"Of course the Ministry of Revenue wouldn't be so generous. The official reason they gave this certificate is that to the south of this pioneering site lies the Khmer Empire, and troops need to be stationed on the border. But the Ministry of War itself is in a mess right now, and no one is willing to station troops in this remote corner. It just so happens that the county lieutenant has the responsibility to defend the territory, and besides, you, my brother, are originally a centurion and have the ability to command troops. Going from a centurion to a county lieutenant is not a promotion, but a lateral transfer. And didn't you notice that the IOUs that the brothers received for their military merits are gone? I gave them all to the officials of the Ministry of Revenue in exchange for this certificate. Otherwise, given their character, even if they really wanted a county lieutenant, they would have added some nonsense to disgust us."
"As for that IOU, just give it to me. I heard that at the pawnshop, if you offer an IOU for ten taels of silver, you can get a loan of five qian of silver, and you have to ask someone to say something good. No one expects the Ministry of Revenue to actually give you that much money."
"Hehehe, if we had this IOU, we'd have to scratch our butts just to wipe it. But when it got into their hands, it was really useful in a completely different way. After all, it had the amount of money owed written down in black and white, and it was even stamped with the Ministry of Revenue's seal. This is probably why different things have different uses in different hands."
"So, all the hundreds of brothers in the Qinghe Camp, after years of fighting and dying, have earned nothing but a circle on a map and a county lieutenant's position with no salary? Little Linzi, honestly, it's not that you didn't do a good job, but I still feel bad."
"Brother, I understand what you mean. If Qinghe County still existed, I would definitely use these to exchange for some rewards for my brothers. But now, I think it's not bad. The Ministry of Revenue didn't just give us a circle, they gave us a whole new Qinghe County."
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