In the execution area of the old camp west of Dalanshan, the symphony played by the military stick and the leather whip began to perform the next movement. Perhaps because of Chen Wen's behavior just now, the suppression soldiers who enforced the military law used far more force on Lin Zhongxiao and An Youfu than usual, but the two people who were tortured did not complain about it at all.

Lin Zhongxiao, who was called Lin Laoshi by his neighbors, silently endured all this, in his opinion, violating military discipline should be punished, and even the generals who had always trusted him made him feel guilty. As for the troublemaker Jing An Youfu didn't say anything at this time, he was already very glad that he was not characterized as an attacking military judge, and the scene just now completely shocked him, didn't he say that he couldn't be punished by a sergeant or a courtesy? But why did the scene just now happen, which made him puzzled.

Chen Wen, who was still standing in the execution area watching all this, did not choose to heal his wounds, because according to the regulations, the inmates need their immediate superiors to apply medicine to them, which is the regulation he designated in order to enhance the cohesion of the army and the prestige of the officers. Although his injuries would not go to the civilian officials of the prison army to help, as the temporary management of the suppression soldiers, he still needed to wait for Lin Zhongxiao to help him apply the wound medicine after his torture was completed.

Soon, the execution of Lin Zhongxiao, the tortured soldier Lin Zhongxiao, ended, and Chen Wen took him to apply the wound medicine, although one who received 30 lashes to the other who received 20 lashes felt that it was a bit insignificant from a medical point of view, but the military law was formulated to enforce it.

After applying the medicine to the calming soldier who was always swaying between gratitude and fear, Chen Wen refused Lin Zhongxiao's apology in the name of his boss in the camp, and went to Lu Laolang to treat his injuries. After all, compared with the low-level soldiers with rough skin and thick flesh in this era, he can barely be called fine skin and tender meat, and he was beaten ten more times, who knows that this little wound medicine will work.

And just when Chen Wen, who spared his life, applied Lin Zhongxiao's wound medicine, the brains of the officers and soldiers who were watching the execution area were basically restarted. The parties concerned, especially their generals, had already left the school grounds, and the officers and soldiers began to talk about the scene that had just happened, and what Chen Wen said at the end.

Since entering the camp, Chen Wen has improved the food treatment of soldiers, abolished corporal punishment in the army, taught the method of battlefield rescue for firefighters, changed the salary payment system to prevent officers from deducting the salary of non-commissioned officers, and even served food in the same pot with the most ordinary soldiers. These things are normal in Chen Wen's eyes, but in the eyes of soldiers in this era, it is rare for a military general who loves soldiers like a son to do it.

It is precisely for this reason that the officers and soldiers in Chen Wen's camp are willing to accept training that far exceeds the intensity of military training in this era, and acquiesce in those strange military laws and regulations. Of course, Chen Wen's brainwashing of Qi Jiajun also played a certain role in this.

By the time the shocking scene happened just now, many people present had begun to vaguely realize Chen Wen's intentions. It's just that most of them are still quite puzzled by Chen Wen's paranoia, and some of them are lively or brainwashed to a deeper extent, and they have already figured out why this is so.

"We are the Qi family army rebuilt by General Chen, shouldn't the soldiers of the Qi family army strictly abide by military discipline?"

"Even General Chen can abide by military discipline so strictly, so why can't we soldiers do it? If our army is strictly disciplined, it will definitely be invincible, just like Qi Shaobao was at that time. ”

"Yes, it must be this truth, isn't it the same reason for Qi Shaobao's beheading?"

“……”

In the execution area of the West School Field, the officers and soldiers in Chen Wen's camp gathered more and more, and the atmosphere of discussion became more and more intense, and many people even forgot for a while that they could rest after taking a shower and eating. And Gu Shouli watched all this from a distance, and was even more emotional and glad that he chose at that time, whether he chose to follow Chen Wen or choose this job with no oil and water.

