441 There are too many things to worry about
The next afternoon, Sun Sicheng brought Ping An and others back to the military camp.
The first thing he did was to find the Marquis and thank him for his help.
Then he proposed to bring Ping An back to the city tomorrow.
The Marquis nodded and said, "I have been here for six or seven days. My leg injury has healed and will be healed soon. I will report to the court about you and Ping An delivering the prescription."
Seeing Sun Sicheng waving his hands repeatedly, he smiled and said, "The chief military doctor told me that these two prescriptions are very good. I can rest assured about my neck disease and joint pain, which I am most worried about.
It's your business whether you care about this merit or not. Whether the court rewards you is the court's business. Whether I report it or not is my business. Sicheng, thank you very much. Now that I have put this worry aside, I can go home and enjoy my retirement in peace."
Sun Sicheng said, "It's too early for you to go home and retire. You are only in your early fifties and in good health. You can still relieve His Majesty's worries for another ten years."
The Marquis became happy: "Hahaha, there is one thing I like most about Sicheng, which is that he is in good health. This leg injury almost cost me my life. Thank you and Ping An. When people get old, what they want most is good health.
I haven't thanked you and Ping An these days. My eldest son told me everything about Chu Feng in his letter. When Tao Er went back, his mother also told him everything. Ping An saved Chu Feng's life twice, and also saved the eldest son's wife and my little grandson. I can only repay this kindness slowly in the future. Ping An has a deep connection with my mansion."
Sun Sicheng didn't know how to respond.
Madam Hou had clearly told him that she wanted Wang Wei to adopt Ping An as his godson.
He didn't really refuse at the time.
After being busy for a while, he asked Ping'an, but Ping'an didn't want to have a godparent anymore. Although this godparent would be beneficial to Ping'an, he later intentionally or unintentionally tried to avoid this matter with the Marquis's wife.
Maybe Mrs. Hou and Wang Wei suspected that they were unwilling, so they never mentioned it again, and the matter ended up in nothing.
"My Lord, everything is fate. Ping An and your family might be destined in our previous life, just like him and I.
Ping An's accident scared me so much. Over the past seven or eight years, this child has been inseparable from me, just like my own son. Now he is also my future son-in-law. In the first month of this year, our two families arranged a marriage between him and our little daughter."
"Oh? I really didn't know about this. Congratulations. Ping An is indeed a rare young man. Even the emperor praised him highly. What happened this time? Have you figured it out?"
Sun Sicheng repeated what Ping An had said, of course making slight changes to some details.
The Marquis' eyes sparkled when he heard this: "I never thought it would be like this. Fortunately, Ping An is smart and capable. Sicheng, when I return to the capital, you must make Ping An my godson."
Sun Sicheng was stunned. Why were they talking about their godson again?
Is it really impossible to get around this godparent issue?
He took out his purse and took out six hundred-liang silver notes: "My Lord, this is six hundred liang. There are a total of thirty people who helped find the army camp. Each person will get twenty liang. This is my little gift. Please help me distribute it. I won't give it to Wang Tao. Ping An calls him his second uncle."
The Marquis pushed the banknote over and said, "It's just one day more. They have a mission, so they don't need this."
After Sun Sicheng's repeated requests, the Marquis had no choice but to accept the money. Twenty taels was a large sum for a soldier, but six hundred taels was a drop in the bucket for Sun Sicheng, so he shamelessly accepted the money on behalf of the soldier.
"Well, let's have a good meal together tonight, as a practice for you."
Sun Sicheng stood up and said, "Thank you, Lord."
Sun Sicheng returned to the room and saw Ping An fiddling with the banknotes.
"Why are you counting this now?"
Ping An said, "This is what I took out of Zha Kui's body. It's a total of more than 1,600 taels. Fu An and Chen Xuan didn't want it, so I gave 100 to Xiao Ming and 200 to Xi Zi. There are still 1,300 left. I want to give some thank you money to everyone who helped me this time. Master, what do you think?"
The innkeeper took the boat he brought directly, but the price he offered was very modest, only two hundred taels.
Wang Tao told him that such a boat could normally be sold for three hundred taels, but if he was in a hurry to sell it, the seller would definitely lower his price.
There is nothing we can do about it. We can’t take the boat with us, and it’s useless if we take it with us. The best thing is the horse.
Sun Sicheng held out his hand and said, "Your master just gave six hundred taels to the Marquis. The people who went out to look for him are thirty in total, and each person gets twenty taels. Since you have more silver, just return it to your master."
Ping An held the silver and laughed, "Master, you have already given it away, so forget it. Let this six hundred taels be used to calm your nerves."
Sun Sicheng was most susceptible to Ping An's rogue tactics, so he smiled and retracted his hand: "The master in the military camp gave it, so it's a favor. Our own people also suffered this time, so you should give 20 taels each, and Erqiang, Lin Feng, Xiaowu, He Jin, and Wanli should each give 10 taels more."
"Master, there are 26 of us here. Except for Xiao Ming, the 21st person will get 20, and the other five will get 30, a total of 550 taels. I'll give it to Uncle He to distribute it for me later."
"You decide for yourself. The Marquis will treat you to dinner tonight. I have already told him that I will be back in the city early tomorrow morning."
At dinner that day, Sun Sicheng drank a lot of wine. Ping An and He Jin helped him back to his room. After a while, he fell into a deep sleep.
Ping An knew that it was not because of the alcohol that the master was drunk, because he knew best how much he could drink.
The master was too tired. His disappearance for no reason made the master exhausted.
Ping An took out some silver and handed it to He Jin: "Uncle He, help me distribute it. You, Uncle Ming, Xiao Wu, Lin Feng, and Er Qiang will each get thirty taels, and the rest of the people will each get twenty taels. This is my reward for their hard work."
He Jin retracted his hand: "Ping An, I am the one who is seriously wrong this time, how can I take this money again?"
Ping An gave 10% of the alcohol dividend to him, Wanli, Fang Xiao, Fang Ming, and Bobchuan. Now the alcohol is used in all the medical clinics and military camps in the Great Zhou. Just from this dividend, he can get more than 1,000 taels a year. With the monthly salary and other subsidies from the eldest son, he can get 2,000 taels a year.
It is enough for a family of four to live very well.
"Uncle He, this is a little gift from me. It was Master who suggested giving you four an extra ten taels. Master blamed you mainly because he was too worried this time. He won't really blame you."
He Jin felt even more guilty, but he still took the silver and said, "Okay, I'll thank Master Ping An on their behalf."
Ping'an has a separate room here, and the things in the cabin have been delivered to his room.
Since potatoes are going to be used for a lot of purposes, we can’t let people know about it.
In the evening, he asked Lin Feng to find a simple large wooden box and move the potatoes from the backpack into the box, which would make it convenient for the master to take them back later.
The things for the master should be given to him after returning to the city, and they will be regarded as this year's New Year's gift.
Ping An suddenly thought of the Chinese New Year.
Time flies, it's really true.
Since the master is planning to take his potatoes back to Beijing to plant, he will certainly not waste time. If his estimation is correct, they will have to return to Yingtian by the fourth day of the first lunar month at the latest, three days after the New Year.
So he would let Erqiang go back with the master. Next year when he is 20 years old, he would let him go back and get married, and then the couple would come back with the master.
Tong Lin and Leng Shui, let's help them get married in Minzhou City in the twelfth month.
He is not very old, but he has a lot of things to worry about.
In the dark night, Ping'an thought of Awu, the charming girl as spring flowers.
He likes her.
It’s just that I was young these years and somewhat indifferent to matters of love, plus we seldom met, so I seldom thought of this fiancée who had already been chosen.
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