Liu Haojia laughed noncommittally and looked towards the audience. Nearly a hundred tables were spread out under the ordering table, and behind each table sat a cashier, many of whom were Liu Haojia's servants. They are responsible for distributing military pay and keeping accounts. Moreover, there are six soldiers assigned to each person, who are responsible for carrying money boxes and maintaining order. The preparations can be said to be foolproof!
At this time, the payment order had been passed down. The accountant at No. 1 picked up the account book and gave an order. The six soldiers next to him immediately shouted loudly: "The first squadron, the flagship of the first squadron, come out!" "
Following the shouts, many soldiers walked out of the crowd one after another and walked excitedly to the accountant's table. Before they could stand still, four soldiers came over to maintain order and asked them to form a long queue.
Just listen to Mr. Accountant saying to a soldier at the front: "State your name."
This soldier is Zhang Ergou who was chatting with the Beiyang soldiers just now! I saw him rubbing his hands and saying, "Zhang, Zhang Ergou!"
The accountant first found his name on the roster, pressed the name with his left hand, and put his right hand on the abacus to move the beads. At the same time, he said: "Soldier Zhang Ergou, his salary this month is one tael and eight cents! Plus the arrears owed in the past few months." Rates, including last month..."
After the accountant finished reading all the numbers, he also calculated the numbers. He said loudly: "Soldier Zhang Ergou should receive a total of six taels and seven hundred and thirty-five Wen, right?"
Zhang Ergou was already confused by such a big number and couldn't figure out whether it was right? He scratched his head and didn't know what to say. Finally, under the urging of the accountant, he gritted his teeth and said: "The young marshal will not lie to us, and the calculation by the gentleman must be correct! That's it!"
When the accountant heard this, he raised his hand to signal to the soldiers next to him. A soldier immediately threw a five-tael small ingot into the stamp on the table, and then selected some silver coins that had been cut beforehand and threw them in. Soon, I collected six taels and seven coins! Another soldier quickly counted a bunch of copper coins and placed them on the table. Zhang Ergou’s military pay is even complete!
Seeing this, Zhang Ergou spread the piece of cloth he had been holding on the table, and then reached out to grab the silver, but the accountant slapped his hand back and said, "I'll take the silver after you draw the pledge!"
Only then did Zhang Ergou remember the rules of payment. He laughed innocently, grabbed the pen as if holding a knife, and drew a not-so-round circle on the spot pointed by the accountant. Then he drew a circle on the spot pointed by the accountant. After a signal, the cloth on the table was spread out.
At this time, the two soldiers responsible for dividing the money directly threw the silver and copper coins onto the piece of cloth. Zhang Ergou quickly wrapped the piece of cloth and stuffed it into his arms, then pressed it with his hands before leaving with a silly smile.
When he walked out of the camp gate, many soldiers who had received their pay before him had already come out, so they were shouting in front of the camp gate, as if long-lost relatives were reunited!
Seeing this scene, Zhang Ergou also felt hot in his heart! He stepped up and searched for his wife and children in the crowd. As a result, there were too many people outside. After searching and shouting for a long time, he found his wife and children far away from the camp gate, and it was not him. He was found first because his mother-in-law called out "Er Gou" first, and then he found her after looking for the sound.
As soon as the couple met, Zhang Ergou complained: "Didn't I tell you to wait for me by the camp gate? Why did you come here?"
His mother-in-law said with a smile: "It's not like there are too many people at the camp entrance, they are crowded here!"
After saying this, she said hopefully: "The head of the family has been paid? Is it really a double salary? Have you made up for the salary that was taken away in the past?"
Zhang Ergou didn't answer this series of questions. He chuckled and carefully took out the cloth bag from his arms and unfolded it. His mother-in-law immediately saw the five-liang little ingot and couldn't help shouting in surprise: "Ingot!"
Before Zhang Ergou could say anything, he heard a voice not far away saying: "Mom, why are you calling me?"
Zhang Ergou looked up and saw a group of children not far away who seemed to be playing a war game. There were already seven or eight children stacked on top of each other in the middle of the battlefield, almost half a person tall! Fortunately, his son is the one on top!
Zhang Ergou hurriedly greeted him and said: "Yuanbao, come quickly, dad has paid!"
Yuan Bao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he felt a little relaxed! Before he could say anything, a child beneath him punched him in the cheek and rolled him down from the crowd! However, Yuan Bao didn't retaliate. He rolled on the ground and got up, then ran over and hugged Zhang Ergou's thigh. He raised his head and said, "Dad, you bought me meat buns after you said I would get paid. It's not bad." Doesn’t count?”
Zhang Ergou said with a smile: "Forget it! Let's go to the city to eat meat buns!"
After saying that, he turned to look at his mother-in-law and saw the wooden hairpin on her head! Then he remembered that when his mother was seriously ill, his mother-in-law pawned her only dowry, a silver hairpin, in exchange for money to treat her illness! As a result, the money was gone and no one was left!
Thinking of this, Zhang Ergou's nose felt a little sore. He raised his hand and took his mother-in-law's hand. His mother-in-law struggled to break away twice, and whispered with a red face: "What are you doing? There are people here!"
Zhang Ergou said solemnly: "Well, let's go to the city together and buy you a silver hairpin!"
At this moment, he clearly saw the light in his mother-in-law's eyes, but then it went out! She finally shook her head and said: "No, no! You should buy some food first and save it! Also, if you have enough money, see if you can send the ingot to the school? I don't ask for anything else, just ask for it. He knows some words, don't be blind like the two of us! Also, what if..."
If Zhang Ergou had heard his mother-in-law continue talking in the past, he would have been impatient! But today he felt very comfortable listening to it! But he still directly interrupted his mother-in-law's nagging and said: "Don't worry about that. Well, my young marshal said that from now on my salary will be one to two to eight thousand yuan per month, and no one can be deducted! So from now on our family I can’t run out of money, so I must buy you a hairpin similar to the original one today, and then take the ingot to have a good meal!”
After saying that, Zhang Ergou took his mother-in-law with one hand and the child with the other and strode towards Quanzhou City. But in his excitement, Zhang Ergou was only talking to his wife and children, and didn't even see how many people were traveling with him! Fortunately, he was the first batch of payers, but he was delayed for some time while looking for his wife and children, so it went smoothly when he entered the city. At the same time, he did not notice a large group of people with red hoops on their arms at the gate of the city. Beiyang soldiers.
