Izumo, in the bay of Sixteen Islands, Tong Haifeng sat in the captain's room and wrote a diary a little boringly.

originally thought that in the battle of the Japanese conquest, he had the opportunity to show his skills. But who knows, except for the battle of Karatsu, they fought a striker, and the result was only to sink more than 100 small fishing boats that committed suicide, and after that, the raid on Fukuoka was even more unsuccessful. In the future, he didn't even have a chance to do that.

Now, he has been sent to assist those Xiyi mercenaries.

Those Xiyi mercenaries were called the Foreign Legion of the Great Han, and they were not small, well-equipped, and well-trained, but they were only equivalent to the marines of the navy and did not have their own ships. Tong Haifeng was unlucky enough to get the task of assisting the mercenaries to raid and harass off the coast of Japan.

In fact, he also found this task by himself, and he had nothing to do in Hirado. He sought out Admiral Zheng Lian, the boss of the Seventh Fleet, and Zheng Lian sent him to the mercenaries. At the time, he thought it would be a good task, at least with a chance to fight with the mercenaries.

But after receiving the task, I realized that they were only required to transport and respond to the task. They were navy, and of course it was impossible to land as well, but he came with some hope that the Japanese daimyo would send some warships to intercept them, even if they sent a few fishing boats.

But in fact he was disappointed, he had been on the coast of China for more than two months, during which time he had transported and picked up mercenaries five or six times, but not once did he encounter a Japanese ship.

The Chugoku region of Japan mainly refers to most of the western part of Mt. Sanyo, including Izumo and other areas of the ancient ten countries of Japan. In this part of Japan, there are dozens of ancient order countries, and according to the division of Wugi and seven provinces, there are sixteen countries in Shanyang Province and Shan****, and China has ten countries in its west.

Japan runs from west to east. It can be divided into eight regions: Kyushu region, Shikoku region, Chugoku region, region, Chubu region, Kanto region, Tohoku region, and Hokkaido.

Izumo and other ancient ten kingdoms belong to the Chugoku region. Tong Haifeng heard that it was a long time ago. The Izumo Province in the Chugoku region once had the Izumo Dynasty, which was an ancient power equal to the Yamato Dynasty.

It's a pity that now, he has been running around Izumo in his corvettes for two months, and he has not seen a single Japanese intercept it.

It's boring.

"Captain, the mercenaries are back!"

A sergeant came to report that Tong Haifeng put away his diary and went out of the cabin to the deck. Sure enough, the seaside in the distance was flashing with reflections.

That's the code of their agreement with the mercenaries. Use a mirror to reflect the sunlight towards the boat.

"Send a dinghy over first and make sure." Tong Haifeng was not careless, and he was careful.

Several sailors immediately lowered a dinghy and rowed past.

After a while, the dinghy returned.

"Report to the captain, it's three battalions and one company."

Another sailor laughed, "These guys seem to have done a lot of work and gained a lot." ”

Tong Haifeng looked at everyone's envious tone. Ordered to lift anchor and bring the ship over. The corvette is not very large, and there happens to be a good deep-water position near here to bring the ship directly to the shore. When the frigate is at anchor. Three other boats also dropped anchor.

These three ships are now under the command of Tong Haifeng, these three are all transport ships, one is an armed troop carrier, and it is also a ship of three battalions and one company, equipped with 16 guns, and dozens of sailors and artillerymen. You can also fight when it matters. The other two were purely transport ships, which were intended to transport a company of booty.

The ship docked, and by this time the company was already waiting on the shore.

Tong Haifeng waited for the boat to dock, and then stepped on the bridge board and got off the boat, for safety reasons these days. Ships are all docked at sea and do not dock.

Stepping on the solid ground, Tong Haifeng smiled and exchanged a military salute with Julian who came over. This young German, who was a small mercenary squad leader three months ago, has now become a company commander. He was also lucky, but before the official start of the fight, the mercenaries were replenished with a batch of new recruits, and Julian's boss, the platoon commander, was transferred to a new company and served as a company commander, and he was promoted to platoon commander.

Then a month ago, when their company attacked Tottori, they encountered fierce resistance from the local Japanese, and the company commander was very unfortunate enough to be shot in the head by a shotgun and died in battle, Julian performed well in that battle, leading the mercenaries of his platoon to break into the enemy, and defeated the Japanese resistance in one fell swoop, and after the war, he was promoted to company commander.

Tong Haifeng looked down at the shore, and the harvest of the series seemed to be indeed very good.

