When the Qin army began to clean up the battlefield, Fusu entered the county seat of Bushan accompanied by Peng Yue.

After Fusu entered the county seat of Bushan, he saw countless soldiers and civilians sitting or resting at a glance. Dozens of houses near the city walls have been smashed into ruins by cannonstones fired by South Vietnamese army trebuchets.

"General Peng, can you tell me about the casualties of the soldiers and civilians in this Bushan City?" Fusu asked as he looked at the scene in front of him with a solemn face.

"Yu Gongzi, the Ying Long Army and the Yi Army have killed more than 3,000 people and injured more than 700 people. More than 10,000 people were killed and more than 5,000 wounded. ”

"Pass on my edict that the families of the dead soldiers and civilians will be given a bereavement pension of 5,000 yuan per household, and their families will be exempted from paying taxes for five years; During the tax holiday, two stones of grain will be supplied by our Daqin Treasury every year; If a person who has a child under the age of eighteen, the government treasury shall pay fifty yuan of alimony every year until the child reaches the age of eighteen; For those whose parents are still alive, each parent will be given 20 yuan per year until they die, and the funeral after the death will be handled by the county government in each locality; All the surviving defenders of the city should be rewarded according to the content of the previous notice. Peng Yue, you have to hurry up and register the information of these martyrs and civilians and send them to Cheng. ”

Fu Su thought about it for a while and ordered Peng Yue.

"Yu Gongzi, I know that you care about the people of Guilin County, but if you do this, I'm afraid that my Great Qin's finances will be unsustainable?" Peng Yue advised worriedly.

"General Peng, I know that this decree will put a lot of pressure on my Great Qin Treasury, but I have to do it. If the people can help me defend the city regardless of life and death, how can I fail such a good people.

But there was no need to worry, and after the South Vietnamese were completely destroyed, I decided to take a one-year break before going on the offensive. When spring begins this year, I will let Meng Tian's army go to Hexi to cultivate, 400 acres of land, which will grow 4.5 million stone grain! In addition to 40% as the military rations of Meng Tian's army, there are also 2.7 million stone income, which is enough to pay the bereavement benefits of the soldiers and civilians who died in South Vietnam. ”

As a result of his own proposal to give preferential treatment to the soldiers and civilians who died in battle, Fusu had to start looking for new sources of finance for Daqin.

This search actually put the statecraft strategy proposed by Tuntian, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Chongguo, on the stage of history in advance.

Three days later, when Fusu was preparing to lead his army to solve the crisis in Zhulu and Laoyi counties, the missing thirty Qingzhangshan soldiers escorted Zhao Shi and two South Vietnamese lieutenant generals back to the county town of Burao.

After hearing the news, Fusu rushed to the hall of the Burao County Ya to meet these Qingzhangshan soldiers.

"Heroes, do you know who these people you have captured are?"

Fusu glanced at Zhao Shi and the others, who were tied up like zongzi by the soldiers of Qingzhang Mountain, and then turned to look at the leading Shi Chang and asked.

"I don't know, I don't know, but that day I saw these three cowardly goods sneaking away, so I led a group of brothers to chase after them. Good fellows, these three goods are so fast that we chased them for a day and a night before we could catch up. ”

The leader described to Fusu the experience of chasing the three people in front of them.

Fusu looked at the Shi Chang in front of him and other Qingzhang Mountain soldiers and smiled heartily, since he came to Qianzhong County to contact these soldiers from Qingzhang Mountain, Fusu gradually liked this group of honest and honest soldiers. Let's say that they are officers and soldiers, and there are many mountain bandits. Let's say that they are not officers and soldiers, they have an awe-inspiring sense of honor.

"Heroes, you have made a great contribution, this young general with fine skin and tender meat is Zhao Tuo's only son, how much do you say it is worth?" Fusu pointed at Zhao Shi and looked at the group of Qingzhang Mountain soldiers and asked.

"My mother, this is still Zhao Tuo's only son." The soldier who had escorted Zhao Shi before said in surprise.

"Hmm"

Fusu smiled and nodded, looking at the thirty Qingzhang Mountain soldiers with a satisfied expression.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I just lack dozens of relatives, I don't know if you would like to come to my side to be on duty."

When Fusu saw these people, he wanted to take them under his command.

First, these people are loyal and honest, and they are indeed the best choice to be guards; The second is that Fusu wants to have more relatives from poor backgrounds around him, so that he can hear the thoughts of some low-level people when considering some national policies.

Seeing that the soldiers of Qingzhang Mountain were unknown, Peng Yue was so anxious that he was about to tear the soles of his shoes.

"Hurry up and agree, where can you find such a good opportunity?" Peng Yue said to the leader of the chief.

"Alas, Childe wants you to follow him in the future, are you willing?"

Peng Yue saw the stunned appearance of the Qingzhang Mountain soldiers, and explained eagerly.

After listening to Peng Yue's explanation, these soldiers understood what Fusu meant, and they were excited for a while, and they all opened their mouths to express their joy:

"I'm willing to follow Childe left and right"

"Childe, I, Li Er, will leave my words here, and I will listen to you when my father and mother are out."

"Childe, I'm the same"

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Listening to the various expressions of loyalty of these soldiers, Fusu was deeply gratified. Although these people don't know much about the ways of Confucius and Mencius, they do recognize a principle of death: whoever is good to them, they are willing to sacrifice their lives and forget death for whom.

Fusu also understands a truth, governing the country, it is these people who should be paid the most attention. They live in the grassland, they don't care who is the emperor, they only care about who can feed him, just like when they were in South Vietnam before, they went to Qingzhang Mountain and fell into the grass because they couldn't bear the oppression of the South Vietnamese government. No matter which dynasty or generation, the easiest to satisfy is the people of the grass, and the easiest to rebel is the people of the grass.

A few days later, the remnants of the defeated soldiers fled back to Panyu City. Zhao Tuo also learned from these soldiers what happened under Bushan City.

For several days in a row, Zhao Tuo saw a wave of remnants of soldiers coming back from Bushan, but there was no news of Zhao Shi, and Zhao Tuo began to panic.

On this day, Zhao Tuo waited for Fusu's letter in a panic:

"King of Nanyue, the prince of Nanyue is in the hands of my Qin army, and I will exchange two things for it. The first is to withdraw troops from Zhulu and Laoyi; The second is to completely hand over Xiang County and Guilin County to my Great Qin. If you don't see action within half a month, then wait to receive Ling Gongzi's corpse! ”

On the day he received the letter from Fusu, Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, summoned a group of civil and military officers to the palace of Nanyue to discuss the rescue of Gongzi.

When a group of civil and military officials saw Fusu's letter, except for Wu Jian and a few other ministers who objected to the exchange of Xiangjun and Guilin County for the prince, the rest of the ministers chose to be silent.

In fact, all the ministers understood that Zhao Tuo had already made a choice in his heart, and asking hundreds of officials in the court was just a superfluous move. After all, Zhao Shi is Zhao Tuo's only son, and now his life is in danger, who would be stupid enough to touch Zhao Tuo's moldy head at this time.

Early the next morning, I saw a team of fast riders escorting a carriage to the direction of Guilin County.