Although this matter was mainly due to the efforts of the soldiers and horses under the command of Zu Lang, Jiang Zhou's men and horses also helped Liu Zheng a lot, if it weren't for their people blocking the Yanxing water thief warship coming from the rear.

I'm afraid that the huge loss of soldiers and horses is Zulang's men and horses.

Therefore, no matter what, Jiang Erren, the help he gave to Liu Zheng this time is not small.

"Liu Zhengqu Shuai, you are good, you caught Yan Xing, but our brothers are miserable, the soldiers and horses under him have suffered heavy losses, your task of thirty gold, it is really not easy to earn, I have lost six or seven hundred brothers, just to compensate the families of these brothers, it is not enough."

As Liu Zheng said before, although these water thieves are all forced to become water thieves, all to eat a mouthful, but who wants to die when they are water thieves, and now they die on this river, there will still be some compensation.

Jiang Erren was able to become their boss because he was good enough for his brothers, and every time there was a casualty, they would send a large pension to their families.

More is a few dollars, less is a few thousand dollars, in short, it is a heart.

But this time the loss was really a lot, hundreds of brothers, they had to pay compensation, at least hundreds of gold. And Liu Zheng's remuneration is only 30 gold, if there are no soldiers and horses killed or injured, 30 gold is indeed a lot, but now there are casualties.

is still such a huge loss of personnel, Jiang Erren can only admit it.

Liu Zheng knew what Jiang Erren was worried about, and immediately felt a bulging purse directly from his chest.

"Well, this is a hundred gold, which is an extra reward for your guards on this trip."

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, he threw the purse in his hand at Jiang Qin's body.

Jiang Qin was slightly stunned, but his hand was still conditioned, and he directly took the purse thrown by Liu Zheng.

He received the purse, but he didn't open it to look at it, but weighed it in his hand and determined the weight, and then his face was happy.

Although 100 gold is not enough for the pension they will give to the fallen soldiers in the future, it is better than nothing.

glanced at Liu Zheng gratefully, and hurriedly thanked Liu Zheng.

"Thank you Liu Zhengqu Shuai, although I lost a lot of soldiers and horses this time, but next time I still have to live, I can still find our brothers."

For Liu Zheng, Jiang Qin is still grateful, after all, Liu Zheng can not give this 100 gold compensation, even if he doesn't give it, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai will not have any complaints, after all, this is what was said from the beginning.

But Liu Zheng still gave it, so they are willing to continue to work with Liu Zheng next time.

Liu Zheng smiled at the corner of his mouth and continued.

"This is just an additional reward, after all, I didn't expect you to have such a huge damage to people and horses at the beginning, and I am not necessarily sure that Yan Xing will appear, the reason why I didn't tell you the whole plan is because I am not sure, if I didn't meet Yan Xing, the thirty gold is indeed only the full reward."

"However, now that I have met Yan Xing, and I have a big battle with him, I am very satisfied with your actions, so I have tripled the reward to you!"

"Moreover, I am responsible for all the compensation and compensation for the damage of your troops, you give me a number, and I will collect the money and hand it over to you."

It is not the first time that Liu Zheng has compensated Jiang Erren, in order to persuade them and Zu Lang before, Liu Zheng has already taken the initiative to compensate them once.

At that time, Jiang Erren had already impressed Liu Zheng, and now Liu Zheng once again proposed compensation, willing to take all the losses of troops on himself, Jiang Erren heard this, and his face was surprised, and he looked at Liu Zheng with an incredible face.

"Liu Zhengqushuai, are you serious?"

Zhou Tai still couldn't believe it.

Even Jiang Qin was the same, looking at Liu Zheng, he thought that Liu Zheng was joking.

"Of course, after all, your losses this time are all because of me, and I can't be irresponsible."

"Don't worry, as soon as the money for Yan Xing's compensation is in place, I will give you a part immediately."

Hearing Liu Zheng's reaffirmation, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin glanced at each other, although their faces were a little surprised, but the joy on their faces was difficult to hide.

They had to be happy, after all, hundreds of gold was not a small amount, and they didn't have much money in the first place, because of their face, Jiang Yiren rarely plundered passing ships on the river, and most of the time, they only relied on collecting tolls for ships coming and going, and occasionally assisting merchant ships and escorting them to earn money.

Although it is true that you can earn some money by doing this, it is definitely not as much as directly plundering passing merchant ships like Yan Xing.

From the point of view of a thief like Yan Xing, one or two thousand gold is nothing at all, but for Jiang Erren, it is a big expense.

"In addition to this, I came to you, in fact, there is another thing I want to tell you."

"What's the matter?"

Liu Zheng suddenly changed his tone, a little serious, and asked Jiang Erren to raise his head at the same time and look at Liu Zheng, not knowing what Liu Zheng wanted to say.

"Actually, I also want to ask you about your next plan, do you want to continue to act as a water thief on the water surface of Poyang Lake and live a precarious life?"

As soon as Liu Zheng said this, the two of them, who were a little random at the beginning, suddenly became serious.

What's next?

For Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, they naturally don't want to be a water thief in this place all the time, if they are not desperate, there is really no life, why should they be water thieves here.

A thief is always a thief, and he has nothing to do in this life, not only is he looked down upon, but he will also affect his children and grandchildren.

After all, it's not a long-term solution.

Jiang Qin smiled bitterly and looked at Liu Zheng.

"Liu Zhengqushuai, what can we do, eat in Poyang Lake here, and live a day at a time."

"Then haven't you thought about making contributions and creating a world of your own in this troubled world?"

"Yes, of course we do, but we don't have power, and we don't come from a big family, let alone become officials, it's difficult to get rich."

In this big family, when the gate valve system is still relatively strict, it is even more difficult for the Hanmen scholars to rise, not to mention thieves like Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, if they don't rely on military merits, it is difficult to make a difference.

"I have an idea that can change your current situation, but I don't know if you have this in mind."

Liu Zheng followed their words and continued.