Water Margin begins as a captain in Yanggu County

Chapter 6 My life belongs to my brother!
They cut down some long logs and tied the tiger to the logs in various directions, then had about a dozen people carry it.

Su Wu took off his armor and walked in front of the crowd, with everyone following behind him.

Everyone is already smiling.

This one said: "As the captain carries the tiger into the city, I'm afraid the whole county will be empty of people to watch..."

The other one answered: "Needless to say? I want to ask, who in the world can hunt such a big beast in the middle of the night?"

"The captain is really powerful!"

"Compared with the captain, those so-called heroes are so far inferior!"

"That's true. I've seen a lot of heroes in the martial arts world. Huh... they're just so-so. Compared to my brother, they're nothing."

The person who said this was Wu Song. He had just spent a year living with a large group of heroes in Chai Jin's farm. He was very angry. They were really a bunch of crap.

Su Wu smiled and waved his hands: "Alright, alright, we have to hurry on. We have to get into the city at daybreak to report."

"okay!"

"Order!"

"Whatever the captain says is the truth. We have to work hard and hurry on..."

Seventy or eighty people hurried on their way...

It was just daybreak and the city gate of Yanggu County had not yet opened, but countless hard-working people had already gathered at the gate.

People who come to the city to sell vegetables and grain, sell coal, sell mountain products, sell fruits, sell coarse cloth...

Some even transported water into the city to sell...

They are all for a living...

In the distance, they saw a huge tiger being carried by a crowd. Everyone looked at it with a sidelong glance, and some even put down their own livelihoods and rushed forward to surround it...

The hunters and yamen runners were talking at the same time.

Su Dutou walked down to the city gate calmly and said, "Open the gate. It's getting late again today. The sun has already come out."

A soldier on the tower poked his head out to look, took a few glances, rubbed his eyes, took a few more glances, and exclaimed, "Open the door, open the door! Su Dutou has really hunted the big beast on Jingyang Ridge!"

Then one could hear the soldier's footsteps running, and the city gate creaked open in a moment.

A group of soldiers rushed out first and looked at the huge beasts...

"Look at this tiger claw, it's so big..."

"Nine hundred kilograms, I'm afraid it's nine hundred kilograms..."

This is getting more and more outrageous. Although the tiger is big, it is not this big.

While everyone was looking at the tiger, Su Wu led Wu Song into the city first, because he knew that these people would turn around and surround him soon...

go go go go!

I hadn't walked far when I saw someone chasing me from behind: "Slow down, Dutou, slow down..."

This story also spread. Apparently, everyone just thought that the tiger was hunted by the yamen runners and hunters together, but now they realized that it was Su Dutou who hunted the tiger alone in the middle of the night.

Su Wu not only did not slow down, but he quickened his pace. He knew that he would be paraded through the streets again today, so he went back to the yamen to report things first, and there was also a generous reward to be collected.

As soon as Su Wu entered the county government office, a large number of government runners, hunters, soldiers, and civilians also rushed in, making a lot of noise.

Although the old magistrate Meng Yi woke up early, he was still holding his concubine in bed. Hearing the noise, he hurriedly got up and walked forward from the back court. He was about to ask what had happened, but he only went to the lobby and looked into the yard.

"Wow!" Meng Yi was also shocked by the size of the tiger.

Su Wu bowed to everyone, but before he could say anything, everyone started talking non-stop, some even exaggerating...

Meng Yi listened and looked at Su Wu. His eyes widened and he was moved. He suddenly clasped his fists and bowed to Su Wu: "I didn't expect it to be like this... I feel a little ashamed after hearing this. I'm sorry."

Su Wu also immediately bowed his hands: "I dare not..."

"It's not easy! It was also forced by my superiors. Fortunately, you are safe and sound. Fortunately, your contribution will be remembered in our county." Meng Yi sighed a little, turned around and shouted: "Come here, bring me one thousand strings of money, no, two thousand strings!"

Su Wu was stunned when he heard this. It should be one thousand strings of cash, right? In the story, Wu Song was rewarded with one thousand strings of cash. Why did the price increase?

Don't underestimate these two thousand strings of cash. A yamen runner or soldier only earns about one and a half strings of cash a month.

The price of an acre of good farmland outside the city is only about ten strings of coins, and a good strong cow is only about ten strings of coins. A two-story street-facing house in the city, with a small courtyard, is only about two hundred strings of coins.

Two thousand strings of cash is a huge sum of money! As the saying goes, if you have a lot of money, you are rich.

It also shows the great trouble caused by this tiger blocking a major traffic route.

Su Wu was about to say something humble...

Meng Yi waved his hand and said, "No need to say more. One thousand strings of cash is the reward from the government office, and the other one thousand strings of cash is the reward from the county office. Whoever hunts the tiger will get it. There is no need to refuse."

Su Wu stopped being modest and said, "Thank you, magistrate."

Everyone in the audience was smiling happily, feeling proud and cheering.

The magistrate then arranged: "Come here, prepare the horses, and take Su Dutou to the parade to celebrate..."

