My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 60 Reward
But to win people's hearts, putting on a show can only do so temporarily.

If you really want to buy your life, you have to share the benefits.

Not only should the benefits be shared, but the sharing should also be timely, fair and lasting.

Money moves people's hearts.

If you keep making big promises without providing any real benefits, everyone will get tired of it one day, except for loyal people like Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang who are famous throughout the ages.

After comforting the orphans of the dead in battle, Lu Yi immediately fulfilled the promise he made during his business trip.

Not only were the remunerations paid in full, in sufficient quantity and of sufficient quality, but even the promised bonuses were not missing a penny.

This move immediately received the heartfelt support of everyone including Gao Shun, Cheng Lian, and Hou Cheng.

Isn't this the reason why most people were willing to abandon their families and follow Lu Yi to go out to the border to do business?
However, in order to strengthen his authority and influence, Lu Yi did not delegate the task to others.

Instead, he would personally hand over strings of heavy five-zhu coins tied together with hemp ropes to each of the shop assistants in the open space in front of his door, without getting tired of doing so.

"Wang Yi, you have been a trader in the caravan for two months, with a monthly salary of 600 coins. Now you have been out for two months, making a total of 1200 coins. I once said that the monthly salary will be doubled this time, so it should be 2400 coins. Add a bonus of 1000 coins, and the total will be 3400 coins. Do you have any objection?"

Lu Yi held the account book in one hand and read in public.

"Your Excellency, the Chief Shopkeeper, I have no objection!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Yi said that this money was the lifeblood of his entire family. He had already calculated it countless times on the way back, and his record was clearer than Lu Yi's own. How could he not know the exact number?

"Since you have no objection, after the reward money is counted, sign and seal behind your name in the account book!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yi nodded, handed three large strings of one thousand coins and four small strings of one hundred coins to Wang Yi, and pointed to the account book in front of Gao Shun who was sitting next to him.

"No need. I believe in the reputation of the manager. I will sign it right away." Wang Yi was quite perceptive. After taking the copper coin, he put it directly into his arms and was about to walk up to Gao Shun to sign it, but was stopped by Lu Yi who frowned.

"Trust is trust, but it is a rule to count the monthly salary in person. You must count it all and make sure it is correct before you can sign!"

"There are thousands of copper coins. If we count them one by one, wouldn't it waste the time of the chief manager and the brothers?" Wang Yi looked at the team of dozens of people behind him and their gazes directed at him, and swallowed subconsciously.

"No problem!" Lu Yi glanced at the many villagers of Jiuyuan Pavilion who were gathered not far away and secretly looked at this side with envy, and smiled: "It's not like the frontier in front of our house. Besides, I can still afford to waste this little time."

The caravan's chief manager personally hands out money to his men after returning from business. What a great live advertisement!

Now that there are so many audiences here, Lu Yi will not be so stupid as to waste such a great opportunity to promote his integrity.

When Wang Yi heard Lu Yi say this, he could only obey his orders and stood there, counting the heavy strings of coins in his hand one by one, a little awkwardly.

As he counted, the restraint on his face was replaced by a smile, and he even couldn't help but laugh softly in front of Lu Yi.

Lu Yi did not blame him. Instead, he watched Wang Yi counting the money slowly with a smile on his face.

The other guys behind Wang Yi also cast envious glances at him, wishing they would be the next to count the money.

Wang Yi was only the lowest-ranking employee among the servants, and his salary was the lowest, only 3400 coins. But this money was enough to buy dan of rice. Before joining Lu Yi's caravan, many people's surplus had never exceeded one dan.

"My dear manager, I have counted all the coins. Not only are there 3400 of them, but they are all high-quality Wuzhu coins. One of them is enough to be exchanged for several inferior coins in the market!" Finally, after a quarter of an hour, Wang Yi slowly counted the coins and reported to Lu Yi with a happy face.

"Well, I, Lu Yi, always keep my word. This is what you deserve. Go over and sign it!" Lu Yi also nodded to him with a smile.

After receiving the order and signing the contract, the latter happily headed home.

The only strong laborer in Wang Yi's family has been away for such a long time, and only his old mother, wife and young son are left at home. He must have had a very difficult time in the past two months.

The only thought in Wang Yi's mind now was to go to the market next door and buy lots of rice to fill up the rice jar at home which was never half full.

At this time, everyone cast envious glances at him, and thought of their wives, children and parents who had been waiting for them at home for many days.

Lu Yi has already made an agreement with everyone that after distributing the reward money, not only will they be given a half-month holiday to reunite with their families, but their monthly salary will also be paid as usual.

Moreover, if there are suitable relatives or friends who want to join the caravan, they can bring them along on the return journey.

As long as they can pass Lu Yi's assessment, each guy will have two recommendation places.

On the other hand, if there is no recommendation from the first batch of guys, Lu Yi will not recruit anyone unless he is extremely outstanding, even if he can pass the assessment.

As long as the first few groups of people who followed Lu Yi could survive and show their loyalty to Lu Yi, they would be able to hold high positions in the future even if they had mediocre abilities. Therefore, in addition to ability, Lu Yi's requirements for these people also required reliability, which was also an important selection criterion.

After establishing a recommendation relationship, if something goes wrong with the later person, the recommender will also be jointly liable. Therefore, not only Lu Yi will always pay attention to and observe the later person.

Even their recommenders would spare no effort to help Lu Yi calm people's hearts and eliminate hidden dangers.

Following Wang Yi was Li Yong, who had met Lu Yi once.

This young man from a poor family showed great enthusiasm after joining the caravan. He has now been successfully promoted from an ordinary waiter to a foreman in charge of four people, and his monthly salary has also increased to one thousand coins.

"Li Yong, when you first joined the caravan, you were paid 600 coins a month as a clerk. The next month, you fought bravely against the Zade tribe, killed a light armor level 1000 warrior, and captured three people. You were promoted to a captain and your monthly salary increased to 3200 coins. According to the king's service rules, your monthly salary doubled to 1000 coins. In addition, you received a 1000-coin bonus, a 1500-coin reward for beheading one person, and a 6700-coin reward for capturing three people, totaling coins. Do you have any objections?"

Lu Yi looked at this weathered but energetic young man and smiled.

"I have no objection!" Li Yong smiled innocently and respectfully took the thirteen strings of coins, six large and seven small, with both hands.

"Then you will do the king's duty and sign your name on the spot after you have finished counting!"

"promise!"

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Under Lu Yi's control, the performance lasted from early morning to the whole day, until sunset when he reluctantly distributed the reward to the last person.

(End of this chapter)