Chapter 218: Sitting on the ground and sharing the spoils
A lot of war horses were captured, Li Hong's iron cavalry could already be three horses per man, in the case of abundant mounts, Li Hong led the army to march three hundred miles in one breath, and at noon the next day, he stopped marching, set up camp, and prepared to rest.
The place where he set up camp was by a small river under a mountain range, and if he wanted to enter the Dafei River, he still needed to cross this river and then cross the mountains in front of him, so Li Hong rested here to recuperate his spirits, and then he crossed the mountain range and entered the Dafei River with all his might.
Now he didn't care about whether Lu Dongzan would continue to chase him, and he didn't care if Lu Dongzan didn't dare to chase him after knowing his plan. Because Lu Dongzan lost too much along the way, he was sure that Harvey's silver money might also seem to be Lu Dongzan's, so in this case, Lu Dongzan had already been angry to the edge, and his retreat meant that he lost, Lu Dongzan was unwilling to lose, and he couldn't afford to lose.
Thinking of this, Li Hong's expression was very relaxed and pleasant.
Among the four boxes of silver coins found, a box of gold Li Hong collected by himself, he had just set up a bank and urgently needed gold reserves, although the 300,000 taels of gold were not much, but they were also a huge amount of money in the bank, which could cope with many emergencies. As for the three boxes of silver, he was going to divide it into three parts and distribute the silver to the soldiers who followed him, including the Tibetan soldiers.
In the big tent, three boxes of silver were placed in the middle, and Li Duoqi, Chen Gong, Zhao Zhongyong, and Delehei were all sitting on either side of Li Hong. The three generals of the Tang Dynasty are used to seeing the world, but they don't care much about the money in front of them, they know that as long as they can follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and make great achievements, not to mention the money, even the title can be had, there is no need to destroy their state of mind at this time for such a small profit.
And the two generals of Tubo, Delehei and, are different, Tubo is poor, and the rewards given by the king of Tubo to his subordinates are mainly cattle, sheep and slaves, and rarely reward large sums of silver, but silver money is hard currency, whether it is in the Tang Dynasty or in the Western Regions, they can buy a lot of things, so for them, no matter how many cattle and sheep there are and more slaves, what is the use, can they exchange with the Tang people or the people of the Western Regions for what they need? Therefore, they need the hard currency of money even more.
Now three chests of silver were placed in front of their eyes, which made them very greedy.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how should these three boxes of silver money be distributed?" Delehee was the first to ask, his greedy gaze staring directly at the three open silver boxes. Li Hong didn't answer him immediately, but asked everyone, "How do you think it should be distributed?" β
"Naturally, those who can work more, and those who work take more." Zhao Zhongyong immediately replied, saying that it was impossible for him to dislike before, as a slave, he had been poor since he was a child, and he had an almost fanatical love for money, but he could tell the difference. But this does not mean that he does not fight for his own interests, he feels that this is a war capture, if the prince does not share it with everyone, he will not be dissatisfied, and now that it is distributed to everyone, he will also fight for himself.
Zhao Zhongyong's words made the very dissatisfied, because in this battle, except for Li Duoqi and Delehei, his ghost rider did not contribute a little force, according to Zhao Zhongyong's words, his ghost rider basically couldn't share anything, how could this work? He was assigned a woman, he didn't need money, but how could the soldiers around him not be rewarded, so how could he lead the army in the future?
It's just that he also knows that he and Zhao Zhongyong have different weights in the heart of the Tang Prince, so he doesn't dare to talk much, just listen quietly.
"And?" Li Hong asked, "Tell me all about it." β
"Your Highness, according to General Zhao's intentions, it's not impossible, but compared with our Tubo people, especially among my subordinates of 20,000 people, I'm afraid the soldiers will be dissatisfied." Deleblack said, ** naked greed at a glance.
"How do you want to divide it?" Li Hong asked, with a sneer in his heart, he was really a greedy person, and he also heard the overtone from Delehei's words, that is, there were many people under him, and if he was unfair, he was afraid that his subordinates would not be convinced, and he was threatening Li Hong with more people.
"Your Highness still has the final say on this, I'm just talking about my own thoughts." Delehei said, he didn't dare to tell Li Hong how to distribute it too strongly, because he knew that with the wisdom and wisdom of the Tang Prince, he had already understood his words, and since this was the case, he didn't need to say anything, just wait for the distribution.
Li Hong nodded slightly, he pondered for a moment, and said to the, "Before, Gu asked you for eight hundred and one masks, plus the cost of the craftsman, which is about how much it is equivalent to silver, you take this part back first." β
The was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly got up and thanked Li Hong.
Li Hong also simply ordered the to take the silver on the spot.
The excitedly received the order, and hurriedly went out to call the two ghost riders in, and the three began to use the sack hand to take the silver from the box, and after a few efforts, half of the box of silver was gone. The eyes of Delehe, who saw this scene, were red, and he was about to have a desperate rhythm with the.
