choke element

Chapter 446

Since ancient times, it has been extremely difficult to pay for merit.

Insufficient remuneration, or unfair remuneration, will greatly shake the fighting spirit of the soldiers, but if everything is in accordance with the requirements of the subordinates, then the leader will soon have no remuneration and no reward.The fine-grained control among them cannot be achieved by fighting on the battlefield. It requires political wisdom and compromise.

Guo Ning has read a lot recently and has gained a lot of knowledge. He has some experience in this, so he just uses Yin Chang to practice.

Guo Ning knew the price Yin Chang offered that day.

Yin Chang asked Guo Ning to guarantee his interests in Binzhou from now on, and Guo Ning did indeed agree.

Otherwise, Yin Chang would not have sold Li Quan so happily.

This Binzhou tycoon started his business with private salt, has been in business for decades, and his wealth and life are all in Binzhou.Over the years, the imperial court was powerful, so he became a local military governor; when the Red Coat Army raised troops, he cooperated with Ji Qi and Ji Xian to seize Bohai County; when Ji Qi and Ji Xian searched the area, his interests were touched He joined hands with Li Quan to expel the two and completely control Binzhou.

Then, Li Quantian was poor at the end of the day, and wanted to rely on Yin Chang's means to surprise Guo Ning, but was sold by Yin Chang.

His series of operations, in the final analysis, four words, the highest price wins.

This attitude cannot be said to be wrong. For decades, the local rules in Shandong have been like this.Except for Liu Erzu and other people who nest in the mountains and eat bran and swallow vegetables, everyone is used to this.

But Guo Ning didn't like this kind of situation very much. In his bones, he was very wary of such people.What Guo Ning really trusts is always included in the military household system, the warriors who can win and lose with him, are those comrades who can give orders and face powerful enemies without hesitation.

Previously, when he controlled the three states of Denglai, he made an emergency landing on Shi Poli, Geng Ge and others. Now, all the officials are not small, their status is not low, and they are quite respected, but their real power is not great, so Guo Ning can rest assured.How could Yin Chang be an exception?
What's more, what Yin Chang intervened in also included the Salt Division.

From Yin Chang's standpoint, this is the inevitable reward for meritorious service, and it is what Guo Ning should give.But from Guo Ning's point of view, if Binzhou Salt Plant is really entrusted to Yin Chang, then Yin Chang has a foundation, a territory, an army, and financial resources in Binzhou. Set the Navy.

How is this possible?

Therefore, Guo Ning had to have a good chat with Yin Chang to come up with a satisfactory result for everyone.

And this result does not only affect Yin Chang himself. Within the area of ​​Shandong East Road, there is Huang Ding, the leader of Licheng Water Village in Jinan, and on the other side of Shanxi East Road, there are Tengzhou Shiqing, Yanzhou Haoding, Pizhou Huoyi, and even barely controlled Dongping Mansion. Fang Guosan and his ilk are all watching!
At that moment, Yin Chang shook his head again and again and thanked him repeatedly, but Guo Ning only praised him.

After two more rounds, Guo Ning made up his mind.

He asked: "I heard that when General Yin was in Binzhou, he was suppressed by Li Quan and his fellows, and he couldn't even expand his troops. But I don't know how many troops you have?"

"It's not easy to get along with the children of the folks. Fortunately, everyone's original intention is to defend the homeland. The soldiers are more expensive than many. To be honest, I have a total of [-] brave warriors under my command."

"well!"

Guo Ning took a sip of the tea and said in his heart, he was blowing so hard.

Binzhou is adjacent to the sea, although there is a salt benefit, the land salinity problem is very serious, and the grain output is very little.Therefore, when the population was at its peak during the Taihe period, grain had to be imported every year.In the past few years, military disasters, floods and droughts have continued, and a large number of household registrations have fled, making it even more difficult to raise soldiers.Yin Chang has at most 5000 people under his command, among whom there are at most one or two thousand who can fight.Otherwise, he wouldn't be under the pressure of Li Quan all the time.

Thinking of this in his heart, Guo Ning turned to frown: "It's too little."

