Ordinary people and soldiers in Jiangzhou City were naturally unaware of the humble acts that Taishou Cai and Yuan Tuiwang did behind their backs, because their attention was focused on this great victory, and everyone was busy celebrating and had no time to care about anything else.

For the people, it is the best result to successfully destroy the evil dragon and a group of water bandits. From then on, everyone can take a boat to the Xunyang River with confidence and boldness, and no longer have to worry about being robbed by thieves on the river, and they can't even save their lives. For those ordinary soldiers, what they care more about is when the pensions and rewards promised by the government will be distributed and how much they can get from it. After all, with the current reality of greed in the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that the rewards of thousands or tens of thousands of yuan will fall into their hands after layers of deduction, and there will be less than 10 or 20 large amounts of money left.

Compared to the uneasiness of the Xiang army, the village soldiers should have much more confidence in Sun Tu. Whether it was helping them with their back-off pay or getting back the land that was bought at a low price, Sun Tuanlian acted selflessly, so this time he would not treat everyone badly.

Sun Tu did not disappoint his subordinates. After a few days of rest, when the state yamen really took out 30,000 guan worth of silver, cloth and thousands of jin of grain from the warehouse to reward him, he summoned relevant subordinates and distributed the property to everyone in public according to the credit. Among the soldiers, the more of these soldiers, they could get 30 guan and 100 guan of grain, and the lesser was about 10 guan. This naturally exceeded everyone's expectations. Suddenly, the sound of gratitude and thanks came from the military camp again, which had not subsided for a long time.

It was not until after working for a long time and sending all these rewards, Sun Tu closed his smile before and said with a serious expression: "Our official army has indeed won in this battle today, but I have also seen many shortcomings of ours. You must know that the water bandits are only 30% of our army, but they can fight with us all night and finally win by sneak attacks. It is really unfair to win. From this we can see how weak the combat power of our Jiangzhou official army is. We are far from able to protect the safety of our city and the common people."

After pausing, he glanced at the 300 soldiers in front of him who had experienced life and death, and Sun Tu expressed his plans: "So I decided to increase your training intensity from now on. It is necessary to make you a truly elite army within one or two years. In this way, even if I am transferred from Jiangzhou, you can defend your home just by waiting, and you don't have to worry about the appearance of bandits and gangs like evil dragons!"

If there were still those among the village soldiers who could not understand the hard work of Sun Tuan, who felt that the practice of daily life was too hard and complained in private, then after experiencing this bandit suppression war, these ideas had completely disappeared. Everyone saw with their own eyes how vulnerable the Xiang army was when facing those water bandits. When they used their good habits they had developed during their daily life, the seemingly powerful water bandits became vulnerable.

So at this time, all the soldiers in the village had already believed that Sun Tu had sweated more during his daily practice and less bleeding on the battlefield. When he heard that he wanted to increase the intensity of his practice, no one was dissatisfied with it. Instead, he calmed down and responded: "We will obey the orders of the regiment training, and we must practice with all our strength to protect our Jiangzhou!"

"Okay, starting tomorrow, I will come up with a brand new method of training. I hope you can overcome the next difficulties." Sun Tu's face showed a satisfied smile, and waved his hand and let these subordinates disband on the spot.

However, he did not go home to rest like others, but brought some money, grain, cloth and cloth that he had deliberately left behind before, and together with Lu Da and several close people, he handed the pensions to the families of more than 30 soldiers who died on the battlefield according to the previously registered address.

This is indeed a precedent. In the past, whether the Song Dynasty's official army fought with foreign tribes or suppressed bandits and suppressed bandits and sanctioned the bandits and sanctioned the bandits, the bodies could be properly taken home for burial. The government gave some symbolic compensation and pensions to make their families grateful. There was almost no general in the army, and the imperial officials came to visit and send money.

So when Sun Tu sent money and food to every elderly person who cried because of the death of his children in his family this time, they were not only surprised, but also deeply moved. Even the last little resentment completely disappeared, and even took Sun Tu's hand to thank him and thank him.

Sun Tu felt uncomfortable when he saw all this, so he could do not only say a few dry comforting words, but also assured that he was the Jiangzhou Tuan Zheng: "I would like to express my grief. Your son died in the battlefield to ensure the stability of my Jiangzhou. They are all heroes of my Jiangzhou. What difficulties do you have in the future? Just go to the military camp to find my own official. As long as I am Sun Tu is still in the Jiangzhou Tuan Zheng, as long as I can, I will do my best to help you. In addition, if you have any children and nephews in your family who are willing to join the military camp in my village, as long as your age and health meet the requirements, I can let them take over the position of my brothers, and all the money and salary will remain the same."

