Chapter 2927 Early Compensation
The woman was disappointed, but she still took the medicine bag and left. When she met someone she knew along the way, she told them, "Master Zhou at the Medical Bureau is distributing herbs for making sachets. Let's go and have a look."
The words were inevitably heard by the people standing nearby, so everyone ran towards the medical department.
Some people had heard of the hospital before, but had never been there and didn't know where it was. They couldn't help but stop people and ask, "Where is the hospital?"
"It's on the next road, very close."
Some people ran home to find relatives and friends to go together.
There were no patients at the hospital, so Zhou Man and Wen Tiandong were quite relaxed. They sat in front of the door, leisurely wrapping herbs. They were startled to see so many people coming to ask for medicine packets. Then they began handing out packets to each of them, and warned them, "These are for making sachets. Don't eat them."
I'm really afraid that they might take the medicine as a snack or something.
The people who came to collect the medicine bags were not stupid, and they responded repeatedly: "Sir, we are not stupid, why would we eat the medicine bags used as sachets?"
Someone took the medicine package home and spread the word, so that day many people ran to the hospital to line up in front of the hospital to get medicine.
Zhou Man silently handed out the medicine packets to them, and then went back to Bai Shan and said, "It turns out that distributing things is more effective than my door-to-door free clinics. Why didn't you tell me earlier? I should have given them all kinds of medicine packets. It's much more convenient and cheaper than me going door-to-door to promote the clinic, even though they might not know where it is."
Bai Shan: "It's Dragon Boat Festival. What kind of medicine can you give them on ordinary days? Can they take medicine casually?"
Man Bao said, "You don't need a complicated recipe. For example, if it's hot in the summer, you can give them some medicinal tea to dispel the heat and expel evil spirits. If it's cold, you can give them some medicine bags to dispel the cold and warm the body. Normally..."
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "People who are not in good health can come and get some egg tofu or something to replenish their bodies. What do you think?"
Bai Shan: "...Aren't you afraid that the hospital will be trampled?"
Zhou Man snorted and said, "Only those who are in poor health and need to replenish their health can get things from me. You can only take it once a day. I don't believe anyone can break down my door."
Bai Shan said, "Why don't you try it?"
Zhou Man immediately agreed, "I'll try after the Dragon Boat Festival. By the way, have you finished your trial?"
Bai Shan said, "There are still eight left. We'll try to try three this afternoon and five more tomorrow and we'll be done. But the verdict won't be until after the Dragon Boat Festival."
He said, "This case is not a small matter. I received a message from the Governor's Office. Governor Guo is also very concerned about this matter, so I have to listen to his advice."
"What if he doesn't support you in sentencing him severely?" Many officials who have just arrived at the local level will first show their leniency in order to show favors.
Bai Shan smiled and said, "As a subordinate, I naturally have to agree to the request of my superior, but how to do it is my business."
Zhou Man said "Huh" in disdain and said, "You are becoming more and more despicable."
Bai Shan hummed softly and talked about the Dragon Boat Festival activities, saying, "Beihai County is different from Yizhou and Mianzhou. They don't have dragon boat races, so I asked people to prepare Nuo opera. On that day, can we go out to the streets together to have fun with the people?"
"Aren't we going to Qingzhou City?"
"We can go later. Since the adults are treating us to a dinner, we can just go there quickly after noon." He said, "This is my first major festival since arriving in Beihai County, so naturally I have to celebrate with the people."
The feeling of watching Nuo opera as a county magistrate is different from the feeling of watching Nuo opera as an ordinary person. Just thinking about it now makes the two of them feel a sense of responsibility.
Zhou Man asked, "What play is being performed?"
"Catch the Yellow Ghost."
Zhou Man nodded, motioning him to continue, but Bai Shan picked up the teacup and drank tea, and did not say anything for a long time.
Zhou Man waited with his eyes wide open. After a while, he couldn't help blinking, "No more?"
“No more.”
"Just one?"
Bai Shan nodded and said, "One is enough. We can repeat it after the performance. I have learned that the most popular Nuo opera among the people in Beihai County is 'Catching the Yellow Ghost'."
Zhou Man has not investigated this matter, but Bai Shan said it so confidently...it must be false.
Zhou Man glanced at him for a moment, snorted twice, and left.
Bai Shan exhaled and said to Daji, "Tell County Magistrate Fang that the Dragon Boat Festival activities must be well organized."
Daji: "Caifang County Magistrate sent someone to tell me that there's not much money in the account, and Song Zhubu asked if we should be frugal."
Bai Shan waved his hand with a chutzpah and said, "How much can two small events cost? There's no need to be frugal!"
Daji agreed.
It really doesn't cost much.
The Nuo opera actors prepared their own costumes and masks. The county government promised to pay them 50 coins each for their hard work during the Dragon Boat Festival performance. The actors kept the money from the people as a reward, and the county government did not accept it.
There are also rice dumplings.
The glutinous rice is taken from the warehouse, just keep a record of it.
All they need to prepare are things like zongzi leaves, red dates, beans, etc., as well as money to hire helpers to make and steam the zongzi.
It doesn't cost much.
The Beihai County government is poor, so they can still take out this amount of money, but there won’t be much money left after taking it out.
Song Zhubu had already set his sights on the stolen goods that Dong Xianwei had brought back from the homes of the identified bandits.
Who knew that before he could bring it up, Bai Shan, after interrogating three prisoners that afternoon, summoned County Lieutenant Dong and said, "Bring in the people from Xiaoliu Village and the major victims recorded in the past two years. Verify their losses and compensate them according to a certain ratio. Let them have a good holiday."
County Magistrate Dong was stunned. "Do we have to pay for all the stolen goods we recovered?"
Bai Shan nodded, staring at him intently, and said, "I know that my brothers have worked hard during this period. I will not be stingy with the rewards they deserve, but there are no rewards in this county. I hope you can control them and not reach out without permission."
He said: "Especially these stolen goods that should be returned to the victims."
County Magistrate Dong responded seriously and left.
Because Bai Shan was interrogating prisoners every day, the people of Xiao Liu Village stayed in the county town during this period, wanting to listen to the trial before leaving.
They also wanted to know the whole story and what happened, and wanted to hear what the bandit leader Jia Dalang had to say.
In addition to the people from Xiaoliu Village, some people who were often bullied by these gangsters and village tyrants also came to watch. Seeing that the county magistrate was actually investigating the case seriously, they reported the case to seek justice, hoping to add another straw to break the camel's back.
So it was not difficult for County Magistrate Dong to find them.
Most of these people live in the relatively messy and low-rise houses in the east of the city. A group of people may rent two rooms or one room, one for men and one for women.
When they heard that County Magistrate Bai wanted to return some of the stolen goods to them first, everyone immediately rushed to the county government office. The people from Xiao Liu Village also brought Jin and Da Duo with them.
The mother and daughter followed him to the county government office in a daze. When they were registering their names, they realized that Jin had not signed the name. Instead, she withdrew her hand and asked, "If I sign the name, will it mean I am buying their lives and the county magistrate will not sentence them?"
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