Jiang Ling's words were quite meaningful, and Magistrate Duan narrowed his eyes upon hearing them.
The magistrate's current appearance terrified the village chief. If he hadn't been sitting next to him, he probably would have collapsed to his knees long ago.
"Hahaha! Not bad, not bad! Jiang, you have quite the straightforward nature! Tell me, what do you want?" Magistrate Duan and his advisor exchanged a glance and suddenly burst into laughter.
“This humble woman dares not ask for anything. I can lend you my son, but the water source is more or less hidden deep in the mountains and forests. You have seen our family's circumstances, magistrate. If my son…”
“Madam Jiang, you can rest assured about your son’s safety. I will definitely send people to protect him. Your son has discovered a water source, so I will reward you with five taels of silver, how about that?” Magistrate Duan said.
"Five...five taels of silver??" The village chief nearly jumped up upon hearing this. Even after a year as village chief, including the grain he harvested from the fields, he only earned a little over three taels. The magistrate was just giving away such a large reward with a wave of his hand?
"Twenty villages and towns, even if Jiang Yaojie finds ten water sources, that's still fifty taels of silver!" Thinking of this, the village chief's already troubled face became even more solemn, and the wrinkles on his face could almost trap a fly flying by.
"Sir, you're joking. This idea wasn't just Yaojie's; the village chief also played a big part. Besides, if he hadn't organized everyone to actively dig ditches, even if Yaojie had found the water source, the water wouldn't have flowed to the fields!" Jiang Ling said with a smile.
"Huh? There's... there's something about me too?" The village chief broke out in a cold sweat after being singled out by Jiang Ling, and he even felt a chill for no apparent reason.
“Sir, how about this…” The clerk, who had been silent all along, suddenly had a sudden thought and whispered to Magistrate Duan in front of everyone.
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