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Gao Feng, Ruan Qixiang, Zhao Xin, and many other officials who had committed numerous misdeeds.

They were all executed in public.

Their severed heads were displayed at the city gate.

Other officials with minor offenses.

Each of them also received their own punishment.

As for Ruan Qixiang's son, Ruan Zhao'er...

Although she was offered to Gao Feng by her father for his pleasure.

But he himself had not done many bad things.

Zhao Yuan then showed leniency.

Spare his life.

Let it go on its own...

Chapter 564 A Perfect Match

Luan Tingfang has been rescued.

The ringleaders, Gao Feng, Ruan Qixiang, and Zhao Xin, have all been beheaded.

Up and down Liangshan,

They then began preparations for returning to the marsh.

"Brother, so far, we've only found less than 10,000 dan of grain and over 20,000 guan of cash in the Yizhou treasury."

Inside the Yizhou government office,

Sun An reported this to Zhao Yuan with no other choice.

"How come there are so few?"

Lin Chong frowned and said,

"This is Yizhou Prefecture. Even if it's not as wealthy as other prefectures, it shouldn't be this poor."

"Instructor Lin is right,"

Sun An nodded.

"Although this is all that was found in the state treasury,"

"But in the residences of Gao Feng, Ruan Qixiang, and all the officials, we found a total of over one million dan of grain and more than six hundred thousand guan of cash!"

"The people's hard-earned money has all gone into the pockets of these parasites!"

Lin Chong snorted, his face ashen.

"Now it seems that simply beheading those corrupt officials was too lenient on them!"

"That's just how things are, Coach, please don't be angry."

Sun An smiled and advised,

"The problem now is how we can transport this money and food back to the marsh."

"If we only transport it by land, we won't have enough manpower to handle such a large amount of money and supplies,"

"Secondly, it takes too much time,"

"Although we have now occupied Yizhou Prefecture, once the imperial court finds out, they will definitely send troops to punish us,"

"Therefore, we should return to Liangshan as soon as possible."

“Brother Sun An is right, traveling by land is indeed not feasible,”

Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment and asked,

"I remember Sishui is just east of Yizhou, isn't it?"

"Traveling by water is indeed much faster, but it's still more than 300 li from Yizhou city to the Sishui River,"

Sun An frowned and said,

"How to transport all this money and grain there is also a problem."

"That's easy,"

Zhao Yuan laughed.

"With only our Liangshan soldiers numbering less than ten thousand, we naturally have no way to succeed,"

“But Brother Sun An, don’t forget that Yizhou Prefecture has nearly two or three hundred thousand people.”

"Does the chief mean to say that he is forcibly conscripting people to transport money and grain for us?"

Qin Ming asked subconsciously,

He was born into the military.

The government conscripted people to do work.

I'm already used to it.

Thunderbolt had assumed that Liangshan would follow the same path as the imperial court.

Directly conscripting people to work for them

But unexpectedly, after he said those words,

The other people in the lobby,

They all burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at?"

Qin Ming asked in confusion,

Where did I say something wrong?

"Commander Qin, you may not know this, but Liangshan never lets the people work for free,"

Zhao Yuan explained with a smile,

“Even if we ask the people for help, we will still pay them the corresponding amount of money and grain.”

"So this doesn't count as conscription, it should be called hiring!"

"But there were nearly a million dan of grain, and another six or seven hundred thousand strings of cash,"

Qin Ming frowned and said,

"Once we hire people to move it, the damage and losses..."

"That's fine,"

Zhao Yuan waved his hand.

"In any case, all this money lost ended up in the hands of the common people."

"When the time comes, our business at Liangshan will be finished, and the people of Yizhou Prefecture will receive their money and be grateful to Liangshan,"

"Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"

Chapter 565 Distribution of Money and Grain

Liangshan needed to hire people to transport money and grain.

The list was published very quickly.

The people in Yizhou Prefecture were initially skeptical.

After all these years,

Working for the government without pay, performing forced labor.

Everyone's already used to it.

Now Liangshan actually says,

They would spend money and grain to hire them to work.

This naturally left the common people in disbelief.

Fortunately, Liangshan had previously opened its granaries and distributed grain.

There were also public trials of Gao Feng, Ruan Qixiang, and others.

The people have already come to understand that Liangshan is unique.

So, not long after the notice was posted...

Many people tentatively came to register.

And Liangshan followed the agreement in the proclamation.

Half of the money was given to those who registered as a reward.

This immediately caused a sensation in Yizhou Prefecture.

"Hurry up! Work for Liangshan, there really is money to be paid out!"

"What's there to doubt? Liangshan has already paid half of the reward in advance in order to gain the trust of the people!"

"You still don't believe me? Look at what we have in our hands!"

...

The people spread the word by word.

quickly,

All the people in the city who owned a horse-drawn carriage or carried goods on shoulder poles...

They then crowded together at the entrance of the government office.

I want to sign up to help Liangshan transport money and grain.

This scene before me,

He naturally viewed Qin Ming with respect.

He was a general who came from the imperial court.

In the past, whenever the military was involved in the transportation of provisions,

They were all forcibly conscripted people to do the work.

The people were naturally extremely unwilling.

If it weren't for the soldiers whipping me...

The forced requisitioning of laborers has made the people too lazy to work.

"Even though there are many people here now, aren't you afraid that some might try to take advantage of the situation?"

Qin Ming asked Sun An,

"Commander Qin, rest assured, Liangshan isn't so easily fooled,"

After Sun An finished speaking,

In the crowd of people signing up not far away,

Suddenly, several people pointed at a man with his chest exposed and his face greasy, and said...

"Fellow Liangshan kings, this fellow is a rogue and scoundrel!"

"I'm not, I'm not..."

The man tiptoed, trying to slip away.

The Liangshan soldiers maintaining order nearby immediately stepped forward.

They immediately detained the slippery man and took him aside.

"This is......"