Almost everyone laughed, but of course some didn't.
In fact, some people have always felt that Jin Feng's practice of using money to motivate soldiers was inappropriate.
For example, Tie Shixin is one of them.
He felt that this approach reeked of copper and was too philistine.
After Tie Shixin joined the Sichuan-Sichuan regime, he did a lot of practical things and was very capable. Both Jin Feng and Ninth Princess valued his opinions.
But Jin Feng didn't listen to him on this matter.
If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it, have faith, and have money.
After all, everyone has to support their families. How can this be done by just relying on slogans to fool the escorts into working hard without giving them actual benefits?
Relatively speaking, Jin Feng felt that it was better to give money openly than to engage in corruption after the escorts gained some power.
For the same reason, Jin Feng paid high wages to his escorts and had a very strict attitude towards corruption.
In the feudal era, it was emphasized that punishment should not be extended to scholar-officials. On the surface, it meant that people of scholar-officials and above were not punished during interrogation. In fact, it also meant that when an official made a mistake, he could just go through the motions.
Many officials caused many deaths due to their own corruption, but the people had no way to sue, and the matter was settled in the end.
Officials at the level of county governors are difficult to overthrow unless they fail in political struggle.
Even if a problem is really discovered, he will be demoted and fined a small amount of money and it will be over.
Maybe this official embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver during his tenure, but was fined only a few hundred taels in the end, and then went to a remote place to hide quietly for a while, and the story turned over.
After a few years, the limelight has passed, and if you have some connections, you can still be reinstated, or even transferred to another place to become a bigger official.
This is the mutual protection between officials in the feudal era.
This kind of thing where officials protect each other is contagious and will quickly form a trend. Over time, it will cause the people to lose trust in the court, and finally force the people to take desperate measures.
Jin Feng knew that he could not completely prevent this kind of thing, so he could only try to avoid it.
Therefore, he adopted the policy of high salary to support integrity and severe punishment of corruption.
In the past, if you embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, you only had to pay a fine of a few hundred taels to be considered the maximum punishment, but this is not the case here in Jinfeng.
According to the laws established by Jin Feng, a bodyguard who embezzles hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can be beheaded for just a few thousand taels of silver.
In fact, Jin Feng also knows that this approach is a bit too simple and crude, and it cannot completely eliminate corruption problems, but so far, the effect is pretty good.
The escorts are very satisfied with their salaries and bonuses, and corruption problems are rare.
For example, the current sailors are extremely excited about Jin Feng's generosity.
Although Jin Feng only said that he would apply for promotion of positions and military ranks on their behalf, but with Jin Feng's weight, now that he had said it, it was almost a done deal, it was just one more process.
Maybe before they even reached the East China Sea, their new work permits were sent over by speedboat.
Different positions and military ranks have different wages, bonuses and subsidies.
By raising one level when setting out, and then raising it again after completing the mission, plus the bonus from the voyage, they can get at least dozens of taels of silver.
Most sailors come from ordinary families in the East China Sea. For them, a few dozen taels of silver is a very large amount of income. If you save a little money, it can be enough for a family for many years.
A voyage brought both honor and money, and the sailors felt more motivated than before.
Although Tie Shixin was not satisfied with this, he didn't say anything.
After all, a few dozen taels of silver is a lot of money to a sailor, but nothing to the court, and it is nothing to what the sailors are about to do.
Dozens of sailors only spent a few thousand taels of silver in total.
If they can really bring back improved seeds, they can even change the fate of Dakang. This is something that cannot be measured by a few thousand taels of silver.
Jin Feng watched the sailors calm down and turned to the hammer and shouted: "Go find some fruit wine and practice for the brothers!"
Chapter 1607 Farewell (4) (2 / 2)
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"Yes!" Tie Hammer ran out quickly.
Due to the shortage of food, Sichuan and Sichuan strictly prohibited the use of grain to make wine.
However, in addition to grain, there are also various fruits that can make wine.
For example, a kind of wild grape from the Sichuan Mountains is sour and astringent, but it is very suitable for making wine.
Many mountain people will pick wild grapes when they are ripe, make wine, and then sell them.
As the busiest dock in Dakang, Jinchuan Pier naturally has this kind of fruit wine. Tie Hammer returned not long after he ran out.
He was followed by seven workers, five of whom were holding wine jars, and the remaining two were each carrying a bamboo basket with pottery bowls in it.
Tie Zhui personally carried a wine jar onto the stage and handed the wine bowl to Jin Feng.
Other workers held wine jars and bowls and distributed them to the sailors.
After everyone had poured the wine, Jin Feng raised his glass and said: "As you all know, I have always been opposed to drinking, and I almost never drink, but today I do it for my brothers. I wish my brothers all the best and an early victory!
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After saying that, Jin Feng picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp!
"Triumph!"
"Triumph!"
"Triumph!"
The sailors shouted three times, then raised their heads together and drank it all!
"good!"
Jin Feng shouted loudly and threw the wine bowl on the ground, making a crisp sound.
Next, there was an intensive sound of bowls being thrown.
At this moment, Jin Feng finally understood why in the previous movie and TV series, when drinking with Zhuang, he had to throw the bowl.
It is indeed heroic and joyful.
Dozens of bowls fell down, and the atmosphere suddenly became more tragic.
Not to mention the drinking sailors, the escorts standing aside were eager to roll up their sleeves and get on the ship.
Jin Feng felt that the atmosphere was almost over, so he waved his hand directly: "Let's go!"
"Set off!"
Jin Peng turned around and walked towards the Taiping.
The sailors also turned around collectively and lined up to board the ship.
In fact, according to the process, the farewell ceremony is just the beginning, and there are speeches by Zhang Liang and Tie Shixin later.
In the end, Jin Feng simply let the sailors go. What else could they say?
Xiaoyu glanced at Jin Feng helplessly, but the atmosphere had already reached this point and the sailors had begun to board the ship. She couldn't call them back, right?
Xiaoyu had no choice but to gesture downwards.
When the female escorts saw this, they immediately started beating drums. All the soldiers, including Zhang Liang and Qinghuai, turned around and saluted the sailors who were boarding the ship.
As for the civil servants, they all bowed and performed scholarly rituals.
Among everyone present, only Jin Feng and Ninth Princess did not salute, but they also watched the sailors board the Taiping.
After the sailors boarded the Taiping, they lined up on the deck, returned the salute below, and then turned and rushed to their respective posts.
Ten minutes later, the Taiping blew its whistle and began to move slowly.