Xie Ming

Chapter 77 Reporting the Result
Seeing that the assassin was actually a girl in disheveled clothes, Xiao Jingchuan was speechless and stood there in a daze.

He then glanced at Qiu Zhizhong below the stage, not knowing what to do!

Seeing this, Qiu Zhizhong took two steps forward slowly. He was dressed like a scholar, unlike Xiao Lang who had just put on armor for attacking the mountain, which made him look too fierce.

"Haha, girl, don't be afraid!"

"We are soldiers, not bandits! We are here to rescue you!"

"May I ask the girl's name?"

"Have you ever seen a girl named Hongwen in the mountain village?!" Qiu Zhizhong asked in a kind tone.

"., I, I am Hongwen!"

The girl was still curled up there, crying.

Seeing this, Xiao Jingchuan looked around and found the woman's clothes next to the screen.

He took off the clothes and handed them to Hongwen.

"Xu Hongwen, right?"

"We just came from Jiulong Town this morning. We were entrusted by your father Xu Jialin to rescue you from the mountain!"

"Don't be afraid, you are safe now, put on your clothes quickly!"

Xiao Jingchuan's words were quite sincere. Hongwen looked at him with tears in her eyes. Finally, she stopped trembling, took the clothes, and went behind the screen to put on her clothes.

Xiao Lang walked down from the high platform slowly and approached the long table again. He saw that the drinking cup in front of the chair at the head was actually made of pure gold!
"Wow! This Ma Dabangzi is really generous!"

As he spoke, he suddenly exerted force with his hands and crushed the golden cup.

"What level of status! They even use a golden cup!" Xiao Lang said sarcastically.

"General!" Gu Changting came into the cave.

"Pei Zhong should be almost there too."

"Okay, got it!" Xiao Lang replied.

"Also, you asked me to look everywhere carefully, and I looked everywhere, but I didn't see any girl named Hongwen!" Chang Ting said in embarrassment.

"Hey, don't look for it, it's right there!"

As he spoke, Xiao Jingchuan raised his finger and pointed in the direction of the screen.

Xu Hongwen also put on her clothes and came out. When they looked at her, they found that she was very pretty. Although she was not as pretty as her sister Jingyi, she was a few years older and had a more plump figure.

"I am Xu Hongwen, a commoner, nice to meet you, my benefactors!" Hongwen walked up to Xiao Lang and the other three, and began to pay her respects while sobbing.

Seeing this, Xiao Jingchuan hurriedly helped the man up, and after saying a few words of comfort, the few of them walked out of the kiln together.

After a quarter of an hour, Sun Peizhong had basically finished clearing out the remaining enemies in the back mountain, and the sporadic gunfire gradually stopped.

Ma Minglu was busy running around, properly handling all post-war matters.

After a while, Xiao Jingchuan finally waited in the large open space in front of the cave for Ma Minglu to come and report the results of the battle.

"General!" Minglu bowed.

"Haha, that's enough for you to do! How's it going? Tell me quickly!" Xiao Jingchuan asked anxiously.

"General, a total of sixty-seven of our men were killed in this battle, fifteen from Sun Peizhong's army and fifty-two from Li Huchen's army!"

"Twenty-nine people were slightly injured, but they are all fine!"

"Well, this situation is pretty much what I expected!" Xiao Lang sighed.

"After this seizure, my men immediately sealed off the warehouse at the bottom of the cave!"

"A total of 12,000 shi of grain was confiscated!"

"More than thirty thousand taels of silver!"

"As for weapons, after cleaning up the battlefield, there are surpluses in the warehouses. There are more than 600 bird-guns and countless cold weapons such as swords and knives!" Ma Minglu reported everything in detail.

[Shenji Camp Troops: 410 people, 20% with Rumi guns, 80% with bird guns, no strategy for cold weapons]

[Li Huchen's Cavalry: 68 people, 80% of them have three-barreled guns, 20% have Rumi guns, and no cold weapons]

[Grain: 1.2 dan; Silver: more than 3 liang; Weapon Surplus: Bird Guns (more than 600 pieces)]

Hearing this number, Xiao Jingchuan immediately raised his eyebrows. "This, so much?!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Qiu Zhizhong beside him and they both looked at each other, both extremely excited.

