Following Liu Zhaoguang's order, his servants brought in a box. After opening it, it was filled with dazzling white silver ingots.
Five taels each, two hundred in total, filling a box full.
Mr. Jiang and the two village women who were cooking had never seen so much money before, and their eyes widened immediately.
The fifth one is the county magistrate, Liu Gongfu is the chief arrester, and Jin Zhu is the bandit leader, so there is no fuss.
Liu Zhaoguang bent down and picked up an ingot from the box and put it into his sleeve.
"Now that the silver has been brought to Jiangjiacun, there is no need to go back and forth. I got back one ingot of silver, and there are still three hundred taels left as a deposit for the liquor. We will calculate it next time we come to purchase goods."
"Boss Liu is so refreshing. I will do as you say."
Zhu Renxia agreed immediately, bent down and took out four ingots from the box and stuffed them into Ma Laowai's sleeves, "This is the reward for the introduction by Chief Mali."
"Oh...Young master is really out of touch. He is giving you money and wine."
Ma Laowai was overjoyed and hurriedly took the money and put it into his sleeve.
Seeing that it was still early, Liu Zhaoguang led a large team to leave Jiangjiacun and embarked on the way back to Guiyang.
The happy Ma Laowai said goodbye together and returned to Yinma Town in a sedan.
Looking at a box of silver, Zhu Renxia clasped his fists at everyone and said: "I, Zhu Renxia, will keep this money temporarily. In addition to paying for your expenses, the rest will be used to build the village and buy antiques, calligraphy and paintings to honor God and his elders. "
"It should, it should."
Everyone nodded. Compared to money, everyone still liked food and wine more.
Zhu Renxia picked up the silver and gave one ingot to each of Jiang Fuzi, Jin Zhu, Fifth Place, and Liu Gongfu, "This is your salary for this month."
Master Jiang said: "As I get older, my salary will be waived, right?"
"Take it, the old master will also find a wife for his grandson in the future!"
Zhu Renxia smiled and stuffed the silver into Master Jiang's arms.
Jin Zhu said calmly: "You gave me too much. I just gave me two taels a few days ago."
"Consider it a reward!"
Reminded by Jin Zhuyi, the fifth person said sheepishly: "It seems that I have already received my salary a few days ago."
"This is not called salary, this is called salary. It is the reward for your hard work."
Zhu Renxia followed Tianzun's wishes and introduced, "These five taels of silver are a reward for you. If you hadn't raised the price, our goods might have been sold for a hundred taels less, or even more."
"Haha... In this case, Fifth Brother, I won't be polite."
The fifth person happily put the money into his sleeves and waved his folding fan, feeling proud of the spring breeze.
Zhu Renxia then said to Jiang Xiong, Lu Buping, and Jiang Hu: "As team leaders, you will also have salary in the future, but it will be less than the others, twenty taels per person per year."
Several people clasped their fists and said, "Thank you for your care, Master. We will protect the village to the death."
The core members received the money, but they couldn't let the villagers just stare.
Zhu Renxia waved his hand and ordered: "All the villagers come to receive wine and salt."
The villagers heard the news and came to the meeting hall one after another carrying baskets to receive benefits.
Jiang Erhu was the one who carried out the task of distributing the wine. He led a few young people to climb up on the ladder into the two-foot-high wine jar, and filled the wine jars with ladles to the villagers, one jar for each family.
Jiang Axiu took Chunmei and Xiang'er to distribute salt to the villagers, also giving a jar to each family.
Due to production technology these days, salt is more expensive than rice, and it is still slightly bitter coarse salt.
It would be nice for ordinary people to have a bowl of salt at home. Where have you seen such white and fine refined salt?
"This salt is so white, just like winter snow."
"No, old man, I have lived for more than sixty years, and I have never seen such white and fine refined salt."
The villagers who lined up to receive the salt were full of praise, and they were all grateful to Chang'an Tianzun.
Not only the original residents of Jiangjia Village received supplies, but all the newly moved villagers were treated equally and received exactly the same benefits.
"Third sister, let me scrape an extra bowl of salt for you."
Jiang Xiaoyu looked at the newly moved Shi Sanmei, his eyes lit up, he couldn't help but pick up the bowl and serve another bowl to Sanmei, "Hurry and take it home."
Shi Sanmei blinked her beautiful eyes and said anxiously: "Brother Xiaoyu... this, this is not good, is it?"
