Huang An's salary today is less than one-third higher than the normal border army salary.
His three brothers were worried that he didn't have enough money, but Huang An was not stressed at all.
He had already settled this account in his mind, and he felt even less stressed.
Now my private property is very clear.
At this stage, he has a total of 222 subordinates who need military pay, coming from three parties.
The bulk of them were allocated by the master and Youzhou, with 112 personal guards and a staff of one hundred households.
But in fact, it is a little different from the regular establishment of a hundred households in the military.
There are a hundred households in the army, with a total of 112 people, 12 of whom are officers, all of whom are military personnel.
These 12 warriors are all officers.
These include 2 general flag officers and 10 commanders.
Among Huang An's 112 personal guards, when they were transferred to him, the two warriors who served as chief flag officers were removed and replaced with two ordinary soldiers.
So among these 112 people, only ten are warriors.
They were all originally compiled.
The remaining one hundred lean monkey orphans were given to him by three good brothers from Xialin Village.
Not to mention warriors, there is not even one who can read.
The last ten people were selected by the master personally. They were Yang Chengwu and the others. They were all warriors in the Six Fu realm.
Able in both literature and martial arts, he is his right-hand man.
Now only these 222 people need his military pay, which is almost the establishment of two hundred households.
According to the composition of the personnel, he needs to set up twenty commanders and four general flag officers.
Shi Chang earned two taels of silver per month, and Huang An, the chief flag officer, planned to give him a military salary of 4 taels of silver.
As for other ordinary subordinates, the monthly salary is 900 copper coins.
With this in mind, the annual military expenditure required is 2,200 taels of silver, which is less than 2,500 taels.
Of course, including food expenses and livestock rations, the total is 3,000 taels of silver per day for a year, with a maximum of no more than 3,500 taels.
This was calculated based on his calculation of food expenses, ensuring that each person had three meals a day, that each meal was full, and that each person had at least two kilograms of meat per day.
As for the rations for the livestock, it is almost negligible because the number of livestock under his command is still relatively small.
At this stage, including his Meteor, he has sixty-one strong horses in his hands, all of which are strong horses that can be used as war horses.
In addition to the horses, Brother Yu was drunk today and said that it was difficult to farm with manpower, so he also gave him five oxen, ten mules, and ten donkeys.
After Huang An thanked him, he reluctantly agreed.
These fifteen livestock were just now pulled into the area where Huang An and his brothers lived under the cover of night.
Including war horses, there were a total of 76 large livestock.
And where is Huang An's money?
Not counting what he left in the Wanjie garbage dump, there is still at least 3,500 taels of silver left. Now he has 2,000 taels of silver from his three brothers, Youzhou, Master, and Xialinzhai.
Among them, Youzhou allocated 1,000 taels of silver to him at once.
This is not a one-time event, but happens every year. This is military pay.
Those personal soldiers who were registered at the Youzhou Commander's Office were considered to be the imperial army. They were listed on the list and were still serving in the border army.
Although it is now his personal property, military pay is indispensable.
The master gave five hundred taels of silver as a gift, and the three brothers from Xialin Village gave another five hundred taels.
Including the escort reward given by Yu Mao today, he now holds 2,050 taels of silver.
These 2050 taels of silver, plus another 150 taels, may be used as a year's military expenses for all his men.
As for Huang An himself, the at least 3,500 taels of silver in the Wanjie garbage dump have not yet been taken into account.
What's even more important is that Huang An's bank card contains millions of RMB sent to him by his father, which is the fundamental reason why he can be so wealthy.
As for the entire "fiefdom" of Dahuaishu Village, Huang An simply ignored it.
In this era, it would be great if people in the village did not starve to death.
He also went to squeeze it because he couldn't bear it and didn't want to do such an inefficient thing.
After all, that's his basic base here, and he can't knock the bones and absorb the marrow.
"After I finish my work in Xialin Village, I want Feng'an to fulfill my master's instructions and at the same time find or train a trustworthy person to help me manage military expenses. I don't want to have to worry about money every day. My focus is still on
It’s martial arts training!”
Huang An has a clear understanding of himself.
He sipped hot tea and thought about today's events and the arrangements for the next few days.
At 5:30 a.m. the next day, Huang An woke up on time, his drunkenness completely dissipated.
He put on his clothes and walked out of the courtyard. There was a cool breeze and the weather was good.
Raise your hands high and stretch your body.
Sudden.
With a "squeak" sound, the door of the small house in the courtyard opened.
The little maid who heard the commotion, her eyes still filled with bloodshot eyes from exhaustion, hurriedly ran out of the side door and ran to the bottom of the steps. She lowered her head and said in fear:
"Please spare your life, Fourth Master, I will go and heat the hot water right now!"
Huang An was still stretching, but he didn't expect this little girl to suddenly run out. After thinking for a while, he realized what happened.
No wonder you are so scared. Could it be that you are worried that you will be blamed and punished if you wake up too late?
I saw this girl yesterday and planned to send her home. After all, she is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and she is still a little girl. He cannot use child labor, right?
So I was very cold-shouldered to this little maid at that time.
