Chapter 198 [Under the heavy reward, there must be ingots]
With food and making money by working, Lantian became popular, and even the market that had been extinct for many days was reopened. The merchants' sense of smell was the most sensitive. In the past, they did not dare to sell things in disaster areas, for fear of being robbed by hungry victims. Now, Baizuo has brought stability. Not to mention the distribution of grain in more than a dozen counties near Lantian, people in Lantian can make money for their workers. With money, these people can't just chew chestnut steamed buns every day, right? They will definitely like cheap pork and timely vegetables, as well as the fragrant tofu. Now even Koreans have learned how to make tofu, and it is said that there are also several "tofu Xishi".
Early in the morning, the market was crowded with people, making the copper coins hidden in their sleeves sounded "rattle" and bargained with the merchants with a smile. Bai Zuo even brought us a good day, and the dog~ The Siqing official's report to me was ill-telling about his "old man"? This was said by the county master in person. Fang County master said that we, Lantian people, have to live a life of life to see those bastards. We can't keep all the money we earned from working in the Bai family and marry a wife. We have to eat meat when we should eat meat! Every household stuffed me a big bowl of old rice for me, and the fragrant carved rice was piled up like a grave, and there were large pieces of fat pork, and we squatted at the door every day to eat! There are rice meat in meals. Do you have such a person like Liyang? Do you have any people in Yongdu? Are we lucky!
With Bai Dong's prestige in Lantian now, it's okay for the Bai family to walk sideways in Lantian. Du Zhi joked about Gou Shengzi, saying that if you like a girl from which family, you can rob her of a wife directly. At that time, the county master will become a blind man, and people from Lantian County will praise you for doing good deeds. How could the Bai family rob people? It must be to save people. It must be because the girl's family is in a difficult situation or is abused by her family. Mr. Gou Shengzi wants to save people from water and fire, just like Bai Zuo even saved us. The reason? What else can I talk about when ** is wrong.
Of course, Gou Shengzi won't rob the big girl. He is a dedicated and smart person. He is in Lantian and his heart is in Baijiazhuang, and his soul is still tied to that happy little grass.
Sang Wazi is his biggest rival in love. Now that he has become the personal master of Li Wei, his achievements are probably limitless. If he cannot practice martial arts, he must not take a path, become a good helper for Ping Anlang, and will also go to school in the future. There is always a saying that he will be qualified to marry Cao'er and let the guy who knows how to dance with swords and guns cry all day long.
Thinking of this, Gou Zuozi tightened the two white porcelain ear bottles tied tightly on his horse and rode his horse towards the county government.
Looking at Gou Shengzi's back from afar, Yuanbao stopped timidly. She knew that this Mr. Gou Shengzi was a good person. She remembered that the Bai family was circulating that she was squeezed out by the crowd. It was this Mr. Gou Shengzi who saved her. After asking about the situation of her family, she also distributed more food for her.
The family is poor, and the only brother is said to have been executed because he was a deserter, so no one wants to date her family. Even the two sisters who had married refused to go home. My mother went there early, and her father was sick. She was the only one who was weak, but she couldn't afford this family. The Bai family could save Lantian, but she couldn't save her family. She couldn't get into a job. She couldn't get back like the sons of the next door, with jingling copper coins every day. Although they could have two servings of food for white-collar workers every day, they had to take out more than half of them and exchanged medicine for their father to take.
The roof leaked, but my cousin still poured water in, saying that she was fifteen years old and should get married early and change a betrothal gift, so that her father might be saved. But Yuanbao is not a fool, and where should he get back the betrothal gift when he reaches his cousin? And didn't Libao say that? Bai Zuogeng and Mr. Lu are calling on the girl in Lantian to get married at the age of 18 and give birth to a baby at the age of 20. But every time she asks her cousin like this, she will eat a whip. Her father can't get up, and when she sees her beating, she can only shed tears. She can't compete.
Yuanbao walked aimlessly at the market, looking at the hot steamed buns that had just been out of the pot and the fragrant mutton soup, and he swallowed so many times. But there were only the last two copper coins left on his body, which was exchanged for rations. She wanted to ask the doctor, hoping that he could sell the medicine to herself cheaper.
Soon she was pushed out of the medicine shop by the doctor. The other party said something ugly, but Yuanbao just smiled. If he heard too much of this, his heart would die. Walking towards the city gate, the city wall of Lantian was two meters high. It would not be too painful to jump off from it, right? Dad, my daughter is sorry for you, my daughter really can't hold on. Instead of being sold by her cousin to the second fool's house in the neighboring village, Yuanbao would rather die!
"Hey, whose woman is this? Why can't you look at people when you walk?"
Yuanbao, who was sad in his heart, did not pay attention to the road, and hit the person's head on. He raised his head in confusion when he heard people talking, and found that he had already walked to the city gate, and many people were surrounding the city gate to "listen" to the official's notice.
