It's late at night, the moon is dark and the wind is high.
The captain of the Han army led the team to arrest the seventh team in the leader's room. There was a room full of people sitting there.
The smell of sweat, feet, sour braids, bad breath, and a few pipe smokers made the house full of smoke.
But everyone was sitting very seriously, because this was an emergency meeting personally convened by Mr. Jia, who was recovering from his injuries.
In addition to Jia Liu and Er Yang, a total of 36 people attended the meeting, including 20 people from the seventh team and 16 people from the ninth team.
Zu Yingyuan and Bao Guozhong, the leaders of the two squads, were also there, as were Liu De, the Green Camp foreign affairs commander of the seventh squad, and Zhang Shisan, the green camp sentry officer of the ninth squad.
Liu De and Zhang Shisan were each credited with one merit for rescuing Akoli Village, but they were not promoted.
The reason was that no body of the bandit was found on the mountain.
In this regard, Jia Liu, who was recovering from his injuries, protested to Ma Shenling, who was in charge of military merit transfer and promotion. He explained that it was too dark at that time and it was difficult to see. The brothers were able to brave the thieves' blunderbuss and rush forward. It was worthy of the court, although it was not possible.
Gains were achieved, but after all, the bandits were driven away and the Akoli village was successfully rescued. Therefore, there is no reason not to commend the meritorious soldiers.
"Even if a thief is killed by me, it is impossible for our department to find the thief's body in the middle of the night. Please be aware of this!"
In order to fulfill his promise, Jia Liu reluctantly paid 300 taels to Ma Shen, hoping that he could help more.
However, this time Ma Shen accepted the money and refused to do anything. Two days later, he sent someone to tell Jia Liu that he could only write down the military achievements this time and recount them together next time.
Jia Liu could not break up with Ma Shenling, nor could he ask Lao Cui from the mission room to come forward. In desperation, in order to make up for his colleagues in the Banner Camp of the two squads, he personally paid fifteen taels each to show his appreciation.
Fifteen taels is a lot.
The annual salary of Jia Liu, a ninth-grade Lan Ling chief, was only 33 taels, but now the sixth-grade forward school salary is 60 taels. The annual salary of Bai Tang'a is 18 taels, and Sula has no salary, and only gives one tael of monthly silver to "subsidize" dispatchers.
, which works out to more than 14 taels a year.
Here in Green Camp, the soldiers with horses earn 2 taels of silver per month, which is 24 taels per year. The war horses without horses earn 1 tael and 5 silver per month, which is 18 taels per year. The guards, that is, the local flood troops only earn 1 tael per month.
Two, 12 taels a year.
There may be errors in different places, but they won't be too big.
It seems that the salary of the green camp soldiers with horses is higher than that of the Eight Banners reserve officers Baitang'a, and the salary of those without horses is the same. However, Baitang'a also has rice and grain to receive, and their status as bannermen allows them to still go to the army every year.
The Dutong Yamen received an "iron crop", so the total amount received was more than several times that of the Green Camp soldiers.
There is nothing here in Lvying except monthly money. It is okay to support one person with the little salary, but it is difficult to support his parents, wife and children.
What's even more outrageous is that Liu De said that in some places, the soldiers' salaries are deducted by the adults in the name of "Pengkou Yin", "Pengma Yin", etc. Anyway, the money is deducted for various reasons, and the part deducted is usually
It’s 10% of the monthly payment, and it can reach 20 to 30% if it’s excessive.
In addition, the gunpowder and lead used for the training of Green Camp soldiers must be deducted from the soldiers' pay. Based on this calculation, how much money can a soldier in the Green Camp really receive in a year?
Therefore, in order to make a living, green soldiers have to do side jobs in addition to their duties, otherwise they will not be able to support their families at all.
Or if you are ordered to go on an expedition and rely on military merit to get ahead, and if you don’t have military merit, you will go and steal the money from dead people. If you don’t have any military merit, you will just rob it.
If the development continues on the normal track of history, the Green Camp will eventually be replaced by the Tuanlian, and the Tuanlian will be replaced by the New Army. The New Army in various places completely revolutionized the Qing Dynasty in the name of restoring the Han Dynasty.
In other words, the 15 taels of subsidy given by the six Jia people is equivalent to more than half a year's salary paid by the Qing government to these camp soldiers. Isn't it high?
Of course, the Fujian soldiers got more before this, but that was what they deserved, because they risked beheading to help Mr. Jia successfully transfer the "illegal money".
If you pay, you should be rewarded.
The suicide squad members deserved two hundred taels each because they risked death and stood up.
200 taels for working one's life is not much.
Jia Liu knew very well that doing things for him would bring benefits. The more dangerous the thing, the greater the benefits he would give.
As long as these people are willing to work with him, he will give up the money.
