Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 126 Rewards

At the beginning of June of the fourth year of Zhonghe, Shao Shude returned to Baichengzi, where he had been away for two months, after receiving some offerings along the way.

The residents of Xiazhou have long known about the great victory of the commander-in-chief's northern expedition to the grassland.During the days when the army was in charge, various gossips were circulating in the market.

For example, the commander-in-chief beheaded [-] party members in Dijinze, for example, seized millions of cattle and sheep, for example, the Zhe family married a daughter to the commander-in-chief, and so on. Can't tell the truth from the fake.

But there is one thing that is unified, that is, this time the expedition is a big victory!Yinzhou has already sent [-] cattle, and [-] grassland women and children. There are not only party members, but also Uighurs, Turks, and Tuyuhun. As wives, let them settle down and live in the four counties of Yinzhou.

Pooh!Those who are cheap are the killers!There is no need to pay a dowry, and you will have a wife and children, and your life will be stable all of a sudden. How can you be so lucky?

In the first half of this year, more than [-] family members of soldiers moved to Xiazhou City one after another, all from Heyang Town.Wei Bojun's discipline was so bad that no one could stand it.The Dingnan Army's horse dealers in Hezhong and Shanguo had to bribe a considerable number of horses to let the sergeants who were eager for money let them go and even cooperate, so that the families of the sergeants in Heyang moved here one after another.

Even some ordinary people in Heyang are asking if they can leave.After getting an affirmative answer, hundreds of households were left, and these people were all resettled in Yinzhou.Although it is renting a military farm to live, it is better than the precarious life in his hometown in Heyang.Are you willing to behave yourself, and suddenly a group of Wei Bo sergeants come to your house, robbing you of all your belongings and taking the woman away?If there is any disobedience, it will be chopped off with a single knife, which is no different from a bandit.

In this matter, brothers Wang Chongrong and Wang Chongying really helped a lot.At least, they did not intercept, but released, which is very rare.The brothers of the Wang family are not like warlords in many cases, but more like politicians with long sleeves and good skills. It is indeed a good way to survive if they only focus on making friends with the surrounding feudal towns.

In the second half of the year, they will have to rely on the help of their brothers.For this reason, Wang Chongrong asked Shao Shude to buy a thousand army horses this year, and gave him a discounted price.Of course, this guy also bought a thousand horses from Li Keyong, and he was not offended at all. He is invincible in doing this!

Before the army entered the city, they placed the captured cattle and sheep outside the city.A small tribe that surrendered by the Wushui River was brought back along the way. They will graze in the former imperial pasture on the Wuding River in the south of Xiazhou City, on the condition that they help take care of the brought back batch of cattle, sheep, horses and camels.

There are less than a thousand people in this tribe, so they are naturally willing to do so.No matter how rich the water and grass are in the pastures occupied by the Tang court, no one dares to graze for a long time, except for occasionally stealing sheep to eat, otherwise they will be taken away by the gang of corrupt officials.

In front of the north gate of Xiazhou, families of newly arrived soldiers were crowded, and they were eagerly looking for their relatives in the ranks.Very good, it tastes like Jinyang.When Yizhao led ten thousand people to the north to defend against the enemy, the families of soldiers from the three cities of Jinyang and Jinyang and Erji counties in Taiyuan all came to see him off. This situation also happened in Xiazhou now, which made Shao Shude quite familiar.

"The handsome is mighty!"

"Wonderful wins!"

"Next time you go out, the commander-in-chief will bring someone with you, who knows how to shoot arrows!"

"With so many cattle and sheep, there will be no shortage of meat for several years."

"I haven't eaten meat a few times in Heyang. I didn't expect to move to Xiazhou, and I would eat meat every day. Thanks to my Dalang."

"I just moved from Heyang last month, and Wei Bojun's bastard is too shameful! I have to tell my elder brother not to wait for Shao Yao, who was snatched by Wei Bojun, and marry a wife in Xiazhou. "

"Zhaoyi is also very chaotic, killing and killing every day. Xiazhou is a little poor, but the victory lies in stability."

"Where are you poor? Are there poor places where you can eat meat every day?"

"This brother, who is Marshal Shao? I just moved from Zezhou, so I don't know him yet."

"The concubine wants to marry the handsome man."

With so many family members greeting them at the door, the sergeants couldn't help but raise their heads and chests up, and the queue walked more neatly.

Shao Shude put down the curtains of the carriage with a smile, and stroked Wei Cailaimei's head with his right hand.This party girl, known as the pearl of the earth, prostrated herself in front of him with an extremely respectful expression.

"Go back and store your hair first." Shao Shude got up and straightened his luggage, wiped the corners of her mouth for her, and then got out of the carriage to greet the state officials who came to greet him.

Shao Shude exchanged pleasantries with Qiu Weidao, the military supervisor, Chen Yishen, the governor of the state, Li Hang, the governor of the state, Wang Yu, the commander of the state soldiers, and others.

"Qiu Shijun, when we met in the past to share wealth and wealth, these goods have their own share in the army." Shao Shude laughed.

"What he said in the past unexpectedly came true. It's really extraordinary for the commander-in-chief to have achieved what he has achieved today." Qiu Weidao also laughed.

"But we can take the clansmen to Xiazhou, Guanzhong is still not very safe."

"Of course, I should write a letter when I get back. There are hundreds of people in my family, and I have to ask the commander-in-chief for protection."

"There is no shirking the responsibility. Wealth and wealth are shared, I don't just talk about it, but I think so in my heart."

"Chen Biejia is an important member of the imperial court, so I am very happy to vote for someone." Shao Shu held Chen Yishen's hand and said with a smile.

"The sage is still in Sichuan, and I don't even have a salary, so I have to come to vote for the commander in chief." Chen Yishen said with a wry smile.

