Among these rewards from the imperial court, in addition to those things, there were also four thousand taels of silver.

However, among the four thousand taels of silver, two thousand taels were used to offset the treasure money, not the official silver in the treasury of the household department.

But who in the world doesn't know that the amount of money printed on this thing is very large, but in fact, the treasure money has always been unable to even exchange a few copper plates, so all the soldiers finally got the silver in their hands, but only two thousand taels.

There were more than 4,000 people in the official army of King Qinqin of Huainan Province from the time of departure, and after a big battle, only more than 1,300 people were still alive.

Originally, there were more people, but after the war, almost everyone in the battalion hung up their lottery, and even under the illness and injury, some people did not survive and died in this foreign land of Dayun Gyeonggi.

Of the more than 4,000 people, nearly 3,000 people lost their lives here, but on average, each person could not share eight pieces of silver.

Whether this was the emperor's will or just the deduction of the officials below, it ignited the anger of the soldiers.

In the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor and those big people in the court, their lives are so cheap that they are not even worth a tael of silver? The brothers worked hard, and what did King Qin come all the way from Huainan Road for? How worthless is it for those brothers who died on the battlefield? Isn't it cold for the imperial court to act like this?

This kind of reward, which was similar to humiliation, made the officers and men of the whole army indignant, and under the anger of the masses, the whole battalion almost mutinied.

Fortunately, Deng Wentong and Zeng Liang stayed in the camp all the time, so they could talk about it, so they calmed down the angry soldiers.

However, although the matter has passed, at this time, everyone remembered the five thousand taels of silver that Lin Fan asked Li Qingshan to send a few days ago.

Because Lin Fan asked Li Qingshan to hide the treasure money of the soldiers, everyone didn't know that most of the court's reward to the adults was also offset by treasure money.

This was given to adults by the imperial court, and everyone was not too embarrassed to ask for it at that time. But the adults were sympathetic to the soldiers and insisted on distributing them to everyone, and the soldiers were not easy to shirk. Therefore, Deng Wentong and Zeng Liang still accepted it on behalf of the soldiers, and quickly distributed part of the silver.

Most of the remaining silver taels, with the unanimous consent of the whole army, will be left to the families of those soldiers as a pension for the dead and disabled soldiers.

And the occurrence of this incident has made everyone a little reminiscent, where will they not know the cat in it, since their bounty is offset by treasure money, then the adults will not be an exception, but I am afraid that it is the same as them, the five thousand taels of silver that the adults took, I am afraid that most of them are also adults who pay out of their own pockets to supplement the brothers.

Although the adults and the generals in the battalion did not say it explicitly, everyone was not stupid, they all felt that there must be something here, so someone took the initiative to go to Li Qingshan for verification.

Li Qingshan has Lin Fan's explanation, where can he say it, he can only insist that he doesn't know.

It's just not clear, where will the soldiers be willing to give up, since Li Qingshan doesn't say it, then they will go to find others. There were so many people who received orders in the Lin Mansion that day, and there were many people, and it was impossible for everyone to be tight-lipped, as long as they were attentive, they could always ask questions.

After all, the paper could not contain the fire, and the soldiers found a subordinate who was present in the Lin Mansion that day, and when he left the mansion, they used the excuse that they were going to invite him to drink, and coaxed and frightened him at the wine table.

That person is just an ordinary subordinate of the Lin Mansion, although he has a little more knowledge than the ordinary people, but in the end he is just a servant, what

I have seen this kind of battle before, surrounded by a group of strong men like ruffians, and that person is almost scared to pee his pants.

And he didn't think it was any important news, many people in the mansion were present that day, and there were not a few people who knew about it, even if it was spread out, it would not have any bad impact on the owner of the mansion, but it would have a better reputation, and there was no need to hide it, so they finally got the news they wanted from him.

It turned out that although the imperial court said that it was 5,000 taels for adults, in fact, 4,000 taels were treasure money, and only 1,000 taels were cash silver.

And what the adults gave everyone was a real 5,000 taels of silver, which means that 4,000 taels of them were paid by the adults themselves.

When these people returned to the camp and told everyone what had happened, the soldiers in the camp were all moved.

After being moved, some people thought about withdrawing the money and returning it to the adults.

Many of them, after putting it all together, felt that this was the way to do it. So everyone found Deng Wentong together, hoping that he would be the host.

Deng Wentong thought about it for a long time, and then vetoed the matter.

He said to the soldiers, "Brothers, why are you hiding it from you this time? It's not that we're afraid that we'll be embarrassed to ask for this silver when we find out, so it's for everyone's good not to tell us. ”

"Your Excellency is a kind intention, so you will pay for the big guys by yourself, and now everyone wants to send all this silver back, what do you want your adults to think?"

Deng Wentong was not an incorruptible officer in the past, in fact, there are no real clean officials in the imperial court now, and even if there is, it is destined not to be too many, at least except for Lin Fan, Deng Wentong has never seen another person like him.

