After hearing the news, Li Hu rushed into the yard immediately, opened the door and walked in with a high head. As he walked, he was still tying his belt. A pot of tea was placed in the middle of the table. Li Xiao, Yuan Chonghuan, and Zu Dashou were sitting around.

On the chair, Li Xiu stood behind Li Xiao, and everyone glanced at Li Hu who came in.

"Get out! Brother, get out too!" Li Xiao ordered in a deep voice.

"Don't go out!" Li Hu frowned, and Li Xiu also disobeyed his elder brother's order for the first time. The two stood behind Li Xiao like nails, and Li Xiu's hand was always pressed against the gun on his waist.

"Brothers who fight tigers, but my ancestor Dashou is not a tiger now, and he can't even be counted as a cat. My ancestor Dashou is just a donkey!" Zu Dashou stared at the three brothers.

"Da Shou, don't say that, Mr. Li is the same...!" Yuan Chonghuan was trying to smooth things over. After all, they had experienced life and death together, and they didn't want to see Li Xiao and Zu Dashou get into trouble.

There is nothing that can be done about this. There can only be one sun in the sky. Liaodong can only have one general army. Zu Dashou has more than 30,000 Liao troops. They and Li Xiao are not under each other, and Mao Wenlong is a supervisor in name only. He

If you say that, Zu Dashou can totally think of it as fart.

Now allowing Zu Dashou to disband the team on his own is considered a preferential treatment. After all, after disbanding, he will receive a lot of money and food. Moreover, he will also be given land, which is much higher than what he would receive as a soldier.

"Killing donkeys by unloading mills! Isn't that how they play? In the battle of Jinzhou, my brothers from the Liao army suffered more than 20,000 casualties. You took the credit, and now you don't even give me official meals for my ancestor's birthday. I'm not a donkey.

What, I'm just a stupid donkey that you guys fooled around with." Zu Dashou's roar made the glass "buzz" and "buzz".

"So I gave you the most generous pension. The court asked for 300,000 taels of silver. I will give it to you Liao army without missing a penny. If you want money, I will give you land. Except for women, who can

I have divided everything. You paid for this with your blood, and you deserve it." Li Xiao slowly drank a cup of tea.

"How much money do you want to share? Do you know how many brothers are disabled? Even if the land is divided, they can't cultivate it. You know, how many brothers have died. The only ones left behind are orphans and widows. Three hundred thousand

Two taels of silver. It’s less than ten taels spread out on everyone’s head. Ten taels of silver can last a lifetime?”

"This is the disability level assessment standard. According to the above conditions, you can get a card one by one. At which level you reach, you can receive which level of subsidies from the government. As long as the person is still alive, they will be available every month.

As for the deceased, their family members can also receive money and food every month for twenty years. Those who survive are not injured or disabled, and they have meritorious fields. These fields are tax-free for five years. After five years, half of the tax will be levied.

Five years, and they will be exempted from corvee for life. Their descendants will not have to pay tuition fees to study in government-run schools."

Li Xiao waved his hand and threw something like an account book over, and Zu Dashou took it. He looked at it very carefully, not missing every item.

Seeing Zu Dashou looking carefully, Li Xiao nodded. This showed that he really cared about his brothers and did not care about his rank as commander-in-chief.

Li Xiao's standards are very detailed, even as detailed as how much it costs to lose a finger and how much it costs to lose a toe. Compared with Ming's simple and crude algorithm, I don't know how much more advanced it is.

After reading it carefully, Zu Dashou sighed. "What are you going to do with me?"

"That's right, I thought of myself last. You still have 20,000 men, so I'll let you downsize. I'll give you a quota of 2,000 men. From now on, I, Li Xiao, will give you your military rations and pay. Mr. Zu, you have been fighting for so many years."

War. Brothers all want to take a break and let those who want to go home go home. Not everyone likes war!"

"Thank you! From now on I, Zu Dashou, will work with you." Zu Dashou changed his face in an instant, knelt down in front of Li Xiao and bowed his head.

Li Xiao was stunned, and Li Xiu and Li Hu were both confused. Even Yuan Chonghuan, who was standing next to him, did not expect Zu Dashou to come.

He was fooled! This guy is not here to negotiate at all. He is specifically here to see how Li Xiao will treat the disabled and returning soldiers. He knows that the strength of the Liao army cannot defeat the thousands of Li Xiao's direct relatives.

.Since I couldn't beat him, I simply took the most favorable terms, so that I could get some benefits.

Adhering to principles and never suffering losses is Zu Dashou’s creed.