Yin Chang witnessed the ferocious combat power of the Ding Navy with his own eyes, fearing that Guo Ning would underestimate his own, so he reported the number of troops several times, but Guo Ning thought it was too little?What does this mean?Do you want to use this as a reason to believe that I am not good enough to control Binzhou?

He thought about it in his mind, and asked with a smile: "Why are there fewer eight thousand soldiers?"

Guo Ning leaned forward, confiding in his heart: "General Yin, after the death of Yang An'er, the Red Coat Army was torn apart. As the envoy of Shandong Xuanfu, I intend to pacify all parties, but I am afraid of getting into trouble with Shandong heroes. So, I thought Relying on the general's prestige and strength to open eyes for me... It's a pity that the general's soldiers and horses are still a little less, and the power is a little insufficient."

Yin Chang was taken aback for a moment, his mind was a little confused.

Guo Ning said earlier that there are rewards and appointments. I just think that Guo Ning wants to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so he keeps saying that he is polite, but in fact he never wants to leave Binzhou.But listening to what Guo Ning said, it seems that I misunderstood?Guo Jieshuai, you don't mean to intervene in Binzhou?
He cautiously asked: "Jie Shuai's opening eyes refers to..."

"Shanxi Road is a huge territory. There is Pu San Anzhen in the north and King Sui in the west. If you move troops easily, you may be taken advantage of by others. Therefore, it is necessary to have someone to mediate for me."

"Under Marshal Jie, Shi Poli, Geng Ge and others were once under the arm of Marshal Yang An'er, let them come forward..."

"The two of them have gained fame, but they don't have enough wings around them. General Yin and you are two different things after all."

"However, Shandong East Road will not be pacified in ten months, so if you reach out to the west so soon, will you be a little anxious?"

"Oh, I have to hurry."

Guo Ning stretched out his hand and pointed to the distance: "We don't know the movement of the Mongols. If they go again this autumn and winter like last year, we don't know what will happen around here. We have to prepare early. If Responding as a group, advancing and retreating together, is better than being defeated individually."

Yin Chang nodded.

This Guo Jieshuai suddenly rose from the grass, he was naturally ambitious, and his actions were even more violent, so he got the name of a vicious tiger.

He suddenly got the Shandong East Road. Seeing that the East and West Roads were torn apart and occupied by various units of the Red Coat Army, it was only natural that he had to look forward to Shu.He was also afraid that the Mongolian army going south would interrupt his expansion momentum, so he became more impatient and wanted to achieve sufficient results as soon as possible.

And to reach out to Shanxilu, not only need someone to intervene, but also a role model that can convince many characters in Shanxilu.At this time, the two hairless tigers, Spurley and Geng, were useless.

It turned out that he wanted Qianjin to sell horse bones, and show me the glamorous paper to the rest of the red-coated soldiers on the East and West Roads of Shanxi?
Yin Chang was overjoyed.

It's okay to make horse bones, but it's not enough to be papered and bright, there must be some inner benefits.Not to mention Binzhou, Guo Jiedu, Guo Jiedu, you have to give more!
"Then, what does Jieshuai mean?"

"I have prepared enough military positions and 5000 personnel for General Yin, as well as enough armour, staff and equipment. However, the difficulty lies in the soldiers..."

Military positions and so on are all short-term and deceitful!How many marshals did Yang An'er seal that day?In the end, farts are not worth it!

The key is soldiers!In this world, the key lies in soldiers!

Guo Ning plans to give me 5000 people!

If you really want to have 5000 subordinates, not to mention Binzhou, I can be considered number one in Shandong, at least not inferior to Li Quan, right?

Yin Chang felt hot in his heart: "Where did the soldiers come from?"

"Don't lie to the general. Li Quan's subordinates, and even Guo Yaoer's subordinates in Juzhou, Mizhou, are all veterans. I have great use, and I can't tell them apart. So I hesitated until now, and felt that it was difficult to satisfy the general. , it is difficult to reward the general for his meritorious deeds."

Yin Chang's eyes lit up: "What's so difficult about this? Jieshuai, you only need to give me food, supplies and authority. Within ten months, I can recruit 5000 troops!"

"This..." Guo Ning was puzzled, "Where did the people come from?"

(End of this chapter)