"Telescopes? This was also invented by He Gongzi? What is it for? ”

"Exactly. Its role is known to adults as soon as they use it. Xu Tangyi replied with some pride, and after speaking, he handed Wangyuan to Liang Wensheng for trial.

After Xu Tangyi briefly introduced how to use it, Liang Wensheng tried it and exclaimed: "This thing can see things in the distance so clearly, as if it is in front of you." It's really clairvoyant! ”

Duan Qianhu, who was standing next to him, couldn't bear it anymore, and when Lord Zhizhou said this, he couldn't hold back any longer, and said to Xu Tangyi: "Captain Xu, let me take a look." ”

Xu Tangyi took the telescope from Lord Liang and handed it to Duan Qianhu. He took the binoculars and looked into the distance for a while, following the example of Lord Liang. Exclaimed: "This is really a good thing, it is really useful for marching and fighting." ”

After speaking, he put the telescope in his hand and couldn't put it down.

Xu Tangyi saw that he couldn't put it down, so he said to him: "I see that you really like it, when you meet the son of the He family, I will try to help you ask him for one." ”

"Okay, then I'll thank you first." Duan Qianhu said happily.

In the afternoon, the 500 soldiers of Duan Qianhu entered Juzhou City with their captives, and the other folk Ding Zhuang returned to their villages to wait for rewards. Three or four hundred prisoners were crammed into the Juzhou prison at once, and it was immediately overcrowded and overcrowded.

Back at the state office, Liang Wensheng began to write a report to the court overnight. Careful consideration should be given to how the credit is to be distributed and how seizures are reported.

In the Ming Dynasty, the suppression of bandits by local officials was a high-risk, high-reward affair. If you win, you will naturally gain a lot, and if you lose, you will be held accountable and demoted, and if you lose, you will take your life. Such a high-risk thing naturally has to have high returns. It is an open secret of officialdom to overreport merit and underreport seizures. Liang Wensheng is naturally no exception, the key is how to distribute the seizures in hand, so as to stop everyone's mouths. After thinking for a long time, Liang Wensheng drafted this recital.

On the contrary, He Zhiyuan's reward for Ding Zhuang and his family in his village does not need to be put into so much thought. On the day of returning to the village in victory, Hejia Village held a banquet in Hefu to kill pigs and sheep to reward those who had made meritorious contributions in this crackdown on bandits. Xu Tangyi's father and son, Ma Wu, Zhou Zhi, Jiang Yuanqing, and other undercover family members were naturally invited.

Xu Tangyi and his son were rewarded with 200 taels of silver, Ma Wu was rewarded with 100 taels of silver, Zhou Zhi was rewarded with 80 taels of silver, and Jiang Yuanqing and other undercover servants were each rewarded with 50 taels of silver. The others were rewarded with five taels of silver each, and the wounded were rewarded with fifty taels of silver. None of the 300 Ding Zhuang family members died in battle, thanks to the strict training in peacetime. Everyone is happy, and they are naturally grateful to the He family, so there is no need to elaborate.

After the banquet, Ma Wu secretly found Xu Tangyi and said, "Uncle Xu, today I saw that you jumped off the cliff in a panic, but what is the secret?" ”

Xu Tangyi was shocked, thinking that he had done it seamlessly, but he didn't expect to be seen. He asked urgently, "How do you know?" But is there anyone else who knows about this? ”

"When you let him go, I happened to see it not far away, and no one else noticed it at the time." Ma Wu replied.

Hearing Ma Wu's answer, he was relieved. So, Xu Tangyi truthfully explained Ji Chao's truth to Ma Wu, and told him not to talk about it to outsiders first.

Ma Wu agreed to Xu Tangyi's request, and said: "Ji Chao is not bad, he went up the mountain to become a bandit, it is understandable, if it wasn't for the lieutenant who harmed his daughter-in-law, he wouldn't have embarked on this road." ”

"Yes, I haven't heard of him doing many sad things on Ma Qi Mountain in the past few years." Xu Tangyi also said for Ji Chao.

"Uncle Xu, you asked him to come to you, what are you going to arrange?" Ma Wu asked.

"I haven't thought about it yet, let him come to my house first, and then ask the owner to help me naturalize later."

"I think that while the owner is happy now, I will tell him that he will definitely be able to do it if he goes to Lord Liang." Ma Wu reminded.

"You have a point, how about you go with me to the owner tomorrow?" Xu Tangyi asked Ma Wu.

"Okay, I think it's a man who is in charge. In the days when he was undercover in Ma Yashan, I felt that he was different from other bandits, and he once told me that thieves also have a way, and they should not kill innocents indiscriminately and maim poor people. Just to say this to him, I am willing to help him this time. Ma Wu said happily.

The next day, Xu Tangyi and Ma Wu found He Shaoyun and his son, and the two told Ji Chao in detail. After hearing this, He Shaoyun thought to himself, if he took this person in, it would be harboring bandits, and it would be a big crime to kill his head. But Xu Tangyi has been friends with him for many years, and he is embarrassed to refuse this matter, his heart is abnormally contradictory, and he has no idea for a while. He looked at He Zhiyuan and asked, "Zhiyuan, do you have a way?" ”

He Zhiyuan didn't have a bad impression of this person from the beginning. Now I heard that he has a good ability, and can say that thieves are also ways, and they can't bear to cruel the people. I feel that although this person is said to be a coward, he is not cruel and murderous, and he has no humanity, and this person may be of great use if he stays by his side in the future. So he said: "Xu Shibo, I only know that Qian Heng came to settle in my village, and Ji Chao, the leader of the bandits in Ma Qi Mountain, has jumped off the cliff and died, and it has nothing to do with this matter." The two of them just look alike, not the same. ”

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately understood, and Xu Tangyi hurriedly said: "The virtuous nephew is reasonable, Qian Heng is Qian Heng, Ji Chao is Ji Chao, and the two are not the same person. ”

He Shaoyun was still not at ease, and asked Ma Wu: "Have you all seen Ji Chao among the people who went undercover?" ”

"All ten of us have seen him. The owner can rest assured, we say that he is Qian Heng, he is Qian Heng, if there is a yellow register as evidence, others will not talk nonsense even if they know him. Ma Wu said confidently.

"Okay, I'll figure it out. When he comes, bring him to me and don't come into contact with anyone else. He Zhiyuan said to Xu Tangyi.

On the same day, He Zhiyuan, Xu Tangyi, and Ma Wusan rode straight to the state office, and after arriving at the state office, they directly found Ji Jiude, the household secretary. Roughly talking about Qian Heng's situation, Ji Si didn't even ask and handled the household registration, yellow book and other relevant documents. After all, there are no photos in this era, and there are many hidden populations, so of course households with active household registration will handle it. Moreover, He Zhiyuan has a good relationship with Lord Liang of Zhizhou, and he knows this, so of course there is no obstacle for him to do things.

After completing Qian Heng's household registration and bidding farewell to Ji Si, He Zhiyuan came to Santang to find Liang Zhizhou again. Now that the bandits have been eliminated, the next step is a good time to develop, and in the future he will have to make glass, make steel, improve muskets, build roads, develop textiles, and so on. These are inseparable from the support of Lord Liang.

As soon as he entered the inner hall, Lord Liang smiled and said to He Zhiyuan: "Master He, you came just in time, and the official was about to send someone to invite you." ”