It was completely dark.

Every household in Chang'an City has turned on their lights.

Jin Ge was awakened by a chaotic noise.

He got out of bed, walked out of his office, took a deep breath, and was refreshed.

When I looked closely, it turned out that the lieutenants were carrying silver down from the carriage.

Yang Tao and several other general flags are supervising on the side.

Jin Ge looked at the boxes of silver, and his heart was also very excited.

He roughly calculated that the tax collected from merchants in East and West Street was as much as 80,000 or 90,000 yuan a month.

Eighty or ninety thousand taels of silver a month is not a million taels of income a year.

The tax money on East and West Streets is so much for a month.

And what about the whole East Side?

Jin Ge felt that his breathing was a little difficult, and his heart began to pound.

It turns out that the oil and water here are so abundant.

At a glance, Yang Tao finally found Jin Ge, hurriedly walked up to Jin Ge, and said, "My lord, I really didn't expect that there would be so much tax silver, and I didn't see so much silver for such a small size!" ”

The other chief flag officer beside Yang Tao said to Jin Ge with a flattering face: "The Lord of the Hundred Households is wise and martial, and the brothers follow the adults, and they will not have to worry about food and clothing in this life." ”

After Jin Ge smiled, he said: "Taking people's money is like killing parents, and now there are countless pairs of eyes staring at us!" ”

"As long as we make any mistakes, they will give us a fatal blow with thunder."

Yang Tao and the general banner naturally understood what Jin Ge meant, and their faces showed worry.

"But you don't have to worry."

Jin Ge patted Yang Tao on the shoulder and said, "The silver has been moved, right?" Gather them all when you're done! ”

Yang Tao raised his head and looked at Jin Ge.

Jin Ge smiled and said, "Go ahead!" ”

A loud bamboo whistle sounded.

The lieutenants quickly gathered.

Looking at the captains with excited faces.

Jin Ge nodded with satisfaction: "Everyone's performance in the past few days is very satisfied!" ”

The hundred houses are very quiet.

Jin Ge smiled: "What? Shouldn't there be applause here? ”

The lieutenants looked left and right at a loss.

Yang Tao was the first to applaud.

"Bang Bang!"

Seeing this, the other lieutenants dared to clapped their hands together.

"Smack!"

"Smack......

Applause poured in.

"Good!"

Some of the lieutenants couldn't help but cheer.

After a while.

The applause just faded.

Jin Ge continued: "In the past few days, we have collected a lot of taxes and silver, and it is everyone's credit to be able to collect so many taxes and silver!" ”

"However, all this silver belongs to taxpayers, and we can't touch one or two of it."

When the lieutenant heard this, his face became a little ugly.

There were a lot of deflated balls that lowered their heads.

Jin Ge glanced at everyone, and everyone's expressions and movements fell into his eyes.

Jin Ge paused and continued: "However, you, as well as Xishan Zhang San and others, have to increase their monthly salaries. ”

"One hundred taels per month for the chief flag officer, fifty taels for each of the small flags, and twenty-five taels for each of the other captains."

"In addition, for some brothers who work hard and work overtime, they will be subsidized with silver according to the degree of hardship."

"From now on, all the brothers and family members of the hundred households, the expenses of birth, old age, sickness and death will be borne by the hundred households."

"If you don't have a house, go to Yang Tao Zongqi tomorrow to report."

The average lieutenant had twenty-five taels of silver.

This sentence was like a booster, and one by one they became excited again, and said in unison: "Thank you for your grace." ”

At this time, I didn't know which captain it was, and shouted: "Lord Baihu, if you don't have a mother-in-law, can you help find it?" ”

As soon as his words fell, they immediately caused a burst of laughter.

Jin Ge looked at everyone's expectant eyes and said with a smile: "Tube! ”

"Good!"

The lieutenants immediately cheered.

After a while.

Jin Ge waved his hand, and the Hundred Households were quiet again.

He glanced at everyone again, and said with a very serious expression: "You have a salary every month, and this official is still the same as before." ”

"The school captains of our 100 households must not bully or extort the people and merchants."

"If you are found by this official, you will be severely punished!"

Jin Ge paused and said again.

"Every day, you have to go to fifty lieutenants to patrol the streets, as you used to."

"If you find that someone is making trouble in the shop where the tax is paid, no matter who takes it directly!"

"Do you understand?"

The lieutenants said in unison: "Understand! ”

Jin Ge walked up to a lieutenant and said, "Repeat what the official just said!" ”

The captain looked at Jin Ge's gaze without a trace of emotion, and his heart was extremely strong, and he stammered: "...... Later, I ...... Not only must we not bully or blackmail merchants, but we must also protect them! ”

"Good!"

Jin Ge smiled, took out a silver ingot from his bosom and threw it directly to the captain.

The captain took the silver, bowed down and said, "Thank you, Lord reward!" ”

Jin Ge said again: "As long as everyone doesn't act as a traitor and does their duty, whoever dares to bully us, I won't agree to be the first one!" ”

When the captains heard Jin Ge's words, their waists suddenly straightened up.

"In the past few days, everyone must cheer up and not slack off, because if we have a slight mistake, we will never recover, you know?"

"Yes!"

Jin Ge also instructed Yang Tao and several other chief flag officials to arrange good people to guard the tax and silver, and not to be sloppy, so he left the hundred households with Meng Xiang.

Jin Ge and Meng Xiang walked on the road.

Jin Ge suddenly asked, "Uncle Xiang, did I bring food to Wei Li and them when I was sleeping?" ”

Meng Lang said expressionlessly: "I sent it nine times." ”

"Nine times?"

Jin Ge asked in surprise.

Meng Xiang said: "I asked the guards to deliver a meal as long as Wei Li and them fell asleep for more than a quarter of an hour. ”

Jin Ge gave Meng Xiang a thumbs up in admiration.

If Meng Xiang made such an arrangement, Wei Li would collapse within three days.

As Jin Ge expected, in the cell at this moment.

The lieutenant walked in again with a food box.

Wei Li vaguely remembered that this was the tenth time that the captain had delivered food.

According to three meals a day, it is already the fourth day.

It's been four days, why hasn't Jin Ge come to interrogate himself?

Could it be that the imperial court plans to lock up the old man for the rest of his life?

Countless questions tormented him all the time.

He became more and more anxious.

He began to hope that he would be dragged out for trial.

Even a whip would have been fine......

He finally sensed that there was something terrible about his thoughts.

So in order not to fall into this kind of cranky thinking.

He began to chant poetry or sing loudly, or to shout insults.

Finally, he tossed tired and fell asleep again.

I don't know how long it took.

The cell door was opened again.

This time it was two lieutenants who came in.

One was holding a fresh futon and threw it directly on Wei Li's bed.

The other kept the food box next to his bed.

The two lieutenants walked out of the cell without saying a word.

Wei Li woke up in a daze, touched the fresh bedding, smelled the tempting aroma of vegetables, and began to laugh.

"Haha......"