Prime Minister You returned to Zhao and informed King Zhao of the truth.
"What? Ten gold coins per person?" When King Zhao heard this, he became furious: "Why don't they go and steal the money? Don't 100,000 people want one million gold?"
"Yes!" The right prime minister nodded and said, "Your Majesty, what should we do?"
"With so much money, why can't we recruit another 100,000 people?" King Zhao sneered.
"It's different." The right prime minister waved his hand hurriedly and said: "If you don't redeem the person, they will make a fuss about the matter. Once the news spreads, the soldiers of Zhao will know that Your Majesty is reluctant to spend ten gold coins to redeem a person.
Soldiers, when the time comes, people will definitely be in panic and lack of integrity."
King Zhao was stunned for a moment and said: "What do you mean, you want to pay someone to redeem him?"
"Yes!" Prime Minister You nodded and said: "The redeemed warriors can give Zhao Guo more authority to speak. Moreover, it can make the soldiers work harder for His Majesty."
King Zhao frowned: "One million gold is not a small amount of money."
"Then we can negotiate with them to give them in batches." Prime Minister Right replied.
"Okay." King Zhao nodded.
After the two negotiated, they decided to spend 500,000 gold to redeem 50,000 soldiers in advance, and then find a way to pay 500,000 gold later. In this way, not only could people see Zhao's sincerity, but it would also be a good idea for the country.
The soldiers had an explanation.
But.
When Zhao's 500,000 gold was handed over, what he got back was 50,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, and there were only a few warriors who could actually fight.
"Asshole, that guy Guo Nian is just a bastard." King Zhao cursed loudly.
What was exchanged for half a million gold turned out to be a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people, and more than a thousand people were even brought back on wooden frames. Not only did these people have no fighting ability, but they had to pay a large sum of money for their treatment.
of, placement...
"I never thought that this guy named Guo would be so shameful." Prime Minister Right also smiled bitterly.
He also did not expect that half a million gold would be exchanged for 50,000 old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers from Youzhou City. Most of them were injured, and some were even about to die. These people were simply a burden.
But who would have thought that these bastards could be so rogue?
King Zhao could only swallow his anger and did not dare to vent, for fear of disappointing these old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers. After all, they had fought for Zhao in all directions.
As for the remaining 50,000 elite soldiers, they had already been dispersed by Guo Nian and joined the Wu Kingdom.
These 50,000 soldiers became the objects of special care in Guo Nian's army.
Guo Yi ordered people to brainwash them and promised them huge profits, and their treatment was half higher than others. In this way, these 50,000 people were completely integrated into the Wu Kingdom and became Wu Kingdom's warriors.
"Father, how can you be so sure that they will join the Wu Kingdom?" Guo Nian asked curiously.
"Of course I know." Guo Yi smiled lightly.
Guo Nian was even more curious: "You have broken the rules by doing this."
According to the common practice in this world, prisoners of war are either used as slaves and laborers, and eventually die in the workplace, or they are killed directly, or buried alive. Because feeding such a large number of people requires a huge price. After all, these people are hidden dangers,
It could break out at any time.
Therefore, the most common approach on the battlefield is to kill directly. Because this is the best way to solve trouble.
Unexpectedly, Guo Yi's method was much better than the conventional method.
It directly improved his combat effectiveness, and also solved the problem. By breaking up the prisoners of war and integrating them into the army, it could completely destroy their desire to rebel, and secondly, it could reform them. Guo Nian did this very well. He did not reform them all.
.
Loyalty has increased a lot.
Moreover, Guo Nian also promised them that as long as they could get their families over, they would definitely settle them down and would never treat their families badly.
For a long time in the future, people from Zhao Guolu moved to Youzhou City one after another.
Since then, Guo Nian has followed through on his promise. In Youzhou City, Guo Nian allocates houses to them and distributed gold coins to them to settle down. Almost all of the five hundred thousand gold given by King Zhao was spent.
It was used on these soldiers. It could be said that it killed two birds with one stone. Not only were the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers sent away, but they also received 500,000 gold to appease the remaining 50,000 elite soldiers.
As a result, the loyalty of these soldiers was instantly raised to its peak, no worse than the soldiers of Wu State.
Suddenly, the population of Youzhou City increased by tens of thousands again. The population of a city determines the prosperity of the city. A large population means that the city is more prosperous.
When King Zhao learned about this, he was furious.
However, King Zhao could only endure it and endure the hardship.
Fast forward more than ten years.
Time flies, time flies.
During these ten years, King Wu Cheng died of illness, and before his death, he handed over the throne to his son King Wu Hui. King Wu Hui had mediocre qualifications, no independent opinions, and was content with the status quo and pleasure. He did not want to go to the domestic situation at all.
Tube.
Not only that, this guy also directly handed over all rights to Guo Nian.
He also said to Guo Nian: "General Guo, my world is your world. Now, I have handed over all the power of this world to you. You must guard this great country of Wu for me."
From then on, King Wu Hui rarely went to court.
Even if something happened, they would always consult Guo Nian. And Guo Nian became the regent. Although one person is inferior to ten thousand people, he is actually the master of the Wu Kingdom. If he wants to be the king of Wu, he can only
With just an order, King Wu Hui would step down completely. Even if some senior ministers tried to stop him, it was absolutely impossible.
In fact, Guo Nian also had such an idea, and some subordinates who were loyal to Guo Nian also advised him to directly oust King Wu Hui from power and make him the leader of the Wu Kingdom.
once Upon a time.
Guo Nian said to Guo Yi: "Father, now everyone in the world wants me to rebel. Do you want me to rebel, or not?"
"What do you think?" Guo Yi asked.
"I don't know either." Guo Nian shook his head and said, "What's the difference between the world that belongs to me and the world that doesn't belong to me? If I become the King of Wu, it doesn't seem to make much sense."
Guo Nian, who is nearly forty years old, has become mature and steady, and will not act impulsively when considering problems.
Guo Yi said with a smile: "As a minister, you should be loyal to heaven and earth, and to yourself. Overthrowing King Wu Hui will be of no benefit to you or me. It will only bring trouble to the world."
"If I go on stage, no one will dare to say anything." Guo Nian said.
"Just because you can't hear it doesn't mean others didn't say it," Guo Yi replied.
Guo Nian immediately fell silent because he understood in his heart.
No one can stop the people of the world from talking.
