Chapter 97 Distribute 600,000 taels of silver at a time
After praising his merits in front of the emperor, he received rewards and pay.
In his previous life, Chongzhen hated formalism the most, so he never did any unnecessary chores.
Of course, necessary arrangements still have to be made, such as paying wages and chanting slogans before meals to strengthen cohesion.
"Thank you for the reward!" Yang Ponu kowtowed three times and stood up, then happily took a 50-tael large silver ingot and two 5-tael small silver ingots from Chongzhen's hand.
Chongzhen asked with a smile: "Yang Ponu, this time I got another 60 taels of silver reward. Adding the previous reward, it must be more than 100 taels of silver, right? This is a lot of money."
"Thanks to the great blessing of Long Live Lord, hehe."
Yang Ponu smiled from ear to ear, like a fool.
Zhu Cixiang and Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Chongzhen asked again: "Have you figured out how to spend such a large sum of money?"
"I have thought about it for a long time." Yang Ponu said without thinking, "Douhua said that her dream since childhood was to open a tofu shop, so the villain gave her a few taels of silver to open a tofu shop for her, and the rest of the money was used to buy land.
, According to the land price in our hometown in Luzhou, 100 taels of silver can buy five acres of high-quality fertile land, hehe."
Chongzhen said in astonishment: "Does the fertile land in Luzhou cost 20 taels per mu?"
"I want it." Yang Ponu said with some embarrassment, "Young Master Tian from Luzhou, so it's more expensive."
"This is not more expensive, but many times more expensive. The average quality fertile land in Nanzhi is only 10 taels per mu." Chongzhen talked for a long time and finally got to the point, "Have you ever thought about buying land in Xuzhou?
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"Ah, buying land in Xuzhou?" Yang Ponu immediately froze when he heard this.
Not only was Yang Ponu stunned, but the more than fifty soldiers waiting behind him to receive the reward were also stunned.
Obviously, they have never thought about this matter. As the old saying goes, wealth is like walking at night without returning home, so what they are thinking about is how many years they can serve as soldiers, how much money they can earn, and preferably how much reward they can receive, and then
Go back to your hometown, buy a few acres of land, marry a wife, and live a small life with your wife and children on the hot bed.
But now Long live the Lord has given them another option, which sounds a bit unreliable.
"Yes, buy land in Xuzhou." Chongzhen said seductively, "I don't know if you have ever thought about it. The war between our Ming Dynasty and Jiannu may last for a long time. This means that you will be guarding Xuzhou for a long time.
For a long time, three to five years or even ten years, will she wait for you for ten years?"
"This!" Yang Ponu's expression changed.
The expressions of the more than fifty soldiers who lined up also changed.
Do you really have to guard it for ten years? Then this time is quite long.
"The state has national laws and the military has military regulations. It is definitely not acceptable to be a deserter."
Chongzhen continued: "So you can't go back in the past few years even if you want to, so I suggest you buy land directly in Xuzhou, and then bring your family to Xuzhou, or directly rent it to the refugees for farming. The key is that now Xuzhou
The price of land is very cheap, one acre of high-quality fertile land only costs 5 taels!”
"One acre of high-quality fertile land is only sold for 5 taels?"
Yang Ponu was a little excited, the price was really tempting.
The more than fifty soldiers lining up behind were also a little moved.
"Yes, they are all high-quality fertile fields by the canal, so you don't have to worry about getting water for watering."
Chongzhen smiled slightly and gave these heroes the final blow: "And 5 taels per mu is the price sold to ordinary people. As for you border town soldiers who guard the border for the country and have made great contributions to the country, you can still enjoy half price.
One acre of land only costs 2.5 taels, and 100 taels can buy 40 acres of high-quality fertile land.”
"Long live, can I go back and think about it first?"
Yang Ponu was obviously moved, but still a little worried.
This is also human nature, no matter who involves such a large expenditure, he will hesitate.
"Of course." Chongzhen said with a smile, "This is not a forced sale. Just go back and think about it. When you have figured it out, you can come to me. But if you still haven't figured it out before evening, then I'm afraid you have to wait.
It won’t be until three months later, because I have to go to Nanjing before evening and won’t come back until October.”
"Okay." Yang Ponu took the money and left.
Although 40 acres of prime fertile land is indeed tempting,
But Yang Ponu decided to take a look first before talking.
And this was also the first reaction of almost all soldiers.
Not everyone can be the first to eat crabs.
But Chongzhen is not in a hurry, he is just blowing the wind now.
Let these future "small landowners" have a heated discussion first.
In fact, if the soldiers in the border town actively buy land now, things will be a little difficult to handle, because after all, this matter has not been discussed with the cabinet, so there are still certain variables.
Next, Chongzhen sat on the big gun platform for more than two hours.
As the eunuchs became more familiar with the process and improved their business capabilities, Chongzhen no longer needed to do it himself. Except for Yang Ponu and more than fifty other meritorious soldiers, he personally distributed the reward money, and the rest was handed over to the eunuchs. He only had to keep an eye on it.
, just make sure these eunuchs don't use his name to deduct reward money and military pay.
