"Also, let's get ready starting today. Tomorrow our whole army will have a big meal."
Yang Gan called over the Tianshou Division personnel who were standing beside the tent, "Military order: In my name, I inform all the garrison troops in the city to celebrate the New Year on time tomorrow, but they need to be prepared to prevent the locals from raising troops."
"promise!"
"promise!"
Jing Huai excitedly went down to make arrangements immediately, and the people from the Tianshou Division also began to return to their posts and notify them one by one.
This meal was very important. Three hundred thousand troops were far away from their homeland and stationed in a severe cold environment. Although there were no large-scale battles, the army on the other side of the royal city did fight several tough battles.
Regardless of whether it is the Xia Kingdom or the major vassal states, soldiers have no salary and do nothing. Of course, after the battle is won, some people who have made meritorious services will also be rewarded.
Usually, they rely on this reward to buy land, buy people.
But giving out money is not like that. What era is it now? But it is not as simple as in later generations, where wages are paid directly into bank cards.
If we want to pay 300,000 troops, it will be a huge project.
But this was not a problem for Yang Qian. After writing a few strokes, he handed it to the staff of the Tianshou Division and asked him to deliver the message.
In fact, the money was not paid by oneself. Just the scholar-bureaucrats in the royal city ransacked their homes, and there were hundreds of carts of treasures. If money was included, it would be huge.
There are also dozens of cities in Goguryeo, large and small, and the wealth is huge. How can a country not be rich?
The most important thing is that the palace in the royal city is connected to Goguryeo's treasury. Not to mention money, gold is calculated by tons.
The next day.
Almost all cities had generals, who took an official document and began to read it to the army.
"Military order: Soldiers, thank you for your hard work. This Chinese New Year, we will eat well and have a good rest. Each person will be paid according to his position. The lowest soldier will receive hundreds of dollars."
Everyone in the audience was extremely excited when they heard the news.
"What? We also have a reward?"
"Hahahaha, according to my position, I probably have a lot of money."
"You can get paid as an auxiliary soldier. This is the first time I've heard of it."
The man who spoke was obviously from Yanggu Pass. After all, this was not the first time Yang Gan had given money to the army.
"What do you know? You can get some extra subsidies in the future in the army. You guys from Yanggu Pass don't know that."
A veteran of the border army said in a calm voice. When he saw some of the new recruits looking at him with admiring eyes, he became even more sullen.
The eyes of some generals also lit up. These frontier generals knew that whenever the emperor gave money, those with the rank of general or above would definitely be rewarded with more treasures or shares of leased land.
Sure enough, it didn't take long before the general-level people in each city were called in by the garrison generals and began to distribute some treasures such as gold and pearls.
In particular, some generals, those with meritorious service and hard work, will increase their share of leased land.
According to Yang Qian's order, the troops in all cities were distributed with money from the families of scholar-bureaucrats who had been wiped out in the local area.
Although it is the currency of Goguryeo, you can exchange it directly at the bank after you return.
When some soldiers checked the quality and weight of the coins, they were surprised to find that the Goguryeo coins issued by the king could be exchanged for more money than their reward in the Yuntong County bank.
The original payment was 100 Koguryeo coins, but Huiyuntong could be exchanged for at least 130 coins, which was a huge profit.
In fact, what they don't know is that Yang Qian is the one who has made a lot of money. With so much money, it is the best material for making Yuntong County coins.
No matter what dynasty it is, many people can't imagine that there is almost always a shortage of money. This word "short of money" is not a lack of money in the sense of the word, but a real lack of money. There is no copper to mint coins.
For example, the Tang Dynasty, in the eyes of everyone, was so bright and gave its people hope to survive, but the lack of raw materials to cast copper coins was its biggest headache.
The Tang Dynasty was very rich, but very poor. This sounds confusing, but if you look closely, you will find that he was really rich, but he couldn't make coins.
Many people say that there is nothing that money cannot buy.
Unfortunately, reality slapped them hard, that is, there was not enough copper. During the Tang Dynasty, people's livelihood and the economy continued to develop at a rapid pace, and with it, coins began to become less and less.
For Yang Gan, as long as he can smelt bronze, he will basically make a lot of money from this trip.
For the vassal states, weapons and the like were of course made of bronze, and only the elite used iron.
Because of mining and smelting costs are very high, much higher than bronze.
For Yang Qian, a man with the blessing of black technology, slaves are used for mining, and steel filling methods suitable for large-scale refining are used for smelting. Especially after the field is opened, the cost is almost outrageously low.
Therefore, the equipment of the frontier army was almost all steel weapons, and even arrowheads began to gradually become made of steel.
When the bronze arrowhead was shot out, Yang Qian felt as if he was shooting money.
With the rapid development of Yuntong County and the other four counties, even if the mint is spinning continuously, it can't keep up.
