"I'm really sorry for bothering you today. I'll give you ten taels of silver for this. I'll use it to buy some food for the children and make some new clothes..."
"In this case, Zhu can be considered as apologetic!"
Taking this farmer as an example, they harvest more than 3,600 kilograms of grain a year. The current price of grain is about ten cents.
One tael of silver can be exchanged for about two thousand coins.
In other words, a farmer's family's annual harvest is equivalent to about eighteen taels of silver.
Among them, nearly half has to be handed over to the landlord, and less than ten taels are left to you.
Only a self-cultivated farmer like Grandma Liu dares to say that her annual expenses are twenty taels, and her living standard is much better than that of tenant farmers.
Therefore, these ten taels of silver are equivalent to the annual expenses of this farmer's family. It is indeed a very generous gift.
No matter what, he had scared people today, so he should show some expression, not to mention he was not short of ten taels of silver.
However, just these ten taels of silver made the farmer's family so flattered that they did not dare to accept the money for a while.
Seeing the other party's repeated evasion, Zhu Jinghong said in a deep voice: "Take it, if you don't accept it, you won't give me face!"
There was no choice but to accept it, and then thank Zhu Jinghong profusely until he walked all the way and was still kowtowing.
"Son, we have met a good person!" The thin black old man with white hair and beard sighed.
Looking at the heavy silver ingots in his hand, the farmer man still couldn't believe it.
Such a small thing may solve too many things.
If nothing else, even if you survive by doing nothing, you can save a family's life in times of famine.
"Put it away quickly, don't let anyone see it!" his father reminded.
The peasant man just woke up and immediately took the money into his arms. At this moment, he didn't even want to do any work, he just wanted to go home and hide the money.
"Dad, grandpa, eat meat..."
Erwa took the meat jerky and handed it to his father and grandfather.
There were only about ten pieces of dried meat in the oil paper bag. The second baby had already eaten seven or eight pieces, and there was not much left.
"Grandpa doesn't want to eat, so my dear grandson will eat slowly by himself!"
Although he was attracted by the smell of the meat, the father of the second baby still said: "Second baby, take it back quietly and give it to your grandma and mother!"
Besides, Zhu Jinghong and his party walked a few miles along the official road and came across a wine shop on the roadside.
Yingtian was rich and prosperous, and there were many business travelers on the official road. It was not unusual to have wine shops and inns.
Everyone was a little tired at the moment, and there was no place to rest, so they stopped at the wine shop.
They all came out with something to eat, so they didn't order any food or wine from the restaurant, they just asked for some high-quality fodder to feed their horses.
"Master Thirteen, please have a meal!" Hou Jing was the most active.
He and Jia Lian were kicked out of Feiyunzhai a few days ago, which made him think he had offended Zhu Jinghong, and he always wanted to find out.
Later, Zhu Jinghong was punished and could not see outsiders. Hou Jing never had the opportunity to contact him, which made him worried for more than half a year.
"Um!"
Zhu Jinghong was eating alone and had no intention of talking much.
"Thirteenth Master, what happened to Feiyunzhai before was really a bit reckless on my part. Now that I think about it... I still feel sorry for him!"
"Are you being reckless? Humph...what are your thoughts, do you think I don't know?"
It's almost done, at least with a little beating. Now that the goal has been accomplished, Zhu Jinghong will naturally not pursue him.
"Stop being clever in the future. Do you really think I don't understand anything? I just didn't say anything before!"
This was not only said to Hou Jing, but also to the other guards.
Everyone present knew what happened to Hou Jing that day. After hearing Zhu Jinghong's words, everyone reminded themselves not to play tricks in front of Zhu Jinghong.
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Yingtianfu City, Jinyiwei Jinling Thousand Households Office, in the duty room to the left of the second door, the small flag officer Chen Yuntai is being criticized.
"Speak for yourself, how long has this been going on? Huh?"
"How much information did you find about the Japanese pirates? How much was useful?"
"The suppression of Japanese pirates has been slow in the front. Japanese pirates can always come and go as they please. How many traitors have been found who tipped off the news?"
Being scolded by his boss Mr. Liu, Chen Yuntai was also under great pressure and could only bear it silently.
"Master Baihu has assigned us a task. We must detect two cases of Japanese pirate accomplices within ten days, otherwise..."
Having said this, General Liu Qi turned around and said in a cold tone: "Go to the Hundred Household Office below!"
The Baihu Office directly under the jurisdiction of Jinling Qianhu Office has a higher status than the Baihu Office set up by various prefectures. If you are transferred, your future will be ruined.
"Do you understand?"
"yes!"
Chen Yuntai had no choice but to salute with clasped fists and then left.
He and his men had already been assigned task targets, but he arranged the manpower separately and followed the singer to investigate.
Not to mention, this investigation actually found clues. This skilled singer is not easy.
Among the people who came into contact with her, traces of the White Lotus cultists were discovered, which made Chen Yuntai more interested.
More than half a month later, he had found three White Lotus Sect dens. When he was planning to further expand his results, his boss had given him an ultimatum.
To be honest, after finding the White Lotus Sect's den, Chen Yuntai should report it in time and the Qianhu Association would send someone to deal with it.
But this guy wanted to take more credit, so he temporarily concealed the clues he found.
But today's reduced workload forced him to consider what to do next.
To withdraw manpower to complete the task, or to continue to investigate the White Lotus Sect's clues... This is a tangled question.
Chen Yuntai could only lament that if he had a higher official rank and mobilized more manpower, he would not have these troubles.
"I just heard that the captain of Taipingmen came to report that the Thirteenth Master has taken people out of the city. Lord Qianhu is sending people to look for him!"
"After being beaten with the royal stick, this man is able to mount a horse. He really can't sit still!"
"Who says it's not the case... Brother Chen, why do you look so ugly? Mr. Liu is scolding you again?"
The two people talking were also small flag officers, a little older than Chen Yuntai. They greeted Chen Yuntai when they saw him coming out.
After barely speaking a few words, Chen Yuntai left in a hurry. He was in no mood to chat at the moment.
After walking out of the second door and returning to the check-in room, Chen Yuntai still didn't think clearly, but someone was already waiting in his room.
"Sir, we just received two urgent reports. The rebels in Liujiazhuang and Houxi Village were dispatched at noon today!"
Among the two newly discovered dens are Liujiazhuang and Houxi Village.
"Dispatch? How?" Chen Yuntai asked.
"In both places, seven or eight people left the village. Our people kept a close eye on them for more than ten days and found that these people were all strangers!"
In this era, people and land are tied together. It is extremely abnormal to see seven or eight new faces in a rural village.
There is no doubt that these people are the backbone of the White Lotus Sect, the kind of people who can be called die-hard believers.
These people rarely show up, and their contact is basically one-way. If people No. 7 and 8 appear together, something big is definitely going to happen.
More importantly, there are seven or eight dens in one den. They have found three dens in total. Will they also send people to the dens that were not found?
"Have you sent someone to follow?"
The captain replied: "Don't worry, sir, we are all following you, and there are people left to keep an eye on us!"
Seeing that Chen Yuntai was silent, the captain asked again: "These rebels are already in action. I'm afraid there will be a big case. How should we deal with it?"
These words reminded Chen Yuntai that it was time to take action now, and he couldn't just watch.
Apparently, in this captain's view, it was time to close the net and the brothers arrested people so that they could collect the rewards.
