"At the moment of the war, in order to boost morale, the king decided to reward the defenders of the two places, each soldier will be rewarded with three taels of silver, and those who behead the thief will be rewarded with three taels ......."

Shang Ke was glad to see that the atmosphere was stagnant again, and with a straight face, he decided to throw out his trump card, "Officer, each rank will be rewarded with twenty taels!" ”

After speaking, his eyes stared at Zu Zeqing, and he said softly: "The battle of Zhaoqing to defend the city is very important, how to reward and how to punish, you can decide for yourself, I will give you 300,000, and before returning to Zhaoqing tomorrow, go to the treasury to collect it......"

"Huh!"

Zu Zeqing hurriedly got up, took a step forward, and answered with one knee.

More than 40,000 people were rewarded with 300,000 taels, which is quite a lot, and three taels for a first rank is equivalent to a month's salary for ordinary soldiers.

There will be brave men under the reward!

With this silver, there will be no shortage of people who are willing to work hard, and no matter how strong the thief is, he may still be able to fight.

Shang Kexi thought for a while, and said: "Pass on my general's order, all front-line soldiers who behead those above the third level will be given an additional rank in addition to the silver reward...... After the war, everyone can go to Fuyuan Street to live happily for three days. ”

"Huh! Thank you! ”

Zu Zeqing's eyes lit up, and he replied heavily.

Fuyuan Street is the most famous Yanliu Lane in Guangzhou.

This kind of ecstasy cave costs a lot, and in normal times, those who can enter and exit it are either rich businessmen or children of high-ranking officials, and most of the soldiers are unblessed, only greedy.

It seems that at the moment of life and death, the prince is also out of the way.

"This king can't leave, you all one by one, let's accept your fate,"

Shang Kexi looked around at everyone and said slowly, "It's still the same sentence, Zhaoqing is not lost, Guangzhou can be guaranteed, Guangzhou is preserved, and your family members have no worries about their lives......

"Huh!"

There was a coldness in the old voice, and when everyone heard this, their hearts were terrified.

"Brothers, it's time to fight hard again......"

After speaking, Shang Kexi closed his eyes, waved his hand, and signaled to send off the guests.

"The last will retire!"

"Subordinates retire!"

"Retire from your duties!"

Seeing this, everyone got up and saluted, and then bowed down and exited the study one by one.

In the blink of an eye, in the study of Nuoda, there were only Shang Kexi and a confidant named Nie Bao left.

This Nie Bao is quite a city government, brave and strategic, Shang Kexi regards him as a confidant, his position in the army is the capital commander, and he is actually his cronies.

"Hey......"

Shang Kexi sat down on the back of the chair, sighed lightly, and said quietly, "Oh my God...... You are going to arrange for this king to be martyred for the 100,000 people......"

Seeing Shang Kexi say this, Nie Bao, who was sitting gloomily at the bottom, also lowered his head and was silent, and the entire study was as silent as death.

"Boat, all ready?"

Shang Kexi closed his eyes, leaned on the back of the tiger skin chair, and asked after a while.

"It's all ready, lord,"

When Nie Bao heard this, he replied respectfully, "In addition to the three big ships, I also specially found the Francophone and rented two gunboats to escort the escort. ”

Since the Ming Dynasty, the Francophile people entrenched in Jingao have been autonomous, similar to armed secession, but symbolically, paying a rent to the Guangdong government every year.

Therefore, no matter how fierce the battle between the Ming and Qing dynasties on the mainland was, they could stay out of the matter, and the Ming and Qing officials did not dare to offend them.

Not only that, no matter who was in power, many Francophone merchants, as well as maritime adventurers from other Western countries, still traded at sea to and from coastal cities such as Guangzhou.

Even, some daring adventurers dare to be mercenaries, as long as the remuneration is good, they dare to fight for you and escort you.

A few years ago, through the church, Ming Chen Qu Shiyun hired hundreds of armed personnel from Jingao to participate in the defense of Guilin.

"Well, this matter, don't make a noise."

"The little one understands that it doesn't dock during the day, and things are carried at night,"

Nie Bao said cautiously, "On the boat, the official flag of the palace is planted, and the guards are all the prince's generals, and they will never leak the news." ”

"That's good...... Come, please come. ”

Shang Kexi bowed slightly, opened his eyes, and raised his voice to shout.

"Huh!"

At that moment, an old slave outside the house left in response.

