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Chapter 227 made a fortune

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Zhao Kang soon sent a soldier back to report to Yang Chao that countless gold and silver treasures were found in the barracks camp.

Zhao Kang also told Yang Chao that he had been protected by someone and hadn't had time to count, but he had at least 10 taels of silver and several thousand taels of gold. The rest were silk, cloth, and pearls packed in boxes.

Yang Chao was also shocked that the soldiers had so much wealth.

Of course, Yang Chao felt relieved when he thought that Haizhou was a major salt producing area. You must know that at this time, a medium-sized salt merchant in Daming had a fortune of hundreds of thousands or millions, and even a salt merchant in Huizhou had a fortune of "[-] is not considered rich, and a million is just starting." ' According to the saying, a family property of several million taels, or even tens of millions of taels, is considered a huge wealth.

It is not surprising that the money that the captive soldiers robbed was nothing more than the property of a small and medium-sized salt merchant in Yangzhou.

The ridiculous thing is that the Ming Dynasty had the wealthiest business group in the entire world, and the business tax they received was not so poor that the British who robbed at sea received as much. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was so poor that he wanted to smash the gold and silver in the palace The equipment is used to make up for the military salary.

However, Yang Chao knew that these robbing soldiers were actually just working as part-time workers. The gold and silver treasures they robbed from the Ming Dynasty were given to Shanxi merchants in exchange for the food and cloth they depended on for survival, and they even fought wars. Shanxi merchants will sell the steel they use.

However, Yang Chao didn't have time to express his elegy, so he immediately asked Hu Quan and Huang Feng's mansion to take stock.

Where the gold and silver are placed, it’s no wonder that his soldiers are not jealous. Yang Chao doesn’t care about spending money, and he doesn’t feel bad if all the money is rewarded. What he cares about is the probability of the soldiers. This kind of concept, 'a gentleman loves money to get it in the way', what is given to them is theirs, and what is robbed is not theirs.

Zhao Kang did a good job on this point, he didn't even allow the soldiers to divide the gold and silver privately, which made Yang Chao look a little different for a while.

In fact, what Yang Chao didn't know was that Zhao Kang was drooling and staring at the boxes full of gold and silver treasures with groups of soldiers.

"Mr. Zhao, tell me how much it costs?"

A soldier couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Kang swallowed: "I don't know!"

He really couldn't say how to calculate the gold and silver piled up in such boxes.

"I see how there must be 1 taels!"

A soldier watched with wide-eyed eyes.

Zhao Kang spat at him: "It's worthless, how can 1 taels be enough, why not tens of thousands of taels, even 10 taels is not much!"

"Hey, what can you do with so much money?"

Outside the suggestion warehouse built by the soldiers, many men and his soldiers were guarding. He discussed with Zhao Kang and took the initiative to hand over the gold and silver to Zhao Kang. It is clear that Zhao Kang is Yang Chao's cousin. Although he has some relatives with the Yang family, but it is out of reach. In front of this kind of gold and silver, let the Yang family deal with it, otherwise the time will come. unclear.

But his soldiers didn't understand, and were aggrieved: "Mr. Xu, so much money is given to the soldiers, and we don't get any of it?"

Many men snorted: "Shut up! What do you know? I don't need to tell you how Master Yang treats us?"

The soldier murmured, "Lord Yang treats us with kindness to our parents. We have never been paid a lot. This time, we will pay double. He also said that after returning, the disabled will not be refunded, and the dead soldiers will be given 100 taels of compensation. .It’s natural for us to say nothing, but why are those soldiers?”

Many men sighed: "You don't know, how much does Master Yang spend to raise soldiers? Just say that our flag team usually has 50 people, and the soldiers all have a tael of silver. If you go out a month, 600 taels is not too much, and it is [-] taels a year." !"

To that soldier, 600 taels was already an astronomical figure, and he immediately lost his temper.

Many men continued to explain: "This time, there are always more than 600 people, and they are still paid at double pay. It has been half a year since they came out, and the military pay alone is more than 2000 taels. This is not counting the rice we eat and the weapons we use in our hands." , It all costs money. I heard that the armor we wear will sell for 200 taels of silver in the Bingzhan Bureau. Calculate how much it is. I also heard that for this expedition, Master Yang Give all the saved 10 yuan to the supervisors of the Military Bureau!"

The 10 taels directly convinced Xiao Bing, but he became worried: "Didn't Master Yang pay?"

Many men said: "That's why the money belongs to the adults. What the adults reward us is ours. To be a man, we should do our duty!"

The soldier said: "But those soldiers, what if they hide money?"

Many men said: "That's none of your business!"

Among Zhao Kang's personal soldiers, some really wanted to hide them, but Zhao Kang grabbed them and beat them up.

The little soldier was still not convinced. He thought it was nothing, so he grabbed an ingot of gold from the alley.

"Things that don't have eyes? Is this yours? This is Master Yang's!"

Zhao Kang cursed after kicking the soldier.

The soldier was not angry, but flattered and said with a flattering smile: "Master, let's take a little each, and it won't take much."

Zhao Kang frowned and said: "Things without conscience. My cousin has lost a lot this time. He spent 10 taels of silver before coming here. It may not be enough to take all the money back. After returning, he will have to support the dead Brother, it’s all money. You don’t need any limbs, yet you still dare to take money!”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Kang didn't even look at it, and just closed the box without anyone looking at it.

Zhao Kang was really worried about Yang Chao, for fear that his cousin would suffer a loss. Of course, he felt that the money was the same as his own.

In fact, his father had warned him a long time ago, and his aunt had also told him in private, all of which made him pay close attention to Yang Chao, and he couldn't let these big soldiers take advantage of him.

