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- Chen Xiuchang walked over with a gloomy face. Faced with the inquiries from his soldiers, he nodded and replied, "It should be correct. It is impossible for the master of the dog officer to speak on this matter. Think about those things." The pirates must have guns in their hands."
After speaking, Chen Xiuchang looked around.
"How about it, things are like this now, what do you guys think?"
"Sir, what do you mean?"
Originally, Chen Xiuchang wanted to see what everyone else wanted to say, but now everyone has kicked the question back.
However, Chen Xiuchang already had some concerns in his mind, so he said to his soldiers: "We have already taken the money. It is a thousand taels for nothing. It is not wrong to think about it. Then we have to do things after receiving the money. This is also It is only natural. If we take the money and do nothing, will we have a way out in the future? I think everyone knows this truth."
Everyone fell silent and thought about these words seriously.
¡°You guys can¡¯t let me return all the money, right?¡±
"I can't withdraw it. The money is enough for me and my family to have a good year."
As soon as Chen Xiuchang finished speaking, a soldier responded.
This sentence completely ignited everyone's emotions.
"Yes, if you give that money back and share it, everyone can get a lot. Originally, everyone was almost dying of poverty, but now that we have this money, our family's life will be easier, so we can't pay it back."
??Everyone said something to me, but basically they didn¡¯t agree to return the money they had already received.
Chen Xiuchang raised his hand and asked everyone to stop talking.
"You don't want to pay back the money, okay! But we have to deal with the pirates in the tavern. As long as we deal with them, we don't have to pay back the money." After Chen Xiuchang finished speaking, he continued without waiting for everyone to speak. "But everyone must also know clearly that the pirates in this tavern have firecrackers in their hands. If a fight breaks out later, one of the brothers may be injured or lose his life. However, I, Xiuzhang Chen, am here to fight against the brothers. We can make a guarantee."
At this time, everyone was looking at Chen Xiuchang attentively, waiting for his next words.
"I promise that if there are really injured brothers, then I will use part of the money to pay for settlement expenses. If a brother unfortunately loses his life, I will also give the family a settlement allowance after the harvest!"
"Done!"
"That's right, if there are hundreds of adults, all the brothers will do it!"
The soldiers never expected that Lord Baihu would actually make such a guarantee.
You know, these military households are so poor that they can¡¯t even open the pot. The Chinese New Year is about to come, but their families don¡¯t have much money to make preparations.
Now that they have an opportunity to make a fortune, how could they let it go?
Unlike those government officials, these military households did not lack courage and dared to fight tooth and nail.
Of course, first of all, there must be a reason why they are worth fighting for.
? Okay now, I have this reason.
As long as the pirates are dealt with, they can return to the guard station to share the money.
When they get the money, they can go home and start buying New Year's goods, and then lead their families to live a good New Year comfortably.
"Since everyone says so, then our matter is settled."
Chen Xiu-chang was not wordy and just made the final decision.
A thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, how could he, Chen Xiuchang, get a hundred taels of silver.
The remaining nine hundred taels will be divided among everyone. I don¡¯t think anyone will accuse him of being evil-hearted.
?????????? In fact, Chen Xiu-chang¡¯s distribution can really be regarded as a conscientious household in many health centers.
This must be Chen Xiuchang. If it were hundreds of households in other places, he would be able to pocket at least nine hundred taels of one thousand taels of silver, and the remaining one hundred taels of silver would be distributed to his subordinates.
At the same time, when encountering danger, those hundreds of households will not be as scrupulous as Chen Xiuchang.
The status of military households is low. In the eyes of hundreds of officials, they are not even considered ants.
Only Chen Xiuchang can treat the military households under his command as human beings.
But it is precisely because of this relationship that the military households in the guard station where he is located are so fond of him and love him.
After communicating with his men, Chen Xiuchang began to make arrangements and prepare to attack the tavern.
Since the people from the guard station arrived, the government officials who originally surrounded this place have breathed a sigh of relief. They willHe gave up his position and let the soldiers from the guard station stand up, while he came to the periphery and began to maintain law and order.
In the opinion of these government officials, staying farther away from the tavern will save you the chance of being accidentally injured in a fight.
¡° Anyway, there are some poor big-headed soldiers in front, so I don¡¯t have to take risks.
When the soldiers under Chen Xiuchang arrived, they basically had rusty iron swords in their hands and not even a shield.
But no matter what, it is much stronger than the government officials who only have a water and fire stick.