If there is someone who spends a lot of money to beg for a child, Jia Liu is the one who spends a lot of money to beg for a child.
Money, after you earn it, you spend it.
He Zhongtang can earn 800 million, but Jia Liu can earn less than 1 billion?
Will a cash transport truck arrive in just a few days?
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The members of the "death squad" who explored the road more than half a month ago were also there. The others had either participated in private salary sharing, had forced (shot) the Manchurian soldiers, or had followed others who pretended to have military merit.
Money has been distributed, people have been killed, merits have been received, and Mr. Jia has also saved their lives (not as cannon fodder). It can be said that these 36 people who were summoned here are the key members of the gang headed by Jia Liu.
There are no members of the eighth team here, just because this team has been sent to garrison Akoli Village, it is considered to be separated from Jia Liu's command, which makes Captain Jia feel regretful.
Although Li Chengzong's great-grandfather Li Sixing surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, his great-grandfather Li Dingguo was a great national hero. Out of respect for this great hero, Jia Liu still wanted to take care of his descendants.
However, there was nothing he could do if the superiors transferred people away.
A four-legged table covered with dirt, and a thick layer of "fat" can be scraped out with a knife, is Captain Jia's desk.
There was a candle lit on the table, and the tabletop was covered with spots after the candle burned.
Sitting at the east end is naturally the team leader Jia, on the right is the squad leader Zu, and on the left is the squad leader Bao.
Two Green Camp officers, Liu and Zhang, each had a small stool sitting next to Mr. Jia. Sitting on the rows of benches facing Mr. Jia were the backbone of the gang attending the meeting.
The host of the meeting was not Jia Liu, but Zu Yingyuan.
After everyone arrived, Zu Yingyuan will get the information from the "inside line" - millions of military rations will be shipped from Chongzhou tomorrow, and will arrive at Minot in four days at the latest, and then continue to the Muguomu camp.
Already.
"Now the Fan thieves are very powerful in robbing the country, so what I mean is that instead of taking advantage of the Fan thieves in vain, it's better for us to get a share of the pie!"
After Zu Yingyuan finished speaking, he turned to look at Jia Liu.
"That's what it is. Now it's up to you to express your opinion. No matter what everyone thinks, just talk about it and discuss whether it can be done. You have to listen to everyone."
Jia Liu smiled and nodded at the backbone of his preliminary gang, took a sip of tea from the big bowl, and casually spit two tea leaves on the ground.
The bowl was brought from his family. Although there was a gap on the edge, Jia Liu couldn't bear to throw it away because it was a Jigong porcelain bowl from the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty.
Hundreds of years later, it will be worth a lot of money.
"I have no objection. I will do whatever the adults say!"
Liu De was the first to express his opinion. He had been waiting for this day for a long time.
His statement naturally also represents the Fujian camp.
Wang Fu, Wang Si and others, on behalf of Team 7 Flag Officer Su La, stated that as long as the action plan is well formulated and the stolen money can be transferred quickly and cashed out immediately, they have no objection.
Anyway, I’ve done one vote.
Anyway, are there any thieves here? I'm afraid I'll be scared.
Team 9 was silent here, no one spoke.
It is understandable that this is probably the first time that the people of Team 9 have heard of such a treacherous and audacious thing.
"Old Bao, do it or not, you just have to say something!"
Zu Yingyuan was a little anxious when he saw that Bao Guozhong remained silent.
"I..."
Bao Guozhong wanted to say something, but didn't go on.
Jia Liu nodded slightly and encouraged: "Guozhong, since I have brought you here, it means that I trust you. To put it nicely, it is me, Jia Dongge, who wants to bring everyone together to make a fortune; to put it worse, it is me, Jia Dongge, who wants to bring everyone together to make a fortune.
Dongge led the others and pinned their heads to their waistbands and replied, "So if you have any ideas, just say it boldly and don't have any worries..."
"this..."
Bao Guozhong hesitated for a moment, and finally expressed his thoughts. He said: "Sir, I'm afraid that my brothers won't be able to enjoy this much money."
Jia Liu asked back: "Why do you think the brothers are not blessed to enjoy it?"
"Sir, if something happens, the higher ups will take our heads off."
The person who spoke was the commander of the green battalion of the ninth team, the sentry commander Zhang Shisan.
Bao Guozhong didn't say anything, obviously he had the same idea.
"As long as our methods are clean, who the hell..."
Jia Liu raised his hand to signal Zu Yingyuan not to speak, looked at Zhang and Bao, and asked with a smile: "Who is up there?"
Zhang Shisan was startled: "Sir, of course I am an official, an official."
Jia Liu was thoughtful, tapping his index finger on the table, and suddenly said: "How about this, after you get it, the money will be used to buy officials for everyone, what do you think?"