Zhou Yi cast a warm gaze at Zheng Chan, but Long Qian didn't notice it. Due to the increasing number of personnel in the headquarters and taking into account the emotions of the villagers in Zhengjiazhuang, Long Qian decided to move the headquarters including the infirmary into the empty Zheng family's mansion.

Zheng's house, which had been deserted for several days, suddenly became lively.

It is the first time for many people to see such a luxurious house.

"Grandma's, it's so beautiful, even the rafters are still painted." Lan Xinzhi pointed to the main house where the Wen family lived and said to Deng Qinghua.

"Rich people." Deng Qinghua moved two wooden boxes into the West Wing, which contained the treasures of the staff group, the personnel roster, the maps drawn, the statistical table of firearms and ammunition, and the analysis of battles.

"Qinghua, there are a lot of people in your staff team, let's live here," Long Qian pointed to the main house, "I live alone, and I can have a bed." ”

"That's okay!" Ning Shijun came over, "Wouldn't it mess up the humility?" Moreover, the commander often convened people to discuss important matters. As he spoke, he instructed Li Sancai to carry Long Qian's luggage into the main house. Long Qian's luggage was very small, just a change of clothes, a book of poems, and his special dishes and chopsticks, which Li Sancai used to nail in a simple wooden box nailed by Wu Lie, and he could carry it around with one hand.

The concept of respect and humility in Ning Shijun's mind was extremely deep, Long Qian had already noticed it, and just as he was about to refute, Zhou Yi and Ye Yanbing agreed in unison, "Commander, you are just too bitter and don't care about anything." You must live in this room, let Sancai live in the outhouse, and it is easy to summon if there is something. ”

Long Qian didn't object again, "Oh, there is one thing, you called Cao Minzhong." Long Qian instructed Li Sancai.

Cao Minzhong was just outside the hospital and came over immediately.

"Min Zhong, what happened in the recruit company is a lesson. Everyone has been in the mountains for a long time, and they can't even see a woman, and I'm worried that something will happen. You and your two people have worked hard to grasp the issue of military discipline, no matter who it is, if there is anyone who violates military discipline, we will arrest it first. ”

Feng Guozhu and Chi Chunxian had already brought back the personnel who stayed in Mengshan, and Lu San Mazi's captured men and horses were temporarily organized into a recruit company and handed over to Lushan for training. But it was this recruit company that had an attempted rape incident, although the person concerned had been shot in public, but the problem of military discipline aroused Long Qian's vigilance.

"Cheng, I'll go." Cao Minzhong is the head of the military justice tribunal and exercises the function of a "military policeman". This person is quite iron-faced and selfless, and everyone is somewhat afraid of him.

Seeing Cao Minzhong leave, "Old Zhou," Long Qian's name for Zhou Yi has been more casual recently, because Zhou Yi is two years older than himself, he is more often called "Brother Zhou" or "Old Zhou", and no longer called Deputy Commander Zhou as formally as before, "I pondered, we should pay the brothers." ”

"Ha Luha, we thought of it together. When I was on the mountain, I knew that the money in your hand was limited, and this time I opened Zhengjiazhuang, which was considered to be a big fortune, and it should. Our brothers are all too old, and they always want to marry their daughters-in-law and have children, so what can they do if they don't have money in their hands? Say __ again."

Long Qian interrupted Zhou Yi's words with a smile, "I understand what you mean. At this moment and then, things are spiraling. Now that you've thought about it, you must have an idea, tell me about it? ”

"Hehe, naturally the more the better, but we always have to consider our items."

"yes, yes." Long Qian scratched his head, "It would be nice if there were a few more Zhengjiazhuangs." ”

"That's your soft-heartedness. I think that after getting rid of Chen Jiaya, Bai Wei is also quite oily__"

"Hehe, let's go inside and talk. Shi Jun, a few of you come here," Long Qian beckoned Ning Shijun and a few other staff officers into the room, sat down casually, and continued the topic just now, and said to Zhou Yi, "Bai Wei can't move for the time being." Let's do a good job of Zhengjiazhuang's side first, and then let's put away Lao Zhou's idea. What I mean is that the military pay system was established first and gradually improved. First, consider the practice that prevails today. Officers, veterans, recruits, all have to be distinguished. The second is to distinguish between wartime and peacetime. Third, it is necessary to come up with a procedure for receiving awards for meritorious service, and set up the rules first. In this way, you find a few people, company commanders, plus our big housekeeper Lao Song, to discuss and discuss, and Shi Jun will write and come up with a way first, and then we will discuss and determine. By the way, remember to ask Shi Dashou. ”

Everyone was excited. Long Qian thought, people's pursuit of wealth is the same at any time, the previous wartime "communism" is afraid that it will not work, these days everyone is excited about the harvest of raiding the Zheng house, plus the promise made by Long Qian a few days ago when he rewarded the battle of Pozhuang, the officers and soldiers are looking forward to paying.

"Cheng, let's discuss a charter first, and let the commander decide." Ning Shijun said.

The original Mengshan Cottage had no military salary, and the silver floating wealth in the hands of the minions came from the robbery and the rewards of the leaders. The biggest flaw is that there are no rules, and it all depends on the mood of the house. Long Qian's approach is to establish rules first, and everything must be set up with a charter. At the beginning, Zhou Yi and the others couldn't help but laugh secretly, with the charter and strictly following the rules, what right does he, the big leader, have? But then he found out that Long Qian's power was that he established the charter, and his power was turned into the charter.

