You should know that each soldier received 1.4 two meters of silver per month, five dou equals one dendrobium, and ten dou equals one stone, which is about sixty kilograms of grain.
At that time, there was a shortage of non-staple food, and there was no fat or water in the stomach. If you only ate grain, you would eat a lot. Sixty kilograms of rice grain was barely enough for a strong man to eat for a month.
The remaining one tael of silver is used to support the family. In the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, the price per stone meter was 1.6 taels of silver. It dropped slightly after that, but continued to rise during the great disasters. By the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the price per stone meter had risen to 3.6.
two.
In other words, each soldier needs about one stone of grain to support his family, which is about one hundred and twenty kilograms.
In addition to food, there is also clothing and use, right? Clothes, firewood, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc. all cost money.
If you encounter a general with a bad heart, who mixes his grain with sand and fails to pay his full salary, it will be a disaster. Moreover, this kind of thing was not uncommon in the late Ming Dynasty.
As for the officers and soldiers of Guanglu Island, they should really be lucky to have a chief officer like Guo Dajing. Not only did they receive sufficient food and salary, but he also gave a lot of money to improve the food for the officers and soldiers.
Moreover, a lot of jobs have been added for the common people, and if you work harder, you can earn a lot of rice.
Therefore, the living standards of both officers and soldiers as well as the people on Guanglu Island have improved slightly. Soldiers can fight with peace of mind, military families can not worry about food and clothing, and people can support themselves, and the development momentum is good.
Not only that, Guo Dajing also established a pension system. In addition to receiving fifty taels of silver at a time, the family members of those killed in battle can also receive one bushel of food every month for ten years.
In other words, it is equivalent to ten years of food and salary.
In Guo Dajing's view, exchanging such money and food for a human life, or even the backbone of the family, is not considered generous. But for the officers and soldiers, it basically eliminates worries.
Of course, this money was not provided by Guo Dajing alone, but was drawn from the reward money.
According to the regulations formulated by Guo Dajing, the merit-rewarding silver was first distributed as a pension, the remaining half was saved as a pension fund, and the other half was awarded to meritorious soldiers.
For example, in this battle, there are more than 600 heads, which is almost more than 30,000 taels, and nearly 5,000 taels will be spent on pensions. More than 10,000 taels are for the pension fund, and the rest will be distributed among the soldiers according to their merits.
Soldiers.
Even so, the number of officers and soldiers sent out on the expedition can be divided into at least four or five taels, and as many as twenty or thirty taels.
Fighting relies on collective strength. No matter how brave an individual is, he cannot win a war, or even a battle.
The disadvantage of the first merit system is the competition for heads, which leads to chaos in the battle, and may even turn victory into defeat. The military merit system formulated by Guo Dajing may not be perfect, but it eliminates this phenomenon to the greatest extent.
Without the assistance of your comrades, even if it is to contain and influence you, you may not be able to capture the head. Without the collective existence, even if you are the brave champion of the three armies, Guo Dajing will not reuse him.
Therefore, on the battlefield, the officers and soldiers of Guanglu Island were not allowed to cut off people's heads privately, as it would be useless. They just fought in formation and defeated the enemy.
Especially brave officers and soldiers will be rewarded more after the war. This requires the proposal and testimony of the captain or comrades in the team.
There is no absolute fairness anywhere. But on the contrary, Guo Dajing still tried his best to improve the system.
Of course, there can be lone heroes, but they don't appear often. They are most likely to appear at night. There's nothing to say about that. Half of it is the pension fund, and you get the other half.
It can mobilize the enthusiasm of most officers and soldiers and make most people feel fair and satisfied. Guo Dajing believes that the goal has been achieved.
In fact, according to this charter, he is the one who suffers the most. If he is not the chief official of an island, he can become a headhunter and use the heads of Jianlu to achieve the legend of Monopoly.
Now, Guo Dajing does not take any money from the reward money, only his salary, rice and food. The income and expenditure of the reward money must be made public so that everyone can see clearly and understand clearly.
How can money deceive a person who has the world in mind? Guo Dajing was very proud of this, very proud.
There were noises and cheers outside the cabin again. Guo Dajing knew that he had seen Guanglu Island and was about to arrive home. He wanted to sleep for a while, but he had to force himself to cheer up.
A welcoming crowd will soon gather on the pier. As the chief officer, Guo Dajing still has to look mighty and lead the triumphant army to the island and return to camp in a proud manner.
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"Come back, come back!" Ronger ran into the yard shouting and shouted into the house: "Sister Xiu, brother Jing is back!"
