In the Ming Dynasty, it was customary for the army to issue silver, and at the same time, there was food for the army to fight. The soldiers and horses gathered in Baosheng Fort included both the guard army, the township regiment, and the three classes in the county. In any case, this old practice of pulling out silver and grain is indispensable.

According to Zhao Cheng's deployment, this time they will mobilize 1,500 men and horses to encircle and suppress the lair of the ** son. Although more than 100 people from the nine-headed bird had annihilated the fifty-three bandits led by ** Zi before, Zhao Cheng obviously still felt that it was more important to be safe, perhaps because of the general low combat effectiveness of the Ming army, which made him have to be conservative.

Fifteen hundred men are sufficient, but it takes a lot of money to mobilize them.

"Each soldier pulls out one tael of silver, plus four buckets of food."

The thieves' nests are less than 100 miles apart, and the officers and soldiers dispatched four times as many troops as the thieves.

In the end, it was decided that the expenditure of 1,500 taels of silver and 600 stone of grain would be shared by the eight counties, and a part of the gentry and shops of the counties would be donated. In short, this time the troops were sent to exterminate the ** and other bandits who exterminated humanity, and for everyone's safety.

After the meeting ended, Liu Jun first received 1,200 taels of silver from Mei Zhihuan, which was the 10 taels of silver per person he had promised before. There are one hundred and nine nine-headed birds, but Mei Zhihuan directly issued a reward according to their one hundred and twenty people.

Liu Jun also got the two hundred taels of silver that Zhao Cheng rewarded. In addition, Lu Zhi County, on behalf of the county, gave a reward of 100 taels of silver to the nine-headed bird.

1,500 taels of silver were brought into the account, plus more than 800 taels of silver seized before, as well as gold, jade, jewelry, and silk worth more than 500 taels of silver, the harvest this time was very expensive.

However, before this, the nine-headed bird team members were rewarded, killing and capturing a thief with a reward of 20 silver, the leader of 40, and the leader of the bandit 100. For fifty-three thieves, the reward must be sent out more than a thousand taels. In addition, Mei Zhihuan's 1,200 taels of silver also had to be sent ten taels per person.

In this way, the harvest of three thousand taels can finally leave about one thousand taels.

They still made a lot of money, especially since they also captured fifty-three good horses and a batch of weapons.

Regarding their seizures, neither Mei Zhihuan nor Zhao Cheng proposed to hand them over. This is considered the trophy of their nine-headed bird, all of which belongs to them, although some people envy it, but no one raises any objections, this is the nine-headed bird himself desperately exchanged for it.

"Gather the team and send all the rewards down now." Liu Jun knew that the warriors were waiting for a reward.

"Send it now?"

"Well, send it now, and after sending it, we can help them keep it again, and when this battle is over, let them take it back. When this reward is in hand, everyone will be satisfied with their hearts. ”

"Okay then." Li Chunjiang did not object.

The team members gathered, and Liu Jun asked the family to carry a few boxes of silver to the front of the team, and opened it, and it was shining with silver.

"Now, give the silver bounty!"

The team members looked at the ingot of silver and couldn't help but get excited. In fact, everyone has been silently calculating their own rewards for a long time, and they are all suffering from gains and losses, for fear that the captain will regret it in the end, and the silver will not be obtained. After all, everyone calculates that everyone has a good amount of reward.

"Now, the first reward will be issued, this is Mei Gong's reward for everyone, ten taels per person, without discrimination. Whoever is called by name shall come up and receive the painting. ”

"Left Banner A Team Left Wu Chang An!"

"Here!"

"Here's your silver, ten taels, put it away, sign it here." Two small silver ingots of five taels were taken out of the box, and then put them on the scale and weighed them, so that Chang An could look at them.

Chang An's excited hands were trembling, and his eyes were full of the ten taels of silver. He had never owned so much silver, never.

"What a giggle, sign!" Liu Jun scolded with a smile, causing laughter from the team members.

The team members came up one by one, received the silver and signed, and those who could not sign were pressed with their fingerprints.

"What are you doing over there?"

"What about the silver, ten taels per person!"

"Isn't it a tael for one person to open the silver?"

"That's the nine-headed bird and horse team, and what they issued was not a piece of silver, but a reward from Mei Gong, ten taels per person. Fuck, it would be nice if Lao Tzu was also a nine-headed bird and horse team, ten taels of silver, which is worth a year's fucking salary for me. A fellow villager from another team said enviously.

"It's not just ten taels, I heard that their captain promised to kill a thief with a reward of twenty taels of silver, a leader of forty taels, and a bandit leader of a hundred taels. I heard that there was a guy who took shit luck, and he killed three of them alone, and one was a bandit leader, damn it, he had a reward of one hundred and forty taels of silver, oh, and there are ten taels of silver. ”

"Damn, they're all townspeople, why are the nine-headed birds so awesome!"

"Of course, you don't look at whose horse team it is, it's the Li family's horse team, which was personally formed by the prince of Chunjiang, I heard that it was only more than a month before and after, and it has already cost more than 10,000 taels of silver."

"Do you know what that Deputy Liu is all about?"

"I heard that it seems to be the son of a showman in Macheng, and it turns out that he is a martial artist in Huangzhou Weiwu School."

"Impossible, a talented son, how is it possible, I guess it may be the Liu family of Suokouhe."

Countless people watched with envy as the members of the Nine-headed Bird and Horse Team stepped forward to receive the rewards one by one, signed and pressed their fingerprints, and then led down with two silver ingots.

"Below, the bounty from last night's battle. It should be explained in advance that only the reward for last night's killing and capture will be issued now, and as for the merits of combat performance, etc., it will be calculated later, and there will be another reward at that time. Now only the first-level military merit reward will be issued. ”

"Zhang Donggou!" Liu Jun shouted.

