Two days later, leading the Tielong Battalion to the general army and horses, the garrison was on the west bank of the Shitong River outside Suizhou City, in a steep dock fort, and the Tielong Battalion Commander An Monk received a flying pigeon biography written by Li Xiao. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

", Master Li's letter is long, it's very difficult for me to understand it. Hu Jianfu, you girl. It's good that I was a child, read it to me, what is written in this letter from Master Li? ”

Monk An, who used to not train a single person, after months of cultural study, can roughly understand hundreds of words, but it is still quite difficult to understand such a letter written in small block letters. Therefore, after receiving this letter, he scratched his bright scalp without hesitation, and handed it to Hu Shangwen, the director of the Tielong Battalion, to read aloud.

Hu Shangwen smiled bitterly, sighed lightly, and read the letter aloud.

“。。。。。。 In order to recruit the displaced people as soon as possible and promote the great cause of our army's overseas development, we hereby have a special plan to inform them, and we hope that they will be implemented immediately after receiving the letter. From now on, you can send people to all parts of the Ming army to suppress the bandits, and inform them of the new rules of our army, so that they can send all the captured prisoners and the displaced people they have taken into our army, and you will pay the money to collect them. The tentative purchase price is 3 taels for adult men, 2 taels for adult women, and 1 tael for young and old. After the Ruoer Department received the displaced people and prisoners, they were escorted back to Tielong City in Shandong Province in batches of thousands at a time, and then sent to Dengzhou City by Feng Shuangli, the chief of Tielong Camp C。。。。。。 ”

"! Lord Li is willing to spend money, these worthless homeless people who have to care about us for money after eating and drinking Lazar, and even ask our army to spend money to buy them? Tsk, I don't know which crooked civil official is running around Lord Li and has such a bad idea. ”

Monk An, who listened to Hu Shangwen's recitation, scolded himself, but Hu Shangwen on the side frowned.

"Camp Commander An, Hu thinks that Master Li's arrangement is very good." Hu Shangwen said.

", it's still a good plan to eat and drink like this, and you have to spend money to buy it from his Ming army?" Monk An pouted repeatedly.

"Camp Commander An, you can't say that." Hu Shangwen said with a smile: "You see, our army comes from Suizhou, is stationed in this dock fort, it is difficult to move freely, and it often works together with the Ming army of various departments, where is there still the spare strength to search for the homeless." I've been here for nearly two months, but I've only sent out more than 1,000 displaced people, which is still far from the goal set by Master Li. Master Li made this plan, but in the eyes of the students, it was quite good. ”

"Tell me more about it."

"My lord, the student has read "Xunzi. Persuasion", its text says: Those who fake horses are not profitable, but thousands of miles; Those who fake the boat are not able to water, but the rivers. A gentleman is not different, and he is good at things。。。。。。 ”

"you! Who listens to you drop your book bag! Monk An interrupted Hu Shangwen's words with an irritated expression: "You. If you have a fart, you can let it go, and you are not allowed to say such a sour article again. Let's put it bluntly, why do you say that Master Li's plan to buy people is a good plan? ”

Hu Shangwen frowned, with a helpless look on his face, he thought about it and said: "Lord An, I'm just making an analogy, it's like someone can go thousands of miles away, not because he is good at walking, but because he rides a horse and a chariot. Someone can cross a big river, not because he is a good swimmer, but because he knows how to take a boat. Therefore, the students believe that Master Li must have come up with this strategy because we were too busy to move, hoping that with the help of his Ming army, they could automatically send prisoners and homeless people over when they got money and benefits, so that we only need to transit and transport, and no longer have to bother to search for homeless people, wouldn't it be very convenient? ”

After listening to Hu Shangwen's explanation, Monk An scratched his head again, and gradually smiled on his face full of meat.

", it's really a guy who has been reading for a few years, and it's much more transparent to think about problems than a big guy like us." Monk An said with a smile: "In this case, then I will immediately send soldiers to send a letter to the nearby Ming army, tell them the rules of Lord Li, and give these birds a chance to make a fortune." ”

However, in a few days, the nearby Ming troops all received a notice of purchase from Monk An.

After receiving the notice of buying people sent by Monk An, the Ming army near Suizhou was laughed at, thinking that it was Monk An, who was so idle that they wanted to make fun of them.

It's just that Fan Zhibi, a Kaifeng general stationed in the south of Suizhou and Pingli City on the east bank of Zhuanshui, didn't feel moved.

Fan Zhibi, a general of Kaifeng, was a subordinate of Chen Yongfu, a general soldier in Henan, and has also been active in the Suizhou area since he and his subordinate general Li Chungui led their troops to Huguang to suppress bandits.

Some time ago, his troops and Zu Kuan's department in Liaodong defeated the army of 100,000 thieves in the Xiaogan area south of Suizhou, Zu Kuan led the crowd to continue the pursuit, while Fan Zhibiao took the prisoners and a group of 100,000 coerced exiles and returned to Pingli City.

Originally, he could hand over the captives and displaced people to Wang Tao, the governor of Suizhou, for disposal, and Wang Tao would distribute land and settle these displaced people in Huguang according to the policy of the imperial court. But now, when Fan Zhibi saw the news of buying people sent by Monk An, his heart became alive.

