In the dead of night, the moon is dark and the wind is high.

The Han army led the arrest of the seventh squad barracks in the leader's house, and sat in a room of people.

The smell of sweat, the smell of feet, the sour smell of braids, and the smell of bad breath, and a few cigarette pouches, smoked the room into a miasma.

But everyone sat down very seriously, because this was an emergency meeting personally convened by Lord Jia, who was recuperating from his injuries.

In addition to Jia Liu and Er Yang, there were a total of 36 members, 20 members of the seventh team and 16 members of the ninth team.

The leaders of the two squads, Zu Yingyuan and Bao Guozhong, were there, Liu De, the general of the green battalion of the seventh squad, and Zhang Shisan, the sentry officer of the green battalion of the ninth squad, were also there.

Liu De and Zhang Shisan each recorded their merits once for their efforts to rescue Akoli Village, but they were not promoted.

The reason was that the body of the thief was not found on the mountain.

In this regard, Jia Liu, who was recuperating from his injuries, protested to Ma Shenling, who was in charge of the transfer and promotion of military merits, explaining that it was too dark at that time to reach out and not see his five fingers, and the brothers were able to brave the thieves to rush up to the court.

"Even if a thief is killed by me, it is impossible for my department to find the thief's corpse in the middle of the night, and please take a clear look!"

In order to fulfill his promise, Jia Liuren saluted Ma Shen for three hundred taels, hoping that he could help more.

However, this time, Ma Shen received the money and did not do anything, and sent someone to tell Jia Liu two days later that this military exploits could only be recorded first, and the merits would be narrated together next time.

Jia Liu couldn't tear his face with Ma Shenling, and it was not good to ask Lao Cui of the dispatch room to come forward, so in desperation, in order to make up for the two teams of Qi Han battalion soldiers, he privately paid fifteen taels each out of his pocket to show his gratitude.

Fifteen taels is not less.

Jia Liu's previous nine-grade Lan Ling was only 33 taels a year, and now the six-grade forward school is 60 taels. Bai Tang'a's annual salary is 18 taels, and Sula has no money, but only gives a "subsidy" of one tael or two dollars of silver per month, which is more than 14 taels a year.

On the side of the green battalion, the soldiers with horses are 2 taels of silver in a month and 24 taels a year. The war horse without a horse is 1 tael and 5 taels a month, and 18 taels a year. The garrison, that is, the local garrison soldiers, is only 1 tael a month, and 12 taels a year.

There may be errors from place to place, but not too much.

It seems that the salary of the Green Battalion soldiers with horses is higher than that of the Eight Banners Reserve Officer Bai Tang'a, and there are as many as those without horses, but Bai Tang'a also has a share of rice and grain to receive, and their status as a banner man allows them to receive an "iron crop" in the Dutong Yamen every year, so they get more than several times more than the Green Battalion soldiers.

There is nothing but monthly money on the green camp side, and it is okay to support one person with the little salary, but it is difficult to support parents, wives and children.

What's even more excessive is that Liu De said that in some places, the salary of the battalion soldiers should be deducted by the adults above in the name of "Peng Deduction Silver" and "Peng Ma Yin", etc., anyway, the money is deducted for various reasons, and the deducted part is usually one percent of the monthly money, and the excess can reach two or three percent.

In addition, the gunpowder and lead used in the training of the green battalion soldiers must be deducted from the soldiers' salaries, so how much money can a battalion soldier really receive in a year?

Therefore, in order to make a living, it has appeared that the green battalion soldiers have to do a side job in addition to their errands, otherwise they will not be able to support their families at all.

Or he was ordered to go out on the expedition and rely on military merits to get ahead, and if he didn't have military merits, he went to pick up the money from the dead, and he robbed it directly.

If the development continues on the normal track of history, in the end, the green battalion will be replaced by regimental training, and the regimental training will be replaced by the new army, and the new armies in various places will completely reform the life of the Manchu Qing in the name of restoring the Han Dynasty.

In other words, the 15 taels of Jia Liu's personal subsidy is equivalent to most of the half-year's salary paid by the Qing court to these battalion soldiers, can it not be high?

Of course, the Fujian battalion got more before that, but that was what they deserved, because they risked their heads to help Master Jia successfully transfer the "stolen money".

If you give, you should be rewarded.

They also deserved two hundred taels for each daredevil, because they also risked their lives at that time.

200 taels is not high.

Jia Liufen is very clear that there are benefits for him to do things, and the more dangerous things he does, the greater the benefits he gives.

As long as these people are willing to follow him, he will give up the money.

If someone asks for a son with a lot of money, Jia Liu is a gang with a lot of money.