Pulling up Zu Dashou and asking Yuan Chonghuan to take him to see Sun Chengzong. These matters of rehabilitating veterans are now being handled by Sun Chengzong and Mao Wenlong.

"Why did you suddenly change your gender?" After leaving the house, Yuan Chonghuan asked his ancestors about his birthday a little awkwardly. When he told himself yesterday, he still looked like he was going to fight to the death. Why did he change his face today?

"Old Yuan, are you really not seeing it or are you pretending not to see it? If you really go against him, will I still be okay? Ao Canghai has such a lousy mouth and keeps shouting about favorable conditions all day long. Those soldiers under my command are heartbroken.

All grass has grown.

After fighting for so many years, I want to live a stable life. Now Li Xiao is giving out money and land, how can such a good thing happen? I really want to stop him, because I am afraid that Li Xiao will not take action. Those soldiers under my command will take action! No.

If you hit Li Xiao, you hit me.

Damn it, I finally figured it out. The most powerful thing in Li Xiao's hand is not the musket. It's the silver. If the silver is thrown down, it doesn't matter whether his own son can hold on.

This man's eyes are black and his heart is red. But as long as he looks at money, his eyes will be red and his heart will be dark. It's fair to get the maximum benefit for yourself while there is still room to talk.

Nineteen years old! He is only nineteen years old, but he already knows how to have money in one hand and a knife in the other. He will give money to those who obey, and the knife will fall on the head of those who are disobedient. These are troubled times, and people like him can take advantage of them.

You, Lao Yuan, are willing to follow him. If I don’t take this opportunity to get on the boat, why are I waiting? I am a rough man and don’t understand any big principles. I only know that it is best to rest against a big tree to enjoy the shade."

Yuan Chonghuan was dumbfounded and looked at the Zu Zongbing again. He thought he was just a simple-minded Qiu Ba, but he didn't expect that he was like a hornet's nest. Where are all the people with solid eyes these days? Why does he look so stupid?

This stupid guy is actually so smart.

"You don't have to be like this when I talk to others from now on. Zu Dashou brought a few soldiers to our place. You guys look like we are petty." As soon as Zu Dashou shouted at Yuan Chonghuan and left the house, Li Xiao turned around and began to scold Li Xiu and Li

Tiger.

"Hey! Brother, I know I was wrong. Oops...! My stomach hurts. I'm going to kick you for a while. I'll go to the latrine first." Li Hu saw Li Xiao's expression was not good, so he ran away holding his stomach.

Li Xiu's face twitched unnaturally, he really couldn't pretend to be Li Hu.

"Forget it! Let's go!" Seeing Li Xiu's appearance, Li Xiao was not in the mood to continue scolding his younger brother. After all, it was his brother who broke the bones and connected the tendons. They were afraid that Zu Dashou would suddenly explode and hurt him.

That’s why I insist on staying here and not leaving.

Li Xiu also left, leaving only Li Xiao sitting on a chair in the room.

I looked at the pension standards, damn it.

Money!

Now Li Xiao finally understands that all wars are caused by money. No wonder a great man said that the reasons for launching wars are all excuses. There is only one reason for war, and that is money, money, more money.

The Tatars attacked the Ming Dynasty because the Tatars were very poor. Attacking the Ming Dynasty was a profitable thing. The Ming Dynasty did not attack the Tatars. That was because the Tatars were very poor and it was not profitable to attack the Tatars.

Over the past few years, I have finally understood this. Economic development is far more important than military development. As long as you can find a way to squeeze the oil out of the Tatars, you don’t have to do it yourself. Countless Ming mercenaries will take advantage of the women.

Real people torn into pieces.

Money can burn people's courage, make cowardly people face the most ferocious wolves. It can also turn the most ferocious people into docile sheep.

Li Xiao felt that he had an epiphany and had the capital to become the God of War. This needed to be celebrated, for example, spending a pleasant night with Tokugawa Chiki. It had been almost a month since he had been close to a woman, boy.

Once you become a man, your inner desires always desperately need to be released.

Returning to her yard, she entered the house and found Tokugawa Chiki already waiting for her. She diligently took slippers and diligently changed Li Xiao's clothes. She would never do this kind of thing in vain.

If there is any characteristic of the Japanese people, it is probably that they are poor and particular. Those who are already poor have only two clothes left, and they have to wear one at home and one to wear outside. As soon as they return home, they will take off the clothes they wear outside and hang them up.

At the door.

Chiki Tokugawa obviously had a slight mysophobia. She seemed to have to scald everything she brought back from the outside with hot water. Her husband came back from the outside, so he also needed to scald it.

