Chapter 133: New Year's Gifts

These belong to the dividends of the war, the soldiers and officers who have made meritorious contributions, and the dead and wounded comrades-in-arms must obtain appropriate compensation in this, as for the number of seizures reported to the government, it is said in a grand manner, "The Qiu family and the Peng family colluded with bandits, plotted extraordinary things, and were ordinary and extravagant, and most of the proceeds of looting were squandered by them. ”

Although this is a clear deception, but the yamen at all levels can only pinch their noses and admit it, as soon as Li Meng does it, it is in the name of suppressing bandits and hoes, and there are all kinds of evidence as a background, and more importantly, the adult behind Li Meng can not afford to offend.

It's okay to say that the loot arrived, after all, no one found it annoying to divide the money, but these local tyrants and squires in the south of Pingdu Prefecture didn't care that the New Year was approaching, and they rushed towards Fengmeng Town one after another.

Isn't it going to be harvested? Isn't it necessary to transfer the children of relatives? Lord Li, you are talking about the end of the New Year, and we will send it to you this year, so as not to worry about it. And we think that this bit of money and people, is it too much to look down on our folks in Laizhou Mansion, add more, add more, we don't have too much.

No one dares to be too much, the two that are too many are the two largest in Laizhou Mansion, and they have been uprooted by the Jiaozhou battalion, it stands to reason that even if a garrison is very rich, if he deducts the military salary a little more, he will raise a hundred pro-soldiers, but even if there are a hundred elites, they can't beat the five or six hundred horse teams, and thousands of foot soldiers are not.

The more they didn't understand, the more frightened these people became, and the more they didn't dare to slack off.

There are many landlords and squires who are inferior according to Li Meng's standards, and there are three or four families who have made up ten relatives and children, and then drove a few carts with grain and grass to Fengmeng Town, and those middle-class and high-class families are very powerful.

In addition to the children of their own family, the leading figures in the family have to come over to give a New Year's gift, and then pull the relationship, which is really lively.

The Li family manor, which was originally busy for the New Year, had to make every effort to deal with this situation, and the inspection house in Jiaozhou City and the salt field and salt field of the Lingshan Guard Office were all transferred to the manor, and there were about 900 relatives and children of each family, and the original barracks were specially set aside in the manor for them to live in.

Moreover, Li Meng quickly arranged one hundred and ninety Yanding to join the team composed of these local Haoqiang children, and these Yanding soldiers were all old people from Lingshanwei, not the children of those local Yin Shi families recruited by the second and third recruitments.

Li Meng, Zhao Neng, these two for seven or eight consecutive days, are communicating with the squires and landlords all over Laizhou Mansion, these people are also regarded as local fame, always have to come forward to receive it, in fact, communication does not need too much, these local emperors are trembling in front of Li Meng, just ask the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion not to suppress them, who has no illegal things, if it is really checked, there is always a handle to find out, the Jiaozhou battalion crossing is really ruined, come here are begging, what do you want, Lord Li, Even if there is a difficulty in the place, I must try my best to meet it, just ask not to be in the wrath of thunder.

The purpose of killing chickens and monkeys and training troops is achieved, of course Li Meng will not send troops again, and half of Laizhou Mansion, the big thieves worth fighting are really the Qiu family and the Peng family, and the rest are small groups of foreign grass robbers, and the salt Ding stationed in other places can do it. So his attitude was really pleasant, which made the local sages breathe a sigh of relief.

On the twentieth day of the lunar month, when the New Year was about to be celebrated, the famous characters in Dengzhou, Laizhou, who thought that they could have a good life, were invited to Jiaozhou City, but the reason for the invitation was rather strange.

The Qiu family in Tingkou Town and the Peng family in the ancient city set, a total of more than 200 direct and close clansmen, were escorted to the outside of Jiaozhou City, for the evidence obtained by Li Meng's family, the governor of Shandong and the political envoy Si Yamen were all angry and abnormal, the situation in the world was unstable, for such signs of rebellion or possible rural tyrants, the imperial court will never be soft, the provincial government Yamen rarely reflects high efficiency, and the documents for disposal quickly went down to Jiaozhou - beheaded to show the public.

Li Meng gave a lot of posts everywhere, people from Qingzhou, Laizhou, and Dengzhou were invited a lot, and there were more people who were close to him, and more people who had no dealings with him.

After receiving the post, many people did not come, they also had to be busy for the New Year, of course, there were also people who came to see the excitement, and the rich people naturally took it easy.

