Chapter 1983 Farewell to each other
“Zihou is in a hurry, so I won’t be nagging you. To make a long story short, in addition to seeing you off, Zihou, I am also responsible for the entrustment of the city’s officials, gentry, and merchants. in order to thank Zihou also had the kindness of the Zhejiang Army to survive and protect his family. They spontaneously raised 50,000 taels of silver and donated it to the Zhejiang Army as military expenses."
"In addition, they also raised 50,000 shi of grain and grass and donated them. To the Zhejiang Army.”
"I have taken it upon myself to issue an official letter in the name of Suzhou Prefecture to receive their donation. The silver was exchanged for silver notes. This is an official letter transferring their donation to Zihou Zhejiang Army. This is all The banknotes are now returned to Zhao intact. The grain and grass they raised will be sent to Zihou in Shaoxing later."
Shang Wei kept his words short and took out an official letter handing over the donation and a box. Passed it to Zhu Pingan.
Shang Weizhen was so good at doing things that he accepted the donation in the name of Suzhou Prefecture on behalf of Zhu Pingan and handed it over to Zhu Pingan in the form of an official letter.
In this way, it is equivalent to Shang Wei and the Suzhou government building a wall of separation for Zhu Pingan and the Zhejiang Army, taking over the huge risk of receiving donations, so that Zhu Pingan and the Zhejiang Army do not have to bear any responsibility for receiving donations. risk.
Even if there are political opponents holding a magnifying glass and picking at the bones and spirit of the egg, they cannot find problems with Zhu Pingan.
“Thank you Lord Shang for your care, and thank you to my colleagues and fellow villagers in Suzhou. Now is the time to use money, so I will not refuse.”
As the saying goes, before the troops are moved, food and grass go first. , Zhu Pingan knew that he took office After becoming the governor of Zhejiang and wiping out the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang, the first thing that had to be solved was the problem of money and food. It was time to spend money, so Zhu Ping'an was not polite and took the official letter and box from Shang Wei with both hands and sincerely expressed his sincere gratitude. He expressed his gratitude.
Now there are two thousand in the Zhejiang army, and each person is paid one and a half taels of silver per month. In a month, the monthly salary is 3,000 taels, and in a year, the monthly salary is 36,000 taels.
After calculating this, the 50,000 taels of silver donated by Suzhou were enough to pay the Zhejiang army for one and a half years.
Coupled with the appropriation from the court, Zhu Ping'an will not have to worry about the Zhejiang army's salary issues for at least two years.
There is also food and grass.
A soldier eats about one stone of grain a month, two thousand soldiers eat about two thousand stone of grain a month, and twenty-four thousand stone of grain a year. Oh, and counting the war horses, the fifty thousand stone of grain and grass donated by Suzhou. It was almost enough for the Zhejiang soldiers to eat horse chews for a year and a half.
Coupled with the grain and grass allocated by the court, Zhu Pingan will not have to worry about the Zhejiang soldiers eating the grain and grass chewed by their horses for at least two years.
"Zihou, you have to hurry up, so we won't delay your schedule. I wish you all a safe journey. I believe that with Zihou's ability, he will be able to make great achievements in Zhejiang. See you next time, Zihou. I will definitely make new achievements.”
Shang Wei knew that Zhu Pingan was on his way, so he didn’t say much more. After Zhu Pingan handed over the official letter and banknote, he handed Zhu Pingan off.
"I wish Mr. Zhu a safe journey and great ambitions." A group of officials also followed Shang Wei to bid farewell to Zhu Ping'an.
"Thank you, Lord Shang, and thank you all colleagues for your kind words." Zhu Ping'an returned the gift and thanked him.
After being sent off by Magistrate Shang and others, Zhu Ping'an and his party set off again, but had to stop before they reached the city gate.
The road ahead is blocked by ordinary people.
There is no airtight wall in this world. Zhu Pingan and his party set out to move. Neighbors and passers-by found out. As soon as they spread the word, many people knew that Zhu Pingan was leaving for Shaoxing today to take office in Zhejiang. Governor's affairs. In addition, just now Magistrate Shang and others were seeing each other off, and there was a lot of noise. After a little delay, more people knew about it.
After hearing the news, many people spontaneously came to see him off. More and more people were helping the old and young, and eating pots of pulp. The roads leading to the city gate were blocked by people. The water is suffocating.
"Master Zhu, please stay. If the Japanese pirates come again without you, what will we do?"
"Master Zhu, please stay. We have paid for your food and soldiers in Suzhou. Stay here. Don't go to Zhejiang to be the governor. Please stay. We, the people, are petitioning, asking the emperor to appoint you as the governor of our southern Zhili." "
"Master Zhu, our whole family is grateful to you for your grace of survival. This basket of eggs was saved by me this month. Your Excellency and your wife, please recuperate.”
“Don’t leave, stay, please, Mr. Zhu.”
The common people saw the carriage of Zhu Ping’an and his entourage arriving. People crowded over and shouted to persuade Zhu Ping'an to stay. Some used a basket of food to persuade Zhu Pingan to stay, some pulled the carriage with force to persuade him to stay, some cried to persuade him to stay, and some excited people even knelt on the ground.
"Dear fellow villagers, thank you for your kindness. I will keep your safety in mind." Zhu Ping'an had to get off the carriage, raised his hands to express his gratitude to the people who blocked the road, thanked them for staying, and did their best over and over again. Ideological work.
"My uncle is a very good official, but so many people are reluctant to let him go. They are crying and clamoring for my uncle to stay."
Baozi's little maid Hua'er opened a crack in the carriage curtain and saw that she was frantically trying to stay outside. The common people said with emotion.
"Gee, aunt Hua'er, you still call me uncle, but you want to change your name to husband or official." Qin'er covered her mouth and laughed at Hua'er for calling her uncle Zhu Ping'an.
"Haha, if Hua'er is not used to it, just call him 'Master'." Li Shu squinted her eyes and smiled.
"Yeah, okay, please call me Master." Hua'er nodded repeatedly.
"I am such a good official. I have only stayed here for less than half a year. They are so reluctant to leave me."
Hua'er looked at the crowd outside who were frantically trying to keep Zhu Pingan, and couldn't help but sigh. When you get up, you are so proud of yourself.
"Of course Brother Zhu is a good official. Although he only stayed for less than half a year, he saved Suzhou City and saved their lives. They kept Brother Zhu in this way, not only because they were reluctant to leave Brother Zhu, but also They are worried that Brother Zhu has left, and other officials are not as capable as Brother Zhu and cannot protect them. Just compare the tragic experience in Jiaxing City next door," Li Shu said more clearly than Hua'er.
"Well, what the lady is saying is that I heard from Mrs. Wang, the cook, that Jiaxing City was occupied by Japanese pirates for a month, and the people there suffered a lot. Tens of thousands of them were killed by the Japanese pirates. Especially those rich families, almost all of them were killed. Ordinary people’s homes were robbed of all their valuables. If you were not careful, the whole family was killed by Japanese pirates, and many women were also killed. The Japanese pirates were devastated. When they retreated a few days ago, they kidnapped tens of thousands of people from the city, most of whom were women."
"Thanks to the people of Suzhou for meeting my uncle. Otherwise, they would be the ones who suffered. Because the Japanese pirates came for Suzhou, it was my uncle who fought desperately to save the city and embraced the hundreds of thousands of people in the city. "
Qin'er remembered what the queen of the kitchen had said and said with a look of sadness on her face. (End of this chapter)