The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 299 The No. Village in the World

"Replying to the angel, I am Shi Liu." Shi Liu didn't know what version the emperor had heard, but seeing that the angel knew about her, she couldn't help but feel a little excited.

She is a person who aspires to become the richest person in the world. It's good to be famous. Even the emperor has heard of her name. How can that be bad?

The angel nodded, looked at the little girl carefully, and asked someone to bring up the prepared plaque and silver.

Village head Liu and clan leader Li reacted and took the plaque and held it together. As for the silver, it was taken by clan leader Sun and Li Yishan and others.

Pomegranate held the imperial edict and opened her mouth to invite the angels to go into the village for tea.

The angel was not used to staying in this small village, so he waved his hand to refuse and was about to return to Luoshui City immediately.

Pomegranate hurriedly led everyone to see him off, and calmly stuffed a purse into the angel's hand.

This was because she had just seen from afar that it was a eunuch who was coming, and she guessed that she had asked Fu Dong to go back and prepare it. The things inside were naturally filled with silver bills.

The angel pinched a purse and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly. This girl in the village had never seen an imperial decree, nor had she seen Magistrate Zhang remind her, but she knew the rules so well? She really couldn't be underestimated. It was indeed the best village in the world.

He smiled, turned around and got into the sedan.

As they watched the angel procession go away, the entrance to the village, which had been frozen in time, seemed to be suddenly unsealed. People gathered around it, clamoring with excitement.

"Hey! Is this the imperial edict? Was that really an angel from the Imperial City?"

"Even the emperor knows about our village's heroic deeds in killing bandits? The emperor also gave us plaques and silver?"

"Hey, I am dreaming! Pinch me! Our village is really great! How promising it is!"

"Our ancestors down there would be jumping for joy!"

"Look at this plaque, it's really magnificent, is it written by the emperor himself? No, I have to worship it properly!"

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Everyone in Xiahe Village was talking so happily that they seemed to be drunk. Over in Shanghe Village, Patriarch Fan and his people squeezed in, wanting to see the imperial edict and the plaque bestowed by the emperor himself. This might be the only time they could see such a thing in their lifetime!

"Congratulations, congratulations!"

Their faces were so flushed that if you didn't know, you would think that their village had received an imperial decree.

Village head Liu and clan leader Li looked very proud and proud. For so many years, Xiahe Village had always looked up to Shanghe Village. They never thought that one day, Xiahe Village would be the envy of Shanghe Village!

This is such a beautiful sight!
I'm so happy today, no words to say!

One after another, people from neighboring villages heard the news and rushed to see the imperial edict and the plaque. Xiahe Village was so bustling that there was no room for everyone at the entrance of the village.

After those who came to pay their respects left, people from farther places came one after another. It has to be said that Xiahe Village’s reputation as the best village in the world has become completely popular, and people are talking about it with relish.

Since then, there have been unofficial records: In the autumn of the 21st year of Ruikang in the Great Jin Dynasty, bandits were rampant in Rongjiang County, Bingzhou. In just a few months, they crossed three counties and massacred more than ten villages. On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a village called Xiahe Village under the jurisdiction of Luoshui City was invaded by bandits. The whole village, young and old, worked together to resist and beat the bandits to a pulp, leaving no one alive. At this point, this group of bandits collapsed and no longer existed...

This feat spread and shocked the whole country. Emperor Ruikang even praised it: "These are the good people of Dayan! They deserve to be the best village in the world!"
After that, the reputation of the No. 1 Village in the World spread across the country, attracting countless people to sing this anti-bandit story.
But this is all for later.

Back to the present, Village Chief Liu, Clan Chief Li and others were smiling so hard that their mouths were frozen and they couldn't stop smiling. This continued until mid-afternoon, when they were all hungry and it was past lunch time. They finally broke away and saw off those who were reluctant to leave.

In order to prevent more people from coming upon hearing the news, the people of Xiahe Village quickly took the imperial edict and the plaque back to the village and closed the door to visitors.

The whole village gathered at the big mill in the village. Why were you still hungry? Sorry, I was too happy to care about it! What's the point of eating? It doesn't matter if I don't eat!

"We have to worship this imperial edict and plaque! How do we do that?" someone said.

As for the reward silver, although it was indeed a lot, no one cared about it in front of the precious imperial edict and the imperial plaque.

"The imperial edict must be enshrined in the ancestral hall for all our ancestors to see!"

"In which ancestral temple can he be enshrined?" someone asked weakly.

Yes, in which ancestral temple is it enshrined?

There are more than one hundred households in Xiahe Village, of which more than fifty are from the Li clan, thirty from the Liu clan, and more than twenty from the Sun clan. These are the three ancestral halls.

Of the remaining eight households, one was expelled before, leaving seven. These households are all individual households and do not have ancestral halls.

This is an imperial decree that brings honor to the family. To be honest, who wouldn't want to enshrine it in their own ancestral temple?
But the village chief Liu said first: "If it weren't for the pomegranate, we wouldn't be able to kill the bandits, and it would be a problem whether we could all survive. So there is no doubt that this imperial edict should be enshrined in your Li's ancestral hall!"

Patriarch Sun glanced at Village Chief Liu and quickly agreed, "Yes, it should be enshrined in your Li's ancestral hall!"

As for the seven individual households, they had no objection. They didn't have an ancestral hall anyway, so they were happy to have the statues enshrined in the Li's ancestral hall.

Of course, Chief Li also wished to have it enshrined in their ancestral hall, but this time he did not agree immediately, but looked at Shi Liu.

Seeing him looking at Shi Liu, everyone else looked at Shi Liu. They would listen to Shi Liu on how to make arrangements. It was Shi Liu who received the imperial edict!
Shi Liu looked at everyone and said slowly, "If you ask me, our village has become as close as a family after this joint fight against the bandits. I hope that our descendants can always be so united and face the outside world together. So, I think we should take this opportunity to build a village ancestral hall?
After the village temple is built, the imperial edict will be enshrined in it, and this imperially bestowed plaque will also be hung on the gate of the village temple. I think the first batch of people put in there can be the 24 people who died in the fight against the bandits. Those who have made great contributions to our village in the future can also be enshrined in the village temple a hundred years later and receive incense from the whole village.

What do you think? "

Well, for example, if she gets divorced in the future, a hundred years later, her tablet will be qualified to be enshrined in the village ancestral hall, right?

When everyone heard this, they all thought it was a great idea, especially the seven families. With the village ancestral hall, they could finally take root in Xiahe Village!

And their village is now the number one village in the world granted by the emperor, so isn't it natural for them to have a village shrine?
Everyone expressed their opinions at that moment. The matter was settled. They would go buy bricks, tiles, sand and stones tomorrow to build the village shrine!
As for where to build it, there was no residential land in the village. After much consideration, they finally decided on a location by the Qing River, on the site previously reserved for the Li family workshop. There would still be some space left for building a ancestral hall, and it wouldn't be too cramped.

The ancestral hall faces south and north, and the main gate is right at the entrance of the village. Anyone who comes in can see this imperially bestowed "No. 1 Village in the World" at first sight!
As for the money for building the village shrine, after discussion, everyone unanimously decided that each family should raise funds. There were more than a hundred households, and each could only contribute a little.

The reward silver will naturally be distributed to each family and used for offerings!
How glorious it would be to pass this on to future generations? One thousand taels of silver was divided equally among more than a hundred households, and each household didn't have much, so it would be a pity to spend it. Anyway, they were not without money now.

This silver ingot is decent! So it was settled.