About two minutes passed, and suddenly there was a lot of excitement outside the door.
Xiaocao stuck out his head, took a look outside, and shouted to Huang An:
"Fourth Master, people are here!"
Huang An nodded, indicating that he understood.
Soon, the first big soldier, led by his commander, walked in cautiously, curiously and excitedly.
Zhang Yunlong walked into the courtyard and immediately saw the eldest brother sitting boldly inside the house.
The eldest brother is sitting behind a table with a large open red box on the table.
There is an identical large box below, but the box under the table is closed.
What's inside isn't really money, is it?
He swallowed, mustered up his courage, and followed Chief Zhang Ren in.
Following the previously discussed procedure, Xiaocao stood at the entrance of the courtyard.
Zhang Ren was standing at the door of the house.
He urged his subordinate Zhang Yunlong to go into the house, and he stood guard at the door like a piece of wood.
The order of queuing up and entering the room to collect pay is naturally the same as the order in which the names are given, the team numbers are assigned, and the statistical roster is compiled.
This can ensure the highest efficiency, and also ensure that no one is missed, and no one is sent to more than one person.
The roster was open. Huang An saw Zhang Yunlong coming in and tentatively said:
"Zhang Yunlong?"
Zhang Yunlong was shocked. Brother actually knows my name?
Feeling even more excited, he immediately replied loudly:
"Hey, hey! Brother, it's me!"
Huang An nodded and looked at Zhang Yunlong again, as if he wanted to memorize his face.
"Come forward!"
Zhang Yunlong stepped forward, not daring to look directly at Huang An, and lowered his gaze slightly.
Suddenly, he was startled, and then his eyes shone brightly.
He looked at the copper coins. There were many copper coins, filling a large box. All the money he had ever seen in his life was not that much.
Suddenly, he saw a big hand grabbing the copper coins strung together.
His breathing suddenly became heavy, and he almost couldn't help it, and subconsciously grabbed it.
Sudden.
"This is five thousand copper coins, your monthly salary! Take it!"
Huang An's warning brought Zhang Yunlong back to his senses instantly.
He raised his head suddenly and looked at his elder brother.
Then he saw the elder brother in front of him holding copper coins in both hands and staring directly at him.
He was instantly excited and subconsciously reached out to take it.
"Hey, hey."
His speech was incoherent, his hands, feet, and facial expressions were all uncoordinated, and he still seemed unable to believe that this was true.
"Let's make it clear, a total of nine hundred copper coins!"
Huang An didn't laugh at him, but still warned him carefully.
"Brother, no need!"
Zhang Yunlong was completely confused. He didn't expect that what Brother Zhang said was true!
He can really receive a salary of nine hundred copper coins per month, which can buy hundreds of big buns.
His lips kept trembling, and he seemed unable to speak clearly.
Everything is so unreal, like a dream.
"Thank you, thank you brother!"
When I was at a loss, suddenly.
"That's clear!"
Huang An shouted and brought his thoughts back.
Zhang Yunlong looked up and saw that his elder brother's eyes were full of calm. He was suddenly stunned for a moment, as if he suddenly came back to his senses.
He nodded hurriedly, then took a step forward and carefully placed the copper coins in his arms on the table.
Then, count them carefully.
Huang An nodded secretly, he was also a man of numbers.
Looking at Zhang Yunlong who was counting the money with his head down, his whole body still shaking, Huang An didn't urge him, he just waited quietly.
Zhang Ren at the door felt hot and licked his lips.
The first person is so slow, when will the salary be paid?
About three minutes later, Zhang Yunlong finished counting everything. Only then did he truly realize that everything in front of him was real.
The pile of copper coins on the table really belongs to him!
While he was counting the money, he had already decided that he must go to the city to have a good time tonight.
"Brother, nine hundred, nine hundred is right!"
Huang An nodded, his expression suddenly turned serious.
He stared at Zhang Yunlong and said word by word:
"Remember, these nine hundred copper coins are your salary! If someone wants to take it by force, or threatens you to hand over your salary, then you come to me! I will pick his head!"
Huang An deliberately emphasized the word "your".
When Zhang Yunlong held Yinzi firmly in his arms and nodded, Huang An suddenly pointed at Zhang Ren standing outside the door and continued:
"Not even your chief Zhang Ren can make you hand over your salary! Not even a penny, remember?"
Zhang Yunlong looked in the direction of Huang An's finger and immediately saw the embarrassed Shangguan Zhang Ren.
He hesitated, his eyes evasive.
He didn't dare to say.
Isn't it normal to pay salary to the superior?
Even if he doesn’t want to pay, he can’t!
That one will be beaten to death!
Seeing Zhang Yunlong's eyes dodge, Huang An turned his attention to Zhang Ren who was embarrassed outside the door.
Zhang Ren looked at the indifference in Huang An's eyes and understood what he meant. The elder brother wanted him to set an example.
Immediately with a straight face, he shouted at Zhang Yunlong:
"What are you looking at? Just do whatever big brother says! This salary is all yours, and I am not qualified to take it! No one is qualified to take it!
Whoever dares to take it, come to me! I will help you seek justice. If I can’t get it, we will find my elder brother to seek justice for you! Do you hear me?”
Zhang Yunlong finally woke up after being scolded. His eyes shone with surprise and he bowed to thank him repeatedly.
"Thank you two big brothers, thank you two big brothers!"
He was incoherent and couldn't help himself with excitement.
He even knelt down and kowtowed to Huang An.
