Chapter 552: The chief gang leader discusses merit and rewards
After leaving Dusi Yamen, Lao Liu did not return to the camp immediately, but went into a small alley with the guards.
When he came out, he had already put on a pair of old cotton clothes and trousers, a dog-skin hat, a cloth belt around his waist, and a green dog-beating stick stuck in it.
Hu Quan and others also put on the uniforms of the beggar gang, and surrounded Lao Liu with all his might and lightning, they arrived at the gate of a wasteland-style platform in Wazijiao.
I saw a wooden board hanging on the lintel, with four black characters on a white background, and four big characters with arrogant teeth and claws - Chief Helmsman of the Beggar Clan!
The signature is 'Hong Qi'.
In fact, with the current financial resources of the Beggar's Gang, there is no need to make it so shabby, but the general leader's intention is to maintain the original character and not forget the roots. So Shu Laibao, who was in charge of the decoration, spent ten thousand dollars to build a huge Beggar's Gang.
The chief rudder has sorted it out.
Among them, the most expensive expense was the fourteen top chairs in the Juyi Hall and the tiger skin on the top chair.
And that tiger skin alone cost five guan... Boss Zhu was amazed by his ability to control costs. Zhu Zhen even considered letting him work as a cashier in the Shipping Department.
The Gang Leader of the Thirteen Mansion had been waiting for a long time. When the Sixth Lao sat down on the tiger-skin chair, they all knelt down and said loudly: "Greetings to the Chief Gang Leader!"
"Everyone, get up." Lao Liu waved his hand domineeringly, asking them to sit down.
He looked around at the gang leaders and saw that some of them were beaming with joy, some were forcing smiles, and some couldn't even smile.
Because today is the time to judge merit and reward, and the results of the competition have come out earlier.
Everyone knows the ranking of each gang leader already.
"It seems that even if you don't listen to what my gang leader is saying now, let's get straight to the point." Zhu Zhen laughed loudly.
All the beggars also laughed.
"First place, Nanchang Mansion. Shu Laibao, come forward to receive the reward." Hu Quan announced in a deep voice to Shu Laibao who was kneeling on the ground: "Because you assisted His Highness in taking charge of the overall situation, performed well and made outstanding contributions,
Your Highness has specially promoted you to be the Deputy Qianhu of the Left Guard of Nanchang!"
Deng Duo then presented him with a pair of official robes of a military attache from Qianhu, as well as a waist badge from deputy Qianhu.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Shu Laibao was already an official, and his behavior was quite decent. He took the copper plate with both hands, thanked him and stepped away.
"Second place, Ma Qingshu of Jiujiang Prefecture, come forward to receive the reward." Hu Quan then said solemnly to Ma Qingshu, the leader of the Beggar Clan in Jiujiang Prefecture: "Because you have the most effective propaganda in Jiujiang and the smoothest settlement in Jiujiang, I will reward you.
The military commander's crown and belt will make him the official of the Hundred Households of Nanchang Left Guard!"
"Ah..." Ma Qingshu was so surprised that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. It was supposed that the second place could only be granted a title of 100 households, but he was overjoyed and thanked him immediately!
The adults in the back also all received awards, which were one level higher than previously expected. The last one was also the deputy general banner. They were all overjoyed.
In the end, only the last three were left, and according to the rules, they had no hair... The three of them were the ones who were dejected before.
Seeing that the reward was more generous than expected, they became even more sad and wanted to die.
"No. 11, Raozhou Prefecture. Liu Quande stepped forward to hear the seal." Hu Quan continued.
"Ah?" Liu Quande opened his mouth wide and dug his ears in disbelief.
"Ah what?" Ma Jindao, the sixth eldest brother, sat on the top chair and said with a smile, "Why don't you hurry up and hear the seal?"
"Yes, gang leader. I thought I didn't have any part in it." Liu Quande was overjoyed.
