It was the third watch of the night, and in the hall of the Bozhou County Ya, the second brother Gao changed back into his cotton armor, wearing the iron helmet that Wang Laohan gave him, and put the captured iron armor on the shelf and hung it.

Zhao Zhuzi saw him touching and touching, and couldn't help but say, "Second brother, if you are so reluctant, then wear it and forget it."

Gao Yihuan shook his head, "This armor is good, but it is smaller, and it is uncomfortable to tighten it, so I will return it to that Huang Qianhu." He will guard Bozhou in the future, which can be regarded as a show of favor to him. ”

Mountain pattern armor is a rare armor whether it is workmanship or appearance and flexibility, and it can make people look powerful when worn on the body.

Gao Yihuan touched the mountain armor again, and then waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go back to Luyi."

After speaking, he led a few people out of the county office, turned over and rode on a yellow-haired horse, looked up at the Bozhou county office, and then clamped the horse's belly and led the people out of Beicheng.

The second brother said to Ma Yuanwai that he had withdrawn from Bozhou early in the morning, but he and Liu Liangzuo cooperated for the first time, so he still kept an eye on it, so he quietly left Bozhou in the middle of the night with a torch.

Bozhou and Luyi are close to each other, and the group walked for half the night, and returned to Luyi at noon that day.

The second brother asked everyone to go back to the camp to rest, but he first went to see the wounded who came back first, and found that although Zhao Daxian and the others bandaged according to the method he said, some people were still infected and died.

The second brother didn't have much to do about this, and he didn't know much about it, so he could only find some wine and salt water, clean up the wounds of the remaining wounded, and then wrap them in cotton cloth from scratch.

After inspecting the wounded, the second brother asked Yu Yinglong about the situation of the dam and the fields on both sides of the whirlpool, and learned that everything was going smoothly, so he returned to the room to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, just after dawn, Gao Yihuan summoned all the soldiers, miscellaneous soldiers and logistics teams to the school field and made a summary of the trip to Bozhou.

Although it was not a big battle to fight Bozhou this time, many miscellaneous soldiers even just waved the flag and shouted, but after all, the team was also pulled out to practice and had a certain amount of experience.

At this time, the soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers stood on the school field according to the queue, Gao Yihuan stepped forward, glanced at the school field, and then opened his mouth to make a summary, announcing: "In this battle of Bozhou, all the brothers have contributed, and if they contribute, they should be rewarded, so I decided to pay all the brothers, and it was stipulated that the annual salary of the soldiers in the future will be 18 taels, and the annual salary of the miscellaneous soldiers and logistics team will be 10 taels. This is the standard set by Qi Dashuai, and I hope you will also be invincible like Qi Dashuai's soldiers. ”

The second brother actually doesn't have much experience in commanding troops, so he relies on two of Qi Jiguang's military books, "The New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "The Actual Record of Military Training", which he borrowed from the old man, and studied it himself, plus some experience he has recently explored.

Originally, the second brother of the high school only paid one tael a month to the soldiers, but now it is equivalent to an increase of five dollars of silver per month, and the miscellaneous soldiers were originally unpaid, but at this time there were also eight dollars of silver per month. This water product is already the same as that of the official army, and because the official army has official and private detainees, there are often not many non-commissioned officers who can get their hands on it.

From this point of view, the treatment of the second brother is higher than that of the official army, but this is actually only on the surface, if you look closely, you will find that the treatment of the two is really not easy to compare. The social structure of the area where the officials and soldiers were active was stable, the transportation of materials was convenient, and the production was not damaged, so the purchasing power of silver was strong, and although the second brother Gao paid for silver, because of the lack of materials to be rebuilt, the prices soared, and the silver in the hands of the soldiers could not actually buy much things.

In the ghost place of Henan, it is not easy to eat a full meal now, and the soldiers immediately became happy when they heard about the increase.

At this time, the second brother said solemnly: "Since you have been paid, you are no longer bandits and thieves, but my soldiers of Gao Yihuan, you have to abide by my military law and die for me, do you understand?" ”

The people below are not very clear about the essential difference between receiving wages and not receiving salaries, and they do not understand that after receiving salaries, they are equivalent to establishing a contractual relationship, which is a key node in their transformation from rogues to soldiers.

The rogues are to survive and survive by plundering, while the army is maintained by fixed money, food and duties, and now the second brother pays them first, and then teaches them duties and missions later.

"Got it!" There was food, drink, and money, and everyone was naturally happy, and they responded loudly, their faces full of joy.