At present, foreign mercenaries mainly concentrate on the coastal areas of China to harass and war, contain and harass the Japanese. Taking advantage of the Navy's warship maneuverability, they landed and harassed everywhere. If you don't have a chance, you will grab one or two villages and retreat, and if you have the opportunity, you will even attack and seize the emptiness all the way.

Under normal circumstances, they are carried out in small coastal raids in a company unit.

Tong Haifeng led his own frigate, with three transport ships, to escort and assist the first company of the third battalion of mercenaries, and they could be regarded as a tacit understanding.

"What a good harvest." Tong Haifeng said with a smile.

After cooperating for a long time, Tong Haifeng also knew that although Julian and they were only a company, this company was basically German, and it was mainly from Bavaria and other southern German places, so this company was also called Bavarian Company. The people of their company are basically a group of strong and tall men, most of whom have experience as mercenaries, or at least have been militiamen.

All of them are experienced, and they have received intensive training in the Tianjin Hydra mercenary training camp, equipped with advanced Han standard ordnance, and have the assistance and cooperation of the navy, so although they operate in a company, they are always in a no-man's land. I can always get into a loophole, and the wind comes and goes, and the Japanese have a headache.

If you want to defend it, you can't prevent it, and in such a large place as the coast, it is impossible to fortify it everywhere. And if you want to suppress it, you can't suppress it either. Often, when they get the news and rush over, the mercenaries have already left.

If you still want to chase, you may be eaten by a wave of counter-attacks, and there are too many people, and it is difficult to catch up.

The third battalion and one company have returned from the seventh hunt, and they are all used to claiming to be hunting, except for the time when the old company commander died in battle, he encountered some accidents and suffered some losses, and they were very successful every time. However, Tong Haifeng can see that this time he has gained the most.

"You're not going to rob Matsue Castle, are you?"

"Of course not. Matsue is a feudal daimyo, the territory of the Echizen Matsudaira clan, and the defense there is still very strict. Julian said with a smile, his Chinese was already very good, "But we went to the Izumo Plains to grab a handful, and the harvest was good." ”

Japan is an island nation. And most of them are mountainous, and there are very few plains, and generally the plains are very small pieces. In China, it is also a country of mountains, but the Izumo Plain is a large plain, so it has always been rich. Agriculture and fishing are well developed, and minerals such as silver and iron are abundant, and Izumo's iron-smelting technology is well developed, especially knife-making skills.

There are many craftsmen and workshops that make knives. A large part of the Japanese katana, a commodity that is a large part of Japan's foreign trade, is produced in Izumo.

Tong Haifeng didn't expect that they actually crossed the mountain range and ran to the Izumo Plain to grab a handful. This time, they weren't going to go to Izumo, but they were going to rob the fishermen in the northern mountains of the Nejima Peninsula.

"The fishermen here are so poor that they don't have much oil or water."

It's true that the fishermen here are not comparable to the Izumo Plains, and the defense over there was relatively tight, but there happened to be mercenaries from several other companies landing near Izumo. They were all attracted to the west coast, but they did not expect Julian to lead a group of men and horses from the north to the mountains. As a result, he was naturally robbed by taking advantage of the fire.

"We've got a lot of Japanese samurai swords, so we'll give you two then."

However, when Tong Haifeng saw a large number of trophies brought over by groups of Japanese men, women and children, carrying carts on their shoulders, he was very surprised. He only knew that Julian and they must have robbed a lot this time, but this was too much.

Japanese swords were exported to the Ming Dynasty in large quantities during the Ming Dynasty, both official and private. Both like the sophistication of Japanese swords. Japanese knives are not cheap, a knife costs 800 to 1,000 wen in Japan, and 5,000 wen when shipped to China. However, prices in Japan and China were different, and at that time, Japan could buy two stone of rice for 1,000 yuan.

Nowadays, the price of goods in the Han Dynasty has risen slightly compared to the late Ming Dynasty, and one stone of rice costs at least two silver dollars. Two stones will make you four silver dollars. Although the Han Dynasty now has better quality steel knives, Japanese knives are still very popular, and a Japanese knife can still be sold for five silver dollars, and if it is trafficked to the grasslands, Nanyang and other places, the price can be higher.

"How many Japanese knives did you snatch?"

