Chapter 244: Chapter 244: Points System

Xiang Ying hurriedly followed Jie Chen to take a look.

In the dark cellar, it was filled with grain and medicinal herbs.

Aren clenched his fists, his eyes reddened, and he gritted his teeth and said, “This damned official!”

“He got sick himself, so he hoarded all the medicinal herbs of the city in his mansion, and until now, he hasn’t found an effective cure for the epidemic, which shows these herbs are useless to him.”

“But he’d rather keep them here and let the herbs get damp than distribute them to the sick people to try; he truly deserves to die!”

Xiang Ying thought for a moment, “Where is the City Garrison currently detained by you guys?”

“In the firewood room,” Aren replied.

After pondering for only a minute, Xiang Ying quickly made arrangements.

“Aren, have those people who listen to you move to the West Garden to live, ten people per courtyard; they cannot leave the West Garden until they are cured, and promise them, we will provide the medicinal herbs and food.”

Aren nodded, immediately ready to rush out, but then he suddenly turned back confused, “Big sister, what if the West Garden can’t accommodate everyone?”

He had barged in more than a day ago, and he still hadn’t fully figured out how big the entire mansion actually was.

But Xiang Ying nodded confidently, “Go, if I say it’s enough, then it will be enough.”

The invisible drones had already scouted the entire City Garrison Mansion, so she knew exactly how large the mansion was.

Aren hurried off.

Xiang Ying turned to Jie Chen, “Now it’s your turn to communicate with the City Garrison. Tell him that, through your mediation, these diseased refugees agree to surrender and will no longer harm others.”

“Then tell the City Garrison that we have a specific prescription that can completely cure the epidemic, bringing Bai City back from the dead, but the condition is, the herbs are expensive, he should take out as much money as he has, if he agrees to pay, we will save him first.”

Jie Chen’s eyebrows raised, surprised as he looked at Xiang Ying.

He understood what Xiang Ying meant.

She not only wanted to give him the credit but also to heavily extort the City Garrison.

Jie Chen didn’t care whether she extorted or not; he just wanted to ask, “All the credit to me? Why?”

Xiang Ying blinked, “Of course, because you, more than me, need more authority.”

Her identity was not going to change, Xiang Ying was clear about that early on, even if she had worked hard to obtain a temporary Commander title from the Sixth Prince, the authority was only temporary.

Entering Shangjing, she would be labeled as the Princess of the Defeated Country.

By then, if Jie Chen was powerful, it would be more beneficial for her.

Seeing she had already made plans, Jie Chen did not inquire further; all actions were based on her commands.

The dying-sick City Garrison, upon seeing Jie Chen and learning that he could cure, saw him as a savior.

Immediately, without caring about anything else, he not only handed over his wealth but also let the Marching General Bu Feng follow Jie Chen’s command.

Thus, Jie Chen’s troops took control of Bai City.

Thankfully the City Garrison Mansion was very large; Xiang Ying separately designated East Garden to accommodate all the Exiled Criminals and water bandits.

The West Garden was inhabited by the Sixth Prince, his guards, and Jie Chen’s soldiers like Skinny Monkey and others.

The immense City Garrison Mansion was packed full, and aside from the medicinal herbs, food soon became an issue.

Xiang Ying had already considered this; she could not always provide food, as over time, it would breed disloyalty among some people.

Hence, on the night everyone moved into the City Garrison Mansion, she established a credit system.

Exchange credits for meat, five credits for one tael of meat, ten credits for two taels, and so on.

Daily necessities can also be exchanged, such as quilts, firewood, clothes, etc., each for 10 points.

Points are mainly earned through daily activities, such as patrolling seriously earns 10 points, helping with cooking medicinal herbs earns 10 points, washing twenty dishes earns 20 points, washing ten pieces of clothing earns 20 points, cooking a meal earns 20 points, cleaning a yard earns 30 points, etc.

Only in the West Garden, where the sick residents live, does nobody have to do anything; big pots of stewed meat are delivered to the yard daily.

Xiang Ying’s points system had just been launched for a day, and everyone quickly figured out the rules and enthusiastically began to implement them.

Those on patrol were more motivated; after patrolling each night, they would go to Jie Chen to sign off their time card, a checkmark for 10 points! They could exchange it for two taels of meat that very day.

There was also a group of women who formed a laundry and cooking team, led by Third Miss Chu. Their daily task was to carry baskets and go from house to house collecting dirty clothes to wash.

Some people preferred to wash their own clothes rather than lose the 20 points.

So, Third Miss Chu came up with a solution; she implemented her own rule where she would return 3 points to the clothes’ owner of the 20 points earned from washing.

Thus, more people sought their services; everyone was happy since they didn’t have to lift a finger and still earned points.

Skinny Monkey, besides patrolling, also organized people to earn extra by helping wash dishes.

The water bandits took on the task of cleaning yards, shouting the slogan of earning 30 points every day, increasingly energetic in their work.

Xiang Ying assigned Lin Lingxiang, Qi Fengyi, Tao Xue, and Yu Pin to oversee different sections to tally everyone’s points, which were eventually reported to Seventh Princess Xiang Rongrong.

Xiang Rongrong’s performance exceeded Xiang Ying’s expectations.

The points were tallied every three days; after six days, when Xiang Ying came to check, Xiang Rongrong produced two meticulously made tally books.

One was the official tally and the other was a backup, but at the same time, Xiang Rongrong also marked the daily trends of points.

Gains and losses in points occurred, just as in an account book there are debits and credits.

She listed everything clearly and plainly.

Xiang Ying couldn’t help but give her a thumbs up: “Rongrong, you were born in the wrong era.”

In a flourishing future, she would definitely be a master statistician.

With Xiang Ying’s praise, Xiang Rongrong was even more driven, walking around in the City Garrison Mansion every day with her small tally book, shouting, “Anyone need to add or deduct points? Come find me! Work hard everyone, the elder princess and the Vice General are very generous!”

She even recruited two assistants, Lord of Chengyang County and Lord Wenxi.

Occasionally when Xiang Rongrong had some free time, she would also go help Aren.

Aren, leading three little ones, was primarily responsible, under Xiang Ying’s orders, for manning the materials gate, exchanging goods for points.

They were also protected by a team of people assigned by Jie Chen, led by Acid Scholar.

Everything proceeded in an orderly manner for ten days.

Everyone was living well by exchanging their points.

Daily life with warm, clean bedding to cover themselves, wearing comfortable warm clothes, enjoying the warmth of charcoal fire, they didn’t have to worry about not having a second meal.

After being cured, the residents of the West Garden moved out and entered the North Garden, quickly joining Xiang Ying’s points system.

These days, Xiang Ying became the busiest person, with countless people entering her room daily to report, so much so that Jie Chen had to queue to see her.

Especially when Xiang Rongrong accounted for materials and points every three days, Xiang Ying’s room resembled a conference hall, where she sat in the principal seat, flanked by the talented individuals she had selected.

That day, during a meeting, someone burst in furiously.

“Xiang Ying! Who gave you permission to empty my cellar?” The City Garrison, face red with rage, pointed and shouted at her.

Xiang Ying still seated, didn’t move, while immediately the people around her slapped the table and retorted to him, “Who gave you permission to speak to our elder princess like that?”

The City Garrison, seeing their fierce demeanor, was taken aback and lost some of his bluster.