"Sir, we can only attack from the front, but in this case the pirates who are so anxious to jump over the wall will have to fire their firecrackers. Then those who rush in front may"
After observing for a while, Chen Xiuchang¡¯s men reminded him.
Chen Xiuchang gritted his teeth: "Tell the brothers, those who are willing to take the lead will get fifty taels of settlement allowance when they die! They will also get fifty taels if they survive!"
There must be brave men under heavy rewards. After Chen Xiuchang offered this reward, four soldiers actually stepped forward.
These four soldiers are quite old, the youngest is fifty years old.
The military household system of the Ming Dynasty is a bit deceptive. Even if you are eighty years old and can't walk, if you are a military household, you still have to go into battle with weapons as long as the court recruits you.
Therefore, it is not surprising at all that there are soldiers in their fifties and sixties among Chen Xiuchang's team.
Over in Liaodong, he even saw an eighty-two-year-old military household going into battle to fight the Jurchens.
Of course, one can imagine the combat effectiveness of soldiers of this age, but that is simply not possible.
"But the court doesn't care about you. A military household is a military household. When you have free time, you farm the land. In wartime, you have to work hard." Even if it is unreasonable, you have to accept it.
Looking at the four veteran military households who stood up, Chen Xiuchang knew what they meant without asking.
No matter whether they live or die, they have fifty taels of silver. For them, this is definitely a lot of money.
You know, in this era, the annual income of a family of five is only eight or nine taels of silver. This is considered to be a relatively well-off society, and even those who are even close to it have five or six taels of silver to support their family for a year.
The purchasing power of silver during this period is astonishing.
If calculated using modern exchange rates, it is simply very unreasonable.
Because there are too many factors and aspects involved.
Therefore, these fifty taels of silver would have to be accumulated for five, six or even ten years without eating or drinking. For example, these old military households are already old anyway, so they might as well work hard once to get the money for their families, so that they can live a better life in the future.
???????????Besides, everyone in Chen Xiuchang¡¯s family knows this, so what they say will not be false. So they all trusted him and knew that he would definitely keep his promise.
"If something unexpected happens to you, adults, or the little ones, the whole family will be able to rely on you."
The oldest among them, an old man from a military household, cupped his fists and arched his hands, then said to Chen Xiu.
Chen Xiuchang nodded with a serious expression.
"Don't worry, I, Xiuchang Chen, will keep my word. I'll give it to you alive. If something unexpected happens to you, the money will also be given to your family. Brothers are all here. Everyone testifies that if I, Xiuchang Chen, can't do this, , just let me die without a whole body."
The ancients still attached great importance to curses and oaths.
Therefore, after Chen Xiuchang said this, the few old military men no longer had anything to worry about.
In addition, Chen Xiuchang is usually a good person, and smiles bloomed on their faces.
"Brothers! Let's go first!"
After saying that, the four old men picked up the knives in their hands and started to walk towards the tavern after they dispersed.
Behind them, a group of military soldiers also followed slowly behind the four old men with their waists hunched.
After all, they are the military households of the guard station. They are really much stronger than the government officials. At least they can make some standardized postures and movements when attacking.
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"The people outside have begun to attack. It looks like the Ming Dynasty's army."
A soldier in the tavern who had been observing the movement outside discovered this situation. He immediately turned around and warned everyone in the room. Then he turned around and aimed at the leader with a firecracker.
"Shoot your legs! Don't kill yourself, they are Orientals too!"
The words of the affairs officer rang out.
Yes, although these Ming people are not imperial people, they are also of Yanhuang ethnic origin, and they also have Yanhuang blood flowing in their bodies. If it wasn't a last resort, they really wouldn't be able to kill him.
There is no way they can get past that psychological level.
"These guys are walking into blind spots. It looks like we are in trouble."
A soldier guarding the window smiled bitterly and said without looking back.
"Everyone, cheer up. I guess His Highness has almost sent out troops. So we just need to hold on a little longer. You must survive for me."
He brought these soldiers out, so the affairs officer didn¡¯t want everyone to die here, at the hands of Akito.
"Go!"
As they were talking, the four old men at the head quickened their pace. When they were approaching the door of the tavern, which was filled with obstacles, someone didn't know who shouted, and the four of them started running together.
Two of them ran towards the door, while the other two rushed towards the window of the tavern.
When the four of them moved, the other soldiers who were following them in the hiding places on both sides also rushed out one after another at this time and began to rush towards the tavern.
It can be seen that the four old men want to use their lives and bodies to push away the obstacles piled up at the door and windows of the tavern, so that the brothers behind can rush in.
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