Even until now, I don't even know her name.
But now that I think about it, I must have drank too much and my mind became dizzy.
This little girl is still young, she is only thirteen or fourteen years old. If she returns her, won't she be ruined?
Since she was able to be sold here, she must still be unable to escape the fate of being sold after she returns.
Instead of meeting a perverted master in the future, it would be better to just let her stay in the courtyard and clean the house.
After all, he likes to drink tea, but there is no hot water kettle here to keep the water temperature. It would be nice to have someone who can boil hot water by his side.
Thinking of this, his eyes moved and he commanded:
"Keep your head up!"
The little maid trembled and raised her head slightly, revealing a small face as big as a palm under her slightly yellowed hair.
The complexion is slightly yellow and the skin is dull and lackluster.
There was an indelible timidity in her dark eyes. She was like a hamster sticking its head out of the hole, cautious and scared.
Although the weather is getting warmer now, it is still a bitterly cold place in Youzhou and at the foot of a hillside. This little girl is wearing thin clothes and her frail body is shaking slightly.
What a crime!
With a sigh, Huang An frowned.
Although he looks very thin and malnourished, he is actually a gift from Yu Mao, and he actually looks pretty good.
If she was born into a wealthy family, she must have been a little beauty.
After all, Huang An has been in Daming for more than nine months. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he knows more and more things.
In the Ming Dynasty, most girls from ordinary families, unless they were martial arts practitioners, got married very young.
But how many women, like the two senior sisters, can focus on practicing martial arts and don't have to worry about getting married?
I am afraid that among ten thousand people, not one woman can practice martial arts.
Huang An had a faint look in his eyes, walked down the wooden steps, bent down and said softly:
"May I have your name?"
"Little, little grass!"
The little girl's voice was very small, as if it was squeezed out from the cracks in her mouth, and was weak.
However, Huang An's ears and eyes were sharp, so he heard clearly.
Grass?
He looked at Xiaocao and sighed for some reason.
This grass is just a grass.
There is no difference between her and the grass on the roadside. If you want to give it away, you can give it away.
Huang An pondered for a moment, looked around, and ordered:
"From now on, you will stay in the hospital and clean up the entire hospital."
Before Huang An could finish his words, Xiaocao suddenly fell to his knees, kowtowing like he was pounding garlic.
There was a cry in the voice, which was heartbreaking to hear.
Huang An frowned slightly, bent his legs and squatted down slightly, reached out and pinched the little girl's neck, which was no thicker than his hand, and lifted her up as if lifting something.
"Call me from now on, forget it!"
After saying that, he sighed helplessly and released his palms.
The voice was full of tears, which was touching to hear.
Her crying made Huang An feel bad.
After all, he is still a 23-year-old young man. He is neither a spirited young man with an out-of-the-box personality, nor a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. He cannot get used to being called "Fourth Master".
He planned to correct it, but considering that there were so many people in Xialin Village, it would be troublesome to correct them one by one, so he simply let them go.
No longer struggling with the issue of address, he looked at the little girl and then ordered:
"There is no need to kneel down from now on. If I am in the courtyard and get up early in the morning, I am going to practice martial arts. I don't need you to get up so early to heat hot water!"
After Huang An finished speaking, he pondered for a moment, looked up and down the little girl's height, noted down the basic measurements, and then sent her to sleep.
He himself took up a stance in the courtyard and began to practice martial arts.
The longer Huang An stayed in the Ming Dynasty, the closer his work and rest time became to the warriors of the Ming Dynasty.
It’s no joke to practice in the winter and in the summer.
The perseverance required to practice martial arts is by no means less than studying, and it is more difficult.
Students in his hometown only needed to use their brains to study, but the warriors of the Ming Dynasty were different.
Getting up early every day to practice martial arts requires not only using your brain, but also your body.
If you don't work hard twice a day, morning and evening, and exhaust yourself, it will be difficult to achieve great results.
What's more, most warriors, without the aid of precious medicines to practice martial arts, spend more than ten or eight hours a day on body training.
Without such exhausting hard work, warriors would not have the superior status they have.
That was a punch, a kick, a sword, a spear, fighting with the army across thousands of mountains and rivers, and establishing a high status!
Huang An turned around to practice martial arts, but Xiaocao didn't listen to him and went to sleep.
Being able to stay here is definitely the best destination for her.
Huang An didn't have any thoughts about her last night, he didn't even look at her face or ask her name.
She was both happy and scared at the same time.
She knew very well what would happen to her after being abandoned.
Last night I was so worried and scared that I didn't sleep all night. Today I stayed up until five o'clock in the morning. I kept standing and didn't dare to sleep. I just wanted to perform well so that the fourth master could look high on her. No, if I lowered my eyes, she could stay in the village.
inside.
Huangtian paid off and she succeeded.
The Fourth Master is kind-hearted and treats her better than the parents in her dreams.
Although she was sleepy, tired, hungry and cold, she still didn't dare to sleep.
The fourth master was practicing martial arts, and she didn't dare to look at him. She picked up the pile of matches at the door, groped her way to the kitchen, and went to boil hot water.