After the royal praise, it is to receive the reward.

Chongzhen was most disgusted with formalism in his previous life, so he never did unnecessary work.

Of course, there is still a need for the necessary flower work, such as receiving salaries and slogans before meals, to strengthen cohesion.

"Long live the reward!" Yang Ponu knocked his head three times and got up, and happily took a large silver ingot weighing 50 taels and two small silver ingots weighing 5 taels from Chongzhen's hand.

Chongzhen asked with a smile: "Yang Ponu, this time I got another 60 taels of silver, plus the previous reward, there must be more than 100 taels of silver, right?" That's a lot of money. ”

"Long live the Hongfu of the Lord, hehe."

Yang Ponu grinned so hard that his mouth reached the root of his ears, like a fool.

Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong couldn't help laughing and laughed.

Chongzhen asked again: "With such a large sum of money, have you figured out how to spend it?" ”

"I've thought about it for a long time." Yang Ponu said without thinking, "Douhua said that her dream of playing small is to open a tofu workshop, and the villain will take out a few taels of silver to open a tofu workshop for her, and all the remaining silver will buy fields, according to the price of our hometown in Luzhou, 100 taels of silver can buy five acres of high-quality fertile fields, hehe." ”

Chongzhen was stunned and said: "Does the fertile land in Luzhou cost 20 taels and one mu?" ”

"Yes." Yang Ponu said with some embarrassment, "There are few fields in Luzhou, so it is more expensive." ”

"This is not a little more expensive, but many times more expensive, and the average of the high-grade fertile fields in Nanzhi is 10 taels and one mu." Chongzhen talked for a long time and finally got to the point, "Have you ever thought about buying land in Xuzhou?" ”

"Ah, buy land in Xuzhou?" When Yang Ponu heard this, he was immediately stunned.

Not only Yang Ponu was stunned, but the more than fifty soldiers waiting behind him to receive the reward were also stunned.

Obviously, they have never thought about this, the old saying often says that the rich and noble do not return to their hometown, just like a brocade clothes at night, so what they want is to be a soldier for a few years, earn a few salaries, and it is best to receive a few more rewards, and then return to their hometown to buy a few acres of land and marry a daughter-in-law, and live a small life with a wife and children hot kang.

But now Long Live Lord has given them another choice, that is, it sounds a little unreliable.

"Yes, buy land in Xuzhou." Chongzhen said earnestly, "I don't know if you have thought about it, the war between our Daming and Jiannu may last for a long time, which means that you will be in Xuzhou for a long time, three or five or even ten years, will she wait for you for ten years with that bean curd?" ”

"This!" Yang Ponu's face changed.

The faces of the more than 50 soldiers in line also changed.

Do you really want to hold on for ten years? That's a bit of a long time.

"The state has national laws, and the army has military regulations, so it is definitely not okay to be a deserter."

Chongzhen continued: "Therefore, you can't go back if you want to go back in the past few years, so I suggest that you buy land directly in Xuzhou, and then bring your family to Xuzhou, or directly tenant to the displaced people to farm, the key is that the price of land in Xuzhou is very cheap now, and one acre of high-quality fertile land is only sold for 5 taels!" ”

"An acre of high-quality fertile land only sells for 5 taels?"

Yang Ponu was a little moved, this price is really a little tempting.

The more than 50 soldiers queuing up at the back were also a little excited.

"Yes, they are all high-quality fertile fields by the canal, so you don't have to worry about getting water for watering."

Chongzhen smiled slightly, and gave these heroes the last blow: "And 5 taels and one mu is the price sold to ordinary people, as for you border town soldiers to guard the border for the country, and have made great contributions to the country, you can also enjoy half the price, one mu of land only needs 2.5 taels, 100 taels can buy 40 acres of high-quality fertile land." ”

"Hooray, can I go back and think about it first?"

Yang Ponu was obviously moved, but he was still a little worried.

It's also human nature, and whoever is involved in such a large expense will hesitate.

"Of course." Chongzhen smiled and said, "It's not a forced buying and selling, you just have to go back and think about it, when you figure it out, you can come to me when you want, but if you still haven't thought about it before the evening, then I'm afraid you will have to wait for three months later, because I will go to Nanjing before the evening and come back in October." ”

"Okay." Yang Ponu took the silver and left.

Although 40 acres of high-quality fertile fields are indeed tempting,

But Yang Ponu still decided to take a look first.

And this is also the first reaction of almost all soldiers.

The first person to eat crabs is not for everyone.

But Chongzhen is not in a hurry, it's just a blow now.

Let these future "small landlords" have a heated discussion.

As a matter of fact, if the soldiers of the border towns are eager to buy the land now, things will be a little difficult to handle, because this matter has not been discussed with the cabinet after all, so there are still certain variables.

Next, Chongzhen sat on the platform for more than two hours.

With the eunuchs' familiarity with the process and the improvement of their business ability, Chongzhen no longer needs to do it himself, except for Yang Ponu and other more than 50 meritorious soldiers The reward money was personally distributed by him, and the rest was handed over to the eunuchs, he just had to keep an eye on it to make sure that these eunuchs did not use his name to deduct the reward money and military salary.

