Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 284: The Silver Distribution Scene in Nanba Village

Nanba Village.

“Da Da, Da Da—”

A horse-drawn carriage slowly entered Nanba Village, raising clouds of dust.

Zhou Li, who was sitting on the carriage, was holding the huge wooden box in front of him tightly. He said to Zhao Xiu, who was driving the horse in front, with a distressed look on his face:

"Captain Zhao—Ouch! Slow down, slow down!"

After hearing what he said, Zhao Xiu swung the whip even more vigorously.

Passing by a stone.

"Ouch--!"

"Captain Zhao! Are you sincere?"

Zhou Lizheng rubbed his numb butt and walked forward to grab the whip.

Zhao Xiu shrank back and said, "Zhou Lizheng, you better sit tight. This stretch of road is bad. Don't get thrown off!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Lizheng quickly turned around and hugged the wooden box in his arms.

Since the hard approach didn’t work, he had to use the soft approach.

"Captain Zhao, Brother Captain, Uncle Captain, please slow down! This box contains two thousand taels of silver, which is the hope of all the people in Nanba Village. You drive the carriage so fast, and if you knock off a corner, we will be heartbroken."

Zhao Xiu burst into laughter when he heard this.

"Zhou Lizheng, I'm not teasing you. It's just that the thing in your arms is silver! Real silver! It's not a cup or a fresh fruit or vegetable. It won't break if it's just knocked over a few times!"

"Why can't it be broken?"

Zhou Lizheng immediately refuted.

"The silver is also in small change. If you knock off a small corner of the silver, it might be two copper coins. Two copper coins are not a small amount! You can buy two steamed buns with it!"

Zhao Xiu also knew that everyone in Tong'an County was used to living a hard life, but...

He waved the whip a little slower, turned around and said to Zhou Lizheng:

"Zhou Lizheng, let me be clear. We have all lived through hard times. I have no intention of looking down on two copper coins. Besides, the more than two thousand taels of silver in the wooden box in your arms is not a small amount."

"But... more than two thousand taels of silver is only 20% of the profit from the rice seeds. Later, we will have to go to Quanyang Bank again. By then, it will not be a thousand taels of silver, but ten thousand taels. The box next to you can't even hold it."

When Zhou Lizheng heard this, his hands holding the wooden box trembled.

Ten thousand taels...

It sounds like it's hard to breathe.

But Zhao Xiu was right, the remaining silver that had not been received was actually a foregone conclusion.

Zhao Xiu stared at the road ahead and continued:

"Also, in the future, as our county's business develops, there will be more ways for everyone to make money. You can't be as cautious as a thief every time you get a sum of money."

Thief?

Zhou Lizheng immediately retorted: "How can you be a thief!"

He is just worried about the money!

"You haven't become a thief yet. When we were at the bank before, you looked at everyone as if they were coming to rob you. I was standing next to you wearing such a big police officer's uniform, but you didn't even want me to help you carry the box..."

As Zhao Xiu spoke, he began to feel aggrieved.

Zhou Lizheng is even on guard against him, alas.

Zhou Lizheng scratched his head when he heard this.

He himself didn't know that his reaction was so intense.

He carefully opened the box a crack, and then carefully looked inside. When he saw the glittering silver ingots, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Captain Zhao, I've never seen so much money in my life. I'm really nervous. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

Zhao Xiu turned around and smiled.

"What's the point of laughing or not? I just said those words to make you relax. You've been so tense all the way here!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Lizheng stroked the box gently, again and again, slowly adjusting his breathing.

......

"Zhou Lizheng is back!"

"Captain Zhao is driving a carriage with Zhou Lizheng back!"

"Captain Zhao is driving a horse-drawn carriage, carrying Zhou Lizheng, who is holding a large box!"

The news of their return to the village spread among the people of Nanba Village, and in an instant, the sunba was surrounded by people.

The villagers looked at the box next to Zhou Lizheng, their eyes shining.

They looked as if they wished they could have golden eyes and see through the box.

Huang Hu, who was standing in front, rubbed his hands and asked Zhou Lizheng: "Brother Zhou, the box next to you, but..."

Zhou Lizheng's eyes passed over their faces one by one and he replied, "The wooden box contains the 20% deposit for the rice seeds we sold!"

"Oh——"

Everyone exclaimed.

They knew about the deposit, but what they didn't expect was that the stingy owner of the Hu's Grain Shop would be willing to give them 20% of the deposit!

The fixed price of grain is one tael of silver per jin, and the 20% fixed silver per jin of grain is...

Two hundred coins!

Every household of theirs has not just a few kilograms of grain seeds, but dozens of kilograms of grain seeds!

So in that box...

When the villagers thought of this, they were so excited that they stared at the box without moving their eyes away.

Zhou Lizheng looked at them and felt as if he saw himself in Quanyang Money House.

He laughed loudly, suddenly stretched out his hand to open the lid of the big box, and said loudly:

"The 20% deposit for the rice seeds from my Nanba Village, 2,170 taels of silver, is all here!"

The moment he opened the box, sunlight happened to pour down on the silver ingots, causing everyone to squint.

"What a big box... No, what a big silver ingot..."

"The biggest silver ingot is as big as a baby's fist! If you hit someone with it, it will knock them unconscious!"

"Throwing money at someone? I think you are also confused!"

"Why do we still have so much small change? Why don't we change it all into big silver ingots? If each of us has one, it will be so impressive!"

"You are stupid. Our rice seeds are of different weights, so the deposits must be different. How do we divide the big silver ingot? We have to break it into pieces!"

"Oh my god, these...are all from our Nanba Village?"

Zhou Lizheng looked at everyone's expressions with satisfaction, coughed lightly, and smiled brightly.

"That's right! All the silver ingots in this big box, without missing a single one, are the deposits for selling rice seeds! Now, I will distribute the silver to each household according to the weight of the rice seeds!"

As he spoke, he took out a record book that he had prepared long ago from his pocket.

Divide the money!

The villagers covered their chests when they heard this.

He just saw the silver one moment, and he started to share it the next moment? Zhou Lizheng really didn't say any nonsense!

"Everyone stand still, everyone stand still, come in order!"

"The first household, Uncle Liu's at the east end of the village, received five taels and seven cents of silver!"

Zhou Lizheng picked up a small scale and weighed out seven cents of silver - the small scale was a gift from the money shop.

When his name was called, Uncle Liu stared blankly and stood there in a daze.

The person behind him pushed him and said, "Lao Liu! Your family is the first to get a share, what are you standing there for? Are you going to take it or not? If not, I’ll go!"

Uncle Liu woke up as if from a dream and was so excited that he talked nonsense.

"Lead! Lead! Lead it! Lead it quickly! No, no, I lead it! I lead it!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

The villagers burst into laughter.