"Here, take two coins each for the chief and deputy officers, four coins each for the commander and Yuhou, and ten more coins for each higher level of official position!" Han Xingyan stretched out his hand and pulled away the black cloth covering the tray, and put dozens of coins on it.
The gold ingot, which had just been minted not long ago, was placed brightly under the light.
"Thank you, Marshal!"
"The handsome and wise man!"
"I am willing to die for the handsome man!"
…
In the official hall, cheers immediately broke out. The commanders of the "Rebellion Army", the Marquis of Yu, and the heads of the capital, all had golden eyes and danced.
Tons of gold ingots, each of which is a standard ten taels. Twelve taels of gold can be exchanged for 150 copper coins on the market, which is equivalent to a year's official salary and subsidy of the county magistrate! You guys are just talented.
If you follow Yang Xingyan for seven or eight days to rebel, you will be able to get the county magistrate's income for several years. Who wouldn't feel overjoyed? (Note: The currency in the Song Dynasty was over-issued, and the coinage contained high amounts of lead and iron, and the quality was extremely poor.
Copper coins of good color are rare.)
"Brothers, thank you for your hard work. When we capture the city, the reward will be doubled!" Han Xingyan waved his hands calmly and continued to announce loudly.
"The handsome and wise man!"
"Thank you, Marshal!"
…
The cheers came one after another, and all the generals and commanders present were in high spirits, as if the city had opened its doors to them.
Only Yang Xingyan himself, the leisurely expression on his face did not last long before he quietly put it away and quickly turned his attention to Yang Yunqing, the judge of the Southern Liao Dynasty who was standing next to him as a soldier, "Brother Yunqing..."
"The commander is wise!" Yang Yunqing frowned quickly and bowed decisively, "I believe that the commander-in-chief will be able to conquer the city in one go."
"Hmm? Well -" Yang Xingyan was slightly startled at first, then realized that he was the leader of the rebels, and quickly straightened up his chest and back, making a majestic appearance.
"Commander, the brothers have had a hard time fighting. Next, I thought it would be better to rest in Zhaoyuan Village for three days and recruit some miners to join the army to supplement the lost manpower." Yang Yunqing was born to know how to put on a show, and he respectfully said to Yang
Yukihiko raised his hand and then suggested in a low voice.
"Okay, okay, just follow what the army said!" Yang Xingyan immediately smiled and nodded without thinking. Then he turned his attention to the soldiers below who were dividing the gold, and announced loudly, "Okay, let's divide the gold first.
, and then each goes back to restrain his brothers and recruit troops and horses on the way. Don’t worry, no matter how many troops and horses you recruit, I can afford to feed and drink them."
"I obey!" All the generals knew that there is no free gold in the world, so they put away their smiles and saluted with cupped fists.
"As I said, whoever recruits as many brothers as possible will be an official. If he can recruit five hundred, he will be directly promoted to commander. If he can recruit one thousand and fifteen, he will be directly promoted to commander of the military capital or to be the governor of Yu.
Brother, I will let him be the commander of both sides. If he can recruit 20,000 brothers, I will directly give him the position of military commander of the rebel army! Yang can swear to God that he will never go back on his promise!" In Yang Yunqing's words,
With his gaze indicating, Yang Xingyan cheered up and continued to announce loudly.
"The commander-in-chief is joking, we are willing to follow him to the death!"
"No matter how many people are recruited under his command, we will always be the commander's minions!"
"We are willing to be controlled by the commander-in-chief, no matter how many brothers we have!"
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All the soldiers expressed their opinions in a chaotic manner, then received the gold according to their respective ranks and dispersed.
Yang Xingyan straightened his chest and back, and watched all the generals leave with dignity. When the last general's back was visible, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, quickly turned his head to Yang Yunqing, bowed his head to the ground, "Brother Yunqing, don't blame me.
I have to remind you of something. The walls of the city are very high and there is a moat. If we attack the city with just the few troops we have, I'm afraid..."
