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Although Liu Jun was just a martial arts student and a county troupe training chief, he was obviously much more skilled in negotiation skills than Lu Zhixian, who was a Jinshi. Especially during this negotiation session, Lu Zhixian had not brought his Shaoxing army with him.

The result was that he was led by Liu Jun, which was completely Liu Jun's rhythm.

Regarding the equipment issue of the group training, Liu Jun finally successfully achieved his preset goal. On behalf of the county, Lu Jinxi agreed to pay Liu Jun a one-time payment of 10,000 taels of silver as the equipment cost of the group training of the Jiutou Bird. This money is specifically used to purchase weapons and is not directly paid to the Jiutou Bird.

Instead, Jiutou Bird listed the list of ordnance procurement, and then went directly to the ordnance workshop in Nanjing through the county. Of course, this did not belong to ordinary official procurement. Liu Jun had known that all parts of the Ming Dynasty were corrupt, the government was corrupt, the garrison was corrupt, and even the workshop was corrupt.

If it is an official order, the one you buy for money will definitely not have good goods, just a pile of rags. If you buy a bird gun, you will have to explode the chamber, and if you buy gunpowder, you will definitely have to match the wrong ratio.

Therefore, although this batch of military ordnance purchases were made through official means, it was not an official order in the end.

Although the workshops in Nanjing are official, the equipment they produce and manufacture are also available in both planned and unplanned. The planned ones are official orders, and the price is small. Therefore, craftsmen cut corners and found ways to save a lot of money. Such weapons are naturally fooling around.

There are unplanned production projects in the workshop. These unplanned orders come from private orders from some generals or local gentry, mainly equipment for servants or equipment for rural groups. These orders are equivalent to private work received in the workshop, with relatively high prices, but also high quality requirements.

The bird gun that Liu Jun bought four times the normal price before, which belongs to this category. However, at that time, because his order was small, the nine-headed bird was privately armed, so the price was relatively expensive. Now he has to order more weapons, and he is now an official army. Although the work received by the workshop is still considered a private work, since it is sold to the local official army, it still reduces a lot of risks and troubles, so the price can be slightly lower.

Ten taels of bird guns were half cheaper than last time, but they were still twice the normal factory price. Since he could not mention the money for the county's equipment, Liu Jun simply purchased more equipment at one time, including ten taels of bird guns and five taels of gun barrels.

Jiutou has more than 200 bird gunners, and now there are only one hundred bird guns in his hand. Considering that some backups are needed, Liu Jun plans to purchase another 300 bird guns. Fortunately, there were still 300 spare barrels last time, so you don’t have to buy any backup guns this time.

Three thousand taels of silver were gone all of a sudden. The team originally purchased 100 sets of cotton armor, but this time Liu Jun purchased another 300 sets. He originally wanted to buy one for everyone, but it was too expensive. Last time he bought it, it was fifty taels per set, but this time the price was reduced, and twenty taels per set, but it was still not cheap. Three hundred sets cost 6,000 taels per set. Fortunately, it was accompanied by Ming helmet, mesh boots, face armor, throat protection.

Ten thousand taels of silver equipment, only one thousand taels left.

Liu Jun placed orders for various cold weapons, shields, spears, hooks and guns, palladium boring, bows and arrows, etc., and bought a lot of gunpowder and lead. In the end, ten thousand taels of silver were not enough.

In the end, Liu Jun had to pay another 5,000 taels of silver to make up for the payment.

"I have a requirement for these weapons, one must be of quality assurance, and the other must be of fast delivery."

Magistrate Lu has his own relationship in Nanjing. He patted his chest and promised that the goods would arrive in at most half a month, and the quality would definitely be guaranteed.

On that day, Lu Magistrate Lu and his party had a sumptuous banquet at Hutou Pass. At the table, Lu Magistrate Lu even raised a hundred taels of silver with the gentry to reward the nine-headed brave men.

After seeing them off, Liu Jun asked the team members to continue training. Although many people have not yet obtained their own armor, they cannot relax. Without weapons, they should practice team training to practice physical strength and boxing.

After picking up the account book and recording the money spent today in the account, Liu Jun couldn't help but sigh that the money was spent too quickly.

The county gave 10,000 taels of equipment, but he didn't get a penny, and he paid another 5,000 taels of money to buy weapons. The county promised to pay 1,000 taels per month, but he calculated that the nine-headed birds had nearly 600 people, and the food and salary consumed nearly 2,000 taels per month, and he still had to pay 1,000 taels per month.

There is also the firearm workshop, which is just beginning now. I don’t know that it will take for the year of the monkey and horse to produce the firearm, but he has already pulled out three thousand taels of silver.

Increase revenue and reduce expenditure, but now there is no source to increase, so I can only save the dirt first.

After thinking about it, Liu Jun still had to reduce some expenses. Otherwise, his Nine-Headed Birds team would not last long.

