Har bir mingboshiga o‘ntadan, har bir aminga ikkitadan, har bir ellikboshiga bittadan yaroqlik yigit beradigan bo‘lishibdi.

Amin osmonga qaratib bir-ikki marta to‘pponchadan o‘q chiqardi. Unga qaragan va ahamiyat bergan bo‘lmadi. Bir yigit rosa mo‘ljallab turib, aminning qo‘liga mushtlagan edi, to‘pponchasi qo‘lidan tushdi.

Mingboshi bu yoqqa yigit ortdirish to‘g‘risida buyruqning amin va ellikboshilar tomonidan nechuk bajarilgani xususida rasmiy ma’lumot kutib o‘tirdi. Qishloqlarni aylangan vaqtida amin va ellikboshilarning ba’zilariga u yana eslatib o‘tgan edi.

During his visits to the villages, mingboshi reminded the amins and ellikboshis about finding more soldiers.

There’s talk that the governor is going to give each mingboshi ten more armed men: every amin, two; and every ellikboshi, one.

An amin fired his pistol into the air, but no one paid any heed. One young man landed a punch on the amin’s arm, knocking the pistol loose.