"Don't worry, I didn't even think about asking you to lead the brothers to hit the city gate!" With no outsiders around, Yang Yunqing no longer deliberately pretended to be humble, and smiled and waved her hands gently.
"If you don't want to attack the city, then why did you announce a double reward just now?" Yang Xingyan was confused and asked with a frown.
"Brother Xingyan, I don't know. According to my observation, some of the brothers in your camp have a strong sense of country sentiment!" Yang Yunqing glanced at him and added with a hint of knocking, "The only way to keep their appetite is gold.
, so that they can temporarily forget that they are from the Song Dynasty. And you should not be reluctant to part with it. Compared with the number of gold ingots you and I copied from the Zhaoyuan official treasury, it was less than half of the gold ingots we just distributed to the brothers!"
"No, I'm not reluctant -" Yang Xingyan heard this and waved his hands quickly, "Yun Qingxing, don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm reluctant to part with those dozens of taels of gold, nor that I still want to be a Song Dynasty person. I just thought,
We are not strong enough to attack the city."
"We must announce externally that we will attack the city immediately. As for internally, we will wait and see." Yang Yunqing smiled, as if he had already made a plan, "Now that we have gold, there is no shortage of food and grass, and there are many men nearby.
Ding and Ding all relied on the official mine in Zhaoyuan Village to make a living. We killed the mine supervisor sent by the imperial court and destroyed the gold mine. They immediately lost their way of living. We will write a recruitment notice tomorrow and send someone to post it, and then we will compile it.
This is an appropriate way of saying it. If you don’t tell them that they are rebelling against the Song Dynasty, you can only tell them that they are rebelling against them. The miners will definitely rush to apply!”
This was the real reason why he did not allow Yang Xingyan to attack Ye County and instead captured Zhaoyuan Village first.
First of all, the two largest gold mines in Zhaoyuanzhai both belonged to the Song Dynasty. The gold mined and refined every year was cast into gold ingots on site and then stored and transported to Bianliang at the end of the year.
After Zhaoyuan Village was captured, the rebels no longer needed to rely on Yan and the Yang family for military pay, which made it easier for him to control the entire army. Moreover, Daliao Xingrensi could recover some of the money he had spent in order to win over Yang Xingyan.
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In addition, every household around Zhaoyuan Village has men who are miners. These men are strong and honest and obedient. It is much better to recruit them into the army than to force farmers from the countryside to join the army.
The farmers were forced to join the army, but within four or five months, they could not even stand in line. As for the miners who joined the army, as long as Yang Xingyan put some effort into training, he would turn them into qualified soldiers within a month.
By then, whether they are attacking the city or turning back to attack Ye County, the rebel army will no longer have to worry about the meager strength of their troops.
"What about the Chunyang Sect? How should I explain to them in the future why I didn't go to Ye County to join them?" Yang Xingyan was not a smart person to begin with. Otherwise, he would not have been manipulated by Yang Yunqing all the time.
He frowned and pondered for a while, then asked cautiously.
"No explanation! Send me five hundred taels of gold first. It's better than any explanation!" Yang Yunqing curled his lips, with contempt on his face, "Those guys who are pretending to be gods and ghosts will never succeed. Previously, Lu Ziming only took five hundred taels from the Yan family.
For money, just sell your own Baimazhai branch. Now, if you give him five hundred taels of gold, even if there is no reason, he will obediently follow your instructions and fight with the man named Han to the death of both sides!"
"Then let's take the opportunity to kill him and give Han a fatal blow!" Yang Xingyan finally got the idea and punched the palm of his hand.
"The man surnamed Han must be killed, but Lu Ziming cannot be kept!" Yang Yunqing smiled, his face getting colder. "You don't lack generals, you just lack soldiers. Once Lu Ziming dies, the followers under his command will
They can all be captured and made your subordinates. In this way, the number of troops under your command can be as high as 30,000 in an instant. If you turn around and attack the city again, you will definitely be able to defeat it with one blow!"
