Both of them were from the Liaodong frontier army and were very familiar with the bad habits of the Ming Dynasty frontier army.
Among the frontier armies, the only ones with real fighting power are the frontier general's servants and personal soldiers. However, these people are the frontier general's private soldiers and only recognize their own general. However, if the soldiers in the camp are not well fed and clothed, they can still fight with the wind. , when encountering a hard nut to crack, these soldiers are the first to flee.
The two of them discussed a pension plan when Zhao Yutu and the others were still in the grassland.
According to what Li Shuheng said, a dead person would be given twenty taels and a disabled person would be given ten taels. However, this proposal was rejected by Liu Heng.
Their Tiger Flag is not a court, and Liu Heng knows in his heart that without a high pension, even if someone is willing to join the Tiger Flag and become a soldier, they will not be so dedicated to the Tiger Flag.
What he wants to do is, if a Tiger-Character Flag soldier dies on the battlefield, Tiger-Character Flag will take care of his family, so that every Tiger-Character Flag soldier has no worries and is not afraid of death in war.
Through the pension issue, more people should accept the Tiger-Character Flag, join the Tiger-Character Flag, and consciously maintain the Tiger-Character Flag, so that the Tiger-Character Flag can better survive in troubled times.
Zhao Yutu said: "Should we leave the pension matter to our Logistics Bureau?"
Liu Heng nodded and said: "The pension issue is led by the Military and Political Department, led by Deputy Director Li, and the Logistics Bureau is responsible for the specific matters. However, it must be ensured that every soldier who died in the Tiger Flag is fully compensated."
Zhao Yutu solemnly promised: "Don't worry, boss, my subordinates will go back and take care of the pension issue in person."
Liu Heng nodded and said, "Tell me, what problems did you encounter during this trip to the grassland?"
"Yes." Zhao Yutu stood up and recounted the story of going to the grassland.
After listening, Liu Heng tapped his fingers on the table and said, "If a squadron were to escort the goods to the grassland instead, could they use the car array to resist the horse bandits?"
Zhang Hong, who was sitting at the end, said: "A team of several hundred horse bandits cannot break through the vehicle array stationed by a squadron of our Tiger Banner. Unless the horse bandits number more than a thousand and suffer heavy casualties, they will break through us." Car array.”
Liu Heng thought for a moment and said: "In the future, our mule and horse company will deliver goods to the grassland for the Fan family. The horse team only needs to send a few sentry riders to follow, and the delivery bodyguards will also be limited to one squadron."
"What about our cavalry?" Ma Yunjiu asked eagerly.
This time, more than 20 riders were killed by horse bandits. He also thought about training the riders to go to the grassland to seek revenge on the horse bandits. If only a few sentry riders were sent to the grassland at a time, when would the revenge of their horse team be avenged? .
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Of course the cavalry will also go to the grassland, but instead of moving with the convoy, they will act alone. They will go to the grassland through Xinping Fort to train troops, hunt down horse bandits, and enhance the combat capabilities of the cavalry."
"Yes." Ma Yunjiu looked happy.
He believed that as long as he was given time, he would be able to train an excellent rider, and the grudge between him and the horse bandits would soon be avenged.
Li Shuheng said worriedly: "The Fan family hasn't agreed to use our mule and horse company to deliver goods. What if they don't agree?"
"Then keep grabbing until they agree." Liu Heng said with a smile.
He didn't have the slightest fondness for a family like the Hefan family that sacrificed the lives of tens of thousands of Han people in exchange for their own interests, so he just robbed them.
Li Shuheng smiled and said: "Then the Fan family is unlucky. As long as we, the people of the Tiger Flag, don't encounter a large group of Beibei cavalry on the grassland, the horse bandits and the guards of the Fan family's caravan are no match for us. "
Ma Yunjiu said: "This time I came back from the grassland and got more than 80 horses. Can the horse team add some riders?"
Liu Heng agreed: "You choose the person. Once you have chosen, you can directly join the cavalry team for training."
"Yes." Ma Yunjiu puffed up his chest and responded.
Zhao Yutu said: "Before the compensation, should we hold a ceremony in the Gonglie Hall?"
"This is a good idea." Li Shuheng agreed, "We want all the soldiers to know that we Tiger Flag people are the envy of everyone while we are alive, and we should be glorious after death."
Liu Heng nodded and said, "You can take care of this matter. Then you can make more tiger flags, cover them on the jars containing the ashes, and hand them over to the cavalry riders to line up and put them into the Hall of Merit."
Although he has never done this kind of thing that can enhance the sense of honor and cohesion, he has memories from later generations and knows many methods.
Zhao Yutu, who is the director of the Logistics Bureau, said: "After I return, I will order people to rush to make the tiger flag and ensure that we can get enough within one day."
Ma Yunjiu said: "These are the riders of my cavalry team. I will personally carry their ashes into the Hall of Merit."
Several people sat around the long table and studied the ceremony of sending the ashes to the Hall of Merit. Liu Heng on the side gave some advice from time to time, and soon created a set of procedures, and decided that in the future, soldiers who died in the war with the Tiger Flag would be sent to them. When entering the Hall of Merit, everyone follows this procedure.
Liu Heng put his hands on the table and said: "The event at the Hall of Merit will be held in three days. Several directors of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce are invited to attend, and the relatives of our deceased riders can also participate."
Zhao Yutu answered: "I'll go down and make arrangements for this matter."
"That's it for the time being." Liu Heng said, "You guys have had a hard time coming back all the way. Go back and rest first, and let the people below do the work."
Zhao Yutu, Ma Yunjiu and others stood up, excused themselves, and left the meeting hall.
After they left, Liu Heng picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea, and said to Li Shuheng who was sitting beside him: "Brother Shuheng, I am going to let Zheng Chao take people out to sea, and I need to be prepared to pay 20,000 taels of silver." .”
"So much?" Li Shuheng's eyes twitched and he said, "Don't you want to buy a boat? But we don't have sailors, so even if we buy a boat, it won't be of much use."
"It's not about buying a boat." Liu Heng said, "I need Zheng Chao to go to Fujian and Macau to do something, and I need a lot of money."
"Do you have to go?" Li Shuheng asked.
Liu Heng nodded and said: "We must go, this is related to the future of our Tiger Flag."
"Okay then." Li Shuheng said with a grimace, "We still have some votes from Southern Bank in hand, and we will give them to them when we leave. By the way, when will they leave?"
"In a while, Zheng Chao will just come back from the grassland. Let him rest for a few more days." Liu Heng said, "I'm going to let Zheng Tie go with me this time. He has been with me for so long and it's time to let him go."
Li Shuheng said: "Zheng Tie is gone, who will take his place?"
"Xu Xuewu," Liu Heng said, "I plan to transfer him from the cavalry to me as a guard, and then select some people from the two thousand-man teams to be added to the bodyguards, and he will be trained by my side for a while. go out."
"That's okay." Li Shuheng said, "Put these people around you to train, and then place them in each thousand-man team. This will make it easier for you to better control the soldiers."
Liu Heng nodded.
This question just occurred to him not long ago.
Nowadays, the two thousand-man teams, deputy captain, squadron leader, squad leader, and corps leader are basically promoted by the people below. This situation is fine now, but as time goes by, it is easy for mountains to appear, and it is easy for him to lose the battle in the future. Control of the troop ranks.
Rights must be differentiated and restricted.
