Speaking of rewards, everyone immediately put down the wine cup, and stared at Li Zicheng in unison, it seemed that the rewards were written on his face, and they were even more afraid of missing a word, the last reward, they knew that Li Zicheng's hand was very big, this time not only directly got back the pig iron, but also brought 10,000 taels of silver, and the reward materials will definitely be more abundant.

"Ermao, brothers, you took the risk of getting the pig iron that Xining urgently needs, as well as silver, the eldest brother will not treat you badly, and rewarding meritorious deeds is the consistent practice of the Xining Army," Li Zicheng paused for a moment, and said: "However, this 10,000 taels of silver, although you have poured your efforts, cannot give it to you in whole or most of it, but hand it over to the Xining Army - our common collective, with the existence of the Xining Army, we can settle down in this land." ”

Wu Ermao and the other brothers didn't speak, they just kept nodding, they also knew that it was not realistic for them to share the 10,000 taels of silver, although they had made meritorious contributions, if there were no so many brothers in the Xining army, they would not have been able to get the silver back to Xining.

They can get so much silver, and they don't have to worry about the head and tail, it is precisely because of the big tree of the Xining Army, or in other words, the Xining Army is the backing for them to do whatever they want.

"Ermao, brothers, not only you, but also the brothers who went to the battlefield, once you have a catch, you can't intercept the captured materials privately, but hand them over to the collective, and distribute them uniformly by Weili - of course, those who should be rewarded will be rewarded, and those who should be punished will be punished, and Weili will definitely not be ambiguous!"

“……”

"These rules of the Xining army, I just remind you, you will soon know the military laws of Xining, and I will announce the reward this time!"

When they were in Shaanxi, they were all poor and crazy, and they had a greed and desire for money, especially silver, that ordinary people could not understand.

"First, from now on, Wu Ermao will be promoted to the chief flag officer, and the remaining six brothers will all be promoted to small flag officers!"

Li Zicheng asked them to join the military because he wanted to use military discipline and military discipline to restrain them, otherwise, with Wu Ermao's courage, he didn't know what shocking moves he could do in the future, of course, joining the military also had an advantage, that is, from now on, he could receive a fixed salary, and he would no longer be hungry as before.

Although the food and salary of the chief flag officer and the small flag officer cannot make a fortune, it is always no problem to eat a full meal and occasionally drink a little wine, and Li Zicheng wants to permanently solve the problem of food and clothing for these brothers.

"From now on, the brothers will receive a fixed salary according to the standard of the sergeant, of course, this is your weekday salary, if you accept the task and need to leave Xining, I will redistribute the silver to you, as a pester, as much as you want, and settle it together after you come back!"

"Yes, big brother, brothers listen to big brother." Wu Ermao saw that the brothers didn't speak, and kicked them under the table with his foot, the salary of the sergeant is not high, taking the small flag officer as an example, in addition to the full amount of food, the salary is only one or two, but at least it is permanent, as long as the Xining army is not disbanded, they no longer have to worry about being hungry.

In other words, they are now on public food, although they are only affiliated with the army, and do not need to train and participate in battles.

With the Xining Army's consistent practice of attaching importance to military merits, it is basically impossible for a soldier to be promoted to a small flag officer or a chief flag officer without military merits, and they have not even been a soldier for a day, but they have been promoted to a small flag officer, and he himself has been directly promoted to the chief flag officer.

All the brothers were thinking about it, and when they were kicked by Wu Ermao, they spoke out one after another, thanking the eldest brother for his support.

Their expressions, Li Zicheng could see them all, it seems that the brothers are not very satisfied with such a reward.

He included all the people of the Shadowless Gate into the military register, not only to let them receive a fixed salary, but also for the future management, to restrain them with military discipline, although the people of the Shadowless Gate due to the particularity of their work, it is difficult to fully abide by the military discipline, but at least they must understand that the Shadowless Gate is only an institution under the Xining Army, not the emperor.

If the brothers think too much, and the money they get is their own, or because of their special relationship with themselves, they demand special benefits or power, then this sprout must be strangled from the source and from the beginning.

Whether it is military, civilian, or other subordinate institutions, in Xining, the only law, that is, itself, and all kinds of laws written on paper, are all extensions of oneself in all aspects.

Li Zicheng frowned slightly and was silent.

Wu Ermao saw that the situation was not right, and slapped Xuan Yang's head, "Everything that the eldest brother has done is for us, without the eldest brother, can you eat fragrant and drink spicy food?" Let's just say that this time, without the response of the eldest brother, it would be strange if the head was not cut off by the Sichuan soldiers, and he could still sit here and drink smoothly? What days did you spend in Lingzhou before, have you forgotten? Don't make amends to your eldest brother? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he glanced at everyone, and he was already the first to leave his seat, prostrate in front of Li Zicheng, "Big brother, brothers for a while...... Brain...... Xuan Yang's brain has always been difficult, big brother must not be like them......"