"Well, there are indeed quite a few, hehe!" Ma Minglu also smiled foolishly, which was rare for him.

Xiao Jingchuan excitedly pushed Ma Minglu to the ground and shook him hard.

"Hahaha! We are finally rich! Haha!"

"Come on, Minglu, take us to the warehouse!"

As he spoke, Xiao Lang grabbed Minglu, and dragged Qiu Zhizhong, Gu Changting and others behind him and headed straight for the warehouse.

The treasures in this warehouse are relatively secretive. They are located under a dark panel next to the topmost cave dwelling. One needs to light a lamp to enter. There are stone steps all the way down and after turning two corners, one can reach the hidden place.

Fortunately, Ma Minglu was careful and captured a few more informants among the fleeing bandits, and was able to find out the exact location of the warehouse.

After entering the warehouse, Xiao Jingchuan saw the shining white silver everywhere. He checked the food, weapons and ammunition one by one, and was deeply moved!
It is difficult for those who have not personally commanded the troops to understand the difficulties in the initial stage of the rise!

Especially when there are few soldiers and generals, and insufficient food and money!
Thinking of this, Xiao Lang slapped the wooden box containing the silver twice.

"Ma Minglu!"

"exist!"

"You have a smart brain. Calculate how much silver is needed to pay the entire army a month's wages?!"

Xiao Jingchuan asked this suddenly, Ma Minglu was startled and spoke casually.

"General, according to the usual practice before we left the capital, each soldier's monthly salary is 1 tael and 6 qian of silver and 1 dan of rice."

"To save trouble, according to the government's price, one stone of rice can be converted into 4 coins of silver. So according to this calculation, each person needs two taels of silver per month!"

"However, General, the military pay of the Left Camp of our Shenji Camp is high. Li Huchen's troops were not that high, and the court has never paid their salaries on time and in full." Ma Minglu felt a little distressed after calculating, so he wanted to explain and make more detailed deductions.

Seeing this, Xiao Lang waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Okay, that's fine. We're all brothers eating from the same pot from now on. If you want to pay me, I'll pay the higher salary!"

"Also, the military pay is divided into three categories: sitting pay, traveling pay, and war pay."

"If you stay in one place and don't move, it's two taels. If you start marching, it's four taels. If you encounter a war, it's six taels!"

"Am I right, Minglu?!"

Hearing this, Ma Minglu smiled bitterly.

"General, you are right. You just said that we should pay according to the war pay. The whole army has more than 470 people, plus the share of the flag generals, the total amount of silver required is more than 3,000 taels!"

"General, we have been out here for less than ten days, and we have been on the march most of the time. Apart from today's suppression of bandits, we have not encountered any war. In my opinion, why don't we pay them according to their travel pay?"

"Even if it's just about the pay, they will probably be so happy. In the past, we have never seen a general being paid in full in advance!" Ma Minglu is a very careful calculater and is definitely a good steward.

"Oh, alright, alright! Stop wasting time on me!"

"This is our first battle in which we have taken the initiative since we crossed the Hun River. Please don't spoil our fun!"

Xiao Jingchuan, on the contrary, seemed a bit of a rogue.

After hearing this, Ma Minglu wanted to say more but was stopped by Xiao Lang!
"Stop! That's it, just do as I say!"

"Gu Changting!"

"exist!"

Xiao Jingchuan hurriedly called Changting and changed the subject, no longer giving Ma Minglu a chance to advise him.

"Chang Ting, go call two more people to come in and help Minglu carry the silver!"

"Today, the brothers who came with us to suppress the bandits will be paid on the spot! Pay it now! Those who stay behind will go back and make up for it!"

"Minglu, watch the people carry the silver and then come up to organize the salary distribution!"

After saying that, Xiao Jingchuan tossed his hem and decided not to stay here. He took Qiu Zhizhong and walked out quickly!

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