It's just that this old camp in Dalanshan is not big, small but not small, if there is anything new, even if it happens in the corners, it will spread like the wind to everyone's ears.

Dalanshan old grain depot.

Sun Yu, who was still checking the account books just now, listened to his subordinate officials tell the scene that had just happened, only to see him put down the brush, stood up and walked around the warehouse aimlessly, the agitation in his heart If it weren't for the ice-like face that was used to not expressing feelings, I was afraid that at this moment he had already become passionate and smiling.

I saw him walk back to the desk and say to the little official: "General Chen personally enforces the regulations of military law, how dare his subordinates violate military law?" How could a well-disciplined royal division fail to defeat the Tartars? This is a great blessing for our army! ”

After that, Sun Yu began to give orders to the little official, instructing the little official to bring out the true colors of Chen Wen's military salary this month, and send all the grain and pickles to the camp for the next few days, lest Chen Wen have to come to get these things with injuries.

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Dalan Mountain old camp silver bank.

Chu Suxian, who pinched the handful of rat whiskers under his chin, refuted the views of his subordinate officials with righteous words.

"This is the old camp of Dalanshan, there are two officials Wang Jingluo and Wang Vice Xian, a guerrilla general with a big fart, even if he is ruthless to himself and has an egg, does he dare to whip his colleagues? Isn't he coming to receive his military pay today? Then let him know the rules of this old camp! ”

Accepting the compliments of his subordinates, Chu Suxian pulled off a beard fiercely, as if he had pulled out a henchman.

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The hall of the Chinese army in the old camp of Dalanshan.

Wang Jiang waved away Hu Er, who was inquiring about the cameo bag, and smiled bitterly. "It seems that this is going to start with Liu Futong and become Cao Mengde, but I don't know if this is a change for the better?"

It's just that at the same time, Chen Wen, who had just gotten rid of the identity of the demon king of the chaotic world and evolved into a traitor in the troubled times, was lying on the bed he slept on when he was recuperating in the mountains to receive treatment from Lu Lao Langzhong.

"Over the years, the world has been chaotic, and the old man has also treated many civil officials and military masters, but I have never seen a general so cruel to himself." After signaling Chen Wen not to turn around and speak, Lu Lao Langzhong continued: "The old man has heard of the military law in the general's camp that strictly prohibits the sergeants from harassing the people, and he can understand the general's intentions to some extent, so the old man thanked the general for the great kindness of the people. ”

Jiang is really still old and spicy, and this kind of thing is really not for fun. Such an old man who stays in the medicine house all day long, the speed of reaction and the depth of understanding that he sees people and things are indeed worthy of his age.

"Lu Lao praised it, Zhang Ximeng's words wrote, Xing, the people are bitter; Death, the people suffer. As a military general, the more troubled the times, the more important it is to prevent the people from being disturbed by the rebellious soldiers. Besides, no matter how you say it in your later life, you are also a scholar, and you can always understand these truths. ”

"Hey." Hearing this, Lu Laolangzhong sighed. "There are really not many people who can have such a general in these years, and even those corrupt officials and rebellious soldiers and thieves are all brutes who only know how to harm the people. Lao Yu originally thought that it was already an ancestor to meet Wang Jingluo and Wang Vice Xian in this life, but he didn't expect to be lucky enough to get acquainted with the general. ”

After saying this, I saw Lu Laolangzhong put down his work and bowed to Chen Wenyao. "As long as the general can not forget his aspirations today, but there are orders in the future, the old man should go to the soup and fight the fire."

Seeing this, Chen Wen hurriedly got up and tried to stop Lu Laolangzhong, and the words in his mouth spread his master's mind at a faster speed.

"Old Lu, you are tormented by your late birth, and you should not be like this when you are born late."

It's just that Chen Wen's getting up has been stopped by Lu Laolangzhong at this time, and Lu Laolangzhong no longer saluted, and continued to treat Chen Wen's whiplash on his back.