Winter Dog immediately raised his chest and raised his head, "Here!" ”

"Nine-headed bird right flag bird hand Zhang Donggou, in the Xing'an Temple to suppress bandits, outstanding performance, one person killed two thieves and thieves **, now, a special reward of one hundred and forty taels of silver, in return for its bravery. Zhang Donggou, come up to receive the reward. ”

The winter dog walked forward, but his feet were shaking. One hundred and forty taels, just now he took ten taels of silver in his hand, and his heart was already pounding with excitement. Now he had to get one hundred and forty taels, although he had been reciting this number since the end of the battle last night, and even when everyone was resting today, he couldn't sleep at all.

The number one hundred and forty taels has always flashed in my mind, one hundred and forty taels, what a lot of money. Buy a house, buy a land, marry a daughter-in-law! There are so many things that can be done, and now that the money is about to be sent to him, he still can't believe it.

"Here's a handprint."

Winter Dog mechanically repeated the action when he received the reward just now, and then stretched out his hands and held several large silver ingots in his hands. One hundred and forty taels, nearly ten pounds.

This weight was a little more than he imagined, and he never thought that one hundred and forty taels of silver would be so heavy. Accidentally, a silver ingot fell and hit the instep of his foot, grinning in pain.

It caused a lot of laughter from the team members.

There were even other teams of villagers who were watching and shouted, "Brother, if you think you can't take more silver, brother, I'll help you get it, I'm not too heavy!" ”

"Hahaha."

Zhang Donggou was already excited to find the north, bent down to pick up the silver, but as soon as he bent down, he dropped a few ingots of silver down, rolling all over the ground, he hurriedly went to pick it up, picked up this piece, dropped that piece, and finally his teammates helped him pick it up.

The silver was still being issued, and a tael of open silver plus four buckets of rice were sent later.

The winter dog carried a full load of silver in his arms and a bag of rice at his feet. a total of one hundred and fifty-one taels of silver, and sixty pounds of rice.

He even wondered how he could bring so much silver and rice with him when it was going to be plucked tomorrow. He wanted to exist here, but he didn't have any acquaintances, so he was full of troubles.

He never thought that he would also have a time when he would be troubled by a lot of money.

In the end, Liu Qi always asked everyone to deposit the silver and rice they received with him, register them, and bring them back after the bandits returned. Although Dong Gouzi believed in Mr. Liu Qi, he was really reluctant to hand over the silver again, hesitated for a long time, and finally reluctantly carried the silver to the front to register and hand it over.

"This Liu Jiye is really interesting."

Zhao Cheng also saw the situation of the nine-headed bird's silver bounty, and when he saw that one of the small village soldiers actually received a silver bounty of one hundred and fifty-one taels, without deducting half a point, he couldn't help but be amazed. The army of the imperial court, even the most elite Guanning iron cavalry, did not dare to say that they did not deduct it. But the nine-headed bird is a township group, but it really did not deduct half a penny. The reward will be given as much as it says, and it is unimaginable that it will not be delayed.

Liu Jun sent the silver reward down and took it back, although the silver was still in his hand in the end, but the morale of the nine-headed bird team members became more and more high. Everyone no longer has to worry about whether the reward will really be given to them, now it's okay, although the silver has been sent and handed over, but it is just their silver temporarily stored in Liu Qizong.

Liu Jun sent the silver, along with the rest of the silver property, to Mei Zhihuan and asked him to help keep it temporarily, and he also temporarily stored the dozens of stones and rice in Baosheng Fort. When the troops were dispatched yesterday, each team member carried three days' rations, and basically did not move. Tomorrow, the troops will continue to carry these, and they don't have to carry the rations they have been sent out.

When he was sending the grain to the warehouse, Liu Jun met a group of women, who were the ones rescued by the Nine-headed Birds from Xing'an Temple. The women sat by the wall, their faces numb. Liu Jun knew that this group of women was not from the Lin family, but a young woman who had been looted by thieves from another village.

When these people were rescued, they had already been humiliated by thieves. For a woman in the Ming Dynasty, being in the hands of thieves means that it is difficult to return home, and it is difficult for the family to accept them when they go back. Now they have a home and can't go back.

Liu Jun hated the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty and exterminated human nature. But he couldn't change the attitude of the women's families.

An old man standing on the side guarding the warehouse sighed, "It's really pitiful, there are several who want to kill themselves, and it is not easy to stop them, and now I have to watch them specially." ”

"Did you inform their family?"

"No one wants to give their family's name and address, they know, and if they say it, their family won't come to pick them up." The old man sighed.

Liu Jun couldn't sit idly by and watch these poor women fend for themselves, he stepped forward and said to them, "I know what you are thinking now, you can't go back to your home, and your heart is like ashes." But I think that even if you can't go home, you can continue to live, at least for yourself. If you have nowhere to go, wait for me here, and when I return from destroying the thieves, you can come with me. ”

"Where to go?" A tall, thin woman asked, it seeming, that she was only in her twenties, and that she might have two or three young children.

"You know we're a nine-headed bird, and you can't have women in the barracks. But I am going to buy a yard next to the barracks, where you can house and wash and sew clothes for the brothers of the nine-headed bird. In the future, we may have a quilt workshop, a gunpowder workshop, or something, and you can help us do these things then. We will pay you for your labor, and you can earn money on your own ability to live, live together, and help each other. Maybe after a while, your family, your parents, your husband will accept you, and you can go back home. ”

"Can I really go back again, I miss my boy!" A woman asked, weeping.

"Of course you can, but maybe not right now, it may take some time. Until then, you have to settle yourselves and live well. ”