What the thief in front of him said was simply rampant in Zhou Jinfeng's eyes, but when people said that they didn't ask him for a reward, he was speechless for a while. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info This group of thieves has never robbed the people since they called An Yun, and even helped the people to provide jobs, and expanded fertile land and built water conservancy, all of which were things that Zhou Jinfeng wanted to do before but never did. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little pantothenic acid in his heart, and asked, "Why are you sending these heads here instead of receiving a reward?" ”

"My Senate has been here for a few months, and you must be able to see that it is not a plunder. Since we regard An Yun as a new home, we naturally can't let these vicious bandits run rampant and rob the township here. Speaking of this, Fan paused, and a strange thought popped up in his heart, I don't know if this guy has been released now, and it has been several years.

"The army of the Senate suppressed the bandits this time, firstly, to show our determination to benefit An Yun, and secondly, to protect the territory and the people. Only by ensuring the tranquility of the environment can there be great development in the future. The example pointed to the wooden boxes carried by a few people in the back, "These are the heads of the rampant bandit leaders in the vicinity, this time they will be exterminated, and the heads will be sent to the Yalai of Anyun County, so that Master Zhou can take them and hang them in the downtown of the city tower, which will deter Xiaoxiao, and also show that my Senate and the criminals are incompatible." ”

Zhou Jinfeng couldn't help but be stunned there, no, he is an official, how could he be so righteous and awe-inspiring by him, he was speechless. He couldn't help but think that some time ago, every day it was the hawkers and the victims who escaped from the bandits kneeling in front of the county government to beg the county to suppress the bandits, but his subordinates were only hundreds of officials and officials, and there was no way to start the suppression of bandits. In the end, he could only send someone to paint a portrait, and then write a reward and post it at the gate of the city, and he could only look forward to a force of township courage to catch a few bandits to show that he Zhou Jinfeng could also benefit the township. And he also has a very difficult problem, the bounty is one thing, and whether he can afford it is another.

Since he sent an urgent letter to Beihai City, all the money and silver have been cut off, and the Beihai side means that since the thieves are in the city, all the silver and silver will be stopped from being taken by the thieves. This reason was well-deserved, leaving a group of Anyun officials speechless. They didn't have much money in the first place, and they usually relied on the low-level officials to blackmail and exploit the merchants and landlords, and then they could live a little bit by paying for it, and they stopped paying the money for a while and didn't see anything, but after a month or two, problems began to appear. First of all, those who have no habit of saving money, as there are fewer and fewer displaced people in Anyun City, there are fewer and fewer people who can be exploited by them, and these people dare not go to the countryside, so they have to borrow money everywhere to live, and now it has been four or five months, and everything that can be borrowed has been borrowed by them. Then there are those who have a little money, but they can't stand this kind of pure expenditure when they have money, and after four or five months, they are also shy in their pockets, and they can only go to the vegetable stall outside the city gate to pick up rotten vegetable leaves.

An Yun, a good one, has been stirred up like a pot of porridge since the thief came, making this group of officials fall from the sky to the bottom, but they don't dare to complain. At present, there are more than 100 heads sent by the thief, not to mention whether there is a kind of bandit leader with a bounty of one hundred taels, even if it is a bandit head of one or two that he opened at that time, and a living bandit of three or two, this is at least a few hundred taels. Although there are still more than 500 taels of treasury silver in the treasury of An Yun Mansion, those cannot be moved. Zhou Jinfeng, who was originally worried about this, heard that he didn't want money, but at this time, his face suddenly seemed to be like a dark cloud meeting a strong wind, and his smile bloomed unconsciously, and he hurriedly ordered several officials who were still cowering by the wall to check the bandit head.

