Chapter 019
Originally, they brought one hundred and sixty-one young men to rob Gao Wang, and eleven of them were injured. However, after counting the number of people, not counting Shen Mingyu, Cheng Shijie, and Song Kangnian, the total number of people was actually as many as one hundred and seventy-six. There are fifteen more people.
The fifteen extra people were soon identified. They were a group of refugees in Chongjinpo who could not survive. They originally planned to rob the Li family, but they did not expect that Cheng Shijie would act quickly, and it was dark and inconvenient, so he stabbed them in confusion. Gao Wang and Li's four sons, including himself, became members of the gang.
Cheng Shijie continued on his way towards Zuo Qianhu's residence. As dawn approached, Cheng Shijie had his men drive off the official road and found a small valley to hide.
At this time, the seizures of this trip were counted. Unexpectedly, Mr. Li was richer than Gao Wang. He only packed four sacks of silver, which was roughly estimated to be at least 8,900 kilograms. This means that the silver was 10,000. About five to six thousand taels. In addition to silver, there were more than four hundred taels of gold, cloth, and more than three thousand stones of grain.
There is a lot of property in this, but it is not visible to anyone.
You must know that Mr. Li was robbed outside Chongjinpo, and Cheng Shijie returned to Zuo Qianhu's house in large quantities with the money and food. If other people didn't think that it was Cheng Shijie who did it, then they are pig-headed.
Thinking of this, Cheng Shijie first distributed money to everyone.
"Greetings to Mr. Senhu!"
Cheng Shijie looked at the crowd and said, "Do you know what crime you have committed?"
"capital offense!"
Cheng Shijie said: "It's not just a capital crime, it's also a crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan. Of course, if any of you don't control your mouth, just wait until the whole family is confiscated and beheaded!"
Everyone was still a little scared and uneasy.
"Open!"
Cheng Shijie opened the silver box: "Everyone, this Qianhu said before that for participating in this matter, each person received ten taels of silver and lost twenty taels of silver. So now I congratulate you, you are rich!"
Looking at these young men now, Cheng Shijie found that their spirits were different. They would not hesitate to let them die for Cheng Shijie.
There is no way, because they have been deceived many times. This time, many people may not be thinking of having a full meal.
Cheng Shijie organized these young men into one hundred and seventy-seven people. Cheng Shijie organized them into three general banners based on ten people per small flag and fifty people per general flag. Shen Mingyu still served as the official of Zhongbaihu, Zhang Yu, Chen Ying and Quan Xu were promoted to the general banner of Zhongbaihu.
"Mr. Song!"
"What are your orders, Lord Chihu?"
"I'd like to thank Mr. Song for a trip to Dengzhou City. This time, Mr. Song brought 4,000 taels of silver to buy 8,000 shi of grain!"
Song Kangnian immediately understood what Cheng Shijie meant, which was to confuse others with others.
Of course, it's far from enough.
How much grain was there during the reign of Song Kang, eight thousand shi, is not consistent with the apparent amount captured.
"Ming Yu!"
Cheng Shijie looked at Shen Mingyu and said, "Take three thousand taels of silver and go to Wendeng County to buy all the grain."
"Changyu, take three thousand taels of silver to Chongjinpo to buy food!"
Although there are natural and man-made disasters in the Ming Dynasty, the food problem is really not a problem in Shandong. Shandong is a transportation hub, with many merchants traveling from south to north. There is a severe drought in the north, and the hardest hit areas are Henan and Beizhili, and of course Shaanxi and Shanxi.
The situation in Shandong is much better. If you have money, you can buy food.
At night, Cheng Shijie asked people to drive in the dark. Since it was not far from Qianhu Station, by the time it was almost dawn, the motorcade had already entered Qianhu Station.
Originally, Cheng Shijie's physical fitness was not very good. He stayed up late for two nights and was very tired. However, Zhang Ruyi, the official secretary, came over and reported: "Master Qianhu, four people have starved to death in Qianhu in the past two days, especially Liu Laoshi." One family, that one is really miserable! Master Qianhu, please think of a way, otherwise more people will starve to death!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Don't panic, I am going out this time to buy food. Mr. Song went to Dengzhou and Shen Mingyu went to Wendeng. They bought a lot of food, which should be enough for everyone to eat for a while!"
"Zhang Qianshu!"
"The humble position is here!"
Cheng Shijie said: "I would like to inform all the military households to gather at the school field with grain bags. Each of the thousands of households will be given a bucket of grain first!"
There is no way. The population of Zuo Qianhu Station is too large. It is not the size of a thousand household station at all, and it is even larger than the establishment of a health station.
"Master Qianhu is kind, I would like to thank you, Master Qianhu!"
Zhang Ruyi, Qian Shu, can be regarded as a veteran of three dynasties in Zuo Qianhu Office. Gao Wang's predecessor Zhao Qianli and Cheng Shijie were not elders of three dynasties.
He served as a servant of Qianhu for three terms, and also heard about other new officials of Qianhu who took office. Without exception, those Qianhu were looking for trouble, and then brutally killed a few people to establish their authority.
But then I thought that Cheng Shijie took over the mess left by Gao Wang. As a result, Cheng Shijie neither extorted money from hundreds of households nor killed people to establish his authority, but gave each family a bucket of grain.
We must know that there are 7,485 households in Zuoqianhusuo, and each household has one dou, which requires about 750 shi and more than 300 taels of silver.
After Zhang Ruyi announced the news, the military households in Zuoqianhu Station couldn't believe it.
However, when Cheng Shijie wanted to distribute food, they naturally wanted to eat it. They received the food first and ate it directly. Even if Cheng Shijie regretted it, the most they would do was give Cheng Shijie shit.
While distributing food to the military households, Cheng Shijie also summoned sixteen hundred households from Zuo Qianhu Station and a trial hundred households.
Wait for all the hundreds of households to arrive at Qianhu Station.
Cheng Shijie arrived at the lobby with his henchmen who had just followed him in the robbery.
"Greetings to Mr. Senhu!"
"No gift!"
Cheng Shijie looked at the hundreds of households and said: "Dear lords, I don't care about what happened before. From today on, you can no longer eat soldiers' meat and drink soldiers' blood. Each military household must be provided with sufficient rations, along with food money." Also give enough.”
Cheng Shijie's words immediately caused an uproar among the sixteen officers present.
The salaries of the officers of the Guard Station are already insufficient, and if they are not allowed to eat up the shortfall, everyone will not be able to survive.
Starting from the early Ming Dynasty, the general flag of the infantry was one stone and five dou, the small flag was one stone and two dou, and the army was one stone. Those who guard the city will be given the full amount, and those who farm the fields will be given half. The craftsmen of the people were sent to the army for eight buckets, and the horses herded by thousands of families were worth one stone. This is the salary when you are garrisoning in the capital. When you are stationed at the garrison, there is no salary for military households.
Just like Cheng Shijie, although he is a fifth-grade officer, he does not have the same salary as the frontier army commander Qian Hu because he is a member of the Guard House.
As soon as Cheng Shijie finished speaking, cries of distress broke out and could not be heard without stopping.
"Master Qianhu, you are trying to kill everyone!"
"Sir Chihu, you can't do this!"
"Master Qianhu, you are driving us all to death!"
