Chapter 20: Rectify the county
Since things are so bad, let's rectify the county little by little.
"Wang Zhutou, you send two people to put this Fei Warden in a prison and watch over him day and night, no matter who it is, he is not allowed to visit. I'll deal with him later, and you and I, along with your remaining men, will go with me to count the silver taels in Zhixian."
"Yes, sir.
Zhao Da and Sun He, the two of you, escorted Fei Dian's prisoner to the south prison and guarded them day and night.
"Yes, King's Head".
"Let's go", the two arresters escorted Fei Dian's official to the prison.
Li Yun, under the leadership of Wang Zhutou, walked to the residence of the county magistrate in the backyard.
"Who of you? What are you doing in the backyard?" The housekeeper shouted loudly to prevent Li Yun from entering the backyard.
"Bracket, bang"
The next moment, Li Yun directly took out a gun and hit the housekeeper.
"Go". Li Yun ordered
"Yes, my lord"
"My lord, we have arrived, this is the back residence where the county magistrate and his family live."
"Well, you guys will take all of them and fence them up, and don't let anyone go,
A few of you will take shovels and dig three feet into the ground for me, and you will not be allowed to spare a corner."
"Yes, sir."
"Go, fence me off. No one is allowed to let go."
"You two go to that house, you go to that house, you and I go to this house, search carefully."
It's not that Li Yun didn't want to live in this mansion, but when he thought of being a fat and greasy pig-like person who was ordered by the county to live for a few years, he lived in it again, and he felt uncomfortable.
"Daring, who are you? Know who I am? Dare to enter our house, be careful that the county lord comes back and asks for your life", the wife of the county commander stood in front of Li Yun and shouted.
The people of the entire mansion were all gathered by the king and escorted in the courtyard for easy management.
"Bang"
Li Yun, who was sitting on the chair, raised his hand to shoot it, as a zombie, he could see the evil qi on other people's bodies, and the wife of the county magistrate exuded a scarlet evil qi all over her body, indicating that many innocent people had been hurt.
"Ahh Killing"! The concubines and maids of the magistrate were so frightened that they squatted on the ground and screamed loudly.
"Bang bang bang", a few more shots rang out, all the people who exuded scarlet evil qi on their bodies were all shot and killed by Li Yun, these people are not good people anyway, and they are useless, and it is a waste of food and space to raise.
The effect of killing chickens and monkeys was really good, and a group of maids squatted on the ground and shivered, and a few of them were even frightened and incontinent.
It had been digging for an afternoon, and Wang Zhutou had found many miscellaneous servants from outside, and the entire mansion had been dug up miserably.
In front of Li Yun, there were many chests of gold and silver. Originally, there was paper money officially issued in this world, but in this troubled era, the country was in turmoil, and various places have long used silver as the main currency of transactions.
Li Yun didn't know how much money the county commanders of other counties could be greedy, but in this ordinary small county town where there was no army to defend the city, according to Wang Zhutou, the average county town had a population of 10 to 200,000, and as for the rich areas in the south of the Yangtze River, there might be a population of two or three hundred thousand, and many people in Guobei County had fled due to the intrusion of his grandmother, and there were still 30,000 people at most.
With a wave of his hand, Li Yun received all the gold, silver and jewelry into the Eastern Emperor Bell.
Wang Zhutou and they had long suspected that Li Yun was a demon, but now they were still frightened when they saw Li Yun's ability to disappear things.
"Don't be afraid, tell you the truth. I'm not a monster, I'm the Emperor of Heaven, and I've come down to save the people who are in prison."
"See the Emperor of Heaven",
Whether Wang Zhukuai believes it or not, they have to see Li Yun, after all, Li Yun revealed his identity.
Li Yun deliberately made this move in front of them, before Wang Yu made them obey him, he succumbed to his own obscenity, and now he wants to whitewash his identity a little bit.
"Get up. You are to keep my identity a secret and not to let outsiders know. Did you know"? Li Yun was afraid that after the news spread, Yan Chixia found out that he was a demon and took action against him.
"Yes, the Great"
"Alright, get up"!
"Wang Zhutou, you find some migrant workers to build a new house for me, don't be too luxurious, just be able to live."
In order to keep it secret, Li Yun can't let others call him the emperor now. And now it's called a bit of a misnomer.
"From now on, you can call me Lord."
"Okay sir, my subordinates will do it, and immediately find someone to build you a house.
Did the adults live in my house first, although it was dirty and broken".
"No need, I'll go back to the inn for a few days, and tomorrow you will recruit some catchers and soldiers with me, so let's get here today, I'll go back first."
"Yes, sir. Zhao Da, Sun He, the two of you follow behind the adults to prevent any rebels from offending the adults."
"Yes, Wang Catcher".
Wang Yun didn't need to sleep, and after meditating at the inn for a night, he came to the county office early the next morning.
There are some things that Li Yun doesn't want to do, and he won't do. You only need to control the army, and leave the rest to the natives of this world.
"Sit, sir. I've got someone to build your house. It will be covered in the next two days, and the notice of recruiting and recruiting soldiers has been posted. We'll just sit here and wait for someone to come."
"Well, well done".
Li Yun sat on the Taishi's chair and sat for almost an hour, and only a few people came to sign up to join the army. And they are all skinny and not eligible at all.
"Wang Zhutou, why are there so few people here? How the hell do you do it"? Li Yun was a little angry.
"Your Excellency, I did put up the notice."
"What is written on the notice"?
"It is written that we want to recruit soldiers, and the annual military expenditure is ten taels of silver."
"Is ten taels more or less? Li Yun didn't know the purchasing power of the world's silver taels, because every time he paid gold. Never spent silver".
"My lord, our county seat is a small county, and the soldiers used to give ten taels of silver, but since the court no longer sounded, and the county town did not pay, the soldiers all fled."
"Nonsense, it used to be a peaceful and prosperous era, but now it is a troubled era, or give so much money, who will come? Pass my order, put up a notice again, give 20 taels of silver every year, and after the death of the battle, pay a one-time compensation of 200 taels to the family, and if you are wounded, after you are discharged from the army, you will be given 10 taels a year."
"My lord, isn't that too much? For the hungry, it is a great gift to have something to eat."
"Pass the order, don't worry about other things. Remember to stick it not only in the county town, but also in the countryside, and find some people with big gongs, walk ten steps in each village, and shout to me. After all, Guobei County itself has few people, and the population is concentrated in rural areas."
"Yes, my lord, brethren, do you hear me? Follow the instructions of the adults and re-post the notices."
"Yes"
Two hours passed, and after a while, a long queue formed in front of Li Yun, and Wang Zhutou and the others had to all pick up their knives to maintain order."
"My lord, are you telling the truth? 20 taels of silver a month". A strong man in the team asked Li Yun loudly
"Of course it's true, I promise, the military budget will be paid to you on time every month"
"Do you take care of the food? I have a big appetite and I'm afraid I won't be able to eat enough."
"Rest assured, you will be fed every meal, and you will be given one meal of meat in two days."
"Hehe, my lord, then I'll be relieved. My mother thought I ate too much, and she was afraid that I would eat all the things in our house and starve my family to death, so she asked me to join the army."
"Don't worry, as long as you make meritorious contributions, you are guaranteed to glorify your ancestors. Let your mother be proud of you".
"Hey, thank you, sir".