After the inspection, a servant stepped forward and saluted Zhou Jinfeng, "Master, after careful inspection, the bandits' heads in the city gate bounty have basically been found, but there are quite a few half-headed ones inside, or the kind with no faces, and the identity cannot be determined." ”

"What is this?" Zhou Jinfeng was surprised, "Why is there half a head and no face?" ”

"This," the example smiled, "the weapon is too powerful, these bandit leaders often hide in the crowd of bandits, and a large number of people often die when they fight here, and it is already very lucky to find so many of them, don't pick them, hurry up and hang them on the castle tower." ”

Zhou Jinfeng took a deep breath, nodded, and said a few words to the officials, and the officials were also relieved, it seemed that their lives would not be lost today, and they hurriedly asked someone to transport these wooden boxes to the direction of the city gate.

"In addition, we also caught some live ones and sent them over, so that Master Zhou can send them to receive a reward." Paradigm added with a smile, "We have another matter this time," he beckoned, and a few people outside the door walked in with a few small wooden boxes, placed in the center of the lobby, and Paradigm opened one of them, which was full of silver coins with white flowers.

Zhou Jinfeng gasped at this time, "What is this?" Do you still want to buy the officials of the imperial court? ”

"I'll go," Paradigm couldn't help but laugh, "Persecution Paranoia......" He opened a few more chests, all filled with silver coins. "This is the salary that is given to you according to the wage standard of Dongfang Port, because after we came to Anyun, your salary and salary have been suspended. We don't know what your wages are, so we can only pay you according to our standards...... That is, Yulu. ”

This next week Jin Feng hesitated, it stands to reason that he must not accept this money, no matter what the name is, this is a proper bribery of the imperial court officials. But now it has been four or five months since the end of the salary, and these officials under his command are surrounding him every day to ask for money, and it is impossible for him, who was a poor person a month ago, to give him money. He could already clearly feel the neglect of his orders by his subordinates, and even the servants under him ignored him at this time.

If he knew that there was a saying that "money is not everything, but no money is everything", he would have hugged the person who said it, because he really had reached the point where he was struggling. He was dazzled by the white silver in these silver boxes in front of him, and he couldn't even say a few more words.

"This box belongs to Master Zhou," the example picked up a piece of paper from one of the boxes and looked at it, "According to our salary standard, Mr. Zhou, as the chief executive of An Yun, has a salary of 20 yuan per month, 100 yuan for five months, plus the festival fee during the Chinese New Year, and 120 yuan for the repayment." As he spoke, he picked up the small box and walked over directly and put it on Zhou Jinfeng's trial table. Please take an inventory of Mr. Zhou. ”

Zhou Jinfeng's mouth opened wide, he wanted to speak, but he didn't know what he wanted to say, and there were two villains arguing like a fight in his heart, "Take it, this is the money they sent you, you haven't sent it for five months now, and you can't open the pot." ”

"How can it be so powerful? This is a thief, how can I take it? If you take it, the innocence of this life will be ruined here! ”

"Innocence, you have been innocent for so many years, how many things have you done? In terms of protecting the territory and the people, you are not as good as this group of thieves, and this silver should be regarded as their service. ”

"The stolen goods cannot be collected, and if they do, how can this be clearly explained? When the imperial court and the heavenly army arrive, it will be liquidated when the time comes. ”

"You think you won't be liquidated if you don't collect it? The huge An Yun has been lost to you, and now you can only hope that no one in the court will come to check, and if someone comes, I am afraid that it will be all over the house. Eighty taels of silver in front of him is nothing at all. ”

Here Zhou Jinfeng was in a daze, and Li Xijue, who was standing next to him, was about to drop his eyeballs. As a master, he knew that Zhou Jinfeng, a seven-grade sesame official, was only twenty-five or six taels of silver a year, plus those strange terms of seven, seven, eight, and eight, he could probably get a thirty-two year at best, thirty-two years sounds like a lot at first glance, but as a county official, it is really not enough to pay his salary to this master and bear most of the expenses in the county government, so he can only rely on the contribution of his subordinates. Since he has accepted the surrender of his subordinates, he naturally cannot strictly require his subordinates, so he can only turn a blind eye to the fact that the officials below exploit the people and eat big households.

