Giving year-end bonuses to the soldiers of the Runing Battalion was the result of discussions between Wu Shigong, Deng Qifan, Xue Yongli and other staff and military attachés. The Runing Battalion has grown to this day, and in order to maintain the loyalty of its officers and soldiers, ideological education is inevitable, as well as necessary material rewards
It is also essential.
This is just like modern companies. In addition to paying attention to corporate culture, successful companies must also increase annual salary increases and year-end bonuses. It is also an important means to win over employees' loyalty to the company.
Wu Shigong continued: "Our Runing Camp has developed to this point. Some of the brothers here started their business with their own officers at the beginning, and some joined halfway. Although they entered Runing Camp for different lengths of time, they all contributed to the growth of Runing Camp."
A lot of things have been done.”
"However, when many brothers joined the Runing Camp, their families did not have enough food to eat. But now, no matter what, the brothers who follow me will always have enough food and clothing for their families."
"But is this enough? Runing camp still needs to develop, so won't Runing camp be able to bring wealth to all brothers? There is no need to say anything else. I will guarantee here that we will wait until this expedition.
Come back, brothers here, as long as you don’t have a family, I will arrange a wife for each of you!"
"Brothers, do you still want to live this life of being a bachelor?"
"I don't want to!" The atmosphere among the soldiers suddenly aroused. They replied loudly in unison, and then burst into cheerful laughter.
After laughing for a while, Wu Shigong pressed his hands down, quieting the soldiers for a while, and then said: "This expedition will go to the extremely cold places in Liaodong. If it is not dangerous, then I am lying to you brothers."
"But this time the imperial court has also mobilized troops from all over the country to gather outside the customs. We at Runing Camp do not need to shoulder any heavy burdens for this war. Anyway, there is someone tall to shoulder the responsibility."
"As long as we brothers unite together and obey the orders of the officers leading our respective teams, I will guarantee that we will bring all the brothers back no matter what."
Wu Shigong's army has been established to this day. After every expedition, not only the soldiers who were killed and injured in battle were brought back to their hometowns, but also the ashes of the horses killed in battle were brought back for burial. Therefore, Wu Shigong's promise did not arouse any doubts among the soldiers.
"But there are always casualties in war, and I am not willing to let you brothers live on the edge of a knife all their lives. Therefore, I have decided that the brothers who join our Runing Camp will only have to serve in our Runing Camp for eight years.
After retiring and returning to his hometown. If there is a war, one month of service will be counted as two months. In other words, four years of fighting is equivalent to eight years of service."
"Of course, after the service period has expired, I will welcome any brothers who are willing to extend their service. If they are unwilling to extend their service, I will never force them. However, retired brothers will be transferred to local militia groups in case of war.
This also requires retired brothers to protect their hometown!"
"The specific retirement regulations will be announced to all brothers in detail in the future. But this policy will definitely be implemented."
In fact, since the establishment of Wu Shigong's army, Wu Shigong has heard reports from some officers that some of his soldiers and even some officers have become war-weary after years of intense military training and life-and-death battles.
Therefore, this time Wu Shigong took advantage of the situation and launched the matter of retirement. With the guarantee of retirement, the soldiers had some hope of escaping from the dangerous war. This also played a great role in stabilizing the military morale of his Runing camp.
Besides, forming a reasonable flow of soldiers in the Runing camp will also be of great benefit to increasing Wu Shigong's strength. Because through the flow of soldiers, the number of soldiers who have received complete military training will also increase. And those retired soldiers will also
They will become the backbone of the military in the local militia, forming the reserve army of the Runing Battalion, implicitly expanding the number and strength of Wu Shigong's army.
There is another point that only Wu Shigong knows well. The world is about to be in chaos. With wars happening frequently, it is actually impossible for those retired soldiers to completely retire. Wu Shigong just gave them a hollow glutinous rice ball to eat.
But Wu Shigong's concern for these soldiers can be said to be in place. When the world is in chaos, the retired soldiers can at most lament their bad fate. No matter what, Wu Shigong cannot be blamed.
However, Wu Shigong's words did not arouse a big response from the soldiers. It was not that they were unwilling to accept Wu Shigong's policy. After all, not all soldiers like to spend their lives in war to gain a wealthy future.
Most soldiers still hope to live a stable life. Therefore, the soldiers still welcome Wu Shigong's policy.
But many soldiers are also accustomed to the life of being paid as soldiers. They think about what they and their families will do if they retire and cannot get military pay? Will they have to go back to the hard days of the past?
Have you gone?
As if he knew what his soldiers were thinking, Wu Shigong continued: "All retired soldiers, don't worry, I will not let you go."
"In the future, soldiers can receive military pay in two ways. One is to receive the full amount, just like now, and the other is to receive only 70% of the pay. Moreover, the payment of military pay is also a combination of silver and food stamps."
"Brothers who choose the second method of payment can, after retiring, receive more than 20 acres of land from me according to their family status and position in the Runing Camp. They only need to pay the amount to me.
As long as the land yields a 10% harvest as a rule, the land can be passed down from generation to generation.”
Wu Shigong's words immediately caused a sensation among the soldiers. Being able to own land, even if it is under Wu Shigong's name, is a great happiness for the soldiers, who are mostly farmers.
In fact, the amount of military pay deducted from the soldiers was quite small compared to the price of the land. It seemed that Wu Shigong suffered a big loss.
However, in order to protect their own land, and because without Wu Shigong's protection, the land owned by retired soldiers would be in danger of being taken away, so these people will become Wu Shigong's die-hard loyalists, intentionally or unintentionally.
Besides, in addition to reducing the payment of military pay in the near future, Wu Shigong will also increase the amount of food stamps issued in the payment of military pay. This will also be of great benefit to Wu Shigong to save cash in hand and extend the time for the payment of military pay to Wu Shigong's army.
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Now the food stamps here in Wu Shigong actually have some currency functions. If the Ming Dynasty court also issued banknotes, Wu Shigong also wanted to avoid causing unnecessary trouble. Wu Shigong might have printed the number of coins on the food stamps.
, instead of printing the quantity of grain.
As for the complication between the number of food stamps issued and the amount of grain stored by Wu Shigong, any modern person with some knowledge of modern finance will understand. Of course, in order to ensure his credibility, Wu Shigong still issues food stamps based on the amount of grain in stock.
.When conditions mature in the future, Wu Shigong will also issue shares at a premium.
Of course, if there is a big economic crisis in the future, Wu Shigong will definitely issue food stamps indiscriminately. As for inflation, Wu Shigong will not be able to care about it. At that time, Wu Shigong will definitely have reached a time of life and death.
Do you still care about other people’s floods?
After listening to Wu Shigong's words, all the soldiers present were silent for a brief moment, and then let out a deafening cheer. The morale among the soldiers suddenly boiled to the extreme.
"Your Excellency is wise!"
"I am willing to die for my lord!"
“Kill all the Tatars!”
…
The slogans kept coming and going, and Wu Shigong smiled and nodded to the soldiers.
Wu Shigong listened to those slogans and thought to himself: "They killed all the Tatars! This time the Runing camp went out to prepare for an escape. It is best not to encounter any Tatars."
"However, in my two expeditions, the last time I was a tortoise, this time I was trying to escape as a hare. This Ming Dynasty version of the tortoise and the hare, my own Runing camp was reenacted. However, this man was a tortoise again,