Chapter 23: Receiving the Bounty

In the early morning of the next day, not long after Zhang Yue got up, he had just beaten Xiong Ba Boxing in the yard when he heard a loud noise outside the yard. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info [Burning ^ Wen ^ Book Library] []. [774] [buy]. []【For more exciting novels, please visit】

Zhang Yue came out to take a look, but it was the third uncle Zhang Kangan and others who escaped from the mountain bandits together, as well as some people from his village who came over. Seeing the villagers, Zhang Yue remembered that yesterday he made an appointment with his third uncle Zhang Kangan and others to go to Anchang County to receive the reward, which was this morning.

Along with the villagers, there was also Zhang He, the lieutenant chief of Bianmin Village.

The Da Geng Dynasty set up a li chief in each village, and his responsibilities were similar to those of the village chief. Zhang Yue and the others are villagers of Bianmin Village, and for such a thing as a villager who killed the bandits and went to receive a reward from the government's notice, he had to be accompanied by the chief of Bianmin Village.

And for this kind of thing, the chief is also happy to do it.

Not to mention that some of the villagers under his jurisdiction killed the bandits wanted by the government, as the governor, he also has a bright face. Moreover, for this kind of reward, the villagers will generally give some profit to the lichang.

A reward of one hundred taels of silver, and the amount of profit that was distributed was not a small amount for the chief.

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Seeing the villagers coming, Zhang Yue did not delay, and after cleaning up a little, he left the Bashu sword soldiers and horses at home to take care of his sister Gillian at home. Zhang Yue is still very relieved about the force and loyalty of the Bashu sword soldiers.

And he took three Bashu sword soldiers such as Guan San, and went up the mountain road with the third uncle Zhang Kangan and others, and went to Anchang County.

Now, Zhang Yue also has an urgent need for money, and the more the better.

If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, don't say anything else now, after Guan Sanjun is summoned to this real world, he also needs to eat. Moreover, because their physique is far beyond ordinary people, Guan San and each of them are big-bellied people, and the amount of food in one meal is three or four times that of ordinary people!

Zhang Yue wants to feed such a pot-bellied man, as well as more pot-bellied men that can be expected in the future, and the consumption of silver is not a small amount. If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Yue had seized a lot of money from the mountain bandits before, after returning home, there were so many big-bellied men, Zhang Yue's family was afraid that they would have to cut off cooking.

In this way, Zhang Yue is also under a lot of pressure. He can't summon Guan San and the others to this world and fight for him, and then let them starve.

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Outside the west gate of the county seat of Anchang County, it is divided from the administrative area and belongs to the scope of Luotong Township.

Bian Min Village, where Zhang Yue is located, is located in the deep mountains in the north of Luotong Township, about ten miles away from the county seat. Zhang Yue and his third uncle Zhang Kangan and other villagers started to rush in the morning, and only arrived at the west gate of the county seat at noon when the sun was shining.

Along the way, the closer you get to the county, the more people you see. When I arrived at a mile outside the west gate of the county seat, I saw a temple with a lot of incense.

Zhang Yue learned from the memory of his predecessor that this was the Dachang River Temple.

Anchang County is adjacent to the Dachang River, the Dachang River God is in charge of the Dachang River, the main thing is cloudy and rainy, and the people of Anchang County naturally worship the Dachang River God.

The vicinity of the temple is also a more lively place in the county, when Zhang Yue and his party passed by here, other villagers were very interested in looking around, and their steps were slow.

But Zhang Yue, who has the memory of two lifetimes, is not much interested in this, and the prosperity of small counties in the mountains is always limited, and this bit of red dust disturbance can't shake his state of mind.

Zhang Yue and his entourage are watching the excitement left and right, and others are also watching them, most of them are armed with knives, and there are three strong Bashu sword soldiers of the third class, which is still quite attention-grabbing.

In the strange eyes of passers-by, Zhang Yue and his party walked into the west gate of the county seat of Anchang County.

Anchang County is located in a small basin at the southern foot of the Mindou Mountains, with mountains to the north and the river known as the Dachang River to the south, with a total of six city gates.

The city walls are all made of blue striped stone, more than five meters high, and they have not been repaired for a long time, and they are full of mottled traces.

The entire county is not big, and from Zhang Yue's point of view, it is similar to a small town in that time and space in his previous life, and he estimates that the population of the entire county is about 10,000 people at most.

The county government is located in the north of the county, and there are several notices posted on the wall outside the county office, where there is a scholar who looks like he is shaking his head and reciting, and a few idlers are listening around.

Zhang Yue went to the notice to take a few looks, and sure enough, Min Douba's reward notice was impressive. The paper of this notice is slightly yellowish black, and the image is slightly blurry, apparently some time.

However, the portrait above has only a few brushstrokes, but it depicts the appearance and characteristics of Min Douba clearly and vividly.

The gate of the county government was unguarded, and the lieutenant chief entered first, and Zhang Yue and others also followed the lieutenant chief and walked in.

Walked along the road to the front of the Yimen, which is the core of the county government. It is guarded by a gatekeeper and is not allowed to enter easily. Zhang Yue and his entourage were more than a dozen young people, and most of them were sabers, and they gathered in front of the door, which aroused the vigilance of the gate guards, and they stared at them with suspicion.

This Da Geng Dynasty is prosperous in martial arts, but it only forbids bows and crossbows, and swords are forbidden. Otherwise, Zhang Yue and others would inevitably go to the county government with such a grand saber, and they would inevitably be imprisoned.

I saw the lieutenant chief who was walking in front arched his hand to an errand officer, and said: "In the lower Min Village, the chief Zhang He, someone in the villagers killed Min Douba, and he came to receive the reward, and he also wanted to spread the word." ”

As he spoke, the lieutenant gave the officer a few pieces of silver.

Touching the silver in his hand, the officer said, "Wait," and then walked into the county office.

Not long after, the errand officer led a person dressed as a small official to come out, and the little official glanced at Zhang Yue and the others, and said, "You are here to receive the reward?"

After seeing Zhang Yue and the others affirming, the little official said, "Follow me." He led Zhang Yue and the others inside.

The little official led Zhang Yue and the others to a side room on the left side of the county office. Here, a person dressed as a clerk checked the head of Min Douba brought by Zhang Yue and others, compared the portrait, and after confirming that the identity of the head was Min Douba, he took out Zhang Wenqi, asked the identity of the chief and the rewarder Zhang Yue, wrote it, took out seventy taels of silver and handed it to Zhang Yue and others.

As for why it was obviously a reward of one hundred taels, but only seventy taels of silver was given, Zhang Yue was not too surprised. This point, the eldest Zhang He and the third uncle Zhang Kangan had already mentioned it to Zhang Yue on the road.

It is a common practice in officialdom to share a layer of profit. Anchang County only has a profit share of 30% here, which can already be called clean.

Then, the little official handed the written deed to Zhang Yue and asked Zhang Yue and others to sign the deed.

Zhang Yue took a general look, and the deed was nothing more than someone in the village who beheaded Min Douba, and the village chief witnessed that he received a reward of one hundred taels, so he did not hesitate and signed the deed.

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