Chapter 28 Forming a Guards Camp

Author: Scholar Wu

Chapter 28 Forming a Guards Camp

A series of sudden changes caused chaos on the entire ship. It turns out that there are real martial arts masters in this world. Qian Mo felt that he was almost dead. Even Xie Sanmu and Zhou Boda were still frightened. Fortunately, everything was safe.

Yang Wenqi knelt down on one knee and said: "The crime of despicable duty deserves death. The assassin was not discovered, which shocked the young master. I also ask Mr. Qian to forgive me."

Qian Mo calmed down and said: "It doesn't matter, thanks to this brave man who sacrificed his life to save me just now!"

This is Lu Shanhai, a low-level subordinate who was originally a commander. He was demoted to a certain rank for violating military regulations a few days ago.

"Master Lu is so skilled, who knows where he is from?"

His ancestral home is Jiaxing, Zhejiang.

I am from Jiashan, so we can be considered fellow townsmen.

Qian Mo was really frightened this time. The Governor's Mansion was usually heavily guarded. Qian Mo occasionally went to the Qinhuai River and was followed by many guards from the Governor's Mansion. Who would have expected that he would be assassinated on a Qing army's warship? It seems that this traitor is not good.

Of course, I don’t know how those “big traitors” survive on weekdays?

In fact, Qian Mo is a little humble. After the "World War" in Qinhuaihe, he is already an out-and-out "big traitor" in the hearts of most people.

Qian Mo thought that Lu Shanhai was so skilled that he was demoted several levels by Yang Wenqi. He probably didn't like him very much on weekdays, so he took the opportunity to recruit him.

Then he said: "Master Xie, Governor Zhou, General Yang, and Qian Mo have a merciless request."

"This time the assassin escaped, there is no guarantee that he will not come back. Although the Governor's Mansion is heavily guarded, Qian Mo still felt uneasy without an expert guard around him. This Lu Zhuangshi had extraordinary skills and was from Qian Mo's hometown. Qian Mo wanted to keep this Lu Zhuangshi here.

I wonder if it would be okay for me to be a personal camp commander by my side?"

I thought Yang Wenqi would shirk his job by poaching people directly, but he didn't expect that Yang Wenqi agreed directly and said: "Lu Shanhai, why don't you thank Mr. Qian for your promotion? All ten of your men will be transferred to Mr. Qian's personal barracks."

He agreed so readily and even "buy one and get ten free". It seems that his guess was right. The relationship between these two people is not ordinary!

Lu Shanhai didn't hesitate at all, and said directly: "I will obey my orders in my humble position. Thank you Master Qian for your appreciation. I will definitely protect you well in my humble position."

At this time, Xie Sanmu also said: "Ten people are a little short. Hong Fugui, please select 40 more people from the guards of the Governor's Mansion to join the young master's personal camp. You must ensure the young master's safety."

"That's very good. Qian Mo has thanked both of you!"

This time the bank has a heavy responsibility, and thieves from all walks of life will inevitably be concerned about it. General Yang needs to conduct a careful investigation to ensure that everything is safe. In addition, the origin of the assassin needs to be found out to see if there are any other accomplices in the army.

Then several people inspected the dock warehouse and the corresponding military supplies and war preparations.

At this time, 10 people under Lu Shanhai and 40 people under Hong Fugui were on standby at the school ground near the dock. These were all the assets of Qian Moqin's barracks.

The military generals of the Ming Dynasty had the habit of raising servants. The servants were relatively elite, but the cost was extremely high. Therefore, the generals of the Ming Dynasty usually "spent their free salary" and used part of their free salary to support their servants. This also resulted in the Ming Dynasty's army's combat strength.

It's very watery. For example, an army with a salary of 3,000 people may actually be less than half. It doesn't matter if the number is small. He can support 200 elite servants. In addition to the salary of the court, these servants have additional benefits several times that of ordinary soldiers. Fighting tough battles

At that time, with these elite servants as the core, they could make up for the shortage in the number of soldiers caused by "empty pay" and still maintain a certain combat effectiveness. However, these servants were of the nature of private soldiers, and they often only recognized generals rather than generals.

Recognize the imperial court. When Li Chengliang was in control of Liaodong, he relied on his 8,000 servants. Wu Sangui's "Guanning Iron Cavalry" was also equivalent to the Wu family's servants.

At this time, a large number of Ming army generals surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and this habit was retained. Otherwise, Qian Mo was just a white man, where did he come from the personal barracks? These people are actually his servants, and of course they still receive the monthly salary and money of the Qing army.

Mo naturally understands the principle of "the emperor never needs hungry soldiers". If he wants these soldiers to follow him wholeheartedly, he must spend money.

So Qian Mo appointed Lu Shanhai and Hong Fugui as the chief and deputy commanders of the guard camp, and announced the treatment of the guard camp:

The total of the general is 100 taels of silver per month, the deputy commander is 80 taels of silver per month, and 5 additional commanders are selected, each of whom is 20 taels of silver per month, and the ordinary soldiers are 10 taels of silver per month. "Double pay" is paid in the first month of each year. Injured on duty

Or family members who died in battle can receive extra pensions, and extra rewards can be given for meritorious service. In addition, Qian Mo subsidizes food expenses by 100 taels per month, ensuring that each person has three meals a day and at least one meal of meat every day.

Glancing at the envious Jiang Shanmaid beside him, Qian Mo randomly appointed Jiang Shanmaid as the supervisor of the Guards Corps, responsible for teaching everyone how to read and write, and formulating the corresponding rules and regulations for the Guards Corps and supervising their implementation. Monthly salary

200 taels.

At this time, the soldiers burst into thunderous cheers and shouted, "Long live Mr. Qian, I am willing to go through fire and water for him, no matter what"!

(The salary of officials and soldiers in the Ming Dynasty actually included food and materials, and they were not all paid in silver. This is different from now. In the early Ming Dynasty, a soldier's salary of all grain and rice was converted into silver, which was about 3 taels of silver. However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the salary arrears were serious.

, many soldiers did not even get pay at all, on average less than 1 tael per month; in the early Qing Dynasty, the Qing army's salary was much higher, with an average of 5 taels per month, and all soldiers were treated equally, of course.

It’s because your commander didn’t deduct you. This is also the reason why after the Ming army surrendered and became the Qing army, their combat power increased a lot, and their treatment improved a lot.)

Qian Merton, who had never led an army before, suddenly felt that military morale could be used, and thought that Emperor Chongzhen was too stingy. Problems that could be solved with money were not problems.

At this time, his follower Qian An kept giving Qian Mo more money, and Qian Mo suddenly realized a serious problem: After donating 5 million taels, it seemed that he had no money anymore. He didn’t need any money to live in the Governor’s Mansion.

He paid for himself, and every time he went out to socialize, others spent money, so Qian Mo had never had any specific concept of money. He thought that he was from a well-known family in Jiangnan anyway and was not short of money. Then he remembered that not long ago, money

An seemed to have mentioned to him that the family only had 3,000 taels of silver left.

Zhou Boda on the side was dumbfounded when he heard this. Good guy, there are only 52 soldiers in a battalion and a Jiangshan servant. They spent nearly 1,100 taels a month. This money is really rich! Fortunately, he is the only one here now.

If word spreads about the few troops I have, how can others lead them?

Xie Sanmu is still aware of Qian Mo's financial situation. He knows that Qian Mo has emptied his family fortune for the 5 million taels. It seems that although Qian Mo is talented and smart, he is still a young man who is industrious and indifferent to grains.

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