"General Fan, from the humble point of view, these captives and homeless people that we have obtained from fighting to the death with the rogue, instead of handing them over to the Suizhou Governor like this, without half a penny of silver, it is better to hand over these people to the Na'an monk, in case the buyer of this guy notifies them, is not to fool people?" General Li Chungui hesitated to propose to Fan Zhibiu.

Fan Zhibi frowned, with a noncommittal expression, but in his heart, he was nervously calculating.

As a general, he certainly knows the rules of the imperial court.

The military exploits of the Ming army mainly rely on the first level to calculate. The most valuable head is now the Qing Dynasty Tartar, which is the greatest threat to the Ming Dynasty, referred to as the Eastern Prisoner, and if an ordinary sergeant gets the head of a Eastern Prisoner, he can immediately be awarded a level. The second level is the Mongolian Tartar, referred to as the Northern Captive, the two heads can be awarded half a level, and the second is the head of all kinds of rogues, the gold content of the head is greatly reduced, and it is necessary to behead 20 to actually grant the first level. However, due to the fact that there have been too many rogues in recent years, and many of the officers and soldiers have a bad record of killing good people and taking meritorious deeds, the imperial court military department is quite suspicious of such reports of war exploits, and they also ignore it the most, and the issuance of rewards and promotions is always delayed.

In addition, even so, the promotion rewards issued by the imperial court in the current state of shyness have been greatly reduced compared with previous years, and military positions and the like may be promoted according to regulations, but the other rewards are becoming more and more cold. As for the money obtained for the resettlement of the exile captives, there was not a penny.

Like Chongzhen four years, Yang He, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, when he appeased Shen Yikui, the old red wolf and other thieves, the imperial court also symbolically issued more than 20,000 taels of resettlement fees, although it was a drop in the bucket, and most of them were embezzled by subordinate officials, but it was finally better than nothing.

It's just that now, the imperial court's finances are becoming more and more embarrassing, and the levy has just been levied, and the money everywhere is very tight, so such resettlement expenses can no longer be used.

Therefore, Chongzhen listened to Yang Sichang's suggestion, and asked the Ming army of all departments, after capturing the captives and displaced people, not to send the captives back to their hometowns on their own as before, but directly handed over to the local government officials, and settled down in the nearby area to save costs.

The court's miserliness disappointed, which disappointed the Ming army from all walks of life who originally expected to quietly get oil and water from the imperial court's resettlement fees.

And those captives and displaced people who have been settled nearby, because they are in a war zone, they are constantly fighting with knives, and it is actually difficult to cultivate with peace of mind. As for government officials at all levels, because the government itself is also short of money and there are many corrupt officials, these displaced people who are resettled nearby are often hungry and cold, and no one cares about them. Therefore, there were many rebels, and even turned the rebellion, so that the previous Ming army's hard-won achievements after hard fighting were wiped out.

Thinking of this, a sneer appeared on Fan Zhibi's face.

"Hmph, if you have money, you don't make a bastard! Rather than handing it over to Suizhou Governor for nothing, not a penny, and there is a risk of rebelling again in the future, it is really better to send Monk An to this bald. This bald donkey has sent the news of the buyer, if he dares to turn his face and deny it, and dare to play with Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will definitely cut off his bald donkey's head as a urinal! ”

Hearing that the main general's mind had been decided, the guerrilla Li Chungui suddenly had a bright smile on his face: "General Fan is wise!" This batch of captives, the humble post has been counted, our army is now this batch of prisoners and homeless people, a total of 820 adult men, 452 adult women, 315 old and young, if according to the regulations passed by Monk An, then, this adult man can get 2460 taels of silver, adult women can get 904 taels of silver, the old and young can get 315 taels of silver, a total of 3679 taels of silver. With this batch of silver, we don't have to wait for the salary to be pulled, it is enough to pay our army's salary for two or three months, but it is a good thing! ”

Fan Zhibiu's eyes were also full of brilliance, he slapped his thigh, and said loudly: "Very good!" This matter should be done sooner rather than later, and this counselor will join you to escort this group of captives and displaced people to the Na'an monk's residence. ”

"Order!"

Two hours later, Fan Zhibiao and others, who went north along the Zhuanshui River, escorted the displaced prisoners to Monk An's station.

"Fuck your damn bald ass! Hurry up and open the door, Lao Tzu has sent you a mouthful! ”

Under the bright summer sun, Fan Zhibi, who was sweating all the people and horses, yelled loudly at the dock fort where Monk An was stationed.

"you! Fan Zhibi, you are a donkey, what is it called, grandpa is not deaf! ”

Led by himself, in the school field in the fort, Monk An, who was sweating profusely, heard Fan Zhibi's shout, and immediately replied with laughter.

"Open the door, let these birds in."

Soon, the drawbridge was lowered, and Fan Zhibi let the escort soldiers and captive homeless people stay outside, and took Li Guichun and a group of personal cavalry into the dock fort.

