Chapter 182 Recognition of Relatives

Ma Mingwen's words made Su Qing'an feel nervous. Read М

She met Ma Mingwen's gaze, and after a moment, she understood.

"Okay. I will take care of it carefully."

Ma Mingwen smiled and nodded: "Well, leave it to you, Master is relieved."

After saying that, he was very pleased and breathed a sigh of relief.

He said: "I heard that you have asked Pei Nian to help send a letter to your parents? Your brother is just a personal soldier, and I don't know how far he can go in the future. Now the world is in chaos, maybe the mountains are a safe place."

Su Qing'an nodded: "I will consider it."

Ma Mingwen nodded: "Well. You can do it with confidence, Master is behind you. You just need to send someone to guard the entrance to the mountain, and you can keep the mountain safe."

Su Qing'an agreed.

Being trusted by this, she suddenly felt a warm current in her heart. Maybe she should really do something. Fight for a stable and peaceful world in this chaotic world. Support a paradise for Xiaobao.

Su Qing'an's heart was burning with excitement, and she was eager to try.

After agreeing to this, Ma Mingwen felt relieved. He took her to meet Pei Nian again, and the three of them locked up in the house to discuss for another night.

Since they were each other's back roads, they couldn't just treat it casually.

We must manage it well and make it serve all parties. It can not only keep the villagers safe and give them a better and stable life, but also strive to be a back road for some of them.

A few days later, the 28 village chiefs who submitted their letters of surrender gathered at the governor's mansion.

The talks lasted for two days, and everyone was happy in the end.

If you want to get the protection of Ma Mingwen and Pei Nian, you naturally have to pay something.

Before coming, the 28 village chiefs were all nervous, afraid of being slaughtered and bleeding. They brought the money collected in the village, and they didn't dare to let go on the way.

But they didn't expect that not a single copper coin was taken from them.

The village chiefs couldn't help but feel nervous, thinking that the other party thought it was too little and was holding back a big move.

But in the end, apart from asking for a certain amount of grain and production per year, there were no other excessive demands. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

They provide you with protection, so what's wrong with paying some grain per year? And it's not much. They can pay it.

Compared with the farmers outside, who pay one in ten taxes, three in ten taxes, and each adult pays 2 shi of millet, 2 zhang of silk, and 3 liang of cotton every year, it is already very little. And there are more than that, there are a lot of other taxes and various corvee labor.

Besides, Lord Ma sent people to protect the village, and these people also need food and drink.

All the village leaders signed the contract happily. 尒盈 ) And no one said anything about Lord Ma's suggestion to let Su Qingmei, a woman, manage the village. They all expressed their welcome generously.

There are women as village leaders in each village. Their mountain people are mostly mixed with various ethnic groups, and there is no saying that women cannot show their faces like the farmers outside.

In some of their villages, the man married into the woman's family. Women are the masters of the house, and let women manage the village. What's wrong with that? Aren't they all human beings?

And Madam Su didn't want to interfere in the affairs of the village. They are still the village masters. It's not that the village master has changed. All the village masters accepted it well.

Especially the two village masters of Baijia Village and Muwa Village, their eyes were so soft that they could squeeze water out of Su Qing'an, as if they were looking at their own descendants.

Su Qing'an was relieved. I'm afraid that in this era, men can't accept women managing them. I'm afraid that these village masters are not satisfied with her and don't want to be told what to do by a woman.

Ma Mingwen looked around the 28 village masters below and spoke lightly.

"When I'm not around, all affairs will be handled by my goddaughter. She will live in Baijiazhai and will gather everyone from time to time. You need to report to her in Baijiazhai if you have any matters. She will handle it on my behalf. If there are any undecided matters, Lord Pei will assist me."

"Yes, I understand."

Su Qing'an looked at Ma Mingwen in surprise.

When did she become her goddaughter?

Ma Mingwen just glanced at her lightly and discussed things with the village leaders again.

Everyone present knew that they were only relying on Ma Mingwen, not the court. But behind them was the governor's mansion and Lord Pei Nian.

In today's Shuo Dynasty, even if they lived deep in the mountains, they knew that they were in danger.

And under the rule of Emperor Shuo, the people were displaced, and everyone was unwilling to rely on the court. The common people who collected taxes for the court left their homes and didn't want the land left by their ancestors. The original fertile fields have now become wilderness, and there are no people in various places, and thorns cover the fields.

The common people were extremely disappointed with the current court.

After the meeting, the governor's mansion treated the 28 village chiefs to a delicious meal, and the guests and hosts enjoyed the meal.

The two village chiefs of Baijia Village and Muwa Village held Su Qing'an's hand tightly and said a lot of grateful words to Su Qing'an.

If Su Qing'an hadn't brought people to save them, the women in the two villages would have died. The two of them would never have survived alone.

Both of the old men were surnamed Bai, and Muwa Village was also separated from Baijia Village. So they can't all be called Bai Village Chief. The village chief of Baijia Village is Bai Zhong, and the village chief of Muwa Village is Bai Kun. Su Qing'an calls them Zhong Village Chief and Kun Village Chief.

There are several female village chiefs among the 28 village chiefs. There is no time to talk to them this time. Su Qing'an is very interested in them and plans to find time to visit them.

After sending them away, Su Qing'an remembered that Ma Mingwen said she was his goddaughter.

Just when she was about to ask him, Ma Mingwen came to her.

"I said at the meeting that you were my goddaughter, and I didn't just say it casually. You have an identity, mainly for the convenience of future operations. They came here, and they would feel uneasy if they saw me abandoning them. Only by handing over Only in my hands can they rest assured. Secondly, I do like you and Bo Cheng, and your wife likes you two even more."

"When Liniang met Bo Cheng before, she often regarded him as our little son...Bo Cheng and I already have the status of master and apprentice, so it's hard to do anything else. If you don't mind it..."

"I don't mind it. There are so many people who love me, but I'm not happy enough. And Xiaobao also has someone who loves him. He's his godfather."

Seeing that he was disappointed, Su Qingyu called out to him.

Ma Mingwen almost burst into tears when she called her that.

After his three sons died, no one called him dad again.

"Why."

Ma Mingwen blinked away tears and responded.

After a long time, he turned around and said to her: "When I prepare a marriage recognition banquet at the Governor's Mansion tomorrow, you will officially join my family. I will also record you in my family tree. If your godmother knew that she had I don’t know how happy I am to have a daughter. She has always wanted a daughter.”

Su Qingnao nodded. She could tell that Ma Shiniang liked Yaya so much. During her illness, she even sewed Yaya's clothes with her own hands and fed her with her own hands.

The next day, Ma Mingwen notified the governor, his wife and their families, as well as Cui Yuying and a group of disciples. Under the witness of everyone, Su Qingyu served Ma Mingwen tea and recognized the godfather.