The night was boundless, and the battle was over.

Lin Fan quietly looked at the house that was still burning and had begun to collapse, while An Ning and Wang Hu were taking people to deal with the aftermath.

An Ning and the others searched the entire cottage, rescued more than a dozen captive women from a dilapidated wooden house, and searched the families of the bandits from their hiding places.

After taking care of the scene, An Ning and the others came to ask for instructions on what to do next.

Lin Fan retracted his thoughts, and no longer sat stupidly, he repeated what he had said in the Tui Xin Pavilion to the captive women, and appeased them.

Then he asked the soldiers to divide the money they had received into two parts, seventy percent of which went to the imperial court and used to hand over to the state treasury. He divided the remaining 30% of his subordinates as a reward for the soldiers and boosted morale.

It stands to reason that Lin Fan's position is too low, and he actually has no power to distribute the spoils of war.

However, it is extremely difficult for the imperial court to even distribute normal food and salary, and in order to ensure the morale and combat strength of the army, as long as it is not too excessive, it can only adopt a laissez-faire attitude.

After that, they also divided into two routes, and Lin Fan was not able to see Gao Wensheng now, so Wang Hu led a section to escort the prisoners and money to the county seat to report his merits.

He and An Ning took the rest of the people and escorted the women and food back to the Inspection Division.

Lin Fan broke two thieves in a row, and the news of his victorious return quickly spread throughout the entire territory of Yongyang. This made the hearts of the people, who were originally panicked because of the banditry, begin to gradually settle down.

It only took a few days, not only to make a storm in the city, but also to shock the tragic case of the Tian family in neighboring states and counties.

The government even let the two bandit forces that had been in trouble for many years be destroyed in one day, which made Gao Wensheng's face extremely bright, and Lord Zhizhou personally wrote to him to commend him, praising him for his good handling of things, and said that he would ask for credit to the imperial court for him.

In addition to being happy, Gao Wensheng was dissatisfied with Lin Fan's unauthorized handling of Song Mao.

But he himself knows how this credit came about, so he didn't pursue the matter too much. On the contrary, he comforted him and asked Lin Fan not to worry.

Even the money they seized from the bandits this time, Gao Wensheng sent some of them back, which was counted as a reward for their merits this time.

For Gao Wensheng, these are all the money of the imperial court anyway, so what if they give it to Lin Fan, it's a big deal to report it less. Be generous to others, why not!

An Ning has a lot of complaints about Gao Wensheng's greed, Lin Fan has successively removed the thief Fu Tianlin from the rivers and lakes during this time, and successively broke the tragedy of the Tian family's annihilation, and pacified two bandits, which can be described as a high degree of hard work.

According to his merits, and with the care of the old man who is an official in Beijing, it is not difficult to be promoted.

But Lin Fan's name was not even mentioned once on the commendation order issued by the imperial court, which is enough to prove how Gao Wensheng's meritorious service documents sent to the imperial court were written, and his appearance was too ugly.

Lin Fan didn't have so many ideas, and he didn't bother to care about them.

This is not because of Lin Fan's generosity, but because Gao Wensheng is his top boss after all, and it stands to reason that he does have a share of the credit.

Although Gao Wensheng was a yin owl, at least he never interfered with Lin Fan's actions, but instead provided Lin Fan with great convenience, so that he could let go and do what he wanted.

Although this was forced to do it when Lin Fan had made money and banditry was serious, even so, how many people could really delegate power!

If they tore their faces with him in order to compete for some credit, Lin Fan and their lives would definitely not be easy in the future.

Not only will things be constrained everywhere, but the small shoes on the feet may have to be worn until the end of the day, and it is extremely difficult to think of such a carefree act, which is really a big loss.

And officialdom has always been the most disciplined place, if Lin Fan and Gao Wensheng fall out, no matter how reasonable he is, he will leave an impression that he does not understand the general situation, ignores the overall situation, and makes the following mistakes, which will be extremely detrimental to his future career promotion.

The most important thing is that Lin Fan's merits are in everyone's eyes, and the people's eyes are bright.

Gao Wensheng can hide it with a piece of paper, but he can't hide it from the people in the city. As long as the people know who fought this battle, it is enough, and the truth will always be revealed one day.

The relationship between him and Gao Wensheng today is that if you divide it, you will lose it, and if you join it, you will win it.

What Gao Wensheng wants is credit, and what Lin Fan wants is to act without being constrained, rather than losing both, it is better to endure it for the time being and take what he needs.

As long as this is the case, before Lin Fan loses his use value, the two can coexist peacefully.

In the next few days, Lin Fan had leisure and rented two connected courtyards in Wuguan Town.

The owner of the house was a middle-aged man who looked a little rich, and he had some surplus money in his family, so he bought a house in the county and opened a small medical shop.

Later, in order to take care of the business, the whole family moved to the city, and the hometown was empty.

