The army was established, and Zheng Chenggong used his wealth to reward soldiers and buy clothes and banners.

Military uniforms, firearms, armor, bows and arrows, and related supplies have been prepared.

Again, it is necessary to set the salary.

In the previous training, Zheng Chenggong had made impassioned speeches to some soldiers, educating them with national righteousness, protecting the family and defending the country, etc., hoping to stimulate their fighting spirit.

It's a pity that Zheng Chenggong was soon disappointed, no matter how passionate and indignant Zheng Chenggong was, they just looked at Zheng Chenggong with a cute look.

But as soon as it was time for the meal, they immediately burst out with a fierce fighting spirit, showing strong aggression, looking like they had a deep hatred with the steamed buns, and worked hard.

As a result, in the early stage, dozens of soldiers were broken.

In the end, it was Zheng Chenggong who set the amount of food to stop their crazy behavior, a bowl of sweet potato porridge, two steamed buns, and a stack of pickles for breakfast. At noon, a bowl of rice, three steamed buns, green vegetables and a large piece of fish. Dinner is two sweet potatoes and two steamed buns.

It's not that Zheng Chenggong is stingy and doesn't want these soldiers to eat better, but he can't do anything.

The money rings and the armament is easy to handle, but if the silver is smacked, it can be done.

But the grain is a headache for Zheng Chenggong, the south has always been the granary of the Ming Dynasty, there is a saying that the lake is wide and ripe, and the world is full.

However, Fujian's grain production is not high, and the end of the Ming and early Qing Dynasties coincided with the Xiaoice River period, and there were frequent droughts and locust plagues, resulting in widespread harvest failures throughout the country.

Zheng Chenggong had already asked Huang Kai to collect grain and grass in Anping and Shijing before, and there were countless people from all over the world who sent grain at the oath meeting.

But with the doubling of soldiers and the large population base, Zheng Chenggong still feels pressure.

As for the meat, which is the most important thing for soldiers to maintain physical strength, Zheng Chenggong has a hard time collecting enough.

In this era, the hungry people did not even let go of grass and Guanyin soil, and there was surplus grain to feed pigs and cattle.

As a last resort, Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to send some sailors and dozens of sand boats as fishing boats to go out to sea to fish, so that the soldiers could eat some meat to some extent, so that the army would not be disturbed, and at the same time have the physical strength to train.

Cang Liao knows etiquette, and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing.

In the long period of hunger, these people have already thrown away their shame.

At present, they can only use food and salary to promote their obligations as soldiers, and as for the military spirit and soul that a qualified soldier should have, they can only be slowly cultivated in the future.

In the Zheng family's army, an infantry is four taels of silver a month, the archers are four and a half, and the fire commander is also four and a half of silver.

Zheng Jiajun has always been famous as a sailor, and the strong sailors have allowed Zheng Jiajun to crisscross the East China Sea for more than ten years, so he gave five taels of silver.

There are few imitations of firearms in the southeast, and soldiers who can operate artillery are even rarer, so the artillery soldiers are also full of five taels of silver.

The Ming Dynasty has always had a tradition of military generals deducting soldiers' salaries, and in order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, Zheng Chenggong's salaries for all soldiers were publicly announced, and the generals' salaries were handed over to them by hand.

On the day of the release of military salaries, there were hundreds of military discipline soldiers holding sharp knives standing on the general's platform.

Zheng Chenggong stood in front of the stage and asked his soldiers to open the wooden boxes full of silver taels.

Zheng Chenggong shouted to the soldiers in the audience: "This general has always been strict in governing the army, those who don't need to be killed in front of the army will be killed, and those who retreat in front of the battle will be killed." Of course, the general has always treated the soldiers very well, the military salary is never in arrears, the dead and wounded will also be generously compensated, and those who have made war merits will also be rewarded! Today is the day of the payment, and the general himself will pay you it, hoping that you will be able to pay you this salary in the future. Well, I won't say much about the rest. According to the roll call on the roster, those who have been ordered will come up and receive them. If you don't get it, stand down there, and everyone has it. No riots, violators will be beheaded. “

Looking at the white flowers and silver taels on the stage, the soldiers in the audience couldn't stop swallowing their saliva, their eyes were shining, and they couldn't wait to snatch it away immediately.

However, looking at the rows of tiger guard battalions armed with sharp knives, after many days of training, although their formations were a little scattered at the moment, they still endured it after all, standing and waiting.

The soldier whose name was called walked up to the platform in a panic, and after taking the silver tremblingly, he stood there stupidly.

Zheng Chenggong was very nervous when he saw these soldiers taking some silver, so he reached out and patted them on the shoulder, both to encourage them and to let them relax.

As a modern person, Zheng Chenggong does not know that from the Yuan Dynasty, the class hierarchy was strict, and when the Qing Dynasty reached its peak, the ordinary people of the Qing Dynasty had to kneel down to salute the gentry when they saw it.

Although the Ming Dynasty was not so perverted, many people had seen the biggest before joining the army, and the biggest ones were only county officials who were not in the stream, such as the master and the canonical history.

Today, he was not only able to meet Zheng Chenggong, who was a general and loyal and filial uncle, but also was able to personally receive the salary given to him, and the general even patted himself on the shoulder.

At this time, the poor people, how could they have been treated like this, and the lowly soldiers who could not be more humble were moved by this action.

At this moment, they all gave birth to a heart of gratitude, not for anything else, just for the person in front of them to be good to themselves, to be able to feed themselves, to get their salaries, and to live as a family, which is enough to repay them with their own cheap lives.

People have a heart of honor and disgrace, but sometimes, these are covered.

On this day, Zheng Chenggong paid 14,700 people, which he remembered clearly.

The soldiers named were replaced by dozens of people, but Zheng Chenggong was not dared to be replaced. After two days of paying all the money, Zheng Chenggong rested directly for three days before his stiff hands eased up.

On this day, Zheng Chenggong sat on the chair of the official hat in his early fours, listening to the grain official who took care of the money and grain calculating the expenses during this time.

The 2,170,000 taels of silver that he had taken back from the robbery of his own treasury were 640,000 taels used by Ishii, and during this time, 710,000 taels were spent in an instant to purchase clothes, armor, banners, grain, grass and ammunition, and 259,000 taels of food and salaries for the soldiers.

Hearing the high numbers of the grain officials, Zheng Chenggong's eyes jumped. If you continue like this, you will be about to become a poor egg, and war is really not something you can afford to play. No wonder people say that Xiucai rebelled, and it didn't work out for three years. War is fighting for national strength, how can poor Xiucai have the money to rebel!

After spending so much, it is natural that there will be a return. Zheng Chenggong carefully formulated a strict training plan for these soldiers. (Happy Chinese New Year to all!) Good luck! Happy family! In good shape! ）