After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

After eating and drinking, they lay down to rest. They had only limited things they brought with them, so they could only make do with this.

Everyone was awakened by the morning sun, yawning, rubbing their eyes, and slowly getting up.

I just dozed off for two hours and felt like I should get up the moment I closed my eyes.

Lord Li listened to the noises around him and opened his eyes. He didn't know where he was for a moment, and only came to his senses when he saw the box next to him.

"Sir, shall we go up now?" Lao Fan came over to ask for instructions.

Lord Li went to the stream and washed his face. When his mind became clearer, he began to speak.

"I will take the silver with me first. I will give you fifty people. You can search the cave again and see where the other end of the cave leads to."

Lao Fan had no objection and agreed promptly.

There were three wild goats at the bottom of the ditch, all of which were killed. The aroma of roasted whole goats spread early in the morning.

Lord Li did not stay to eat the roast lamb, but took his people upstairs to have breakfast.

The ditch was deep and the slope was steep, so it was impossible to go up with the box.

Lord Li asked the people above to let down the rope and tie up the box.

Another team of people were asked to tie ropes around their waists and use machetes to clear a half-meter path.

The box was pulled up little by little along the smooth road.

It took an hour to pull all the boxes up.

Lord Li watched the last box being placed steadily on the cart, then rode his horse and led his men down the mountain.

Guizi also followed the car back to the garrison, and his leg pain was even worse.

I was still able to walk yesterday afternoon, but after a night's sleep, my whole leg is swollen.

When they arrived at the garrison, Lord Li placed all the boxes in the warehouse and assigned people to guard it.

After washing up, changing clothes, he led people to Wu'an City.

Master Qian returned to the yamen early in the morning. Lord Wu looked at Master Qian's miserable appearance and felt worried.

"Master, what's going on? There are still bandits hiding in the mountains. Why do you look like you've been chased for dozens of miles?"

After hearing this, Master Qian's good mood did not change at all.

"Sir, can we talk for a moment?"

Lord Wu led his men into the study, took two steps, stopped, turned around and gave instructions to the yamen runner who followed Master Qian.

"Go back and wash up first, then have a good sleep. You don't need to come to the government office today. Have a good rest."

These yamen runners were so sleepy that their eyes were filled with tears and they wished they could just wash up and go to bed.

But when it was time to go to the yamen, they did not dare to leave without the permission of the adults.

"Thank you, sir." The bailiffs went home with smiles on their faces.

After watching them walk away, he said to Master Qian, "You should go wash your clothes too. They are so ugly now."

Mr. Qian thanked him quickly and did not go home. He found an empty room in the yamen, washed up and changed into new clothes.

He kept clothes in the yamen in case of emergency.

After everything was sorted out, I quickly went to the study.

~Dongdong~

"Enter."

Master Qian came in and sat opposite Lord Wu, and told him in detail about the silver found on the mountain.

Lord Wu's eyes became brighter as he listened. He couldn't help but stand up and walk around the study.

He did not value the 40,000 taels of silver so much. His family gave him 200,000 taels of silver every year to spend.

But he would not refuse the money he got, as his subordinates and the people needed money to appease them.

The two chatted for a while, then wrote and sent out the document to be submitted to the court.

Master Qian was not sleepy at all. He was very excited now, as if he had already seen his life after being promoted by following Lord Wu.

"Sir, Lord Li is here and wants to see you."

A report came from the servant outside the study, and Lord Wu stood up and went to greet Lord Li with Master Qian.

This time, Lord Li came to discuss with Lord Wu that the case was closed, but they wanted to know how to deal with the silver that the bandits had sent.

Master Qian felt very distressed when he thought about the money he had handed over.

Lord Li and Lord Wu talked alone for a while, and finally decided to use the silver in the garrisons and the government offices.

Lao Fan on the mountain was still checking the cave, but he didn't find anything else.

The other end of the cave is behind the Erniu Mountain Stronghold, under a cliff, which should be one of the escape routes left by the bandits.

This time they were all lured out by a trick, otherwise they would not have been captured so easily.

A few days later, the court's commendation came.

Lord Li was promoted to a higher rank and went to work at the guard post in the prefecture.

There are more people in the garrison over there, and they are directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, so their future is limitless.

Lord Wu still had one year left in his term in Wu'an City. This time, the Ministry of Personnel gave him an excellent evaluation, and he was promoted to prefect when his term was over.

Lord Wu has been in a good mood recently. His family has been planning for him for so long, but his position has not changed.

He gained merit in suppressing bandits and was easily promoted.

Lord Wu's father was the head of the Wu family. He was so happy that he gave him 300,000 taels of silver as pocket money.

The Wu family was extremely wealthy, and only this son passed the imperial examination. All the resources of the Wu family were tilted towards him.

Lord Li went to the provincial capital, and the old Fan Sheng in the garrison was appointed as the captain, in charge of the garrison affairs.

Mr. Wan and Guizi were also promoted to centurions, and they happily led their subordinates in training every day.

The headmen of Kaoshan Village and Ji Village were called to the county government office. They didn't know what they were called for and were very nervous.

When entering the yamen, he bowed first and only dared to stand up when he was called.

"Yelizheng, all the bandits have been caught. Your village will be safe from now on."

Ye Lizheng's tears flowed uncontrollably and he finally had a good sleep at night.

Xu Lizheng was also very happy. Their village was smaller than the village next to the mountain. If they encountered bandits, they would not even have a chance to escape.

Lord Wu looked at the two excited people and continued, "In order to reward Kaoshan Village and Ji Village for catching the bandits, Kaoshan Village will be rewarded with 300 taels of silver, and Ji Village will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver."

Ye Lizheng was overjoyed. He didn't expect such a good thing to happen.

Xu Lizheng of Ji Village looked at Lord Wu in disbelief. They just went to help and got this benefit.

Lord Wu looked at the two men's open mouths, smiled and continued talking.

"Your two villages are exempt from corvée labor this year."

The two village chiefs were so overwhelmed with joy that they kept repeating, "Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."

The two of them no longer knew what they were saying, they just kept repeating these two sentences over and over again.

Lord Wu was not angry and told Ye Qing about his reward.

"Reward Ye Qing with fifty taels of silver. She was the one who discovered the bandits' hideout in the city."

Ye Lizheng's mind became a little clearer, and he bowed solemnly again to thank Lord Wu.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, they had to perform corvée labor every year. Before, they came here to escape famine, so they were exempted from corvée labor for two years.

When doing corvée labor, the government did not pay, the food was not good, and the labor required was more work.

Those who went to perform corvée labor would be sick for a period of time after returning.

The two men took the reward money but did not dare to say anything. They put it in a torn sack on the ox cart and covered it with a curtain.