"Hahaha," Zhu Zhen laughed and said:
"What I said at the beginning was that the Chu Palace does not support idle people. But this time you all worked hard, and the publicity effect was surprisingly good. The common people fully understood the purpose of the New Deal, which greatly reduced the resistance of Qing Zhang and Li Jia. How could you
Are you considered an idler?"
After a pause, he blinked and asked, "You think so?"
"Yes, yes." All the gang leaders nodded quickly, especially Liu Quande, whose necks almost broke.
"So this gang leader has made a careful decision to upgrade the reward!" Lao Liu stood up and waved his hand and said, "Everyone will be rewarded!"
"Thank you, Chief Gang Leader!" All the gang leaders knelt down happily and kowtowed to the Chief Gang Leader for his great kindness.
Mr. Liberillo sighed secretly, it was this expectation management again... He obviously planned to give it all to officials from the beginning, right?
"In addition, I will give each of you fifty recommended places." Zhu Zhen said solemnly: "After review, they can be recruited to join the King's Guard Army!"
"Yes!" The gang leaders agreed happily. They were worried that if they could just get promoted and make money, but their brothers would have nothing, how would they explain it when they go back?
Unexpectedly, His Highness gave them a generous gift at the last moment, and immediately let them go back, so that they could shake their heads in front of the brothers.
"But you must not just recommend your own cronies!" Zhu Zhen said solemnly: "The helmsmen of each county's helms cannot fail others. Not only must they recommend them, but they must also leave several recommendation places for them. All errands are done.
They did it, you can’t do anything like burning bridges across rivers!”
"Yes!" Although the gang leaders felt a little regretful, it was all an unexpected surprise and there was nothing particularly regrettable.
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Zhu Zhen was not stingy with the ordinary members of the gang, and announced that each person would be rewarded with five guan of money and a piece of cloth. He also prepared generous New Year goods as a reward for them.
Everyone was happy now. The head of the Beggar Clan slaughtered sheep and pigs and served wine to celebrate. It was considered that the head of the Beggar Clan celebrated the New Year in advance for the members of the Clan...
Zhu Zhen even waited until the banquet was over and asked them to serve him three bowls of wine before leaving the beggars' helm. This gave the beggars plenty of face.
After leaving the helm of the Beggar Clan, Teacher Luo chuckled and said, "His Highness is truly the best prince to beggars in history."
"There is no way, who made us father and son become beggars?" Zhu Zhen was a little tipsy, shook his head and said: "You can't forget your roots."
"His Highness really values affection and righteousness." Luo Guanzhong couldn't help but remind him: "I have just thought about it. If Xie praises them so much and gives them all official titles, will they use Xie's name to do anything for them in the future?"
What harm will happen to Jiangxi?"
"Haha, Teacher Luo finally thought of this problem?" Zhu Zhen hugged his shoulders and said in a drunken voice: "Your reflex arc is long enough, no wonder Zhang Shicheng asked you to lead him into a ditch.
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"Your Highness, Zhang Sijiu has never used any of my suggestions!" Luo Guanzhong was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he couldn't help but tell the truth.
"No wonder he has persisted for so many years." Zhu Zhen laughed so hard that Luo Guanzhong was really annoyed. He had a dark face and was about to walk away.
"Okay, okay, I'm just kidding, I'm talking drunkenly, don't be angry." Lao Liu quickly put his arms around Luo Guanzhong's arms, put away his smile and said:
"Actually, when I first made those beggars serve as watchers and gave them so much power, I was worried that they would soon become a new cancer?"
"Then you still..." Luo Guanzhong just pretended. He was too comfortable with Lao Liu now and really didn't have the courage to go back to the past.
"The king rewards them in order to recruit them, my teacher Luo." Zhu Zhen said with a sly smile:
"In any case, they have been working for me for a year, and there is no problem in terms of ability. Just like dealing with the big households in Jiangxi, if you move them to another place, won't the problem be solved?"