One is that the raw materials cannot keep up, and the other is that the mint is small after all, so the control of coins is a bit stretched.
Especially after some merchants from other places came to do business, they brought back a large amount of coins, which caused some tension in the county's coins.
But this is not a big deal. For example, some foreign caravans will have some other coins that need to be exchanged, and those privately minted or coins from other places will be smelted.
This is another huge income, as well as some bronze handicrafts, such as candlesticks, lampstands, wine vessels and the like.
Of course, Yang Qian is not going to smelt these things. These are works of art, and this is not bad. This is to give future generations a thought. If everything is destroyed, Yang Qian will be a little bit unbearable.
It's just that the critical point has not been passed yet. If one day it passes the critical point and the coins cannot support the operation of the entire fiefdom, then Yang Gan may have to take out the silver or even circulate the gold.
Carrying half a ton of coins for trading at a time is quite troublesome.
As plates of delicious food were served to the table, Yang Qian also woke up from his meditation.
"Oh, today is so rich."
Looking at the dazzling table of sumptuous dishes in front of him, a smile appeared on his face.
Zhang Yumeng took out three special cans from the room and said, "Look what these are?"
Yang Gan picked up the can, looked it up and down, and said in surprise, "This, isn't this a can of beef? Damn it, I'm the best product at the bottom of the box, where did you get it?"
Yang Gan once ordered that some older cattle or cattle that died in accidents should be canned. Sick cattle should not be canned and buried on the spot.
Generally, pure canned meat comes in ten-pound packages, while luncheon meat cans come in one-pound packages.
Canned beef is also packed in a pound. A cow, excluding the internal organs, bones and impurities, is only about 350 pounds of lean meat.
That's more than 300 cans, which seems like a lot at first glance. If you put them in the army, it would be like a drop of water put into the sea, which is useless.
So these cans are always kept and used as morale boosters or rewards.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yumeng brought a lot of people today. Obviously, this guy kept Xiao Yu busy.
Only Xiao Yu, Mu Qing and Teng Ziyun have the right to use the military supplies warehouse in Zhuangzi.
After cutting the can open with a dagger, he poured it onto an empty dinner plate. The large pieces of sauce-colored meat, accompanied by bursts of rich fragrance, made Yang Gan move his index finger.
It’s been almost half a year since I came here, and I haven’t tasted beef for a long time.
There is no way, there are many cattle, but if this hole is opened, I am afraid it will not be tightened in the future.
Don't look at yourself as a powerful Wu'an Lord. As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked. If you eat beef every day, the people below will see it and imitate him.
What is good above is bound to be bad below
Let alone ancient times, there are no exceptions to this kind of thing at home and abroad.
Everyone's mouths were full of oil after eating, and Yang Qian took the rare opportunity to open a bottle of General Lie and fill it up for everyone.
The pungent mellow aroma and the spicy taste in the throat made everyone linger.
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, everyone fell on the backrest behind the table.
The two white people, Krisna and Belika, were as red as a monkey's buttocks. On the contrary, Cao Wushuang just looked at them with squinted eyes, as if they were not drunk, but in fact they were already on the verge of collapse.
Yang Qian hugged Zhang Yumeng, and the two kept exchanging what they had seen and heard before.
"Hey, you've been living in the Magic City. Don't you think it's crowded? If I had money, I would go home early."
Yang Qian said while burping from wine.
In this kind of weather, it is best to drink liquor. If you drink beer, it will be a bit cold.
Zhang Yumeng's face was flushed, her eyes were blurred and she said, "Hey, where is the crowd? There is a nanny car when I go out, and a driver when I drive. My house is several hundred square meters, and I have to drive a battery car to go around. I have to use WeChat to call the nanny."
Yang Qian's shoulders couldn't stop shaking, and he even turned red. In the end, he could only sigh helplessly.
"Drought is a drought and waterlogging is a disaster. Our whole family pooled money together to get a down payment. The house is only over 100 square meters."
"That's pretty awesome too."
"You're so awesome. My place is in a lower-middle-class area of Shanghai. It's nothing like yours. A large apartment of several hundred square meters is from Lujiazui."
Zhang Yumeng held the wine glass in his hand, shook it and said, "What's the point? If it hadn't been renovated before, I would have moved to another place, thousands of square meters."
Looking at Yang Qian's flower-like face, Zhang Yumeng couldn't help but kiss him and said with a smile.
"In this way, if you have the chance to go back, what's mine will be yours, and all my houses will be given to you. You can live with me in Dabieye. Then I will hook up with some vixens for you. If you like green tea, I will give it to you. Call some tea masters."
"Hahahahaha!"
Yang Qian couldn't help laughing, "Okay, I'll just say this to you, I'll take you wherever you want to go from now on, okay?"
"Na na na, you said so!"
Yang Gan smiled slyly, "No problem."
