This situation not only happened in Heifeng Village, but also in Crescent Mountain and Dongyi Mountain.
Those two places were destroyed by Zuo Zhigang and Qi Liang, but because they were anxious to take the wounded home for treatment, they did not collect the loot.
So some people were left to guard the place to prevent others from picking off the fruits of victory.
Of course, there are slight differences.
For example, the bandits who stayed behind in Crescent Moon Mountain fiercely drove away the villagers who came to pay the security fee.
It seems that if you walk slower, you will be hacked to death by the bandits.
The brutality of the bandits is perfectly presented.
The left-behind officers and soldiers in Dongyi Mountain were much gentler, and directly told the villagers who came over there to pay the resettlement fee that the bandits in Dongyi Mountain had been wiped out, and they no longer had to pay the resettlement fee.
When the villagers saw those people wearing soldiers' uniforms, they believed it.
With five points left, they had to go to the county government to find out the information themselves.
So when Zhao Ping and others arrived at Yun'an County, the entire Yun'an County was overcrowded and more lively than during the Chinese New Year.
People gathered in small groups and told each other what they had heard.
"Have you heard? It seems that you don't have to pay the resettlement fee this year."
"Ah? Really? When did you hear the news? Why didn't I know about it?"
"It just came out this morning."
"Why don't you hand it over?"
"I don't know. My family is from Crescent Mountain. In the morning, my father followed the village chief to pay the resettlement fee, but he was immediately driven away by the bandits."
"I know."
Another person said: "My family is from Qianmen Village, and I followed the village chief to Heifeng Village to pay the resettlement fee today."
"In the end, the third boss refused to accept it, and told us that the entire Yun'an County will no longer collect the resettlement fee. The reason is that Mr. Zhao wiped out all the bandits in the entire Yun'an County."
"There are no bandits in Yun'an County anymore, so why should we charge people's security fees?"
"Is there such a thing? Is it true?"
"It must be true. My family is from Dongyi Mountain. When I went to hand over food today, there were no bandits on the mountain, but officers and soldiers."
"He also told us that the bandits were wiped out by Mr. Zhao."
"Mr. Zhao not only conquered the plague, but also solved the problem of bandits. He is worthy of being a living god in our Yun'an County."
"When I eat from now on, I must first place the food in front of the statue of Mr. Zhao, respect him first, and then eat."
"..."
Conversations like this abounded, and it didn't take long for them to reach the county government.
The first person to get the news was County Prime Minister Weizhu.
This is a great event and must be reported to the county magistrate.
So Wei Zhu hurriedly found the county magistrate and said, "County magistrate, good news, great news."
County Magistrate Huang Fengnian was taking a lunch break when he was woken up and was still in a daze.
He asked in confusion, "What's the good news?"
Could it be that all the resettlement expenses have been collected?
"The county master is really a master of strategizing, and he is also a good person."
"Who are you calling a good person?"
Huang Fengnian protested in his heart.
Can a good person be a county magistrate?
Can good people get promoted?
Can good people make money?
Wei Zhu did not doubt that he was there, and continued: "I didn't expect that the county master hated the bandits for charging too high security fees, so he specially joined forces with Mr. Zhao to suppress the bandits."
"Now that all three waves of bandits in Yun'an County have been wiped out, the county master has done a lot of good deeds."
"After leaving office this time, I might be able to be transferred to the capital as a capital official."
"What the hell?"
Huang Fengnian thought he heard wrongly, rubbed his ears and asked, "What did you say?"
"The bandits in Yun'an County were wiped out by Mr. Zhao?"
"They were not wiped out by Mr. Zhao, but Mr. Zhao was wiped out under the assignment of the county master."
Wei Zhu corrected him: "Mr. County, this is a huge contribution. No matter how indifferent you are, you can't ignore it."
"What's yours is yours, no one can take it away from you."
"I……"
Huang Fengnian wanted to vomit blood.
The bandits have been wiped out, how can he still make money?
He can take 35% of the 50% of the civilian expenses.
Calculating two acres of fertile land per person, each village has 3,000 people, which is six thousand acres of fertile land.
The yield of one stone per mu is six thousand stones.
Six hundred coins per stone, 3,600 taels of silver.
He took 35%, which was one thousand two hundred and sixty taels of silver.
Twenty villages, that’s more than 25,000 taels.
It's all just free money.
Just gone.
Huang Fengnian's heart was bleeding.
Damn it, Zhao Ping, what kind of bandits are you trying to suppress when you have nothing to do?
I really want to suppress them. After I leave office, you can suppress them however you want.
Isn't suppressing bandits now a good deed to harm the county magistrate?
However, Wei Zhu didn't know what he was thinking and continued to ramble.
"Master County, you have been promoted, but you can't forget me as the county magistrate?"
"I have been with you for so many years, and I have worked hard without any credit. Even if I can't go to Beijing with the county magistrate to become an official, it would be good for you to put in a few nice words and give me a county magistrate..."
