"I'm really sorry for bothering you today. I only need ten taels of silver to buy some food for the children and make some new clothes."
"In this way, it's Zhu's talk. Apologize"
Take this farmer as an example. They harvest more than 3,600 kilograms of grain a year. The current price of grain is about ten cents.
And one or two cents, It can be exchanged for about two thousand coins.
In other words, a farmer’s family’s annual harvest is equivalent to about eighteen taels of silver.
Of this, nearly half has to be handed over to the landlord, and less than a dozen of it is yours.
Only a self-cultivated farmer like Grandma Liu dares to say that her annual expenses are twenty taels, and her living standard is much better than that of tenant farmers.
So these ten taels of silver are equivalent to the annual expenses of the farmer's family. It is indeed a very generous gift.
No matter what, I have scared people today, so I should show some expression, not to mention he is not short of ten taels of silver.
However, just these ten taels of silver made the farmer's family so flattered that they did not dare to accept the money for a while.
Seeing the other party's repeated evasion, Zhu Jinghong said in a deep voice, "Take it. If you don't accept it, you won't give me face."
There was no other way, the farmer's family could only accept it, and then told Zhu Jinghong Thanks a thousand times, he was still kowtowing until he was far away.
"Son, we have met a good person," the thin black old man with white hair and beard said with emotion.
Looking at the heavy silver ingots in his hand, the farmer still couldn’t believe it.
Just such a small thing may solve too many things.
If nothing else, even if you survive by doing nothing, you can save a family's life in times of famine.
"Put it away quickly before anyone sees it," his father reminded.
The peasant man just woke up and immediately took the money into his arms. At this moment, he didn’t even want to do the work, he just wanted to go home and hide the money.
"Dad, grandpa, eat meat"
The second baby took the dried meat and handed it to his father and grandpa.
There were only about ten pieces of dried meat in the oil paper bag. The second baby had already eaten seven or eight pieces, and there was not much left.
“Grandpa doesn’t want to eat it, so my good grandson will eat it slowly by himself.”
Although he was attracted by the smell of the meat, the father of the second baby still said, “Second baby, take it back quietly and give it to you. Grandma and mother eat."
As for Zhu Jinghong and his party, they walked a few miles along the official road and came across a wine shop on the roadside.
Yingtian is rich, and there are many business travelers on the official road. It is not uncommon to have wine shops and inns.
Everyone was a little tired now, and there was no place to rest, so they stopped at the wine shop.
They all came out with something to eat, so they didn’t order any food or wine from the restaurant, they just asked for some high-quality fodder to feed their horses.
"Thirteenth Master, please have a meal." Hou Jing's actions were the most positive.
He and Jia Lian were kicked out of Feiyunzhai a few days ago, which made him think he had offended Zhu Jinghong, and he always wanted to find out.
Later, Zhu Jinghong was punished and could not see outsiders. Hou Jing never had the opportunity to contact him, which made him worried for more than half a year.
"Yeah"
Zhu Jinghong was eating by himself and had no intention of talking much.
"Thirteenth Master, what happened to Feiyunzhai before was that I was a bit reckless. Even today, I still feel sad when I think about it."
"I was a bit reckless." "Huh, what are you thinking, you think I don't know?"
It's almost enough, at least it's just a little beating. Now that the purpose has been achieved, Zhu Jinghong will naturally not pursue him.
"Stop being clever in the future. I really thought I didn't understand anything and just didn't say anything before."
This is not just for Hou Jing, but also for other guards. .
Everyone present knew what happened to Hou Jing that day. After hearing Zhu Jinghong’s words, everyone reminded themselves not to play tricks in front of Zhu Jinghong.
In Yingtianfu City, in the duty room on the left side of the second door of the Jinling Qianhu Residence of Jinyiwei, Chen Yuntai, the flag officer, was being criticized.
"Speak for yourself, how long has this been going on?"
"How much useful information have you found about Japanese pirates?"
"Suppressing Japanese pirates from the front The Japanese pirates can always come and go as they please. How many traitors have been found who tipped off the news?"
Being scolded by his boss Mr. Liu, Chen Yuntai was also under great pressure and could only bear it silently.
"Master Baihu has set a task. We must find two cases of Japanese pirate accomplices within ten days, otherwise"
At this point, Mr. Liu turned around He walked over and said in a cold tone, "You can go to the Baihu Office below."
The Baihu Office directly under the jurisdiction of Jinling Qianhu Office has a higher status than the Baihu Office set up by various prefectures. The future of being transferred is not good. That's it.
"Do you understand?"
"Yes"
Chen Yuntai was helpless, clasped his fists in salute, and then left.
He and his men had already been assigned task targets, but he arranged his manpower separately and followed the singer to investigate.
Not to mention, this investigation actually found clues. This skilled singer is not easy.
Among the people who came into contact with her, traces of the White Lotus cultists were discovered, which made Chen Yuntai more interested.
More than half a month later, he had found three White Lotus sect dens. When he was planning to further expand his results, his boss had given him an ultimatum.
To be honest, after discovering the White Lotus Sect’s den, Chen Yuntai should report it in time, and the Qianhu Association will send someone to deal with it.
But this guy wanted to take more credit, so he temporarily concealed the clues he found.
But the reduced workload today forced him to consider what to do next.
It is a tangled question whether to withdraw the manpower to complete the task or to continue to strictly investigate the clues of the White Lotus Sect.
Chen Yuntai could only lament that if he had a higher official rank, he would be able to mobilize more manpower.If you have more, you won't have these worries.
“I just heard from the captain of Taipingmen that the Thirteenth Master has taken people out of the city. Master Qianhu is sending people to look for him.”
“I just got beaten with the imperial stick, and this master is going to You can mount a horse, but you really can’t be idle.”
“Who says it’s not the case? Brother Chen, why don’t you look good? General Liu Qi scolded you again”
The same goes for the two people talking. The little flag officer, who was older than Chen Yuntai, greeted Chen Yuntai when he came out.
After barely managing a few words, Chen Yuntai left in a hurry. He was in no mood to chat at the moment.
After walking out of the second door and returning to the duty room, Chen Yuntai still didn't think it through clearly, but there was already someone waiting in his room.
"Sir, we have just received two urgent reports. The rebels in Liujiazhuang and Houxi Village have been dispatched at noon today."
Among the two newly discovered dens, There are Liujiazhuang and Houxi Village.
"How to dispatch?" Chen Yuntai asked.
"In both places, seven or eight people left the village. Our people watched them for more than ten days and found that these people were all strangers."
In this era People and land are tied together. It is extremely abnormal to see seven or eight new faces in a rural village.
There is no doubt that these people are the backbone of the White Lotus Sect, the kind of people who can be called die-hard believers.
These people rarely show up, and their contact is basically one-way. If people No. 7 and 8 appear together, something big is definitely going to happen.
What’s more important is that there are seven or eight dens in one den. They have found three dens in total. Will people be sent to the dens that were not found?
"Can they send someone to the den?" There are people to follow."
The captain replied, "Don't worry, sir, everyone has followed, and there are people left to watch."
Seeing that Chen Yuntai didn't speak, the captain asked again "These rebels are on the move. I'm afraid there will be a big case. How should we deal with it?"
This is a reminder to Chen Yuntai that it is time to take action now and cannot just watch.
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