Now everyone is basically used to Long Qian's approach.

Zhou Yi and Ning Shijun consulted with Song Jinguo and others, and as expected, Lao Song, an old man from Shanxi, lowered his face when he heard it, and without waiting for Lao Song to complain, Ning Shijun sneered, "Since we learn to be a regular army everywhere, of course we must have a military salary!" Otherwise, what will the brothers live by? Well? Commander, this is a good idea, but it's a little late for me to see it. ”

"Old Song, don't be bitter. You are the steward of the commander, not the master. Wang Mingyuan said, "I asked Shi Dashou, the recruits of the new army are four taels of silver per month, and the officers are different. I think we can refer to the methods of the new army. ”

Song Jinguo calculated in his heart, now the whole army (including 110 recruits of the company) more than 400 people, according to the per capita five taels, a month will be nearly 2,000 taels, with the current savings, even if there is no need to spend money on food and clothing for the time being, the vegetable money will always have to be spent, and the troops will last for a year at most. So Lao Song immediately lowered his face.

"Brother Song, what Mingyuan said is that the commander thinks very carefully and thoughtfully about everything he does. A month ago, didn't you cry and say that you were going to stop soon? Can you think of today? Lu Shan said to Song Jinguo kindly.

"The commander has decided, and naturally I can't object to it. But we can't follow the new army, we are not an official army. "Song Jinguo was categorically opposed to referring to the statutes of the New Army.

"What Brother Song said is that we start from scratch, we might as well lower it first and add it slowly." Feng Guozhu supported the Song Jin Kingdom.

This proposal was endorsed by most of the company commanders. So several people came up with an opinion: from next month, the Mengshan army will begin to pay military salaries. Each recruit was paid one tael or eight taels of silver per month, and after half a year, it was two taels per month. For each additional year, add one tael of silver. In terms of specific calculations, except for the group of people who have Lu San Mazi, the rest are considered veterans, and the starting salary is two taels per month.

Zhou Yi proposed that it should be reflected in the platoon commander and officers above the group leader. Because all those who participated in the discussion were included in this scope, they received basic approval, and only Wang Mingyuan proposed that the commander has always advocated equality between officers and soldiers, and is this going against the commander's proposition?

Ning Shijun said no. If our Mengshan Army wants to grow, there will be more and more personnel, and the establishment will also be expanded. The introduction of preferential salaries for officers is conducive to making those soldiers who are self-motivated more motivated.

Finally, in this opinion, a supplement to the officer's salary was attached, which was half a tael (eight yuan) per month for those at the platoon commander level, and one tael per month for those at the company commander level. The deputy commander is added two taels, and the commander commands the whole army, and the responsibility is heavy, and four taels are added.

They also agreed that the chief of staff should be treated as a company commander, and the leaders of the logistics group, ordnance group, cavalry team, and sharpshooter team should be treated as a platoon commander.

This report was reported to Long Qian, "It's basically okay." It is also common practice for officers to increase their salaries. But this system is too forward-looking, could it be that the largest unit of our Mengshan Army is the company? No, soon, we'll be setting up camp. In this way, you follow the principle of geometric progression, oh, I'll come," he added the establishment of battalions and regiments after the officer sequence, and the military salary was set according to the principle of doubling, "But, old Zhou, it's better for the two of us to be poorer at the moment." It's too high, and you'll lose the morale of the military. I'm just like you. Long Qian crossed out the two taels of silver he had added, but agreed that the commander and deputy commander had two taels more than the company commander, "When the battalion level is set up, we will follow the salary increase." Ha Lu Ha. ”

Look at the manuscript again, "It is problematic that the chief of staff is equal to the company commander, I actually want to set up a chief of staff, this position is very important, it is almost the brain of the army." The chief of staff is responsible for all matters related to operations, training, and equipment. In modern armies, the role of the chief of staff is even greater than that of the commander. However, let's do this for the time being, but the logistics group cannot be equated with a platoon commander and treated as a company commander. In addition, the head of the medical department should follow the platoon leader, and do not discriminate against others because Sun Juan used to be a prostitute. As he spoke, he added the name of the chief of the medical service to the officer sequence.

"Lao Zhou, these various non-combat unit personnel must be capable, but they can't do without. Let's basically divide the work, and you will grasp the logistics package. I am responsible for the war. Let's discuss and do it in a big matter. ”

Zhou Yi blinked, "Okay, I can't compare to your ability to fight." ”

"You sit. To be honest, I miss your uncle and Liu Dangjia a lot these days, if only they were still alive. It's not easy to keep this bit of belongings__We have a small capital and can't make mistakes. ”

"yes. However, even if my uncle is here, he will push you to be in charge. What's more, the current team is no longer the original one. ”

"It's far away, this plan, take the opportunity to inform you, and implement it from next month." Long Qian returned the plan to Zhou Yi, "There are still a lot of specific things, such as death pensions, etc., and the charter must be come up." You can plan these things as a whole. We are short of money, and the best way is to deposit the money with Lao Song like we give out rewards, and withdraw it when needed. However, it is important to ensure withdrawals. Let's take the lead in this. The military salary is in my hands, and I can guarantee that it will be spent quickly. ”

"This is normal," Zhou Yi smiled, "Even I want to have a good drink, let alone them." ”

"Yes, yes, now we are dealing with one thing to solve one thing, and the matter of the recruit company is very troublesome. The key issue is to discuss how to occupy this territory for a long time."