Gao Yihuan glanced at them with a smile, and his face was also full of fatherly smiles, but he snorted coldly in his heart, "You turtle grandchildren laugh so happily, do you think Lao Tzu's money is easy to take, Lao Tzu will make your group of turtle grandchildren happy for a while, and when Lao Tzu is free, don't ** you!" ”

"Good!" Gao Yihuan laughed and waved his hand to silence the soldiers, and then continued: "I talked about the salary, and I said the reward." This time, there are many brothers who fought bravely, and each brigade is responsible for counting the merits of each outpost, and I will reward the sentinel first, and then reward the individual. ”

Zhao Daxian and Wu Shizhao immediately stepped forward, solemnly clasped their fists and said, "Humble duty to receive orders."

Gao Yihuan nodded, then waved his hand and said: "Okay, there is no need to train today, all the sentinels will bring it back, and they will all sum up the experience of fighting Bozhou this time."

As he spoke, he said to Zhao Daxian and Wu Shizhao: "You two come with me."

After Gao Yihuan finished speaking, the soldiers were taken back to the camp by the sentinels, and Gao Yihuan and Zhao Daxian returned to the county government and sat down in the hall.

"Daxian, Shizhao, we have enough money and food now, and I am ready to expand the number of soldiers to a thousand. The two of you are to intensify the training of the miscellaneous soldiers, and after two months they will all be replenished as soldiers. After Gao Yihuan entered the lobby, as soon as he sat down, he said to the two.

"That's why the second brother pays the miscellaneous soldiers?" Zhao Daxian asked.

Wu Shizhao frowned, "Captain, if the expansion is so fast, the establishment and officers will be a little chaotic. ”

Gao Yihuan is just a lieutenant, according to the establishment, he only has three brigades, if the establishment is expanded, then a few more brigades will have to be promoted, but the army may not give them this establishment, and even if there are a few more brigades above, but in this way, what will Zhao Daxian and Wu Shizhao do, the two old brigades, and what will other old brothers do?

"I'm going to let the two of you be deputy lieutenants, of course, this is just our own name, and the following old generals are mentioned as the head of the brigade, of course, this is just our internal practice, and your official position on the side of King Chuang has not changed." Gao Yihuan had already thought about it, he had set up a deputy lieutenant privately, and there was no limit on the number of people in charge of the brigade, the department general, and the post commander, so that his establishment could be expanded, so that he could have a captain, but in fact he had a general's establishment.

If he does this, he will definitely not be able to do it in the official army, there are prison guards, there are pacification officials, and even court agents to monitor, but in the army, there is no problem.

If you do this, then it is not impossible, Wu Shizhao and Zhao Daxian have led more than 100 people, expanding threefold, although they do not have the name of the captain, but they are actually the captains.

Gao Yihuan saw that after the two of them glanced at each other, their faces leaked with joy, and he continued: "I will secretly promote you to the next level first, and when I become a general, you will directly change your name to Du Lieutenant."

"Second brother, I have no opinion, I listen to the second brother." Zhao Daxian immediately expressed his position, and Wu Shizhao also nodded.

In the past, Gao Yihuan was short of money and food, and it was a problem to raise 300 soldiers, but now he has money and food, and he has also opened a way to make money, and it is inevitable to expand the army. Expanding the number of soldiers to 1,000 was only the first step, and he had to recruit more than 2,000 miscellaneous soldiers to bring his strength to 3,000, which was just the strength of a battalion of the Ming army.

"Okay, then you two will focus on training in the near future." Gao Yihuan commanded, then looked at Wu Shizhao and said: "The Ming army from Bozhou, you let Sun Yucheng settle their families, and then you have a good talk with them, and the treatment is the same as Jin Xiangang and them." In addition, I am going to bring Jin Xiangang up as a deputy lieutenant, and you can help me ventilate the old brothers. ”

Now the second brother has a lot of Ming army officers who work for him in the form of employment, and the second brother of this group of people actually wants to stay, so he decided to mention Jin Xiangang, so that these officers can see the hope of upward movement, and feel that it is not bad to follow him, but such the original old man, I am afraid that they will not be happy, they are still the head of the ministry and the head of the sentinel, and an outsider will definitely have resistance in his heart when he climbs on their heads.

Even Zhao Daxian and Wu Shizhao are probably not very happy in their hearts, but the second brother Gao knows that if the team wants to expand, it must absorb talents, tap talents, and reuse talents, so even if the old brothers are unhappy, he still has to do this, otherwise his small group is too exclusive, and it is impossible to become bigger.

If Gao Yihuan didn't make a sound and promoted Jin Xiangang, Zhao Daxian and Wu Shizhao would definitely feel uncomfortable, but now he told the two of them first, and asked them to help ventilate the old brother, the two of them felt a lot better, and even a little happy, because this means that the relationship between them is very close, even if Jin Xiangang mentions it, the relationship is still not as close as between them.

"Second brother, don't worry, I'll go and talk about it, old brother!" Zhao Daxian made a package ticket.

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