Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 109 Rewards and Punishments
Chapter [-] Rewards and Punishments
Back at Xinjiangkou Wharf, Zhang Dawei led the other soldiers to send the wounded back to the battalion, while Yang Chao went to find the shops on the wharf.

This is a shop that makes fur goods, and it is quite large, otherwise it would be impossible to transport thousands of loads of goods at a time.

The shopkeeper is also the owner, not too old, but it has been a few years since he took over the shop from his father.

Usually, the main business is to buy raw hides from Jiangbei, and process mature hides and various products in Nanjing. Their family also has their own workshop in Pishi Lane.

Because I am the owner, the shopkeeper can sit down directly.

So Yang Chao directly told the shopkeeper why he came here: "Shopkeeper Mao, I'm sorry. My idea is wrong, I met a Jiang bandit, and your goods have not been delivered."

As soon as shopkeeper Mao walked out of the counter, he immediately stopped, opened his mouth and let out an 'ah'.

This shopkeeper Mao naturally knew Yang Chao. To be precise, he knew Yang Chao because he knew Wang Xiao later, and through Wang Xiao's introduction, he handed over his goods to Yang Chao for delivery.

Wang Xiao is now slowly spreading out a huge business network with Jinchai Tower as the center.

Shopkeeper Mao is not considered a giant businessman, but he is not an ordinary businessman either. Therefore, when the Jinchai Building opened a gathering, he was invited only a few days ago.

"The goods were robbed?"

Shopkeeper Mao asked nervously, with a gloomy face, as if he had already decided that his goods were finished, and asking this question was just not giving up.

Yang Chao shook his head and said, "How could it be possible to be robbed? The goods were saved, and nine Jiang bandits were killed by my subordinates, but my brothers were also injured several times, so I came back to recuperate first. Your goods, I will help you deliver them tomorrow."

Shopkeeper Mao's complexion was extremely exciting, turning from ashes to flushing almost instantly, and he even shouted a little excitedly:

"Master Yang, what do you mean, the goods are all right?"

Yang Chao nodded: "It's okay."

Shopkeeper Mao's face was stunned, but he let out a few dry breaths, and then slapped his thigh violently.

"Great! As long as the goods are fine."

Shopkeeper Mao was willing to pay 15 taels of silver to transport those goods across the river, because that batch of goods was more valuable and could be sold for 2000 taels of silver after crossing the river.

If the goods were lost, shopkeeper Mao didn't think that Yang Chao would compensate him, and shopkeeper Mao didn't think that he could compete with Yang Chao with his own strength.

Yang Chao is now a well-known figure in Nanjing City. Both government and businessmen are well-known. A middle-class wealthy businessman really has no confidence to fight Yang Chao.

If the goods are lost, the shopkeeper Mao will probably have to admit it.

But I don't know that Yang Chao is a reasonable person: "The shopkeeper Mao's intention is like this. Your goods have not been delivered on schedule, and I am willing to compensate some delay costs. I don't know how much the shopkeeper Mao thinks is appropriate?"

Shopkeeper Mao was taken aback, losing money?Lose yourself money?

He heard it right, why is it that the goods are not lost, and he is willing to pay himself just because of the delay.

Although it was unbelievable, since the goods were not lost, he was already thankful, so how dare he ask for compensation.

Shopkeeper Mao immediately said: "Master Yang is joking. As long as the goods are not lost, how dare you ask for compensation from the adults. Besides, it is because you met Jiang Bandit, so don't dare to blame the adults. The adults can keep the goods of the villains, and the villains I am grateful to Dade, and also hurt the adults, if the villain dares to demand compensation from the adult, then the villain is ignorant."

Yang Chao shook his head and said, "Although it was an accident to meet Jiang bandits, the compensation is still to be paid. In short, it is my responsibility. And the shopkeeper Mao is the innocent person. Do you want to do business? If you delay for a day, the delay is all money. Shopkeeper Mao Do the math, how much should be.”