"My brother-in-law is the incarnation of a god, and my uncle is the head of Jiangjia Village."
Jiang Xiaoyu looked confident, "Whatever I say, take it and let me see who dares to say anything?"
"What are you doing, little fish?"
At this moment, Jiang Axiu, who noticed the situation, walked over quickly and said, "How did you steal the salt?"
"I didn't steal it."
Jiang Xiaoyu raised his head with a look of dissatisfaction, "I am honest and upright."
"That's not OK!"
Jiang Axiu took the broken porcelain bowl from her brother's hand and poured it back into the salt pile more than one foot high.
"Your brother-in-law asked me to manage the salt. We can't use our power for personal gain. If everyone wants two bowls of salt, how can we convince everyone?"
Being scolded in front of the girl, Jiang Xiaoyu felt humiliated.
He simply took off his cloak, pulled out the short sword from his waist, and lay down on the ground to roll around.
"Come and see, Jiang Axiu bullied his brother's wife!"
"My eldest aunt is not even willing to give a bowl of salt to her sister-in-law. Don't miss it if you pass by..."
Shi Sanmei blushed with embarrassment and whispered to Jiang Axiu: "Sister Axiu, I am not his wife, and I don't want salt. This bowl is enough for our family to eat for half a year."
Jiang Axiu turned around and took out a bowl of salt from the basket, and solemnly handed it to Shi Sanmei's hand.
"There are five people in your family, and your two brothers eat a lot of salt when they are growing. This bowl belongs to our family, for you."
After all, Shi Sanmei was only a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old child. She held the porcelain bowl with wet eyes: "Sister..."
At this moment, Zhu Renxia, who was patrolling with the fifth man, came over and asked with a frown: "Jiang Xiaoyu, what kind of skills have you practiced?"
"Hmph...just take care of your wife, she's too stingy."
Jiang Xiaoyu lay on the ground and refused to get up, and said angrily, "Your house has a mountain of salt, and I can't even give my wife a bowl?"
"daughter in law?"
Zhu Renxia was stunned at first, then laughed when he saw Shi Sanmei holding a porcelain bowl in her hand, "Not to mention, you two are quite a match."
"Then let me, Fifth Master, be the matchmaker!"
The fifth man shook his fan and said with a smile, "It just so happens that Shi Laohan and I have a bad temper."
Zhu Renxia thought for a while and said to everyone present: "From now on, the benefits awarded by Tianzun will be distributed according to population, and will no longer be divided equally according to the number of households. Those with more people in the family will get more points, and those with less people will get less."
"So good!"
The fifth person clapped his folding fan in his hand and said, "Those with a larger population receive more benefits and contribute more to the village. This is the most fair."
The villagers unanimously agreed and raised their hands to support the commander's decision.
"We all listen to Mr. Zhu."
Jiang Xiaoyu got up and made a face at Jiang Axiu, and said proudly to the villagers: "This general is fighting for you. Am I very smart?"
"What Xiao Yu'er said makes sense. He will definitely be a master when he grows up."
"No, this guy got a wife with just a bowl of salt. He's like a brat!"
The villagers burst into laughter, and the village was filled with a happy atmosphere.
At this moment, four clay sculptors came to Zhu Renxia and reported: "Sir, the incense temple of Tianzun has been built."
"Have a look."
Zhu Renxia immediately brought the fifth player to watch.
I saw that this was a small temple two feet high and two feet wide, with carved beams and painted pillars, and a lifelike statue of Tianzun sitting in the middle.
"The construction is very good. I will go to the council hall with me later to get the wages."
Zhu Renxia was very satisfied with the performance of the clay sculptors and decided to reward the clay sculptors with an additional two taels of silver.
The four clay sculptors knelt down and kowtowed together: "Sir, we don't want any money anymore. We want to move to Jiangjiacun and settle down."
There is no need to work in this village. You only need to practice swords and guns every day, go on patrol and watch, get wine and meat, and go to the town to work as a clay sculptor.
"We in Jiangjia Village welcome hard-working and kind-hearted people to join us. If we move here, we will share houses, food, wine and meat."
Zhu Renxia agreed immediately, "You must be paid what you deserve for your wages. Seven taels of silver, not a penny less. The main thing in Jiangjia Village is to make rewards and punishments clear."
"Thank you, sir. I will go back and pick up my family tomorrow."
The four clay sculptors were overjoyed and kowtowed together to express gratitude. Zhu Renxia hurriedly helped the person up.
