Therefore, Dong Ce reported the figure of 600, which is decent, but it is not a lot. After all, it is a newly built military fort, if it is reported too much, I am afraid that Liu Ruozai's face will not look good - even if it is the number of six hundred, there is moisture, Dong Ce knows this, and Liu Ruozai also knows it. But Liu Ruozai knows better that all military forts will report like this, this matter has long been a great malaise of the border army of the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years, and this malaise has gradually evolved into a conventional rule now.

This rule, the adults who went up to the capital, the officials who handled the specific affairs of the military department, the generals who went down to the border military forts, and the officials who handled the silver layer by layer, all secretly obeyed it.

When empty pay has become a common practice, and a huge chain of interests has been formed, bringing huge benefits to many people, it has become extremely difficult to culvert it. Even if it is shaken on a local scale, such as Hebei Province.

Last year, Liu Ruozai made a lot of noise, and he made a big fuss to check the empty salaries and clarify the soldiers, but in fact, it was just a cover for the killing of Hou Jiawei, although it played a certain role, but it was also limited. It didn't take long for things to return to normal. Liu Ruozai also knows this, he is a smart person, although he is upright, he is not stupid, so he will not touch this part anymore.

Liu Ruozai can at least be sure that the number reported by Dong Ce is not very large, and he knows that Dong Ce still wants to do something.

It is also true that Dong Ce reported 600 people, at least he still had the actual quota of 300 people, and he was not satisfied, and planned to expand the scale - it is also rare for an official like him to continue to expand the scale rather than gradually reduce the army and eat more empty salaries. And like Huang Wan, who reported 2,960 soldiers, in fact, those who can fight can pull out a thousand even if they give him face!

"Six hundred soldiers, not too many." Liu Ruozai knocked on the table, glanced at Dong Ce, and said lightly: "This number, the old man will be approved, but you also promised the old man at the beginning, at least three hundred strong soldiers will be trained." ”

"Don't worry, sir!" Dong Ce paused his chest and said with a smile: "The training has already achieved initial results, and adults can go to Rock Fort to review at any time." ”

Dong Ce said this with confidence, and he really thought so in his heart. Although the training time of the 300 recruits is not too long, and they have never been on the battlefield and seen blood in actual combat, but after practicing these days, they have naturally shown the tough temperament of a soldier. And these days of basic training, it is enough for them to be horizontal and vertical, neat and mighty, and now the combat effectiveness has not yet taken shape, but at least in terms of visual effects, it is definitely more than most of the armies of this era.

It is naturally more than enough to deal with Liu Ruozai's test.

Seeing Dong Ce's confidence, Liu Ruozai couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then smiled: "That's good, the old man is going to take a look at it one day." ”

He knew a little about Dong Ce, and knew that since Dong Ce dared to speak so much, he was almost practicing well, and he also had some expectations in his heart.

Dong Ce said with a smile: "The subordinates must be waiting for the adults." ”

Liu Ruozai nodded slightly, shook off the roster of the family and looked at it, and frowned: "Eighty family ding? That's a number, right? ”

The voice was faint, but Dong Ce had already heard a trace of displeasure, obviously, he thought Dong Ce was a little insatiable.

Dong Ce's report of this number is indeed a bit exaggerated.

According to the decree promulgated by the imperial court in the 19th year of Wanli: the chief military officer Ding Ding set 60 people, 30 deputy generals, 30 guerrillas, and 20 guerrillas, all of whom were given double grain, and their grain was replaced in the camp for the old and weak. In the twenty-second year of Wanli, Li Hualong, the governor of Liaodong, made another request: garrison, prepare ten people, deputy generals and generals, guerrillas from Liaodong, and hundreds of people from Guanxi.

In fact, of course, the number of family members will not honestly follow this, and it will almost double, but the problem is that Dong Ce is eight times the regulation!

The number of officers at the other garrison level was only about thirty or forty. It is Huang Wan, the general of the North East Road, who is known as the family of 300, and he is also reported to be 300, which is really just in his early 100s.

"My lord, let my subordinates elaborate." Dong Ce didn't panic, he paused, and said with a smile: "The situation of his subordinates is a little different from others, can you still remember that your subordinates fought Jiannu first, and then defeated the horse thieves?" ”

Liu Ruozai didn't speak, but just motioned for Dong Ce to continue.

Dong Ce said: "In those two battles, my subordinates captured a lot of war horses, almost fifty or sixty. Adults should also know that the country lacks horses, and it is the northern border of the Jin Dynasty, and war horses are also rare. In fact, it is not the manpower that restricts the number of generals' families, but the horses. With these many war horses in the hands of the lower officials, they selected the strong and brave and filled the Jiading team, so the number of the Jiading team was a little more than the others. ”

"Oh?" Liu Ruozai said: "How much?" ”

Dong Ce smiled awkwardly and stretched out five fingers: "Fifty." ”

"That's a lot." Liu Ruozai nodded, glanced at Dong Ce, and suddenly smiled: "You kid, you can toss." ”

With that, he put down the two rosters.