Lying on the bed and chatting with Lu Laolang for a while, Chen Wen's whiplash wound was also healed. Dinner was approaching, and time was pressing, so he hurriedly took his leave and left the sick and wounded house, and just hurried back to the camp to find someone to help him get back the true colors and folded colors of the military salary, as well as the settling-in allowance before the grain depot and the silver depot were under duty, after all, it would be used early tomorrow morning.

When he returned to the camp, Qi Xiufeng came to inform Chen Wen that the grain depot had already sent the military salary, and he signed the reply letter after verifying that it was correct.

Sun Yu's thoughtfulness made Chen Wen feel a little embarrassed that someone in the government was easy to do, but he also knew that since the folded color hadn't been sent yet, he must have to let him get it himself. In Chen Wen's opinion, he didn't have much friendship with that Chu Suxian, and some time ago he ignored his rebate, so it was strange to be able to send it. So, he took a few of the soldiers to the silver treasury to receive the discount and settling-in allowance from the military salary.

When I came to the silver store, the garrison who was catching up with the middle camp had just come out of the silver storehouse, maybe because of the school competition tomorrow, the guard and Chen Wen only exchanged a few words of greeting, and then left with the soldiers, but the look in his eyes was a little weird when he left.

After entering the official room of the silver treasury, Chen Wen and Chu Su, the ambassador of the silver treasury, sat down to greet each other according to the host and guest, and the matter of handing over the military salary and settlement fee was handled by the officials of the silver treasury and the pacification soldiers brought by Chen Wen. Although Chen Wen wanted to withdraw the settling-in allowance, it still surprised Chu Suxian, and even seemed a little hesitant.

Soon, a calmer soldier walked in and said to Chen Wen: "General, the inventory is complete, the settlement fee is three thousand and sixty-nine taels, and the military salary is seven hundred and twenty-three taels and six yuan." ”

Three thousand and sixty-nine taels?

Seven hundred and twenty-three twenty-six dollars?

How can there be a whole number of zeros, this number is not right!

The settling-in allowance was calculated by Chen Wen according to the number of recruits in the camp, and there were a total of 341 people besides him, and each person was calculated as ten taels of silver, so it should be three thousand four hundred and ten taels of silver.

The calculation method of military pay is one or two and a half cents per soldier, and the commander of the army. The deputy captain of the firearms team, the pacification soldiers, the golden drummer and the standard-bearer are each two taels, the captain is three taels each, the thousand general secretary and the clerk are twenty taels each, and the flag guards and men are the same as the soldiers, as for Chen Wen's own share of Wang Yi, he gave a high salary of one hundred taels, which is equivalent to the number of seals he gave to Huang Zhongdao.

In this way, the military salary should be eight hundred and four taels, and the sum of the two is four thousand two hundred and fourteen taels.

Although Chen Wen's monthly salary is only so much, considering that he now has only more than 300 people, and his true colors and the maintenance costs of this battalion are not included, it is no wonder that Wang Jiang has repeatedly said that it is not easy to raise troops. Of course, the army in this era also has a more economical way, that is, to set up troops to plunder the people, but this is what Wang Yi, Wang Jiang and Chen Wen do not want to see.

Then, four thousand two hundred and fourteen taels minus three thousand and sixty-nine taels, and then subtract seven hundred and twenty-three taels and six cents, then it should be four hundred and twenty-one taels and four cents, exactly ten percent!

Recalling the experience of receiving the reward for reporting the letter, Chen Wen immediately asked: "Treasurer Chu, the difference between the four hundred and twenty-one twenty-four coins?" ”

From the moment Chen Wen's subordinates entered the house, Chu Suxian didn't look at Chen Wen again, but just picked up the teacup and continued to drink tea, and when he heard Chen Wen's question, he replied expressionlessly: "Fire consumption." ”

Fire consumption?

Good reason!

