Is there any mystery behind the numbers?
Apparently, there is!
Lin Xiaosu has been dealing with Qianlong for quite some time now.
He knows that this iron rooster is not easy to pluck.
A typical task rewards a hundred thousand.
A slightly heavier task offers no more than two hundred thousand.
Even when he, with Chang Ye, ventured across nations into Fusang, causing the earth-shaking Fusang tsunami to seize the "Purple Devil Stone" critical to national communications, the reward was just a million.
The feat of hunting down the White clothed King with Blood Trace, something worthy of being recorded in Qianlong's history and even earning the Qianlong Annual Medal, only fetched him "two hundred fifty".
All signs indicate that Qianlong's cash rewards are indeed quite "stingy"—which is understandable since Qianlong represents the country, and the country's rewards for talent never primarily emphasized economic incentives.
