Liu Benshen grinned and said: "Of course, we can't compare to the Tiance Army of adults, after all, you are a key place in the capital division." ”

Wang Yue didn't explain to him, but asked, "How many officers and soldiers are there in your coastal defense battalion now?" How many ships? ”

Liu Benshen replied truthfully: "There are more than 1,200 soldiers in our coastal defense battalion, and there are more than 5,000 family members. There were fifty-three ships, of which sixteen were large ships. ”

Wang Yue looked at the officers present and asked, "What is your usual military salary?" ”

Speaking of military salaries, Liu Benshen's emotions became excited, and he said with a bitter and hateful look: "Don't hide it from Lord Wang, my coastal defense battalion is routinely paid one or two per month, and what can be paid down in normal times is less than three yuan." It's not a big deal, you can catch some fish by the sea, so you won't go hungry. But all year round, it's often a lack of pay! From this month onwards, there will be three more months without pay. ”

Other officers also chimed in, pouring bitter water.

Wang Yue looked at Liu Benshen's weathered face, and he could see that this person did not look like an officer who drank the blood of soldiers, so he also had a good impression.

Wang Yue said: "This official has purchased a large amount of land here and is preparing to build a port, I think you also know. ”

Liu Benshen showed an embarrassed expression and said, "Lord Wang, the imperial court has an order not to go to sea without permission. And it seems that your Tiance Army is going to build a water division, I'm afraid this is not in line with the court's etiquette! I wonder if Lord Wang has obtained permission from the imperial court? ”

The garrison of the Tiance Army is Shuntianfu, and it went to Dagukou to engage in east and west, and it did cross the line. Since the army built the port, it is definitely not civilian.

Wang Yue smiled and said: "This official has received a batch of ships from overseas, and you have also seen that the ships are relatively large. These ships must always have a place to dock, so build a port nearby, and I will talk about it at the imperial court. ”

Not only is it relatively big, but it is too big, and all the ships in the coastal defense battalion combined are not as big as one of them.

Liu Benshen said: "Lord Wang wants to build a port, and the only way to do it is to report it truthfully and be judged by the upper peak." ”

His peak was the Tianjin General Army, and the previous Tianjin General Army was arrested by Wang Yue. So what he means is, your official is bigger than me, I have no right to drive you away, I just have to report, and you don't blame me.

Wang Yue said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" This official is here to talk to you about business, I don't know if you are interested. ”

Liu Benshen said curiously: "Trading? Do you want to smuggle goods? ”

As soon as Wang Yue mentioned business, everyone thought of smuggling, but all the officers who were on the beach had done it before.

It is a pity that smuggling is not easy to do now, and in the past, the direction of smuggling was mainly Japan, but since more than ten years ago, Japan has also played the role of closing itself to the rest of the country. Only Nagasaki was allowed to conduct maritime trade, but it was monopolized by Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch.

Smuggling in the direction of North Korea, which is bought and sold by the Dongjiang Army, has nothing to do with them. Otherwise, their lives wouldn't have been so miserable!

Wang Yue shook his head again and again and said, "It's not smuggling, why do you want to smuggle?" ”

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He continued: "In addition to building a wharf, there are many projects that require a lot of labor. There are more than 5,000 family members of your soldiers here, and I have recruited all of them. The monthly salary of manual labor is two to three taels, and the monthly salary of women who are old and weak and light work is more than one or five cents a month. What do you think? Interested? ”

Wang Yue planned to use the silver offensive to destroy this coastal defense battalion, after all, it was next to it, and it was a potential safety hazard.

Liu Benshen and the others exclaimed: "Lord Wang, this, this is true? ”

They couldn't believe their ears, if they had such a high income, life here in the Haiphong camp would be booming immediately.

Wang Yue said affirmatively: "This official has nothing to say. Your coastal defense battalion includes family members, and one is counted as one. Led by Liu Shoubei, the monthly salary is 20 taels, and the total monthly salary is 10 taels. In addition, according to the number of people invested, for every additional person, one cent of silver will be added to the leader, and only the garrison and the general will always have. That is to say, if the coastal defense battalion invests 5,000 people, Liu Garrison can earn another 50 taels in addition to his monthly salary of 2 taels. ”

This is to let Liu Benshen be the contractor, according to this policy, Wang Yue will not worry about dismantling the coastal defense battalion.

Liu Benshen and the others stood up excitedly, according to this calculation, the income of the garrison for a year is more than 800 taels, and the food and spicy food are in front of them.

In these years, if you have a mother, everyone's life is not easy, not to mention that Wang Yue bought their labor, so he paid for the artillery on their battery, and they might dare to sell it.

"Lord Wang, more than 5,200 people in my coastal defense battalion are at your disposal, when do you say it will start!" Liu Benshen said loudly.

Anyway, they haven't practiced for a long time, Wang Yue's port is right under their noses, and they haven't gone out of the defense area, so they can still make extra money, why not.

Wang Yue is not at a loss, this is equivalent to an increase in a large number of laborers at once, and many people here have experience at sea, and they will be absorbed into the navy in the future, and they will get twice the result with half the effort. Let them work on the docks until they are familiar with the rules of the starting point.

"Okay, in order to express the sincerity of this official, I will first pay you half a month's salary. After all, you haven't been paid for three months, and you can't let your family go hungry. The commission for that number of people will be calculated at the end of the month. Wang Yue said heroically.

The first time they deal with each other, they can't always talk about white teeth, otherwise they will not be motivated.

Liu Benshen smiled and said, "Okay, Lord Wang is a refreshing person!" ”

Other generals are also full of words, but I didn't expect a God of Wealth to come today, and I went out to see the magpie barking?

Wang Yue came here to make preparations, and he asked the guard platoon to move the silver into the coastal defense camp and hand it over to Liu Benshen for counting.

These are all starting point city silver coins, all shiny and well-made. Liu Benshen and other officers were all smiling and couldn't see their eyes.

Wang Yue is not afraid of them defaulting on their debts, and people are still very trustworthy these years.

After Liu Benshen received the silver, he thanked Wang Yue for his kindness and said: "Lord Wang is so generous, he must fulfill the friendship of the landlord." ”

As he spoke, he instructed the people: "Old Five, go and get some silver money to buy more wine and meat in the town, and we must get drunk with Lord Wang today." ”

Wang Yue hurriedly stopped: "Liu Shoubei, don't be so troublesome. I have everything on board, and good wine, come with me. ”

Tianjin Wei is seventy or eighty miles away from here, and the nearby town serves vegetables, so you can imagine how lacking it is. And looking at the sanitary condition of this coastal defense battalion, Wang Yue really didn't dare to compliment.

Liu Benshen and the others heard that they could eat on that giant ship, and they really couldn't ask for it. They are all people who have been on the beach for many years, and they are full of curiosity about that strange giant ship.