When Lin Fan first found him, he heard that Lin Fan rented a house to house those poor women, and he refused to accept money for life or death.

He took Lin Fan's hand and said that he had heard a long time ago that Lin Fan not only had to take care of the food, clothing, housing and transportation of these women, but also had to raise food and help the refugees out of his own pocket, and even Lin Fan needed to take care of all the expenses of the inspection department. In the long run, what is needed is not money, an absolutely small amount.

He also said that the people saw and remembered all the things that Lin Fan had done, and Lin Fan was a real good person and a good official. He also said that there is no reason in this world to always make good people suffer, and his house is not inhabited by anyone anyway, and it is empty and empty, but those women can live in directly, so he should do his best.

Lin Fan could see that the owner of the house sincerely wanted to help him, but he still took out a money bag and stuffed it into the owner's hand.

He said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Zhang is right, there is absolutely no reason in the world to let good people suffer!" Now in this world, it is not easy for anyone to live, and since your house is taken out for rent, you have to make money. You still have to accept this money, and I can't let you lose such a large amount of income because of me. ”

To put it mildly, Shopkeeper Zhang really couldn't refuse, so he could only accept the money bag.

He casually tossed the money aside, sighed and said, "Who says it's not!" Life has become more and more difficult over the years, and even my pharmacy business has become deserted, not to mention other walks of life! ”

"Business is not good, the government and official taxes are heavy, everyone is wearing their belts and living a hard life, no one is better than anyone else!"

"Alas, I don't know when it's a head on a day like this?"

Facing what the shopkeeper said, Lin Fan just smiled, a little speechless.

He didn't know when the troubled times would end, but he knew that it was, and the current hard times were probably just beginning.

Do you want to tell him that he doesn't even know how long this hard life can last, and that everyone may be in great trouble at any time? He really couldn't say that.

Although the current life is a little harder, Huainan Road is still peaceful, and the people do not have to suffer from swords and soldiers.

In recent years, the land of Huaibei has been plagued by natural disasters and disasters, and now the northern provinces have long been a piece of erosion. And he doesn't know how long Huainan Dao will be peaceful, but presumably there won't be too much time left for them!

Shopkeeper Zhang is a businessman, and his ability to observe words and emotions that he has cultivated over the years is not bad, and he saw that Lin Fan was unwilling to continue on this topic, so he revealed this topic and did not talk about it.

He smiled: "Don't say it, don't say it!" It's not too early, I have to rush back to the county, and I will leave the things in these two yards for them. Pots and pans are readily available, although they are a little old, but they will all be ready for use, and there is no need to add new ones. There are a lot of places where adults need to use money in the future, and they can still save a little bit! ”

Lin Fan also adjusted and said, "Thank you to the shopkeeper in this way!" However, there is one more thing that needs to be bothered by the shopkeeper, it is summer vacation, the weather is hot, and there are many mosquitoes; There are too many people in the places where the refugees are settled, and the ventilation is not smooth, so it is difficult to protect, and if it takes a long time, I am afraid that the epidemic will spread, and then it will be a big trouble! ”

"So I want to find the shopkeeper to buy some medicine to prevent heat and heat and repel mosquitoes, I wonder if you can think of a way?"

In fact, this is also one of the reasons why Lin Fan will find a shopkeeper to rent a house, he found out that the shopkeeper Zhang is not bad, so he will not hoard and raise prices.

This allows Lin Fan's limited money to be used to buy more medicine and do more things, and this may save a few more lives.

Shopkeeper Zhang thought for a while, nodded and said, "I still have some stock in my shop for these medicines, adults can take them all, and solve the urgent need first!"

"Now there are bandits everywhere, trade routes are blocked, and it is a little difficult to buy goods. The number of medicine farmers who go into the mountains to collect medicine alone is far from enough. But please rest assured, I will definitely find some old friends, they all have some ways, I will try my best to buy more, and send them to the adults when the time comes! ”

Lin Fan bowed deeply to him and said, "Shopkeeper Zhang is worthy of the benevolence of a doctor!" Then I will thank the shopkeeper for those refugees, your kind act is equivalent to saving countless lives! ”

"Regarding the price, you can rest assured, I will let the inspection department take the medicine from you at a price thirty percent higher than the market price, and I will definitely not let you suffer!"

The owner shook his head and said, "Don't make fun of me, adults!" What kind of good deed am I? Just do your part! Your Excellency is the true act of kindness, and I am sure that those people will be grateful for your kindness for all eternity! ”

Lin Fan sighed and said: "Everyone is doing their best, in this troubled world, it is not easy to make a contribution!"

Shopkeeper Zhang nodded when he heard this, and said: "Since this is the case, I won't delay here, I'll go back and make arrangements, and tomorrow I will ask the guy to send you the medicine in stock, and then find a way to help you raise medicine."

After he finished speaking, he was about to leave, and Lin Fan no longer politely forced him to stay, and got up to see him off. said: "Then leave everything to the shopkeeper!"