After the matter was settled, the villagers left one after another, and County Magistrate Zhou left behind Village Chief Wang and Qian Chunhua.
"You caught a kidnapper a few days ago. The victim asked me to give you some silver as a thank-you." County Magistrate Zhou said as he took out three silver bills.
The amount of the thank-you silver was discussed by Dong Mingshan and County Magistrate Zhou early in the morning.
Dong Mingshan originally wanted to give three thousand taels of silver as a thank you, but County Magistrate Zhou rejected his idea, saying that three hundred taels was enough for the rural people's income for several years.
We cannot let them see a more profitable way to prevent them from becoming distracted and imitating kidnappers in order to make a fortune.
Qian Chunhua glanced at the banknote in County Magistrate Zhou's hand, then turned his gaze to Dong Mingshan.
Dong Mingshan looked at his nose with his eyes and at his heart with his nose, without moving.
Qian Chunhua understood that they publicly offered the reward in front of the village chief in order to shut up the villagers and prevent them from mistakenly thinking that they had gained much from it.
County Magistrate Zhou took out two of the silver bills and handed them to Village Chief Wang.
"You are responsible for delivering these rewards."
"Yes, I will do as you say."
Village Chief Wang took the silver note from County Magistrate Zhou with trembling hands.
This was the first time that Village Chief Wang had touched a silver note of such a large denomination. He was now rich.
Last time, when we caught kidnappers, five people from the village came out. Even if each of them took 10 taels, I could still get 100 taels. My family couldn't earn that much money in ten years.
After a while, Village Chief Wang was thinking about how to distribute the silver.
County Magistrate Zhou gave the remaining banknote to Qian Chunhua, "Madam Qian, you are the first to identify the kidnapper, so this is a reward for you."
Qian Chunhua stepped forward with a smile and took the banknote. "Thank you, County Magistrate."
After receiving the banknote, Qian Chunhua carefully put it close to his body, ignoring the envious look on Village Chief Wang's face.
Village chief Wang also accepted the banknotes. Although he was jealous of Qian Chunhua, at least he could save 100 taels, which was almost the same as Qian Chunhua.
"There is one more thing you must be vigilant about. Remember not to let the news leak out." County Magistrate Zhou paused and spoke.
Qian Chunhua was a little nervous at the serious look on County Magistrate Zhou's face. She wondered what had happened to him that would make him feel like he was facing a formidable enemy.
"We captured fifteen of the bandits and their accomplices last time, and another one escaped." County Magistrate Zhou did not expect that these bandits were so cunning.
He had arranged guards to guard Lion Mountain, but he didn't expect that the leader had already planned to escape. He didn't even care about the big boss and the brothers in the mountain stronghold, and slipped away directly from the foot of the mountain.
"Ah..." Qian Chunhua and Village Chief Wang couldn't help but exclaim.
Several bandits actually escaped. If the escaped bandits knew that it was our shop that captured their people, they would definitely come to take revenge, right?
Qian Chunhua felt a little scared.
Fortunately, I am moving to the provincial capital.
Village chief Wang's face turned even paler. It was too dangerous. It seemed that he could not earn the hundred taels. He had to call over the people who had participated in tying up the bandits to give them some instructions.
Seeing that Qian Chunhua was frightened, County Magistrate Zhou comforted them, "Don't worry, we will continue to hunt down the bandits and will not let them escape."
County Magistrate Zhou's original intention was to inform them and arouse their vigilance, not to scare anyone.
After the matter was done, County Magistrate Zhou severely reprimanded Village Chief Wang before leaving.
As the head of a village, you are just sitting there doing nothing...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
