I rebelled in the Song Dynasty

The next morning, Wu Ze ran away somewhere, and Liu Sheng didn't pay attention to him. He probably said something serious last night, and the child couldn't think about it for a while.

Wang Liao's work efficiency was very high. In just one night, he calculated all the losses and due compensation in the defense of Mayi City.

“There are 4000 soldiers and officers of our army participating in the defense of the city, and now there are less than 800 injured.

There are also civilians, no less than [-] people died, the exact number is still being counted, all of which require the general to get a charter. "

Liu Sheng did not expect that so many people died in a defensive battle. The Khitan's battle losses were only more than a thousand people. Is the gap so big?

Liu Sheng sighed, stood up and faced the rising sun, looked at the less dazzling sun in the sky and said: "Each sergeant killed in this battle will receive a pension of 20 guan, and from now on, the family of the slain soldier will be given [-] pennies and ten years per month.

There are young children raised by the government until the age of 16, and both parents at home are provided by the government to support them until they die.

As for the civilian husbands who died in the battle, 40 guan were given to their families, and each family was given one stone of grain for five years, and [-] grains per month to support their families.

All the disabled people were thrown into the school for me to learn how to deal with government affairs. From now on, whenever there is another death in battle, the wounded sergeants and civilians will be dealt with accordingly. In addition, a monument was erected for me outside Mayi City to commemorate all the fallen soldiers and civilians. The names of the civilian husbands were engraved on them, and thousands of people worshiped them. "

While Liu Sheng was talking, Wang Liao was making calculations.

When Liu Sheng finished speaking, Wang Liao also wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "General, we may not have the money."

"How come there is no money?" Liu Sheng didn't believe it. He remembered that he got more than 20 yuan from Yunzhou. When he was in Yunzhong, he robbed all the wealthy businessmen. Huairen also robbed part of it. When he arrived in Shuozhou, he robbed all the big families. , the cash on hand is at least more than 500 million.

How come there is no money after such a small pension?

Meeting Liu Sheng's eyes, Wang Liao cried bitterly: "General, do you know how much I just calculated? More than 100 million yuan."

Liu Sheng touched his chin and said, "Is that much?"

Wang Liao nodded with certainty and said: "It's just a little less, not counting the monument that the general just mentioned. Although he loves his soldiers as his sons and his people as his life, the compensation given is too much. This is just a small incident." The defense will cost 100 million guan. In the future, if the general goes out to fight again, those soldiers will definitely become alienated from the general if they cannot pay the same price.

Even the richest country in Song Dynasty did not have such a high pension."

Liu Sheng did not speak, but instead asked: "Don't we still have briquettes and salt mines? We can also sell some ironware."

"General, this briquette only sells for two cents a piece, and there is no profit at all. Selling salt and iron also takes time!

Moreover, according to the general's request, the price of salt in Shuozhou is only ten cents per catty, which can no longer be regarded as a huge profit industry. Moreover, the household registration system mentioned by the general is not perfect, and the sale of this salt has not yet begun. "

Liu Sheng felt that abacus beads should not be used in daily necessities, but salt was seriously scarce in this era. In order to avoid people buying large quantities for smuggling, Liu Sheng stipulated that every household must purchase salt based on their household registration. certificate.

It's just that it's been half a month since Wang Liao completed the small household registration, and Liu Sheng was a little unhappy.

Wang Liao complained bitterly: "General, the county and various towns are already pretty much there. The main ones are in the villages and herdsmen outside the city. They are too scattered."

"well". Liu Sheng sighed, there was no way, the literacy rate was too low. It would have been better if we were in the Song Dynasty. Scholars may not be found in every village, but there must be one or two literate people in each village.

Most of the literate people in Shuozhou were children of big families, and Liu Sheng took the blame. This was the reason why those big families dared to raise food prices when Liu Sheng settled in Shuozhou. Without them, Shuozhou would be half paralyzed.

"As for ironware, Shuozhou is poor, and very few people can afford to buy ironware. The Song Dynasty court will not buy our ironware at all, and they still want to sell it to us~"

Organize caravans and sell out what Shuozhou can sell. The soldiers are working hard. I can't search for them. I have to let them have no worries. The pension must be paid. There is no prime labor force in the family. The pension is to ensure that their family can grow old. It is necessary to take a small amount of time to get through the difficulties.

Wang Liao still advised: "The general's pension is equivalent to the money the soldiers have to pay for their lives. Why do we need to pay [-] cash per month to their families?" Wang Liao couldn't understand this point. This can be said to be a living Bodhisattva. Come into the world.

I have never heard of such a pension being paid out in all the dynasties. No matter how wealthy the court was, it would be paid out in one lump sum and no longer care about his life or death.

"Alas," Liu Sheng sighed again and said, "Do you think a family that has lost its labor force can get it without the protection of the clan? Can they keep it? They can't keep it if they get a one-time pension. If you can't get the money, it will be taken away by the clan for various reasons, and the more ruthless ones will just kill people and take the wealth."

Wang Liao nodded in agreement with Liu Sheng's statement. He knew that all of his clan relatives were cannibals, and he thought Liu Sheng didn't understand this.

"Then why did the general give it?"

"The pension is for the living. Those clans have to take care of it more or less if they divide the pension. Plus three hundred cash per month in the future, it will be a lot of money after one year. They have no reason. Let that family disappear." Liu Sheng said in a deep voice.

Family is a characteristic of this era. In this era where production materials are low and every village has to snatch water for farming, only by sticking together can we survive better together. What is more trustworthy than blood ties!

After Wang Liao left, Liu Sheng thought alone, where to get money. Money is a good thing, but it is spent very quickly. Without money, he cannot even support the army.

Making wine? Liu Sheng shook this idea out of his mind. The food in Shuozhou was not enough for people to eat, making wine was not cost-effective, and the Song Dynasty seemed to have high-quality wine.

As for soap, Liu Sheng was confused. It was all fat. The cost of making animal oil made everyone look up to it. It was possible to make and sell it to high-ranking officials in the Song Dynasty. As for Shuozhou...

Just then Mi Xing walked in and said: "General, General Liang took away 2 gunpowder cans this morning and is rushing to Yingzhou. If he goes fast enough, he will be back in three days."

Liu Sheng nodded and looked at Mi Xing, whose eyes suddenly lit up. He had an idea in his mind. Business in Shuozhou was not prosperous, but he could organize a caravan to go to Song Dynasty!

The imperial court of the Song Dynasty was poor, but the scholar-bureaucrats were extremely rich.

"Mi Xing, I'll give you a task. Go to the Song Dynasty and get me some scholars. It's enough to be literate. It would be better if they could read the Four Books and Five Classics well and quote the classics."