Chapter 396 Distribution
Ling Ce led his men and escorted Magistrate Wu and his party to Guangning Mansion. There was still a lot to do there.
Before leaving, he looked at Shui Qing in the crowd and wanted to say something, but finally closed his mouth and ordered to his men: "Let's go!"
Forget it, you will naturally know when the thank you gifts arrive. Saying thank you gifts in advance will only frighten and disgust people.
Anyway, he just said that these properties are only to compensate Shanshui Village. Everyone should understand that this is not his thank you gift to Hu Shuiqing.
Behind Shui Qing stood hundreds of people from Shanshui Village, old and young, waving their hands excitedly and watching the crowd of people go away until they could no longer be seen, and then excitedly rushed towards the animals on the roadside.
"Stop scaring the animals! Take them all back to the village and close the gate. How many of them can't be seen?"
"Didn't you hear what the governor said? All the power is left to your Aunt Shui Qing to make the decision. Anyone who dares to have any objections will not be given any points!"
"Speaking of which, the governor must be looking for Ling Ran's face. This is all the work of Shui Qing and Jin. Otherwise, could the governor come? Can he also give money and livestock to our village? What are you thinking? These must be for water supply Please give them a thank you gift!”
"That's right, let's hold still for now and let's see how Sister-in-law Shui Qing decides!"
Among the crowd, those who led horses and those who drove donkeys rushed to the open space in front of the bookhouse. The people at the back closed the door tightly, and everyone happily circled around the animals to watch.
They don't care about the money. They can't decide whether to divide it or how much. Besides, they all know that these are the thank-you gifts given by the governor to Sister-in-law Shui Qing. Why are they joining in the fun?
But these animals are different. There are dozens of them. Even if Shui Qing’s sister-in-law divides ten animals for the use of the villagers, whether they are busy farming or going out, they will not be able to relax a lot!
Shui Qing carried the cloth bag containing the money and invited the old village chief and the elders in the village to go into the bookstore to discuss.
Although Ling Ce gave her full power to make the decision, after all, it was distributed to the entire Shanshui Village. It would be better for everyone to discuss a distribution plan together - share the responsibilities equally.
There are tables and chairs in the study room. The old men sat on the chairs and faced the podium directly in front of them. They felt much taller and taller.
Shui Qing poured all the silver out of the cloth bag and counted it carefully on the podium.
Magistrate Wu is here to arrest people, so naturally he won't bring too much money.
However, when a county magistrate leads a team out, his entourage will bring some money with him in case of emergencies.
The refugees had no money, but the gangsters and government officials had some.
One, two or two or three taels of broken silver for one person is not much. It can't handle the large number of people. More than two or three hundred people found more than 240 taels of broken silver. Magistrate Wu brought a whole ingot. There are three ingots for twenty-two ingots, and five ingots for twelve-liang ingots.
After counting twice and confirming that the number was correct, Shui Qing looked up at the old men opposite and said, "The total amount of silver is three hundred and fifty-three taels. How do you divide it?"
The old village chief, Father Xu, Aunt Li, Aunt Zhang, and the others originally thought that Shui Qing called them here to inquire about the livestock. When they heard the silver, especially more than three hundred and fifty taels, they were so surprised that they almost couldn't sit still and fell from their chairs. Come down.
"Shui Qing, how much can you say?"
"It depends on how you divide it, isn't it divided by you? No, that's not right, so much money is given to us?"
Not to mention more than three hundred taels of silver, even more than thirty taels of silver. Not many of them had seen so much at the same time.
He never thought that there would be so much money, so Shui Qing decided to share it without hesitation!
"Yes." Shui Qing said calmly.
Not to mention the box of gold leaves sent by Bai Manshan and Li Huyu, and not to mention the silver taels he earned before. Today, a batch of medicinal materials in the medicinal material shop alone can sell for eight or nine hundred taels. Two batches have been sold, and there are still many stored in the warehouse. For dry goods, I will go to Yuhang later to expand sales channels, and my deposits will be doubled.
Ling Ce said that the money and things were to compensate Shanshui Village, so she would not be greedy.
Hearing that so much money was being shared, even the old village chief was shaken.
After a long while, he said: "Years ago, Zhao, Sun and Fan's family and dozens of people in the village were injured. The hemostatic powder and gauze used were all provided by you and the Ding family, especially the Ding family. This is a huge sum, and there is no way that his family will be injured." reason.
So, I am thinking about deducting the medicine fee for the Ding family from this money, and then thinking about how to divide the rest? "
He originally thought of using the public funds to pay for it, but there were still more than a dozen taels of public funds left, which must not be enough. What to do with the rest, he had not yet come up with a good solution.
This money is really timely!
Others unanimously agreed: "Yes, we can't let the Ding family pay. We can't let his family pay for the hemostatic powder after all their efforts! We have to make up for it."
Shui Qing knew that Ding Heli and Qin Yilin had not planned to pay for the hemostatic medicine, but the injuries were caused by Magistrate Wu and the gangsters. The money was also collected from Magistrate Wu and the gangsters, and they would use it to pay for the medicine. Couldn't be more appropriate.
She came up with an idea and asked: "Okay, let's set aside fifty-three taels of silver from the change. Let's share a sum with each household. The rest will be used as public money. If the medicine for Uncle Ding and Aunt Ding is too much, it will be put into the public house." If it’s short, I’ll make up for it with the public money. What do you think?”
Aunt Li slapped her thigh and said with a bold smile: "It works, why not!"
Three hundred taels of silver were divided among more than thirty families. Everyone discussed enthusiastically how much each family should get.
The old village chief interjected: "Feng Da and the four Mancang households cannot be forgotten and must be included."
"That's right! Whether it's against the bandits or going out, the four families have contributed more than most families in the village, so how can they not be counted!"
"Don't worry! They are all counted."
The old village chief said again: "Zhang Tuzi's family, Zhang Xiaogou has done a lot, should he also be counted?"
"That child is really not easy, his father is lazy and his mother is cowardly, but this time Zhang Tuzi's performance is not bad, at least he has completed the work assigned to him, and his wife and Zhang Chunhua have also done their share of work, so they should have a share?" Aunt Li looked at Shuiqing.
Shuiqing nodded.
Everyone then discussed the next item.
Old Master Wang looked at everyone and asked hesitantly: "Does Fan Qian's family count?"
If he had received this money last time, it would definitely not be counted, but this time, no matter what, Sizhu really contributed, and it would be unreasonable to exclude him alone.
"Well, Aunt Fan is gone, Fan Qian is still lying in bed with crooked eyes and crooked mouth, Sun Jinhua is talking nonsense, Dazhu and the other two are lame and rely on Sizhu to take care of them. Sizhu did the work, so should Sizhu be counted as a part of it?" Father Xu did not make a direct decision, but looked at Shuiqing.
Shuiqing had no objection.
If Fan Qian's family had not contributed at all, she would definitely not agree, but this time Sizhu really contributed, and his mother-in-law was gone, and the family was injured and disabled, as long as the villagers did not feel that they were at a disadvantage, it would be fine.