And the premise that Lin Fan is not greedy is that he himself is not short of money, and with the support of the Jiangzhou Lin family behind him, Lin Fan hardly has to worry about money. With his official position, it seems that he has a lot of money and food, but Lin Fan really may not be able to look at it, if Lin Fan is not from the Lin family in Jiangzhou, whether he can still be as untouched as he is today, this is something that no one can say!

So Deng Wentong didn't think there was anything wrong with being greedy for a little food and salary and deducting a little soldier, but since Lin Fan took office, he hasn't reached out much, because he knows that if he dares to do it, then Lin Fan doesn't mind taking off his head.

However, although he didn't take more and occupy more this time, and he didn't care about returning the money to Lin Fan, he also knew that not everyone in this area really wanted to send the money back, after all, it would always be uncomfortable to spit out the silver in hand, but everyone was saying this, and they were coerced to have to express their position.

If they really returned the money, not only would they not have a trace of gratitude to Lin Fan in their hearts, but they were afraid that they would also have resentment, wouldn't this make the adults lift a stone and shoot themselves in the foot.

"Besides, the brothers who were killed and wounded in the war really need such a sum of money, and with only a little pension from the imperial court, I am afraid that many people will not even be able to survive this winter."

"With this money, I can finally make the widows of those brothers who died in battle last a little longer. When the spring of the next year comes, there will be a harvest in the field, and when we go back, we will be able to help them a little, and the families of the soldiers will be able to live. ”

"If the money is gone, they will only have a harder life. Everyone is brothers who share life and death, they have already died on the battlefield for the imperial court, we can't still watch their families freeze and starve to death, right? ”

Deng Wentong's words moved the soldiers, especially those who were not very willing to take out the money again, and with the brothers who died in the war as an excuse, they did not have to worry about being stingy and stingy once they disagreed with others

but can be said to be for the sake of others.

They began to echo Deng Wentong's words: "The general is reasonable, let's return this money, but we can't let those dead and injured brothers also can't get it, for them, this money may be life-saving money!" ”

Seeing that someone agreed with him, Deng Wentong hit the railway while it was hot: "Adults care about us, we must remember, and we must remember the kindness of adults to us." But there's no need to send the money back, it will only waste the kindness of the adults! ”

"Maybe in the eyes of adults, we are refusal. We don't even want to accept the kindness of adults, which shows that we don't treat adults as our own, how can you let adults be able to communicate with us again in the future. ”

"Believe me, if you see the money being returned, when the money is placed in front of you, you will feel sadness and embarrassment instead of joy and emotion. The adult may never dare to express kindness to us again in the future, because he doesn't know if he will be rejected! ”

He sighed: "It's our luck to be able to meet adults, after so many years in the army, it's the first time I've seen a boss like an adult." ”

"When others become officials, they are afraid that they will not make enough money, and they hate to put all the money in their own pockets. Only adults, always trying to find ways to subsidize the people and soldiers, have never let any of us be wronged. ”

"Following such a boss is a blessing that we have cultivated in eight lifetimes. Since it is a blessing, then we must cherish it, but we can't live up to the kindness of adults! ”

What Deng Wentong said was not all compliments, but also a little sincerity.

In this noble and military court, those civil officials and gentlemen are high up and treat the generals in the army as no one else, let alone these ordinary soldiers.

In the bosses that Deng Wentong followed in the past, he usually seemed to be gentle and elegant to people, but when facing the soldiers in the army, most of them beat or scolded the soldiers, and never showed mercy to his subordinates.

This kind of behavior is not at all like a reader, and many times Deng Wentong is also wondering, I really don't know where they have read the sage books for so many years.

Only adults, even if the other side is just an ordinary soldier, he will be kind to him.

As long as you don't violate military law, no matter what you do, adults won't ask. And when you are in trouble, the first to lend a hand is often an adult.

He smiled and said, "So the money doesn't have to be returned, if any of you really feel sorry for it, then you can kill a few more enemies on the battlefield in the future." When you see the enemy's head, you must be happy to see this silver! ”

Everyone was also amused by him: "Hahaha...!" What the general said is reasonable, since this is the case, then we will follow what the general said! ”

"That's right!" After getting rid of these people, Deng Wentong also settled down from the bottom of his heart.

"If there's nothing else to do, let's stop gathering around here, let's disperse first!"

The soldiers arched his hand and dispersed as he said.

Such a big thing happened in the camp, naturally it can't be full of Lin Fan, and you have to talk to him. Otherwise, if there is a similar problem in the future, it may not be as easy to solve as it is today.

And if something really happens, there is a mutiny, and so on, no one can be held responsible. At that time, it is still a question of whether you can save your head!

After everyone left, Deng Wentong asked Zeng Liang to stay in the camp, he rode a horse, and went to the capital Linfu.