By the evening, more than 600,000 taels of silver had been distributed.

Not only the border army of the ten towns, but also the reward and military salary of the water division were also distributed.

After a big victory, coupled with a huge amount of bounty and military salaries issued in advance, the morale of the border troops of the ten towns in Xia Zhen reached an unprecedented high.

The soldiers' support for Chongzhen also reached the highest point.

Chongzhen can not only lead them to victory, but also be willing to give them full rewards and military salaries in advance, who doesn't like such a long live lord, and who can't support it?

Well, it's mostly the silver credit.

The border troops of the eighteen towns of Xuzhou and Pizhou did not dare to pack tickets,

But the border army of the ten towns in Xia Zhen can't really be pulled away.

If Huang Degong rebels now, he can take away a hundred people, even if he is powerful.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible for Huang Degong to rebel, he will not rebel against Chongzhen all day long, not before, and even more so now, he is about to become Chongzhen's old fan brother.

The battle of Xia Zhen, especially the pursuit of Jiannu in the end,

not only hit Jiannu hard, but also subdued Huang Degong and other generals.

Not only Huang Degong, but also those general soldiers, deputy general soldiers, guerrillas or something, also threw themselves on Chongzhen's five bodies.

They had privately discussed that if they were to command this defensive battle, they might be able to defeat Jiannu, but the casualties would definitely be much greater than those commanded by the Holy Lord, and there would be no pursuit after defeating Jiannu, because in their subconscious, it was already a great victory to defeat Jiannu, so they wouldn't expect more.

But the Holy One taught them a lesson, what is war?

In short, Huang Degong and these generals are really convinced of Chongzhen.

"Holy Lord, what should the ministers do in the next three months?"

On the way back, Huang Degong asked, "Do you want to build more platforms on the periphery?" ”

"No, the more guns the better, for now, more than five hundred is enough." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "But it's still necessary to strengthen the platform in the past few months." ”

"How to strengthen it, please ask the Holy Lord." Huang Degong said again.

Chongzhen said: "The width of the trench can be increased from 30 steps to 50 steps, and the depth can be deepened from 5 feet to one zhang or even two zhang, and it must be built into a wedge, and the sides should be as steep as possible. ”

"Through this battle, it can be found that the defense of the fence is still weak."

"A dozen or so white-armored soldiers of Jiannu can pull down the fence with just one iron cable."

"And the shooting of the Tiger Squat Cannon will not leave a dead end, so there is no need to remove the fence at the back of the platform."

"Then the six corners and twelve sides around the platform can be reinforced with rammed earth walls."

"The rammed earth wall is best built in a wedge-shaped, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, the inner wall is perpendicular to the ground, the slope of the outer wall can be steeper, and the rammed earth is best kneaded with straw glutinous rice juice mixed with clay, which is more powerful."

Huang Degong listened and said to Tian Xiong, Huang Shi'an and other generals who followed behind him: "You also remember something, and if I forget it, remind me in time." ”

Tian Xiong and others responded respectfully.

Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "Uncle Jingnan, there is something I must remind you. ”

Hearing Chongzhen's tone become serious, Huang Degong's face suddenly became serious.

Chongzhen said: "This time, more than 600,000 taels of bounty and military pay were issued at once, and the soldiers had silver in their pockets, so it was inevitable that some messy thoughts would arise." ”

"Holy Lord, the minister knows about this." Huang Degong hurriedly said, "In fact, these days, many shacks have suddenly appeared near the outer shacks, but there are only one or a few women living in these shacks. ”

"That's what I'm worried about." Chongzhen said with a serious face, "Building a shack outside the platform will inevitably seriously weaken the defensive strength of the entire defense line, so it must be dismantled." ”

"In the future, the entire barracks must also be closed."

"Regardless of whether the general or the soldier is allowed to go out without a valid reason."

Hearing this, the faces of Tian Xiong, Huang Shi'an and other generals suddenly showed bitterness.

However, no one dared to question it, it was still that sentence, Chongzhen's prestige now was high enough, at least in Xia Town, there was no military general who dared to blow up the stab, I really didn't dare.

Chongzhen's gaze fell on the faces of Tian Xiong, Huang Shi'an and other generals.

"I know that you all have fire in your hearts, and if there is fire, you will hold it back to me."

"I also know that the soldiers want to find women, but I just don't allow them to find women at this time."

"If there is fire in the heart, hold it, and if you have energy in your body, you have to hold it back, and wait for Jiannu to call again after three months, and then vent this energy and this fire on Jiannu's head!"

"Holy Lord, rest assured, the minister will close the barracks today."

Huang Degong shouted: "If anyone dares to disobey, they will not be tolerated." ”

When he said this, Huang Degong looked at Huang Shi'an with threatening eyes.

Huang Shi'an felt very aggrieved and said unhappily: "Uncle, what do you think I do?" I didn't disobey. ”

"It's best if you don't disobey, if you dare to disobey, don't blame my uncle for killing my relatives in righteousness." Huang Degong said, "Uncle still wants to make an example of you." ”

Huang Shi'an's face instantly turned black to the bottom of the pot.

You're not my uncle, I don't have an uncle like you.