Thank you for the invitation. I am in the Ming Dynasty and swear not to be an official!

Chapter 4 It's Not a Surprise, It's a Shock
After receiving the iron coupon, Liao Tiancheng immediately looked for records about his salary and salary on it.

Soon, he discovered the record of "a year's salary of a thousand stones"!Liu Bowen only has more than 200 stones!
When Xu Dachu was granted the title of Duke, his living estate was only five thousand stones!

A thousand stones, isn't this the eldest brother among the earls?
Isn’t this awesome?

Liao Tiancheng couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing this, the eunuchs also laughed: "Marquis Guangfeng is so lucky. He has received the title certificate, and all our ancestors are honored! All the neighbors are envious!"

Liao Tiancheng looked around and saw that the low and dilapidated fences and courtyard walls could not block the envious and jealous eyes of the neighbors!

Some neighbors who looked down on them now felt ashamed and lowered their heads in shame when they met his gaze!

It feels so cool to have a title!
At this time, the eunuch brought another exquisite small box. When he opened it, he found five small gold ingots inside.

"Marquis Guangfeng, this is 200 taels of gold! Your Majesty heard that this can be used to buy the corn in your hand. If this is true, please pass it to our family and I will return to my hometown later."

Got the gold!

Although it was a small amount, the advantage was that he had a title and a fixed income of one thousand shi of food and salary every year!
Everything the old man promised has now been accomplished!
He ran around in the palace and got gold for his title. If he doesn't give Emperor Zhu corn now, then Emperor Zhu won't be able to take his anger out on that old man later?

In the spirit of the contract, Liao Tiancheng happily handed over the corn.

"The things are on the table in the room, you can just help yourself!"

The eunuch went in to load the rice with a smile, while Liao Tiancheng was still holding the iron coupons, happily observing the small gilt characters on them.

As I looked at it, I suddenly found a line of small characters written separately at the back.

"With this coupon, you can avoid death once!"

Holy shit! !
Liao Tiancheng suddenly broke into a cold sweat!
I bet this coupon is a death-free coupon!

Some bad memories came to mind instantly!
In the third year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Yuanzhang issued iron coupons to avoid death for the first time. A total of 28 people got the coupons!
However, almost none of these 28 people had a good ending!
Lan Yu gets the ticket, and the whole family is in trouble!
Deng Yu got the ticket and his son was killed!

Li Wenzhong got the ticket and his son was killed!

Feng Sheng won the ticket and was stabbed to death by Lao Zhu!

……

Tang He spent the rest of his life in hiding and was almost killed several times!
Even Xu Da was rumored to have died because he was forced to eat roast goose by Lao Zhu!
Where is the death-free coupon for this thing?

It’s clearly a life-threatening charm!
The eunuchs happily packed the rice and came out to leave, but Liao Tiancheng shook his hands and wanted to send the iron coupons back.

"Please do your best to return this iron coupon to Your Majesty! I just gave a handful of rice, I don't deserve such a reward, I don't deserve it!"

The eunuchs were astonished: Weren't we just rejoicing over getting the Iron Fist? How come we don't want the rice that we spent so much time getting?
The leading eunuch looked embarrassed: "Uncle Guangfeng, aren't you embarrassing our family? Who dares to refuse the things that His Majesty has given you? If you don't want to, don't you mean that you don't give Your Majesty face? If you don't give His Majesty the face, Your Majesty will dare to refuse." Give you a life!"

I rub!

This motherfucker is still not going back!
Liao Tiancheng's face turned dark and he felt worse than eating a fly.

Seeing that he was silent, the eunuch was anxious to go back and resume his life, so he left in a hurry.

As soon as the eunuch left, the neighbors immediately swarmed in!

"Tiancheng, you are so developed!"

"Tiancheng, I heard that you have been made a marquis?"

"Tiancheng, how did you do it?"

"Tiancheng, is this your iron ticket to avoid death? The workmanship is exquisite, it is really enviable!" "Tiancheng, hurry up and offer the iron ticket to avoid death. This is a treasure that can be passed down by the glorious ancestors!"

I envy my chicken neck!
Give me a chicken neck!

Liao Tiancheng was unhappy, and the neighbors were very confused when they saw him looking like a widow and a child.

"Tiancheng, why don't you have some fun?"

"Tiancheng, let's set off firecrackers to celebrate?"

While everyone was making a noise, a group of forbidden troops came over, so the neighbors fled back to their respective yards in panic, and continued to hide behind the cracks in the doors to spy.

Liao Tiancheng looked up and saw that the old man who bought rice the day before yesterday was also here, giving instructions to the forbidden troops.

"Then, these are the crops, keep an eye on them! People steal and kill, and birds eat and kill birds! In short, if there is even one seed missing from these crops, your heads will make up for it!"

The Imperial Guards all took orders one after another. Apparently, they were very afraid of the old man.

"This guy can make the imperial army so scared. It seems that his status in the army is not low! Maybe he can help me return the iron coupon!"

Thinking of this, Liao Tiancheng looked happy and walked up quickly!

"Old man!"

When this voice came out, the imperial guards looked at him in shock, their eyes full of disbelief.

The old man's face froze, but the majesty he had just commanded the imperial army quickly disappeared, and he changed into a kind look, almost like the neighbor's uncle.

"Tiancheng, how about the reward we want for you? Are you surprised or surprised?"

Liao Tiancheng was suffocated: "Old man, this is not a surprise, this is a shock!"

"Huh? How do you say this?"

The old man stared, obviously very unhappy.

Liao Tiancheng handed over the iron coupon: "I can't bear this iron coupon. Please do me a favor and return it to Your Majesty!"

The surrounding Imperial Guards looked at him in even greater disbelief, suspecting that they had heard wrongly, and feeling like they had met an idiot again.

The old man took the iron coupon and looked at it with a suspicious look on his face: "Why should I return it? The workmanship is not exquisite enough? The style is not domineering enough? Or does it feel like the specifications are low?"

Liao Tiancheng shook his head: "No, I'm just afraid..."

When the words came to his lips, Liao Tiancheng stopped again.

This old man trains the imperial army like a grandson, and he is probably a hero of Huaixi.

I said this thing was ominous, but he 100% didn't believe it, and [-]% of the time he would tell Lao Zhu. With Lao Zhu's bad temper, I'm afraid I'd be disappointed.

Rolling his eyes, Liao Tiancheng became humble: "Old man, it's just a few...handfuls of rice. How can I deserve such a reward? There are so many meritorious officials in the court, and there are not many who can be named marquis. What's more, I have no military merit. According to the system, I should not have been granted the title of Marquis in the first place. Your Majesty must have been under great pressure and fought against all opinions before giving me this reward. I don’t want to make it difficult for Your Majesty, so this iron certificate must be returned to Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with emotion, and there was a touch of emotion on his face!
"Tiancheng, you are a smart man, you can actually understand the emperor's difficulties!"

"That's right, he set the rule that you can't be granted a title without military merit. The one who broke the rule for you this time was himself! His decision did cause dissatisfaction among many heroes, but... so what?"

"What you offer can benefit all people in the world. It is the foundation of our strong country, the Ming Dynasty. Your contribution is as great as killing a million enemies!"

"Besides, who dares to disobey whoever the emperor wants to reward??"

The domineering words of these words leaked out. The old man looked around, and the Imperial Guards all lowered their heads, no one dared to look up!
(End of this chapter)