After everyone bowed and bowed, the second young master Ma who had no hair on his mouth finally spoke: "What happened during the day is good! I am very happy. There are five hundred copper coins here, which I rewarded to you, but I can't figure out who has made great contributions and are too lazy to figure out such a mess..." At this point, he paused and continued: "Qi Cheng..."

Manager Qi quickly took a step forward, lowered his eyebrows and said with a pleasing look: "At..."

Mr. Ma threw the half-stop money strung up by the straw rope into Qishang's hand. The money string made a rustling sound. He said casually: "I will leave these five hundred copper coins here. You will distribute them according to their merits. I am too lazy to care about this matter... By the way, Qi Cheng! You have been a manager in the side courtyard for fifteen years... Recently, there is a vacant vacant for the deputy manager in the inner courtyard. As long as you do a few things for me, I will promote you to the inner courtyard to be the deputy manager."

The manager Qi was overjoyed and knelt down with a thud, saying repeatedly: "Thank you, Second Master, we must do our best to do our business for the second Master." Of course, being a manager in a side courtyard is not as good as being a deputy manager in an inner courtyard, because in a side courtyard, he can only manage a group of poor long-term workers and short-term workers. There is no need to make any money, so he can only get some benefits from the deducted meals. However, when transferred to the inner courtyard, the servants and maids were in charge of the household. They paid monthly money. If they could deduct a little from it, it would be a very good job, and their status in the entire Ma family was completely different.

Young Master Ma waved his hand and turned around and left. Four servants in green hats followed him and walked away in an instant.

Manager Liu nodded and bowed to the back of Master Ma Second, and it was not until the second master left that the figure disappeared. He raised his head and turned around. The servitude on his face turned into a powerful instructor: "You group of killers, Master Ma Second, don't know how to give him a gift, and you deserve to be a long-term worker for the rest of your life."

Yang Chao hurriedly leaned over, nodded and said, "Master, you have taught me the right lesson... Now, let's divide the reward first. It's rare that the master rewarded 500 copper coins. We have all the credit and hard work, and we all share the benefits..."

Manager Qi glared at him, obviously hating him for mentioning the rewards again. He thought he was ignorant, so he raised the copper coins in his hand and smiled strangely: "This time we attacked forty-seven people from the Zhang family in Chengcheng in Xigu Village. The second young master rewarded this money and asked me to distribute it. I am the most fair and caring for people..."

He paused and smiled and said, "A thief is counted as five copper coins, then forty-seven thiefs are 235 cents. I decided to calculate the thiefs that you knocked down, and give one thiefs that you send a reward of five cents... The remaining 265 cents are rewarded by the second young master. Without my command, you would not have made such a great contribution."

"Coax!" The workers were dissatisfied. They were in charge of the matter and just stood in a distance to watch the battle. After that, they had to be divided into 265 cents, which was a bit too much. However, the workers and short-term workers were used to being oppressed by him and did not dare to resist. They had to hum a few times and grin.

However, these words annoyed the White Water King Er. He was different from these ordinary long-term workers. He was a hero. He couldn't stand the sourness. He carried a pair of fists as big as a bowl and walked forward a few steps, and said with a whisper: "Master, I've knocked down four of them this time. Are you planning to send me twenty words?"

The Qi governor's scalp numb. Although his identity could suppress Wang Er, his aura could not be suppressed. He was forced by Wang Er's huge body. He felt like a pair of drum hammers were beating there "bang" there, and he quickly said, "Of course not only. You have made a lot of contributions to the people of the Zhang family this time, so how can you calculate it as five cents? I'll calculate it as ten cents for you, and four enemies will give you for forty cents."

Wang Er was only satisfied. The total reward of 47 enemies, 500 cents, was calculated as a ten cent, and he thought it was a fair reward method, so he reached out to take the forty-money copper coins and returned it to the corner of the house.

Mr. Qi felt a pain in his extra thirty cents, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat: No... I was scared by Wang Er, and I sent so much to him at once. It was Zhu Ba's turn... If he was not satisfied with the reward of five cents per person, but would have to be the same as Wang Er, I would lose a lot? He defeated twenty-five men... If he rewarded them for ten cents per person, it would be 250 cents per person..."

Qi Guanshi was beating up and down. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang walked over slowly and bowed to Qi Guanshi and said, "Qi Guanshi, I only need one hundred and twenty-five cents. Anyway, I don't waste any effort to beat those cowards, so it's not worth taking so much reward."

When the manager Qi heard this, he was overjoyed: This Zhu Ba is a good man! He is so sensible. I really didn't look at him in vain. This person really made me feel relieved again and again.

