The sun rises over the sea level in the east, and the sun shines freely on the surface of the sea. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Under the strong sea breeze, a huge wave after a huge amount surged towards the beach, crashing against the reef, splashing the sky with golden water.

In the harbor in the distance, due to visual errors, the originally huge Franc aircraft warship and other large and medium-sized ships looked so insignificant in the sea and sky, as if a huge wave could overturn all the sea ships, and even Tai O Island would be submerged in the tide.

Shen Xi stood on a large reef on the shore, facing the red sun rising in mid-air, and breathed deeply...... This is his favorite thing to do since he set out on the expedition, every time he sees the rising sun, he can feel the vitality of life, and keep reminding himself in his heart that I am still alive, there are many things waiting for me to complete in the future, and many people who care about me and I care about need protection.

Another sleepless night!

Shen Xi couldn't remember how many sleepless nights he had, he found that his sleep was gradually decreasing, perhaps because he had entered his youth, he used to feel groggy when he didn't sleep for four or five hours a day, but now he was full of energy after sleeping two or three hours a day.

"My lord, the person sent to contact him has successfully occupied the four cottages on the island, and is counting the prisoners and booty at this time, you ...... Would you like to see it for yourself? ”

Jing Yue walked over, he didn't want to disturb Shen Xi, but it was about the determination and division of military merits, and the soldiers were all watching with their eyes, and only Shen Xi could calm the army's mind at this time.

Shen Xi didn't look back, continued to look at the rising sun, and asked, "Are there any widows on the island?" ”

"Wako?"

Jing Yue was stunned, "I haven't heard of it, it should be ...... Not really. ”

Shen Xi nodded and said, "In this way, the idea of training with battle is going to be frustrated again." Lao Jing, if we meet an opponent of equal strength, such as Wakou and Lao Yue, what do you think we have a chance of winning? ”

Jing Yue thought carefully and replied: "My lord, the soldiers have experienced a lot of wars, and they are all holding back their strength to fight a big victory at this time, aren't there bandits on Nanao Island waiting for us to exterminate them?" The Heart of the Army is available! I think even if there is no 10% chance of winning, there should be 90% of it, right? ”

Shen Xi shook his head and sighed, now there is a blind optimism in the army, it was not so serious before, after a series of victories around Chenghai, the officers and soldiers felt that this road was simply devastating, and the military merits fell to the world, and it couldn't be easier.

If two tough battles can be fought on Tai O and Nan'ao Island, even if it is a short stalemate, it may be possible to alleviate the arrogant mentality of the officers and soldiers, but as the thieves on the two islands are cowardly and slip away before fighting, and the thieves on Tai O Island choose to recruit an immediately after the night attack fails, Shen Xi's plan to train in battle has failed again.

Jumping down from the reef, Shen Xi beckoned: "Let's go, go to the walled city on the island with this official, escort the bandits on the island ashore in batches, send them to Huanggang, and hand them over to the care of the big city!" Huanggang is vast and sparsely populated, and most of the fields are barren because of bandits rampant around, so it is best for these people to reclaim the land in the past. After this battle, there will be no more bandits in northeast Guangdong, and they will be able to live in peace for at least a few years......"

When Shen Xi arrived at least the nearest walled city, Ma Jiugang led people out of it, his face was full of embarrassment, and he came to Shen Xi to prelude:

"Master, soldiers' private belongings abound, do you care or not?"

Ma Jiu is not a gossip, he is not here to complain, he just tells Shen Xi what he has seen and asks for advice. In the past, when he was on Jinzhou Island, most of the people who went into the city to loot money were the governors and pacesetters composed of chariot and horse gang brothers, so the situation was controlled in time, and no more officers and soldiers were exposed to money, and Shen Xi rewarded them in time, so there was no phenomenon of officers and soldiers hiding privately.

However, this time to suppress bandits in the north, the superintendent pacesetters had already been sent out by Shen Xi, some of them assisted Tang Bohu to open up salt fields in Qiongzhou Mansion, and the other part was assigned to the chamber of commerce of Hui Niang and Li Jin to help the chamber of commerce open up trade routes, communicate with the local government and county yamen and guards, and ensure the safety of commerce and trade.

In this case, the results of asking the officers and soldiers of the guard post who are open-minded to take stock of their belongings can be imagined.

Many self-righteous officers and soldiers are unwilling to share the credit with others, since the rewards of the imperial court are equal, but in the suppression of bandits, they can hide part of the spoils, a small piece of gold and silver is a great gain.

Generals usually don't stop soldiers from doing this, because they have more of them.

This is a game of daring, supporting the bold to starve to death the cowardly, the more the veteran takes the oil, and the new recruit does not dare to carry it in his arms.

Shen Xi said: "Call Jing Deputy Qianhu!" ”

"Yes."

Ma Jiu went directly into the cottage and called Jing Yue out.