It was obvious that the bath bucket had a Japanese style, and it was filled with a large bucket of water. Tokugawa Chiki's gentle hands took off Li Xiao's clothes, and when he entered the bath bucket, the water inside suddenly came out. Follow.

Also popping up is Li Xiao!

It's so damn hot, it's already burning a pig's hair on fire.

Tokugawa Chiki put her hand in and tried it, and looked at Li Xiao in surprise. Helpless Li Xiao could only pick up a bucket of cold water and pour it in. This bitch wanted to murder her husband. Li Xiao thought with some resentment!

Damn Japanese people, they like to use hot water to bathe. It seems that whoever can withstand more heat is more capable. Tokugawa Chihime believed that her man was a great hero, and a great hero would naturally use boiling hot water.

Li Xiao was very resentful about this. Why did he dare to soak in hot water? If you have the ability, use boiled water!

Lying in the warm water, his shoulders were being kneaded by small hands. For some reason, Li Xiao, who was full of desire, felt tired. He leaned against the bath bucket and snored heavily.

It has to be said that both Sun Chengzong and Mao Wenlong were good at handling the trivial government affairs. In just three days, a team of a hundred or ten people was selected to measure the land. They distributed grain and money, and sorted the fallen and disabled soldiers into categories.

Register and make records. Try to distribute the land as soon as possible before the Qingming Festival. Don't dare to delay the farming season. People miss the land for a while, and the land can miss the people for a year.

Zu Dashou obediently reorganized his men into only 2,000 men. Li Xiao assigned all the horses of the Liao army to Zu Dashou. His men were now out-and-out cavalry. Among the more than 20,000 people, he selected

Two thousand people came. They must be the best of the best. Although the number is only one-tenth, the combat power is more than one level higher than the previous two thousand people!

Zu Kuan stroked the horse's mane and didn't close his mouth all day.

He has wanted a high-quality war horse for a long time, but has never been able to do so. After all, war horses are too expensive, and as a servant, he does not have so much money to buy a high-quality war horse. Unexpectedly, General Li not only bought the entire Liao Army's

The war horses were left to the ancestral commander, and even the captured Tatar war horses were distributed to the ancestral commander.

So much so that servants like Zu Kuan now have two war horses. One can carry loads, and the other can charge into battle to kill the enemy. Riding two such horses, they can march hundreds of miles in a night and can immediately enter the battle.

"Brother Kuan! What are you talking about? People have allocated land now, so they can build two thatched houses to live in. When summer comes, I heard that the officials will also divide the bricks, but they need to build the houses themselves. Please come to some neighbors

If you help, you can live in a house with red bricks and big tiles." Zu Chengxun looked at the groups of soldiers packing their things, and the soldiers who were about to leave were very envious.

"Silly boy, they are other people and we are us. We are the servants of our ancestral family. Do you think we are the same as others?" The two thousand people left behind are mostly the servants of the ancestral family with strong fighting ability. To put it bluntly, they are Zu Dashou's private army.

. However, this private army has now been registered and has become a public figure. From now on, the quartermaster sent by Li Xiao will distribute food, salary and silver according to the roster. Even clothing and equipment will be distributed according to the head of the head!

"Yesterday, I saw that Dachengzi and the others were issued new equipment, brand-new cotton armor. I heard that it was just transferred from the Ministry of War, and each of them was also issued a saber. That steel mouth can't even cut off a hundred or ten copper coins.

The one with the scroll." Zu Chengxun had an envious look in his eyes and even licked the corner of his mouth.

"What a steel mouth, you can cut hundreds of copper coins without a roll. When did the Ministry of War issue such a good knife to us!" Zu Kuan was a little unconvinced. A good knife must come with a good price. The knife made by the Ministry of War does not have

He doesn't cut corners. During the Battle of Jinzhou, the knife in Zu Kuan's hand could be used as a saw at the end of the day.

"real!"

"Brother Kuan, Brother Xun. I'm distributing the equipment and salary." The two brothers were talking, and someone shouted from a distance. The people in the stable immediately rushed out, and there was something wrong with their brains if they were not active in distributing the money.

"Why are you running? It's noisy. Do you still look like soldiers? Where are the officers? Where are the officers? Form a team." An officer who was obviously Li Xiao's subordinate shouted to the noisy Liao army.

Normally, if you go into someone else's military camp and talk like this, you will inevitably get a beating. But today they were here to distribute money, and Zu Kuan stood up without saying a word and shouted at everyone to form a team!
To be continued...