Twenty days later, Su Qingma heard the good news.

The bandits in Baijiazhai and Muwasai were destroyed, surrendered, and fled. Now the bandits in the village have been driven away. The village has returned to the hands of the villagers.

Master Ma took people to clear out nearby villages. The bandits in nearby villages also fled. Many camp leaders and villagers came to seek shelter.

A few days later, Ma Mingwen returned to the governor's mansion with twenty-eight letters of refuge.

I closed the door with Pei Nian for some discussion.

"What are you going to do?" Pei Nian asked.

Twenty-eight letters were spread on the table, and a whole table was laid out. They were all handed over by the leaders of each village. He couldn't help but not even let him go.

Maybe he was scared, and once he was occupied, he was afraid that he would be a second chance. Seeing that Ma Mingwen drove the bandits away, he ran to hug him, hoping to get Ma Mingwen's protection.

Who knew if the bandits would come again when Ma Mingwen left.

This time, the bandits occupied it, and some of the villages were killed and almost all of them were killed by the bandits. The camp leaders were also scared. In the troubled times, it may be more guaranteed to invest in a reliable force, which can protect the safety of the villages and the villagers.

Ma Mingwen tapped the table with his fingers, his eyes moved back from the twenty-eight letters to the books, and looked at Pei Nian.

Pei Nian leaned against the back of the chair, and refused with all his face: "Don't look at me. This thing is hot."

"I only know how to fight and kill, and I am not as familiar with the affairs of the people." Ma Mingwen didn't want it very much.

"And, I can't stay in Inju forever. I'll leave in a few days."

After hearing this, Pei Nian glanced at him and looked straight: "Like me, wouldn't it be better to make it bigger?"

Ma Mingwen thought for a while and shook his head: "It's not suitable now. Life may be stable. But now there are chaos everywhere, so it's impossible for you to grow bigger."

Pei Nian said, "It's not appropriate for me to take this. I am still a minister of the Shuo Dynasty. If I take this, what should I do in Hunan? Most of the 70 villages in Jiangdong are in Hunan."

"I have collected these books and how should I manage them? Originally, the mountain people had never paid all their taxes. No one knew how many people there were in the village. They had no land, so they wanted to talk about tax taxes. As soon as the servants entered the mountain, they hid in the mountains. Do you know how many dens there are in his family? How many households there are in the village? Over the years, I have turned a blind eye to these villages."

"Besides, I want to accept these books. Will Hunan also accept books to the villages in their realm? If the people refuse to do so, it will cause resistance and will also affect the villages here."

Ma Mingwen also knew that he made sense: "But it's useless for me to come. I won't stay here either. I don't know where I will go in the end. No one can ask me for it."

The two were silent together.

Pei Nian was a literati and was well versed in common affairs and economics. He soon came up with a solution.

He suggested: "In this way, I will divide all the mountain deeds where these villages are located into your name. You send someone to manage them. If they have any problems, you will help solve them. With you here, they will be at ease and it will be worthy of their resignation. They are also scared by the bandits."

"What's the point of coming?"

Ma Mingwen still refused.

After Li Niang went there, he felt that he was a rootless person, without a family, and he had no worries in this world, so he could do whatever he went. After overturning Shuochao, he could go to Li Niang and a few children without worries.

He doesn't want to worry about these things.

This time, it was just for Su Qingma.

Pei Nian was a little anxious.

"How can it be useless? Think about it, you are not, what, do you have to do big things? Do big things, no one must have money? If you don't have money, what are you buying weapons? You can't send people food and salary? You can't always rely on fighting, killing, or picking up? You have to have your own channels to make money. Can someone robbing others be comparable to you?"

"Besides, you have fought those bandits and a group of mobs. You have fought for twenty days, and you are not a good Tibetan in the mountains yet!"

Ma Mingwen listened quietly and felt that what he said seemed to make some sense.

Seeing him moved, Pei Nian bewitched and said, "At that time, send your wounded people to the mountains to recuperate, and let them help you train troops in the mountains and develop your economy. The mountains are high and dense, as long as you keep entering the mountain pass, who can attack? Those who follow you through life and death, don't you arrange a way out for them? Find a place for those who have broken hands and legs?"

Ma Mingwen gradually had a hint of magic in his eyes.

Pei Nian knew that he was moved at first sight and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He really doesn't want to accept these letters.

One is that it is hot, and the other is that it does not want to add fiscal and tax revenue to Emperor Shuo.

His annual income in Renzhou was not enough for him to have a guest banquet for Emperor Shuo and reward concubines. Why should he use the hard-earned money of the people to fill their endless desires? Doing such thankless things!

He wasn't kicked in the brain by a horse.

The two of them said it thoroughly. Ma Mingwen returned to his house and thought about it all night.

The next day he came to Su Qingma.

"Ah, me?"

Su Qingma thought she had heard it wrong, and Master Ma wanted to hand over the twenty-eight villages in Jiangxi to her for management?

"Isn't it more appropriate to hand this over to the governor?" Su Qingma was a little confused.

"The governor is not easy to deal with this matter. The villages in the mountains have never counted the population or collected taxes. If he wants to take over, it means that the court will take over. If the court takes over, it will collect taxes from the mountain people, collect taxes and various taxes. I believe the mountain people are unwilling to do so."

Su Qingma understood it clearly.

Therefore, the counterfeit villages have always been considered a homeless land, and they were also fought over and fought over and expelled by this and the other. They probably were scared and wanted to find a force to seek refuge and seek asylum.

"Master, then you..."

Ma Mingwen shook his head: "My ambition is not here."

Su Qingma glanced at him. She knew that he had only one thought in his mind, which was to overturn Shuochao.

"Then why would you send someone to take charge of it, Master?"

The burden was a bit heavy, and Su Qingma was afraid that she would not be able to take it.

"I don't have many people in my hands who understand economic affairs. It's okay to fight and kill them. Master has no one to trust you, and I believe in you. You did a good job when you opened a store before. You escaped with your family. You have the ability and courage. If you leave this matter to you, Master will rest assured."

This trust caused Su Qingma to double the pressure.

She felt that she had no problem with the general economy, but she had no force and was afraid that she would not be able to suppress her.

Ma Mingwen frowned and said, "If you have human hands, some injuries will be removed. I will keep them in the mountains in the future. If they are there, they will be shocked. At the governor's mansion, Lord Pei will also send someone to help you. Just let it go. This may be my, Pei Nian's retreat, and Bo Cheng's retreat."
Chapter completed!