Yang Chao has always been humble, saying that he is 'below', which shows an attitude that he is willing to use an equal status to deal with these businessmen, not other Ming officials who always have a superior mentality in front of businessmen.

Shopkeeper Mao was quite embarrassed, but seeing Yang Chao's firm expression, he finally reluctantly said: "Actually, the shipment is not that urgent, and it will not be delayed by a day. If Master Yang insists on compensation, just give five taels of silver."

Yang Chao nodded: "Okay, since the shopkeeper Mao is righteous, I won't be hypocritical. Five taels is five taels, I appreciate it."

He took out a silver ingot of five taels and stuffed it into the hands of shopkeeper Mao.

Then he clasped his fists together: "Then see you later, I still have things to do, so I'll go back to the camp first."

After speaking, Yang Chao turned around and strode away.

Shopkeeper Mao was stunned for a moment before chasing after him and said, "Master Yang, let's have a meal before leaving."

Yang Chao had already walked a long way, shook his hand and said, "There are wounded soldiers in the army, let's forget about it today, let's do it another day."

Although facing Yang Chao's back, Shopkeeper Mao couldn't help but nodded and bowed, looking absent-minded: "Another day, another day."

Holding that piece of silver ingot in his hand, shopkeeper Mao felt that it was so unreal, and his heart was very complicated, and he was very emotional, that even an official sometimes gave him silver.

After Yang Chao returned to the camp, he first looked at the wounded soldiers.

Li Wuliu and several other archers were in the barracks. They were lying down at first, but when they saw Yang Chao approaching, they all stood up and reluctantly sat by the bed at Yang Chao's request.

Of the eight archers, six were wounded. Fortunately, none of them were seriously injured. At that time, the Jiang bandits boarded the boat in a hurry and chopped them down with a single knife. Many of them were chopped on the battle jackets.

Although this battle jacket is not armor, it has compacted cotton inside, and it becomes extremely resilient after being soaked in water. Jiang bandits' knives may not be able to cut through it. Even if you see through the battle jacket, it is difficult to hurt the body inside. .

Therefore, most of them just scratched their clothes and suffered some flesh injuries, and only one was directly slashed on the face by Jiang Bandit.

Fortunately, Yang Chao's soldiers all wore helmets. The armor of the Ming army was varied, including cloth armor, cotton armor, leather armor and iron armor, but the helmets were usually iron helmets.

The soldier was chopped on the head, and the iron helmet was not cut off, but the knife passed across the cheek, leaving a deep scar.

There was a lot of blood, and after returning to the camp, it was already swollen, half of my face seemed to be blown out, and my eyes were squeezed so hard that I couldn't open it.

"Fortunately, no eye injury."

Yang Chao comforted the wounded soldier, but he secretly regretted that this face might be ruined, and the scar almost stretched from the eyes to the chin.

"Everyone is injured now, so they don't dare to eat meat. When everyone recovers, they will eat meat for everyone. Old Zhang, go to Chen Kuan and ask his wife to help cook some meat and bone soup for these brothers."

Yang Chao finally ordered Zhang Dawei.

When Yang Chao looked at the other wounded soldiers, he found that everyone lowered their heads.

These people behaved poorly this time, but Yang Chao didn't scold them, instead he continued to express his condolences, and even cooked meat and bone soup for them to nourish their bodies, each of them felt extremely guilty.

In fact, these archers, just like Li Wuliu, are all the best among the current batch of soldiers. They were selected because they practiced assassination well. Yang Chao believed that they had the ability to master martial arts. Talent, that's what singled them out.

Therefore, such soldiers are often very proud. In the past, Li Wuliu dared to talk back to Wang Pu, and he was beaten with a military stick in the end.

But their performance this time is really unreasonable. The better Yang Chao treats them, the more guilty they will be, and the more uncomfortable they will be. They would rather Yang Chao scold them severely.

