Under the gaze of the regiment commander, Li Weizhi directly showed an expression full of embarrassment on his face.

After taking a deep breath, he replied to Wang Wen: "Lord Wang, this official is also thinking about his brothers...... In order to let the brothers earn more, they sent an additional 2,000 people, so I hope that Lord Wang will forgive me and keep it secret for my own official. ”

Hearing this, the head of the regiment, Wang Wen's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood the other party's purpose.

Escorting 10,000 people at a time is also a send, and escorting 12,000 people is also a send. In that case, why not take advantage of this opportunity to get some silver out of the middle?

Anyway, there are more than 10 million people in the huge Shandong Province, and even if an extra 1 million immigrants go out, it will not have much impact.

And one million people means 200,000 taels of silver to Li Weizhi in front of him.

As a small Qianzong in the local garrison, he drinks the blood of soldiers every day, and he can only earn thousands of taels of silver in a year. And right now, as long as you spend more energy, a lot of silver will go into your pocket in a short period of time.

In the face of this temptation-filled way to earn money, it is impossible not to say that you are not impressed.

When the time comes, the big head of the silver will be held by Li Weizhi in front of him. The little head is given to his brothers and kept secret...... The whole process of making money will become silent. And this Li Weizhi is the president, and he can make a fortune in secret.

After knowing Li Weizhi's true intentions, head Wang Wen did not tell him through.

Before leaving, the commander Wei Zheng clearly told himself that the more immigrants who came to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, the better.

However, according to the agreement between the military division and the governor of Shandong, the governor of Shandong would only immigrate 500,000 people to Shaanxi Province. And the Governor's Palace gave itself the minimum goal. But it's a million people.

That is to say, in addition to the 500,000 people who emigrated to Shaanxi on the surface of the governor of Shandong. I also have to secretly immigrate 500,000 people from Shandong. to reach the goal.

And what Li Weizhi did in front of him just gave Wang Wen a way to increase the number of immigrants.

Therefore, even if he knew that Li Weizhi was making money for himself, Wang Wen would not say anything. Not only will they not say anything, but they will also encourage Li Zhiwei in front of him to further increase the number of smuggled immigrants.

Just when Li Zhiwei looked at himself uneasily, he was afraid that he would refuse the extra 2,000 immigrants. A smile suddenly appeared on Wang Wen's face full of sternness.

Then. said to Li Weizhi: "Ben will not care about the number sent to us by the governor of Shandong, just look at the actual number of people. Li Qian always sent us as many people as he could, and we gave as much silver, and the more the merrier. ”

After speaking, he directly ordered the deputy head of the regiment who was in charge of logistics education around him: "Deputy head Wang, immediately take two thousand four hundred taels of silver from the treasury and hand it over to Mr. Li Qian." In addition, in order to thank Mr. Li Qian for bringing an extra 2,000 immigrants, he would have made the decision and gave Mr. Li Qian a reward of 50 taels of silver. ”

"From now on, Mr. Li Qian will send us more and more immigrants. The more rewards......"

Hearing this, if Li Zhiwei still doesn't understand the implicit meaning of Wang Wen's words. Then Li Zhiwei's thousand years of total money will be in vain. Therefore, as soon as Wang Wen finished speaking, Li Zhiwei showed a heartfelt smile on his face.

Because, Wang Wengang's words directly mean that he got an unexpected income of four hundred and fifty taels of silver in the process of this escort.

Four hundred and fifty taels of silver, excluding the two hundred taels that bought people's hearts, the remaining two hundred and fifty taels will completely fall into his own pocket.

What's more, Wang Wen also made it clear to himself in the answer just now that this is only his first additional income. As long as you continue to smuggle migrants to the Haw Par Army in the future, the more you may gain......

Thinking of this, Li Zhiwei, who was smiling, hurriedly opened his mouth and promised: "Please rest assured, Lord Wang, when this official comes next time, he will definitely bring two more thousand people...... No, 5,000 people, the official will bring 5,000 more people at a time. ”

Two hundred Shandong garrisons returned to Shandong with a smile on their faces, ready to start their second escort. In the barracks, where more than 10,000 people were added at one time, a strong smell of pork once again wafted up.

After drinking a bowl of sticky rice porridge by one person, the pale faces of more than 10,000 immigrants finally had a hint of ruddyness.

Although the rice porridge does not feed everyone, these immigrants are no longer as weak as they were just a few hours ago.

At this moment, the dense crowd of immigrants is sitting together in a very orderly manner with households and villages, discussing their uncertain future with each other.

Among these people, a family of immigrants is particularly attractive, because there are a staggering ten people in their family, including two elderly people, a family of Kuroko, their own wife, and six children who have not yet started a family.

