Xinshun 1730

Chapter 715 Return to the Righteous Army
It's not just him who thinks so.

For most of the soldiers who returned to the Rebel Army, the most important consideration was one thing.

It doesn't matter whether you recruit or not.

The point is, does the court care about their land?Tax or not?

If you really serve as a soldier for the imperial court, will you be paid military pay?

These Guiyi Army soldiers looking forward to the future are all thinking about land and military pay, and they don't have too heroic feelings. They only have a simple "soldiers for the imperial court should eat imperial food, not just soldiers for red-haired ghosts".

With this simple longing, they finally ushered in the morning of the next day.

At dawn in the morning, the horns of each company sounded.

The smoke from the kitchen was wafting over the camp. In the morning, they ate thick porridge mixed with sweet potatoes and rice. The meal was salted fish. It was a standard Guiyi Army breakfast.

The soldiers who had had breakfast were assembled, and around eight o'clock in the morning, they lined up by the sea to welcome the high officials of the imperial court.

Before welcoming them, the leaders of the Guiyi Army first poured beans out of bamboo tubes and told these soldiers some things.

"Now that the matter has come to this, we will not hide it from you. We are all members of the imperial court. We are here because the emperor listened to the red-haired ghost oppressing us and wanted to drive the red-haired ghost away."

"The red-haired ghost is probably about to lose now. What to do in the future will definitely be arranged by the imperial court."

"The people from the imperial court will come in a while. I think the matters you are concerned about will definitely be resolved. We don't dare to talk too much, but we dare say that the imperial court will definitely not treat you badly."

The soldiers didn't have much fluctuation in their hearts. They were originally a group of people who were desperate to survive, but now they have been training hard for several years, and they are used to life in the barracks.

There is nothing wrong with serving as a soldier for the imperial court.

As long as the court pays the salary and land, then do it.

Why don't you exchange your life for money these days?

When you were in the sugar cane field and the sugar factory, didn't you also trade your life for money?Those who dig gold in Borneo also trade their lives for money.

They are all exchanging their lives for money, and it seems that there is no difference.

Seeing that the soldiers' emotions were very stable, Niu Er and the others thought to themselves that they finally had an explanation for the matter here.

Since it was Jinghou's relative who came here, with his temperament, he hated talking in plain language and blandishment the most.Military pay and treatment have always been the top priorities of Whale Marquis. Whether in the Qingzhou Army or the Navy, military pay has never been in arrears.

These soldiers of the Guiyi Army are all good men.Moreover, they all survived in a place like Java, where diseases occur frequently, and they came across the sea. If five out of ten survived, it would be considered good.If the imperial court wants to use troops in Nanyang in the future, these soldiers are just right. Although they are definitely not as good as the Qingzhou Army back then, nor can they compare with the current Beijing Camp, but if the soldiers from the Northern Beijing Battalion are brought to Nanyang, they will be killed before the battle is fought. I don't know how many people will die of illness.

Niu Erxin said, isn't what these soldiers want is to live and live a better life than before?It was for this reason that I came to Java to work; it was also for this reason that I later revolted against the Dutch.

As long as the imperial court allows these soldiers to live a better life than before, and has the righteousness of the imperial court, how can they not accept their hearts?

If it is someone else, maybe something will go wrong.But since the Marquis of Whale is here, what's wrong?He is the one who talks about military pay all day long and strictly checks military pay, and he knows why soldiers are soldiers best.

These volunteers may not be the same, but there are some things that can sustain passion for three to five years, but it is difficult to maintain it for decades.The excitement of the incident at the beginning has almost faded away now.If the imperial court does not send troops and wants to maintain the Bandung area, it can only take the initiative to go to war.

These soldiers already want to live a better life than they are now.

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Soon, some ships appeared on the sea.

Floating on the sea at this time is the imperial fleet that has won a complete victory.The huge hull and the stalwart battleship made these soldiers of the Guiyi Army feel an indescribable oppression, as if they were so small.

The "leaders" of the Guiyi Army were waiting in front. After a ship berthed, a few cannons fired, and the soldiers stood in formation.

The first person to get off the boat was a one-eyed young man.

He didn't wear a military uniform, but the kind of clothes that people who don't understand the court system can tell at least that they are royal clothes.

The biggest court official that the soldiers of the Guiyi Army may meet in their life is the county magistrate before coming to Nanyang, and most of them may have never even seen the county magistrate.

But after hearing too many stories, I also know that clothes with dragons on them are not something ordinary people can wear.

As for four claws, five claws, and Dashun's characteristic cloud-based grades, of course they don't understand.

Just seeing the dragon on the clothes, they knew that a big man had come to the court this time.

Behind the one-eyed young man was a middle-aged man in his 30s, dressed in military uniform.

Although the soldiers of the Guiyi Army couldn't tell the big from the small, and didn't know who the people who got off the boat were, they could tell who was the boss and who was the second child from the clothes and the order of the front and back.

The leaders who were together with them in the mountains and forests, after seeing these two people, gave a very standard military salute, and naturally called His Highness and Your Excellency.

It is not the same as the scene that the soldiers of Guiyi Army imagined, there will be eunuchs reading the imperial decree with a shrill voice, and they all kneel down to listen to the imperial decree.