After a while, Shang Zhixiao, the thirteen-year-old prince, hurriedly entered the study.

"Zhixiao my son, come, worship your Uncle Nie!"

"Father......" The ignorant Shang Zhixiao is unclear.

"Get on your knees!"

Seeing this, Shang Zhixiao knelt on his knees in front of Nie Bao and made a big salute, Nie Bao hurriedly stretched out his hands and pulled up Shizi tremblingly.

Shang Kexi watched his son finish saluting Nie Bao, a cold light flashed in his eyes, staring at Nie Bao, and said word by word: "You, you must send them back to their hometown in Haizhou safely, please take care of this matter!" ”

"Huh! The little one will never live up to the trust of the prince! The small swears, if there is a small one, there will be the sons of the world! ”

Seeing this, Nie Bao knelt on his knees, kowtowed and said in a trembling voice.

The king of Pingnan is still gratifying, this is to support the orphan......

With soldiers and territory in his hands, he sat on the land and became the king of Guangdong for more than a year, and he was still happy to have private taxes in the private market, monopolized salt, mines, and all trade, and seized every opportunity to make money.

In just over a year, he looted two million silver, plus the gains of the southern expedition all the way, there are countless gold and silver treasures in the palace treasury, and there are tens of millions of taels of silver alone.

For this reason, Shang Kexi's reputation for greed for money spread all over the government and the opposition for a while, and the people of the time soon had the saying that "the wealth of Pingnan is the best in the world".

At the moment, he thought that the situation was critical, and this time, the Ming army was menacing, different from the past, and the situation was probably more auspicious.

But the court didn't let him run, so he didn't dare to run, as a member of the party, he knew the fate of running away in violation of the order.

Therefore, for the sake of his descendants, on the one hand, he jumped over the wall in a hurry and decided to fight to the death, even if the whole army was wiped out, even if a fire burned the palace, he would have to pull the people of Guangzhou as a backing.

On the other hand, his children and grandchildren are ready to flee by sea.

The three caves of the cunning rabbit, as a general, he can die by himself, but the bloodline of his Shang family cannot be broken!

With so much wealth accumulated through hard work, it can't be left to a thief!

For this reason, a few days ago, Shang Kexi privately ordered his henchmen to be in charge of Nie Bao, and secretly dispatched three large sea ships to dock at the Pearl River Wharf outside the city, and take advantage of the night to load the gold and silver fine and soft on the ship.

Once Zhaoqing is lost, Nie Bao should take his own soldiers, protect his children and grandchildren, and many wives and concubines to get on the boat, go to sea from the mouth of the Pearl River, and return to his hometown in Haizhou.

When the catastrophe came, he only thought about his descendants, so many subordinates' families, he couldn't take care of it, there was countless gold and silver in the treasury, and he was only willing to take out hundreds of thousands of taels to reward the army.

The powerful and monstrous people are all thick-faced and black-hearted people, and they would rather be responsible for the world than for the world, from ancient times to the present, they are all like birds.

……

"Lord Wang, forgive the little talker,"

After Shang Zhixiao left, Nie Bao said cautiously, "The way of using soldiers is not the gain or loss of one city or one place, can the prince go up again, please use troops flexibly, and you don't have to be beaten so stubbornly......"

Shang Kexi heard him say this, knew his thoughts, and knew that he had good intentions, raised his eyes to look at him, and said resentfully:

"It's useless to go on many times...... Hong Chengchou's intentions, haven't you understood it, he is going to lose the car to protect the handsome, and use Guangdong to attract Ming thieves in exchange for Wu Sangui's Guizhou offensive...... Lao Tzu is a victim! ”

Speaking of this, Shang Kexi closed his eyes, raised his head and sighed:

"This king has killed countless people in his life, but he is unable to protect the territory at this point, and he can be regarded as innocent...... There is a certain number in the dark, and the souls of those people have come to beg for their lives......"

After speaking, Shang Kexi closed his eyes tightly, leaned back on the Taishi chair again and remained silent, never saying a word again.

In his mind, the scenes he had experienced in his life kept coming to mind.

Seeing this, Nie Bao didn't dare to say anything more, he didn't know that Shang Kexi's heart at the moment was full of mixed feelings and remorse......

(This time, where did Chen Yiming buy most of the rubber saplings they went to South America forges?) ）

Thank you for the tips of "can't think of" and "fireworks"! Thank you!

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