After pondering for a while, Hei Yunhe continued: "Brother Yang, I have roughly estimated that there are more than 4,000 brothers who died in the battle of Xipingbao and Guangning, so many people, if a household distributes ten taels of silver, it will be more than 40,000 taels of silver, and the silver left by the marshal to you ......"

Yang He shook his head: "Big Brother Hei, I understand what you mean, but this money must be distributed, the soldiers fought for the country, and finally died on the battlefield, we don't have any money, so we can't treat their families badly." ”

After a pause, Yang He continued: "By the way, how does the imperial court compensate the families of soldiers who died in battle?" ”

Hei Yunhe sighed: "The imperial court stipulates that if a soldier of the Beijing army is killed or disabled in battle, he will be given one stone per month in the first year, and it will be halved in the second year. Soldiers of the border army and the guards were killed or disabled in battle, and they were given six buckets of rice per month in the first year, and it was halved in the following year. However, some places did not issue bereavement pensions at all in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court, and very few were given, and some places did not issue bereavement pensions to soldiers at all. ”

Yang He sighed: "The soldier's salary is low, and he doesn't even have a pension when he dies, no wonder the soldier is unwilling to fight to the death." ”

"We can't help this." Black Cloud Crane Road.

Yang He thought for a while and said, "Big brother, this roster is kept, and in the future, our army will be paid according to the number of people on the roster." ”

"I'm afraid this won't work, when we entered the city, there were already officials who verified the number of our troops." Black Cloud Crane Road.

Yang He smiled and said: "It's hard to say the number of people, aren't the families of the brothers who died in the war all human?" ”

Hei Yunhe looked at Yang He and said, "Brother, this is a crime of killing your head, you have to think about it." ”

Yang He sighed: "No way, if you don't eat the empty quota, what will happen to the families of these soldiers?" ”

Black Cloud Crane was silent for a while, and after a long while, Fang said, "Brother Yang, these soldiers and their families will definitely sell their lives to you in the future." ”

Shaking his head, Hei Yunhe suddenly smiled and said: "In the past, we also ate empty quotas, but we ate empty quotas for one or two hundred people at most, and you are good, you can eat empty quotas of more than 4,000 people at once." ”

Yang He smiled: "Big brother, you still don't make fun of your brother, but if there is a way, I don't dare to take such a big risk." ”

Hei Yunhe smiled: "Originally, it was risky, but now if someone dares to touch you, you have to ask our two thousand brothers if they agree." Brother, if you tell me the truth, have you figured it out a long time ago. ”

Yang He smiled and shook his head.

Seeing that Yang He didn't say anything, Hei Yunhe smiled and didn't ask.

Now Hei Yunhe admires Yang He's ability more and more, along the way, Hei Yunhe has seen with his own eyes how Yang He quietly holds the control of the army in his hands, this ability Hei Yunhe sighs to himself is far inferior, don't say it's him, even Xiong Tingbi can't do it, if Xiong Tingbi has this ability, he won't be overtaken by Wang Huazhen.

Yang He is so scheming, how could he not think of the crime of taking the risk of killing his head by eating empty amounts?

Yang He must have figured it out a long time ago, as long as he contained the hearts of these soldiers and completely controlled the troops, no one would dare to touch him.

These people are all veterans who have died for the rest of their lives, once these soldiers break out, their combat effectiveness is unimaginable, as long as those people in the court are not stupid, they will never force these soldiers to rebel in order to move Yang He.

In fact, not only these soldiers, but also the families of those soldiers who died in the war may also protect Yang He at the cost of dying, and these people together are tens of thousands of people.

With tens of thousands of taels of silver, in exchange for so many people to serve him, such a business is naturally very profitable.

Hei Yunhe looked at Yang He, and sighed secretly in his heart, this person can make so many people work for him now in a low position, and with his status improving in the future, I don't know what the situation will be?

However, Hei Yunhe also strengthened his belief in following Yang He, this person is so thoughtful, has such a long-term vision, and the future is limitless, following him, he will never have to worry about becoming cannon fodder for others.

Blink of an eye at Zhang Mingxian and Li Maochun, these two people did not say a word after entering the camp, and they had completely put Yang He in the dominant position.

Thinking that when he entered the city, these two people had been following behind him and Yang He, Hei Yunhe couldn't help but admire a little in his heart, it seemed that these two people had already understood.

After thinking about it, Hei Yunhe said: "Brother Zhang, Brother Li, should we send someone to report the news of the death of the marshal to the imperial court?" At the same time, the appointment of Brother Yang as the president of Qian will also be reported? ”

Zhang Mingxian nodded and said: "Yes, you can't expect Xiong Tingbi's guys, Xiong Tingbi has been dismissed, these guys can't protect themselves, where do they have the heart to take care of the handsome?" I won't worry about the appointment of Brother Yang. ”

"Last time, the marshal sent someone to give Xiong Tingbi the heads of the Jianyu captured by Brother Yang, I don't know where those heads are now?" Li Maochun asked suddenly.

Zhang Mingxian sneered: "Xiong Tingbi was only concerned about running for his life at that time, and those heads would have been thrown away a long time ago." ”

Li Maochun sighed: "If there are no heads, I'm afraid that Brother Yang's appointment will be difficult to pass." ”

Heiyunhe said: "Isn't there a war horse without a head?" Aren't those horses still there? ”

Yang He shook his head: "We have to keep the war horse for ourselves, and we can't report it." ”

"Then we won't be able to take real credit." Li Maochun sighed.

