Fathers and Folks, I won’t say any more superfluous nonsense, I will now start handing out the reward silver.”
Zhu Pingan arched his hand to the crowd and directly entered the most anticipated part of the crowd, handing out the reward silver.
The county magistrate really wants to give out the reward silver, hehe, the people under the stage are excited and happy, their mouths are almost grinning to their ears. Can not be excited well, all on the city walls to defend the city, everyone can receive at least ten taels of silver it, this is a huge sum of money.
“Wang Save Point, Liu Duanliang, Qian Duanliang, Zhang Duanliang, start handing out the silver rewards.”Zhu Pingan said to the newly appointed Saving Point Wang Xiucai, Household Official Liu Fuzi, Warehouse Official Qian, and Treasury Official Zhang.
“As you command.”Wang Xiucai and the others arched their hands to receive the order.
“Fathers and mothers, it’s time to start handing out the reward silver. Anyone whose name I read out will come up to verify their identity. If your identity is verified correctly, you can collect the corresponding bounty. Don’t worry, don’t be in a hurry, the silver is calculated in advance, there is enough, everyone has, read a name, come up one. Those who didn’t read the name, all wait at ease below, don’t worry, none will be left behind.”
Husbandman Liu stood on the stage and said to the people under the stage, the magistrate in charge of maintaining order loudly repeated his words.
The people under the stage heard him clearly and agreed, very co-operative.
“Alright, now begin. Liu Erniu of Qiaobao Village, bravely defending the city and insisting on fighting despite a wound to his back, a total reward of twenty-six taels of silver.”Husband Liu took out a thick roll of merit books from his arms and read it out loud.
The magistrates loudly repeated the words of Husbandman Liu, so that the people could hear them clearly.
“Coming, coming, I am Liu Erniu.”
Liu Erniu in the crowd hears his name is the first, can’t help but excitedly raise his arms, looking at the envious, admiring eyes of the crowd, Liu Erniu don’t mention how much he enjoys it, his chin is almost tilted up to the sky, like a victorious general, he squeezes out from the crowd, walking a little bit fluttering.
“What a man!”
“Erniu, Erniu, you’re the best!”
“Awesome my ox!”
“Has the good man taken a daughter-in-law yet, the old man has a young daughter, eighteen years old, and you are just the right match.”
Wherever Liu Erniu passes by, people automatically make a way for him, all of them have hot eyes and are full of praises, there is even an old man who likes Liu Erniu and wants to betroth his little daughter to Liu Erniu.
Listening to the crowd praise words, Liu Erniu feel like they are about to float up, to say the least, this will Liu Erniu mood is a bit contradictory, he both want to go up to the stage to receive the reward, but also want to walk slowly, enjoy a little bit more crowd hot eyes and praise words. This is his Liu Erniu life’s most popular moment, no one.
“Dog said Liu Erniu, what’s the point of dawdling, why don’t you hurry up and go up to receive the reward silver, we’re still waiting.”
When Liu Erniu was enjoying himself, some people who also participated in the anti-Japanese resistance couldn’t help but laugh and urge him to collect the reward silver quickly.
Being exposed, Liu Erniu couldn’t dawdle any longer to enjoy himself, resentfully scratched his head, laughed nervously and quickly stepped up to the stage.
“Huh? Wrong, right? Shouldn’t the reward silver twenty taels be issued? The county respect before the war issued a heavy reward order, regardless of the military and civilians who are brave to defend the city reward silver ten taels, injured people additional reward silver ten taels. Liu Erniu’s bravery in defending the city can be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and those who are injured can be rewarded with another ten taels of silver, so down the line, shouldn’t Liu Erniu be given twenty taels of silver reward? Why did the county governor give Liu Erniu 26 taels of reward silver?”
“That’s right, the magistrate made a mistake, didn’t he?”
At this time, someone noticed that there was a problem with the number of silver reward given to Liu Erniu, and couldn’t help but voice out a reminder.
“Ahem, folks, the reward silver is not wrong. Because His Holiness doubled the bounty silver for killing Japanese in Jingnan, the county honourable father decided to divide the extra bounty silver evenly according to the number of people, and each person can receive six taels of silver more.”
After hearing the crowd question the number of bounty silver, Husband Liu coughed and stroked his beard to explain to the crowd.
What?
Not only is the county magistrate going to honour his promise to issue the reward silver according to the original heavy reward order, he is also taking the initiative to distribute all the extra reward silver to everyone? The county magistrate is stupid, right? Why did he take the initiative to give everyone more silver!
Everyone can receive six taels of silver bounty more than expected, which is nearly 20,000 taels of silver ah.
Doesn’t it smell good for him to buy ribs with all this silver?
My God, this is the first time we’ve seen such an ungrateful county official in all our years of life!
In the past, any of our Jingnan county governors, which one is not desperately trying to pull silver into their pockets ah! Excessive taxes, cleverly created items, what four taels of flat, what the shower tip kick, what folding colour and fire consumption ……The silver pulling pattern of many days and nights can not be said. All the other prefectures are the same! It’s unheard of for a county official to take the initiative to give everyone a share of the silver, and it’s the first time that’s ever been done.
The people on the stage were all stunned and incredulous, shouting excitedly for Zhu Pingan, the Great Master of Qingtian, and lamenting that their ancestors’ graves had gone up in smoke and that they had met such a good magistrate. But unfortunately, I heard that the county magistrate has already been promoted to the Commander of the Department of Criminal Investigation Commanders, and now the temporary magistrate, as long as the new magistrate is in place, the county magistrate will take office as the Commander of the Department of Criminal Investigation Commanders.
In the crowd of emotion, the stage of the Wang Xiu Cai has been verified Liu Erniu’s identity, to determine the correct, aside from the money Mr. counted from the box of two ten taels and six taels of loose silver, handed over to Liu Erniu.
Liu Erniu received the reward silver still feel unreal, suspect that they are dreaming, pinched his arm a little hard, the pain makes his mouth are almost grinning to the root of the ear, oh, pain, really good, not a dream.
“Liu Erniu you count, make sure the number of bounty silver is correct, sign here, press a handprint is fine, you can go down.”
Mr Zhang couldn’t help but smile at the situation, gently knocking on the table’s bounty distribution book, reminding Liu Erniu.
After all, there are still more than two thousand people waiting to receive the reward silver under the stage. This is not a small amount and cannot be delayed.
“Enough, enough.”
Liu Erniu counted it once, hemmed and hawed and giggled, bumped up and pressed a handprint, grinned and went down.
“Zhang Tielock …….”
Husband Liu pressed the merit book and proceeded to read down.
The distribution of the reward silver proceeded methodically, people’s emotions were high, and it lasted for most of the day before it was distributed. Those who sacrificed their lives in the defence of the city were also collected by their families. The huge amount of bounty silver allowed the people who lost their loved ones to get a real pension, the old people’s old age, child rearing and so on, all of which were also guaranteed. These bounties also let the souls of those who sacrificed their lives be comforted.
