The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 40 Salary and Rank

Listening to Li Guangyuan's narration, Zhu Hongyu couldn't help frowning.

The family members of the soldiers of the Restoration Army numbered 3000 to 3000 people. It is impossible for the [-] people to evacuate without any movement.

It is normal to be targeted by the Spaniards if you are unlucky!

Being targeted, it is normal for the Spaniards to send troops to pursue them.

But if the Spaniards can't catch up, it's not normal!

Most of the two or three thousand families are old and weak women and children. It would be a joke to say that these two thousand or three thousand women and children could outrun Spanish soldiers.

And, two or 3000 people and dozens of people rushing on the road, which one will leave more obvious traces?

Can this still be lost?Can it still be drawn away?

Isn't this a joke? !

The Spaniards in Manila are not all fools!

Zhu Hongyu could smell a strong conspiracy from it.

In fact, logically speaking, Li Guangyuan took people to Jiannei to pick up the families of the soldiers of the Restoration, and Zhu Hongyu should lead the team to meet them.

However, the fact is that he is not allowed to do so.

On the one hand, because of insufficient manpower, he still needs to lead people to develop the river valley.

On the other hand, it was because he didn't dare to take people out of the forest and wander outside Manila.

Zhu Hongyu leads people to live in the mountains and forests, and the Spaniards can't do anything to him.

After all, the terrain of the mountains and forests is where it is, so it doesn't matter if it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the Spaniards really send troops to attack, it will not matter if there are fewer soldiers, and logistics will be a problem if there are more soldiers.

But if Zhu Hongyu dared to take people away from the mountains and wander outside Manila, the Spaniards would never let go of this good opportunity to exterminate him!

There are a lot of people in the recovery army of several hundred, but the military equipment of the recovery army is not good, and the formation time is short, the training is not enough, and the war experience is scarce.

Therefore, he can only send a small number of people to pick up the family members, and the large army does not move.

In order to prevent the Spaniards from massacring those families, Zhu Hongyu once threatened them when he released the two father and son of the Scotch family.

If the Spaniards dared to do anything to the Chinese women, children, old and weak, then he would take people to slaughter the Spaniards outside Manila to retaliate.

The Manila city built by the Spaniards in Manila is a bastion, and its defense is indeed amazing.

However, the interior space of the bastion is limited. Unless necessary, only the garrison lives in the bastion under normal circumstances.

A large number of Spaniards live in their respective manors outside Manila.

If Zhu Hongyu took revenge and massacred the Spaniards in these manors, the Manila authorities would have nothing to do.

The Spaniards sent troops out of the city to help, Zhu Hongyu ran away, the Spaniards withdrew their troops and returned to the city, Zhu Hongyu turned around and came back to continue attacking the manor.

Anyway, it's guerrilla warfare!
The Spaniards have nothing to do with it!

Although the Manila authorities can temporarily allow all the Spaniards in Manila to enter the city of Manila for refuge.

But there are tens of thousands of pure-blooded Spaniards in Manila, plus mixed blood, it is impossible for so many people to stay in Manila all the time!

One is that there is not enough food and various materials, and the other is that people stay in Manila, so Manila cannot develop.

The Manila colony that the Spaniards painstakingly built in Luzon is considered abolished!

Although the fact that the Spaniards did not pursue the family members of the Restoration Army may have something to do with Zhu Hongyu's threat to them, Zhu Hongyu is sure that the Spaniards definitely have a conspiracy.

So, Zhu Hongyu frowned and asked.

"How many Spanish pursuers are there?"

Li Guangyuan said.

"Reporting to the general, there are about 200 Spaniards chasing them!"

Zhu Hongyu couldn't help frowning again, which was even more wrong.

In the last mine battle, the Liberation Army defeated more than 100 Spaniards.

Even if the Spaniards don't have a long memory, they wouldn't dare to send 200 people into the mountains to pursue them, right?

Aren't you afraid of being eaten by yourself to those 200 people?
Are you so gutsy?
This matter is strange, the taste of conspiracy is too strong!
Zhu Hongyu said.

