Chapter 88： Reward the army

As the Chinese New Year approaches, even in the war-torn era, the people are beginning to prepare for this new year.

Buy door **** stickers and couplets, cut out a new piece of cloth to make new clothes, buy some meat that is usually reluctant to eat...

The impact of Suzhou during the war was much smaller than that of Yangzhou, Jiangyin, Jiading and other places. The life of the people as a whole was pretty decent.

Compared with the arbitrary collection of taxes in other places, Wu Changqing used to invent new products to make money for the rich and to raise the army by making money from other places. He did not levy the people's rejuvenation sound, and the people's burden was relatively light.

It is precisely because of Wu Changqing's various measures to benefit the people and his compassion for the people during the war, the troops did not disturb the people. His prestige in Suzhou is extremely high, and he is very popular among the people.

As for the businessman, some people like him, and some people hate him. I like Wu Changqing because Wu Changqing encourages business development and even openly allows and encourages business with overseas businessmen.

Most of the people who hate Wu Changqing are cloth merchants and other merchants who make women's supplies. Because of Wu Changqing's Wu family cloth house, the local cloth merchants were almost wiped out.

If Wu Changqing hadn't allowed them to buy in wholesale at low prices, they would have no way out. But now, they can only rely on buying goods at Wu's Cloth Village, and then transporting them to Hangzhou, Shaoxing and other surrounding towns to sell them to make a difference.

After Wu's cloth village ate meat, they could only drink some soup along with it, and they could stay hungry, but it was impossible to get rich.

The people began to prepare for the New Year, and Wu Changqing was also busy with it. He brought a lot of supplies to the barracks.

The army is Wu Changqing's foundation. Those soldiers who are about to celebrate the Chinese New Year cannot go home. In order to make up for them, Wu Changqing has prepared some benefits for them.

First, there are two sets of winter coats for each person, both of which are standard new-style military uniforms.

This new uniform is considered to be the best in this era in terms of quality and style. The uniforms of the Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers are not as good as these.

The soldier looks more energetic when he puts on this uniform.

Thousands of people in this uniform look even more majestic. Uniform and good-looking military uniforms can not only keep out the cold, but also strengthen the sense of identity between each other.

In addition to clothes, a large amount of meat was also transported to the barracks, at least to ensure that each soldier can eat two catties of meat this year.

This amount is already a lot, and we must know that there are not many meats in this era.

The people usually don't have enough to eat themselves, and they are even more unable to raise chickens, ducks and geese and other livestock. These livestock are not fed with food, and it is very difficult to grow and grow fat by relying on them to find food.

The energy that can be produced by feeding a poultry grown up grain is definitely more than that of a poultry. From the perspective of filling the stomach, raising poultry is at a loss.

Pigs can eat wild vegetables and hogweed, but this does not mean that ordinary people can afford to raise pigs. The price of a piglet can discourage all poor peasants.

Moreover, just feeding wild vegetables and hogweed requires a very large amount, and ordinary people don't have so much time to pull so many wild plants and hogweed.

Those who can afford pigs these days are big families and professional butchers. And in this era, there are not many people who can afford pork, so few people raise pigs.

Wu Changqing personally delivered this batch of materials to the barracks and gave a speech by the way.

As for the content of the speech, it is nothing more than asking these soldiers to follow him, as long as they follow him, they will have a good life. Not only is there meat to eat now, there will be land divided in the future.

Allocating land to soldiers is an extremely effective way to win over soldiers and make them sell their lives.

Why did the guard soldiers at the end of the Ming Dynasty fail to withstand a blow against the Qing Dynasty, but became brave after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. After all, it is because of interests.

The guards won the battle, and the benefits are for the officers, and the soldiers are still tenant farmers under the officers. This kind of household registration system that cannot change their destiny leaves all soldiers without motivation.

Therefore, most of the guard soldiers at the end of the Ming Dynasty were messing around. When it comes to fighting, the first thought is to run away.

After surrendering to the Manchus, their status changed, and they would be rewarded as long as they killed the enemy and performed meritorious services. This gave the soldiers a lot of motivation to work hard, and their combat effectiveness was suddenly improved.

But Wu Changqing now offers better conditions than the Manchus, as long as he fights hard, he will be directly allocated to the land in the future.

The people of this era value land very much, and land is their root.

Upon hearing that there was a land allocation, these soldiers shouted long live Wu Changqing with excitement and hatred.

In their eyes, the chief Wu Changqing is much better than the emperor Lao'er, and the emperor Lao'er has not done anything to benefit the people.

The promise is given, but it is not easy to realize this promise. Those lands cannot be grabbed from the landlords, and other methods have to be found.

However, if the North can be beaten down, this problem will be easier to solve, because there are many imperial villages in the North that originally belonged to the Zhu family, and these can be allocated to the soldiers.

"Da Lang, did you hear that, the general said that as long as we regain the lost ground, we can get it."

A soldier said excitedly that he was forced to sell the only piece of land for treatment because his father was ill, and then joined the army to make a living.

This is almost the case for Liu Dalang, his family land is gone, and he can only come to join the army to discuss life.

But now, Wu Changqing told them that as long as they continue to fight, they can be assigned to fields in the future, which makes him very excited. If you have a land, you don’t have to be a soldier anymore, and you don’t have to worry about dying in battle.

"I heard, thirty acres of good paddy fields. For this piece of land, Lao Tzu has spared his life to help the general recover the lost land in the north."

Liu Dalang gritted his teeth and said that he used to fight for military pay. But now, he has one more goal in fighting, that is, to win the war and then allocate it to that piece of land.

"That's right, that's 30 acres of fertile land. After you have these 30 acres of fertile land, you will not worry about eating and drinking. Moreover, the general said, even if we die in battle, the land will be allocated to our son. Da Lang, you have to take advantage of it. I feel like finding a mother-in-law while on vacation, or I will lose if I die in battle."

"Bah, it's your mother, I won't die if you die."

Liu Dalang cursed, but he was really considering this issue in his heart. If you don't quickly marry a wife and give birth to a son, you will indeed be at a loss if you die now.

For rewarding these soldiers, Wu Changqing also celebrated with drinks and other officers.

There is no need to give any promises to these officers, as long as these officers are not stupid, they will follow him desperately. As long as Wu Changqing's territory gets bigger and bigger, and there are more and more soldiers, their status and power will naturally increase.

They already know this. People like Li Shaobin, Liu Hansan and others were just one hundred households a few months ago, and now they command tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

The veterans who survived the uprising in Jiading are now the corps leader who has been the most miserable, holding a higher salary than other soldiers.

As for those with a little bit of talent, they are now hundreds of thousands or even generals.

And all this was brought to them by Wu Changqing.

"Everyone, after doing this cup, we will continue our efforts next year. Next year, we will not only regain Nanjing, but also fight to Beijing, so that all the soldiers and horses will be under our control."

Wu Changqing toasted.

"Follow the general to the death."

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