Volume 1, Chapter 122 Bai Qi's suggestion is to first provide pensions to the soldiers and civilians

. In the central army tent.

Yang Wudi and others were already stunned by Bai Qi's victory. They were discussing how to distribute the spoils. They

were fighting for the right to distribute the war horses.

At this time, Yang Paifeng said, "It's just a little bit of stuff, and you are fighting for it. You are too unsophisticated!"

What?

Everyone was stunned.

What do you mean we have never seen the world?

That's 50,000 war horses!

The price of a war horse is definitely worth one or two acres of good farmland. In some places, it is a simple matter to exchange a war horse for a house.

Some people can't afford a horse in their lifetime.

Some people can't even afford to raise a horse.

You know, the cost of the court to raise a cavalry is equal to 20 infantrymen, and the cost of cavalry is so much more than that of infantry.

Where is the extra?

That is the war horse!

50,000 war horses, the value is simply unimaginable, how come it has become unsophisticated in Yang Paifeng's mouth?

Everyone calmed down immediately and looked at Bai Qi and Yang Paifeng.

Someone said dryly, "Isn't this over yet?"

Yang Paifeng raised his chin proudly and snorted, "Of course it's not over! Bai Qi, sue them, what else can we gain!"

Everyone held their breath and looked at Bai Qi, their hearts were in turmoil, both expecting and uneasy.

The expectation was more gains.

The uneasy thing was, as a general, why was Bai Qi so much better than himself?

Bai Qi didn't say anything nonsense and continued, "Fourth, we got 70,000 scimitars and 60,000 Xiongnu bows and arrows!"

It's rich! It's rich!

This is a fortune. Ten

thousand generals rubbed their hands excitedly, and their faces were flushed.

Although they didn't use scimitars, they could melt the scimitars directly into molten iron and recast swords.

This would allow them to have a major change in their weapons, eliminating all the damaged and old weapons before, and replacing them with the most sophisticated equipment.

Although the Xiongnu longbows were not as good as those of the Great Zhou, they could be sold for money. Selling them to hunters would bring in a lot of income.

This kind of military bow and arrow was definitely better than those made by the people themselves. Although it was not as good as the equipment of the Great Zhou, it was at least much better than those made by the people themselves, and it could definitely be sold at a high price.

Moreover, the Xiongnu bows and arrows were all made of the best tendons.

In terms of the quality of the bowstrings, they were better than those of the Great Zhou, and could even be used to modify their bows and arrows, which was definitely a huge fortune.

However, at this time, many of the generals who had a good relationship with Yang Paifeng started to joke with her.

They laughed and

said, "Little girl, don't you know how to count?"

"Although some scimitars and bows and arrows are also valuable, our Great Zhou is the master of making weapons. All the ironware on the grassland comes from our Great Zhou."

"War horses are scarce resources."

"Why do you say that these swords are more valuable?"

"Fortunately, you didn't get married. If you married someone to take charge of the money in the mansion, you would definitely squander the family property!"

After the victory of the war, these 10,000 generals were in a very good mood, so they joked with Yang Paifeng.

After all, many of them were Yang Paifeng's uncles and elders. There were several people in the Yang family alone, and they were all Yang Wudi's old brothers.

Yang Paifeng rolled his eyes and snorted, "You are the ones who don't know how to count. Do you think this is over?"

What? There's more?

At this time, everyone was stunned, even Yang Wudi was stunned.

After all, capturing prisoners on the grassland, seizing war horses, scimitars and bows and arrows, this is considered a regular harvest.

What else?

Everyone looked at Bai Qi curiously.

And from what Yang Paifeng said, the final spoils were the highlight.

Bai Qi smiled at this time, and then said calmly:

"General, in fact, our last victory this time is that I sent people to plunder the grassland dragon court and robbed them of their wealth accumulated for decades.

A total of countless gold and silver utensils, porcelain, and silk.

According to the market price, a total of 800,000 taels of silver!"

As soon as Bai Qi finished speaking.

Yang Wudi almost stumbled and fell directly, and he was about to have a cerebral hemorrhage.

The soldiers around him opened their mouths wide.

"How much? Did I hear it wrong?"

These tens of thousands of generals surrounded Bai Qi, their eyes were as big as copper bells, and they even thought they were hallucinating.

