Silver!

Perhaps, this is the biggest difference between ancient armies and modern armies. It can even be said that many times the silver bounty is one of the main motivators that drives the army to fight.

Even the Han army, which had great military achievements, rewarded hundreds of millions of dollars every time they went out to fight against the Xiongnu.

This was the case in the Han Dynasty, and even more so in the Ming Dynasty, especially after the conscription system replaced the guard system, the military salary in peacetime and the reward in wartime were often the foundation of the strong man's service.

Just like Huang Degong, who was leading the army to defend against the enemy in Huainan, he was the army that was rushing to reward silver, Huang Degong lost his father at an early age and lived with his mother Xu. When he was twelve years old, his mother once brewed wine, and he secretly drank it. His mother blamed him, and he smiled and said, "It's easy to compensate you." At that time, the Liaodi military was in a hurry, so he took a knife and mixed it with the officers and soldiers, and when he ran to the battlefield, he killed two heads of the enemy, and after winning the prize, he got about fifty taels of silver, and went home to offer it to his mother, saying: "I use this money to make up for the wine I stole and drank." Since then, Huang Degong has become the current general soldier with his military merits. At the beginning, he was on the battlefield for the post-war bounty!

Just like now, when these soldiers look at themselves, isn't all they want is a reward for silver?

Looking at the piles of Jiannu heads on the other side, there were three or four hundred heads!

How is this reward issued?

If no silver bounty is issued...... I don't know how many military mutinies in the Ming Dynasty were caused by the lack of silver rewards.

Sensing that Shi Ziye seemed to be thinking something, Shen Bao hurriedly said.

"The prince of the world, this battle can be won, it all depends on the prince of the world to give me the military law before the war, the rules, and later made up for countless guns, if not, how can we defeat the enemy, this battle is just the first test of the knife, please see the future performance of the prince, when the time comes, reward me again!"

Shen Bao, who has been in the army for many years, only thought that the prince was embarrassed by the money and wanted to relieve the siege, but he neither said nor did he say anything, but just dragged the reward to the future in a few words, which is also a common method in the army.

But when he said this, Zhu Guoqiang laughed.

"Shen Bao, you, this is to save me money! Okay! Okay, you Shen Bao, if the brothers are dissatisfied, will this resentment fall on you or on me? ”

Laughing and scolding, when Shen Bao waved his hand and said "don't dare", Zhu Guoqiang jumped off the horse, walked in front of the soldiers, and said loudly.

"Big guy, don't blame Shen Shen, that kid just wants to save me money and save everyone's reward! If you want to complain, blame me, because ah......"

Looking at the people with eager eyes, Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

"I never give a reward to my soldiers!"

Yes!

Everyone who was originally full of eagerness was suddenly dumbfounded, there was no silver reward, then, that was still a bird fight!

Although everyone was surprised, but they didn't dare to make a loud noise, or even dare to complain, Zhu Guoqiang looked at them and nodded with satisfaction.

"However, I have never treated my soldiers badly, and I have never been in arrears in the slightest of their salaries! Not to mention all kinds of deductions! Don't worry, as for this victory...... I guess you will definitely say in your hearts, my lord, don't talk nonsense, the brothers are soldiers and eat food, and the reward is the silver! But I have to tell you, I really don't have this bounty, not right now! However, although there is no silver reward, there are others, Wang Liangbai! ”

Niu Jinxing, who was in the queue, saw a cavalry behind the prince stand up.

"Yes!"

"Liangbai, you tell the big guy, when did you get to our army!"

"The little one was plundered into the circle as a slave by the East Captives last year, and after being rescued by the prince in Jinan, he was recruited to defend the city for the people, and he served in the army of the prince from the first month!"

"Tell the big guy, where did you go after Jiannu withdrew his troops?"

"Back to the words of the prince, after Jiannu retired from the army, in March this year, according to the official order of the government, the people who defended the city were disbanded. Reward me with a hundred acres of land, a house, and a daughter-in-law for the little one! ”

What the!

Suddenly, everyone, including Niu Jinxing, was dumbfounded, even though they knew that the prince of the world had strict military laws, they still couldn't help but bow their heads to each other.

"How is this possible?"

"After only three months as a soldier, I was rewarded with a hundred acres of land!"

"Not only has a field, but also a daughter-in-law!"

"But no, it's Tian again, it's daughter-in-law's, this, that's ...... with such a reward."

"A hundred acres of land! A hundred acres of land! ”

……

Looking at the people with unbelieving faces, Zhu Guoqiang said with a straight face.

"Li Cheng, tell everyone, you live there! There are those people in the village! ”

"Ten miles east of Jinan City, Dehui Village, ten households in the village, all of them were awarded land after the war, and like Wang Liangbai, it is also a hundred acres!"

"Wu Le, what about you?"

"The small one is a sentinel who finds out the military situation, and the reward is one percent, one hundred and ten acres,......"

"The small is a hundred acres ......"

……

As the soldiers behind the prince reported that they were appreciating the fields one by one, the people who had been talking to each other suddenly stopped talking, and they looked at these guys in dismay.

Okay!

I originally thought it was a big soldier like them, but after a long time, they were all rich people with 100 acres of land!

Yes, there is such a place, why do you still come to fight in the army?

Just when they were stunned that there was a group of rich people standing in front of them, they heard the prince say loudly.

"Listen, brothers, military merit should be rewarded, and it will be greatly rewarded, as long as you have made military merits. I will never treat you badly. All the lieutenant generals of our army, when they retire, can get a piece of military merit field according to the level of military rank and military merit, and each person can get at least 100 acres of land! ”

What the!

The sudden news made everyone speechless in surprise!

Appreciate 100 acres of fields!

And Niu Jinxing was even more dumbfounded. He himself is a small landowner with 100 acres of fertile land, and it is because of that bit of land that his relatives are greedy that he was framed, dismissed from his reputation, and confiscated to Lushi County.

The reason why he risked following the prince all the way from the river embankment was to gain military merits, and then glorify his ancestors and revive his family's reputation. I thought that now the prince suddenly threw a surprise to him - as long as he served in his army, he could get a hundred acres of land!

That's 100 acres of land. With this land, the family will not have to worry about food for at least a few generations from now on. This land is more precious than silver. Even if you have silver, you can't necessarily buy land.

But now the prince is gracious, and he will reward everyone with 100 acres at once. How can the big guy not be excited?

Just when the officers and soldiers of the swift battalion were speechless by this big surprise, the words of the prince reached their ears again.

"Order all battalions, this battle is swift and the battalion is united, fighting to the death will not retreat, record the collective third-class merit, and reward the officers and soldiers with ten acres of land after retirement!"

Ten acres of reward!

Isn't that one hundred and ten acres?

Just when they wanted to unscrew off their flesh and skin to see if they were dreaming, they heard the prince say again.

"The big guys have remembered, in the future, on my side, military merit is so rewarded, as long as you can do military merit, this field is indispensable for the big guy!"

Looking at the excited appearance of everyone, he finally said.

"Shen Bao, the swift battalion performed well in this battle, count the meritorious officers and soldiers, and give additional rewards to the meritorious officers and soldiers, and then count the fallen soldiers, and reward them with double the rewards for their families! Well, as for the pension of the fallen soldiers, it is calculated based on ten years of military salary, and in the future, all the officers and men of our army will be killed in battle, according to this example! ”

As soon as his words fell, suddenly the officers and men of the swift battalion let out a roar like thunder.

"Long live the prince! Long live the prince......"