In the execution area of ​​the West School Field of Laoying, Dalanshan, the symphony played by the military sticks and whips began to perform the next movement. Perhaps because of Chen Wen's behavior just now, the tutors who carried out military law used much more force on Lin Zhongxiao and An Youfu than usual, but the two people who were tortured did not complain about it at all.

Lin Zhongxiao, who was called Lin by his neighbors, silently endured all this. In his opinion, he should be punished if he violated military discipline, and implicated the general who had always trusted him, which made him feel even more guilty. As for the troublemaker Jing'an Youfu, he didn't say anything at this time. He was not classified as an attacking army judge, and the scene just now completely shocked him. Didn't he say that he could not punish the literati and the courtesy would not be inferior to the common people? But why did the scene just now happen? This made him puzzled.

Chen Wen, who was still standing in the execution area and watching all this, did not choose to heal his wounds, because according to the regulations, the prisoners needed their direct superiors to apply the wounds. This was the regulations he designated to enhance the cohesion of the army and the prestige of the officers. Although his injuries would not be sought for civil servants in the military supervision to help him, as a temporary tutor, he still needed to wait for Lin Zhongxiao to apply the wounds after he was sentenced to finish his punishment.

Soon, the tortured policing soldier Lin Zhongxiao finished his execution, and Chen Wen took him to apply the wounded medicine. Although one who had been thirty whips gave the wounded medicine a twenty whips felt that it was a bit severity from a medical point of view, the military law was formulated for the purpose of enforcing it.

After applying the wounded medicine to the scrubber who had always been swaying between gratitude and fear, Chen Wen refused Lin Zhongxiao's apology in the name of his lack of a boss in the camp, and went to find Lao Doctor Lu to treat his wounds. After all, compared with the thick and thick bottom soldiers in this era, he could barely be called fine skin and tender flesh. He was beaten ten more times, but who knew that this wounded medicine would not work.

Just as Chen Wen was pampering his life, he was applying wound medicine to Lin Zhongxiao, the brains of the officers and soldiers watching the execution area were basically restarted. The parties involved, especially their generals, had already left the school ground, and the officers and soldiers began to talk about the scene that happened just now and the words Chen Wen said in the end.

Since entering the camp, Chen Wen has increased the food and treatment of soldiers, abolished the corporal punishment in the army, taught fire soldiers battlefield rescue methods, changed the payment system to prevent officers from deducting military pay from soldiers, and even served rice in the same pot with the most ordinary soldiers. These are normal things in Chen Wen's eyes, but in the eyes of soldiers of this era, it is rare that a general who loves soldiers as much as his son can do.

It is precisely for this reason that the officers and soldiers in Chen Wen's camp were willing to receive training that was far beyond the intensity of military training in this era, and agreed to those strange military laws and regulations. Of course, Chen Wen's brainwashing of the Qi family army also played a certain role in this.

The shocking scene just now happened, and many people present have begun to vaguely realize Chen Wen’s intention. However, most of them are quite confused about Chen Wen’s paranoia, while some of them who are active or have a deeper brainwashing have already figured out why this is the case.

"We are from the Qi family army rebuilt by General Chen. Shouldn't the soldiers of the Qi family strictly abide by military discipline?"

"Even General Chen can abide by military discipline so much. What reason do we soldiers not be able to do? If our army is strict, we will definitely be invincible, just like Qi Shaobao at that time."

"Yes, this must be the reason. Isn't Qi Shaobao the killing of his son the same?"

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In the execution area of ​​Xizhaichang, more and more officers and soldiers in Chen Wen's camp gathered, and the atmosphere of discussion became stronger and stronger. Many people even forgot to take a shower and eat for a while. Gu Shouli looked at all this from afar, feeling more and more moved and thankful for his choice at that time, whether it was choosing to follow Chen Wen or choosing this job without any effort.

However, the old camp in Dalanshan is not big or small. If there is anything new, it will spread to everyone's ears like the wind even if it happens in a corner.

Dalanshan Laoying Grain Depot.

Sun Yu, who was still checking the account book just now, listened to the little official telling the scene that happened just now. He put down his brush, stood up and walked around aimlessly in the warehouse. If the excitement in his heart was not used to not expressing feelings, he would have become excited and smiling at this moment.

He walked back to the desk and said to the minor official: "General Chen practiced to implement the military laws. How dare his subordinates violated the military laws? How could a royal army with strict military disciplines not be able to defeat the Tartars? This is a great blessing for our army!"

After saying that, Sun Yu began to issue an order to the minor official, instructing the minor official to bring out the true nature of Chen Wen's military salary this month, and deliver all the food and pickles to the camp in the past few days, so as not to bring these things with injuries.

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Dalanshan Old Camp Silver Warehouse.

Chu Suxian, who was holding the rat beard under his jaw, refuted the views of his subordinate officials in a righteous manner.