"Not much." Julian said with a smile, and then said a number, "It's just over seven thousand." ”

Hearing this number, Tong Haifeng couldn't wait to turn around and leave, it was so fucking hurtful. It's more than 7,000 pieces, even if it is priced at five yuan a handful, this is worth more than 30,000 yuan. There are only a few of you, but only two hundred in a row. Even if you deduct all kinds of taxes and shares paid to the imperial court, these knives alone can be divided into at least a hundred yuan per mercenary.

A hundred dollars, damn it, that's almost a year's salary for the average sailor on his ship, and these bastards only spent a week before and after.

Moreover, these knives were only some of their trophies.

Julian and the others also took captive more than 3,000 people, most of them young and able, half of them young women, and many young men and women. There are no old people, and there are very few young children.

These men helped Julian along the way to carry the spoils of war, not only swords, but also grain, chickens and ducks, and even cloth, dried fish, cotton, iron, etc., as well as some pearls, gold and silver, a real harvest.

Tong Haifeng roughly calculated, just these more than 3,000 people, can get a large amount of reward.

A young and strong woman is worth at least twenty silver dollars, and if she is young and beautiful, the price is even higher. In this way, these more than 3,000 people alone can sell for fifty or sixty thousand silver dollars, damn, they are worth more than those Japanese swords.

After calculation, after this trip, Julian's trophies worth hundreds of thousands of silver dollars.

The eyes are red, Tong Haifeng is really red.

His light cruiser, with 32 guns, a crew of more than 200 people, but the cost is only 60,000 silver dollars per ship, now because there are more shipyards, technology has improved, the cost is falling, a sixth-class cruiser, the latest shipyard quotation is only 50,000 silver dollars.

Julian's trip, in a few days, is equivalent to earning almost three cruisers, how can Tong Haifeng not be blushing.

Tong Haifeng's navy on their ship will definitely be able to get the reward, after all, Julian's spoils of war have to be handed over to the imperial court, and although their navy can't be directly divided, they are also meritorious, and the imperial court will get a lot of shares, and they will definitely give them part of the reward when they turn around.

But compared to the mercenaries who can give one or two hundred dollars at a time. It's good that they can get a bounty of one or twenty yuan, but the difference is too big.

"It's a bit of trouble, there are too many prisoners, we can't fit it."

Tong Haifeng looked at the large group of Japanese prisoners and said helplessly. These captives are all good quality captives, as long as they are transported back to the camp. That's money. Unfortunately, although he had four boats, including three transport ships, more than 3,000 people still could not fit them.

Only half of it can be fitted up to half.

Julian had expected this, but he brought someone with him anyway.

"It doesn't matter, if you can't finish one trip, you can ship it twice. Let's build a makeshift camp here first, and you bring half of the men back first, and we'll wait here. ”

The camp of the three battalions was not far from here. Just on the northern sea, the hidden islands are more than 100 miles away, and one day you can go back and forth.

"What if I'm chasing after you one day?"

Julian smiled, "The Japanese don't have the audacity to chase after this seashore. ”

Tong Haifeng thought about it, and it was true, now the main forces of the feudal domains in Japan and China are on the side of Hiroshima, and the rest of the remaining forces are mostly concentrated in the feudal city. They didn't dare to come to the beach easily, and some Japanese people chased them to the beach before. But they all suffered big losses.

The mercenaries lured the Japanese to the seashore and then let the warships at sea fire their cannons to assist. The Japanese pursuers who fought back were defeated, and most of them were routed, so now those Japanese are also smart and will not chase them to the beach easily.

The tactics of the mercenaries were actually the tactics of the Japanese on the southeast coast that the Ming Dynasty had encountered.

"Then I'll leave you a few cannons, and you will be on guard yourselves. I'll come back to pick you up as soon as I've sent them. ”

No one is willing to throw away more than a thousand young captives, this is all white silver.

The first batch to be transported away were all young men, leaving behind women and children, although young women were more valuable. But considering that it might be more troublesome to leave behind all the young and strong men in case of a call, I transported the man away first. The knives, iron, gold and silver, etc., were also transported first, and the grain, cotton, etc., were kept for the next batch.

There were so many captives, and the cargo was loaded on the ship very quickly.

Soon, all three transport ships were full, and the 1st Company of Mercenaries sent a platoon on all three boats to assist in guarding the prisoners, while the remaining mercenaries remained on shore.

"Lift the anchor, raise the sails!"

Julian watched the four boats go away, then turned around and asked the mercenaries to drive the captives to cut down trees and build camp.

Wooden stakes were cut down to build rudimentary wooden fences, and even a few watchtowers and tents were erected.

