Lin Yi immediately summoned the camp owners to discuss the promotion.

Soon all the commanders of the eight battalions came, and of course Lin Yi's deputy general Zu Keyong, they all thought that Lin Yi was ready to attack Nanyang City in a big way, and he would have to take the city in one fell swoop, when would this be surrounded? Therefore, the camp owners will be gearing up one by one, waiting for new achievements.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yi said to them that the soldiers have worked very hard in the past few days of fighting and marching, and since they were ordered to fight thieves from Miyun, they have won battles one after another, and the court is happy, and he plans to greatly improve the treatment of the soldiers of the whole army to boost morale.

As soon as this remark came out, although it was unexpected, it was all responded with warm applause, what are you doing as a soldier these days? And what is the purpose of the war? Isn't it all about filling your stomach and then, if possible, earning some more money? Therefore, Lin Yi's decision is very happy, and there is no one who does not support it.

Only Xiaoying and Zhezhe wondered, they were talking about how to deal with the thieves in the city, how did Brother Lin talk about this? looked at Lin Yi puzzled.

Then Lin Yi said a specific plan for improving the treatment of the whole army, from now until the end of the year, a total of five months, the whole army's food expenditure will be increased by 10 percent, the food and treatment of each battalion will be improved, and the monthly salary of soldiers will be increased by 10 percent. The pension policy for the wounded and wounded soldiers is still implemented in accordance with the original.

The decision was in an uproar.

Then Lin Yi emphasized that this part of the increased expenditure did not come from the treasury of the imperial court and the emperor's internal funds, but from the savings of our Miyun soldiers. To put it bluntly, Lin Yi paid out of his own pocket. He roughly calculated in advance that he would need to spend an additional 100,000 taels of silver every month, that is, a total of 500,000 taels of silver, which would be counted as an additional compensation and reward for everyone.

If it is distributed evenly to each person, in addition to the improvement in the quality and quantity of food, each person can also get an extra two taels of silver per month.

This is really thunderous, although two taels of silver is not much, but in other military camps in the late Ming Dynasty, it is already good for soldiers to be able to eat well, and no one dares to expect to receive some extra silver. Some military camps are in arrears of food and salaries, and military expenses are deducted, and once they are in arrears, they run away from hunger, and then the officials conceal and do not report their empty salaries.

Only Lin Yi's military camp, there is no such phenomenon, the monthly salary is still paid, never in arrears, on this basis, improve the food, and add two taels of silver every month, which is equivalent to the New Year every day, and then the salary doubles again, where to find such a good thing?

Moreover, two taels of silver had considerable purchasing power at that time. With this treatment, Emperor Chongzhen's Beijing battalion soldiers are also beyond reach.

After five months, each person can receive an extra ten taels of silver while eating and drinking, which is unthinkable.

Therefore, the commanders of these battalions could not believe that it was true, and the brothers who served in the soldiers had to be happy to know it. I wonder why the sudden increase in adults announced such a decision? It seems that he is really rich, and he knocked 1 million taels of silver from King Fu, which got 50,000 taels of silver from Li Zicheng, and the great commander did not swallow it privately, and immediately thought of us.

Immediately afterwards, Zu Keyong and the battalion owners raised questions one after another, how to deal with the thieves in the city, and so far there have been one or two hundred thieves running from the city.

Lin Yi looked at it and finally got to the point, which is also the reason for the greatly increased treatment of each battalion this time, and the others are all excuses. This time, if I Lin Yi expected it to be good, I would call Li Zicheng a chicken and a flying egg, if the forecast is wrong, it doesn't matter, it's just a few more dollars, and it is worth spending on the brothers.

Therefore, Lin Yi said: "All those who come to the city to vote, all of them are absorbed, and the treatment is generally the same, and the commanders of each battalion only need to arrange people to secretly keep an eye on them."

When Zu Keyong and the others heard this, they immediately raised objections, "I don't understand the military strategy of the great commander, and I don't dare to discuss it, but what if the thieves who came to surrender to Cheng are cheating?" ”

"Yes, Brother Lin, do you keep saying that they are cheating?" Xiaoying and Zhezhe also said that this is exactly what they don't understand.

Lin Yi smiled, "Why don't you arrange for someone to secretly keep an eye on their actions, remember not to startle the snake, if there is no fraud, if there is really fraud, I will let them steal the chicken and rice." ”

When Lin Yi said this, some of them understood, and some of them didn't seem to understand, but they didn't dare to ask more, so they all went down to prepare.