"This is not right, the Spaniards are probably playing tricks!"

While Zhu Hongyu and Li Guangyuan were discussing things, Hu Dinggao opened the curtain and walked into the shack.

"General!"

"Brother Li!"

He was thinking of Zhu Hongyu and Li Guangyuan saying hello with each other.

Zhu Hongyu said.

"Ding Gao, arrange a mission for you!"

Hu Dinggao clasped his fists and said.

"Please order from the general, and the subordinates promise to complete the task!"

"You personally take a team of brothers with the best skills to the forest over the mine to find out the situation."

"I want to know if the Spaniards have an ambush!"

Hu Dinggao looked puzzled and asked.

"General, what happened?"

Zhu Hongyu signaled Li Guangyuan to explain what happened to Hu Dinggao.

After Li Guangyuan finished speaking, Zhu Hongyu spoke.

"I suspect that the Spaniards have an ambush. They want to take Wang Youcai and they will surround us for help!"

The Spaniards wanted to quickly wipe out the Liberation Army, and the best way was to encircle and rescue them.

Otherwise, if the Liberation Army wanted to escape, they would not be able to catch them.

It can only waste a lot of manpower and material resources, playing hide-and-seek with the Restoration Army across the mountains and mountains on Luzon Island!
"If the Spaniards want to help us, then Wang Youcai and the others will be fine for the time being!"

"Our side must be fully prepared to rescue them."

"Dinggao, you first take someone to investigate in person to find out the deployment of the Spaniard's troops."

"Others put down the work at hand for the time being, and leave the construction and reclamation work to the old and weak family members, and let me practice all the young and strong!"

Zhu Hongyu gave the order.

"Allow some money and food to the arsenal and let them speed up production!"

"Equip the brothers with spears as soon as possible!"

Zhu Hongyu kept making arrangements, and the people below took orders to do it.

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The next day, Hu Dinggao took people out to investigate and did not come back, but Shi Yongxin and Liu Shantai came back with the money and supplies extorted from the Skoki family.

In addition to a certain amount of silver and gold, there are more food, gunpowder, medicinal materials, sugar, salt and other materials.

The arrival of a large amount of money and supplies boosted the morale of the Liberation Army.

Zhu Hongyu took advantage of the money in his hands to formulate the salary and rank system of the Liberation Army, as well as the cost of raising soldiers.

Military pay is linked to military rank!
Ordinary soldiers are divided into first-class soldiers and second-class soldiers.

The military salary of the second-class soldier is two silver dollars per month, and the military salary of the first-class soldier is three silver dollars.

The soldiers go up to non-commissioned officers, the corporal pays five silver dollars, the sergeant pays seven silver dollars, and the sergeant pays ten silver dollars.

The second lieutenant's salary is 15 silver dollars, the lieutenant's salary is 20 silver dollars, and the captain's salary is 30 silver dollars.

Majors are paid 50 silver dollars, lieutenant colonels are paid 70 silver dollars, and colonels are paid 100 silver dollars.

A brigade general pays 150 silver dollars, a major general pays 200 silver dollars, a lieutenant general pays 300 silver dollars, and a senior general pays 500 silver dollars.

There are also honorary titles above general and generalissimo. The military salary of general is 700 silver dollars per month, and generalissimo is 1000 silver dollars per month.

This is the military salary corresponding to different military ranks. In addition to this time, there is also the military salary of the position.

For example, if a second lieutenant serves as the company commander, in addition to receiving the 30 silver dollars that the second lieutenant belongs to, he can also receive a military salary corresponding to the position of the company commander.

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Regarding the issue of the military pay of the Restoration Army, many readers responded that it was unreasonable.

The author thought about it carefully, and it was really unreasonable.

As the saying goes, listen to people's advice and eat enough. The author has now revised it.

If there are similar questions in the future, you are welcome to raise them in the book review area, and the author will modify them as appropriate.

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(End of this chapter)