This kind of responsible words naturally brought a lot of gratitude from these families. As a result, Sun Tu's reputation among the Jiangzhou army became increasingly high, and even faintly surpassed Yuan Wang and Lin Henian. Because as time went by, some details on the battlefield were also spread, and everyone knew that this time was able to wipe out the evil dragons and the gang. The rural soldiers led by Sun Tuanlian played a mainstay. If they hadn't rushed forward in several battles, I was afraid that this bandit suppression would have ended up like the previous few expeditions.

The Xiang Army naturally had some opinions on this statement, but they were unable to refute it. After all, the facts were there. Even Lin Dujian, who was much higher than Sun Tu, did not express much about this statement, because he already knew that his backer Yuan Wang had compromised with Taishou Cai, and even the governance of the prison camp under the name of the Xiang Army had to be handed over to Sun Tu, the seventh-grade regiment for training.

In fact, when Lin Henian first learned about this, he was still a little unbelievable. He had been in the army for many years and knew very well what the governing power of the prison camp meant to the generals of the Xiang army and Yuan Tui. This was not a matter of authority, but a major event involving tens of thousands of yuan in a year.

For the Song Xiang Army, which had already been rotten to the point, the only purpose of the officials and generals in it was to obtain enough benefits. Their crazy means of seizing money include eating empty spaces, drinking soldiers' blood, embezzling the land that should be soldiers, and using the soldiers under their command as servants. What's more, they would specially recruit ordinary people with skills into the army, and then let them work outside to work, thereby extracting their hard work income... It's really all-out, and they just want to make money.

But these methods of action violate the law and cannot be investigated by the court, and the benefits they can obtain are limited. They cannot completely ignore the lives of the soldiers and make them unable to survive. In that way, there is no need for the court to investigate and deal with it. A mutiny will make these corrupt officials die without a place to die.

So some people took their ideas to the prison camp, because most of the prison camps were prisoners sent from other prefectures and counties for major crimes, so they naturally didn't have to be as polite to ordinary soldiers. First, they made a fuss about the expenses in the prison camps, and then they even openly solicited bribes, because these prisoners were sent to the local area and were not just imprisoned in prison cells. They still had to do hard labor on weekdays, such as clearing rivers and repairing city walls. If they were sent to the northwest or north borders, these prisoners had to be driven to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and relying on battles to forgive their crimes and make meritorious service...

But in addition to these hard work, there are actually some other easier work in the prison camp, such as accounting and accounting, and managing warehouses... But these work is not arranged for elderly and weak prisoners, but based on the amount of filial piety the prison camp gives to the officials. This alone can allow relevant officials of the prison camp to obtain a lot of benefits.

In addition, there are many harsh rules in the prison camp, which will be punished at any time and will be severely punished. Only those who bribe the officials can be exempted from these sufferings. If they really pay enough money and buy and manage the upper and lower parts of the camp, then this prisoner can freely enter and exit the prison camp except that he cannot leave the territory of the city, which is no different from ordinary people.

Jiangzhou is not on the border, so the prisoners sent here are either those who commit serious crimes or those who have a lot of money and can reduce their serious crimes. These people are naturally well aware of the rules when they enter the prison camp, and they will naturally be inevitable. Therefore, major officials like Lin Henian and Yuan Wang can naturally gain benefits that are more than ten times their salary, which is also considered a rare money tree in their hands.

But now, Yuan Tuanguan gave up all such a fat man to Sun Tu and the township soldiers. In Lin Henian's opinion, it was no different from actively cutting off his losses. He also saw how much concessions Yuan Tuanguan had made this time. Although he didn't know the whole story, he also knew that the secret dispute between the prefect who had lasted for nearly a year finally ended with Yuan Tuanguan's defeat.

Since even his backer took the initiative to give in, Lin Henian, a general in the capital who was far inferior to his status, naturally did not dare to express his dissatisfaction. He could only let Sun Tu's sharpness over him and become a great hero praised by everyone in the city. He is a real hero.

However, Sun Tu himself did not take the benefit that Cai Jiu snatched from Yuan Wang to him. After all, he is not short of money now, and he has no intention of squeezing out oil and water from the prisoners against his conscience. However, since the prefect handed over the errand, he, as a subordinate, could only do his best to do it without making any mistakes.
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