When Jing Yue appeared in front of Shen Xi again, he had a satisfied smile on his face and a bulging ...... in his arms Shen Xi came to the cottage one step ahead of him, and the leader of the guards who cleared all potential safety hazards was the first to be a general who deducted himself.

Shen Xi glanced at Jing Yue and asked, "Old Yue, what's in your arms?" ”

Jing Yue touched it in his arms, only to find that the stuffing was exposed, and it was also because he was too greedy, and his private belongings were too obvious, Jing Yue was not a person who dared not admit it, and said with a smile: "My lord, this is not the old nest of thieves......

"This official asked you, what are you carrying in your arms?" Shen Xi's face was gloomy.

Jing Yue didn't dare to talk nonsense, and took it out directly: "It's silver." ”

Although Jing Yue took out not the official ingot snowflake silver, it was also a melted silver ingot, one ingot weighed five to ten taels, a full six ingots, and a total of almost forty or fifty taels.

Shen Xi's face turned dark, and he asked, "Jing Yue, are you guilty?" ”

"My lord, when a soldier comes out to fight, who doesn't want to earn a few taels of silver? I have to support my family......"

Jing Yue was quibbling at first, but seeing Shen Xi's ugly face, he suddenly remembered the local officials killed by Shen Xi, and quickly lowered his head, "Guilty of despicable duty." ”

Shen Xi said in an unquestionable tone: "Jing Yue secretly copied the silver, knowingly committed it, and he should be punished for the crime, but he remembered his past merits and didn't ask about it." Someone, drag him down and beat him with a cane forty! ”

"Adult ......"

Jing Yue was anxious when he heard this, he caught an old thief yesterday and was not honest, so he beat twenty military sticks, I just did a very ordinary thing today, why should I be hit forty times?

The generals who came over next to him saw that Jing Yue was dragged down, and some of them were thieves, and none of them dared to go up to intercede for Jing Yue.

Although it has always been forbidden to hide war spoils in the army, in the "Da Ming Law and Military Law", there is no "private collection and confiscation of silver", if it is said that it has something to do with this crime, it is the crime of "arson and plunder" in the "Da Ming Law, Military Law, Military Administration", but it is also plundering ordinary people rather than bandits.

Because the ruler understands that if you don't give benefits to officers and soldiers, why should people give you your life? Therefore, in addition to the political significance, such as the heirloom jade seal, the prince and princess of the dead country, etc., all other population, livestock, money, materials, etc., belong to the victor, and the victor can deploy them by himself.

Even Shen Xi went south to level the bandits a few years ago, and distributed the spoils twice as a supplement for rewards, and the imperial court let it go, because this was Shen Xi's power.

It is equivalent to saying that now Jing Yue's crime of "privately hiding and stealing silver" is not condemned by the imperial court, but Shen Xi uses his own military regulations to discuss the crime and standardize it for the whole army.

Follow me to war, and be less arrogant!

The spoils of victory will eventually be distributed, but you will not take them home with you in your pockets, and you will compete to see who is more bold and who hides more, and who violates it, even if it is the captain of my personal guard.

Sure enough, Shen Xi's trick of killing chickens and monkeys was very effective.

Others were not very persuasive, Jing Yue was beaten, or was beaten when he thought he was wronged, and all the officers and men in the army weighed it in their hearts!

What is the relationship between Jing Yue and Lord Governor on weekdays? If Lord Governor knew that I had also taken the spoils of war privately, wouldn't I have suffered much more military sticks than Jing Yue?

For a while, everyone was in danger and was silent.

Shen Xi said: "Subsequently, the official will send someone to count the confiscated goods, and if there is a shortage of money, he will order the entire army to be searched." If there is no shortage, the official will reward him after the battle of Nanao Mountain according to the number of military merits! ”

After speaking, Shen Xi did not enter the camp, but asked people to carry Jing Yue, who was beaten to a weak level, and went to the seaside camp together.

The generals and soldiers behind him hurriedly returned the loot they had privately hidden, and it was obvious that since Shen Xi said that he would reward the loot, it would be troublesome to hide it privately.

Although most of the current military merits are comparable, the final distribution must be less than the current private deduction, but after all, there is still a battle of Nanao Mountain behind, there are so many trophies on Da'ao Island, the area of Nanao Mountain is several times larger than Da'ao Island, presumably the thief's family on the island is more rich.

After a war, the military function is divided into three, six, nine, and so on, and when the time comes, you can make a lot of money by relying on military exploits, so why take the risk of killing your head now and hide it privately, and in the end, your name is not right?

"The Governor has gone too far, isn't this going to cut off the brothers' financial routes?" Although most of the people in the army supported Shen Xi, there were always people who secretly complained that after all, Shen Xi had cut off their financial route.

Someone couldn't help but speak for Shen Xi: "I can't understand this, Lord Shen doesn't want to cheapen the turtle eggs among us who have shrunk their eggs, and take advantage of the convenience of his position to carry them into his arms, what kind of ability is that?" When the First World War of Nanao Mountain is over, the amount of property distributed according to military merits is called real ability! (To be continued.) )