Chapter 9 Revealing the List
When he woke in the early morning, boiled water to wash up, and had finished a simple breakfast, Li Ang asked Chai Cuiqiao to look after the house while he himself, carrying five hundred cents, headed towards East City.
The deficit of one hundred and nine strings of coins was no small sum. It was definitely impossible to gather that amount within twenty days by running a normal medical hall; a different method needed to be employed.
For instance, responding to a reward notice.
Li Ang weaved through the streams of carriages and people, arrived on the other side of Yizhou Bridge, and stood in front of a wooden notice board that was one man tall and ten feet wide.
On the notice board were neatly arranged sheets of yellow paper, mostly similar in size. The top part listed the rewards offered, followed by detailed descriptions in the middle, and at the bottom were the issuer, the deadline for the reward, the compensation, the contact person, and address, among other details.
This notice board was set up by the Yizhou Government and usually guarded in turns by its officials. Only government departments, or individuals of status such as scholars, wealthy merchants, and guilds, were permitted to post rewards on it.
Personal reward postings by individuals, on the other hand, were placed on another smaller wooden board nearby, with content ranging from hiring experienced boatmen and selling tiger skins, to peddling fruits, candies, and stationery.
Li Ang had already scouted this place yesterday. He now stood in front of the wooden notice board and, without hesitation, stepped forward, reached up, and tore off the topmost sheet of yellow paper.
Diners at a nearby food stall who were eating breakfast cast curious glances his way and whispered among themselves.
"That must be the reward notice issued by the Yizhou Pasture Supervisory Office, right?"
"Yes, it says a hundred military horses are sick with an eye disease, offering a reward of a hundred strings of coins for a cure. It’s been hanging there for over half a month, and this is only the second time someone has dared to respond. And he’s just a young man."
"Second time? So someone responded before?"