But for now...... It's only been five months, and he's got one hundred and twenty taels, is this thief a silver mine? How can you be so rich? Originally, he still complained about the thief's lavish spending during this time, which caused the prices around Anyun to rise, but he didn't expect this white silver to suddenly run in front of him, and it was so cute. No, it's not your own, it's Master Zhou's silver...... Alas.

As soon as he thought of this, he saw that the man came over with another box of about the same size, Li Xijue's heart suddenly beat wildly, is this to give me silver? How much silver? Should I take it?

Sure enough, the example walked in front of Li Xijue, and handed the box to Li Xijue with both hands, "Master Li, you are the second-in-command of the city, so the salary is lower, it is eighteen yuan and five jiao a month, and the festival fee is one hundred and twelve and a half yuan......" Soon the example remembered that it was impossible for people in this time and space to know the meaning of the decimal point, so he had to add, "It's one hundred and twelve yuan and five jiao." ”

Li Xijue is not like Zhou Jinfeng, he directly took the box of silver with both hands, hugged it and walked to the backyard, not even ordering it.

"Master Li!" Fan stopped Li Xijue's hurried footsteps, "Please ask Master Li to gather all the people from the Anyun County Ya, and we will pay them back wages at the gate of the county Ya." ”

Li Xijue's notice was like a gust of wind, and all the people in the county government quickly gathered at the gate of the county office. Sure enough, the man moved a table from the county office, placed it at the door, and paid his salary by name one by one.

Generally speaking, a county in charge of county government is about twenty-five taels a year, and the main book in charge of grain tax and household registration is twenty taels, and the salary of the small officials below is even lower, often only eight taels of silver a year. But here in the Yanren, the county clerk has seventeen yuan a month, the main book has fifteen yuan, and even these small officials have two to three yuan a month.

Looking at the happy smiles on the faces of these subordinates in front of him, Zhou Jinfeng couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "These officials and petty officials are all bought by the people at this time, if they are allowed to go against the people, I am afraid there is no hope." ”

Just when everyone was rejoicing, a person came from the other side of the street, and this person was the captain of the local brocade guard. Usually all the officials are respectful of this person, and he looks at the faces of all the officials coldly, everyone is a little stunned, what is he doing at this time? Is it to record the evidence that the officials of the Wu Dynasty accepted the stolen goods?

Soon something happened that made all the jaws fall off, and the captain walked straight to the table and looked at the man in charge of distributing the money, took a deep breath, and then asked softly, "This friend, why didn't my Jinyi Wei have a replacement?" ”

"Huh?" The paradigm was also stunned...... Thousands of calculations have missed the Jinyiwei department, and the last time Cen Min came over, he didn't tell them that An Yun also had Jinyiwei in this small city. Besides, Jinyiwei is a secret agency, and they don't know how many people there are in it, and now a Jinyiwei who is looking for them to ask for a salary suddenly appears, which can't help but make him wonder what to do.

"This ...... It's not that it can't be sent," Fan was stunned for a moment, and began to explain, "We don't know anything about the staffing of your Jinyi Guard, I'm afraid that Mr. Prophet needs Lord Cen Min of the Thousand Households." Since there is no roster, we can't make a register and pay salaries. ”

The captain was also stunned, as a secret agency, Jinyiwei has always obtained Yulu directly from his superiors, the reason is that because of the roster problem, no one can know the people in Jinyiwei, especially the secret stakes placed next to the minister. However, at this time, An Yun has been isolated by Beihai City, although nominally he still has to accept the command of Beihai Qianhu, but in the past few months, Beihai Qianhu has come to a lot of small flags and wrestlers, conveying a lot of orders or something, but not mentioning the matter of Yulu. Because he had a lot of savings in the past, he has not run out of food until today, and he can even help his subordinates a little. But just now, his subordinates reported that the thief had given money to the county officials at the gate of the county office, which made him unable to sit still immediately.

To say that he knows better than anyone else that he can't receive this money, but at the moment, people are poor and short-minded, and if they toss for half a month, I'm afraid that their own food will not be enough. Let's get the money in hand first, and if it is time to liquidate, it will be said that it was taken from the thief, so he just changed into ordinary clothes and went straight to the yamen.