Chapter 117 Going to Penghu
Zheng Zhilong's chicken soup made the main characters excited, but they were all senior leaders of the Zheng Army Navy, which could not represent the thoughts of the grassroots and the lower-level people.
This time, the Zheng group and the Dutch started fighting again, so the morale in the army was naturally not bad, but it was obviously not as high as the ones that came during the Luowan War before, which is obvious to all.
The reason is very simple. The Dutch were not as arrogant as last time. They intercepted merchant ships and bombarded the port coast. Zheng Zhilong did not suffer any losses, nor did he award a heavy flower reward.
In the battle of Xiamen, Zheng Zhilong suffered the most losses, and the lost people were both subordinates and sea brothers. Therefore, in addition to the rewards arranged by the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong himself also used his own small treasury. The opponent issued a reward: each participant was given two taels of silver, and if the war was extended, an additional five taels were given. Each fire ship was 16 people, if the Dutch ship was burned, two hundred taels of silver (16 points) were given, and a Dutch head was given fifty taels of silver. This reward was quite high. The high rewards and the damage to his family members, the anger aroused by the loyalty of the martial arts world made Zheng Zhilong's subordinates' morale rise.
But this time, Zheng Zhilong did not issue a reward order, but just gave orders that each participant would give two taels of silver and fifty taels of silver for each Dutch head.
It is no longer low for each person to give silver two taels. Zheng Zhilong paid a real money, and there was absolutely no one missing. What about the Ming army's opening fee? It seems similar to this on the surface, but if you have to add the interception of an official, the soldiers who really get it, are far less than that.
It’s good if you have a hair and a tael of silver, it’s good if you can get a monday of silver in the army.
Logically speaking, Zheng Jun should be content.
But I'm afraid of comparison in everything.
At the beginning, the old man who was in the Luowan War, there are still many people in the army. The contrast between the two fronts and backs is quite large, and the morale in the army is not as strong as before.
Besides, don’t mention national justice or civilization disputes with them. They don’t understand this and don’t like to listen to this.
As for the Zheng Jun Navy, everything was not as solid as gold and silver.
This is the disadvantage of Zheng Jun’s long-term krypton money!
Although it was a good time to krypton gold, it was always good to krypton gold. However, as a time traveler, Zheng Zhilong obviously did not want to see his army as a team that would be greatly reduced after krypton gold.
More importantly, he was unwilling to associate the word "krypton gold" with "real gold and silver" from beginning to end. If this is the case, how could he support his army?
Such a team is not bad, but it is too expensive. Zheng Zhilong can't afford to raise only tens of thousands of people, but if he wants to raise one hundred or two hundred thousand people like before, it would be beyond his reach.
The Zheng Group had 100,000 or 200,000 people before, because the group did not distinguish between military and business, so they could support so many.
But now Zheng Zhilong has separated the military and businessmen. Those ships who work in business will not have any profit in the future. At most, they will pay personal income tax to buy a flag.
This is the benefit that Zheng Zhilong gave up. If not, how could he successfully complete the separation of military and business?
Zheng Zhilong compensated the money he received to his old subordinates, so no one could say that he was unfaithful or cold-blooded.
His current purpose is to link the word "gold" of krypton gold with the land. This is the most correct way to open krypton gold.
I picked up a silver medal for rewarding merits and weighed it, and it weighed only half a pound. It seemed like a person was half a palm, with dragon patterns around it, and the four big words "The Emperor's Reward merits" were cast in the middle.
This is a good thing.
Emperor Chongzhen reminded him, why didn’t he expect the medal?
Isn’t the silver medal and medal in front of you the same meaning?
If it weren't for the word "that" in the news from the capital, Zheng Zhilong would have forgotten the medal.
Now I finally waited for this reason.
"Give me the order. I will create a first-class silver medal with a height of 1,000 taels of silver given by the emperor, a second-class silver medal with a height of 200 taels of face and 200 taels of face and 300 taels of face and 300 taels of face and 300 taels of face and 300 taels of face and 300 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face and 1,000 taels of face
The Dutch, who were senior officials, collected annual rents of each ke field (about 11 acres) of 18 stones of land, and also imposed heavy head taxes and various taxes, which could allow more than 10,000 Han immigrants in the south of the island to maintain their lives. It is conceivable whether the value of the reward fields given by Zheng Zhilong now is high or low.
Zheng Hongkui was very clear about the current situation of Zheng Jun, but Zheng Zhilong was not too concerned about it. He relied on gold and silver to settle everything. Zheng Jun’s scale can be supported at present, but when he thinks about his brother’s ambitions, change is necessary.
After all dynasties seized the world, would the new emperor have to divide the land and all the fields?
It depends on Zhu Hongwu, a garrison system, taking care of all the hundreds of millions of soldiers and soldiers under his command. Although there were deserters in the early years of Hongwu, at least it didn’t cost real money, right?
The land is placed there, and whoever holds a knife in his hand can hold the land. But gold and silver are rich, like water and clouds, with uncertain amounts and unstable amounts. How can we ensure that we can supply it at all times?
Therefore, the Zheng family must change.
When the news reached the port, the soldiers heard the crowd and cheered like thunder, and the reaction was so hot that it seemed as if the acre of fertile land was theirs. This seemed to show that the regulations set by Zheng Zhilong were useful.
After that, the day for the army to set off soon. The time was set on the fifth day of June. Because of the long and high winds and waves on the sea in summer, this day cannot be changed once it is determined.
Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but drink one cup after another at the dinner on the fourth day of the New Year.
Fighting at sea is very dangerous. Once you are defeated, it is difficult to escape. The danger of this battle is even higher in his eyes than the battle in Yanzhou!
However, he has to hold on to Zheng Zhilong's card.
In previous naval battles, Zheng Zhilong was the first to take the lead. He was determined to command the enemy in the battle.
Now, he has traveled through time, but he cannot destroy his morale by himself.
At this time, his personal journey south was to support the momentum of the Zheng army's navy. Otherwise, he would not have led his troops south personally.
Even Penghu!
Because he really has no confidence in the naval battle. If this battle really starts, he has to find a way to hide.
"Master, drink some honey water."
Zheng Zhilong was drunk without drinking, but he was a little drunk. He opened his eyes and saw that Yan was holding a bowl of honey water and drank it from after taking it.
"Master, do you want me to arrange someone to serve you for one night?" Mrs. Yan said this without any slightest bit of force on her face.
Such a couple has long been their usual way of getting along.
Who said that the combination of Yan and Zheng Zhilong was a choice that was forced to do so? She wanted to marry the final winner to protect the remaining blood of the Yan family, and Zheng Zhilong also needed a Yan family girl to demonstrate her "taken for granted" identity as the heir.
The two are a very obvious "political" marriage. What else can we have? Moreover, after taking over Yan Siqi's property, Zheng Zhilong was very cautious about the Yan family. Just like the old Zhu family who was facing local vassal kings, he wanted to join in as a pig to raise.
But even so, Mrs. Yan also has an extraordinary status in Zheng Zhilong's house, but she knew the right way and did not interfere in the matters in her house.
People are like wooden people, and they just want to make the Yan family's bloodline live peacefully, and they are satisfied.
The two have been married for more than ten years, and that is really a polite decision.
Zheng Zhilong also gave her face. He must stay in her room on the first and fifteenth day of every month, but he just slept with a cloth cover. He couldn't even say a few words overnight.
The sex was broken many years ago.
Mrs. Yan has two brightly colored maids around her, and she is the one who serves Zheng Zhilong.
But this time Zheng Zhilong didn't have any thoughts.
There is nothing to say the next night.
Chapter completed!