Seeing that Xiao Jiu and Xin Gu were looking at him suspiciously, Wu Yingying said all the things that he had carefully considered in the official office after the two soldiers of Shicai retired: "I think that the sergeants and soldiers in the army can be roughly divided into two kinds, one is only to use the army as a means of making a living, or even to join the army as a last resort, and the other is to use the army as a shortcut to progress and wealth. For these two kinds of people, we must let them know that it is not wrong to obtain wealth by courage, but we must not betray and betray our comrades, this is the bottom line of being a man in our Jinfan Army. Then, for the first type of people, now that the annual salary of the soldiers in our army has reached 50 yuan, when they return home, they will be given another 200 yuan of money to settle down, which is enough for them to have no worries. The key is for the latter. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Yingying looked at the two people opposite thoughtfully, as if he wanted to see through all the thoughts of these two people, Xiao Jiu couldn't stand it a little, and arched his hand: "What should I do with the latter kind of person, please also ask the commander to show me." ”

Wu Yingying nodded and said: " I am ready to increase the salary of the sergeants, the level of the soldiers' combat skills is divided into five grades, the first class is 200 years, accounting for one percent of the total number of soldiers, the second class is 150 years, accounting for four percent of the total number of soldiers, the third class is 80 years, the number accounts for two stops of the total number of soldiers, the fourth class is 70 years, the number accounts for about four stops of the total number of soldiers, and the last class is 50 years, accounting for about three stops of the total number of soldiers。 He had thought about this method of increasing the salary of soldiers based on their combat skills for a long time, so he said it without fighting in one breath.

Xiao Jiu was dumbfounded and listened to Wu Yingying finish saying some series of figures, and asked, "I'm afraid that the military salary will increase greatly in such a year, where will the general get this extra money?"

Wu Yingying said with a smile: "I have already calculated, because the number of soldiers who can finally reach the first and second ranks will never be large, so if the salary is increased, the salary of 10,000 soldiers will only need to increase by about 500,000 per year." He was happy and said, "After receiving the Divine Guard, I just made a small fortune that can be used here." ”

Xiao Jiu said again: "Isn't the salary of a first-class sergeant higher than that of a captain or centurion?"

Wu Yingying smiled: "That's right, some people themselves are superb in martial arts, but they are not suitable for leading soldiers. If these people receive a salary similar to that of ordinary soldiers, they will inevitably be unable to match their guns and sticks. ”

Xiao Jiu nodded, and Xin Gu praised loudly: "It should be like this!"

Wu Yingying stopped the two of them with a smile, and said: "Not only that, in order to encourage the soldiers to serve in the army for a long time, I plan to increase the annual salary of the soldiers by ten times for each additional year of military service in the army." In addition, I will increase the annual salary of the centurion to 200 guan, the annual salary of the lieutenant to 400 guan, and the annual salary of the army commander to 1,000 kan. ”

Xin Gu and Xiao Jiu were dumbfounded when they heard this, and Xiao Jiu shouted: "Do you think of a way to prevent people from bribing the soldiers, which is to give them more money!"

Wu Yingying smiled and said in a deep voice: "It's not just that, but in today's troubled times, as long as the troops are strong, the daughter will come back after being scattered, and only with the wealth of the four seas can we collect the hearts of heroes in the world." Xiao Jiu was so frightened that he couldn't speak for a while. As soon as the words fell, Xin Gu suddenly asked, "Wu Dalang, do you want to be the emperor?"

Wu Yingying was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I don't want to be an emperor, it's enough to be a general." When Zhao Kuangyin released the military power with a glass of wine, he said a heartfelt word, "For the Son of Heaven, if it is not for the sake of the festival to make him happy, I have not tasted the rest of the night." Others only saw the emperor's monstrous power, the wealth of the world for their own luxury, and the women of the world for their own lustful pleasures, but they did not see that the emperor could not sleep every night, and he had to beware of others seeking to seize the country day and night. It's not interesting. ”

Xin Gu looked at him in disbelief and said, "Maybe in the future, your thoughts will be different from today." But let's say it, if you become the emperor, don't you want me to wait for you to do the three kneeling and nine buckle ceremony. ”

Wu Yingying looked at this Khitan barbarian with some anger, and half-jokingly: "Of course." I'm not going to be an emperor in the end. Otherwise, I will swear that if I can dominate the world in the future, I will share them with the two of you. Xiao Jiu was so frightened that he said repeatedly: "This can't be helped, if you really have that day, won't we be able to live?"

Seeing that Xin Xiao and the others didn't believe it, Wu Yingying said in his heart that it would be too rebellious for himself and the two of them to talk about the king and the emperor so casually, so he coughed dryly and diverted the topic: "I want to establish an organization in the army, let's call it a brotherhood, to recruit loyal and talented soldiers to participate, and to test their character every day, so as to prepare for the promotion of confidants and soldiers." ”

Xin Xiao and the others knew that he was worried about his own soldiers being bought casually, so they immediately agreed, Xiao Jiu frowned and said, "How should soldiers be selected to join the brotherhood?"

Wu Yingying muttered: "The matter is urgent, and now you can temporarily recommend the method of sitting, for example, you and I are currently the elders of the association, then we can each recommend two trustworthy people to join the association, and a year later, this brother can also recommend two people to join the association." If there is a problem with my recommendation of this brother in the future, then the recommender will be guilty of the same crime as him. ”

Xiao Jiu said: "Although this method is safe, is it too slow?"

Wu Yingying said categorically: "Since it is the center of the selection army, it is better to have a shortage than to overuse." ”

On the second day, in the afternoon, Xingu, Xiao Jiu, together with more than 100 people brought out of Chizhou, and more than 60 personal soldiers under Wu Yingying participated in the competition of the Shenwei Army, which is a long-trained elite, and there were actually 27 people who won the position of centurion in the capital, Wu Yingying secretly called luck in his heart, so he arranged these 27 people in a group of three in each battalion, so as to ensure that the people from the Jinfan Army got the position of captain with a three-to-two advantage, and in the promotion of the front and rear armies, they attracted several captains from the Shenwei Army, and successfully made Xin Gu and Xiao Jiu become military commanders. This kind of company control is commonly used in the way of less to control more, and the original generals of the Divine Guard Army shouted that Wu Du Yuhou is simply cunning, but many of the soldiers under the bottom are secretly happy, a Xin Gu and Xiao Jiu two people at the city gate to fight the Song army cavalry deeds were rumored to be divine, especially Xin Gu, simply by the soldiers as the reincarnation of Chi You, they have to ascend to the throne of the generals have nothing to say, after all, the Song army cavalry blocked the city gate and scolded for a day and did not see anyone rush out to fight, the two soldiers know that these two people are the right-hand men of Wu Yingying, and they serve as the commander of the army, so that they naturally do not have to worry about the unfair treatment of the army。