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Section 76: Military Pay

The quiet county government lobby still has signs of being burned by fire. Although the Zheng Wang army, who arrived a few days ago, had been renovated here, the place on the beams and pillars that were blackened by fire is still vivid in my mind.

At this time, a table was moved into the lobby, and there were several people sitting next to the table. These people were Meng Zhang, Meng Xiaohei, Zhao Yier and Lin Yong who had just arrived recently. At this time, several people were a little anxious and uneasy sitting here, especially Meng Xiaohei and Lin Yong, who had already stood up in their seats several times.

They were waiting for Liu Shan. They just took down Xin'an City today, so Liu Shan asked the soldiers to ask them to have a meeting here.

After waiting for a long time, Liu Shan did not arrive.

At this time, the white light was shining outside, and the cicadas on the tree kept screaming, which made people feel more and more irritable.

After a long time, he saw Liu Shan. Liu Shan was wearing a simple cloth dress and holding a string of copper coins in his hand. With a clang, the copper coins in his hand were thrown on the table, making a crisp sound.

Everyone looked at the string of copper coins on the table in confusion. No one knew what Liu Shan was going to do at this time.

Today, they just took over Xin'an City. There are many things happening at this time. Now the people present are all important figures of this rebel army. At this time, these people did not go out to handle the matter, but waited here for Liu Shan for a long time. Liu Shan came to wear a commoner and held this string of copper coins, which made everyone puzzled.

"Yi'er, you came out from the army all the way. Let me tell you if the soldiers in the army now have any money to collect."

"Liu Shan, what are you going to do? In the army, officials only have money, and where are the soldiers? They only have military fields given by the government, also called official fields, and they don't have to pay taxes. However, soldiers must bring their own combat uniforms and weapons and horses." Yi'er obviously knows the military affairs at this time.

"Yeah, Yi'er said it very well. Now the army is implementing the policy of unity of military and military forces and farmers. When fighting, the military households bring their armor and weapons and their own war horses to fight. When they don't fight, they stay at home to farm. However, the world is in chaos now. Today is this one, and tomorrow is that one. Take our current Xin'an. It was ours a few days ago, and these days are King Zheng's, and now we are ours."

Everyone looked at Liu Shan, waiting for Liu Shan's words.

Liu Shan held the string of copper coins and weighed them in his hand a few times.

"You said that if you don't know who the land belongs to the next moment, then will the hearts of being a soldier be stable?" Liu Shan said, and several people couldn't help but discuss. The soldiers at this time all planted military fields, but the military fields were still their own. This is like a house, the foundation is unstable, will the buildings on it still be stable? The answer is definitely not stable.

"And, as far as I know, not all troops now have military fields. Under King Zheng, there are many soldiers with nothing, no fields, no armor, war horses and weapons. Their weapons and armor are all supplied by the army. Moreover, the rebels who rebels did not have military fields. They were all holding their own hoes and iron forks. Now everything outside is chaotic, and the army is also chaotic."

Liu Shan looked at everyone, then called Lin Yong.

"Who are there in your family?" Liu Shan asked Lin Yong.

"I have an old mother at home, two sisters who are not married, one younger brother, my father died early," Lin Yong said, his eyes slightly red. Obviously, even if Lin Yong, who has military positions in the army, his family is not very good. His father died early, his mother is in poor health, and he is ill in bed. His younger brother is young, and his two sisters do the work in the field. Sometimes his mother has to do some work with his sick body. Although his younger brother is young, he is also sensible. Children aged seven or eight also help with some housework.

Lin Yong is the only middle-aged man in his family, but he cannot lead troops to fight at home and in places far away from his hometown. Lin Yong is still lucky. He has a military position and at least a meager income that can be handed over to his family. It’s not that Lin Yong doesn’t care about his family, doesn’t think about his mother and young brother lying on the bed, so he really can’t go home.

As Lin Yong spoke, tears were already filled with tears in the eyes of the seven-foot man. The expressions on the faces of the people around him were not good, and Liu Shan was not good either. Although Liu Shan had no relatives here, he also had people who were thinking about him, and it was impossible to see them. In fact, Lin Yong still had hope to see his family, but Liu Shan had no hope.

Yi'er was also very uncomfortable. As Lin Yong said, she always remembered the kind face and the person who fell under her sword.

Lin Yong could no longer say anything. Meng Xiaohei next to him supported Lin Yong, and Meng Xiaohei's face was extremely ugly. Meng Xiaohei's mother had just died.

"The strong men are all fighting outside, and there are only lonely elderly people and young children left in the family. Originally, the people who are the pillars of the family are far away in a foreign land at this time. I think this is not just Lin Yong!"

"Lin Yong can give his family an income to supplement his family's income. However, thousands of soldiers have nothing. They are empty-handed and are in a foreign land. What they can do is just look at the direction of their homes when the moon is full. The comfort they can give themselves is that they will return home, take care of their parents, and marry a wife. There are a few fat babies, which makes their parents smile. It's hard to join the army! The world is even more difficult when the war is in chaos, and no one knows when they can get rid of their troops and return to the field."

Liu Shan said to the people around him, and asked several people who stood up to sit down.

"I want to pay all the soldiers so that they can help the family and give them some household benefits. If you are not with your parents, you can also make your parents live a better life." When Liu Shan said this, everyone present knew what the string of copper coins on the table meant.

Since ancient times, it has never been a matter of fighting, and it has never been done before. Liu Shan has made the first pass for the first time.

"Liu Shan, we also know that it is good to do this, but we can't afford the soldiers." Meng Zhang stood up and had different opinions on Liu Shan's proposal.

"The money we received recently was originally robbed by King Zheng from the people, and was used as military pay, which can be regarded as returning to the people. After receiving military pay, these soldiers can also hand it over to their families, so that the poor family can overcome the difficulties."

"Brother Liu Shan, although that batch of silver is a lot, it is still used up. What should we do if we use it up?" Meng Xiaohei asked from the side.

"Then let's make money." Liu Shan said this, and everyone around him stared at Liu Shan with big eyes.

"Liu Shan, how can we earn money? Besides, we are exhausted and we can't earn the huge expenses of the army."
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