"This is the old camp of Dalanshan. There are two Shangguan Zai, Wang Jingluo and Wang Deputy Xian, on it. A guerrilla general with a big fuck. Even if he is cruel to him, he still dares to whip his colleagues? Aren't he coming to receive military pay today? Then let him know the rules in this old camp!"

Accepting the compliments from his subordinates, Chu Suxian pulled down a beard fiercely, as if he had pulled out a confidant.

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The Central Army Hall of the Old Camp of Dalanshan.

Wang Jiang retreated Hu Er, who was inquiring about the guest appearance, and still smiled bitterly. "It seems that this is going to start from Liu Futong to become Cao Mengde. I just don't know if this is a change in a good direction?"

However, at the same time, Chen Wen, who had just gotten rid of his identity as a demon king in the world and evolved into a traitor in troubled times, lay on the bed where he slept while recuperating on the mountain to receive treatment from the old doctor Lu.

"The world has been in chaos over the years. I have also treated many civil servants and military officials, but I have never seen a general treat him so cruelly." After signaling Chen Wen not to turn around and speak, the old doctor Lu continued: "I have heard of the military law that strictly prohibits soldiers from harassing the people in the general's camp. I also understood the general's intentions. I thanked the general for his great kindness for the people."

Jiang is still old and it’s not a joke. Such an old doctor who stays in the medicine house all day long, his reaction speed and depth of understanding when he meets people and things is indeed worthy of his age.

"Lu Lao praised it. Zhang Ximeng's poems wrote that prosperity is the suffering of the people; destruction is the suffering of the people. As a military general, the more chaotic the times are, the more we should prevent the people from being disturbed by the chaotic soldiers. Besides, no matter how late he was, he was also a scholar, and he still understood these principles."

"Oh." Hearing this, Old Doctor Lu sighed. "There are not many people who can have such a general in this day. Regardless of the Tartars, even those corrupt officials and treacherous generals, are all beasts who only know how to harm the people. I originally thought that I had met Wang Jingluo and Wang Deputy Xian in this life, and I had already accumulated virtue from my ancestors, and I didn't expect that I would be lucky enough to meet the general."

After saying this, Old Doctor Lu put down his work and bowed to Chen Wenyaoyao. "As long as the general can not forget his ambitions today, I will go through fire and water in the future."

Seeing this, Chen Wen quickly stood up and tried to stop the old doctor Lu, while the words in his mouth spread the master's intentions at a faster speed.

"Mr. Lu, you're a late birth. You can't be like this."

However, Chen Wen's rise was stopped by the old doctor Lu, and the old doctor Lu no longer treated him and continued to treat Chen Wen's wounds on his back.

After lying on the bed and chatting with Mr. Lu for a while, Chen Wen's whip was over. Dinner was approaching and time was tight. He quickly said goodbye and left the wounded room. He was busy going back to the camp to find someone to help him get the true colors, color and settlement fees in the military pay before the grain warehouse and silver warehouse are paid. After all, it will be used tomorrow morning.

When he returned to the camp, Qi Xiufeng came to inform Chen Wen that the true grain warehouse of military pay had been sent. After checking it correctly, he wrote a note and replied.

Sun Yu's consideration made Chen Wen feel that someone in the government was easy to do, but he also knew that since Zhese had not been delivered yet, he must have to collect it himself. In Chen Wen's opinion, he had no friendship with Chu Suxian, and some time ago he ignored his rebates, so it would be strange if he could deliver it. So he took a few polite soldiers to the silver treasury to collect Zhese and the settlement fee in the military pay.

When we arrived at the silver treasury, we just caught the guard in the central camp who had just come out of the silver treasury. Perhaps because we were going to compete in the school field tomorrow, the guard and Chen Wen only exchanged a few words of greetings and left with the soldiers. However, the look at him before leaving was a bit strange.

After entering the official office of the Yinkuan, Chen Wen and the ambassador of the Yinkuan, Chu Suxian, sat down to greet each other according to the host and guest, while the matter of handing over military pay and family payments was the responsibility of the minor officials of the Yinkuan and the sanctuary brought by Chen Wen. Although Chen Wen had already approved the matter of withdrawing the family payments, Chu Suxian was quite surprised and even seemed a little hesitant.

Soon, a politician walked in and said to Chen Wen: "General, the counting is completed. The settlement fee is 3,069 taels, while the military pay is 723 taels and six cents."

Three thousand sixty-nine taels?

723 taels and six cents?

Why are there zeros and wholes? This number is wrong!

The settlement fee was calculated by Chen Wen based on the number of people recruited by the base camp. A total of 341 people except him, each of which was calculated for ten taels of silver, so it should be 3410 taels of silver.

The way to calculate the military pay is one tael and five cents per soldier, the sergeant commander, the deputy captain of the firearms team, the golden drummer and the flag bearer, the captain three taels per capita, the thousand-couple and the documents are twenty taels per person, the flag guard and the chef are the same as the soldiers. As for Chen Wen's own share, Wang Yi gave a high salary of one hundred taels, which is equivalent to the number of generals he gave to Huang Zhongdao.

