Here is the garrison of the troops under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang General Yishan.
After the envoy visited Muravyov, he came back with good news and bad news. The good news was that Muravyov agreed to send troops, and the bad news was that he needed to give half a million taels of silver.
When Yishan got the news that he was going to pay, he immediately became angry.
His big fat hands trembled, his small eyes widened, and he opened his mouth and roared loudly: "Five hundred thousand taels of silver, you are trying to kill me, where can I go to raise it? Tell me, where can I raise so much silver?" , the preparation of five hundred thousand taels of silver will be handed over to you, and you will be fully responsible for it. Whether you find businessmen to prepare it, or raise taxes, it will be handled by you."
There was thick breath coming out of Yishan's nostrils, his short and fat body was shaking constantly, and the flesh on his face was shaking all the time, all because he was too excited about money.
When he got angry, the envoy immediately withered.
Where can he raise five hundred thousand taels of silver?
He secretly despised Yishan. If Yishan was willing to pay, half a million taels of silver would not be a problem at all, because Yishan had money. Unfortunately, Yishan loved money as much as his life, and could not provide money.
At this moment, the envoy felt a headache.
The merchants in Aihui City, and even the merchants in Heilongjiang, are all slippery old foxes. If you want to get some money from these cunning merchants, it is almost impossible to make money out of water. It is quite difficult. If you raise taxes, the local The people have to face difficulties again, and the road is simply unworkable.
For a moment, the envoy was in a dilemma, not knowing what to do.
Yishan didn't care so much. He waved his big hand boldly and ordered with a smile: "Go down and prepare, collect five hundred thousand taels of silver as soon as possible. Of course, if you can collect six hundred thousand taels of silver, the extra ten Ten thousand taels of silver, we will give you fifty-fifty, half for you and half for me, each of us will get fifty thousand taels of silver."
The corner of the envoy's mouth twitched, he had already fallen for this, and Yishan still wanted to loot the money.
However, Yishan did not care and continued: "We will send a special person to Khabarovsk to contact Muravyov, and then prepare to attack Li Zhen. Now, the emperor already knows about Li Zhen in Vladivostok, but the emperor is leading the army We are fighting Zeng Guofan, and now I can’t get away. I will take full charge of matters here, so I can only win this battle and not lose.”
"yes,."
The messenger bowed his head and immediately turned around and left.
…
From Vladivostok, Li Zhen returned with more than 4,000 soldiers.
Every soldier in the army was carrying a backpack on his back. When they arrived outside the city gate of Vladivostok, countless people came out to greet them. Li Zhen saw simple faces with smiles and left their sadness behind. From the bottom of my heart, I want to convey more joy to the people in the city and let them feel the joy of victory.
The army returned in triumph and returned to the military camp.
Li Zhen ordered the soldiers to find the roster of dead soldiers, and also ordered people to find Peng Yulin and asked: "Old Peng, when we destroyed Gilski, I remember that millions of silver were seized. How much money did we spend on this battle?" After buying a large sum of money, how much is left?"
Peng Yulin continued: "The amount of silver consumed in this battle is no less than one million taels. At present, there are still about three million taels left. Counting our own money, there is still a lot of surplus, which is enough for future use."
Li Zhen said: "Since there is still enough money, you should immediately post a notice and publish the list of dead soldiers. Each dead soldier will be given a subsidy of two hundred taels of silver, and their families will be exempted from taxes, and they will be given preferential treatment as much as possible."
"Yes." Peng Yulin replied.
Li Zhen said: "Call Lu Shaochuan and Long Ao."
Peng Yulin turned and left, and Lu Shaochuan and Long Ao walked in quickly.
Lu Shaochuan said: "Your Majesty, what do you want from us?"
Li Zhen asked the two men to sit down and said: "Although there are still weapons in the army, after this battle, there are not many left. Even if ordinary guns and ammunition can be replenished, our own machine guns and other weapons are in short supply. You and Long Ao take a boat south to Guangzhou to purchase cannons, machine guns, and a large amount of firearms and ammunition from the ordnance factory. I hope you can return in the shortest possible time. The less time you waste, the less danger Vladivostok faces. Do you understand? "
"clear."
Long Ao and Lu Shaochuan stood up to agree and left quickly.
The two left, and Li Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief.
At least, in the next short period of time, I can breathe a little bit of relief. In one day, Peng Yulin completed the propaganda of notifying the families of the fallen soldiers to collect the ashes. Early the next morning, there was already a long queue outside the military camp. Peng Yulin The set location is outside the military camp, with ten locations set up so that people can receive the ashes of their family members as quickly as possible.
People lined up and discussed each other, and the overall atmosphere was a bit sad.
After all, it was his family members who died in battle.
It started in the morning and continued until noon, and then continued after a short rest. The soldiers were busy all the time. When Li Zhen came with Yang Luchan and Dong Haichuan, he did not alert the soldiers and came in plain clothes. Li Zhen came to collect money and Where the ashes were, what I saw was a scene of quarrels.
An old man who was nearly seventy years old took the package containing the ashes, but returned the two hundred taels of silver and said: "My son died fighting for the country, his homeland and his relatives. There is no need for money. I don't want it. I just want it." My son's ashes." The old man was very angry and resolutely accepted the two hundred taels of silver.
The soldier advised: "Old man, this money is the stipulated pension, you can take it."
"don't want."
The old man shook his head resolutely and said: "I took the money. My son went here just for the money. I can't take this money." The old man left with a serious face. The soldier's advice was fruitless, so he could only put down the two hundred taels of silver and continue. Distribute ashes and money.
Li Zhen saw this episode, but his heart was not at peace.
From the old man's words, Li Zhen felt a sense of arrogance. This is the backbone of a family where a man selflessly sacrifices for the country and fights selflessly for his homeland. It does not mean that it is not good to receive money, but that this is not good. The old man who receives the money has his own arrogance in his bones.
Li Zhen stayed at the scene for a long time before turning around and leaving.
The news of the pension quickly spread.
Such a high pension made countless people support Li Zhen even more. Next, Li Zhen issued a tax exemption order to exempt the people of Vladivostok from taxes for the next three years. Of course, the tax exemption was only for people farming and doing business. You still have to pay taxes.
Time passed, and one and a half months quickly slipped through my fingers.
There are only three days left before New Year's Eve. During this period, Peng Yulin devoted himself to training soldiers and trained both the militia and the regular army to be decent.
The soldiers of the army are already on the right track.
On this day, Long Ao and Lu Shaochuan returned by boat, bringing machine guns, cannons and countless firearms and ammunition. Peng Yulin led the soldiers to store all the firearms and ammunition in preparation for the arrival of the New Year. This will be Li Zhen's first day in the new year. The first New Year spent in the Northland.
ps: Third update, call it a day, there’s a warning, it will break out tomorrow, I’m not sure how much, hehe.