Chapter 171 Carnival Night
Not long after, the Qin family announced a good news.
Qin Heng, as the representative of the Qin family, announced on behalf of the Qin family, "Brothers, after our discussion, we decided to take out 3,000 taels to reward those who have performed particularly well during this period. There are not many people, only six, 500 taels each. Now, I will call out the names of those who come forward."
Surprise, this is definitely a big surprise.
Those who have performed particularly well during this period did not expect to be rewarded by the Qin family. This is completely a pie in the sky.
These people, it can be said, basically serve their Qin family. The Qin family's approach is really comprehensive.
The Qin family used this method to tell everyone present: more work, more pay, we all see good performance.
These six places were selected from the third and fourth echelons. Those whose names were called were very excited, and those whose names were not called also secretly decided to work harder in the future. Because nothing can touch the hearts of these grassroots men more than their hard work, which is seen and remembered by the people above.
The Qin family added fuel to the already heated atmosphere.
That night, many men got drunk, and after getting drunk, everyone cried bitterly.
They never knew that silver was so easy to earn.
There is no doubt that this time, the Qin family is the biggest winner. In terms of cash alone, more than 20,000 taels were distributed. Even if 3,000 taels were used to reward outstanding performers, there were still 17,000 taels of cash in the account.
Not to mention, there were three carts of medicinal materials in the caravan, all of which belonged to the Qin family alone. The initial capital of these three carts of medicinal materials was purchased with the 4,000 taels allocated to Qin Sheng, because Lu Songli explained at the beginning that the medicinal materials purchased with this money were intended to be transported to Pingzhou for their own use and not sold.
In the border area that is often invaded by foreign tribes, medicinal materials are scarce resources, and everyone can understand.
They have no objection to the Qin family taking so much silver.
The income of more than 70,000 taels of silver, from nothing to something, was planned by the Qin family, and they just contributed. If the Qin family hadn't planned, they wouldn't have gotten even one tael of silver.
They got more because they were capable. They worked for half a month, and the work was not dangerous, and the food and supplies were very good. The big guys ate meat, and they drank soup, which was normal.
Now, these brothers, at least 50 taels of gold, that is, 500 taels of silver, can be divided into 800 taels, 1,500 taels, and in such a short period of time, they have become rich.
They are not exaggerating. The best land in the suburbs of Chang'an is 10 taels per mu, and 500 taels can buy 50 mu. The rent alone is enough for the family to eat for a year.
"Brother, you don't know, we escorts have a hard time. If we stay in the escort agency, we can only get two taels of silver a month. We can earn more when we go out to escort, but we have to put our heads on the line, so we can only earn a few more taels of silver."
"Brother, isn't it the same for us as police officers? We may earn a little more than you do. After escorting two trips of prisoners a year, we can get 50 or 60 taels of silver. But it's also very hard for us as police officers to escort prisoners. We don't know how many pairs of shoes we wear out all year round. Who suffers this? Do you understand?"
"Don't you policemen have some gray income?"
"You mean to exploit prisoners? How dare we? Unless the relatives of the prisoners ask for it, we dare to take some, but we dare not ask for more. We dare not exploit and abuse prisoners. If we offend those officials who can be reinstated in the future, it will bring disaster to ourselves and our families. We are not short-sighted people!"
"Brother, you are right, smart."
"Let's not talk about this, come, drink!"
Xu Zheng and Yang Wei were also eating barbecue and drinking on the side. Both of them were very restrained and did not get drunk. The two of them were helpless when they saw the people below drinking like this.
This time, each of them got 5,000 taels of silver. During this time, they got familiar with each other and couldn't help asking each other about their next plans.
Yang Wei wanted to retire from the underworld a little bit. He thought about sending the Qin family to Pingzhou safely. After returning, he would think about retiring from the underworld. With 5,000 taels of silver, his family can live comfortably for the rest of their lives.
Xu Zheng did not agree with his idea of quitting his career. Without the protection of the Yang Wei Escort Agency, wouldn't their little family be like a three-year-old child holding a gold brick to make trouble? How could this be good? He should use this money to make the Yang Wei Escort Agency bigger and stronger.
Yang Wei listened and felt that what he said made sense, and then he couldn't help asking about his plans.
Xu Zheng did not hide it from him and told him that after sending the Qin family to Pingzhou safely, they would move the whole family to Pingzhou after returning to Chang'an.
"What?!" Yang Wei excitedly shouted in a high note.
"Shh!" Xu Zheng motioned him not to get excited.
Yang Wei took two deep breaths to calm down the excitement in his heart a little. Forgive him, he was really too surprised.
"No, after you go back this time, the whole family will move to Pingzhou?" Do you have to be so exaggerated?
"Well, Jiaci had already had this idea before I set out."
"But ideas are just ideas, they may not be put into practice, right?"
"You don't know Jiaci. Once she decides on something, she usually works hard to achieve it. In addition, I personally support this decision."
"Isn't Chang'an better than the border town of Pingzhou?"
"Chang'an is good, but you have to be qualified to enjoy the various benefits of Chang'an, such as the academy, such as good teachers..."
When Xu Zheng mentioned this, Yang Wei was also discouraged, because his son could not enjoy the benefits in this regard.
"Are you willing to give up your clothes?"
Xu Zheng smiled and asked him, "You also saw the performance of the Qin family's children just now, don't you have any ideas?"
Yang Wei thought of the performance of the Qin family's children just now, including Chen Changan, they all saw it. He could understand a little bit of their conversation, and he already felt that these children were very thoughtful and powerful.
It was precisely because of this scene that Xu Zheng was determined to move from Chang'an City to Pingzhou. His mother's decision was right. As the saying goes, birds fly far with phoenixes, people are virtuous with good people, and those who are close to vermilion are red, and those who are close to ink are black.
Mrs. Qin Liushao is his nephew's aunt, she can't ignore her nephew, right? The children in her family are relatively united, so they should be able to benefit from it to some extent, right? If they are lucky enough to be taught by her, they will definitely be more promising in the future than if they are not taught.
Aren't they working so hard for their children?
He was just an official in Chang'an, not a high-ranking official, so there was nothing he couldn't let go of. And because he was from Chang'an City, it shouldn't be difficult for him to find a job in the government office when he arrived in Pingzhou.
"Besides this, Chang'an City has other advantages."
"Other advantages, convenience in life? Needless to say, I don't consider this."
"But Pingzhou is on the border and is often invaded by foreign tribes. You have to consider this, right?"
Xu Zheng asked him, "Do you think those people in the Qin family will let themselves and their families be exposed to danger?"