Zhu Ba took a step back, and the general manager of Qi naturally had to take a step back. He took out 150 copper coins and put them in Zhu Ba's hands, and said with a smile: "One hundred and twenty-five articles are also aggrieved you, I'll give you a few more."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and put the money in his arms. In his eyes, a few hundred copper coins were not a problem at all. This little bit of advancement and retreat in rewards was just some of his skills in dealing with people. Wang Er could not suffer any loss as a human being, but Zhu Yuanzhang could suffer any loss. He always believed that only by taking small losses can one gain a big advantage. Being too calculating is not a good thing.

Then the governor of Qi gave rewards to other people who made contributions, and only five cents per person was defeated, but there were no ones that were not defeated... Several families were happy, and some were sad...

After handing over the copper coins, the manager of Qi called the cooker and said, "Tonight, everyone who participated in the fight in Xigu Village will give two pieces of meat each person. Don't let people say that my surname is Qi is unauthentic..."

The cooking woman quickly agreed, and then, in satisfaction, the matter of charge, walked out of the dining room with a smile, holding the more than 200 cents he had deducted.

As soon as the officials of the Communist Party left, the dining room became lively again. More than a dozen men who participated in the fight but did not defeat the enemy sat together dejectedly, including Yang Chao, among them. The people who received the reward sat on the other side, happily chatted and laughed with others, and clearly formed two small groups.

Yang Chao and several other long-term workers who did not get the reward looked at Zhu Ba, the person who received the most rewards, with a jealous look in their eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang had seen this situation many times in his previous life. There were always two types of people in the army, capable and incapable. Every time he rewarded merit and those who were capable would sit together and laugh loudly, comparing with the amount of money he had given his own ability. But those who were incapable were often forgotten in the corner and licking each other's wounds.

Over time, the strong army and the weak army will separate. The stronger the strong army, the weaker the weaker the weaker. Moreover, the weak army will have a jealousy of the strong, and eventually become an unstable factor in the army.

A successful general must know how to reward the strong army while appease the weak army and narrow the gap between the strong army and the weak army. In the next battle, the weak army can become a strong army, and the soldiers will love the general more.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up slowly, took out the 150 cents he had just obtained from his arms, left twenty-five cents for himself, and then took the other 125 cents and walked to Yang Chao and others: "Brothers, there is 125 cents here, which was given to me by Manager Qi just now. Please share them with them."

"Huh?" Yang Chao and others were slightly shocked, and several senior workers stood up: "Brother Zhu, what do you mean?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and said seriously: "Brother Yang Chao, do you still remember the fight during the day? I punched the man with a horn in front of me, and then you beat him with a wooden stick."

Yang Chao said weakly: "Yes, it's you who defeated the enemy. I'm just a fallen dog."

"No." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "Although I knocked him down with one punch, he could recover in just a few minutes. If you hadn't beat him up so hard that he could not turn over, he would have gotten up to deal with us. So... you have a credit for knocking down that guy. I think this brother Yang Chao should have received five cents."

Yang Chao tilted his head and thought, "Huh? Isn't that the reason?" If it weren't for me, that kid would have to get up again? I, Yang Chao, have made contributions, I am not a waste... He only felt the feeling of depression that was warm in his heart, and the feeling of depression that was not recognized was released at this moment, and almost shed tears.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already stuffed the five cents into his hand, then turned to the other side and said to another senior worker: "Brother Liu Wu, come and take it too. This is the five cents you should take. I remember there was a scarred face that you beat with sticks. This one has a lot of credit to you. If you don't take this money, I feel uneasy."

"Brother Zhu, how can you be so embarrassed...that person is obviously..."

"Stop saying anything!" Zhu Yuanzhang forced the money into his palm, and a few tears rolled into Liu Wu's eyes...

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang sent all the copper coins in his hand. The group of long-term workers who had just been depressed were cheered up at this time, and took the copper coins given by Zhu Yuanzhang and squeezed into the middle of another group of people who received the reward. Even Yang Chao followed and sat with everyone. What Zhu Yuanzhang gave them was not only a few copper coins, but most importantly, they gave them recognition. This is a greater power than money, which can eliminate the distance between people.

Everyone happily talked about the fight during the day. You said, I said, you were very lively. The original division of strong and weak troops disappeared without a trace in this moment. After chatting for a few words, everyone found that the word Zhu Ba appeared more and more frequently. Everyone seemed to be talking about Zhu Ba, his heroic posture when he defeated the enemy during the day, and his righteousness just now...

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled indifferently. The so-called kingly way is the knowledge that controls people's hearts. All the emperors in the world are proficient in this way.

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