Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 400 Chaos ([-])

Zamparini carefully wiped the saber in his hand, but out of the corner of his eye, he was looking at a group of Ming people in traditional Ming costumes on the grass in front of him.These Ming men arrived yesterday afternoon, and Zampariniu, who was on duty at the time, remembered the scene at that time: a group of cavalry in various costumes rode to the fort where the Eight Banners New Army was stationed—well, maybe it was a little uncomfortable to say that riding a horse Accurate, because many of them rode mules, donkeys, etc., and then Li Zhengang, the magistrate of Dashun County who had been here several times a few days ago, came out to negotiate with those Eight Banners warriors.

After a few minutes of negotiation, a liaison staff officer came out from the headquarters in the city. He ordered the Eight Banners New Army to give up blocking these people from entering the city, and at the same time ordered the officers and soldiers of the 104th Company of the Army who were on duty at the east gate of Yantai Fort to open the gate.Zamparini, as the platoon leader guarding the city gate, was ordered to open the heavy wooden gate immediately, and put more than ten people including Li Zhengang into the city, while the other 600 people who followed him were temporarily placed in a ward outside the east city gate. Rest at the dock warehouse.

In the evening, Zamparini brought some North Korean cooks to these people for the dinner of the day. The dinner was the sick meal specially given by the superior: a bowl of poached egg noodles, half a piece of big maha salted fish meat and four steamed Potato.Such a sumptuous meal caught the eyes of these people, especially the piece of salmon meat, which weighed half a catty, was devoured by them.This kind of big fish caught from the black water area has a high fat content and is oily. Not only does it taste great, but it is also very hungry. Uncommonly delicious.

At this time the sun had just risen, and the Ming people opposite were sitting around having breakfast.Breakfast is boiled corn on the cob, plus a small saury as a side dish, and the officers can enjoy an extra half glass of beer.This kind of "luxury" food caused them to discuss a lot. After dawdling for a while, a Ming who seemed to be a small officer of the Shun Army moved to Zamparini's side, looked at the sharp and shiny saber in his hand, and whispered Asked: "This...Mr. Jun, do you dare to ask if you eat two meals a day so well? Dare feel like Chinese New Year."

"Two meals a day?" Zamparini was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly realized: "No, this is not true. We people on the east coast eat three meals a day, five in the morning, eleven in the afternoon, and six in the evening One meal for each; if there are combat missions in the evening, there will be a supper at night. Two meals a day cannot guarantee that we have sufficient physical fitness for training, this is not... well, science!"

Although Zamparini's accent was a little weird, and although there were many things he couldn't understand, the junior officer of the Shun Army still understood the general meaning: "My God! I really eat three meals a day, and I also eat fish! Uh, By the way, do you have any payment? Are you in arrears?"

"Salary? Are you talking about military salary? Of course there is!" Zamparini gave the little officer a strange look, and then said: "Why are we fighting? We are fighting for the country, for our relatives, for our future, of course After all, we also have to live. The military pays our military salary, and we have to fight bravely for the military. This is a matter of professional ethics. In fact, not only the military salary, but also the spoils captured on the battlefield. The staff will register them one by one under the supervision of the soldier representatives, and then convert them into cash and distribute them to everyone in proportion. This is called a bonus. In addition to bonuses, there will also be subsidies for overseas stationing, and they will be distributed when the war starts A subsidy equivalent to double the basic salary. In short, there are many names. If anyone is unclear, they can ask the chief secretary of the company or the logistics staff next to Chief Mo, and they will answer them in detail. As for the arrears of military pay, there are not many such cases See, this kind of thing usually happens when you are fighting outside all year round, but it will be issued to you immediately after the battle is over, and you will never be in arrears for any reason. If you report, this person may be severely tried by a court-martial, and he may be hanged."

After hearing this, the junior officer of the Shun Army looked at the other people behind him in blank dismay.Although the Shun army has been torturing the nobles, clans, and wealthy businessmen to obtain military expenses, this method is not the right way after all, and the military expenses they can obtain are actually not as much as imagined. Only those troops in the old camp can receive full payment.As for the second-line troops under Guo Sheng, it would be nice to be able to get a few taels of silver every now and then.In this era when there is not enough food to eat, talking about military pay is a very extravagant thing. The biggest wish of everyone is to live on enough food.

But at this moment, after hearing that these Dongan barbarians insisted on paying the soldiers in full, and never defaulted, they were really shocked.And more importantly, it is said that the platoon leader from the East Coast in front of him was able to receive at least 6-7 taels of military pay per month during the Ming Dynasty, and if there was a war, his income might be more than doubled.Think about the income of the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty. The infantry was five cents a day, but only one tael a month; the horse soldiers were two cents a day, six taels a month.What is frustrating is that the military pay of Ming Dynasty has rarely been paid in full these years. Some frontier soldiers in Shaanxi have even owed their military pay for two or three years. .