"Big Brother ......"

"Adult ......"

Everyone was shocked and knelt down in front of Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng gently played with the wine cup, although it was full, but did not spill a drop of distilled spirit, he said lightly: "Ermao, brothers, in the whole Xining, only you call me eldest brother, so in the heart of the eldest brother, I will be closer to you." ”

“……”

"However, everything is unregulated, and the eldest brother hopes that we will always be brothers who share weal and sorrow and prosperity," Li Zicheng's gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, until the head they had just raised hung down again, "Brother Ermao is right, you think you have made great contributions, but not all the credit belongs to you." ”

Li Zicheng suddenly raised his voice four degrees, "If there are no soldiers to meet you, will you be able to reach Xining safely?" If the soldiers who receive you also fancy the silver, how will it be distributed—they also risk fighting the Sichuan soldiers, and they also risk their lives. ”

“……”

"No, none of them want to share the money, let alone ask me for military merits, they just obey my orders - they should obey my orders when they receive my food and salary on weekdays, this is a matter of course!"

"Big brother......" Wu Ermao raised his head again.

Li Zicheng stretched out his hand to stop him from speaking, "Ermao, brothers, you used to be idle in the past, and you didn't have the concept of 'collective', but from the first day you came to Xining to join me, you have been part of the Xining Army - whether you have joined the army or not, on weekdays, the Xining Army will give you food and salary, and you can live your life freely, but once you have a task, you must work tirelessly to complete it, this is your duty, not a merit, if you don't want to, just leave Xining, Find another job! ”

“……”

"Now I'll tell you what is called 'collective'," Li Zicheng said sonorously: "When you need it, the collective will give you all the help it can, if you are hungry, the collective will give you food, if you are thirsty, the collective will give you water, if you are frozen, the collective will give you cotton clothes and a house......"

"Of course, the collective will not give you everything you want, it can only ensure that you will not starve, thirst, freeze to death...... If you want to live a better life, you can only rely on yourself to fight for it, meritorious service is your only chance, and now you have not even been to a day's drill, not even a single battlefield, why can you directly become a small flag officer and chief flag officer......

"Big brother, we know it's wrong......"

"We don't dare to ...... anymore"

"Big Brother ......"

……

"In the future, you are all soldiers, and when Ermao is free, you will take your brothers to learn military discipline and military discipline," Li Zicheng sighed softly, "Get up!" ”

"Yes, big brother!" Wu Ermao knocked his head three times before he got up, and the rest of the brothers also kowtowed three times.

Wu Ermao didn't return to his seat, he stood opposite the Eight Immortals table, and said loudly: "Big brother, I Wu Ermao haven't read a book, I don't know what the big truth is, I only know that when I was in Lingzhou, I had to worry about eating enough every day, since I followed the eldest brother, this day - it's just in the sky, I Wu Ermao only has one sentence, in the future, the eldest brother will do whatever he wants, even if it is up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, I Wu Ermao will definitely not frown!" ”

Propaganda was hit on the head by Wu Ermao just now, which was a special prompt, and he also took it up at this time, "Big brother, my brain has always been bad, big brother don't be angry, in the future, I will only listen to the big brother, and the big brother will do whatever he wants, but my brain is stupid, big brother don't let me beat the dog, I have been afraid of dog ...... since I was a child"

Li Zicheng laughed, and after everyone expressed their opinions, the frost on his face finally cracked a gap, "Brothers, I have just said that this is just the first aspect of the reward for you, the purpose is to find you a lifelong job, even if the eldest brother has an accident in the future, with this salary, you will not be hungry and freezing!" ”

"Big brother......" Wu Ermao almost choked, he opened his lips, but he couldn't say anything, just "coo" and swallowed a big breath of air.

Compared with the rest of the brothers, Li Zicheng was the one he got acquainted with back then, and he decisively recognized the eldest brother, but Li Zicheng did not forget their down-and-out brothers, once he gained a firm foothold, he sent people to search for them, let them come to Xining, and live a life that they couldn't think of before.

At that time, he trusted Li Zicheng, and he was somewhat gambling, today he would rather gamble again, at that time there were dozens of gambling books as a meeting gift, and today when he came to Xining, he no longer had any gambling books, he relied on Li Zicheng to live, which was completely a bet that only won and did not lose.

Li Zicheng bowed slightly towards Wu Ermao, and continued: "The second aspect of the reward, Wu Ermao, as the head, has a good plan, and rewards one hundred taels of silver, Shangguan Heiyu directly makes the most meritorious contributions, and rewards eighty taels of silver, and the rest of the brothers, each of whom will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver, and will go to the quartermaster Sun Lin to collect it tomorrow." ”