The Qing army was defeated, 100,000 troops bombed the camp, after the chain horse Praetorian Guard died in the palace, 3,000 cavalry were all killed under the joint attack of the ironclad chariot and the Ming cavalry, more than 20,000 Qing Han troops were captured, the camp tents of the large army, the equipment and armor were captured innumerable, the eight return cannons were all burned, and a large number of forage was burned.

The vitality of the Qing army was greatly damaged, although there were still tens of thousands of military horses, but the camp tent grain and grass, and siege equipment were gone, so they had to retreat to Yanzhou.

The army of the Ming Dynasty was continuously transported to the front line through canals and railways, and the 130,000 troops gathered on the front line of Xuzhou, taking advantage of the new defeat of the Qing army, crossed Xuecheng, and advanced to the area of Qufu, recovering the hometown of the sage, and the government and the opposition in Nanjing were boiling. The Qing army was no longer able to move south, and the Ming army encountered strong resistance in the Tai'an area, and did not dare to rush north, and the two sides began to negotiate, and the war ended temporarily.

Liu Ziguang handed over the suede dragon boots, if it was a pair, he would be interested in wearing it, this stinky boots were constantly played with by the court officials, this is the best trophy, definitely more than that big bloody long braid head to please the saint and nine thousand years old, the Qing Emperor even the boots were captured by our army, it can be seen that the embarrassment of escaping, the courage of our army.

Yuan Chonghuan, the commander of the capital, personally wrote a sprinkling note, praising the heroic deeds of the officers and soldiers of the command department of the Northern Jiangsu Metropolitan Command Division for bravely killing the enemy and forcing the Qing army back for hundreds of miles, and by the way, he also helped the Liguo Iron Works to show his merits, independently resisting the 100,000 army for a day, buying time for the arrival of reinforcements, and paving the way for the final victory.

The boots of the Qing Dynasty emperor were put in a brocade box, and sent to the patron steam express ship in the canal together with the concerto, and sent to Nanjing with an expedited 800 li, and a thousand heads were put in a lime box, accompanied by a few Eight Banner Leaders, and then set off together, as for the 20,000 prisoners of war, according to the old rules, they were sold at a price of 25 taels of silver per person, and the iron factory gave priority to selecting 5,000 strong ones, and the rest were taken to Xuzhou Mansion by the forbidden army to sell.

The prefect of Xuzhou also made a concert, naturally boasting about how he was prescient, and sent people to reinforce the iron factory early to assist the iron factory in defending the city.

As for the matter of Yu Hualong's rebellion, everyone tacitly did not mention it, since it was not successful, it should have never happened, and the Xuzhou government sent troops to help defend the city. The previous iron factory colluded with the Qing Dynasty to rebel, it was purely rumor-mongering, and the Xuzhou government must strictly investigate the rumor-makers.

Gao Garrison is a little troublesome, some relatives of the forbidden army soldiers saw that he had a head on his horse neck that looked very similar to Niu Shen's general, this word reached Niu Yong's ears, he naturally understood what was going on, and secretly said that he must kill Gao Tai to avenge his younger brother, and scared Gao Garrison so much that he did not dare to approach within three miles of the forbidden army camp.

During this time, Liu Ziguang's 500 slave army has been stationed outside the north gate of the iron factory, living in the captured Qing army cow hair tent, they are worried that the iron factory will settle accounts after the autumn, do not dare to enter the city, the north gathered two or three hundred thousand troops on both sides, hundreds of people ran to join in the fun is obviously the idea of a madman, some people proposed to go to Weishan Lake as water bandits, but these 500 people only have some people who have been seamen, they are very unfamiliar with the battle of freshwater lakes, and it is not enough to run rashly to plug the teeth of those local water bandits.

The owner of the Peng factory attaches great importance to the armament of these 500 people, and wants to collect them as iron guards, which is no wonder, the original iron guards of the iron factory have lost a lot, and the newly replenished slaves need to be guarded to repair the city wall and mine. These 500 people were originally born as slaves, and now they can save even training as guards.