By evening, more than 600,000 taels of silver had been distributed.
Not only the border troops of the ten towns, but also the rewards and military pay of the Yiding and the navy were distributed.
After a great victory, coupled with a huge reward and early payment of military pay, the morale of the frontier troops in the ten towns of Xia Town reached an unprecedented high.
The soldiers' support for Chongzhen also reached its highest point.
Chongzhen was not only able to lead them to victory, but was also willing to pay them full rewards and military pay in advance. Who wouldn't like such a long-lived man, and who wouldn't support him?
Well, it’s mainly due to the money.
The frontier troops in the eighteen towns of Xuzhou and Pizhou did not dare to vouch for it.
But no one can really pull away the ten frontier troops in Xia Town.
If Huang Degong rebels now, he will be considered powerful if he can pull away a hundred people.
Of course, it is absolutely impossible for Huang Degong to rebel. If the whole world rebels, he will not rebel against Chongzhen. He didn't do it before, and he won't do it now. He will soon become Chongzhen's old fan.
The battle in Xia Town, especially the final pursuit of Jiannu,
Not only did he severely injure Jian Nu, but he also defeated generals such as Huang Degong.
Not only Huang Degong, but also the commander-in-chief, deputy commander-in-chief, guerrillas, etc. also expressed their admiration for Chongzhen.
They had discussed privately that if they were allowed to command this defensive battle, they might be able to repel the Jiannu, but the casualties would definitely be much greater than those commanded by the Holy Lord, and there would be no pursuit after the Jiannu were defeated, because
In their subconscious mind, defeating the slaves is already an incredible victory, so they don't expect more.
But the Holy Father taught them a lesson about what war is.
All in all, Huang Degong and these generals were truly convinced by Chongzhen.
"Your Majesty, what should I do in the next three months?"
On the way back to the camp, Huang Degong asked: "Should we build more gun towers outside?"
"No, the more guns, the better. For now, more than five hundred are enough." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "But it is still necessary to strengthen the guns in the past few months."
"Please ask the Holy Spirit to show you how to strengthen it," Huang Degong said again.
Chongzhen said: "The width of the trench can be increased from 30 steps to 50 steps, and the depth can be deepened from 5 feet to one or even two feet. It must be built in a wedge shape, and the sides must be as steep as possible."
"Through this battle, we can find that the defense of the fence is still weak."
"A dozen of the white-armored soldiers who built the slaves could pull down the fence with just an iron rope."
"And the Tiger Crouching Cannon will not leave a blind spot when firing, so there is no need to remove the fence at the rear of the gun platform."
"Then the six corners and twelve sides around the gun platform can be reinforced with rammed earth walls."
"The rammed earth wall is best built in a wedge shape, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. The inner wall is perpendicular to the ground. The slope of the outer wall can be steeper. The rammed earth is best made of straw and glutinous rice juice mixed with clay, which will make it stronger."
While listening, Huang Degong said to Tian Xiong, Huang Shi'an and other generals who were following behind him: "You should also remember some. If I forget, remind me in time."
Tian Xiong and others responded respectfully.
Chongzhen thought for a while and then said: "Uncle Jingnan, there is something I must remind you."
Hearing Chongzhen's tone become serious, Huang Degong's face suddenly became serious as well.
Chongzhen said: "This time, more than 600,000 taels of rewards and military pay were distributed at once. The soldiers have money in their pockets, so it is inevitable that they will have some random thoughts."
"Your Majesty, I know this." Huang Degong said hurriedly, "Actually, these days, many shacks have suddenly popped up near the peripheral gun platform, but only one or a few women live in these shacks."
"That's what I'm worried about." Chongzhen said with a serious face, "Building shacks outside the gun platform will inevitably seriously weaken the defense strength of the entire defense line, so it must be demolished."
"The entire military camp must be closed from now on."
"Both generals and soldiers are prohibited from going out without justifiable reasons."
Hearing this, Tian Xiong, Huang Shian and other generals suddenly showed bitter looks on their faces.
But no one dared to question it. Again, Chongzhen's prestige was already high enough. At least in Xia Town, no general dared to assassinate him. I really didn't dare.
Chongzhen's eyes fell on the faces of Tian Xiong, Huang Shi'an and other generals.
"I know you all have fire in your hearts, and if you have fire, you should hold it in for me."
"I also know that the soldiers want to find women, but I just don't allow them to find women at this time."
"If you have anger in your heart, hold it in, and if you have energy in your body, hold it in even more. Wait until Jiannu calls again in three months, and then vent all this energy and anger on Jiannu!"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will seal the military camp today."
Huang Degong shouted: "Anyone who dares to disobey will not be tolerated."
When saying this, Huang Degong looked at Huang Shi'an with threatening eyes.
Huang Shi'an felt aggrieved and said unhappily: "Uncle, what do you think I did? I didn't disobey my order."
"It's best if you don't disobey me. If you dare to disobey me, don't blame me for killing my relatives out of righteousness." Huang Degong said, "I want to use you as an example to scare others."
Huang Shian's face instantly turned black.
You are not my uncle, I don’t have an uncle like you.
