Chapter 670: Rewarding Peasants and Laborers
Shantes and Nelson came close to fighting.
Because of the price increase, Shantes soon found that the number of sergeants bought this time was too small to survive the next battle, and in anger and shame, he punched Nelson with his old fist.
Nelson is also the master of the bloody battlefield, so he naturally does not want to suffer this loss and fight together.
Li Qing glanced at Su Lu, and the plan was realized.
Ordering the guards to pull the two apart, Su Lu persuaded and said:
"The two used to be robes, and now they are both Mali people, but it is the number of ransom sergeants, the two of them don't have to be like this at all, it's better to do this, the price will no longer increase according to what the two just said, and the two of them can redeem as much as they want."
Shantes glared at Nelson angrily, and his heart was full of anger, this grandson deceived the king and betrayed the country to seek glory, it was not a good thing, and he used to take more care of him, it turned out to be such a bastard thing.
"Okay, just as the prince said."
Shantes waved his big hand and said, his face was full of boldness, but his heart was dripping blood, how much money he had lost.
Nelson was pulled by Dingxiang Wei to lower the price, so naturally there was nothing unwilling, borrowing the emperor's money and doing his own business, what was he unwilling, besides, the Han Kingdom would not let itself suffer.
"Okay, I also agree with what the prince said."
Nelson waved his hand equally heroically.
The guards took the two of them down and went to the military headquarters to hand over the silver taels, and then went to the south to select the captured sergeants.
Li Qing asked Su Lu and said:
"It's a good thing that Nelson has come at the right time, and let us take twice as much silver for nothing."
Su Lu smiled and said:
"There is a free lunch in this world, but we paid some price in exchange for Nelson to come, and of course, Nelson will have another surprise for us."
"Mali also has special gold, all near Nelson's hometown, Ding Xiangwei this time on my orders, found Nelson, and encouraged him to take over this matter, the next thing is to fool him into splitting and rebelling, and promised to provide him with weapons and equipment, the price is special gold, Nelson is ambitious, so he naturally agreed."
Li Qing clapped his hands when he heard this: "Mali is going to have a new force again, this is a good thing, the three parties are divided, but how many people can Nelson's side have, they will not be attacked by the two sides, it will be defeated at once, it will be a waste of our efforts." ”
Nelson shared such concerns.
Although he had been in command for a long time, Nelson was quite worried about wanting to rebel, and there were several generals who were good at fighting in the north and south, and he was not an opponent at all.
Just like Shantes, against each other on the battlefield, he is definitely not an opponent.
In the office of the Ministry of War, after the delivery of silver taels, Nelson did not follow the officials of the Ministry of War as Shantes did, but instead grabbed the official who led the way for him, and asked:
"My lord, I need to see the prince again and ask about some military matters."
It was Lin Gang who led Nelson in the way, and he laughed when he heard this, patted Shantes on the shoulder, and said with a smile:
"General Nelson, if you have anything to do with the military, just ask me directly."
As he spoke, Lin Gang stretched out his hand to Nelson and introduced himself:
"I am Lin Gang, a guerrilla general from the Wupin Guerrilla Department of the Han State Army, joined the army in the General Staff Office, and was ordered to assist General Nelson in commanding the army and establishing a regime."
Nelson looked at Lin Gang with some suspicion, this hairy boy, can it be done.
Lin Gang did not doubt Nelson's gaze, and said with a smile:
"I will take a group of veterans to Mali this time, they are all good at military formations, and they have killed countless elites on the battlefield, and they will help you train the sergeants, and teach you some of the secrets of the invincibility of our Han army."
Nelson was overjoyed when he heard this, the Han army was invincible in foot combat, which was recognized among all countries, and Yingte and Taixi had suffered great losses at the hands of the Han army, including their own Mali, and they did not dare to say that they could defeat the Han army in foot combat.
If he really taught himself the invincibility of foot combat, as the young general said, he would be the new king of the Mali people.
For a while, all worries about the battle situation were thrown out of the clouds.
Nelson grabbed Lin Gang's shoulders and said with a smile:
"So very good, I heard someone say on the way here that the food in the capital of the Han Kingdom is unparalleled in the world, so why don't I invite the general to dinner to express my gratitude to the general."
Lin Gang laughed and said:
"It's better to be respectful than to obey."
The two took some sergeants, spent a lot of wine, rested for a day, and on the second day took a wooden chariot and rushed to the south.
Sitting on the wooden wheeled cart and watching the farmland on both sides run backwards quickly, Nelson was surprised, this thing, how fast.
"General Lin, can your country ...... this thing?"
Nelson got the idea of a wooden wheeler.
Lin Gang patted the seat of the wooden wheeled car and said with a smile:
"If General Nelson can establish his own regime, this thing will naturally be available to you, I'm afraid you won't be able to withstand the blows of both sides."
Nelson gritted his teeth, "Don't hide it from General Lin, before I came, I also hooked up with a few robes and subordinates, and they were willing to serve me as the master, so as to split the forces of the southern faction, if Dingxiang Wei can be dispatched again, it will be said that Shantes will stand on his own." ”
Lin Gang was a little embarrassed:
"I watched General Shantes act, he was quite loyal and patriotic, not a rebellious character, I'm afraid it was difficult to bewitch."
Nelson looked left and right, lowered his voice and said:
"That's because you don't know his mind, why he is so close to General Joseph of Tessie, is because the two have the same hobby, there is a young general under the command of Shantes, who is his beloved, if you pretend to be the former minister or the emperor, get rid of this person."
Lin Gang nodded, turned around and explained a few words to the guard next to him, and the guard turned around and left.
The stone track line in Tangdi was still under construction, and after the two crossed Shangshan, they had to change into war horses and continue to rush south.
By the time the two arrived at the southern port, Shantes had already selected a general and organized for a few days.
Seeing Nelson, Shantes came over to greet him with a smile:
"Nelson, I have offended a lot before, and I hope that you will take care of me more for the sake of taking care of you."
Nelson was a little confused, what was the situation, did the Han army move so fast, and before Shantes returned home, he rebelled against him.
After a few words of hypocrisy, Nelson followed Lin Gang to select the sergeant.
After selecting the sergeant and training for a few days, Shantes had already left on the warship, and Nelson and Lingang also got on the warship, watching the people on the dock carry food to the warship.
"General Lin, your country is really rich enough, and there is so much food to support me."
Lin Gang glanced at the grain cart on the wharf, and a bitter smile appeared on his face:
"Our Han country rewards agricultural workers, and there are persuading the agricultural department to promote agricultural tools and seeds, and high-yield farmers are also rewarded, and the farmers' enthusiasm for planting is very high, and the yield is also quite high."
Nelson couldn't help but admire:
"Your country is worthy of the Heavenly Empire, and its military, agriculture, industry, and commerce are all developed enough."
"Of course, it doesn't depend on who is in charge of our Han Kingdom."
A crisp voice sounded on the warship, which frightened Nelson, who dares to eavesdrop on our conversation with General Lin.