"Okay!" Dong Jian was the first to run over. If there was a horse in the government office, he would just go and get it. He also had to arrange for the big red flowers. He also had to arrange for the percussion bands, his own head, and a good reputation.

Everyone just pushed Su Wu out of the government office...

I was just waiting at the door for a while for the cards arranged by Dong Jian.

However, the reward money arrived first, and two large boxes were carried directly to the yamen gate, which was already crowded with people.

Looking at the big box, Su Wu looked around and said, "Erlang, open it."

"Okay." Wu Song stepped forward and opened two large boxes. Strings of yellow copper coins were neatly stacked inside.

Su Wu said, "Lin Mao, you hunters have contributed a lot, and eight of them died. Each of the eight dead will send 50 strings of cash as compensation. Also, anyone who contributed last night, whether a yamen runner or a hunter, will receive 20 strings of cash."

Lin Mao was stunned when he heard this. He turned around and looked at the hunters who came with him. He stepped forward and bowed: "I dare not share the reward money of the captain. This tiger was hunted by the captain alone. How dare we take credit for it?"

"Yes, Captain, I absolutely dare not do that... If it was only two or three strings of cash, I could accept it, but twenty strings of cash is really too much, I don't deserve it."

“I dare not…”

Everyone refused, even his own yamen runners bowed and declined.

Su Wu opened his eyes and scolded, "I say what to do. If you don't want to do it, then you don't regard me as your brother. From now on, if we meet on the roadside, we will never recognize each other again!"

"Ah?" Lin Mao was stunned. These words were too harsh. He turned around to look at his brothers and asked for their opinions.

"Whether to take it or not is up to you!" Su Wu turned his head away, and he really meant to break off the friendship if the other party didn't take it.

Then a young man came forward and knelt on the ground: "The captain has treated us so well and has been so kind to me. I'll take the money! I am willing to acknowledge the captain as my brother. From now on, my life belongs to you!"

Young man Li Cheng!
Su Wu immediately replied: "Okay, I don't want your life, but I accept you as my brother!"

As he said that, Su Wu turned around and said, "Erlang, count the money."

Wu Song was very excited at this moment. What is a hero? What is a real hero? At this moment, the scene before his eyes really made his blood boil.

Counting the money, fifty strings were for pensions, twenty strings were for rewards, a total of seventy strings, many strings of copper coins with different denominations of ten cents and five cents, it was not particularly heavy.

After counting, they stuffed them all into Li Cheng.

Li Cheng held the money and knocked his head to the ground: "I will take the money back to settle my sister-in-law, nephew and mother, and then I will come to serve the captain!"

After bowing, Li Cheng stood up and left, showing a resolute look.

Su Wu asked everyone, "What about you?"

Lin Mao looked back again, stepped forward... and actually knelt on both knees, kowtowed: "Captain, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. I will take this money, and I will repay you in the future!"

"Okay, come and get them!" Su Wu nodded with a look of satisfaction, and the matter was settled.

Wu Song counted the money and gave it out one by one.

Looking at the people watching around, I don't know how many of them have envious eyes. Twenty strings of cash, how much is that? Even if you live in the city and rely on shopping for your expenses, a family of old and young can only make this much in a year, and you have to be a well-off family.

"Su Dutou is truly a man of great integrity!"

"Yes, if I had known that Su Dutou was such a kind and righteous person, why didn't I make friends with him earlier!"

"If I had known about today, I would have gone tiger hunting on my own initiative."

"You still go tiger hunting. When you see that big beast, your pants will get wet."

"You peed your pants! You peed your pants!"

……

More and more people gathered in the place, and there was already a buzz of discussion...

Dong Jian also came back. He watched everyone divide the money and heard Lin Mao's helpless words. He understood and looked at his own headman's tiger eyes. He was also helpless. Take it...

The money had been almost divided, and Wu Song was preparing to cover the almost empty box.

However, Su Wu came closer and took a look. He saw that there were about 100 or 200 strings of cash left. Su Wu directly picked up a few strings and stuffed them into Wu Song's pockets.

Wu Song waved his hands quickly: "Brother, I don't want it anymore..."

"You've just arrived and you need to settle down and serve your brother. How can a man do without money? Take it!" Su Wu's tone did not allow for refusal.

"Brother, I have..." Wu Song really had some. He met Song Jiang from Yuncheng in Chai Jin's mansion. Song Jiang gave him some. When he left, Chai Jin also gave some away as well, like sending away the God of Plague.

"Take it! Are you going to deny me as your brother too?" How could Su Wu let Wu Song still remember the small favors that Song Jiang had done?

"Brother doesn't have much left..." Wu Song said again.

"As long as I have brothers, money will come naturally after I spend it." Su Wu was still calm and composed.

"Okay..." Wu Song nodded, took the money, and thought in his heart that his brother was truly a generous person.

"Mount your horse and parade through the streets!" Su Wu took a few steps forward, and Dong Jian came forward, put on flowers, and mounted his horse.

The crowd gathered around and carried the tiger, so that the people of Yanggu County could see whether it was 500-600 kilograms or 800-900 kilograms...

(End of this chapter)