Liu Ziguang expressed his resolute opposition, it is okay to be an iron guard, but to ensure the unity of command, to sign a contract, to get a commission, the slave team guards resolutely do not do.

The owner of the Peng factory was very surprised, and Liu Ziguang's conditions were very different: the 500 slave army could not accept foreign officers, they should maintain an independent structure, receive wages in peacetime, charge commissions according to the difficulty of tasks, resolutely not be slave camp guards, and compensate them for the loss of mental and physical health when they were slaves, as well as lost work expenses.

It sounds excessive, but Liu Ziguang feels that he is not at all, and even suffers a little, because the mental damage caused to him by nearly two years of slave life cannot be measured in silver. He dictated and Ding Libin wrote, and prescribed detailed compensation terms, bringing his true character of Mr. Accountant to the extreme.

The specific conditions of compensation are as follows: the original 5,123 slaves, in the turmoil unilaterally caused by the ironworks, had to take compulsory action to protect their lives to restore their freedom, and the 4,607 deaths caused by them should be compensated according to the standard of 10 taels of silver per person, and since these people have died, the 46,070 taels of silver should be given to the survivors as a fund.

The remaining 516 people were enslaved for the length of time. On a monthly basis, the monthly compensation is 10 taels for mental injury and 10 taels for lost work. For less than one month, it will be calculated as 300 copper coins per day.

Among them, those who have been beaten by guards and have whip wounds on their bodies can be compensated according to the standard of 1 tael of silver for each scar, and those who cause other physical injuries will be compensated according to the degree of disability, up to 1,000 taels of silver, such as blindness and broken legs. A small disability such as a broken toe will also be compensated 50 taels of silver.

In addition, since the slaves had done heavy labor in the ironworks and contributed greatly to the construction of the ironworks, the ironworks were to be paid a salary of 20 taels of silver per month.

Even re-education through labor prisoners should also have wages, Liu Ziguang has a heartfelt word.

In addition, the slaves participated in the bloody battle with the Qing army in order to protect the two young ladies and the iron factory, and paid the price of blood, which should be given a reward of 50 taels of silver per person, or a commission.

Liu Ziguang himself has made outstanding achievements in battle, and he should give a personal reward of 500 taels of silver, recommended by Liu Ziguang, and the five outstanding leaders should also be given 300 taels of silver each.

In this way, most of the slaves worked for two years, with a monthly compensation of 20 taels and a salary of 20 taels, multiplied by two years and twenty-four months, which is an average of nine hundred and sixty taels per person, and 516 people have a total of 495,360 taels of silver, who does not have a few scars on their bodies, and each whip mark is 1 tael, so that each person can get more than a dozen taels, and for the time being, based on an average of 15 taels per person, it is 7740 taels, and the war commission per person is 50 taels and then added in. Synthetic ordinary slaves are 960 plus 15 plus 50 per person: a total of 1025 taels.

Fortunately, most of these 516 people are elites who survived, and there are not many who are physically disabled, and the disability compensation is a total of 8,450 taels.

Liu Ziguang and other outstanding individuals received a war reward of 2,000 taels.

The total cost of the ironworks to the slaves was 579,270 taels of silver.

Looking at the numbers specially capitalized by Ding Libin, although the owner of the Peng factory was calm and restrained, he couldn't help but gasp secretly.

Wu Shiqi Wan Jiu Qian Yi Yi Bai Qi picked up two hundred Qi two hundred silver Ku Ping.

I'm going to die.

The ironworks experienced civil strife and foreign invasions, the walls of the houses were destroyed to a great extent, and a lot of weapons were consumed, and a lot of money was needed to buy coal and repair the houses and cities, although the newly bought slaves did not need to be paid, but the 125,000 taels of silver that had been paid were not blown by the wind.

There are also 100,000 taels of labor paid to the forbidden army. The iron factory's own casualty compensation also cost more than 100,000 taels, and these large expenses were enough to hollow out the old bottom of the iron factory.

The treasury originally had 1 million taels, and after paying the slave money and labor and military expenses, there were 775,000 taels left, of which 300,000 taels were the loans of the Rishengchang ticket number, and Liu Ziguang alone opened his mouth to close to 600,000 taels, which could not be satisfied in any case.