However, how to reduce expenses is also a problem. Food expenses must not be reduced. The soldiers practice every day and exercise a lot. If the food is gone without oil and water and meat supplements, they will definitely practice the horse. The feedstock cannot be reduced. These more than 200 war horses are treasures, but a horse eats more than five strong men, and even has to eat eggs for them. But war horses are not to pick up horses, and if they are not carefully raised, the horse will be abandoned, which is not saved.

"Change the food and salary of the team members." In the end, Liu Jun only thought of this method. It was not about reducing it immediately, but about changing the original team members' monthly salary of two or two plus six dou of monthly salary, and temporary team members have unified treatment of one or two plus four dou of monthly salary.

"In the future, the rewards of the team members will be changed to points or upgrades, and the rewards will no longer be directly distributed."

"Well, Ke Xin sets another level for the team members. In this way, the basic salary will also be high. It can not only inspire the soldiers to be ambitious, but also upgrade the soldiers after making contributions in the future, and use the level and monthly salary to directly pay the reward silver."

Liu Jun thought carefully and finally came up with a new way to assign ranks to his soldiers, similar to military ranks.

After all, their team is now considered an official army, and the officers above have all ranks. The members below should also have a level. The army pays the most attention to the upper and lower rank sequences, which is conducive to the command of the team and also to inspire the soldiers' ambition.

Liu Jun thought about how to do this level for a long time.

Finally, it is planned that as long as the flag general is classified below the flag general, the flag general and above are already military officers with formal ranks, so they do not have to be classified into it anymore.

"The team general can be regarded as a non-commissioned officer, and can be divided into three levels, first-level sergeant, second-level sergeant, and sergeant. If the team members obtain one of these three levels, they are qualified to serve as the team general."

"The sergeant commander corresponds to two levels, first-level corporal and second-level corporal."

"Ordinary team members below the squad leader are classified as sixth-class, first-class, second-class, third-class, upper-class, and private."

There are eleven levels below the flag general, and above these eleven levels are officers, flag generals, hundred generals, and generals. Liu Jun does not intend to set up similar ranks among officers for the time being, and only the soldiers are divided into the levels.

All reserve members are awarded Private, and new members of formal members are awarded Senior Private. After training, formal members who pass the new recruit period can be promoted to Third Class.

Going further, you must have military merits. A third-class private must be promoted to a second-class private. You must be killed first-class private. You must be killed two-class private. You must be promoted to a second-class private. You must be promoted to a third-class private. After each promotion, the previous first-class mastery will no longer accumulate. You can also advance after accumulation by relying on your usual training performance or excellent performance scores on the battlefield.

Different levels will have different salary.

Private, the basic salary is five cents per month plus three dou of grain per month. There are five cents of silver, but you must get full marks in attendance, training hard, combat performance, etc. before you can get it. If you perform poorly, you don’t have enough points, and the five cents of silver must also be deducted. If you perform well, you can get five cents of silver as much as possible. Among them, the most outstanding performance can also receive additional points rewards, but no longer give a reward of cash silver.

The privates have five cents of silver and three dou of monthly grain. If you upgrade to one level, you will add two cents of silver and five liters of monthly grain. Special rewards are all five cents of silver and six levels of soldiers, while the two levels of soldiers are eight cents, and the three levels of soldiers are one liang.

Private five cents, top-level private seven cents, third-level private nine cents, second-level private one liang two, first-level private one liang four, top-level private one liang six.

If you are promoted to a sergeant, you will have a basic salary of 2 taels, and you will have five cents added to each level. Two taels of 2 taels of 1 sergeant and two taels of 5 cents of 1 sergeant.

If you are promoted to a non-commissioned officer, you will have a basic salary of three taels, one tael of sergeant, three taels of sergeant, four taels of sergeant, and five taels of sergeant in the first level.

The monthly grain of soldiers is eight dou, and the monthly grain of non-commissioned officers is one stone, regardless of grade.

The sergeant and the team chief's food and salary increased, but the ordinary soldiers' food and salary decreased a little. In this way, the original water supply was basically maintained, and even reduced.

But after having this level, the upper and lower levels will be more distinct from each other. At the same time, if the soldiers fight again in the future, the soldiers will mainly upgrade and reward as supplementary, which will save a lot of rewards. After all, Liu Jun is already a little hurt by paying the 20 taels of money.

At the beginning, the reward was to inspire morale. Now that the team has become regular, such rewards are not suitable. In the future, military merits will be mainly collectively expressed, and there will be no more rewards, but instead of giving points instead.

Seizures on the battlefield can also be included in the service club, so that the team members can exchange points for exchange. This will not only solve the problem of selling spoils and avoid selling at a low price, but also no need to pay the cash bank directly after the reward is exchanged for points. The points of the team members can be exchanged for items from the service club at any time in the points book. In fact, it is equivalent to a new currency circulation within the Jiutou Bird, and the pressure on demand for silver will be reduced a lot.

However, it is not enough to just save money. The most important thing is to open up the source and find the input.

What project to find to make some money? Liu Jun thought hard and had to find some inputs, otherwise it would never work.

However, the most urgent thing now is to transport Qiting’s gold and silver back, otherwise the nine-headed bird would have no rice to put it into the pot.
Chapter completed!