"Judge Zhang resigns from his post, why not come to the shogunate to work."

"The commander-in-chief has orders, and he will obey them."

Afterwards, Shao Shude dragged Li Hang and Wang Yu to talk again, and then walked back to the mansion surrounded by his own soldiers.And the carriage he was riding in had already returned to the mansion one step ahead.

"Welcome Your Majesty to return in victory." As soon as he returned home, Zhe Fangai led Zhao Yu and Feng's sisters to greet him in person.

Shao Shude looked at his wife, who was not yet 20 years old, and said with some amusement: "Why is this so? They are all from my own family, what are you doing with these scenes?"

According to the age of future generations, Zhe Fangai may have just graduated from high school, but at this time, he greeted him solemnly with all his wives and concubines.It was also full of formal attire, full of sense of ceremony, which made Shao annoyed and funny.

I have to treat you well tonight!
"Come here, everyone, and help your husband settle the accounts." Shao Shude said with a big wave of his hand.

All the wives and concubines responded one after another, but Xiao Feng blushed when he heard the word "Husband".

When the army returned, it brought more than 20 miscellaneous animals.Adding in the more than [-] livestock that Zhou Rong sent to Suizhou before, the sum of the seizure and offerings was really a lot!
Zhe Fangai doesn't know how to settle accounts, and is holding Xiao Feng's daughter by the side.Shao Shude saw his eyes burning, rushed to hug the child, and looked at it cheerfully.

"The king has an heir, and the concubine is very happy."

Shao Shude carefully looked at Zhe Fangai's hard-pressed smile, and whispered in his ear: "In the next few days, I will be at the discretion of Mrs. Xian."

Zhe Fangai's face gradually turned red, a small spot at first, and soon covered the whole face.Originally, she almost entered husband taming mode automatically, but in front of Zhao Yu and the Feng sisters, she couldn't say anything, so she snatched the child away in a hurry, and carried her away.

Hey, a little high school student still wants to fight with me!With his hands behind his back, Shao Shude sat behind the case table, watching several pleasing wives and concubines busy at work.

Although there were a lot of things, they were just mathematical problems, and they were simply classified into categories. After counting the copies of the military accounts, the results were quickly calculated, and Feng Xuan, who had the best handwriting, transcribed them and handed them to Shao Shude.

Shao wanted to hold Dafeng in his arms, but when he saw that his wife was still there, he stopped thinking and looked at the data seriously.

There are a total of 5700 horses, 9500 camels, more than 63000 cattle, and 323000 sheep. There are very few donkeys and pigs, a total of several hundred, which are classified as "other miscellaneous animals", not to mention for the time being.

This result is only one-third of Liao Xingzong's.Xixia fortified the walls and cleared the wilderness in advance, moved the grain, grass, cattle and sheep, and was stunned by you to scrape the ground three feet, and got so many things, this level is really high!Of course, it is no comparison with those "big gods" who captured millions or tens of millions of cattle and sheep at a time.

There is a long way to go!
Horse, Shao Shude intends to sell it, the price may not be able to maintain 40 pieces of silk, maybe it will drop a bit, but there is still a total of 20 pieces of silk, the problem is to find customers.This is not urgent, it will be sold slowly, there are still a bunch of horses in the Yinchuan Ranch that cannot be sold.Alas, we need to open the Shuzhong market, there are many big customers there, and it is easy to give money!
Cattle, unfortunately, are not farming cattle.To train, more than 6 cows, I don't know how many can be trained.If it is not farming cattle, there will not be many people buying it, and no one may want more than 2000 yuan.Shao Shude had the final say, it shouldn't be overestimated, based on the value of 15 yuan.

Sheep, to be honest, sell much better than cattle.Tang people like to eat mutton, even to the extent of loving it.A head is worth four to five hundred renminbi, and a lamb is also worth two hundred renminbi. If calculated conservatively, it is also worth more than [-] renminbi.

Camels are really hard to find buyers.I have no choice but to raise it myself first, and then find a chance to sell it later, or simply keep it for my own use, trouble!
Not counting camels, just the cattle, horses and sheep captured, and the reward of [-] soldiers ([-] warriors of various ethnic groups were selected in Dijinze as cavalry), are almost enough, and there is still one worth tens of thousands of dollars left. Cattle and sheep.

These rewards don't have to be distributed all at once, they can be distributed five times a year, and the cattle and sheep will probably multiply by then.Considering that the sergeants and families in Sui and Yin prefectures have also started to pay taxes this year, and then find a way to sell a batch of horses from the Yinchuan ranch, and collect another wave of taxes next year, it is estimated that there will not be a big gap in rewards in the five years of Zhonghe.

Just food is not enough!Is it possible to use camels to pay off the debt?Well, we still have to figure out a way to deal with it.

Why is raising an army so difficult!Shao Shude was so angry that he almost threw away the brush.

The treatment of my own sergeants, to be honest, is above average among the towns. I really don't know how the eight towns in the northwest of Beijing are living now.The commander-in-chief must have cut the rewards, and most of the sergeants were in trouble, but now they have resigned to their fate, knowing that even if they looted the counties, they would not be able to support them, so they had to accept the reality.So you are still insisting on the same treatment, isn't it a bit silly?
But I really dare not lower the treatment of the sergeants!

It's a waste of finances, let's fool around slowly, and see how much tribute can be received from grassland miscellaneous captives every year in the future, and how much tax can be received.It is estimated that the soldiers of the Dingnan Army will take a long time to receive in-kind rewards such as cattle and sheep. I think everyone can understand it. Compared with the other seven families in the eight towns in the northwest of Beijing, they should be satisfied.

(End of this chapter)