Han official!

Chapter 63 Reward
Wei Guang brought back dozens of executioners to count the money in the Kun Pool. He had done this twice before and was very familiar with finding all the money.

There were ten piggy banks filled with gold cakes.

There are fifty gold in total.

There are also valuable items such as vermilion lacquer tables, branch lamps, and copper cauldrons.

Copper is money.

All of them were loaded into open cars and transported to the nine markets of Chang'an to be sold.

The crimson-robed knights from Hui Ren's family did not come, and they all became residents of Jinchenglu. The executioners did not have to pay any money, and could just give them a full meal to send them off.

Guo Jie, Zhang Qian and others could share more money and silk.

Before Guo Jie left Kunchili, many local officials bought all kinds of utensils at high prices. The entire Qiu family was killed. The local officials were frightened and quickly sold them to Guo Jie.

The total amount was thirty-five gold.

Guo Jie, Zhang Qian, Wei Guang, Yi Zong, and Mang Tong each received a profit of 15 gold coins, and some of them contributed 10 gold coins more.

Ten gold coins are the income of the middle class.

Fifteen gold coins are equivalent to the entire property of a semi-middle-class person.

According to middle-class standards, assets reach more than five million.

A middle-class family has a fortune of at least seven or eight million.

Zhang Qian was a low-level official, Wei Guang was a mounted slave, and Yi Zong's family was a minor official. They were all low-level people who had never seen a penny of gold.

The lower class people followed Guo Jie out to work.

Seven or eight million were divided at one time.

Zhang Qian, Wei Guang, Yi Zong, and Mang Tong looked at Guo Jie with extremely fiery eyes, staring at him intently.

It was so intense that Guo Jie was shocked. He suspected that these people had some special fetish and were attracted to him.

Although Guo Jie felt amused, he was sure that if he asked them to kill Empress Dowager Dou, they would rush into Changxin Palace without hesitation.

He looked at the fiery eyes of several people and recalled a discussion about a historical figure at a dinner party.

The meal allowance is 15 yuan a day.

Leadership is shit.

The meal allowance is 800 yuan a day.

Not a month, but a day.

Loyal! Sincerity!
"okay."

Guo Jie patted the shoulders of Zhang Qian, Marquis of Bowang, Wei Guang, the foremost officer on the Han's southern frontier, Yi Zong, and several others. If he didn't pat them now, he would never have the chance again. "Take your money and silk, take the executioners back with you, and have a good meal. Remember to give each of them a bowl of meat or fish sauce or minced meat."

There are still ten gold coins left.

Guo Jie was very useful. He asked many local officials to buy a large amount of scallions, vinegar, and salt. He also killed all the pigs in Kunchi, split them in half, and chopped them into half pigs.

Four more sheep were killed and carried away together, placed on an open cart and transported outside the inner wall.

"Thank you for your hard work, thief Cao Yuan and prison Sikong."

Guo Jie bowed and said, "Brothers like the thief catcher and the prison clerk have a hard life. It's a rare opportunity for you to come here. I will give you a reward out of my own pocket."

The thief Cao Yuan and the prison officer looked at each other, their faces full of joy turned into bitter smiles.

The two of them could only barely get by. Their parents were still alive at home, and they had wives and children to support. He also worked as a Cao Yuan in the government temple in Chang'an, and was considered a very important official in the eyes of his relatives.

The monthly food allowance is barely enough to make ends meet, and I have to help relatives from time to time.

The whole family could barely make ends meet and might not even eat meat once a month.

If people told others about the hard life that the thief Cao Yuan and the prison Sikong lived, no one would believe it, and no one would believe that the Cao Yuan of the Chang'an government lived such a hard life.

There is no way, if you follow Zhang Tang you won’t accept bribes.

The lives of the thieves' officials and the prison officials are very hard.

Life was even harder for the petty officials like thief catchers and prison clerks. No matter how hard their lives were, they could not accept Guo Jie's share of money.

The thief's official sighed and said, "Our situation is different from yours. The Chang'an magistrate and Zhang Wei are counting on your money to help them with their plan. Minister Sang is also counting on your money to fill the gap in the construction of the forest garden. The more money Chief Guo distributes to his superiors, the happier they are. How dare we ask for money?"

"hehe."

Guo Jie chuckled and pointed to the open carts behind him, saying, "You two have misunderstood. This isn't money, it's food and drink. For the thief catchers, prison clerks, and other brothers, each will receive 100 jin of salt, five bunches of scallions, a jar of vinegar, and half a pig's back."

A pig is split in half, and each half is a piece of pork.

Not to mention half a fan.

The thief catcher and the prison officer hadn't seen a pound of pork for several months, and they kept swallowing their saliva.

Add one hundred pounds of salt, five bunches of scallions, and a jar of vinegar.

In the eyes of the thief catchers and prison clerks, what Guo Jie gave was more than just 800 yuan in food allowance a day.

It was basically a one-time meal allowance of 80,000 yuan for half a year.

The thief official looked back and saw the thief catcher and the prison clerk swallowing their saliva shamelessly. He could only laugh and scold: "I know your life is not easy and your life is hard. Since Captain Guo paid for it himself, you two can take it."

He emphasized the word "pay out of his own pocket" very strongly.

Zhang Tang did not allow his subordinates to embezzle money, and Guo Jie, who was highly respected, rewarded himself, but he did not stop him.

Guo Jie waved his hand and said with a smile, "As I requested, here are the shallots, salt, vinegar, and half a pig as a gift to the brothers who took the trouble to come here."

The thief catcher and the prison officer were in an uproar.

"Guo Tingzhang is so righteous!"

"As expected of Mr. Guo, you are a man of integrity. If you need anything in the future, just tell me."

"Alas, even the petty officials want to join Lord Guo and become guardsmen."

Many thief catchers and prison clerks changed the way they addressed Guo Jie from "Tingzhang" to "Mr. Guo" and were extremely respectful to him.

Guo Jie was delighted to see the thief catchers and prison clerks happily carrying half a pig on their backs. His goal of winning people's hearts had been achieved.

Use other people's money to bribe all the police officers and prison guards in the capital.

This is such a good deal.

"Two superior officials."

Guo Jie continued to bow and said, "I have prepared for you three hundred catties of salt, thirty bundles of shallots, thirty jars of vinegar, and two slaughtered sheep. These are my filial gifts to your mother and father."

How much? How much?

Three hundred kilograms of salt!

Guo Jie helped the thief Cao Yuan and the prison Sikong to prepare a year's supply of salt.

In addition, there were thirty bundles of scallions, thirty jars of vinegar, and two pieces of top-quality meat and sheep for each person.

The lips of the thieves' Cao Yuan and the prison's Sikong trembled. They had never seen such abundant food. As long as they accepted it, their families would be able to live a good life.

Subconsciously want to refuse.

Again, no words were spoken.

The thief Cao Yuan and the prison Sikong had just welcomed a new member into their family, each having a son, and were worrying about how to nourish their wives and children.

In addition, their parents were old, and they worked as "high-ranking officials" in the Chang'an official temple. They felt guilty for not being able to let their parents enjoy a good life.

"It's not a gift for you two."

Guo Jie laughed and said, "I heard that your wives gave birth to another child. If you two don't eat, your sister-in-law and nephew will also need to take care of themselves. Besides."

He pointed at the eager-eyed thief catcher and the prison officer and said, "If you two don't take it, it will be difficult for the other brothers to carry even half a pig home."

The thief Cao Yuan and the prison commander looked at each other, breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed solemnly.

"The two of us shamelessly accepted it."

(End of this chapter)