Soon Huangfeng Mansion entered the camp and was brought directly to Zhao Kang.

Huangfeng Mansion immediately checked and found that there were six large and small boxes for gold and silver, and a small box for jewelry and jewelry. As for the remaining cloth, silk and satin, Huangfeng Mansion didn't care too much.

There is no way to count them one by one. They greeted people directly, carried them into the shield chariot, and then searched the camp of the captive soldiers. They found that besides the barracks, there were dozens of war horses that had not been on the battlefield, some cattle, sheep and livestock. , as well as food and other things.

Take away the money, take away the horses, cattle and sheep, etc., and then burn down the camp of the captive soldiers.

When retreating, there was no sign of the captive soldiers. On the battlefield, Wang Pu and others had already beheaded the surrounding captive soldiers and were cleaning the battlefield.

A car drove in, and Yang Chao asked people to look at the belongings, and instead of putting them in the warehouse, they just put them outside. These days, soldiers have the habit of receiving rewards. Yang Chao decided to institutionalize this practice and make it clear. Let everyone be clear so that there will be no complaints, and only then will we be able to move forward bravely in the future.

After everyone returned to the camp, Yang Chao asked Huang Fengfu to lead someone to open the boxes and count them one by one.

The soldiers were allowed to watch, and the soldiers were happy to watch. With so much money, they were happy watching, and they were also happy seeing the number of others.

Huang Fengfu poured all the gold and silver on the ground, separated the gold and silver first, no need to count, found a large scale for weighing salt in the warehouse, and directly weighed it.

Weigh it and put it in the box.

In the end, a total of 15 taels of silver, 1 taels of gold, 100 taels of pearls, and dozens of loads of silk, satin, and cloth were settled.

At the same time, the principles of rewards and punishments formulated by Yang Chao have also been listed, and the officers are notified, so that the officers can convey it to the soldiers.

From now on, [-]% of all seized items will be shared equally with everyone.

Then, in terms of rewards for meritorious deeds, according to the previous algorithm, the first person allocated 100 taels will also be paid immediately.

After the rewards were awarded, everyone was happy, because even the small soldiers felt that they might receive a large sum of money. The gold and silver and other things were calculated to be 25 taels, and 8% were more than 600 taels. There are more than 100 people, and the average reward alone exceeds [-] taels.

Counting military merits, these days, the number of enemies beheaded exceeds 200. On average, three people share one, which is another 30 taels of silver. Of course, military merits cannot be divided equally, but this time the whole army Fighting the enemy bravely, there is no less, so each person has at least ten taels of silver in the account, and one person can get about 150 taels. This is a huge sum of money, and you can build a house and marry daughter in law.

When the Huangfeng mansion was counting, Yang Chao asked Zhao Kang to take someone to clean the battlefield. He knew that the captive soldiers had the habit of hiding gold and silver privately, and the search was also a fortune.

But Yang Chao didn't expect that the income would be unexpectedly astonishing. The gold and silver hidden by captive soldiers accounted for almost half of the seized gold and silver, and 1 taels of gold and 3 taels of silver were found.

Obviously captive soldiers prefer to hide gold privately.

Yang Chao still put this amount of money into the confiscation, and immediately the total confiscation was close to 30 taels. A soldier could easily get 200 taels of silver. Even the boatman sent by Shi Kefa had ten taels of silver. The gunner even got 30 taels of silver reward, Yang Chao couldn't help feeling, it's better to get money faster in war!

"Do you want to keep an account, or cash?"

The gold and silver were divided, and Huang Feng's mansion took the account book to intervene one by one.

As a result, the soldiers who came forward to receive the silver rewards all chose the cash silver without exception. It wasn't that they couldn't trust Yang Chao, but because they felt that they had big ingots of gold and silver and no one wanted to let them go.

Yang Chao's kindness was in vain, he thought it would be inconvenient to carry so much money with him, so he transported it back and gave it to them.

Soon everyone got the money, but there were still nearly 20 taels left, which were sealed up.

As for merit, it will take time, but there are detailed rules and regulations. Take your time. Anyway, the soldiers who have made a fortune don’t care much about the rewards for military merit. Only officers still care about military merit. It’s about promotion. .

The next thing Yang Chao has to prepare is to go home.

The morale of the soldiers who were homesick was a little low, but after getting so much money, the morale was not so low. Yang Chao sighed that the power of money is still strong.

However, preparations were still needed for the return trip. The captive soldiers had almost killed them, and only about fifty people escaped. There was basically no threat to themselves or Haizhou.

Then Yang Chao asked a group of boatmen to prepare first, and asked them to take the wounded and sick soldiers in Yang Chao's army, the remains of soldiers who died in battle, and some prisoners, and return to Huai'an first.

These boatmen who had just received the reward were full of gratitude to Yang Chao and took very active actions. They were immediately busy moving supplies and repairing the tank boats.

I was in a hurry to send these people away first, because whether it is the remains or the wounded on board, it is better to send them back as soon as possible. I believe they can get better care in Huai'an, and the sooner the captives and heads are handed over to Shi Kefa, the better. Well, Yang Chao doesn't care about rewards from the imperial court, but military merit is still very important. The sooner you report it, the sooner you can be promoted.

Yang Chao is already planning, his contribution this time should be enough to be promoted to lieutenant general, after some activities, he will squeeze Yu Chengwu away, and the Xinjiangkou naval camp will become his base in the future. Think about having such a Nanjing At the base in Jiangkou, Yang Chao felt that there was too much room for development, and he had taken a big step towards his goal.

Others still need to wait for two days, because they are too tired, Yang Chao will have to rest for at least three days, and will not be able to set off until three days later.

(End of this chapter)