Early the next morning, Chongzhen rarely slept lazily.

"Hooray." Suddenly there was a shout from above outside the tent.

Li Xiangjun, who was asleep, was awakened and hurriedly sat up and dressed.

Chongzhen reluctantly withdrew his gaze from Li Xiangjun, and dressed neatly under Li Xiangjun's service, and then walked out of the tent with a waist knife.

"Hooray." Gao Qiqian whispered, "The toast of western Hunan and Hubei has come to bid you farewell." ”

"Resignation? I'm afraid it's a reward for silver. Chongzhen smiled and said, "However, this time we were able to quell the Shadingzhou Rebellion so quickly, and the native soldiers of western Hunan and Hubei have made great contributions, and they should indeed be rewarded." ”

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Let them go to my big tent first and wait." ”

"Command." Gao Qi received the holy decree and turned around and left.

Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen again: "Wang Daban, has the prefect of Changde transferred the grain?" ”

"Back to Long Live Lord, the prefect of Changde transferred 100,000 stone of grain early in the morning." Wang Chengen replied respectfully, "The silver has also been paid, at the price of five cents per stone." ”

"Okay." Chongzhen said again, "Go and call Wang Fuzhi." ”

Wang Chengen received the will and quickly found Wang Fuzhi.

Chongzhen asked Wang Fuzhi: "Wang Fuzhi, do you have a brother?" ”

Wang Fuzhi was stunned for a moment and said, "Back to the saint, the minister has two brothers. ”

Chongzhen asked again: "Which brother is in the grain business?" ”

"Grain business?" Wang Fuzhi was stunned and said, "Why did the Holy One say this? The minister's family has been cultivating and reading heirlooms for generations, and the eldest brother Wang Jiezhi and the second brother Wang Shenzhi are both scholars and have never done a grain business. ”

Chongzhen said: "Then it is estimated that which of your clan brothers is doing grain business under your banner, this person is so bold and bold, and he has grabbed the business to the head of the Internal Affairs Office." ”

"Then I'll go back and investigate."

Wang Fuzhi's face collapsed instantly.

He really remembered that there was a brother who was in the grain business.

"There's no urgency in this matter, I have more important things for you to do now." Chongzhen said, "You have been getting along with the more than 60,000 native soldiers of Xiangxi Yongshun and Baojing Xuanwei Division for almost half a year, how is your friendship?" ”

"It's okay." Wang Fuzhi said, "At least it is impossible for the Tusi of Yongshun and Baojing Xuanwei to rebel again." ”

"It's not enough." Chongzhen said solemnly, "If I decree now that the native soldiers move their families out of the mountains and settle down in the lake area around Dongting Lake, how many native soldiers do you estimate will respond?" ”

"Move the native soldiers of Xiangxi out of the mountains?" Wang Fuzhi was stunned and said, "Does the Holy Lord also want to change the land and return to the river in Xiangxi?" This matter is a bit rushed. ”

Chongzhen said: "You just have to answer my question. ”

Wang Fuzhi pondered for a moment and said, "It is estimated that half of the local soldiers will respond. ”

Chongzhen said, "Then what if I reward them with twenty-five acres of grace fields, and they can buy the most fertile lake fields at the price of 1 tael of silver per mu?" ”

"1 tael per mu? Or the most fertile lake field? ”

Wang Fuzhi said: "In this case, I dare not say everything, but the vast majority of local soldiers will happily move out of the mountains of Xiangxi with their families." ”

"Alright, then you can go back to the earth camp and proclaim the decree now." Chongzhen said with a smile, "Those who are willing to move their families out of the mountains will be settled around the Dongting Lake District, and each Ding will be rewarded with twenty-five acres of grace land, and those who are unwilling will not be reluctant, and they can go home after receiving seven taels and five buckets of silver and two stones and five buckets of rice." ”

"Command." The prince received the will and left.

Only then did Chongzhen bring Zhu Cijiong, Hu Guozhu and others to the Chinese army's big tent.

Chongzhen slept in the small tent last night, and it is impossible to sleep in a big tent.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, more than 30 large and small toasts from the Baojing Xuanfu Division, the Yongshun Xuanfu Division, and the Shinan Xuanfu Division have gathered together, standing in the middle of a large group of entangled men, Ran Sanniang looks particularly graceful and tender.

By the way, Shi Yan Xuanfu Si Qin Liangyu also stood in the middle of these toasts.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Chongzhen always feels that Ran Sanniang is flattering him.

The little widow of the Tujia family is different from the little widow of the Han nationality, she is very bold.

Seeing Chongzhen come in, Peng Tingyu, Ran Sanniang and other large and small toasts knelt on the ground and bowed.

"Flat." Chongzhen shook his hand, and said with a smile, "You've worked hard for half a year. ”

Ran Sanniang hurriedly said: "It is our duty to serve the imperial court and be loyal to the saints. ”

"Sanniang's words, I was really moved after hearing it." Chongzhen smiled at Ran Sanniang, and said, "However, as the so-called emperor is not a hungry soldier, you are loyal and dutiful to serve the imperial court, but I can't let you shed blood in vain, the salary and food owed to you should be distributed, and the reward should also be agreed." ”

Hearing this, the big and small toasts present suddenly perked up.

I just don't know, how much does the Holy God plan to reward them?