Dong Ce was overjoyed, and knew that Liu Ruozai had passed.

He let out a long sigh, sure in his heart.

600 soldiers, 80 families, the southern soldiers of the border army, that is, the guest army, have a monthly salary of one or two and a half yuan, five buckets of rice, two or three dollars of silver per month, and one stone of silver and one tael of silver per month in the northern army. Among the 600 soldiers reported by Dong Ce, half of them were southern soldiers, and they were medical insurance and northern soldiers.

This also means that every month, he theoretically has an additional nine hundred and thirty-eight taels of silver plus one hundred and fifty stone of grain. Of course, this is only theoretical, and how much you can actually get depends on your own ability.

However, Dong Ce's face and trust in front of Liu Ruozai are too much to say, and seventy percent is no problem.

These silver and grain are not very large, but the problem is that this is a steady income, a long-term flow, a continuous flow, over the course of a year, extremely considerable. With all this silver and food, Dong Ce had much more money on hand.

Liu Ruozai wrote a note, handed it to Dong Ce, and said, "Take it, and go directly to the treasury to receive the silver and grain later, this is for three months." ”

Dong Ce took it and bowed respectfully: "Thank you for your support." ”

Then he smiled again: "My lord, can you give another note, the lower officer is training new recruits now, but he still has some less armor." ”

Liu Ruozai glanced at him: "How much?" ”

"Thirty pairs of green cloth iron armor and thirty pairs of cotton armor." Dong Ce said.

"That's a lot." Liu Ruozai glared at him, but wrote another note and handed it to him.

Dong Ce smiled, and naturally thanked him again.

To be honest, he knew that he would definitely be able to get the silver and food, but these armors were still a little bottomless in his heart, and he was ready to bargain, but he didn't expect Liu Ruozai to be so easy to talk about today.

You know, the number of these armors is not small, and armor is a rare thing.

And Dong Ce wants this strip, but there is a deeper purpose.

"You deserve it. If you work hard, the old man will give you more and give you refreshment. If you were greedy and incompetent, you wouldn't be the way you are. Liu Ruozai suddenly sneered and pointed to the door: "Have you seen the generals outside the mansion who are waiting to see the old man?" Drink, one by one, they only know how to drink the blood of soldiers, go up and down, and have fun with corruption. When Jiannu came, they all closed the door, and no one dared to take the initiative to fight! What does the old man want them to do with this kind of waste? ”

"The salary is broken, and the old man won't renew it! They came to ask for a meeting, but the old man didn't see him, and let them wait! This kind of people, it's too much to give them a lot of money! ”

Dong Ce didn't speak, just nodded silently.

The situation of each military fort is different, but it is roughly divided into two ways to receive salaries, one is quarterly, the other is monthly, and the latter is more so. As for whether it is in that way, it depends on whether there is anyone at the top, whether the relationship between the boss is hard or not, and it doesn't matter if you speak. For example, Dong Ce and Bai Tianfu, who was vigorously supported by Liu Ruozai, their salaries were all received in one quarter, and the amount was relatively sufficient. In comparison, some other people not only have to have another time a month, but every time they receive a salary, they have to beg their grandfather to tell their grandmother, and they are almost tossed to make Liu Ruozai feel relieved.

This is also a means of clamping down on them by Liu Ruozai, who was originally just a temporary non-permanent position, how could he become a member of the party leading various generals? Doesn't it depend on the power of money and food?

"What else is there to do besides?" Liu Ruozai asked.

Dong Ce said solemnly: "My lord, in fact, my subordinates came to Zhenhe Fort this time, and reporting the number of troops is still secondary, but there is an extremely important matter to report to you, my lord!" ”

"Something of great importance?" Liu Ruozai saw that he said solemnly, knowing that Dong Ce had never been able to talk nonsense, so he took it a little more seriously in his heart, and said, "Let's talk about it carefully." "Yes!" Dong Ce said in a deep voice: "Some time ago, my subordinates heard that the horse bandits from the Tiger Head Cottage had committed the Nanxiazhuang tragedy, and they were very indignant. Those horse thieves in Hutou Cottage besieged Shilipu that day, and killed a lot of soldiers and civilians in my Shilipu, and his subordinates were also in the horse thieves, and the hatred between his subordinates and them was really deep! It's just that the year has been busy, I can't spare my hand, and after the New Year, there are fewer things, and the family members have not fought for a long time, and they have to see blood, so they made an appointment with Bai Tianfu Bai Garrison of Hongci Fort, and went to Hutou Mountain, ready to kill a few horse thieves, and also to avenge the blood of the people who died. ”

One

%77%77%77%2e%64%75%30%30%2e%63%63/