They mustered the courage to join the army of immigrants because of the same problem as other immigrants: to survive.

Because of the strong fields of the officers of the guards, the limited fertile land of the families became the private property of the officers of the guards.

Under such circumstances, relying only on renting officers' fields and limited land income were not enough to feed the family of ten.

After this difficulty was placed in front of many people in the late Ming Dynasty, their choice was to endure the pain and sell their children.

However, the stubborn Zhang Heizi did not do this, he didn't want to sacrifice his children and his family was separated.

And at this moment, the news of immigrating to Shaanxi and dividing ten acres of land by one person suddenly reached Zhang Heizi's ears.

In order to live, in order to not separate the family. Although he didn't know if the outcome of the migration was as good as advertised, Zhang Heizi decided to take a gamble and gamble a way out for his family.

So, despite the opposition of his family, Zhang Heizi directly took his family to join the immigration army.

However, the wishes are beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Just when they were about to follow the army of immigrants to the border between the two provinces, the officers and soldiers who escorted them brutally snatched all the things they were carrying, turning themselves and their families into beggars with nothing to lose.

Faced with this result, Zhang Heizi was desperate, and his family was also desperate.

Just when they thought they were going to die on the way to emigrate, the appearance of the Haw Par Army ignited a glimmer of hope in their desperate hearts again.

Under the escort of the officers and soldiers, before they approached the barracks of the Haw Par Army, the strong smell of rice porridge wafted into their noses.

Under the waiting of pairs of longing eyes, Zhang Heizi and his family each received a large bowl of sticky rice porridge.

Looking at the steaming rice porridge that can already hold chopsticks in the bowl. The whole family, like a hungry wolf with red eyes, couldn't care about the hot rice porridge, and directly ate it.

After it was over, his wife's eyes directly flowed out of bean-sized tears. Because, in order to save food for her husband and children, his wife has not eaten such sticky rice porridge for several years.

Just when they began to savor the residual aroma of rice porridge in their mouths, they were once again full of hope for the future of this migration.

A soldier of the Haw Par Army suddenly stood in the middle of them under the bewildered gaze of everyone.

He struck the gong he held in his hand, and waited until everyone focused all their eyes on him. Angry Dantian, he shouted loudly at the dense immigrants around him.

"Listen up, I have something to say: We Haw Par Army don't care where you used to be or what you did. From now on, you are just the people of my Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces..."

"After entering the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, you must abide by the rules of the two provinces. As long as you follow the rules, I, the Tiger and Par Army, promise that in two days at the latest, you and your family will have no worries about food and clothing, and you will no longer have to go hungry-...."

"Of course, what our Tiger and Leopard Army has said will also be fulfilled....After entering Shaanxi, as long as they are adults of age, they can be allocated ten acres of fertile land. In our Tiger and Leopard Army, every mu of fertile land only needs to pay four buckets of grain tax to the Shanxi Governor's Mansion. Apart from that, there are no exorbitant taxes...."

"So, as long as you cultivate the fields well, at the latest in two years, you don't have to worry about food anymore...."

Facing the assurances of the tiger and leopard army in front of them, everyone's faces that were still uneasy just now were instantly covered with excitement.

At this time, I don't know who roared: "Long live the Tiger and Leopard Army..."

As soon as the words fell, the migrants gathered around the soldiers, as if they had been stimulated, raised their fists at the same time and shouted: "Long live the Haw Par Army....Long live the Haw Par Army......

After a full cup of tea, the thunderous shouts slowly stopped at the signal of the soldiers.

When everyone's fiery eyes were once again on him, the soldier spoke again.

"In order to facilitate the management of our Haw Par Army, my Haw Par Army will divide everyone into groups by household...."

"Ten families as a group, select ten young men as guards, and select a team leader from the middle, who is responsible for protecting everyone and escorting you to Shaanxi rations..."

"Ten groups form a village, and our Haw Par Army will designate a village chief to lead everyone to Shaanxi..."

"In order to ensure everyone's safety, our Haw Par Army will send a Haw Par Army soldier to each village to maintain law and order and deal with disputes..."

Finally, in order to welcome everyone into the two provinces of Shanxi and become the people of the two provinces... Marshal Wei, the governor of Shanxi and the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Army, has specially prepared a very rich dinner for everyone, and welcomes everyone..."

"Tonight, dry white rice, braised pork, braised mutton, you can eat as much as you want...."

"However, we have one request, that is, to elect the escort and team leader of our own group, and go to dinner under the leadership of the team leader. Otherwise, you'll just have to watch others eat meat and stay by yourself hungry...."

"Is it all clear....immediately form a group and elect the guards and team leaders....There are still two hours before dark, and after two hours, we will be ready to eat meat.........."