In the Warring States Period, there was no habit of posting notices on the city gate. The soldiers responsible for the message rode horses to spread the whole city. In rural villages, Libao announced that since Bai Dong invented the silk paper, some important notices would be posted on the city gate. Today, the market in Lantian reopened, and people from villages around the four sides would flock to the city gate and post the notices on the city gate, which would save manpower and material resources the most.
The people from the county government were reading the contents of the notice aloud. Many people heard it, but they were all shaking their heads. Yuanbao couldn't squeeze over for a while, and they couldn't understand it, so they listened to the people around them.
"Bai Zuo is the best noble I have ever met, and he is also the benefactor of our Lantian people. If you say you are in the fire and water for him, you shouldn't frown, but this matter is very difficult."
"Yes, girls marrying in a hairpin is a rule passed down for hundreds of years, it is a courtesy! How can one say that they violate it? If the ancestors know it, we will scold us to death."
"Didn't Bai Zuo say that if a girl is willing to accept her 180% marriage in public. When she is pregnant at the age of 20, she will come to the government and give her a plaque of 'Civilians' to guarantee that she can bring honor to the ancestors. She also said that in the future, the law of the whole country of Lao Qin will implement the law of 18-marriage and 20-year-old pregnancy. Also, the first one who is willing to accept can get a thousand dollars. It sounds good, and has a title and money to make money. Unfortunately, my daughter got married early and had a baby, otherwise she would have to be the first to agree."
"Don't be stupid. Bai Zuo Geng is naturally the benefactor of our Lantian, but the government cannot trust it. My son lost one leg on the battlefield and became disabled. If he had to reward thousands of dollars according to the rules of the government, he would have to give him a thousand coins. Now three years have passed, but I have never seen an old man. What a master, the lowest title of Lao Qin, is not considered a nobleman, but he has to be just a false reputation of paying taxes! He can't do anything that goes against the rules of his ancestors."
"No, girls are just money-losing people. Old man, I worked hard to raise my daughter until I was fifteen years old, and I still hope to change some betrothal gifts early. Do you want me to raise it for another three years?"
"Yes, that's the reason! Let's just leave, let's leave, it seems that Bai Zuo was cheated by the government. What a thousand dollars? How can we little people have this blessing?"
People were talking about it, but none of them believed what was said on the notice. Yuanbao bit his finger and stared at the notice blankly, unable to understand a word. Can he really get a thousand dollars? If the official family does not lie, his father will have hope of illness, and she doesn't have to worry about being forced to marry the second fool in the neighboring village by her cousin.
"Boy, I have said a long time ago that the people of Lantian are so kind, they are wise but stupid. You worked hard to trick 100,000 stones of grain from Qi, and then you asked for a thousand lords from the king. You paid for the respondents yourself, but you still couldn't get the trust of the people. This notice has been posted at the city gate for half a day, but there was no respondent. I think it would be better to remove it as soon as possible."
Qin Yue people stood side by side at the head of the city, looking at the people talking below, shaking their heads. These speeches have almost visited the surrounding villages, and have cured their daughters many times. But when they talk about the "big girl pilot" incident, the people all shook their heads and said that the rules of their ancestors are unbreakable, especially because they are afraid that their daughters will waste their youth if they can't get married. They are even more worried that raising their daughters for three more years will consume a lot of food in vain. In the eyes of these people, raising their daughters for one more year is equivalent to a few more big rats at home. The Book of Songs says that big rats are not good things.
"Mr. Lu is wrong. People are always curious, or for various reasons, there will always be people who will be the first tryer; and once someone tries, others will follow you. If you don't believe it, how about making a bet?" Bai Dong looked at the Qin Yue people with a smile: "Also, Mr. Xu of Qi voluntarily gave me 100,000 stones of food, but it was not a kid who cheated me."
"Who will bet with you? You sly boy."
Qin Yue smiled with his beard and said, in fact, he was more looking forward to the first person to stand up than Bai Dong. This person should have made great contributions, and a man who passed the imperial examination and rewarded him with less than a thousand dollars.
"Dear fellow villagers, I am the Bai Zuo Geng you mentioned. Villagers, girls who give birth to babies when they are less than 20 years old are extremely harmful to their bodies. You can bear to watch your daughter suffer this pain and fight with your life? I promise everyone that the government will not deceive everyone, and the responder will receive a bounty of title! Now the reward for the first responder has increased to 10,000 yuan! There are much fewer latecomers, only a reward of one hundred yuan? So it is said, 'Don't miss it when you pass by'"
I heard that the young man in the city was Bai Zuo Geng, and the people below were all solemn. This is our great benefactor of Lantian. All we trusted is the national government, but not Bai Zuo Geng. Later, the people laughed. Bai Zuo Geng is different from ordinary nobles. How interesting you hear what others say, "Don't miss it?" It makes people feel itchy when they hear it.
"Bai Zuo Geng, I am willing! But, is there really a reward for money?"
Chapter completed!