More than 300 people were beheaded outside Jiaozhou City in one day, and the executioners in Jiaozhou City were not even enough, and Li Meng had to transfer his own Xinding over, and the Jiaozhou battalion had the intention to replace all the executioners with their own people, and the Xinding did not get blood, did not kill people, and could not form a combat force at all.

The number of people who came to see it was no less than the people who were beheaded, and they were all characters who had seen the market, and there were even more people who killed their own subordinates or did illegal things, but they were all frightened by the killing of this day. Most of them vomited directly, and some were scared and fainted.

The situation of the officials in Jiaozhou City is not much better, all the residents of Jiaozhou City who go out of the city to see the excitement are regretted, the result is that the New Year is approaching, Jiaozhou City has not frolicked and joyful atmosphere for a few days, but is unusually quiet.

People from all over the country who came to watch the execution had to tell their relatives and fellow villagers about the bloodshed and cruelty of this time, as well as about the two battles in the Jiaozhou battalion.

In any case, in the eighth year of Chongzhen's wax month, Li Meng's actions not only achieved the effect of training troops and harvested a large number of trophies, but also had the most unexpected benefit - Liwei.

After that, not only the private salt system and the people involved obeyed Li Meng, but the places of Qingzhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou also felt awe of Li Meng.

Maybe it's because the atmosphere of killing heads and fighting is too tense, even Fengmeng Town and Lingshan Guard are very depressing, and in the entire manor, the only one who is not affected should be the county lord, pestering Li Meng to allocate a big car for her, four or five subordinates, and go to the beach to watch the sea under the escort of Yanding.

Li Meng returned to Jiaozhou City, approaching the New Year's Pass, the upper and lower officials of the Jiaozhou Zhizhou Yamen, still have to have some New Year's gifts, the nominal superior, the Denglai staff general will also go to send money, and the salt transportation envoy Yamen in Jining Prefecture, this is a place to pay some silver, who should send how much, who will send more and who will send less, this is all needed to know how to do, for example, Master Ning is the door clear.

After receiving Li Meng's list, Master Ning planned what gift to give and reported it to Li Meng, as long as Li Meng's side agreed, he immediately ordered to go down, and the personnel in the house began to prepare for it, and a large number of gifts were already purchased in Jinan Mansion and Jining Prefecture.

"Knowing Wu Wensong, two hundred taels of silver, two pigs and sheep."

This is already a very good gift, after Master Ning finished reading, Li Meng pondered for a moment and said:

"Wu Tongzhi is our own person, add two hundred taels!"

Master Ning nodded with a smile, picked up the pen and ticked a few times on the gift list, this Ning Qiangui also felt comfortable, in the past, when the Mu Yan King's subordinates were working, the gifts were picked and searched every year, and the people who prepared the gift list were both unflattering, and the Mu Yan King scolded him for spending more money, but he spent less money, and the person who received the gift did not have a good face to give.

At present, this master has never spared money in money, and he should spend a lot of money, but this silver is more and more earned, and he is happy to do things himself.

This gift list was agreed, Ning Qiangui picked it up and gave it to the bookstore on the side, and after the bookstore nervously copied a copy, he hurriedly ran to the side hall, where there were his own servants to match and package all kinds of gifts.

Just as he was about to read the next gift list, Li Meng suddenly asked:

"Has Jingshi's gift been delivered, there is news of receipt in the past few days."

"Calculating the time, our gift should have arrived, and the return trip is also a fast horse, please rest assured, there will be no difference."

Among these usual gifts, the gifts given to Eunuch Liu of Jingshi are naturally the most important, after making friends with such a big man, Li Meng's behavior and doing things are much more convenient, after all, with such a central boss to take care of him, everyone has to be careful.

As soon as Master Ning finished speaking, he heard someone outside shouting:

"Jiaozhou Tongzhi Wu has arrived!"

Li Meng and Ning Qiangui looked at each other and smiled, and Li Meng opened his mouth and said teasingly:

"That's fine, just let him take those gifts back."

Seeing Li Meng joking, Master Ning also followed along and said:

"Every time the New Year passes, these officials are tight on money and panicked, and they always need to see gifts to rest assured!"

The two of them laughed, and did not continue, Ning Qiangui shouted at the guards outside:

"Master Li has an order, please come in."

Now Tongzhi Wu Wensong and Li Meng's status is not the same as before, even in the past, Wu Tongzhi was very polite and respectful, not to mention now. Li Meng's headache is also this matter, Wu Tongzhi is a standard officialdom, and in the face of Li Meng, both public and private are higher than his status. Every time they meet, they do the etiquette to the fullest, kowtow and say hello, so that Li Meng is tireless.