The young man in the mending dragon robe turned around and said something to the middle-aged man in military uniform, and the middle-aged man in military uniform walked to the front.

The leaders of the Guiyi Army surrounded the middle-aged man one after another, some laughed, and some showed the middle-aged man some strange local stones, flowers, or other strange things.

After saying a few words, the middle-aged man walked up to these soldiers surrounded by the leaders.

Just walking in front of the soldier who was clamping the lead bullets yesterday, the soldier looked at him nervously, but he didn't want him to pat him on the shoulder and asked, "Where is he from?"

The soldier didn't know how to answer, let alone how to address him, so he had no choice but to reply, "from Jinjiang County, Quanzhou Prefecture."

"How did you come to Java?"

"I can't live in my hometown anymore. I owe a lot of debt. The creditor told me to come to Nanyang to work and pay back the money. It is said that I can earn a lot of money. I can eat rice as I like, and my monthly salary is not bad. I came here."

"Hahahaha, many of you are here, right?"

Although the soldiers of the Guiyi Army around knew that the man in front of them was a high-ranking official, they were not very afraid in their hearts. The tone and style of their speech were different from those of the high-ranking officials in the drama.

When asked, many people said yes.It is true that many people were deceived by fellow villagers in this way.But the premise is that they can't survive in their hometown. Fujian has a small land and a lot of people, so going to sea is a way to survive.Some people went to sea as sailors, some went to sea to do business, and the rest went to sea to work.

After a while, the middle-aged man said again: "I don't talk nonsense."

"Those who are willing to continue to serve as soldiers, they can continue to serve as soldiers and eat the imperial rations. Two taels of silver per month. Considering that you have stayed here for several years and have never received military pay, you will be subsidized by another five taels of silver every month."

"The red-haired ghosts have been driven away, and the land around Bacheng will be distributed to you. During the period of serving in the army, there is no need to pay the tax. But after you stop serving as a soldier, you will have to pay the tax. One ten taxes, one mu of land Take a penny."

"Yes, it's just right and proper to serve as a soldier to eat food. The court will not treat you badly. If you have any requests, please come and see. If you can do it, I will do it for you naturally. If you can't do it, there are probably rules."

"As for the rules, since you have been fighting red-haired ghosts for several years, I think you know how to obey the rules. It's just that the rules may be different from before, but since you know how to follow the rules, you can learn quickly."

After saying this, hundreds of soldiers returning to the rebel army burst into cheers.

The land around Batavia is all good land.It's just that those good lands belong to the Dutch, and they didn't dare to think that they could be allocated such lands before.

And there is actually a military salary of two or five taels of silver a month. If it can be paid, 30 taels of silver a year is enough to support a family.

In my hometown, I can earn 30 taels of silver a year, so I must be considered a wealthy farmer.To say the least, you need to have thirty or forty acres of land, the family can afford to raise cattle, and the wife and children can wear clothes for the New Year.

In the Bandung area before, there was not much military pay to get.Even if you take it, you won't be able to spend it for a while, it's just a desperate attempt to survive.

Since there is a military salary, and it is quite a lot, wouldn't it be better to be a soldier of the imperial court?
The soldier who was patted on the shoulder heard the senior official in front of him say that he could make some demands, so he boldly asked: "My old lady doesn't know whether she is dead or alive. When the Chinese New Year rings, I want to go back to my hometown and take my old lady here." .it's OK?"

He was a little apprehensive, wondering if the other party would agree.If I were to become a soldier, I am afraid that I would have to be in the camp during the Chinese New Year.Moreover, it was not easy to go back to my hometown from Batavia, and it would take a few months to go back and forth.I don't know if the court can agree?
"Which person was raised by mother and father? If you have parents at home, you just need to tell me where your next home is, and the imperial court will send people to pick them up. If you have brothers and sisters, you can't live in your hometown. You can also come together."

"Help me a little bit, why don't you cultivate ten or twenty acres of land? Wouldn't it be better than being a tenant at home? Although the early days are a bit tough, as long as you are willing to work hard, life will have hope."

"When the red-haired ghosts are driven away, there will be plenty of places to cultivate. The imperial court will build a government here in the future, and the trees will die and people will live."

"Well, let me give you a guarantee. Before the new year this year, if the family members are still alive, they will be sent to you. If they are gone, we will have a long holiday on July [-] next year, and go back to add soil and pull weeds. Leader Pay the military salary, get a good grave, get a good monument."

"If you don't want to continue serving as a soldier, you can receive 20 taels of silver. Don't you also have land in Bandung? Just live in peace."

The soldiers all had accounts in their minds, thinking that if they continued to serve in the army, they would get 30 taels of silver a year, and they would be rewarded with land in the future. How could it be better than giving 20 taels of silver to go back and farm the land?

Besides, the warships of the imperial court are so mighty, and the red-haired ghosts can't even beat us, so how can they beat the army of the imperial court?
It is an opportunity to follow the meritorious service and be rewarded.

Knowing that you want to continue to win the battle, but choose to withdraw three 20 taels of silver, isn't that stupid, what is it?If this kind of treatment is true, and he will definitely win the battle, I am afraid that many people who want to be this soldier have no way out.

(End of this chapter)