Money, earned is spent.

He Zhongtang can earn 800 million, can he Jia Liu be less than 1 billion?

It's only been a few days since a cash truck came.

.........

The members of the "death squad" of the pathfinder more than half a month ago were also there, and the others had either participated in the private annual salary, or had forced the Manchurian soldiers to kill, or they had followed the army to take the lead for meritorious service.

The money has been divided, people have been killed, and the merits have been received, and Lord Jia has also saved their lives, so it can be said that these 36 people can be summoned here, and they are the backbone members of the gang headed by Jia Liu.

There are no personnel in the eighth squad here, just because this squad has been withdrawn to garrison Akoli Village, which can be regarded as out of Jia Liu's command, which makes Captain Jia regret it.

Although Li Chengzong's great-grandfather Li Sixing surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, his great-grandfather Li Dingguo was a great national hero, and out of reverence for this great hero, Jia Liu still wanted to bring his descendants.

However, he couldn't help it when the top transferred people away.

A four-legged table full of dirt that can scrape out a thick layer of "fat" with a knife can be regarded as Captain Jia's desk.

There is a candle lit on the table, and the table is covered with spots after the candle burns.

Sitting at the east head is naturally the captain Jia, on the right hand side is the squad leader Zu, and on the left hand side is the squad leader Bao.

Liu and Zhang, two officers of the Green Battalion, sat next to Mr. Jia on a small stool, and the backbone of the gang who was sitting on the rows of benches facing Mr. Jia was the backbone of the gang who was attending the meeting.

The host of the meeting was not Jia Liu, but Zu Yingyuan.

After the people arrived, Zu Yingyuan told him the information he had obtained from the "inner line" that millions of taels of military salaries would be shipped from Chongzhou tomorrow and would arrive at Meinuo in four days at the latest, and then continue to be transported to the Muguomu camp.

"Now the thieves are robbing the way and attacking the grain, so I mean that instead of cheapening the thieves for nothing, it is better for us to get a piece of the pie!"

After Zu Yingyuan finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Jia Liu.

"That's the thing, it's up to you to talk about your opinions, no matter what you think, talk about it, discuss it, whether you can do it or not, you have to listen to everyone."

Jia Liu smiled and nodded at the backbone of his preliminarily built gang, took a sip of tea from a large bowl, and casually sipped two tea leaves on the ground.

The bowl was brought by the family, although there was a gap on the side, but Jia Liu was reluctant to lose it, because this was a chicken porcelain bowl in the Ming Dynasty.

Hundreds of years later, it's worth a lot.

"I don't have an opinion, I can do what the adults say!"

Liu De was the first to say that he had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Naturally, his statement also represents the Fujian battalion.

Wang Fu, Wang Si and other representatives of the seventh squad flag member Su La said that as long as the action plan is perfect, the stolen money can be quickly transferred and immediately realized, and they have no opinion.

Anyway, I've done a vote.

Anyway, there is a thief, I'm afraid of hanging.

The Ninth Team was silent, and no one spoke.

It is understandable that such a rebellious and audacious thing is probably the first time that the people of the Ninth Squad have heard of it.

"Old Bao, do you want to do it, you squeak!"

Zu Yingyuan saw that Bao Guozhong was silent, and he was a little anxious.

"I..."

Bao Guozhong wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything further.

Jia Liu nodded slightly and encouraged: "Guozhong, since I brought you here, it means that I trust you." At best, it's me Jia Dongge who wants to bring everyone to get rich together; To put it mildly, it's that I, Jia Dongge, took everyone to pin my head to the waistband of my trousers and said back, so if you have any ideas, just say it boldly, don't have any worries. ”

"This..."

Bao Guozhong hesitated, but finally said his thoughts, he said: "My lord, with so much money, I am afraid that the brothers will not be blessed to enjoy it. ”

Jia Liu asked rhetorically, "Why do you think that the brothers are not blessed?" ”

"My lord, if something happens, it will pick our heads."

It was Zhang Shisan, the commander of the Green Battalion and the sentry commander of the ninth squad, who spoke.

Bao Guozhong didn't say anything, obviously thinking the same thing.

"As long as we're clean, who the fuck..."

Jia Liu raised his hand to signal Zu Yingyuan not to speak, looked at Zhang and Bao, and asked with a smile, "Who is above?" ”

Zhang 13 was stunned: "My lord, of course he is an official, an official." ”

Jia Liu thought thoughtfully, tapped his index finger on the table, and suddenly said: "It's better like this, after you get it, the silver will be used to buy officials for everyone, what do you think?" ”