Although the ship would return in a day at most, Julian and the others were not careless.

This is also their rich experience, and they would rather sweat a little more than bleed when the time comes. As long as there is a fence, with the muskets and cannons in their hands, even if there are a thousand Japanese, don't even think about touching it.

The makeshift camp has been set up, and lunch has been prepared.

The captives ate a relatively thick fish porridge, a porridge made of rice and salted fish, although the taste is average, but at least it can fill the stomach, in fact, many prisoners here usually eat at home is similar to this. Rice balls or rice porridge.

Julian and the others ate rice and freshly grilled fish caught in the sea. The mercenaries are now basically accustomed to eating rice, and when marching and fighting, rice is always more than bread.

"We issued it this time, and after paying the share and tax, we can also clear the training fee, equipment fee, food fee, transportation fee, etc., and it is estimated that there will be a lot left." David, the leader of the platoon, said to Julian with a smile on his face.

"It should be enough, we have already won a lot of loot in the first few times, and each of us has a lot of it. With the big vote this time, those who owe the court can be paid off. Julian nodded.

David sighed, "It's a pity that Marco and they are unlucky and can't enjoy the blessings." ”

Several of them were killed in this mission, three of them were killed and several were wounded. In addition, those who died in the previous missions, they have been sending troops for a few months, and seven have died before and after, but fortunately, the injured ones are basically no big problem.

"We will send a lot of their share to their families, which is what we promised you." Julian Road.

"It should be." David also had no opinion at this time.

"When I go back and get the money, I'll send the money home and bring my family." David said.

Mercenaries fight on a company-by-company basis, so their spoils are also divided among companies. In addition to the share handed over in accordance with the prescribed proportion, after their booty was converted into money, they had to pay taxes, and they had to deduct training expenses, equipment training, food expenses, transportation expenses, etc., and the final money was transferred to the company's account.

Then the money was divided between Lianli, but not equally.

First of all, everyone will have a basic salary, that is, a salary and allowance according to each rank and position. Then, according to everyone's performance in each task, they will also be evaluated and scored, and finally converted into points.

In the end, the income of each task will be converted into silver dollars according to the points of each mission.

Each task is divided into one task and calculated independently.

Those who have high positions and great credit will of course share the most. If you are injured, you will also have an allowance for the injured, and if you die in battle or quit with a disability, you will also be given a disability and death pension. Their share of the money is also indispensable, but after withdrawing, they can't continue to share the money.

"After the money comes down, we will pay everyone's insurance first, and then divide the rest."

The insurance is disability insurance, and the active military personnel of Dahan have this insurance, they are half of the army to help pay, and the soldiers pay half of it. Every month, soldiers pay 1 percent of their salary, soldiers who are disabled in battle are paid one to three years' salary, and those who die in battle are paid three to six years' salary as insurance money. If you have not received the insurance benefits by the time you are discharged from the military, you will be refunded all the insurance benefits in full at one time, and interest will be paid.

This kind of disability insurance is also to better protect the soldiers. Originally, the Foreign Legion did not have it, but they also required it, so they can now also voluntarily purchase disability insurance, but they need to buy it in full themselves, and the military does not subsidize it.

Insurance business, this era is not a novelty, in the maritime trade, merchant shipping goods, generally also have an insurance compensation system. For soldiers, it is necessary to buy insurance. If you are really unlucky, you can still have a compensation after you leave the army. If he dies, his family will also receive a sum of compensation.

If it is not disabled and immortal, when it comes to retirement, the insurance premiums paid every month can be repaid with interest.

Julian, as the company commander, proposed that the company pay the insurance money for everyone, and everyone agreed.

It's a pity that the seven mercenaries who have died in battle don't have the opportunity to enjoy this insurance treatment, so they can only start buying insurance this month.

Julian, David, and other officers looked at the trophies statistics in front of them and were amazed, if they did a few more votes like this, then they would really get rich.

By the time it was about to be dusk, Tong Haifeng had already returned with his small fleet.

"There is a new mission, Your Majesty's military order, let the mercenary battalions assemble and prepare for battle."

When Julian heard that the mercenary battalions were going to gather, he couldn't help but get excited, this was about to fight a big battle.

"Where are you going to fight?"

"Iwami Ginzan!" Tong Haifeng Road.

"Great, I can finally grab the stone and see the silver mountain!" When David heard that it was a stone and a silver mountain, his eyes had already lit up! (To be continued.) )

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