In this way, the military pay should be 804 taels, and the two combined together will be 4214 taels.

Although Chen Wen only had so much military salary per month, considering that he only had more than 300 people now, and his true nature and the maintenance cost of this battalion were not included, it is no wonder that Wang Jiang repeatedly said that it was not easy to raise troops. Of course, the army of this era also had a more money-saving way, that is, to loot the people, but this was something that Wang Yi, Wang Jiang and Chen Wen didn't want to see.

Then, if you subtract 4,214 taels from 3,069 taels from 7,23 taels and six cents from 7,23 taels and six cents, then it should be 4,21 taels and four cents, exactly 10%!

Recalling the experience of receiving the rewards for the news, Chen Wen immediately asked: "Cuke Chu, is the difference between 421 taels and 4 cents?"

Since Chen Wen's subordinates entered the house, Chu Su did not go to see Chen Wen again, but just picked up the tea cup and continued to drink tea. At this moment, he heard Chen Wen's question and replied expressionlessly: "Huodu."

Fire consumption?

Good reason!

There have been things like consumption and envy since ancient times, and fire consumption is just one of them. The so-called fire consumption is to increase the amount of cash collection by levying money on the basis of the normal amount of cash collection on the grounds that melting silver ingots requires firewood, which clearly shows that it is a means of corruption. In ancient times, in addition to levying money, grain and cloth were also collected as taxes, which also led to many corruption measures such as sparrow and rat consumption, and the slurry tip kicking husks, and this is just one thing to collect.

Chen Wen was very clear that corruption was found in all dynasties, whether in ancient or modern, or in the East or the West, such things could not be eliminated until the era when he was born. After leaving campus and entering society, he once believed that even if "Skynet" could really completely eliminate humanity, the mechanical empire it established might not be able to avoid such things.

When he first went up the mountain, Chen Wen was greedy for some of the silver rewards by Yinku twice, but he never cared about it. At that time, he only planned to take the silver to Fujian. Taking a few taels was just to spend less money on the road, and it was no big deal.

However, since he decided to stay in Zhejiang, Chen Wen's mentality began to change subtly. In addition to rushing to establish a strong army in order to defeat the Qing army that was about to be encircled in September, through contact with Sun Yu, things that he had been used to ignoring began to make him feel a little dazzling.

Of course, there is also a reason why the mentality called Savior began to cause trouble. At least in his opinion, if he did not try to rewrite this history, these people would have only been more than a month old. Why should we embezzle these money that is used to raise soldiers to save their lives and cause trouble for those who do serious things?

Chen Wen took a deep breath and then said: "I heard that there are rules for my old camp in Dalanshan, and there are certain rules for fire consumption. The number of castings is approved by the Deputy Constitution every month. You must not use this as a reason to greed for taxes and silver during the collection and distribution process."

Chen Wen knew very well that Wang Jiang's system was almost completely the same as the "fire consumption of the public" that the Qing Dynasty had torn during the Yongzheng Dynasty. At the same time, Wang Jiang also believed that if corruption was strictly prohibited without increasing the salary of officials, the effect would not be much better, so the salary was increased. Sun Yu's family also benefited from this system to eat meat frequently.

However, like the "fire consumption of the public" in the Qing Dynasty, Wang Jiang's system also could not stop the secret greed of ink among the officials of the subordinates. Unlike the secret sect of the Qing Dynasty, the bank treasury of the old camp in Dalanshan and the officials who collected taxes were probably too close to the Shangguan who formulated the policy, which gave him face to reduce the greed of ink to 10%. In this regard, the tough-minded Wang Yi had no time and energy to manage, while the weak-minded Wang Jiang had to choose to default.

Sure enough, when he heard Chen Wen's question, Chu Suxian seemed to hear a huge joke, and laughed so hard that he put all the demeanor of the officials he had usually grasped. Even the officials around him were mostly sneering at the joke.

"Chen Guerrilla, if you don't understand these officials when you first went up the mountain, you won't blame you. This rule has been around since ancient times. We civil servants understand the hardships of the soldiers, and the soldiers must also understand the hardships of our soldiers. You said that's not right?"

PS: The army training started from Chapter 31, and the training was basically completed yesterday. The preparation for this long is mainly because the protagonist has no chance to fight the monsters to upgrade. Today, the chapter starts until the end of this volume. Some conflicts previously buried will burst out one after another, which will affect the protagonist's plan. After all, the ancients were not the protagonist's line-up doll, and the experience during this period will have a great impact on the protagonist, and even affect his future relationship with other anti-Qing forces.

PS: Thank you for your support. As a military history novel, the first volume of this book is not mainly warfare, but it will end in a war. The protagonist of the second volume will begin to develop independently. At that time, he will no longer be a vassal of other forces, but will begin to face the Qing Dynasty in his own name, and then he will completely enter a normal rhythm.
Chapter completed!