms, which is five times that of Qi State.

20 taels of silver, if you buy rice, it will only be 20 s.

This is still a five-fold pension!

In other words, the sailors who run to the sea and the servants who are employed in battle are killed in battle, and they are worth 400 kilograms of rice.

At this moment, Zhao Shun, who is registering to join Qi, can get ten acres of fertile land when entering Qi. It will be ripe three times a year. If you sow the seeds, you will have two stones per mu, two hundred kilograms of rice and grain per mu. How can you talk about ten acres of rice and grain per mu?

The good son died so much, and he received five times the pension. Should Zhao Sheng cry? Of course he wanted to cry, but he knew that in the Lu State, those regular Lu soldiers who were registered only burned 5 taels of silver after they died in battle. I heard that the registered soldiers of the Shang Tang Empire only burned 20 taels of silver. As a small country, Lu State certainly could not compare with the empire.

Although the officers and soldiers of Lu State burn more silver than the Xiao family gave... the question is, will the pension money burned and buried silver be deducted by Shangguan after the actual registered officers and soldiers of Lu State die in battle? Those deductions are simply a normal state, and it is a miracle that there is no deduction.

After deducting it layer by layer, it would be better if the officers and soldiers had 5 taels of burned silver, and it would be better if two taels of them fell into the hands of their families.

Furthermore, Zhao Shun has already sold himself as a slave! He was born as a member of the Xiao family and died as a ghost of the Xiao family. Even if he died, the Xiao family would not burn one or two silver coins for a liang of burning silver, and the outside world would not make any mistakes.

What is a slave? He was beaten to death by his master for no reason, and the government ignored him.

If Zhao Sheng's eldest son Zhao Shun was an officer and soldier of Lu, it would be great if their family could get 2 taels of silver after their death. Now, the Xiao family could not give this 20 taels of burned silver, but it gave it, and it had not yet been deducted...

Should he be grateful to the Xiao family?

Holding the silver in the silver bag, Zhao Sheng collapsed on the ground and cried heartbrokenly, but he didn't know whether to hate or say something else.

He certainly didn't have any thanks. How could he thank his son for the Xiao family? But he seemed to be unable to hate him. Compared with the government of Lu, the Xiao family did a good job.

The crying became louder and louder, and a middle-aged woman and a fifteen-year-old boy ran out of the courtyard. This was Zhao Shun's mother and younger brother.

After these two people knew the specific situation, they were both sad and felt extremely confused and powerless.
Chapter completed!