In the early morning of the next day after Liu Datong arrived in Pingliang County, Zhou Yi, as he had said during the handover yesterday, ordered more than two hundred fully armed city guards in Pingliang County to prepare to go out of the city to suppress the bandits.
Of course, Deng Tong, the young detective who almost killed the fat man Liu Datong yesterday afternoon, was also among the team that went out of the city to suppress the bandits with Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi also took the young man with him because he was loyal to him.
If this young policeman Deng Tong was left here in Pingliang County, I don't know what kind of embarrassment the young man would get from the fat man Liu Datong.
A huge team gathered at the east gate, each carrying 10 days of dry food.
Knowing that Zhou Yi was going out to suppress the bandits, the new county magistrate Liu Datong put on the official uniform that originally belonged to Zhou Yi early in the morning and came to see Zhou Yi off.
Zhou Yi's figure was originally tall and slender, but Liu Datong was short and fat.
Liu Datong's figure simply couldn't fit into Zhou Yi's official uniform, so in the end he had no choice but to forcefully put the official uniform on himself.
Even though he was dressed in a different look, Liu Datong was still proud of himself.
In addition to Liu Datong and his dog-headed military advisor, there were also many people from Pingliang County who sent Zhou Yi out to suppress the bandits.
Seeing the new county magistrate in his official uniform, these people couldn't help but think of an idiom Zhou Yi once taught in night school - wearing a crown while wearing a monkey's head.
However, this image of Liu Datong is probably more appropriate to describe Liu Datong's image as a crown prince.
When the new county magistrate Liu Datong saw Zhou Yi coming on horseback with a knife on his shoulder, he quickly stepped forward and said with concern: "Master Zhou, going to suppress the bandits this time is really dangerous, why don't you leave this responsibility behind?" Give it to me!"
Seeing that Liu Datong liked to show off so much, Zhou Yi decided to tease him.
"Oh? Since Magistrate Liu has such ambitions, I will return the responsibility of wiping out the bandits outside the city to Magistrate Liu."
"Come here, take off my armor and put it on Magistrate Liu. Magistrate Liu, who takes office today, will clear out the bandits in the surrounding area for our Pingliang County!"
Zhou Yi got off his horse and put the sword in his hand into the arms of the fat magistrate Liu Datong.
For a moment, Liu Datong froze in embarrassment. He could not refuse, but he would lose face in front of the people of the county.
Don't refuse, don't go out of the city to suppress the bandits with your two moves, even whether you can wear Zhou Yi's armor and ride on a horse is a problem.
Moreover, if Liu Datong himself really ran up the mountain to suppress the bandits, he estimated that he would probably be hacked to death either by the bandits or by Zhou Yi and others secretly.
Just when Liu Datong figured it out and was about to refuse, Zhou Yi took back the sword from his hand.
"If you live and die for the benefit of the country, how can you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings? If Mr. Liu had not had to deal with the food expenses of the people in Pingliang County, I am afraid he would have been the first to raise a knife and go up the mountain to suppress the bandits!"
When Liu Datong saw Zhou Yi trying to smooth things over for him, he nodded and said, "That's right, that's right. I just wanted to say what Mr. Zhou said about dog life and death..."
When the people present heard Liu Datong's retelling of Master Zhou Yi's words, they suddenly felt that the fat-headed and big-eared new county magistrate in front of them was less educated than themselves.
"It's getting late. Magistrate Liu, please come and see me off. Today I will take these warriors to suppress the bandits. Comrades, let's go!"
After saying that, Zhou Yi got on his horse and led more than two hundred people out of the east gate.
After Zhou Yi led his troops out of the city gate, the new county magistrate Liu Datong felt relaxed and clear all over. Zhou Yi's departure gave Liu Datong the illusion that birds soared into the sky and fish fell into the sea.
Liu Datong immediately began to show off his power and asked the county government officials to disperse the people who came to see him off.
When Liu Datong was about to go back and take another nap, the string of grain depot keys around his waist made him feel a little painful.
At this time, Liu Datong thought of the more than 10,000 kilograms of refined grains piled high in the granary.
Liu Datongping withdrew the government officials, took the key and excitedly headed towards the granary with his dog-headed military advisor Dong Hui.
This time, Liu Datong and Dong Hui were alone in the granary. Looking at the grains piled up like hills, they could no longer suppress the joy in their hearts.
Liu Datong excitedly asked his dog-headed master: "Just do the math and see how much money we can earn from just this batch of grain!"
Dong Hui took out his small silver bead abacus from his body and started playing. After a while, he calculated the result.
"Master, based on the current price of 79 taels of silver per dou of coarse grains, we have already made back the money we paid for buying an official position with more than 10,000 kilograms of coarse grains, not to mention more than 10,000 kilograms of refined rice. Let’s just say we can earn 200,000 taels of silver!”
Liu Datong's face trembled with excitement, and he ordered: "Hurry up and arrange for someone to secretly process these refined grains. As long as these refined grains and rice are exchanged for silver, we will make a lot of money, and you will be indispensable by then." benefit…"
The mantis stalks the cicada, followed by the oriole. What Liu Datong didn't know was that his conversation with his master had been overheard by another young catcher, Qian Xiaohao.
Qian Xiaohao immediately got up and left secretly, telling his father Qian Yong, the catcher, exactly what he had overheard in the granary.
When the catcher Qian Yong heard the news that his son had been brought back, he was immediately furious.
You must know that these more than 10,000 kilograms of grain are life-saving food left by Zhou Yi, Master Zhou, and Master Zhou to the people of Pingliang County in case of emergency.
But now there is a greedy person who wants to empty out the wealth of Pingliang County's family as soon as he comes here.
Qian Daotou's face was sinister and ugly, and his angry eyes were mixed with some more violent emotions.
Qian Yong thought to himself: "If you really dare to do that, then no wonder I am cruel!"
At the same time, these people who followed Zhou Yi out of Pingliang City began to fight for the injustice of Mr. Zhou Yi.
Wu Laoliu was the first to say: "Our county still has its own life. You all know what it was like before. If the great master hadn't spent money on food for us, we people would have starved to death long ago."
"Anyway, I'll leave it here. After I finish slaying the bandits with the eldest master, I will stop working as a city guard. From now on, I will follow the eldest master wherever he goes!"
With Wu Laoliu's heartfelt confession, other people who were not married and alone also expressed their willingness to follow Zhou Yi.
There were only a few soldiers who were married and had parents, wives, children, brothers and sisters to care about. They were silent on their horses and did not speak.
However, most people can understand their concern. After all, they are not like themselves, where one person is full and the whole family is not hungry.
At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly asked the question that everyone wanted to know.
"Where are we going to suppress bandits now?"
