Zhao Fugui felt hot all over.
Although he was unconscious, he was still conscious and aware of what was happening around him.
His eyelids opened a small slit and he saw his mother-in-law. He spoke in a voice like a broken gong: "If Zhao Youjin lets me go this time, I will live a good life with you from now on..."
Aunt Fugui twitched her lips, looked out of the circle and said, "Zhao Fugui has a fever. Mother, go to Dr. Zheng and prescribe a pair of anti-fever medicine. Prepare it and bring it over."
Zhao Fugui's mother hurriedly went to do it.
The people gathered under the big locust tree slowly dispersed, and everyone was still feeling frightened.
As soon as the sun rose a little, a carriage sped to a stop at the entrance of the village.
"It's Rizheng who's back!"
"Li Zheng, Zhao Anjiang, Wang Yongcheng, Zhao Yougui, and Zhao Ergou are all back!"
"My God, they all have new clothes. The magistrate is so generous."
"A new set of clothes is nothing. Didn't I say before that it's a hundred coins a day? Now it's been five days, a total of five hundred coins."
"My dear, I can get a wife for five hundred coins and half a tael of silver."
The people in the village didn't bother to work, so they all gathered around.
Outside the carriage sat a boy from the county government, who was responsible for driving the carriage. There were five people sitting in the carriage, the same people who had left with the county magistrate five days ago.
When they left five days ago, they were wearing tattered clothes. When they came back five days later, they were all wearing green shirts and new clothes. Although everyone had lost weight and looked very tired, their eyes were full of joy and excitement.
Li Zheng was the first to jump out of the car and said loudly: "Let's all gather under the big locust tree. I have something to say."
Every time the village holds a general meeting in the past few times, there are good things to announce. This time the village chief is in high spirits, which must be a good thing. The whole village is very excited.
Li Zheng's wife came over and whispered: "In the past few days since you left, something bad happened in the village. Let me tell you in detail..."
Naturally, he was talking about Zhao Fugui’s bad things.
"Shameless filthy thing!" Li Zheng said angrily, "If his surname wasn't Zhao, I would have driven him out of Dahe Village! Doing such a thing would bring shame to the Zhao family. If he gets it back this time Even if he lives, the Zhao family tree will not be able to save him!"
Li Zheng is both the village chief and the patriarch of the Zhao family, so he has a high prestige in the village.
After Li Zheng's wife finished talking about this, the villagers slowly gathered under the big locust tree.
On one side, a crowd gathered, and on the other side, Zhao Fugui was lying on the ground, and Aunt Fugui was giving him medicine.
Li Zheng did not give Zhao Fugui a look. He stood on the big rock and looked at everyone present and said: "This time we participated in the search for water sources and found a total of twelve water sources. We helped more than 30 villages divert water for irrigation and saved countless lives." Tens of thousands of rice fields are considered a great achievement. The county magistrate rewarded our village with a total of fifty taels of silver."
According to the previous calculation, the twelve water sources should be worth thirty-six taels of silver. However, they worked hard without a single complaint. They were anxious about the county magistrate's needs and thought about what the county magistrate thought, so the reward amount was raised to fifty taels.
The whole village was in an uproar.
"Fifty taels of silver!"
"I have never seen so much money in my fifty or sixty years of life!"
"Li Zheng is about to get rich and become the rich man of our village."
Li Zheng said quietly: "No, this money is not mine, it belongs to our Dahe Village."
His eyes fell on Cheng's curved face in the crowd.
After careful calculation, the money should belong to Dashan Niang and his family, but Dashan Niang proposed to use it as the start-up capital for the patrol team.
If you think about it, you can understand what Dashan Niang meant. The orphans and widowers separated from their families and lived alone at the end of the village. If they were targeted by gangsters, the loss of money and food would be small. If their lives were hurt, it would be too late to regret.
Let's talk about Zhao Fugui. If the patrol team was not so loose, how could Zhao Fugui find the opportunity to do bad things?
"Starting from today, Dahe Village will establish a formal patrol team. I will select ten people who have performed well in the past to be the captains of the patrol team. The ten people will work three days a month and earn eighteen cents a day." Li Zheng said seriously. , "Each captain will arrange twelve team members, patrolling in teams of two, under the supervision of the captain. Calculated, each person works two hours a day, which is six hours a month. For six hours, the salary is eight cents."
Everyone present was shocked again.
After all, I didn't get a penny for patrolling before, and how much money do I need to work in my own village?
But now, I can actually have at least eight cents. Eight cents is not much, but it is definitely not too little. In previous years, eight cents could buy four kilograms of corn.
"Li Zheng is such a good man. Isn't this giving money to the villagers in vain?"
"There's no such thing as free money. Only by performing well in the past can you become a captain and get paid. My unlucky son worked hard on patrols at first, and then asked for leave every time it was his turn. Such good things must have nothing to do with him."
"There are ten captains, and each captain has twelve people, which means that only 130 people in the village can join the patrol team. Our village has a strong labor force of four to five hundred people."
"Li Zheng, my son is tall, let him be the captain."
Li Zheng glanced at the man and said coldly: "Your son patrolled once, and that time he snatched wild fruits from the hands of a child. When he becomes sensible, we will let him in. Now, I'm calling him by name. Ten people are the captain of the patrol..."
Satsuma slowly read out the names of ten people.
The faces of those whose names were read were filled with disbelief. They were the kind of people who worked honestly. When others were lazy, they worked. When others asked for leave, they stepped in. When others went home early, they finished their work. Go again.
People with this kind of personality are commonly known as boring gourds, and they can't be beaten with a stick.
Such people are generally not favored by others.
But now, Li Zheng read the names of these people one by one: "It's just you ten. The patrol team performed very well before. Keep up the good work. You choose twelve team members yourself. I will check the patrol situation every month from now on." , the top three with the best performance will be awarded one penny each in the whole group.”
"Yes, Rizheng!"
All ten people were very happy.
Among them was Zhao Sanniu. Cheng Wanwan always sent Zhao Sanniu on every patrol before.
Although this boy is young, he has brute force and a very honest mind. He does whatever he has to do and never cheats.
He became captain, straightened his waist, and felt high-spirited for the first time.
He can also make money. Haha, he works for three days a month, and earns eighteen cents a day. One month is... He calculated and calculated silently in his heart, and finally determined that it was fifty-four cents, which could buy a lot of meat. When he comes back, his mother will definitely praise him for how awesome he is.
Seeing his stupid look, Cheng Wanwan laughed a little: "Hurry up and think about which ten people to choose as team members. Mom only reminds you that you are the youngest, so don't choose the elders of the Zhao family."
The ancients valued filial piety. Filial piety is not only filial piety to parents, but also filial piety to all elders of the same clan.
As a captain, you must supervise your team members, but if the team members are elders, you may be criticized for taking charge of them.
Moreover, San Niu was clumsy and tongue-tied, and if he accidentally offended people of his own race, he would be in big trouble.
It would be better to cut off the source of trouble in the first place.
Zhao Sanniu nodded: "I will listen to my mother."