Also, were the silver and rice distributed directly to the soldiers or were they distributed to them?

As toasts, they naturally hoped that the Holy Lord would give them the silver and food rice, so that they could deduct a part of the soldiers' bounty and food and food mice.

The reward and food and rice for each soldier are only so little.

But thousands, if not tens of thousands, add up to a huge number.

However, according to the usual practice of the saints, it is estimated that they will not hand over the silver and rice to them.

It turns out that these toasts are still too naïve, Chongzhen will not only hand over the silver and food rice to them, but Chongzhen will even deprive them of their native soldiers.

"Sit down." Chongzhen said again, "Sit down and talk." ”

"Thank you." All the toasts thanked them and sat down one after another.

Chongzhen pretended to negotiate a reward with Tusi, but secretly isolated Hu Guozhu from inside and outside.

In this way, the local soldiers outside couldn't find the toast, and the toast inside didn't know what was going on outside, and when they went out, everything was settled.

At the bottom of the kettle, Chongzhen played a thief.

……

Peng Ah Da and Peng Ah Er are two brothers, both of whom are native soldiers of the Yongshun Tianjia Cave Division.

Peng Ada's daughter-in-law has already married and given birth to a son, but Peng Arda has not married yet, because his family is poor, he really can't give him a dowry to marry his daughter-in-law.

The land in the mountains is too barren.

Peng Ada, Peng Ah two brothers plus their father, father and son get up early every day to touch the dark, but the food harvested after a year of busyness, after paying the rent of the toast, there is little left, it is very difficult to feed a family of six, fortunately, the two brothers are good, and they can also supplement the family through hunting.

But life is still very hard.

Peng is only in his early twenties, and he looks like he is in his forties.

Because the days are too hard, the brothers are full of yearning for the upcoming salary and food, as for the reward or anything, the brothers didn't dare to think about it at all.

"Second brother, I heard that the five months' salary and rice will be distributed all at once, so that our two brothers can go home with fifteen taels of silver and five stones of grain! With this silver and these five stones of grain, I can tell you a family business. Peng Adaa said with a yearning face, "The rest of the silver can still buy a donkey." ”

"What kind of relatives to marry, I don't marry." Peng A'er said with a dark face, "Buy the land first." ”

"If you can't buy a few acres of land, you can pay back the land of the Tusi family every year, and you have to pay 70% of the rent a year, and your life will still not be good."

"What kind of land, what kind of land." Peng Adaa sighed, "The land in Tianjiadong is all from the Tusi family, and we can't buy it with more silver, so you better dispel this idea as soon as possible." ”

"I don't understand, why all the land in Tianjiadong belongs to the Tusi family?"

Peng A'er said coldly: "The native soldiers in Yunnan have all divided the fields, and it is said that the wolf soldiers in Guangxi have also divided the fields, maybe the Holy Lord will also divide the land for our native soldiers in Xiangxi." ”

There are ready-made examples in the past, coupled with the influence of Qinwang Shizi for nearly half a year, the vision and thinking of 100,000 native soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei have undergone earth-shaking changes, and the biggest change is that they are no longer as obedient to the oppression of Tusi as before, and they begin to yearn for a better life at home.

People are not stupid, they will compare.

Seeing that the wolf soldiers in Guangxi and the native soldiers in Yunnan have lived a good life, the native soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei will substitute themselves in, the wolf soldiers in Guangxi and the native soldiers in Yunnan have obviously made mistakes, and they can still live like that, our native soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei are the heroes of the Ming Dynasty, why are they worse than them? It doesn't make sense.

"Shut up, can you talk nonsense?"

Peng Ah was startled and said in a low voice: "Beware of being picked off by Toast after going back." ”

Master Tusi is the emperor of the soil in the place, and what he says is the holy decree, and he has the power to seize life and death for the people in the jurisdiction, and it is light to break the tendons and tendons.

"I mean, this time it has to be Hongkong."

Peng A'er was on the bar, and he was not afraid.

Peng Arda raised his big slap and was about to teach the second child a lesson, but the local soldiers outside suddenly made noise and ran outside like a swarm.

"Ergouzi, what's wrong?" Peng asked in astonishment.

"It's paid! There is also rice for work! Peng Ergou said excitedly, "Go and get paid!" ”

"Paid?" Peng Ah was overjoyed when he heard this, and he didn't care about teaching Peng Ah Er a lesson at the moment, so he quickly turned around and followed.

Seeing Peng Arda and Peng Er coming up, Peng Ergou said excitedly: "I heard that in addition to the silver and rice, there are additional rewards, twenty-five acres of land per person!" ”

"How much?" Peng Ada's excitement was so loud that he burst into a broken voice.

"Twenty-five acres each." Peng Ergou said, "But it's not for free, you have to buy it with silver, one or two silver per mu." ”

"One or two silver per acre?" Peng Adao, "Is this different from giving it away for nothing?" In our Yongshun, the cheapest land costs five or six taels of silver per acre, and the high-quality paddy fields cost twenty taels! ”

Peng A'er also asked, "Ergou, where is it?" ”

Peng Ergou said: "I don't know this, I won't know if I go." ”

When the three of them ran to the open space outside the camp, they saw that more than 60,000 native soldiers from Baojing and Yongshun had already gathered together, and they were cheering loudly one by one.

(End of chapter)