Chapter 31: Divide the money
There are only two ways to make a place permanently owned by the Han Chinese, either to migrate on a large scale and occupy the majority of the local population, or to use the Han civilization to influence the local natives. There is no other way.
Among the athletes in the vanguard, the young man at the front was named Tian Mingyuan, a native of Gaochang County, Jiaohe County, just over twenty years old, and a fierce general who could use a Mo knife on a horse.
Jiaohe County is the original Xizhou, Zhenguan Hou Jun destroyed the Gaochang Kingdom after the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, but before that, Xizhou was the place where the Han people gathered in the west.
The Tang Dynasty is thousands of miles away, but the Han people only gather in the three states with Xizhou as the center. The four towns of Anxi have been abandoned many times, but these three states have always been in the hands of Datang and are the foundation of Datang in Moxi. The reason why we can never give up is that the Han people make up the majority of the population here.
Since the imperial court began to recruit troops, most of the elite of the Han army in the four towns came from these three states. More than half of these 500 vanguard troops are from good families in Sanzhou.
Tian Mingyuan has studied private school for several years, and he can be regarded as a rare all-round talent in civil and military affairs. After saluting Ma Lan, Tian Mingyuan jumped off the horse and said, "The general has worked hard all the way!" The envoy has been waiting for the general, and he has prepared food and drink, and his subordinates have brought the general over. ”
Ma Lan looked at the small town in the distance, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, let's divide the money first!" ”
Hearing this, the tired Anxi athletes suddenly thundered with joy, Tian Mingyuan and his subordinates were also smiling from ear to ear, they were waiting in this cold green ridge, just for this moment, otherwise, they would have dispersed back to see their wives and children at home, where to wait for this time.
"Join the army, you can start!"
Ma Lan looked at Du Huan, Du Huan nodded, and ordered the brothers of Changxingfang to take all kinds of wealth off the backs of war horses and camels and pile them on the snow. In an instant, all kinds of wealth piled up into a small mountain.
Everyone was in good spirits, and a pair of eyes looked at the large pile of supplies, and everyone's faces showed a look of longing.
The hardships of the border army have always been like this. In addition, now the Anxi Han army is all recruited athletes, all of them are dragging their families to fight for the country, although the imperial court provides houses and land, but there is no military salary, relying on that little Changtian to support the old and young is far from enough.
When they arrived in the river, they learned about the richness of the Sogdians. All this wealth is exchanged for a knife and a gun, and everyone wants to bring these things home as soon as possible, so that their old snacks can be fed and warm.
"These things, according to convention, should be handed over to the treasury! The general understands everyone's hardship, so he is here to distribute these things to everyone! The general has a great deal to do in this matter. After everyone goes back, don't lose your conscience and forget the kindness of the general when you drink wine and eat meat! ”
At this time, Du Huan's naturally loud voice played a role.
"Divide it! Say no more. The kindness of the general, the little ones will naturally not forget! ”
"Whoever wants to get along with the general, first have to ask Lao Tzu's horizontal knife if he agrees!"
"When Lao Tzu came home to drink wine and eat meat, he took the whole family to kowtow to the general three times first!"
“……”
The killers shouted one after another, all looking impatient.
"This time, everyone is desperately fleeing back, not a serious march, and there is no lieutenant officer to supervise the army, so we can do this. This is also a loss to our general, and other generals have led the army, don't think about such a good thing! This time, for everyone's sake, the general has put his future on the line! ”
The hustle and bustle of so many people can't suppress the voice of the family. In order to help Ma Lan win the hearts and minds of the people, this guy also tried his best.
Ma Lan smiled on the horse and pressed his hands weakly, and everyone fell silent in an instant.
This is his majesty now, and now his status in the hearts of these killers is probably more than that of the tall general known as the king of the mountains.
In fact, there is no need to fight for people's hearts, originally to become a slave and end up with the fate of Yidi for life, it was General Ma Lan who rescued everyone from the fire pit, and led everyone to sweep through the river, grabbing so much wealth for his wife and children, and the men who fought were all rectums.
The currency used in the land of Anxi was copper coins and silk silk, while to the west of the Green Mountains, the Sogdians used gold and silver coins from the Umayyad dynasty. I didn't grab many copper coins over there, so this time I wanted to distribute silk and gold and silver coins to everyone.
Silk silk can be directly circulated as currency in Anxi, gold and silver are forbidden, gold and silver coins are prohibited in Anxi, but they can be easily exchanged for copper coins or silk silk in all parts of the four towns.
Ma Lan looked at everyone and slowly spoke.
"Brothers!"
"Since I started from the beginning of the construction of the Sa Mo, 1,426 people have died on the way, and 372 people have been disabled! I discussed with the army that these good brothers would be counted as first-class and get the most wealth! The rest of the people, including me and the army, are all counted as second-class! ”
"The first-class gets twice as much wealth as the second! The rest of those who have military merits are recorded here when they join the army, and they have earned according to the military merit order. I ask everyone, do you have any comments? ”
This is a very fair plan, and everyone naturally has no opinion. The robes who were killed and disabled in battle suffered the greatest loss, and I am afraid that life will be extremely difficult in the future, and it is natural to get double the wealth. Even the generals with the most credits are the same as everyone, and no one has anything to say.
Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Ma Lan smiled and ordered Du Huan to start dividing the money.
There were a large number of middle and low-ranking officers among the prisoners of war, and the army had already been reorganized, so everything was carried out in an orderly manner.
Those who participated in the division of money were all Han family sons. As for the tribal soldiers, they just watched from the sidelines.
Their gains are their own, and the road has long been divided. They slaughtered the most frantically in the river, and each of them got a great deal, and they were not envious of the money that the Anxi athletes had shared.
This time, the army came and went, looting most of the Zerafshan River valley, and the wealth obtained was extremely staggering. The distribution plan has been revised all the way, and it has long been a final. Every Anxi athlete who was killed or disabled in battle received 120 Umayyads of gold, 1,500 Umayyads of silver, and 30 pieces of silk. If the gold coin is insufficient, replace it with gold sand of equal weight.
This is the wealth of the first-class, and the wealth of the combatant is halved. As for the gains from military exploits, since the launch of Sa Mojian, there are records here in Du Huan that there are ten gold coins and one hundred silver coins for each level of beheading.
Soon the wealth was distributed, and the mountain of wealth was distributed to everyone.
Not to mention the silk, in Anxi, where gold and silver are extremely scarce, everyone gets gold and silver coins that are a great fortune. In addition, when they were looting in various cities, everyone more or less secretly hid some gold and silver coins, and for a while everyone felt extremely rich, and a satisfied smile appeared on their faces.
"Kill talents, are you still satisfied with what you have gained this time?" Du Huan deliberately pretended to be in pain and shouted loudly.
"Satisfied! Which one is not satisfied is raised by the little lady! ”
"After going down to the Green Ridge, Lao Tzu will go to the Shule Women's Shop and fight it with Hu Nu for three days and three nights!"
"Such a large sum of money, Lao Tzu has never had it! When you get home, you must buy it for ten catties of pig's head meat to drink! ”
Everyone agreed one after another, looking extremely happy.
"This is the general's desperate future, don't call the shots for everyone! In the future, if someone wants to be a general, what will everyone do! Du Huan said it extremely explicitly.
"Who dares to be a general, it depends on whether Lao Tzu's knife agrees!"
"The general wants everyone to have enough to eat, and whoever can't get along with the general can't get along with everyone!"
The fighting men shouted chaotically, and Du Huan nodded, extremely satisfied.
Looking at the noisy crowd, Ma Lan himself understood that if these riches were placed in the river, they were nothing.
The annual salary of a regular army infantry in the Abbasid dynasty was 960 dirkhans, and the annual salary of cavalry was double. Now the wealth shared by everyone is only equivalent to one year's salary of an Abbasid cavalryman in the second class, and only two years' salary in the first class. Even if you count the private collection, the most you will gain is only the salary of the Abbasid cavalry for three or four years.
In its original history, after the death of Abbas, al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad. In a short period of time, Baghdad became a city with a population of one million. This would simply not be possible without the backing of huge amounts of wealth.
All of a sudden, Ma Lan suddenly became full of desire for the wealth of the Great Cannibal.
If one day you can take the Datang Iron Horse to the whole realm of Dashi, I don't know how much wealth you will get? The Tang athletes will no longer be poor!
"Joining the army, how much wealth will be sent out this time?"
"About 30 percent! It's the gems that are valuable, and the sorrows. Du Huan lowered his voice and said, "You can't give them these riches, and giving them is a curse." The price of selling here is not high, and it is sky-high to be transported to Chang'an! ”
"So be it! These things were sold through the Sogdians in Chang'an, and if anyone died in battle in the future, they would come out of this money, and the standard would be the same as this time. If you want to get such a chance to make a fortune in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult. Ma Lan said softly.
"General, this standard is too high! If we want to make a difference in Anxi, we must spend money in the court, and the pension is so ......high," Du Huan frowned and said.
"That's it!" Ma Lan said.
Du Huan nodded, he had already tied his future to Ma Lan, so he naturally had to follow Ma Lan's decision.
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After receiving the wealth, the Anxi athletes were extremely excited. Heavy gold and silver coins clanged, and the gorgeous silk silk was carefully tied behind him. Seeing everyone's happy appearance, Ma Lan knew that this army was about to disband.
Wealth does not return to their hometown, such as clothes and brocade at night. What's more, everyone has been trapped in the enemy country for so long, and the family must be in a hurry, so they naturally want to report safety as soon as possible.
The wealth of the war dead could not be distributed, and the task of bringing this wealth to the families of the war dead was entrusted to Tian Mingyuan. At the beginning of the Battle of Talas, only a few Han soldiers in the four towns were left behind, which can be said to be all elite, and the five hundred people of Tian Mingyuan belonged to the four towns and military towns.
These 500 people can actually be regarded as Ma Lan's personal soldiers, all of them are young and ambitious sons of the Han family. The five hundred men were divided into four teams, and with the wealth of the fallen soldiers, they left the green ridge directly to defend and capture, and galloped forward in the ice and snow.