nucmednet Chapter 134: County Office Reward
Chapter 134: County Office Reward
"Sir, these horse bandits are very profitable!"
Zhang Yi came up with several money bags and turned over his palm to reveal a shiny object.
"Sir, I also pried off the bandit leader's gold tooth."
It's gold!
Although this gold tooth weighs only two cents, it is gold after all.
At today's exchange rate, 1 tael of gold can be exchanged for about 12 taels of silver, so it is naturally worth a lot of money.
Chen Changfan generously gave Zhang Yi an appreciative look, and then roughly counted the silver and money of these horse bandits.
There were actually over a hundred taels of silver.
He didn't care where the money came from and naturally put it in his pocket without hesitation.
The villagers saw it but didn't dare say anything.
If Chen Changfan had not led the bandit suppression team to kill the horse bandits, these ordinary people would have lost their lives long ago, let alone material things like silver and money.
"Old Wei, take a few people back to the village and finish off the dead. And pick up the dead."
Chen Changfan gave an order, and Lao Wei took the two back to the village, while Zhang Yi led people to collect weapons and horses.
After a while, the team gathered again.
11 horses, 9 machetes, 6 longbows, 5 daggers, and several arrows.
These horses and weapons alone are worth 200 taels of silver.
However, Chen Changfan did not intend to sell these for money. If he wanted to encircle and suppress more powerful horse bandits or even powerful mountain bandits in the future, he would definitely need to further expand his armed forces, and these would be useful in the future.
After this battle, the bandit suppression team had a good start. It not only trained the team, but also greatly established its own prestige. It can be said that it had reaped great rewards.
However, Chen Changfan was not satisfied with this gain.
"Zhang Yi, Lao Wei, come with me to the government office. The rest of you take your horses and equipment and return to Xiaofeng Mountain to rest."
Chen Changfan gave an order and everyone obeyed immediately.
The group left immediately, leaving only the survivors in the village to lick their wounds silently in the corner.
"Chen Jia Erlang... no no, Master Chen... is so powerful!"
"From now on, the safety of Dahe Village... no, no, Qingshan County will all depend on Master Chen..."
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Qingshan County, Yamenkou.
Chen Changfan stood at the gate with his hands on his hips. Two men with fierce looks stood behind him. There was a torn sack at his feet, and bright red blood was flowing all over the ground.
"Chen Changfan, why are you coming to the county government office instead of suppressing the bandits?"
Cheng Weimin now gets a headache whenever he sees Chen Changfan. He always feels that this guy has no good intentions when he comes here.
"Sir Cheng, I'm here to collect the reward." Chen Changfan smiled and straightened his back a little.
"Receive the reward?"
"That's right! The county government has issued a notice that anyone who kills horse bandits will receive a reward. The reward for each horse bandit is one tael of silver, and the reward for the bandit leader ranges from one hundred to one thousand taels of silver."
Hearing this, Cheng Weimin chuckled and cursed in his heart that Chen Changfan must have gone crazy due to poverty.
It is true that you can get silver for killing bandits, and the reward is quite a lot, but you have to be able to collect it.
There are at least eighty horse bandits of all sizes in Qingshan County.
If you kill one, ten will jump out to take revenge.
The horse bandits hold grudges and collude with each other. If you are hated by them, you will be killed sooner or later.
"Yes, since Lord Chen said he came to collect the reward, he must have killed a lot of bandits. Please show me the proof so I can give it to you..."
Gulu!
Old Wei stepped forward, pulled the sack, and shook out the head inside, which rolled all over the floor.
hiss!
There was an immediate gasp of surprise from the crowd.
"With so many heads, how many bandits did Master Chen kill?"
"It's Boss Pan! He's dead?"
"It was these bandits who killed my wife a few days ago! Damn bandits! I'll kick you to death!"
After seeing the appearance of those heads clearly, the people were filled with indignation and obviously hated these horse bandits.
It was also the first time that Cheng Weimin saw so many heads piled together, and he was so scared that he took a few steps back.
He thought that Chen Changfan was a truly ruthless man, as he had actually wiped out Boss Pan and his gang of horse bandits.
However, he also sneered in his heart, thinking that Chen Changfan had offended the horse bandits and would probably not live long.
If you make enemies with horse bandits, the fight will last until you die, and you will have to keep one eye open even when you sleep at night.
"Master, go get some silver for Master Chen. He has done a great service in killing the bandits. Not only should he be rewarded, but he should also be greatly commended so that everyone in the county will know about Master Chen's great achievements."
Not only did he not mind Chen Changfan being in the spotlight at this time, but he wanted to further fan the flames. It would be best if the bandits could sneak into his house and kill him tonight.
"Sir Chen, if you kill ten horse bandits, you'll be rewarded ten taels of silver. If you kill the bandit leader, Boss Pan, you'll be rewarded a hundred taels of silver. That's a total of 110 taels of silver. Please check it."
The master presented the reward silver, Chen Changfan accepted it calmly, and then raised his arms and shouted,
"The task of suppressing bandits is a long and arduous one. My bandit suppression team has recruited many brave men from the countryside and vowed to completely wipe out the horse bandits entrenched in Qingshan County and restore peace and well-being to the people."
Cheng Weimin glared at Chen Changfan unhappily and said, "You really know how to pick the right time. While everyone is here to watch, you start recruiting people. If he really recruits them, you will have to pay for it yourself in the end."
Chen Changfan was the one who showed up, but he was the one who suffered the most.
But at this point, he couldn't show any displeasure, and even had to act very supportive. Otherwise, in front of the people, it would seem that he, as the county magistrate, was too narrow-minded and intolerant.
"Sir! I'm willing to sign up! I was a soldier in my youth, and I can still handle a sword!"
"And me! I know martial arts! I want to avenge my mother!"
"My lord, my lord..."
This time, the number of militiamen who signed up on site was much greater than last time.
Chen Changfan gave Lao Wei and Zhang Yi a look, and the two immediately organized the registered militiamen, filled out the registration form, and entered the information.
Before coming to the county government office, he had already explained their respective responsibilities to the two of them.
Lao Wei was in charge of the defense of the villa, while Zhang Yi was in charge of the anti-bandit operations.
Therefore, the recruitment directions of the two are now related to the areas they are in charge of, and they quickly recruited more than 20 strong militiamen.
Compared with last time, the quality of recruitment is much better.
This is the role of fame.
Last time, Chen Changfan just shouted loudly, but the people did not think highly of him, and fewer people were willing to follow him.
This time, Chen Changfan led his team to wipe out a group of horse bandits. Such real results were more convincing than any words.
"Master Cheng, these twenty militiamen can greatly strengthen our county's bandit suppression team. Please help us. The bandit suppression team has expanded fourfold. Without two thousand taels, I'm afraid we won't be able to maintain it..."
Chen Changfan's words were polite, but they actually just consisted of two words.
ask for money.
Cheng Weimin's heart was filled with hatred, but he still pretended to be generous and waved his sleeves, "Give me the money!"
The people were now all staring at him. If he didn't give it to him, he would probably be drowned in their spit.
The lawyer took out 2000 taels of silver notes with some pain, and Chen Changfan took it with a smile.
"Laugh! You've offended the bandits. Let's see if you can still laugh tomorrow."
Cheng Weimin cursed inwardly.