There was the sound of a chair being knocked down in the house. Sister Xiu quickly opened the door, her face full of surprise, and asked hurriedly: "Are you home? Where are you?"
Ronger said with a smile on her face: "We've arrived at the pier, everyone is going to greet us!"
Axiu took a few steps, then stopped, gave a helpless smile, and said, "I'll prepare a meal at home and wait for him."
Ronger blinked her eyes and probably guessed the reason. She nodded slightly and said, "Then I'll go to the pier and take Brother Jing home quickly."
Axiu said: "He has to settle everything before he can come back. Why don't you use the money to buy some meat and vegetables, and come back to cook together and wait for him."
"Okay then!" Ronger thought for a moment, agreed happily, took a basket, took some broken silver, and ran out jumping up and down.
Axiu hurriedly entered the house, took out the small mirror from under the pillow, combed her hair more neatly, and tidied her face more neatly. Then she left the house and went to the courtyard, picked a few peppers, and went to the kitchen to wash the rice and put it into the pot.
At this time, Guo Dajing had led his troops back to the military camp.
Although many people came to welcome him, and many family members of the soldiers were looking forward to him. But the army is an army, and there is no reason to let the sheep go.
Officers from various departments quickly came to Guo Dajing's office and reported the situation of the troops one by one.
Fujino Hide was taking notes, and Guo Dajing asked from time to time to learn about specific casualties, consumption of supplies and other data.
After the officers finished reporting, Guo Dajing ordered them to go back and give the soldiers a holiday, but he still had a lot of finishing work to do.
With his own soldiers and Fujino Hide accompanying him, Guo Dajing went to the wounded barracks. After checking the placement situation, he went to arrange the burial of the remains of the dead and other work. He was busy for nearly two hours before he was done.
"Let's go, have dinner at home and then go back to rest." Guo Dajing greeted Fujino Hide and said, "Axiu must have prepared the food, and I'm anxious to wait!"
Fujino Hide was not polite, mounted his horse and followed Guo Dajing to the village.
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After sleeping comfortably at home and having a good time with Axiu, Guo Dajing came to the military camp again the next day.
While others could rest, he had to continue working. Liu Xingzuo had not returned with his cavalry yet, so he probably had a spacious place and the training was very convenient and enjoyable.
After sitting in the office for a while, Chen Youshan knocked on the door and reported to Guo Dajing the expenditure and inventory situation of money and food.
Guo Dajing trusted Chen Youshan. After hearing the report, he asked him to pay out the pensions first and send them to the families of the fallen.
I don’t know how long it will take until the imperial court’s reward money is withdrawn! Guo Dajing would rather pay for it himself so that the relatives of the martyrs can be comforted and don’t have to worry about food and clothing.
"Dajing." Chen Youshan had some objections to this and advised tactfully: "The imperial court will never lose money to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country. It just needs to wait for a while. Give some rice and grain first, and then wait until the reward money comes.
It won’t be too late to distribute.”
If the imperial court was not indebted to the soldiers who fought for the country, how could there be quarrels and mutinies? Guo Dajing was heartbroken, but he could not believe the imperial court.
"Uncle Chen is thinking about so and so, and so and so knows." Guo Dajing pondered for a moment and said: "This great victory, so and so will have to wait for some time before reporting, but it is not good for the families of the martyrs to wait too long. Since there are still
The money will be paid first, and then we will make up for it when the reward money from the court comes."
Chen Youshan nodded in agreement and did not say anything more to Guo Dajing. He had already fulfilled his duty of reminding.
There is not much money on the books, but Guo Dajing still has space, which is where his confidence lies.
What's more, the glass workshop has been able to produce transparent glass. Although the success rate is not high, the transparent glass produced is not large. In one or two months, it is enough for Guo Dajing to use the mercury-tin alloy method to create dozens of small glass windows.
Mirror.
What is even more valuable is the silver-plated mirror in the space. Guo Dajing used a mixture of silver nitrate, urea, honey, etc. to successfully conduct a silver mirror reaction. The quality is very high and it is large enough to sell for a sky-high price.
Estimating the time, Guo Dajing felt that Lin Tiansheng should arrive soon to deliver the food. If Lin Tiansheng kept his promise, then entrust the mirror to him to sell. Is he still worried about not having any money to spend?
What's more, he also has a plan to go to Shandong. Not to mention how much gold and silver he can steal, he is relatively sure of getting thousands or even tens of thousands of shi of food.
In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, a great disaster came, but it first showed its power in Shaanxi.
In the next few years, it swept from west to east and then spread to the south. Shandong has not been affected yet, and the harvest is basically at normal levels.
