"Captain, what do you want to send us?" A former gangster and current gang member asked loudly and curiously.
"You all want to know?" Qi Zheng smiled, then looked at them and asked.
"Yes!" Everyone shouted in unison.
"What are you sending? Of course I'm sending you the New Year's goods prepared for you. Do you know where these New Year's goods come from?" the captain asked, pointing to the things that had been divided up beside him.
"I don't know!" everyone replied in unison.
"Part of these new year's goods are prepared for you by His Highness. Your Highness has not forgotten you! The other part is sent to you by the people around you!" Dui Zheng said loudly.
The captain's words made everyone stunned for a moment, and everyone felt that they had heard wrongly.
"Don't you find it unbelievable? After all, you all know what you were like in the first half of this year."
"But I tell you, I'm right! You heard it right too! These things are sent to you by the people around you. They are sent to you one by one. Each household does not send much. , but when they come together, there are a lot of them.”
"And I accepted these things on your behalf! Do you want to say that I once taught you not to take a morsel of food or a piece of cloth from the people? But I tell you now, these things are the people's recognition of you and their respect for you. Recognition! It’s a responsibility and also a pressure!”
"Because you have gained their respect this year, let them know that you are all good people! You can all become good people! So they believe in you! No one is the same trash as before! But at the same time, this is also pressure and responsibility, I I hope that when you eat these things during the Chinese New Year, you can think carefully about what you have to do to live up to their trust in you!"
"Get your things now!" Qi Zheng said directly and loudly.
As the team called out names one by one, these former gangsters all received a package. When they received the package, they were all still in a daze.
After all, after this year, there are still people giving them things?
But equally, everyone has some heaviness in their hearts. As the captain said, these things are also responsibilities.
After delivering the packages to these people, it was time to deliver packages to the old soldiers. Each package was delivered to the hands of these old soldiers.
Compared to these young former gangsters, these old soldiers are much calmer.
Ren Jiu received his own package. After receiving the package, he said hello to his colleagues and then walked home. This package was not light. Compared with the package, he wanted to know what His Highness had given them. Something.
Although His Highness has given them too much this year, it seems that they have lost their previous identity as soldiers, but now their status in Chang'an City is not low. Although they are not on the stage, they are also in Chang'an City. It can be considered as doing a good deed and not embarrassing.
Moreover, His Highness quietly did something this year, which was to bring all the family members of the old soldiers to the vicinity of Chang'an. In other words, they all had homes.
Among the nearly 2,000 old soldiers assigned to His Highness, their homes are not near Chang'an. Although it is not that far away, for example, Ren Jiu's hometown is more than 800 miles away from Chang'an.
As a result, His Highness has taken his family over this year and arranged a house for them in Chang'an City.
In other words, all of them have families in Chang'an, and their current income is enough to support their families, and their families can also work on various construction sites arranged by His Highness. With the income of Chang'an City, Their income is much better than farming at home.
After returning to her home, Ren Jiu's mother-in-law smiled and said, "You're back? What did you get?"
"Your Highness gave it to you. I don't know what it is." Ren Jiu said.
"Your Highness gave it to you? This...how can we ask for something from His Highness? How much has His Highness given us this year? The things you did are not worth it." Ren Jiu's mother-in-law couldn't help but say road.
"Yes, but His Highness's things were sent to us directly, and I can't return them." Ren Jiu sighed, "I always feel like a useless person. In fact, the things I do are not helpful at all. What's your business? I'm just looking after some gangsters for Your Highness."
"Hey... His Highness is benevolent and righteous. You have to work hard and work hard next year." Ren Jiu's mother-in-law sighed and said, "Look what His Highness gave you."
Ren Jiu nodded, and then opened the package. After opening the package, which was not small, Ren Jiu and his wife were stunned. Inside the package was a piece of frozen meat wrapped in crude oil paper. , at least three kilograms. Besides this, a piece of cloth, fine linen, dyed dark.
The cloth alone was worth a lot, not to mention the meat.
Apart from that, an envelope was lying quietly on top.
Ren Jiu took the envelope over, with a few words written on it: Ren Jiu personally expresses it. There are also two small characters written in the lower left corner: Li Ke.
"What is this?" His mother-in-law is literate but not very literate, but Ren Jiu is literate. During this year, His Highness has taught them literacy and literacy. Ren Jiu can now understand what is written in the comment column. , but there are some words that he doesn’t quite understand what they mean. He can only understand the vernacular.
"This is a letter written by His Highness to me." Ren Jiu's tone was trembling.
"Look what His Highness said." Ren Jiu's mother-in-law also became excited. Although the two children at home were curious, they did not dare to speak.
Ren Jiu opened the envelope.
"Hello Ren Jiu."
"When you see this letter, I have to apologize to you first, because this letter is printed, not written by me. The content of the letter is what I want to say to all of you, It’s just that we have thousands of companions, so I guess I really don’t have time to write so many letters. But your name is written in my own hand.”
"Let me apologize to you first."
Seeing this, Ren Jiu was a little moved, Your Highness...what happened to the printing? They have nearly 5,000 robes. His Highness can write a letter to them and have it printed. This is already a great respect for them. What's more, His Highness also wrote his name with his own hand. This means His Highness knows about him.
Others didn't even look down upon these government soldiers who licked blood from their swords, let alone wrote them letters in person.
"This year, I have wronged you. What you have done is something that I want to do but am unable to do. I can only leave it to you to complete. I know that this may be a kind of trouble for your status. It’s insulting, but if the Tang Dynasty wants peace and prosperity for the country and the people, it needs people in every position, and I trust you more than others.”
"I believe in your loyalty, I believe in your beliefs. You are in darkness, but I don't think you will be contaminated by darkness. I believe that you are the light in the darkness that drives away all evil."
"I will let everyone record what you have done. One day, I will clear your name and tell the world what you have done."
The letter is not long, and there is a signature in the lower right corner of the letter. Your robe: Li Ke.
Seeing this signature, Ren Jiu took a deep breath. His Highness never regarded himself as His Highness. He silently folded the envelope and handed it to his mother-in-law: "Put it away. We have to keep this letter. "
"What did His Highness say?" Ren Jiu's mother-in-law was a little curious.
"His Highness said that sooner or later he will clear our names and tell the world what we have done." Ren Jiu said seriously.