Seeing Monk An coming from the direction of the school, Fan Zhibi wiped a handful of sweat on his face, and then smashed his fist on Monk An's shoulder, and yelled: "Monk, let me ask you, you sent someone to send this news of buying people, but does his mother's words count?!" ”

Monk An, who was smashed by Fan Zhibi's punch and had a pain in the shoulder, was very angry in his heart, and immediately replied loudly: "Enter your mother!" Monk An, speaking is always a mouthful of spit and a nail! Tell you, from now on, we will deliver the goods with one hand and pay the money with the other, how many people you bring, how much money I will give you, there is no ambiguity. Do you think that your uncle and I are so idle that we want to have fun with your gang of birds? Nonsense, where are the captives and outcasts you have brought with you? ”

"Hmph, that's good! The captives and outcasts are all outside, and there are quite a few, all of them have been brought to you. Fan Zhibi said with squinted eyes.

"Okay, Supervisor Hu, let's inspect the goods." A sly smile flashed on Monk An's face, and he turned his head to Hu Shangwen on the side and said.

"Okay."

Hu Shangwen, who was smiling, immediately responded loudly.

Soon, Monk An, Hu Shangwen and others counted all the captives and displaced people brought by Fan Zhibi and Li Guichun.

These captives and exiles are in line with the number provided by Fan Zhibi, and An Hu and the others are both satisfied.

"Hey, I said, Fan Zhibiu, the classification of personnel you provided is a little different from what we are counting now." Monk An deliberately teased Fan Zhibi, with a weird smile on his face.

Fan Zhibi was anxious, and he said sharply: "Monk An, you don't want to eat kickbacks, so you slander me like this!" Our army has carefully counted the classification of these personnel, where is there anything that can't be right?! ”

Monk An laughed: "Look at you, as soon as I speak, you are in a hurry, and tell you, this kickback, Monk An really can't look down on you." In our Tiger Army, we have abundant money and food, and our salaries are rich, but we are not as poor as you, and we want to make some extra money every day. Not to mention that I don't have the heart to get kickbacks, besides, our army also has the Security Department and the Supervision Department, we just want to stretch out our hands, and we are afraid of punishment from above. ”

Fan Zhibiu's face softened, and Li Guichun on the side hurriedly interjected with a smile on his face: "In this case, then our army has brought this captive homeless person, and I also ask General An to accept people according to the silver." ”

Seeing his flattering appearance, Monk An laughed, and his heart was very useful.

He turned his head to Hu Shangwen and said, "Supervisor Hu, then give them silver." This business is a whole number of 3680 taels. ”

Hu Shangwen responded happily, and while sending soldiers to escort the prisoners and homeless people down, he also ordered someone to carry the prepared silver box over.

Seeing the three large boxes of snow-white and dazzling silver, they were placed in front of him, and Fan Zhibi and Li Guichun couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Damn, it seems that the Tigers are really talking, money and goods are both in charge, and their own trip is not in vain.

"Okay, 3680 taels of silver, all of them are ready here, let's count them." Hu Shangwen smiled and said.

Fan Zhibi and Li Guichun immediately made an urgent count, and sure enough, the amount was not the same. Moreover, the silver given by the Tiger Army, except for about 30% of the silver, is a full amount of official silver, which makes Fan and Li even more happy.

Fan Zhibi stood up, he smiled badly, and hammered Monk An on the shoulder with a hard punch: "The monk who entered the dog, he fucking wants to accept people, why didn't he come to report earlier, let Lao Tzu hand over how many prisoners to the Huguang civil official!" ”

This punch was extremely powerful, and Monk An, who was beaten to the point that his shoulder hurt, was also annoyed, and he hammered back with a fierce fist: "Enter your mother, this is the rule that our army Lord Li has just set." You birds, you guys, are lucky to be the first to taste the sweetness. ”

Fan Zhibi laughed, he wanted to punch back, but was urgently pulled away by the guerrilla Li Guichun.

"Two officials, don't learn martial arts anymore." Li Guichun sneered, then turned his head to Fan Zhibiao and said, "General Fan, it's not early now, since the delivery has been completed, let's go back." ”

Fan Zhibi snorted, and the silver box was lifted and carefully tied to the horse, and then, with a smug face, he said loudly: "Okay, brother, I still have military affairs with me, it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, and when I get captured next time, Fan will send it again immediately, Monk An, you are a good girl, you are not allowed to change the price at will." “

"Cut, it's like I'm going to keep you for dinner! You can rest assured, Master Li's regulations will be implemented word for word. Get out of here, and bring more homeless and captives next time. Monk An laughed and made a gesture to catch up.

Three days later, Zu Kuan, the chief soldier who was chasing the remnants of the 100,000 remnants of the army in the Anlu area, couldn't help but be furious when he heard that Fan Zhibi, the general of Kaifeng, had obtained more than 3,600 taels of silver from Li Xiao's Tiger Army by selling the prisoners and refugees alone.

"My ancestor surnamed Fan! These captives and outcasts were obviously obtained by my Liaodong soldiers and horses together with their subordinates, how could this guy have a benefit and dare to swallow it alone! Passing Lao Tzu's military order, the whole army fought back, sent troops to Suizhou, destroyed Fan Zhibi, and cut off the bird's head! “