After taking the information gathered by spies during the expedition, Guo Dajing looked at it carefully and carefully selected a few wealthy people from Shandong.
It was impossible to steal all over Shandong. The journey was too long and he couldn't leave his post for too long without permission. Moreover, Guo Dajing didn't just do it once, there would be opportunities in the future.
After handling the official duties at hand, Guo Dajing left the military camp and rushed to the largest piece of cultivated land on the island.
It was mid-to-late August, and the early-maturing potatoes were about to be harvested. When he came to the field and looked at the green seedlings, Guo Dajing felt joy in his heart.
"The villain has seen the general." Coincidentally, Wang Laohan was wandering in the fields when he saw Guo Dajing coming on horseback and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Guo Dajing nodded, turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: "The growth looks good, and the height control is also good."
Wang Laohan laughed along and said: "I followed the general's instructions. I pinched the tips frequently, weeded more, and used a lot of fertilizer."
Guo Dajing threw the reins of his horse to his soldiers, walked on the field with Wang Laohan, and asked, "Have you dug it out and looked at it?"
Wang Laohan nodded vigorously, with a happy smile on his tanned face, and said: "After digging through the soil and looking briefly, I estimate that one tree can weigh at least ten kilograms. One acre -"
Swallowing hard, Wang Laohan had calculated it before, but was still shocked by the output. He looked at Guo Dajing uncertainly, "It should be able to produce two or three thousand catties."
Guo Dajing was not surprised. Although there was not enough fertilizer, the yield of these early-maturing and high-yielding potatoes would be upwards of 5,000 jins in later generations, and it was not unusual to produce 7,000 to 8,000 jins.
According to the cultivation level of this era, two to three thousand kilograms can satisfy Guo Dajing.
However, in order to leave enough seeds for planting in Dongjiang Town next year, this year's harvest can only be given to the soldiers and civilians on the island to have a taste.
Guo Dajing took the shovel, dug out a potato seedling, and dug out a bunch of potatoes. He weighed it in his hand. It weighed about ten kilograms, which was very good.
"Potatoes will start the day after tomorrow." Guo Dajing put away these potatoes and said to Wang Laohan with a smile: "Get the big scale ready, and the yield per mu must be accurately calculated. Next year, we will plant all the potatoes in Dongjiang Town, and they can be eaten after autumn.
Already."
Wang Laohan smiled so much that more wrinkles appeared on his face, and he nodded repeatedly, the joy in his heart undisguised.
You can eat potatoes when you get home!
As soon as Guo Dajing mounted his horse, a horse was already galloping in the distance. Without waiting, Guo Dajing urged his horse to meet him, having a premonition in his heart.
"Sir, two large boats have come up from the pier. The name registered is Lin Tiansheng, who said he has an appointment with you." The rider reported on his horse.
Guo Dajing nodded and said, "I'm going to the dock now."
Only Lin Tiansheng and Fujino Masaru didn’t come back?!
Because the soldiers on the island knew Fujino Masaru, Guo Dajing made a judgment based on the report. He couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, worried that something might happen to Fujino Masaru.
The sand boat docked at the pier, and Lin Tiansheng and Lin Wan'er stood on the deck, looking at the scenery of the island.
"This island looks quite small!" Lin Wan'er exclaimed, "Brother, you said there are 8,000 people living there?"
Lin Tiansheng smiled and nodded, and said: "This is the main island, and there are other small islands, totaling more than 10,000 people."
"Where is Jianlu on the land?" Lin Wan'er identified the direction and stretched to the north.
"Yes!" Lin Tiansheng narrowed his eyes and said, "That's Liaodong, where the Jianlu are entrenched."
Lin Wan'er quickly turned her gaze. Although Jianlu was fierce, he was separated from the island by the sea and far away from her home in Jiaxing, so he didn't have much to do with her.
No matter how powerful it is, it only occupies a small area, and the Ming Dynasty is still stable!
Not only the people in the south of the Yangtze River felt far away from the Jianlu who were ravaging Liaodong. Even the people of the Ming Dynasty in the north did not feel that they would pose any threat to their own security. They just had to pay more taxes.
No one would have thought that two years later, the Jianlu army would invade the capital, and countless people would be plundered like cattle and horses to Liaodong and become slaves of the Jianlu.
No one would have thought that more than ten years later, the Jianlu in a remote corner would be able to invade the Central Plains and even sweep the world.
Several Portuguese people also walked onto the deck, pointing and talking, full of curiosity.
Of course, they also have some doubts. They don't know whether General Guo on this island can be satisfied and whether the hiring money will be less.