Consumption has existed since ancient times, and fire consumption is just one of them. The so-called fire consumption is that in the process of collecting silver money, it is levied on the basis of the normal amount of collection on the grounds that firewood is needed to melt the silver ingots, which is a means of embezzlement. In ancient times, in addition to collecting money, grain and cloth were also levied as taxes, and many corrupt methods such as finch and rat consumption and drenching and kicking were also derived, and this was only in the collection.

Chen Wen is well aware that corruption has existed in all dynasties, whether ancient or modern, whether in the East or the West, and such things could not be eradicated until the era when he was born. After leaving the campus and entering society, he once thought that even if "Skynet" could really completely wipe out humanity, the mechanical empire it established might not be able to avoid such things.

When he first went up the mountain, Chen Wen was twice greedy for part of the silver reward by the silver treasury, but he never cared. At that time, he only planned to take the silver and go to Fujian, and taking a few taels less was just a little less spending on the road, and it was no big deal.

But since deciding to stay in Zhejiang, Chen Wen's mentality has also begun to change subtly. In addition to the eagerness to build a strong army in order to defeat the Qing army, which was about to be encircled and suppressed in September, through contact with Sun Yu, such things that he had once been accustomed to ignoring also began to feel a little glaring to him.

Of course, there is also a mentality called savior, at least in his opinion, if he does not try to rewrite this history, these people will only have a little more than a month to live, why should he embezzle the money used to raise soldiers to save their lives, and cause trouble for themselves who are doing serious things?

Chen Wen took a deep breath, and then said: "I will hear that there are regulations in my old camp in Dalanshan, and there are regulations for fire consumption, and they are approved and allocated by the vice constitution every month according to the number of melted casting, and it is not allowed to use this as a reason to embezzle taxes and salaries in the process of collection and distribution. ”

Chen Wen knew very well that Wang Jiang's system of "returning fire to the public" tossed out by the Manchus in the Yongzheng Dynasty was almost entirely the same idea. At the same time, Wang Jiang also thought that if corruption was strictly prohibited and the salaries of officials were not raised, the effect would not be much better, so there was a matter of raising the salary, and Sun Yu's family also benefited from this system to eat meat from time to time.

It's just that, like the Manchu Qing Dynasty's "fire consumption returned to the public", Wang Jiang's system also failed to put an end to the secret greed of subordinate officials. Unlike the Manchu officials who secretly continued to increase their duties, the silver treasury of the old camp in Dalanshan and the officials who collected taxes were probably too close to the officials who formulated the policy, so they were very face-saving and lowered the proportion of greedy ink to 10%. In this regard, Wang Yi, who has a tough temperament, has no time and energy to manage, and Wang Jiang, who has a weak temperament, has to choose to acquiesce.

Sure enough, hearing Chen Wen's question, Chu Suxian laughed as if he had heard a big joke, and he threw all the official manners he usually handled, and even the little officials around him mostly sneered at the appearance of watching jokes.

"Guerrilla Chen, when you first went up the mountain, you didn't understand that these officials don't blame you, this rule has existed since ancient times. We civil servants understand the hardships of the soldiers, and the soldiers must also be considerate of our labors, don't you say yes or no? ”

PS: The army building and training that began in Chapter 31 were basically completed yesterday, and the preparation was like a long time, mainly because the protagonist did not have the opportunity to fight monsters and upgrade for the time being. From the beginning of today's chapter to the end of this volume, some of the contradictions buried earlier will erupt one after another, thus affecting the protagonist's plan, after all, the ancients are not the protagonist's doll, and the experience of this time will also have a great impact on the protagonist, and even affect his relationship with other anti-Qing forces in the future.

PS: Thank you for your support, as a military history novel, the first volume of this book is not dominated by war, but it will end in a big war. The protagonist of the second volume will begin to develop independently, and at that time he will no longer be a vassal of other powers, but will begin to face the Manchus in his own name, and at that time he will completely enter a normal rhythm.

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