If Huang An hadn't stopped him, he would have turned around and kowtowed to Zhang Ren.
Huang An asked him to stand up, then waved to him, and said before leaving:
"Inform the brothers outside about this matter. Remember, no one can take your salary, not even me!"
Zhang Yunlong really believed it this time, thanked him profusely, and hurried out of the house with a few large bunches of copper coins in his arms.
Before reaching the entrance of the courtyard, he had already stuffed the copper coins into his chest and under his clothes, and held his hands tightly in front of his chest, as if he was afraid that others would snatch him.
Just as he was about to step out of the courtyard, suddenly.
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A female voice came, causing his steps to stop subconsciously, and his hands to clutch his chest subconsciously.
He turned around and looked shocked, seeing that it was his eldest brother's woman.
He quickly bowed his head and said flatteringly:
"Little grass girl!"
Xiaocao looked at Zhang Yunlong who was smiling flatteringly at her, and she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. Following Fourth Master's instructions, she quickly said:
"Fourth Master said that after receiving the money today, you can go to the city to get what you need. But you must come back in the evening. Otherwise, you will have to deal with it!"
Zhang Yunlong was slightly stunned, with a tangled look on his face, but finally nodded.
"I know, little one. I will definitely come back in the evening."
Xiaocao said "hmm" and asked him to go out.
The entire payment process lasted from about ten o'clock in the morning until lunch time.
The more people paid, the more people gathered to watch the excitement.
After Zhang Yunlong came out with 900 copper coins, the entire Xialin Village was in a state of excitement, not just the 980 people Huang An had accepted.
Even the other three heads of Xialin Village and their families were alarmed.
They have never seen, or even heard of, this kind of payment of money.
Aren't they from Xialin Village?
He's not a frontier soldier of the imperial court, so how can he be given money?
It must be fake, right?
How can there be such a good thing in the world?
Only when more people came out with paychecks did they truly believe that these new guys really had paychecks!
Moreover, one shot is worth 900 yuan!
In fact, everything belongs to individuals, and even their superiors cannot intervene in taking the commission.
The seeds of jealousy and envy began to take root and sprout in their hearts.
The noise and crowding once affected Huang An's mission of giving money to win people's hearts.
As a last resort, he asked the commander who had completed supervision to go outside to maintain order.
There will definitely not be too many people eating lunch today.
Since the first team walked out of the compound with their pay, people have left one after another until now, more than half of it has been lost.
The men who had received the salary called their friends and rushed to the city.
After suddenly getting so many copper coins, they naturally wanted to enjoy it.
When leaving the hospital, some people kept Xiaocao's advice in mind.
I warned myself not to get carried away and never forget that I must come back in the evening.
They don't want to get stuck, and they don't want to lose the opportunity to continue to be the younger brother of their eldest brother Huang An.
Nine hundred copper coins were enough for their family's expenses for two months.
For the second time, they tasted the benefits of serving under their eldest brother Huang An.
The first time is to have a full meal.
Huang An gave them a day off because they were staying in Xialin Village and had nothing to do today.
However, these ordinary subordinates took their salaries and left, but the twenty of them were nothing.
Huang An gathered them together, and then personally distributed two taels of silver to each of them.
Everyone was sitting around, and Huang An ordered:
"You have all the money. You have a lot of money, and you have a lot to worry about!"
Everyone nodded, knowing that they couldn't be carefree in the afternoon, or even in the days to come.
However, the good mood after receiving two taels of silver allowed them to overcome their impulse to be unrestrained.
"In the afternoon, follow the plan assigned in the morning and go find craftsmen, wood dealers and the like!"
Everyone nodded, and Huang An didn't say anything more. After letting everyone keep accounts, he sent them away directly.
He currently has a total of 890 people under his command, including no elderly people and less than 30 children.
All the rest, both men and women, are strong laborers.
With so much labor guaranteed, it would be more than enough in terms of labor to overhaul the entire residential area.
Extensive renovations to the entire area and the rebuilding of the wooden houses until they can be safely lived in will not happen overnight and will take at least two months.
Now that he has decided to develop his power here, Huang An must ensure that he is on the right path from the beginning.
Based on the process of building and expanding his power that he copied from his hometown, combined with the current situation he was in, and the particularity of the Ming Dynasty, Huang An made such a move.
From the inside out, from top to bottom, he will carry out a profound transformation of his subordinates and forces.
After sending the chiefs out to work for him, Huang An called Xiaocao over again.
Then he reached for the wooden box under the table and took out the last nine hundred copper coins.
With a sound of "ba", the copper coins were slapped on the table.
Huang An looked at Xiaocao and ordered:
"Since you follow me, I can't treat you badly! You have these copper coins every month!"
When Xiaocao heard this, her expression suddenly froze, then she shook her head vigorously, and at the same time subconsciously stepped back.
"No, no, Fourth Master, it's really not possible!"
"Slave, slave, you can't ask for money!"
Xiaocao was horrified. For her, a slave who was sold to Huang An, there was no concept of giving money. She had never been exposed to such a thing and had never heard of it.
Before she was sold and came to this yard, and now, she was just an ordinary daughter of a poor peasant in the Ming Dynasty.
The timidity caused by nature made it impossible for her to accept the reward Huang An gave her now.
Her reaction was beyond Huang An's expectation.
He stared at the frightened Xiaocao and remained silent for a long time.
After a long time, he said:
"Take this money, I have something for you to do!"