Of the 15,000 soldiers, only a little over 10,000 had military merits.

No one else managed to get a kill.

The main reason was that the military commander arrived and forbade them from killing the Liao people who knelt down to surrender.

The soldiers who failed to get a kill stared at the prisoners with bloodshot eyes.

They wished they could release them and fight another battle.

More than 10,000 prisoners trembled as they looked at the Ming army around them.

He felt that everyone was looking at him with fierce and menacing eyes.

Their eyes were bloodshot, and they wished they could kill them all.

Many of the prisoners were veterans who had been on the battlefield several times.

They fought more than a dozen battles against the Ming army.

I've never seen Ming soldiers so menacing.

The wages were paid quickly, mainly because Li Chang'an didn't mind.

He also included some vague and unclear military achievements.

After all, some people are holding the head, and some are holding the hands.

He insisted that he had cut it off himself, but then his head was stolen.

He couldn't be bothered to listen to their argument.

Those who take the lead count as one Liao soldier, and those who excel at something count as half a soldier.

After all the gold had been distributed, they realized that they still had several large boxes of it left.

Li Chang'an calculated that with 40,000 Liao soldiers and two gold ingots per soldier, he took out 80,000 taels of gold.

As a result, only 30,000 taels were distributed, and then the distribution was halted.

Looking at the remaining gold.

He didn't want to take it back either.

Whether you buy it or not, the gold price is 99+.

Why bother?

He waved his hand and addressed the generals around him.

"Give the rest of the gold to the cavalry of the Great Wind Camp."

"We need to get up early tomorrow and reach Jiayang Pass before sunset."

"Consider this gold as a token of appreciation for your hard work."

The generals were all delighted to hear this.

The Ming Dynasty was extremely short of gold.

The normal ratio of gold to silver is one to ten.

But no one would be foolish enough to make that change.

After all, gold is always a hard currency and it's easy to carry around.

Therefore, the ratio in the market has risen to 1 to 11.

In some places, the ratio is even 1 to 12.

Seeing their behavior, Li Chang'an reminded them, "Don't just pocket it. Distribute it to your soldiers too. If I hear you guys pocketing it, don't blame me for not including you next time I have such a good deal."

The generals patted their chests and said that they were all comrades-in-arms, how could they not share anything?

Hearing their words, Li Chang'an turned around and went back to his tent to rest.

After he left, Meng Xian looked at the 50,000 taels of gold on the ground and spoke.

"The Prince's Mansion will take half, and you can deal with the rest yourselves."

The generals were not dissatisfied; in fact, they were quite pleased.

After all, they were all supported by the Prince's Mansion, and they knew that the Prince's Mansion would take the lion's share.

Taking only 50% was already beyond their expectations.

The remaining 25,000 taels were distributed by Cheng Hu.

Five thousand cavalrymen, three taels of gold per person.

The soldiers who died in battle received an extra two taels of silver, and the wounded received an extra one tael of silver.

The remaining eight thousand taels were divided equally among the generals under his command.

Everyone was delighted, and they took their share and went back to their tents.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Whether they are generals or soldiers.

Everyone is counting gold.

Zhang Daniu lay on the haystack, occasionally taking out the gold to look at it.

He rubbed the gold in his hand and secretly put it in his mouth to take a bite.

There are teeth marks, and the inside is also gold.

This is true.

His fellow villagers, seeing his appearance, couldn't help but laugh.

“Zhang Daniu, you’ve bitten the gold so badly it’s covered in teeth marks, they won’t accept it from you.”

"Bullshit! Even if this gold fell into a latrine, pawnshops in the market would still be fighting over it."

Zhang Daniu opened his mouth and cursed.

Everyone knows the value of gold on the market; pawnshops are scrambling to buy it, so there's no need to worry about nobody wanting it.

Hearing this, the fellow villager wasn't angry. He just chuckled and leaned closer with his head down.

"Zhang Daniu, how many Liao people did you kill?"

Zhang Daniu looked at him warily, hiding the gold in his pocket: "Two, what's wrong?"

Seeing his wary look, his fellow villager shook his head and said smugly, "Me, three."

He held up three fingers, eliciting gasps from those around him.

"Sure, young man."

"Three heads, that's sixty taels of silver."

"My God, you've struck it rich!"

A group of people gathered around, looking at him with envy.

The military commander saw it too, but he couldn't be bothered to do anything about it.

We won the battle today, and everyone received a reward.

That night in the camp, the soldiers couldn't sleep and were all whispering among themselves.

He just couldn't be bothered to care anymore.

This is a rare and great victory; let them discuss it for a while.

Zhang Daniu looked at his fellow villager with envy and said, "Then you'll be living a life of luxury from now on. With so much money, you'll never be able to spend it all."

"If you can't spend all the money, why don't you marry a few more wives?"

"Hahaha"

The laborers laughed when they heard this.

Upon hearing their words, their fellow villagers scoffed, "This is nothing."

After saying that, he lay down, muttering, "Go to sleep, go to sleep, I have to work tomorrow."

The crowd dispersed, whispering about how much money they had received and what they planned to do when they got back.

When no one was paying attention, he quietly approached Zhang Daniu and looked around to make sure no one was nearby.

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