The two sides held talks on the wall of the north gate in an attitude of friendly consultation, and the slave army was not officially ordered by the iron factory, so they still wore various colors of armor, but they still showed extremely strong military qualities, and the five hundred people were divided into five hundred teams, and the captain was elected, and simple military regulations were formulated, and the camp tents were meticulously arranged.

Liu Ziguang was still covered with the armor of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Forest Army, he said that he was dressed warmly, sat on the side of the negotiation table, and put on a general's demeanor, Anthony brought twenty people as guards, Ding Libin is now the account office and clerk of the slave army, and his small appearance is vivid, sitting next to him with a brush and abacus waiting to help General Liu calculate the amount of silver.

Owner Peng sat on the other side of the negotiation table covered with green felt, staring at the compensation form issued by Liu Ziguang for a long time. Liu Ziguang knocked on the table with his middle knuckle very carelessly, and from time to time picked up the hot tea and blew a hot breath, he also knew that the price he opened was too high, and he asked for the price all over the sky, so he sat on the ground and paid back. The bottom line is still there, that is, five hundred taels of silver per person, and he doesn't dare to be too strong, after all, five hundred people are still very weak, there are still thousands of people in the iron guard, and there are many officers and soldiers nearby, and it is best to strive for a win-win situation.

The owner of the Peng factory is still thinking about it, he is standing behind Hu Xianjue, Captain Hu tracked Liu Ziguang into the Qing sphere of influence that day, was robbed and killed by the people of the military aircraft department, a team of people lost most of it, and later was besieged by the scouts of the Qing army, was chased everywhere and fled, until the evening before disguise and disguise, mixed into the Qing army camp, Liu Ziguang found the fire on the city wall was put by him, and later relied on the strong martial arts to retreat.

The factory owner Peng slammed the table, and the guards around him put their hands on the handle of the knife, but they heard the factory owner say slowly: "The old man has agreed to all the amounts on this list." ”

Before Liu Ziguang could be happy, the old man continued: "But there is not so much cash in the factory at present, even if there is, you must first buy bricks, tiles, coal and grain, these 579,000 taels....Let's come according to 580,000 taels, count what the old man owes you, each person will advance 40 taels of silver, and issue a full set of armor of the iron factory." Xiao Liu, what do you think? ”

"Okay, the factory owner is really happy, but when will the rest of the silver be given?" Liu Ziguang asked.

"Then it's up to you." The owner of the Peng factory smiled mysteriously. "Come, let's study the identity of the five hundred guards........"

After friendly and frank negotiation between the two sides, the 500 slave army was hired by the iron factory, paying attention to the employment rather than co-optation, and became a military group that was personally loyal to Liu Ziguang and responsible to the employer.

In order to ensure the performance of the contract, the iron factory temporarily withheld a deposit of two hundred taels of silver per person, which was taken out of the compensation mentioned above.

The contract was a roll of white silk, full of clauses, and the end of it was stamped with the bright red seal of the iron factory, and the owner of the factory also waved his wolf hair and signed the name "Peng Jianguo".

This name is very modern, Liu Ziguang pressed his big seal while thinking, it was carved by the gold stonemason in the team overnight, one side is the official defense of the slave army, and the other side is Liu Ziguang's private seal, and now this army has its own name. The "Death Camp" is majestic and murderous.

The 516 slaves excitedly pressed their handprints on the white silk in turn, each of them was one thousand and twenty-five taels of silver, money that could not be earned in this life, it was good to follow General Liu, there was meat to eat, and money to earn.

Three hundred infantry, one hundred cavalry, one hundred chariot soldiers, five centurions, five standard-bearers, and one chief general were inspected by the senior leaders of the ironworks in the open space outside the north gate.

During the inspection, Hu Xianjue said dissatisfiedly: "Lord Factory, is it worth spending so much money for these 500 people, even if you recruit 10,000 iron guards, it won't cost so much money." ”

The owner of the Peng factory smiled slightly: "Do you think I care about these five hundred people?" What is the most important thing in today's Ming Dynasty? Talent! ”