It didn't rain in Beijing today, although the sky was still overcast.

However, the rare sunny weather brought some joy to the people.

Grain prices have fully recovered.

However, recently there have been more corpses in the river.

Every day, different innkeepers would order a table of fine wine and dishes from the painted boats on the river.

After finishing eating, he jumped down.

The people will not pity these people even if they see them die.

If it weren't for the Marquis being in the capital, who knows how many people these people would have killed.

Of all the shopkeepers, Shopkeeper Li suffered the most tragic death.

When the body was discovered, it was unrecognizable.

Its belly was bulging, filled with grain.

He was stuffed to death.

There are no more grain shops in the capital now.

They're all Pinduoduo general stores.

The first choice for every ordinary person is the general store.

They would only buy something elsewhere if the grocery store didn't have it.

The grocery store has been expanding recently, selling some handmade items and other things.

Grocery stores will buy them, even if the price is a little lower, they will buy as many as the people have.

From small toilet paper sticks to large wooden tables.

They would buy them all, and pay them on the spot.

In a short time, many people gained an extra source of income.

Countless people are grateful to Li Chang'an from the bottom of their hearts.

This marquis was not only a good person, but also wholeheartedly devoted to serving the people.

He is the best person in the world.

The Chen family was one of them.

Approaching sixty, she is becoming somewhat clumsy.

She was lucky; she was among the first group of people recruited by the Marquis's residence.

Now I'm in charge of washing vegetables and dishes.

Chen's hands were covered in cracks, and every time she put her hands into ice water while doing laundry or cooking in winter, it was excruciatingly painful.

But she could endure the pain; after all, compared to the hardships of life, this pain was nothing.

As she got older, she and her husband completely lost their ability to work.

She was counting on her sons to take care of her.

As a result, last winter, both the eldest and youngest sons made excuses.

He said he had just started a family and was unable to support them.

Only the least popular second son would send some food over every day.

Although the second daughter-in-law had a lot of complaints, she didn't stop providing her with food every day.

He's just sharp-tongued.

Chen knew what her second daughter-in-law was thinking; she felt that her family had been taken advantage of.

When there were benefits, the second son didn't get much.

The house where people get married is always the smallest one.

They were allocated the least amount of farmland, and it was the worst kind of wasteland.

She felt that the two older men were biased.

Now that the child needs support, the elder and younger brothers who benefited from it are refusing to step forward.

Only her husband, the foolish one, was filial, which made her feel uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, Chen felt a little guilty, feeling that she had let her second son down.

There was no work at the barracks today because it's the 15th.

On payday, everyone would take a day off.

Everyone gets dressed before dawn, ready to come and collect their wages.

Those who live far away mostly stay in military camps, and today they will go home together with their wages.

They waited and waited, but the gates of the military camp still hadn't opened.

"Is the Marquis going to withhold wages?"

Upon hearing this, several of the older workers couldn't help but roll their eyes.

"Are you fucking stupid? It's not even time to start work yet, why would you open the door?"

"The time you work is the same time you get paid."

"That's right, the Marquis has already distributed hundreds of thousands of dan of grain, how could he be short of our wages?"

The person who was scolded couldn't help but chuckle, shrinking back.

He was just in a hurry to get his wages so he could go home and buy some food.

These days, my family and I rely on his cooking to make ends meet.

Fortunately, the Marquis's residence provided generous portions of food for each of the three meals a day.

I'll go home, add water, and boil it again. That should be enough to feed my family of four.

Now we're just waiting to get our wages so we can buy some grain and store it away.

Today is a rest day; there will be no meals served.

If we don't pay our wages, the whole family will go hungry.

The camp gates only opened slowly after the sun had risen above the mountains.

"Everyone, follow your squad leader, line up, and head to the canteen. That's where your wages will be paid."

Upon hearing this, the workers quickly formed small groups and headed towards the canteen.

Dozens of Confucian disciples were checking wages with ledgers in hand.

Make sure everyone's numbers match the figures in the ledger.

Boxes of silver and copper coins were piled up behind them, leaving all the workers dumbfounded.

My God!

How much does this cost?

Zhao Hu and his men stood guard beside the silver, knives at the ready. Although the workers were somewhat envious, none of them dared to approach.

One by one, the Confucian disciples called out names, and those whose names were called lined up to collect their wages.

Chen was summoned not long afterward.

"Chen from Lantian County, please show me your work badge."

"Yes, that's right. This is your February pay. You did half a month's work, so you're getting 1,000 coins."

"Then you get a team bounty, 350 coins per person."

"And you also received overtime pay last month, totaling two thousand six hundred coins."

"That adds up to three thousand nine hundred coins, which is three taels of silver and nine hundred coins, right?"

Chen's hands trembled, somewhat incredulous that she had earned so much money after working for only half a month.

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