Nangong Jiu glanced at the secret guard again.
"Just kill him!"
The two lieutenants were filled with anger and dragged the frozen secret guard away. Not long after, heart-wrenching screams were heard from not far away.
Xiao Wang ran to see it and came back, saying "tsk tsk".
“Your Majesty, it would be much more tragic for them to fall into the hands of the two lieutenants than to kill them directly.
The two lieutenant generals seemed to have a grudge against them. They first said that they had been cold all night and tried to warm them up with hot oil.
Then he said that they would be cold if they were soaked in oil, so he lit a fire to roast them, and in a few seconds they were roasted into fireballs.
Nangong Jiu concluded, "What this means is that the two secret guards were first scalded and then burned by them."
"Yeah, that's right! I'm a little confused. They were colleagues before yesterday, why did they suddenly do such a cruel thing?"
"It's simple. The secret guards are already traitors and are no longer colleagues.
The most crucial point is that the secret guards wanted to burn me to death last night. If I had really been burned to death, you can imagine the consequences for the deputy generals and others."
"That's right. If His Majesty really had an accident in this military camp, the Emperor would be furious and his corpses would be scattered all over the place. No wonder, no wonder!"
Nangong Jiu drank his porridge and called Xiao Wang Xiaoxing: "Let's go, let's go around and see if there is anyone in the army who needs our help. If not, we will go back."
The three men were wandering around the military camp and saw a fireman about thirteen or fourteen years old walking forward with a large bundle of firewood on his back.
Nangong Jiu went up to him and started a conversation: "Little brother, why are you carrying so much firewood at once?"
The young man put down the firewood and said, "You must be the princess who came yesterday. I have a younger sister at home who is about your age.
I am strong, so it’s okay for me to carry more.
Our boss even praised his subordinates, saying he would give them a holiday during the Chinese New Year so they could go home and visit their parents."
"Is your house close to here?"
The young man said happily, "Well, it's only twenty miles away. I know the shortcut and can run back home in half a day.
I have saved two months' salary, which is enough to buy food for my family and sweets for my sister."
"How much is your monthly military salary?"
"One tael of silver!" The young man's face was full of pride.
Nangong Jiu took out a fifty-liang silver ingot from his small pocket and said, "Buy some candy for your sister!"
The young man had never seen so much silver before, and he quickly refused: "Princess, I cannot take your silver!"
"Hurry and take it! You're a good son and a good brother! Keep it quiet and don't let anyone know. Don't show off your wealth, okay?"
The young man knelt down to express his gratitude: "I understand. Thank you, Princess!"
"Well, if you work hard, you will have a bright future when you grow up."
Nangong Jiu took Xiao Wang and Xiao Xing to continue strolling. Nangong Jiu did not speak for a long time.
Xiao Xing asked with concern: "Your Majesty, what are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking that now is a good time to win over the hearts of the people for my grandfather."
"You mean the soldiers in this camp?"
"Well, they were originally soldiers under Guo Feng, and they had more or less received some favors from the Guo family.
Now that the Guo family has fallen, the old subordinates of the treasonous plotters must be feeling uneasy.
If we care about them at this time, their hearts will gradually move closer to us."
Xiao Wang Xiaoxing looked at Nangong Jiu: "So what are you going to do?"
Nangong Jiu looked at the pile of gold, silver and jewelry in his small pocket and said, "Let's go find those two lieutenants."
A moment later.
The three found Zhou Bohao's military tent.
Zhou Bohao hurriedly asked the three of them to sit down.
Nangong Jiu looked at Zhou Bohao: "How is it? Are there any difficulties in the army?"
“To be honest, it’s really not that difficult.
Putting aside the fact that Guo Feng was plotting a rebellion, he was indeed a talented general. He managed a 200,000-man army camp in perfect order."
"Well, you should learn from Guo Feng's strengths and manage the barracks well.
By the way, how much silver does it cost to pay one month's salary to your two hundred thousand soldiers?"
"Ordinary soldiers received one tael of silver each, and outstanding soldiers received one tael and a half, for a total of approximately 290,000 taels of silver."
"Oh! Since there's nothing to do in the army, let's prepare to return to Beijing!
This princess has caused you a lot of trouble by coming to the military camp, and I don't have much to give you, so on behalf of the emperor, I will give the soldiers a month's salary."
Zhou Bohao was shocked.
As the former subordinates of the rebels, not only were they not liquidated, the princess even gave them money under some pretext.
One month's military pay is 290,000 taels of silver, which is not a small amount of money.
The emperor and the princess take us soldiers to heart.
This is not just money, but trust and affirmation.
I swear to die for my best friend!
Zhou Bohao immediately knelt down to express his gratitude: "On behalf of all the soldiers, I thank the Emperor and the Princess for their grace!
Your Majesty and Princess, please rest assured. We will defend Dongling to the death!"
Nangong Jiu nodded happily: "Get up! Take this princess to where the treasury silver is stored!"
Although Zhou Bohao was doubtful, he still cooperated and led Nangong Jiu and the other two to a heavily guarded military tent.
"This is where we store the military pay. We just distributed the pay two days ago, so the tent is empty."
Nangong Jiu nodded and waved his hand, and the military tent was immediately filled with white change.
“This is three hundred thousand taels of silver, which should be enough to pay the soldiers a month’s salary.
I don't mean anything else. Soldiers are all great. Just consider this a reward from your grandfather."
Zhou Bohao excitedly called a soldier over.
"Go, inform the brothers that the Emperor and the Princess praised us for our good deeds and awarded us a month's salary. Let the soldiers line up to receive it."
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