Many people unconsciously lowered their heads again, not daring to look into Yang Chao's eyes.

Yang Chao immediately sneered: "Look up! Keep your head down like a girl, are you looking at your little feet?"

Yang Chao yelled and cursed, Li Wuliu suddenly stood up, his eyes were red with tears welling up.

Then he knelt down straight on the ground: "My lord, the little one has shamed you, please stop talking and beat me up!"

Yang Chao went over to help Li Wuliu up: "What nonsense are you talking about? Winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs, let alone we won."

At this point, Li Wuliu knelt down again abruptly, and this time the other soldiers, including the wounded soldier, also knelt down.

And led by Li Wuliu, they howled bitterly one by one.

Yang Chao also felt strange in his heart, after all, these are a group of men with flesh and blood.

"All stand up!"

No one stood up.

Yang Chao said patiently: "It's just the first time on the battlefield, and I tried my best. Why should I punish you? And to tell you the truth, I'm also trembling with fright. If you're a man, then remember, next time you're on the battlefield If you meet Jiang bandits, fight them hard!"

"Li Wuliu!"

Yang Chao ordered again.

"To!"

Li Wuliu knelt upright and answered loudly.

"stand up!"

Yang Chao said.

This time Li Wuliu stood up like a spring, standing straight.

"Everyone has it, stand up!"

The others stood up and stood at attention this time.

"It's a man, don't be so embarrassing next time, give me a good recovery now!"

"Now, disband!"

Everyone saluted and then relaxed.

Yang Chao turned to leave, and soon heard Li Wuliu's voice reprimanding the soldiers:

"In the future, I will train hard for me, and when I go to the battlefield, I will fight hard for me. If anyone has the guts, just clamp their balls. Don't call yourself a man in the future..."

After leaving Li Wuliu's barracks, Yang Chao then went to the barracks of the victor Wang Pu.

The archers felt guilty one by one, but the spearmen quarreled and quarreled.

Wang Pu and Lu Mo's team were in the same barracks. At this time, the soldiers under Wang Pu were arguing.

"I killed four people, how can I be promoted to the Banner General this time? I've done the calculations. The first level of beheading a small soldier is actually awarded one level, and the fourth level of beheading can also be promoted to two levels."

"You fart. There are nine heads in total. You beheaded four levels. Didn't anyone else kill them? I killed three, but it's true."

They competed in the barracks one by one, while Lu Mo's soldiers trained outside, leaving room for them.

"What are you doing? They're all rebelling! Everyone is there, stand at attention!"

Yang Chao strode in, immediately yelled loudly, and quickly calmed down the scene.

"Wang Pu, what's going on?"

Wang Pu couldn't control the soldiers fighting for merit.

Wang Pu said: "My lord, there are twelve people in our team including me, but this time only a few heads were killed. It is said that they killed three or four people, and the number of heads is not enough."

Yang Chao snorted and said, "Look at your prospects. It doesn't matter what you are. You know the situation at that time. Who dares to say that the person killed himself. Besides, at that time, everyone was using their lives. There is no time to count these things. Everyone Both, go out and run five laps. As for the matter of military merit, I have my own considerations."

Under Yang Chao's rage, his enthusiasm for being rewarded for meritorious service was gradually extinguished, and he left the barracks sadly one by one.

In fact, they performed very well this time and deserved to be rewarded, but they were punished to run laps.

The archers behaved poorly and deserved to be punished, but they were rewarded with broth.

But Yang Chao has his own ideas about this approach.

The archers didn't perform well, they were hit, and they were depressed. If Yang Chao took responsibility again, it would be easy to completely destroy their self-confidence. However, these spearmen, who were lucky enough to make meritorious service this time, were eager to strive for success. Easy to be complacent.

Although Yang Chao is not good at leading troops, but his ability to understand people's hearts is not bad, so he can be in Nanjing City, in front of those old slippery heads in officialdom and shopping malls like a fish in water.

(End of this chapter)