In fact, Li Hong wanted this effect, and he was the first to ask the to take the money, just to stimulate the relationship between Dele's black and the.
Because he knew that the was very greedy, relying on his own ignorance of the eight hundred masks plus the silver money for the workmanship, he would take the silver fiercely, and how much these things cost in total Delehei knew very well, if Delehei saw the take money unscrupulously, what would he think? Naturally, they are very dissatisfied and will naturally refuse. , won't there be a contradiction between the two at that time?
Sure enough, Delehei couldn't sit still, and he shouted loudly, ", that's enough, isn't it eight hundred masks?" Are you not satisfied with all the money you have taken? βγ
The who was yelled at knew that Delehei was so reprimanded, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty knew that he had taken too much, and he didn't dare to continue to take it, but glared at Delehei viciously.
"Hmph!" Delehei also snorted coldly.
This is how the contradiction between the two arises.
Li Hong laughed wildly when he saw this scene, and at the same time sighed in his heart, interests are always the sharpest weapon, whether it is a companion or an enemy, as long as there is a relationship of interests, a companion can become an enemy in an instant, and an enemy can become a friend in a moment.
This is the real society, the real society of donkey grass.
"Hmphβ"
The saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not angry, which showed that as long as Delehei did not expose himself, he could still get a lot of silver, so he was even more annoyed with Delehei in his heart. Hindering people from discovering what is the difference between it and killing parents. By doing so, Deleblack would be killing his parents to the.
In an instant, the atmosphere in the big tent was a little weird, because the two Tubo people were tense with each other, and there was a great sense of swords facing each other.
"Alright, now let's start distributing the silver." Li Hong said, he pointed to the box that had already taken half of the silver from the and said, "Last night, Li Duoqi and General Delehei killed Harvey's 20,000 elite horsemen and made a war exploit, and this silver should be given to you as a lonely reward, so you two should divide it." β
As soon as Li Hong's voice fell, Li Duoqi was fine, he just bowed down to receive the order, and went to divide the silver, who doesn't love the silver, since His Royal Highness said that he gave it to him, he is not hypocritical. But this sentence is very harsh in Delehe's ears, if not for anything else, he will take too much for the, if the does not take much, he will share a lot of this box of silver with Li Duoqi, and now that the has taken so much, he will share a lot.
Thinking of this, Delehee resented the even more, just like the killed his parents.
The hatred between the two deepened.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Delehei took the order and stepped forward to divide Li Duoqi with a box of silver, but Li Hongneng could see that he was very dissatisfied, not dissatisfied with him, but dissatisfied with the. Li Hong felt very comfortable, this was the effect of his money. There are only 4,000 iron horsemen around him, and there are more than 20,000 Tubo people, so it is difficult to guarantee that he will not turn back, and at this time, splitting Delehei and is the most effective way to ensure his own safety.
"The remaining two boxes of silverβ" Li Hong muttered. and Deleblack immediately looked at him, expecting him to tell him about the distribution.
"The guards around Lonely, the Tubo elite cavalry, the forward and the Xiaocai two guards have contributed a lot, Chen Gong, Zhao Zhongyong, Li Duoqi, the three of you take a box of silver and distribute it to the soldiers under you." Li Hong said.
"No!" Chen Gong, Zhao Zhongyong, and Li Duoqi got up to receive the order.
This distribution method is very fair, Chen Gong, Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong are very satisfied, and besides, they have less than 4,000 people in total, and they are very happy to share such a large box of silver coins. Delehei and the knew that the silver in the remaining box was theirs, and although they were a little unwilling, they didn't dare to fight with the three of them when they saw Chen Gong, Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong. could only keep his eyes on the last box, looking forward to how Li Hong would divide the silver between the two of them.
"As for the silver in the last box, General Delehee and General, you divide it. Give more points to your own soldiers. Li Hong pointed to the last box and said.
"Your Highness, how should we distribute it?" The asked, his power was no greater than that of Delehe, and if the two of them were selfishly divided, he would definitely not be able to share much, and most of them would be divided by Delehe.
"Well, you can discuss it with General Delehei!" Li Hong said.
This is a plan he set up for Deleblack and, how could he break his own plan by himself?
"How to divide it, naturally it is also divided by the number of people, you don't need to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about this, we can just decide for ourselves." Delehei shouted loudly, how could he not know what the was thinking, he had long been dissatisfied with the for robbing him of his silver, and now the still wanted to rob him of the silver, he was very dissatisfied, so he would open his mouth and ignore Li Hong's reprimand of the on the side.
"You-" The was angry and was about to retort, but thinking of Delehei's power, and thinking that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't seem to support him much, he held back and didn't say anything more. Delehe, who was on the side, saw that the had compromised, and his heart was very satisfied, and he could get a lot of silver again. But what he didn't know was that he was offending not the alone, but the whole ghost ride. Because of today's share of silver, he offended the ghost rider, and then paid a heavy price for it.