Chapter 244 Military Pay and Salaries



"Meet the King of Yongchang, meet General Long, meet General Tiance, meet General Chongtian, meet General Tiexue, meet General Weiwu!"

Zhu Changshou knelt on one knee on the ground and greeted everyone one by one.

The people from Zhujia Village stood in the yard outside the living room and knelt down with Zhu Changshou.

Shang Lu followed behind breathlessly. As soon as she stepped into the yard, she saw the people from Zhujia Village kneeling on the ground. She hurriedly knelt down with them.

She muttered a few words of hatred to Zhu Changshou in her heart, and then she went to ask the people from Zhujia Village to let Zhu Changshou follow her to the general's mansion.

As a result, Zhu Changshou was so anxious that he led his men past her and ran away two miles.

By the time she reacted, she was no longer able to catch up with the person.

"No need to be polite!"

Xiao Yunzhan curled the corners of his lips and raised his hand.

"Thank you, King Yongchang!" After Zhu Changshou expressed his gratitude loudly, he stood up with the people from Zhujia Village, waiting for Xiao Yunzhan's instructions with his eyelids drooped.

"Zhu Changshou!"

"I am here!"

"The people of Zhujia Village will be divided into two teams. One team will stay at the General's Mansion to distribute corn seeds, and the other team will follow me to the military parade ground."

"Yes!" Zhu Changshou didn't even ask why they were going to the parade ground. He just obeyed the order, turned around and started counting people.

There were 128 people in Zhujia Village, 64 of whom stayed in the general's mansion and 64 went to the parade ground.

As for whether Zhu Changshou will stay or go to the military training ground, he has not made a decision yet.

Zhu Changshou looked at Lin Yiran with a subtle thought in his mind. He was definitely going to follow General Long.

After watching Zhu Changshou divide the teams, Xiao Yunzhan turned to look at Lin Yiran, "Let's go!"

"Okay, let's go!" Lin Yiran nodded.

The general's residence was some distance away from the parade ground, so they just happened to walk over and get to know the people's sentiments.

When Zhu Changshou saw that Lin Yiran was going to the parade ground, he immediately waved to the team of 63 and said, "Follow me."

............

“It’s really raining!!!”

The gate guard from Pingliang City who came to investigate looked at the wet soil and trembled with excitement.

He galloped on his horse from yesterday morning to this morning, not daring to stop for a moment all day and all night.

Less than an hour after he ran out yesterday, he heard heavy thunder.

At that time he felt that it must be raining because he seemed to feel a hint of moisture in the air.

The guard at the city gate looked at the clearly divided land on both sides and jumped off his horse.

His thighs ached and he almost couldn't stand.

The gate guard walked another mile along the wet land. Seeing that there was a little water in the originally dry ditch, he excitedly lay down and took a few sips of the water in the ditch.

The tired and panting horses also lowered their heads and found a small puddle of water to drink.

The guard at the city gate looked towards the direction of Brahma City with envy. After Ma Pi had a drink of water, he immediately rode his horse back without stopping.

The rain in Brahma City had stopped, and he had to hurry back to inform the prefect and invite the Taoist priests back to Pingliang City as soon as possible to pray for rain.

..........

"I know that what you are most concerned about right now is the issue of food."

Xiao Yunzhan stood on the rain-praying altar that had not been dismantled yesterday, looking at the skinny people in the parade ground.

"I have already ordered my soldiers to plant your land. The harvest will be ready in three months."

"The corn seeds planted in the fields are given by the God King. You must pay more attention to the fields in the future. When the corn is ripe and ready for harvest, you can keep half for yourselves and give the other half to the army."

"Thank you, God King, thank you, King Yongchang!"

When the people heard that King Yongchang had actually asked the soldiers to help them plant the land, they knelt down and kowtowed in gratitude.

The seeds bestowed by the God King must be of the best quality. They will take good care of them and will never let a single weed grow in the ground.

Xiao Yunzhan waited until the people finished shouting, then continued,

"Now is the time when the army needs soldiers. Every household with a soldier can receive rice, flour, oil, and salt every month. The total amount is 10 kilograms of rice, 20 kilograms of cornmeal, 5 kilograms of white flour, 2 kilograms of oil, and a bag of salt."

"If there are two soldiers, they can receive two copies. Anyone between the ages of 13 and 40 is welcome to sign up."

The reason why Lin Yiran didn't take out food for disaster relief after arriving in Brahma City was because she was waiting for this moment.

Only when you are hungry will you feel how tempting these military salaries are.

Of course, when you are not hungry, there is enough of these things, but the effect is not as good.

The people widened their eyes in shock and looked at each other, their eyes full of disbelief.

Soldiers can actually receive ten kilograms of rice, twenty kilograms of cornmeal, five kilograms of flour, two kilograms of oil, and a bag of salt every month.

Rice is something that these people can eat, but they may not even be able to eat white flour once during the Chinese New Year. So what is cornmeal?

2 kilograms of oil. Who can afford to consume 2 kilograms of oil in a month? And salt is distributed for free. Official salt is very expensive, and they usually don’t want to use salt.

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