The year-end bonus given to the soldiers of the Runing Battalion was the result of discussions between Wu Shigong and Deng Qifan, Xue Yongli, and other staff and military attachés. Since the growth of the Runing battalion to the present, in order to maintain the loyalty of its officers and soldiers, ideological education is inevitable, but necessary material rewards are also indispensable.

Just like modern enterprises, successful enterprises should not only pay attention to corporate culture, but also increase annual salary increases and year-end bonuses are also an important means to gather the loyalty of employees to the enterprise.

Wu Shigong continued: "Our Runing Camp has developed to the present, and some of the brothers here started their own businesses with the official at the beginning, and some joined halfway, although they have been in the Runing Camp for a long time, they have all done a lot for the growth of the Runing Camp. ”

However, when many brothers joined the camp in Runing, they did not have enough to eat at home. And now, no matter what, the brothers who follow the official always have no worries about food and clothing at home. ”

"But is that the end of it? If the Runing Camp still needs to develop, won't the Runing Camp be able to give the brothers wealth? Nothing else needs to be said. The official is here to promise that when you return from this expedition, all the brothers here, as long as you are not married, the official will arrange a wife for each of you! ”

"Do you still want to live this day of beating singles?"

"I don't want to!" The atmosphere of the soldiers was suddenly mobilized. They replied aloud in unison, followed by a burst of cheerful laughter.

After laughing for a while, Wu Shigong pressed down with both hands, quieted the soldiers for a while, and then said: "This expedition, if you want to go to the extremely cold land of Liaodong, if you say that it is not dangerous, it is that this official is lying to the brothers." ”

"But this time, the imperial court also mobilized large armies from all over the country to gather outside the pass, and this war does not need our Runing battalion to carry any heavy burdens, anyway, there is a high top."

"As long as we, the brethren, are united and obey the orders of our respective officers. The official promised that he would bring all the brothers back anyway. ”

Wu Shigong's army has been established until now, and after each expedition, not to mention bringing the soldiers who were killed and wounded back to their hometowns, even the ashes of the war horses killed in the war have been brought back for burial, so Wu Shigong's promise has not caused any doubts among the soldiers.

"But there are always dead and wounded in battle, and the officer is not willing to let the brothers live on the tip of the sword for the rest of their lives. Therefore, the officer also decided that the brothers who joined our Runing Battalion could retire and return to their hometowns as long as they served in our Runing Battalion for eight years. In the event of a war, the one month of service is counted as two months. In other words, four years of war is equivalent to eight years of service. ”

Of course, if a brother is willing to extend his service at the end of his service, he will welcome it. If you are not willing to extend your service, this officer will definitely not be reluctant. However, the retired brothers will be transferred to the local militia group, and in case of war, it will be necessary for the retired brothers to defend their hometown! ”

The specific regulations for retirement will be announced to the brothers in detail at a later date. But this policy will definitely be implemented. ”

As a matter of fact, since the establishment of Wu Shigong's army, Wu Shigong has heard the feedback of some officers, and some of his own soldiers and even some officers have become somewhat war-weary during the intense military training for many years and in the battle of life and death.

Therefore, this time, Wu Shigong also took advantage of the situation to launch the retirement. With the guarantee of retirement, there is some hope for the soldiers to escape from the dangerous war. This also played a great role in stabilizing the morale of the troops of his own Runing battalion.

Besides, forming a reasonable flow of soldiers in the Runing battalion is also of great benefit to strengthening Wu Shigong's strength. Because through the movement of soldiers, the number of soldiers who have received complete military training will also increase. And those retired soldiers will also become the backbone of the military in the local militia groups, so as to form the reserve army of the Runing Battalion, implicitly expanding the number and strength of Wu Shigong's army.

There is another point that only Wu Shigong knows in his heart. This is about to cause chaos in the world, and these wars are frequent, and it is actually impossible for those retired soldiers to be completely discharged. Wu Shigong just gave them a hollow gnocchi to eat.

But Wu Shigong's concern for these soldiers can be said to be in place. When the world was in turmoil, those retired soldiers lamented that their lives were not good at most, and no matter what happened, they couldn't blame Wu Shigong.

However, Wu Shigong's words did not cause a great reaction among the soldiers. It's not that they are unwilling to accept Wu Shigong's policy. After all, not all soldiers like to use their lives to make a rich future in war, and the vast majority of soldiers still hope to live a stable life. Therefore, the soldiers still welcomed Wu Shigong's policy.

But many soldiers are also accustomed to the life of being a soldier, and they think about what they and their families will do if they retire and when they can't get their salary. Are we going back to the hard days of the past?

As if knowing the thoughts of his soldiers, Wu Shigong continued: "All retired soldiers don't have to worry, this official will not leave you alone." ”

"In the future, there are two ways to receive the military salary issued by the soldiers, one is to pay it in full, just like now, and the other is to receive only seventy percent, and the receipt of this military salary is also a combination of silver and food stamps."

"Brothers who choose the second method of receiving land can go to the official to receive more than 20 acres of land from the official according to the condition of their family members and their position in the Runing Camp after they are discharged. As long as one percent of the land is paid to the ruler, the land will be passed down from generation to generation. ”

Wu Shigong's words immediately caused a sensation among the soldiers. Being able to own their own land, even if it is under Wu Shigong's name, is a great happiness for most of the soldiers who are peasants.

In fact, the amount of military salaries deducted by the soldiers is quite small compared to the price of those lands, and it seems that Wu Shigong has suffered a big loss.

However, in order to defend their own land, and because if there is no protection from Wu Shigong, the land owned by those retired soldiers will also be in danger of being taken away, so these people will become Wu Shigong's diehard loyalists intentionally or unintentionally.

In addition, in addition to reducing the distribution of military salaries in the near future, Wu Shigong will also increase the amount of food stamps in the distribution of military salaries. This is also quite beneficial to Wu Shigong to save the cash in his hand and prolong the time for the payment of military salaries to Wu Shigong's army.

Now Wu Shigong's food stamps here actually have some monetary functions. If it weren't for the fact that the Ming Dynasty also issued paper money, Wu Shigong would have avoided causing some unnecessary trouble, and Wu Shigong might have printed the number of coins on the grain stamps instead of the amount of grain.

As for the cattleness between the number of food stamps issued and the amount of grain stored by Wu Shigong, any modern person with a little modern financial knowledge understands it. Of course, in order to ensure his credibility, Wu Shigong still issues grain stamps according to the amount of grain in stock. When the conditions are ripe in the future, Wu Shigong will also issue it at a premium.

Of course, in the event of a big economic crisis in the future, Wu Shigong will definitely issue food stamps indiscriminately. As for what inflation, Wu Shigong will not care about it. At that time, Wu Shigong must have reached the time of life and death, so what does it matter about the flood of others?

After listening to Wu Shigong's words, all the soldiers present were silent for a short time, and then let out a deafening cheer. The morale among the soldiers boiled to the extreme.

"Your Excellency is wise!"

"I am willing to die for my lords!"

"Kill all the Tartars!"

……

These slogans came and went, and Wu Shigong also smiled and nodded to the soldiers again and again.

Wu Shigong listened to those slogans and thought: "Kill all the Tartars!" This time, the Runing battalion set out to prepare to escape. It's best not to touch any tartars. ”

"But my two expeditions, the last time as a turtle, this time as a rabbit to escape. This Ming Dynasty version of the tortoise and rabbit race, his own Runing battalion is reversed. However, this man is a turtle and a rabbit, how awkward it sounds! ”