Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 321 There must be a brave man under the heavy reward
In this era, everyone who joins the military basically comes from a poor background. These people have never seen so much money in their lives. Everyone exclaimed in surprise and envy.

Zhao Mu said: "There are five hundred thousand taels of gold and silver here. You can guess where this money comes from."

One of the sergeants in the front row said: "Of course it is your salary, my lord!"

Zhao Mu smiled when he heard this and said: "Haha, I have been promoted from county prince to king in less than a year. How can I get so much gold and silver? Even if I get twenty years' salary, I won't have this much."

Another person replied: "That is what the emperor rewarded you, my lord!"

Zhao Mu shook his head again when he heard this and said: "The emperor did reward me a lot, but these gold and silver are not among them."

Everyone guessed it wrong when they heard it, and everyone was also confused by Monk Zhang Er. Although some people want to speculate that Zhao Mu got it from corruption, but if you say this to your face, no matter whether it is right or not, you are seeking death.

With no one guessing at the moment, Zhao Mu casually grabbed two silver ingots from the box and threw them to the two sergeants who had just answered the question.

The two people quickly thanked them and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty for the reward!"

Zhao Mu smiled and said, "Look at the imprints on the silver, and you will know where they come from!"

Hearing Zhao Mu's words, the expressions of the sergeants present became serious. The three sergeants who received the reward suddenly felt that the gold and silver in their hands was a bit "hot".

At this time, a knowledgeable military academy said: "Your Majesty, this is the official silver of Dali Kingdom. I guess it is the dowry of the princess!"

Because the laws of the Song Dynasty stipulate that all women’s dowry is the woman’s private property. Even if the wife is divorced, the woman can be taken away. It is illegal in this era to tamper with the dowry without the wife's consent.

And even if the wife agrees to give her dowry to her husband, it is still a very shameful thing in people's outlook on life in this era. Men who use their wives' dowries to earn a living will be labeled "incompetent" by the mainstream consciousness of this era.

The man flew up happily and caught it. He giggled twice and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"

When Zhao Mu heard that he answered correctly, he took out a small ingot of gold from the box and threw it to him.

At this time, the sergeants around the two men also gathered in front of them, and everyone looked at the brand on the silver.

Nowadays, the prince of the Song Dynasty actually wants to use his wife's dowry to reward the soldiers, which makes everyone feel a little uncomfortable.

Zhao Mu saw that the atmosphere was almost over, so he sighed and said, "Oh! Just as I said just now. The gold and silver in this box are the dowry of my princess, Princess Zhaohua of Dali Kingdom."

Everyone murmured in unison and read: "Dali's official ingot, Baoding six years."

Zhao Mu continued: "This money is not a lot, but this is what I use to reward you all. This battle is a crucial battle for us in the Song Dynasty. The Liao people are not that scary. The Liao army is not. So scary, but everyone in our Song Dynasty fears Liao as much as a tiger! But others think they are 'tigers', but in my eyes they are just paper tigers. What we want this time is to pierce this paper tiger , a century-old national humiliation!"

"Everyone here today is lucky. Because since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasties have changed, and the Liao people have hardly suffered any defeats. Even Emperor Taizong's two Northern Expeditions still failed to shake the Liao soldiers. Emperor Zhenzong even more We signed the Chanyuan Alliance, this alliance under the city. But this time, we will win!"

"And you are the first batch of Song Dynasty warriors to defeat the Liao soldiers. When you are old in the future, you can proudly tell today's story to your children and grandchildren and tell them that you are the real heroes! And this king is fighting Later, a stone tablet will be erected in front of this Xiongzhou Pass. Your names will be engraved on it, and time will record your victory. Victory! Long live!" "Victory! Long live!" All the soldiers present raised their arms. call.

Zhao Mu pulled out his sword at this time, then raised his sword high and said: "I have sent you the king's military order. All the troops will rest for an hour. After an hour, I will follow the king out of the city to fight. Anyone who kills a Liao soldier will be rewarded with a silver coin." Two! If you kill an elite soldier, you will be rewarded with five taels of silver! If you kill the general, you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver! If you kill the commander, you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver! If you capture the general alive, you will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!"

Hearing the bounty offered by Zhao Mu, the atmosphere on the field became boiling again. No one thought that the money was taken in this way, which meant that the more people killed, the more rewards they would get.

Zhao Mu put away his sword at this time and smiled at the soldiers present: "Haha, this time I will not only make everyone meritorious, but also make everyone rich. As long as you have the ability to be a Wuhu, then I will The king will have a heavy reward. As long as you kill a general in formation, you can get a hundred taels of silver reward. As the saying goes, "Wealth does not return to its hometown, just like walking at night in brocade clothes." If you get this hundred taels of silver reward from my king, you can quit the army. It is better to go back to your hometown and buy a house, buy a few acres of thin farmland, and live a comfortable life as a member of the Communist Party of China than to suffer in this bitter cold place. Everyone says yes or no!"

"Yes!" Everyone suddenly shouted in unison.

At present, everyone's fighting spirit has been mobilized by Zhao Mu. It is said that the civil and martial arts learned were sold to the emperor's family. It's a pity that in the Song Dynasty, these warriors were not as valuable as those literati. Moreover, most of those who joined the army were either recruited by assassination or came from poor families to make a living in the army.

Now that Zhao Mu has given them such an opportunity to make a fortune, they are naturally very excited. As Zhao Mu said, not to mention killing a general, even if you kill a few more soldiers, you can get a lot of money.

In this era when twenty taels of silver can buy an ox and a few acres of paddy fields and "become a well-off society", Zhao Mu's reward is undoubtedly the biggest incentive for them.

Sometimes this is the case, if you want to encourage the "employees" to be motivated and let them work hard. It's not enough to paint a pie with just a few words, you have to give them something practical.

Zhao Mu's impassioned speech before dispelled everyone's fear, but now so much reward has inspired everyone's motivation.

Now everyone wanted to go out of the city immediately to chop off the heads of a few enemy soldiers and get a few taels of silver. If you are lucky, you will have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life.

But at this moment, someone yelled in a disgraceful voice: "Your Majesty, what if we die after completing our meritorious service? Isn't it true that we have a life to make money, but a lifelessness to spend money?"

After hearing these embarrassing words, everyone present looked at him with resentful eyes.

This man was extremely frightened as he was looked at by his companions.

Zhao Mu smiled when he heard this and said, "It doesn't matter. The brothers who died in this battle will not only get pensions from the imperial court. If you have made meritorious service in this battle, as long as you can prove it, even if you are shrouded in horse leather, the reward for your meritorious service will also be It will be distributed to your family along with the death pension.”

After everyone heard this, the last worries in their hearts were completely dispelled, and they were not afraid of anything now.

Because there is nothing more terrible in this world than "poverty".

Even if they die, as long as they can make meritorious deeds, they will be able to bless their families. That's enough.

What's more, when life or death is uncertain, everyone will take chances. Everyone thinks that they will not necessarily die.

(End of this chapter)