Zamparini was just about to say something, when suddenly An Dahai, a veteran of the platoon, came over with a pen and paper while scratching his head: "Platoon leader, this...I forgot how to fill in this, please help me fill it out. "

"A remittance slip? You want to send money to your family?" Zamparini took off his big cap and said in surprise, "Well, I know you have many brothers and sisters in your family, and you have a lot of places to spend money, but you are too frugal." Yes. Tell me, how much will you remit?"

"58 yuan and [-] cents." An Dahai took out a deposit receipt of "[-] yuan" from the Heishui Branch of the Northwest Reclamation Bank and some coins in a box.The bank's official seal was stamped on the deposit receipt, and there was An Dahai's handprint, and a line of words was written on the edge of the deposit receipt, to the effect that someone had deposited a certain amount on a certain day, month, and year.These words were torn in half and used as vouchers when withdrawing money; of course, these alone are not enough, you have to know the password you keep at the bank. The password can be a string of numbers or a paragraph. How did you agree with the bank.

Zamparini shook his head, and said in a surprised tone: "Lao An, haven't you spent much money in the past six months? You actually saved so much money and sent it back, tsk tsk, you are the most stingy soldier in this company belongs to."

An Dahai also shook his head and laughed.He and Zamparini were soldiers in the same year, both serving in the 4th Company of the Army.Later, the Ministry of the Army newly formed the 104th Company of the Army in Ping'an County. A group of people were selected from the active duty and demobilized veterans of the 4th Company to serve as the backbone of the 104th Company. Zamparini and An Dahai were both selected again. Zamparini, the "most beautiful man" in Hexiang, even got a platoon leader.Therefore, the personal relationship between them is actually very good. Zamparini, who is optimistic by nature, often makes some harmless jokes, but An Dahai, who is relatively shy, doesn't care.

Zamparini finished filling out the remittance form with a few brush strokes, then asked An Dahai to come over to sign, press his fingerprints, and then handed it to him and said, "Go to the company department and ask Director Lin to sign it, and report it after signing. Give it to the staff officer for approval, and then you don’t have to worry about it. The logistics staff will submit your remittance slip to Heishui Port for processing. If there is no accident, your family will receive coal from the Northwest Reclamation Bank Ping An Branch by this time next year. The cash from the River Branch has been paid."

The two were chatting and laughing, surrounded by a circle of Shunjun officers and soldiers. Although they didn't quite understand some things, they finally understood that this was sending money home, and it was more than 60 taels of silver.The officer didn't even cheat!It seems that the civil servants who deal with it can't pluck their hair!This... there is such a good thing in the world?

"Army... platoon leader, do you still accept people? My name is Li Qun, from Xinxiang, Henan, and I have fought old battles. As long as you take care of me to have enough food, and pay two more wages from time to time, my life will be in jeopardy." Sold it to you?" A small officer of the Shun Army said suddenly.

Before Zamparini had time to say anything, another Shun Army officer next to him said: "Lord Mo is also an officer of our Dashun. Marshal Guo is going to lead his troops to retreat westward to follow King Chuang, and he asked us to assist Lord Li (Zhen Gang) here. And Mr. Li is an official under Mr. Mo, so we are also Mr. Mo's soldiers."

"Yes, yes! We are also Master Mo's soldiers, and we will work for Master Mo! Guo Shuai didn't let us retreat westward with the old battalion, but let us obey Master Mo's restraint." The enthusiasm of the grassroots officers of the Shun Army gradually rose. stand up.Guo Sheng's troops have always been the second-line troops in the Shun Army, and their treatment is quite average; and their group, including Zhao Yingyuan's department who is currently supporting Qingzhou with difficulty, is the second-line of the second-line, for no other reason than that they are all Luo Rucai old ministry.After Luo Rucai was killed by Li Zicheng, the troops were annexed. Among them, the lives of senior generals may be a little easier, but ordinary soldiers have a bit of a hard time. It is inevitable to suffer some discrimination and make things difficult on weekdays.

But they are the ones who have never surrendered to the Manchus until the last moment in history. In terms of integrity, they are stronger than those shit troops in Nanming.There were 300 cavalrymen accompanying Li Zhengang this time, all of whom were veterans who had fought battles. This was a valuable asset for the people on the east bank who lacked cavalry.In addition to them, there were several Dashun local officials who fled in embarrassment after being chased and killed. Some of them had dozens of people on hand, and some had hundreds of people, totaling more than [-] people.Although their combat skills are mediocre and their military literacy is low, what is rare is that they are more determined. If they train well, they may not be unable to fight.

While Zamparini was thinking, he heard a sharp whistle at the gate of the city, and saw Mao Desheng, the commander of the 104th company, come out on a tall horse surrounded by soldiers.

"Assemble! Assemble! Get ready to board the ship to pick up supplies and people!" Mao Desheng's adjutant shouted loudly.

(End of this chapter)