At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 74 I have no choice but to suffer for the Guangdong gentry first
"Okay, okay." Zhang Sheng said with a smile: "The king has no intention of taking you to Yunnan to attack Li Dingguo. You can rest assured to support your mother in Guangdong."

The green camp general in Yangjiang let out a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Zhang Sheng glanced at the generals of the Green Camp and sneered in his heart.

In addition to the [-] elite soldiers and generals selected by Hong Chengchou, the Green Camp's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses could barely be used to defend the city.

If we take them with us on an expedition, not only will we waste a lot of food and grass in vain, but we will also easily give the opponent a chance during the field battle. Zhang Sheng will naturally look down upon such soldiers and horses.

It's just that there are tens of thousands of people in Guangdong's Green Camp. If they defend the city against Lord Sun's imperial army, the effectiveness of the food and salary collection will inevitably be affected.

Therefore, in order to build on Zheng Chenggong's foundation, he, Zhang Sheng, had no choice but to favor these generals of the green battalion according to the order of the lord.

After all, where these Green Camps have lived for a long time, they know exactly which gentry family is rich. With their cooperation, the army's food and salary collection will definitely be accurate!

"Since the lord has no intention of taking us to Yunnan to fight against the thieves, what does the old man want us to do? What windfall do you want us to do?"

The generals of the Green Camp in Yangjiang were confused. Since they were not led to Yunnan to burn, kill and loot, how could there be any windfall to be made?

Zhang Sheng said slowly: "My country's lord's [-] Hall Front Army will send troops to Yunnan next year to kill Li Dingguo, the traitor, and Yongli, the escaped emperor."

"It's a long way to go to Yunnan, and the war is protracted. As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses are moved, the food and grass go first!"

"The head of our country has written to the Qing Dynasty, asking for tens of millions of taels of silver and tens of millions of stones of grain and grass to be used for military expenses."

The generals of the green battalion gasped. The figures of tens of millions of taels of silver and tens of millions of stones of grain and grass shocked them.

Lord Sun is indeed the Lord of the country!Such courage, such appetite!so big!

"However, water far away can't quench the thirst of the near, and these food and salaries are inconvenient to operate. The war in the southwest is urgent. In order to help the Qing Dynasty unify the world, our country's lord has no choice but to suffer from the Cantonese gentry first."

Zhang Sheng couldn't help but smile as he spoke. In the past, when the Eight Kings were still around, he had a great time robbing the gentry under Sun Kewang.

Unexpectedly, ten years later, Zhang Sheng would return to his old job again!
Zhang Sheng felt a little excited when he thought of this. Not only that, Sun Kewang's reason for torture was also very convincing, which made Zhang Sheng couldn't help laughing!

"What do you mean by the ruler of the country, to collect grain and pay in Guangdong?" The general of Green Camp suddenly realized after hearing this.

"That's right, the head of my family wants to become a vassal of the Qing Dynasty. The war in the southwest is urgent. In order not to burden the court, we have to collect food and pay on our own territory first."

Zhang Sheng said: "I don't know if you are willing to help the lord of the country, and Zhang Sheng, me?"

"We dare not disobey the king's order!" Some green camp generals said with cupped hands.

Lieutenant General Yangjiang rolled his eyes and didn't express his opinion immediately. Many generals were like him, seeming to have some scruples.

Zhang Sheng glanced at everyone and said leisurely: "The king said that we can't let the brothers in Luying work in vain. According to the different prefectures and counties in Guangdong, the food and salary will be levied at the standard of [-] for small counties and [-] for large counties, especially in wealthy places. Extra pie.”

"The rations raised by the levy will not be monopolized by my king. Seventy percent of the troops in front of our palace will be used, and the remaining [-]% will be provided by the Green Camp brothers who helped us. All these grains and wages will be paid locally and will not be missing a penny from the Green Camp brothers!"

"What!" Vice General Yangjiang and others were stunned, their mouths wide open, their faces full of disbelief.

Looking at everyone, Zhang Sheng smiled and said: "I have already said that the head of our family will give the Green Camp brothers a [-]% dividend from the food and wages collected by various prefectures and counties."

Snap!The generals of the Green Camp in Yangjiang stood up one after another.

"Master Hou, you must take this seriously!" Deputy General Yangjiang said solemnly.

"That's still false!" Zhang Sheng pretended to be displeased and said, "My country's leader will never treat his soldiers badly. From now on, he will control Guangdong and Guangxi forever, and you will also be his subordinates."

"If you want you to do things, you have to give some rewards in general. My country's lord is not gratifying. He has always treated the soldiers under his command equally. If you don't believe me, you can ask the soldiers in the front of my palace."

"I think back in Yunnan and Guizhou, whether it was Li Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan, or even the surrendered generals such as Ma Jinzhong, Ma Bao, and Ma Weixing, my king never lacked their food and salary."

"Now that the ruler of the country has arrived in Guangdong and Guangxi, my brothers in the Green Camp will naturally not treat you badly!"

As soon as this remark came out, the generals of the green battalion in Yangjiang gasped. After hearing Zhang Sheng's words, many people were moved in their hearts, and even their eyes turned red.

They, the Green Camp soldiers, have always been looked down upon by Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao. Only scraps of food and drink will be given to them to feed their base. Later, when the Manchu Eight Banners soldiers arrived in Guangdong, the Green Camp soldiers became slaves.

The Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty serve the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and the Green Camp soldiers serve the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. When did these stepmothers of the Green Camp Banners receive such love and respect from Lord Sun!
"Brothers of the green battalion! My lord is different from Shang Kexi. My lord not only regards our front army soldiers as human beings, but also you green battalion soldiers. Look at what happened after my front army entered Guangxi. Have you abused the people?"

"Even the common people and the leader of my family treat them as human beings. What else do you Green Camp soldiers have to worry about?"

"All in all, in Yangjiang, if we can raise 20 in food and salary, you Green Camp soldiers will have [-]! If it's [-], you'll have [-]!"

Zhang Sheng solemnly said: "Out of the [-] yuan in food and salary, except for half of the rewards given to the lower-level soldiers, the other [-] yuan, my country's leader said, will all go to you green camp generals!"

"I, Zhang Sheng, also know that in the past, your green camp had poor food and salary, and you all had to make a living, so you had no choice but to drink the blood of the soldiers. Now that the king is here, you don't have to worry about food and salary. Follow the king and work hard, and I will keep it for you." A fat belly and a perfect match!"

"If there are more wealthy households here and more food and wages can be collected, you green camp generals can get more!"

"All in all, let's make money together! Our front army eats meat, and even if you brothers in the green camp can't eat much meat, you can still manage enough broth!"

"Three dividends, my country's lord will not lose a penny of you!"

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of all the green camp generals in Yangjiang turned red!If they could collect 30 to [-] yuan in food and salary in Yangjiang, wouldn't they...

Seeing this, Zhang Sheng clapped his hands in fear.

I saw several soldiers of the front army moving a large box.

"Master Hou, you are..."

With a big wave of Zhang Sheng's hand, white silver appeared in front of all the generals.

"There are 5000 taels of silver here. To show your sincerity, you should divide the 5000 taels of silver first."

(End of this chapter)