A few days later, Lin Yi got a report that the number of surrendered thieves who came out of the city one after another had reached 1,000, from a few dozen at the beginning, to one or two hundred a day, and a maximum of more than 300 people, but since that day there have been none. At present, these thieves have been divided into battalions, and no anomalies have been found.

When Lin Yi heard it, this was clearly designed by them, and it was really seamless, and Li Zicheng, who was so cunning. I want to give Lao Tzu this trick, Lao Tzu will give you a round of sugar-coated shells this time, so that your people will be wiped out and you will lose all your money!

Thinking of this, Lin Yi immediately ordered that from tomorrow, he would go down to each camp to check the food, so that the Huotou camp must make sure that the food is ready, and the quality and quantity of the food after the improvement must be highlighted. In addition, let Wang Jian's six battalions get ready, and the day after tomorrow will start to pay this month's salary according to the new standard.

In the past few days, Lin Yi's military camp has been as lively as a festival, of course, the reason is that Lin Yi suddenly announced that he would increase their food and salary, improve their food, and it was greatly increased, and it was a general survey, everyone had a share, and everyone was treated equally, who was not happy?

Therefore, from the soldiers to the officials, the whole battalion was full of joy on their faces, similar to marrying a daughter-in-law, and they couldn't keep their mouths together.

Some of them woke up laughing in their dreams, and some of them were incredulous and discussed, for fear that Lin Yi would release the cannon, but then he thought that their Lord Lin was not such a person, and he would do what he said.

Sure enough, the next meal was improved, not only the quantity increased, but also the quality was significantly improved, it was delicious, there were more patterns, and the recipe was set, and the meat could be eaten every three or five days.

Lin Yi also led the people to look around the camps when they were eating, and asked them how they were eating? Can you eat enough?

This is something that has never happened in the military camp at the end of the Ming Dynasty. When did the official manage the life and death of a soldier? They only eat and drink by themselves, play with women to make money, and only let the soldiers work hard when they are fighting, this comparison makes Lin Yi's move unprecedented.

Then they began to receive the silver, and the soldiers of each battalion took turns to go to the sixth battalion to receive it, according to the roster, whether it was a new arrival or a latecomer, whether it was a descendant who was reorganized, or Lin Yi's old Miyun Soldier, everyone had it.

The generals who got the silver were all elated, especially those who had surrendered, including the generals who had been adapted from different periods, whether they were born in the regular army of the imperial court or thieves, they all smiled at this time, glad that they had followed the right person in their lives, and they even shouted long live to Lin Yi.

Eat and drink well, and have so much silver to take, these generals are a hundred times more energetic in what they do.

Seeing that they were happy, Lin Yi was even happier in his heart, and when he returned to the camp, he ordered someone to set up a large table of sumptuous banquets, accompanied by Xiaoying and Zhezhe, and four Mongolian maids served beside him, and 20 women's battalion dancers came to sing and dance.

Xiaoying and Zhezhe took turns pouring wine for the vegetables, and Lin Yi enjoyed the singing and dancing while eating and drinking.

Wine over three rounds of food over five flavors. Xiao Ying whispered: "Brother Lin, is this trick useful?"

Although Zhezhe didn't speak, he also looked at Lin Yi with some suspicion.

Lin Yi grabbed one in one hand, "Don't worry, the good news will come soon, wait and see." ”

At this time, among the battalions, the soldiers and generals who had newly escaped from Nanyang City did not really come to join Lin Yi, but were ordered by Li Zicheng to be undercover agents and secretly plot against others. When they first arrived, they did not dare to act immediately, they had to stabilize and find out the situation, and then find the target of the campaign. Of course, their target is mainly Li Zicheng's people newly recruited by Lin Yi.

But before I could find a good target, I ate and drank for a few days, especially today, and got the silver for Baihuahua. They suddenly turned up and down in their hearts, such a day is really good, following Li Zicheng, there has never been such treatment, there is food and drink, rich flowers, what do people live for? What is the purpose of following Li Zicheng to be a thief?

People are animals who know what to do with their thoughts, and when they compare them like this, they are immediately shaken, what orders are not ordered, henchmen are not confidants, people are not destroyed for themselves, simply we will not leave!

More than half of these thieves who pretended to come to the city had this kind of thinking. Some are still hesitant, and only one adult is still loyal to Li Zicheng.

Once they had found a target, they started moving.