Li Chang'an, wearing a dragon robe, lay down on the carriage to rest.
These past few nights, he's been busy checking the soldiers' merits and distributing wages, working until dawn before he finally goes to sleep.
As a qualified capitalist, his primary task is to pay the workers' wages.
Capitalists who delay paying wages should all hang themselves from streetlights.
So Li Chang'an distributed the wages overnight.
We will never owe the soldiers a single penny.
He would sleep in the wagon while the soldiers marched during the day.
In the afternoon, when the soldiers were resting, he began to distribute their wages.
I was busy until dawn today before I finally paid everyone's wages.
Li Chang'an slept in the carriage, but the carriage was not pulled by horses, but by soldiers who had just received their wages.
Because they felt that the horse-drawn carriage was too bumpy, they untied the horses and carried the carriage themselves.
This way, the prince can get some rest.
The army marched toward Tokyo, and all the soldiers remained quiet, afraid that they would make too much noise and disturb the prince's rest.
Xu Kun walked alongside the army, occasionally glancing down at the money pouch at his waist.
He had never seen so much money in his entire life.
This time, when the prince distributed wages, he not only calculated the military merits but also distributed the spoils of war captured by the soldiers.
Unlike other generals, the prince did not have to hand over a portion of the spoils of war.
As the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, he wouldn't even look at such a paltry sum.
He included all the soldiers' spoils in his military achievements, calculating them in detail, and even offered reasonable prices for some rare treasures.
Then all the money was distributed to the soldiers.
Each soldier received a large sum of money as a reward.
This time, Li Chang'an distributed the gold coins he was planning to release.
The obverse of the gold coin is engraved with the words "one tael of gold," while the reverse depicts an old man lying under a rice paddy, enjoying the cool shade.
This is the first generation of gold coins in Tai'an City.
Each gold coin represents one tael of gold.
These gold coins are the newest currency in Tai'an City.
The soldiers wouldn't investigate why Li Chang'an wanted to use gold coins instead of gold.
All they knew was that the prince said this was money, so they believed it was money.
In their hearts, Li Chang'an is now a god.
He would pick up a stone and say it was money that could be used to buy things, and the soldiers would believe him.
Xu Kun reached out and touched the money bag, mentally calculating how to spend the money.
When he was about to go to war, his family arranged a marriage for him and wanted him to go back and finalize the engagement.
However, he had to go to war with the army, so he didn't go back and was delayed for a while.
It's estimated that this marriage proposal has fallen through.
However, Xu Kun didn't care. After this battle, his military achievements would be enough to make him a military officer.
The reward money he received was enough to live comfortably for several lifetimes.
With money and power at his disposal, Xu Kun had no worries about his marriage.
As long as you have money in your pocket, you're destined to be with anyone.
Yang Liulang watched as Xu Kun touched his money bag and occasionally chuckled foolishly, and couldn't help but ask.
What are you laughing at?
Xu Kun looked at his captain and said, "I'm thinking about how to spend all this money."
The reward he received this time was a total of eight hundred taels of gold, which is equivalent to eight thousand taels of silver.
His family's normal annual expenses were about five taels of silver.
This is just the cost for one family.
That eight thousand taels of silver could last his family for sixteen hundred years.
He earned that money in less than half a month.
That's equivalent to earning a hundred years' worth of wages in a single day.
Looking at the gold in the bag, Xu Kun chuckled foolishly.
In his heart, he wished this battle could last longer.
That way, I can earn more money.
Yang Liulang looked at his silly grin and spoke.
"Useless."
"This little bit of money is enough to send you away!"
"You should know that our team's achievements are not enough to earn us a medal."
"I'm thinking of killing more people and gaining more merit, so that the prince can also give me a medal of honor."
"I would accept even a group medal of merit."
Xu Kun looked at him, somewhat puzzled: "Medal of Merit, what is that?"
"What is this thing? This is something that can bring glory to one's ancestors."
Yang Liulang looked at the medal on Chen Shaoan's chest with envy in his eyes.
Chen Shaoan was the one who killed the most enemies in the entire camp.
Yang Jiulang couldn't understand why Chen Shaoan always encountered so many Japanese pirates.
Why did he never encounter Japanese pirates when he attacked?
Even when you do encounter them, you often get your kills stolen by others.
His soldiers were no match for the people of Tai'an City.
I can't even beat them at getting kills.
When people saw the Japanese pirates, they charged forward with a roar, showing absolutely no fear.
His men were still somewhat hesitant and timid when facing the Japanese pirates.
Each time, they had to test the waters first before daring to approach.
Warfare is conducted in a very methodical manner, with a focus on steady and solid progress.
For other armies, these soldiers are quite good.
However, within Tai'an City, it's incomparable.
When they saw the enemy, they immediately surrounded them. Everyone knew what they were supposed to do. Three people faced more than ten Japanese pirates without any fear.
It was common for a small team of ten men to surround hundreds of Japanese pirates.
The soldiers of Tai'an City often said that the enemy not only did not surrender, but also dared to fight back.
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