Yang He smiled: "There are three elder brothers, what does it matter if I am not the president of Qian?" ”

Zhang Mingxian said with a smile: "That's right, as long as the troops are in the hands of the brothers, what does it matter if the brothers are just a small soldier?" ”

"After all, the name is not right!" Li Maochun sighed.

Hei Yunhe said: "Don't worry, even if Mr. Qian can't come down, at least I have to give a general, don't forget, the handsome's personal guard battalion was handed over to Brother Yang, that is nearly 200 family soldiers, just imagine which of our generals in the Ming Dynasty has so many family soldiers?" ”

"Is there a limit to the number of soldiers?" Yang He asked suddenly.

Heiyunhe smiled: "Of course there are restrictions, you think, how can the imperial court rest assured that the generals can keep too many private soldiers?" ”

After pondering for a while, Hei Yunhe smiled and continued: "In fact, there are two kinds of family soldiers, one is in the camp Ding soldiers, and the other is the accompanying family soldiers, the military salary of the Ding soldiers in the camp is issued by the imperial court, these people belong to the army of the imperial court, and when the generals leave office, they are led by others."

The military salary of the accompanying family soldiers is borne by the generals personally, and where the generals go, they will follow them, in fact, these people are the real family soldiers, and the marshal handed over to you is the accompanying family soldiers. ”

Smiling, Hei Yunhe continued: "Actually, the imperial court does not allow generals to adopt too many private family members, but we can't fight without family soldiers, so we can only raise them secretly." It's just that we don't have that much money, so we can only raise private soldiers in the name of ordinary soldiers, and when we fight, they are in the battalion, and when we leave office, they will follow.

But this can't be hidden, because the number of troops is there, and a discerning person can see it at a glance.

Fortunately, there was about to be a war at that time, and the court could only turn a blind eye, and the right should not know, otherwise, do you think we don't know about it? Even if the imperial court doesn't know, can Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen not know? Not only do they know, but they also want us to keep more people who dare to die. ”

Yang He nodded silently when he heard this.

"But in the future, we will have to pay these people's salaries ourselves." Zhang Mingxian sighed.

Yang He's heart moved when he heard this, he looked at Zhang Mingxian, then at Hei Yunhe, and suddenly smiled: "I said two brothers, do you still use twists and turns to talk to brothers?" ”

Shaking his head, Yang He smiled and continued: "Three elder brothers, don't worry, in the future, I will bear the military salaries of your family soldiers." Isn't the money left by the marshal used to raise soldiers, what kind of soldiers do you not raise your family? ”

Zhang Mingxian and Hei Yunhe glanced at each other, and both of them were a little embarrassed.

After a while, Hei Yunhe said, "Brother Yang, why don't we hand over the family to you?" ”

Yang He shook his head and smiled: "You are all generals who command the army, how can you not have powerful subordinates with cronies?" You keep these soldiers for yourselves, and when the time comes, I will pay you the salaries, and you will pay them yourself, don't say that I gave them. Kindness...... In these two wars, many of your own soldiers were killed, and you selected some more from the army, and each of them gathered fifty personal soldiers. ”

Saying that, Yang He turned to Sun Defu and said: "The guard battalion has also lost a lot of brothers this time, you and Li Wei will also pick a few, and make up the guard battalion for 200 people, you will command 100 of these 200 people, and Li Wei will command 100." ”

"Who is Li Wei?" Sun Defuge said.

Yang He patted his head when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "It's a dog, I gave the name, I forgot to tell you just now." ”

"It turned out to be this kid." Sun Defu said with a smile.

Immediately, Sun Defu asked again: "Li Wei and I each command a hundred people, so what should you do?" ”

Yang He smiled: "I'll just take care of the two of you." ”

When they heard this, they burst into laughter.

At this moment, Li Wei walked into the camp tent and said, "Brother Yang, the meal is ready." ”

Yang He nodded, got up and said with a smile: "Let's go, eat with my brothers." ”

Hearing this, Hei Yunhe and the others hurriedly got up.

Walking to the door of the tent, Yang He habitually stretched out his hand: "Shenrong, please!" ”

Black Cloud Crane smiled: "It's still brother, please!" ”

As he spoke, he took a half step back.

Although this action was subtle, Yang He still noticed it, shook his head, Yang He stretched out his hand and took Heiyun He's hand and said, "Big brother, you are a general, you walk behind me and let others see what it looks like." ”

Heiyunhe smiled: "This is our own military camp, how can outsiders see it?" When you get outside, brother, you can give face to your brother again. ”

Yang He shook his head with a smile, and pulled the black cloud crane out of the tent side by side.

Heiyunhe saw it and secretly praised it in his heart: This person is a man, and he wants to get it.

Coming out of the tent, Yang He, Hei Yunhe and the others casually walked to a group of soldiers and sat down.

Yang He did not eat with the soldiers to share weal and woe with the soldiers, Yang He hoped to understand the difficulties of the soldiers during the meal.

Yang He knows very well that sharing weal and woe can't actually subdue the hearts of soldiers, soldiers are not stupid, and they want to make them die after eating a few coarse meals and pickles with them? Then their lives are too worthless.

Although their lives are indeed worthless, it does not mean that they are willing to be fooled.

None of the generals who treat their soldiers as fools will end well.