Xiao Letian's feelings for this Japanese godson are very complicated, as a new youth who has experienced the anti-Japanese education of later generations, it is absolutely a lie to say that he has no guilt for the Japanese in his heart, after all, that small island country has defeated the mainland civilization again and again.

But hatred of Japan can't be brought to this era... Xiao Letian reminded himself many times that this was the middle of the 19th century, before the Meiji Restoration, when Japanese nationalism had not yet risen, and ordinary Japanese had a very weak concept of the state.

This is a group of people who are loyal to the monarch and don't know what the country is, Nohei Tai and Hyotaro are typical examples, Xiao Lotian gives them enough respect, and there are opportunities for promotion, and they return with their own lives.

Now this righteous son knelt on the ground and said a bunch of strange things, which made the sensitive Xiao Letian wake up immediately, could it be that there is less care for these foreign legions during this time, and they have feelings in their hearts?

"Noheita, you and Hyotaro are both my adopted sons, if you have anything to say, don't worry. In the previous battle in Besançon, you fought very well, you are a reliable blade for me, don't cower, speak your heart boldly......"

Noheita knelt on the ground, his mood was unusually contradictory, and his trembling back proved it. After hesitating for more than ten minutes, Noheita finally gritted his teeth and said what was in his heart.

"Father, please forgive me for being rude... Hyotaro and I don't have the slightest superfluous thoughts, but please think carefully about the hearts of the other samurai......"

Nohei Tai told some of the feelings within the Foreign Legion during this time like pouring beans on a bamboo tube, not to say that he didn't know, and Xiao Lotian was really negligent of these Japanese emotional appeals.

Xiao Letian's Foreign Legion is now just a prototype, which is basically composed of Japanese ronins, with a small number of Koreans and Nanyang natives.

The Japanese ronin and wild samurai are absolutely brave, they have an almost religious fanaticism in the face of life and death, and they really risk their lives for victory, and white-knuckle fighting is a home-cooked dish for them.

However, in the thousands of years of history of Japanese bushido, there are also some problems, such as a strong desire to reward meritorious deeds.

In the spirit of bushido, it is honorable to die for the lord, but the lord must give an adequate reward immediately. During the Warring States period in Japan, every time the daimyo ended a joint battle, they had to immediately reward their subordinates for their merits, whether they were the first to make meritorious deeds, the number of heads, and the distance of the forced march...... The credit is very clear and detailed.

To put it mildly, the record of military exploits during the Warring States period of Japan is more like an experience bar in computer games in later generations.

Explicit rewards and punishments are the only ones who have the motivation to work hard, and of course, this model can only be implemented in a small country like Japan. A battle of 30,000 or 40,000 people has become a big battle that will be famous in the history books, and if it is placed in China, it will make people laugh off their big teeth.

In ancient China, there were countless battles involving more than 100,000 people, and it was simply impossible to record the exploits of each soldier in such a complex war.

It is precisely because the rewards and punishments are unclear that in ancient Chinese wars, many soldiers belonged to soy sauce, and eating mixed rice was their creed in the army.

And today, the soldiers of the Foreign Legion have successfully held back the strength of two cavalry battalions on the Franco-Swiss border, and have previously played a role in the firefighting operation in Hamburg, how could they not care about the heavy merit of blood and life in exchange?

During this time, the Japanese soldiers were privately speculating and discussing how much reward they would receive, and their hearts were as uneasy as pretending to be a deaf little mouse.

But it's a pity that Xiao Letian's energy has now been put elsewhere, and it seems that he doesn't mean to reward meritorious deeds at all, and all of them are hairy.

"Father, I firmly believe that you have not forgotten our merits, and I dare not ask you for it...... But please consider the hearts of the low-level samurai, their previous lives were too hard, and they wanted to serve but had no way, so it was easy to meet a wise man like their father, and they all cherished this opportunity to change their lives......"

"Even if you don't have any plans for a post-war meeting right now, please say a reassuring word to calm their hearts...... Please..."

After Noheita finished speaking, he fell to the ground, and his shoulders kept rising and falling, and the good man actually sobbed.

Xiao Letian looked at Ye Ping and sighed in his heart, this nation is too contradictory, they are all killing gods on the battlefield, but in front of the lord, they are weak like a child. They can easily lay down their lives, but they argue over a little merit.

"Noheita, get up, I should thank you today. It was you who reminded me that I was indeed negligent...... There is nothing wrong with it, it is reasonable to be a soldier who wants to take credit, and there is no shame in it. On the contrary, it would be fatal to hide what was in your heart and not say it......"

"What are the Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, you can see clearly, why did those soldiers disperse as soon as they fought, and there was never a decisive battle to the death......?

