Huang Guojun said: "Why can't you take it? This is a reward from me, not stolen!"
But the old village chief said: "Master, he is not the only one who caught the bad guy. If he alone took the money, he would only make other people in the village dissatisfied, but it would also cause discord among the villagers! So why not give him a bigger reward, Master?" Just a bag of salt!"
Huang Guojun knew that the old man was afraid that accepting the money would cause trouble, so he did not reveal it. He nodded and said: "You are a smart person. You also understand the truth! In this case, I will take back the money and give you the equivalent of salt later." That’s right! It’s just that this young man was the first to discover that he was leading the people, he must get more benefits!”
The old village chief nodded and said, "I don't need to worry about this, the little old man knows it well! No one else will share the salt rewarded by the military master, only those who have caught the bad guys will get their share!"
Huang Guojun nodded and said, "That's great! Okay, hurry up and line up. I'll give you some salt when you get here."
As soon as this incident ended, everyone knew that someone in the crowd had hidden evil intentions, so everyone they knew gathered together and looked at the strangers around them cautiously. Moreover, the common people know that these salt sellers are murderous figures. If they are told to behead, they will behead. Naturally, they must abide by other people's rules. So the team suddenly became much more tidy!
But at this moment, there were noisy and fighting sounds from several places in the crowd! Someone in the crowd shouted: "This man has a knife in his sleeve! He took it out and put it back just now! Hold him!"
Huang Guojun immediately sent his soldiers to support each other, and sure enough, four more people were dragged up! They were all discovered with sharp knives! Two of them wanted to escape but couldn't. Most of the people in this crowd were the whole village, the whole street or the whole family who came to buy salt. With the strength of the crowd, they were caught in the blink of an eye!
Another person pulled out a sharp knife to intimidate everyone, hoping to escape! But in the blink of an eye, sticks and poles came down, and in the blink of an eye, he was beaten to death just like the first unlucky guy, and then he was dragged to Huang Guojun!
As for the fourth person, the most unlucky! Although he didn't resist, he was still punched and dragged to the front until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen! When he saw Huang Guojun, he wailed and said: "My lord, this villain is a butcher. It is common for him to have a short knife in his waist!" 「
After questioning, Huang Guojun found out that when he was queuing, he saw an acquaintance not far away and wanted to say hello. As a result, someone saw the short knife on his waist and was beaten as a thief. He was even pulled forward to exchange for reward money!
At this time, some family members rushed over crying. Someone who knew the butcher came forward to vouch for him, proving that he was indeed not a bad person. Huang Guojun then laughed and let him go back to continue queuing! It's just that he has no choice but to swallow his anger and endure it!
However, the other three villains did not fare as well as him. They were directly pressed on the cart, beheaded, and hung high! So under the shock of the four heads, the team suddenly became orderly! Even those who were armed with sharp knives and ready to take action were frightened. They hid the sharp knives carefully and held a handful of copper coins in front of them, pretending to buy salt!
After a lot of hard work, the sun has completely risen above the horizon, and it’s finally time to officially sell salt! Everyone in Niumantun's village followed the team and moved forward slowly. At the same time, everyone who saw Niumantun praised him and a bunch of little brothers!
As for young people like Niu Mantun and others, they felt that they had earned benefits for their families, and they were even more arrogant, dragging whistle sticks back and forth to patrol on both sides of the team.
Soon it was the turn of the people in Niumantun Village to buy salt. The old village chief said, "Mantun has made a meritorious service today. You Niu family members will go first." "
Father Niu hurriedly led his family to the front of the line. The soldier maintaining order shouted loudly: "How many people are there in your family?"
Father Niu said hurriedly: "Master Jun, there are ten people in our family including the elder and the younger ones!"
After he finished speaking, he looked at the soldier with some panic, fearing that the soldier would say that the three children were not considered Dingkou and would not sell them salt! But the soldier just glanced at it, checked the number of people, opened his pocket and said, "One hundred coins! Throw it in!"
When Father Niu heard this, he was overjoyed. He immediately put the copper coins he had prepared into his pocket and followed the soldier's instructions to the salt truck.
. As soon as he opened the bag, a soldier dug into the salt bag with something like a grain bucket, then smoothed the salt out with his hand, and then poured the salt into the bag.
He fell down ten times and his pocket was bulging. The soldier next to him recognized Niu Mantun, dragged out two large bags of salt, motioned for the Niu Mangu brothers to carry them on their backs, and then waved for them to leave along the vacant road next to them.
But at this time, the cow mother pulled on the cow father's sleeve and whispered: "This is not enough!"
Father Niu glared at her and signaled her to leave quickly. In desperation, the cow mother quickly protected her daughters-in-law and children and left. As soon as she came out of the crowd, the cow mother said: "Why are you not allowed to speak? How do you know if the salt you gave me is enough if you don't know how to do it?"
Father Niu weighed his pockets and said with a smile: "Don't worry, old lady, the salt given by these officials is definitely enough! I'm afraid ten and a half kilograms will be more!"
In fact, Huang Guojun had expected before that there would be many people coming to buy salt. If everyone had to be weighed, God knows when it would be over! So he simply made several buckets modeled after the buckets used to collect grain, ensuring that after filling with salt, it would definitely exceed one kilogram! This is fast and convenient, and can also bring some benefits to the villagers.
People like Niu Mu naturally have to be careful when buying things to prevent being cheated! But Niu Lao and the others are sure! When this bag of salt came into his hand, he could tell how much it weighed just by weighing it!
At this time, the village chief's family also came out happily carrying their bags. His two sons were each carrying a large bag of salt! Come to think of it, this is the benefit given by Huang Guojun!
Soon people in the village gathered on the roadside. After the village chief's eldest son counted the number of people and saw that there was no shortage, a group of people rushed home along the official road! Everyone carrying their pockets along the way said that the portion given by the official was enough, and there was a lot more!
The more careful people brought the scale with them. After picking up the scale and going from house to house, it turned out that each house had at least half a catty more salt! This made them smile and go back happily!
When the sun goes down, there are still many people coming to buy salt! Because the whole of Yangzhou already knew that there was low-price salt for sale here, people came from everywhere in a steady stream. But the amount of salt was really not enough, which made people who came after us complained!