800,000 taels, that's not 800 taels!

You know, 800,000 taels of silver is equivalent to the military expenditure of the Great Zhou Dynasty for 4 years.

It can be said that everyone present has never seen so much money in their lives.

They don't have it together.

Bai Qi shrugged and said calmly, "You heard it right, it's 800,000 taels of silver! The Xiongnu Dynasty is not poor!"

Of course it's not poor, how can it be poor if they rob everywhere?

This is all the accumulation of the Xiongnu Dynasty.

It is equivalent to the treasury of the Central Plains Dynasty.

After looting the treasury of a dynasty and getting 800,000 taels of silver, Bai Qi even felt that it was a bit too little.

It can be seen that these Xiongnu nobles are also extravagant.

There is not much money saved.

There was a sound of sucking in cold air in the tent.

These generals even felt extremely nervous when breathing, and their faces flushed with excitement. This was much more exciting than picking up money, because this was robbing.

"Oh my! Oh my! This is too much."

The generals were so excited that they turned around in place, not knowing how to describe it. Bai Qi's harvest from this battle was simply too fat!

This should be the feeling of getting rich overnight.

Yang Wudi was also very excited. He rubbed his hands and walked back and forth in the big tent, and said excitedly: "Hurry up, hurry up, report the battle report here to the capital for eight hundred miles."

"Then pack up all the gold, silver and other valuables and bring them back to the capital!"

This harvest is so big that it should be able to fill the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty a lot.

Then next year, the soldiers' food and wages will not be in arrears!

Hearing that Yang Wudi was going to pack up all the gold, silver and other valuables and send them back to the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Although the tens of thousands of generals were reluctant, no one dared to interrupt. After all, the generals in the border town would never dare to get involved in handling such a large amount of finances.

However, at this moment, Bai Qi shouted in a deep voice: "Wait a minute, Marshal, this money cannot be sent to the capital."

Yang Wudi was stunned, then turned to look at Bai Qi and said, "What do you mean?"

Bai Qi said solemnly, "The money is in our own hands now, and we must spend all the money that should be spent. If the money is sent to the capital, it will be difficult to get it back later." "

So I suggest that we use this huge sum of money to provide relief to the soldiers."

"First, pay all the food and wages of all the soldiers in Honghua City this year in one go."

"Second, compensate all the losses of the people during the defense of Honghua City this time."

"The people have followed us for so long and helped us defend the city and fight. We can't let the people suffer from unprovoked disasters."

"Third, the families of the fallen soldiers must be doubled."

"According to my opinion, a one-time pension for 30 years should be paid to the soldiers."

"Even if the court doesn't want to pay them pensions in the future, with this huge sum of money, the families of these soldiers will definitely have no worries about food and clothing."

After Bai Qi finished speaking, the tens of thousands of generals cheered.

This was exactly what they wanted to do most.

All those who contributed to the war should get the benefits they deserve.

They all bowed to Yang Wudi and said, "General, what General Bai Qi said makes sense! Now that we have money in our hands, we should quickly pay the soldiers for their pensions."

"Once the war is over, it will be as difficult as ascending to heaven if we go back to the court to ask for food and pensions!"

The generals were not stupid. Everyone knew what kind of character the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty had.

They didn't want their soldiers to fight on the front line without getting pensions. It would be

better to pay them all at once.

Yang Wudi was also stunned at this moment. Bai Qi's proposal was too tempting.

But!

The consequences of doing so are very serious.

Yang Wudi said to Bai Qi solemnly, "You have to think clearly. If you really do this, impeachment memorials against you will spring up like mushrooms after rain."

"You are a traitor who has surpassed the emperor in everyone's mind!"

"The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty will not let you go."

Yang Wuji did not say whether he would be pointed at by thousands of people and scolded by court officials.

If Bai Qi dared to do this, then why not accompany Bai Qi?

Anyway, if Bai Qi hadn't been there, he would have died in Honghua City.

Bai Qi laughed loudly and said with a firm look in his eyes: "I can let down the Emperor of the Great Zhou, but I will never let down the brothers who have been with me through thick and thin."

"Money, spend it as I said first, and transport the rest back to the capital."