Huang Fengnian remained silent.
His mentality is also changing.
From the initial shock, to the anger after figuring out the facts, to now the happiness.
So what if there is no resettlement allowance?
Anyway, I have finished taking care of myself. When I return to office after leaving office, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will give me a good official position.
Although he won't jump to the county guard, at least he won't stay in a remote place like Yun'an County.
Maybe he can become a county magistrate in a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River.
On the other hand, it was definitely a great achievement to completely wipe out the bandits in Yun'an County.
The superiors send out bandit suppression missions every year, but they only use a few bandits to show off, but not a single real bandit is killed.
During his tenure, all bandits were wiped out.
With this kind of miraculous ability from heaven, he really hopes to become a county guard.
It's many times more effective than twenty-five thousand taels of silver.
I just don’t know if Zhao Ping will share some of the benefits he gained from suppressing the bandits?
But don’t worry too much.
Although Zhao Ping is a wine tasting officer, he has no real power.
In this three-acre area of Yun'an County, he still has to act based on his own expression.
If he dares to ignore him, he has plenty of ways to control him.
As for the letters between him and the bandits, Huang Fengnian naturally ignored them.
The bandits were not fools, and besides, he had specifically told them to burn the letter immediately after reading it.
Zhao Ping definitely can't get that kind of secret.
After pondering for a while, he said to Wei Zhu: "Wei County Cheng, it is enough that you and I know this matter. There is no need to publicize it everywhere."
"As a county magistrate, it is my unshirkable responsibility to suppress bandits. I just did my job and have nothing to show off."
understood.
This is for me to show off for him.
Wei Zhu understood.
Nod, turn and leave.
Huang Fengnian washed his face and went to the Yamen.
I hope that some common people will come to complain. When the time comes, I will tell you my glorious deeds and set an example for them to worship me.
However, Huang Fengnian was disappointed. No one complained today.
Not only not today, but also not recently.
After the bandits issued a notice to increase the welfare fee, all the people in Yun'an County were busy preparing food and had no time to cause trouble.
No one is making trouble, so there is no need to go to court.
But many people gathered outside the hall.
Everyone who looked at Huang Fengnian felt that the old man was particularly energetic today, and even had a certain kind of light emitting from his body, making him look very sacred.
He constantly praised Huang Fengnian as a rare parent official in a century.
He is a living god sent by God to save the suffering people of Yun'an County.
Huang Fengnian was so beautiful that she almost had a runny nose.
As the head of the government team, Zhang He also received the news that the bandits had been wiped out.
He didn't believe it at first.
He heard so much that he couldn't help but not believe it.
But I still have doubts in my heart.
He could barely accept Mr. Zhao's suppression of bandits. After all, the bandits increased the security fee to 50%, which seriously affected Mr. Zhao's wine-making plan.
But Mr. Zhao doesn't have many manpower around him, so how can he wipe out three waves of bandits at the same time?
However, Mr. Zhao is a fairy-like figure. He can even overcome the plagues that have plagued history for many years. He also has fairy-like methods to deal with bandits.
But these are all due to Mr. Zhao.
What does it have to do with Huang Fengnian, the dog magistrate?
Zhang He looked at Huang Fengnian's ecstatic posture and wished he could kill him with a stick of water and fire.
"No one complained today, which shows that our Yun'an County is peaceful and peaceful. I am very pleased."
Huang Fengnian waited for a stick of incense, but no one complained.
Feeling that it was boring, he could only say to himself: "That's right, the bandits were wiped out by my officials, and there will no longer be any housing expenses in Yun'an County in the future."
“Everyone’s lives can also be improved.”
“Let everyone have enough to eat and wear cotton-padded clothes to keep out the cold in winter.”
“If you get sick, you can still afford medical treatment.”
“Future generations will also have the opportunity to attend school.”
"I believe that as long as we all think in one direction and work hard in one direction, Yun'an County will definitely get better and better."
"Okay, what the county master said is great."
Hearing Huang Fengnian's boastful appeal, the surrounding people cheered.
"Let me just say that the county magistrate is the best parent official and the most sympathetic to our suffering people."
"Mr. Zhao must have been assigned by the county magistrate to suppress bandits. It's true."
"The county magistrate is wise."
"Kowtow to the county magistrate."
However, at this moment, drums sounded outside and someone complained.
The smile on Huang Fengnian's face grew wider.
If someone files a complaint, he can also take advantage of this opportunity to publicize his achievements in suppressing bandits and deepen the impression of the people.
In this way, when the imperial envoys are sent to investigate, the people will be able to speak well of him.
As the crowd dispersed, the complainant walked into the courtroom.
It was Zhao Ping.
"Mr. Zhao?"
Huang Fengnian was shocked when he saw it was Zhao Ping, "You want to file a complaint."
"good."
"Suing whom?"
"Huang Fengnian, Magistrate of Yun'an County."
