Chapter 787: Chapter 787 – Not Taking a Single Thing from the People
Nevertheless, there were so who couldn’t wait, such as Zhu Cuiying.
Her son, Qiao Dazhu, was about to get married in a few days, so it was the perfect ti to send wedding invitations.
The mont Tong Sanlang finished speaking, she imdiately set off.
The phrase ‘sending invitations’ was a bit misleading though, as rural villagers wouldn’t actually buy invitations. Instead, they would simply notify their guests verbally and expect them to arrive on the appointed day.
Anping village was a dozen miles away from the manor, but Zhu Cuiying was not deterred by the distance and walked there.
When she arrived, she looked at the surrounding fertile farmland and the fruit trees planted on the slope, and then appraised the busy construction team which was hard at work building the houses. A look of envy filled her face.
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Just half a year ago, she arrogantly went to Qiao Xiaomai’s house with the Sun Family to make a fuss, intending to buy Qiao Xiaomai’s house. Now, in just a short ti, Qiao Xiaomai had acquired such a large property.
When she thought about her own daughter, Qiao Ying, the phrase ‘comparisons are odious’ crossed her mind.
With such thoughts going through her mind, Zhu Cuiying made her way along the path, bypassing the bustling construction team and made her way to the warehouse.
The warehouse door was open, and a group of guards in beautiful clothes stood at the entrance, tasting Mooncakes.
The guard team that had been sent to deliver grain to the Capital City had returned. The main mission of these fifty people was to ensure the safety of all crops produced on the one hundred and fifty acres of land owned by Qiao Xiaomai, which included three slopes. Now that the winter wheat had just been planted, they could see only bare land, without even a single sprout visible.
As a result, these fifty people had so downti.
Aside from the team leader and deputy leader, the remaining forty-eight were neatly divided into three groups, each with sixteen people.
Each group was responsible for patrolling for four hours in the twelve-hour day.
When one group was on patrol, the other two groups had free ti.
In this wilderness, even when they had free ti, there was little to do. They might stay in their tents or go to Bailu Town for a stroll. There were scarcely any recreational activities available.
Today, Qiao Xiaomai had made many Mooncakes, four for each person, and they had gathered to eat them.
Qiao Xiaomai wanted to give them away for free, but their captain insisted on paying in silver.
When Zhu Cuiying arrived, she found Qiao Xiaomai and their captain in the midst of a polite argunt about paynt.
“Uncle Fan, it’s just a few Mooncakes, not worth much. Please just accept them!”
Fan Linong, the leader of the fifty guards, was a tall and burly man in his forties, even taller than Tong Sanlang. With his broad back and waist, he was quite imposing.
Whenever Qiao Xiaomai spoke to him, she had to look up.
Fan Linong’s large hands waved dismissively in the air like fans, creating a breeze, “No, there are military rules to follow. We can’t take a single thing from the common people. If those above found out, I’d be in big trouble.”
Qiao Xiaomai was speechless.
Not taking a single thing from the people?
That sounded… familiar to the point of leaving her stunned.
After a mont of stunned silence, she instinctively asked, “Uncle Fan, what exactly do the military rules say?”
“In simple terms, they are the Three Main Rules of Discipline and the Eight Points for Attention. The Three Main Rules of Discipline are obeying orders in all actions, not taking a single thing from the people, and turning over all confiscations. The Eight Points for Attention include being polite in speech and fair in trade; returning borrowed items; compensating for damaged ones; not beating or abusing people; not damaging crops; not molesting won; and not mistreating captives.”
Fan Linong had these rules committed to mory. When Qiao Xiaomai asked, he began reciting them imdiately. After he finished, he added, “Miss Qiao, take the silver. If you don’t, then you’re making us violate our military rules and disciplines.”
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