Xiao Letian's fingers lightly lit the dining table, he was thinking carefully, and after a while, he opened his mouth and said, "In this way, you go down and talk to all the Japanese brothers first, and when you return home, each soldier will be rewarded with 50 stone of land...... Well, your Japanese rewards are often represented by the amount of rice, and I don't want to break that rule......"

"Ordinary soldiers are rewarded with 50 stone of land, officers are doubled, and the war dead are tripled, you remember that this is not the final draft, just a minimum bottom line, and when we return home, we will carefully calculate the merits that everyone deserves, anyway, it must be more than these...... Do you think that's enough?"

Xiao Lotian tentatively asked Ye Pingtai, but he didn't expect that Ye Pingtai had just stood up and then fell to his knees again with tears in his eyes.

"Father...... Woo woo woo ..."Nohei was so excited that he couldn't restrain himself and couldn't even speak.

"Thank you, thank you, father, it's too much, you give too much......" This is definitely not a cliché of Noheita, this is a heartfelt word.

There is not much rice of 50 stones, but Xiao Lotian gives more than just grain, this is land that can produce 50 stones of grain every year. As long as the land is in hand, everyone will have food for life, and the 50 stones can be passed on to future generations, which is a great benefit for 10,000 years.

Xiao Lotian was finally relieved, he helped Ye Pingtai and said softly, "It's enough, it's enough, it's enough... China's riches are beyond your imagination, what is this, as long as I am loyal, as long as you are loyal, I will not hesitate to reward you. ”

"I don't hesitate to reward ordinary soldiers, so what about you and Hyotaro? Since you are my son Xiao Letian, then rest assured, my career will definitely have your share. Maybe I can't promise you everything, but as long as you don't give up, I will definitely give you back in the future no less than Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's great cause, do you believe it or not?"

With a bang, Noheita stood up and hit the stool, those two names are familiar to all Japanese, the famous Daimyo of the Warring States Period, and the great man who changed the fortunes of Japan.

Now, Xiao Lotian actually said that he wanted to give them such a big cause, how could he not be excited? Noheita didn't think that Xiao Lotian was fooling him, and what he had seen and heard along the way since he followed his father-in-law was unimaginable in his life. China's vast land and natural resources made him stunned, and the trip to Europe made him feel that he was a frog at the bottom of a well for the first half of his life.

The world is so vast that the Japanese can't always live like mad dogs on that small island? My father-in-law is still young, and it is natural that my own son will inherit the most important business in the future, but my father-in-law finally admitted it today, and he will leave us a great family inheritance, and it is unimaginably big.

This is enough, people's hearts can't be too greedy, Empress Dowager Yeping took a half step back, and bowed to Xiao Letian ninety degrees with the most respectful posture, "Father, the lives of all the people in the Foreign Legion are all in your hands, and I will go and convey the good news to them......" After speaking, he turned his head and wanted to leave.

"Wait......" Xiao Lotian stopped him, "don't you want to learn my art of insight into the human heart, this is for you......" Xiao Lotian took out a thick notebook from the briefcase behind him.

"It's not a secret book of the art of war, it's just a new note of mine, and it's up to you how much you can learn...... In fact, there are any cheats in the world, and some are just human experience. The ancients brought together a lot of experience and turned it into a book, and hanging a title is a masterpiece. ”

"Father, I won't play with you, take it, it's all my dry goods......"

Yeping has been wandering for so long, and even the master who taught him kendo has never been so kind to him, and at that moment he really thought that Xiao Lotian was his own father, and tears came out of his eyes.

Ye Pingtai left, leaving with Xiao Letian's cheats and promises, and when he was about to disappear at the door, Xiao Lotian didn't forget to shout, "I agree with you to drink some wine tonight, you can celebrate......"

When Noheita returned to the barracks, when Xiao Letian's reward was brought to the Foreign Legion, the expected cheers did not appear, some were just endless tears, all the soldiers of the Foreign Legion bowed in the direction of Xiao Lotian's residence, and even fanatical samurai cut their faces with their own ribs.

Blood flowed down the wound from the face, "I swear by my blood, I will be loyal to the Prime Minister for the rest of my life, please take this life..."

The Han Chinese soldiers and the Prussian soldiers were dumbfounded, and although they could not understand the madness of these Japanese, they could feel the feelings.

Xiao Hexin whispered to the soldiers beside him, "I can understand them, they have finally ushered in a great change in their lives, from the lowly status of wild samurai, ronin, and pirate to the top people with land and dignity, how can they not be ecstatic to cry...... Go ahead, buy them some fine wine, and we'll congratulate them..."

"50 stone is not a lot of food, are you so excited?" the soldier next to him whispered.

"You don't understand, you don't know that country, in that country that has been hit by volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons...... In the small island nation that invades, any opportunity to improve your status is worth fighting for, and when you have the opportunity to go to that island country in the future, you will be able to understand. ”

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