It is actually easy to understand when convincing Zhao Tuo.

Having said so much before, I am basically convinced.

But now it's happened again, and the answer is naturally the arrangements for Zhao Tuo's future.

If the imperial court cannot give Zhao Tuo a satisfactory arrangement, even if Zhao Tuo knows he cannot defeat him, he still has to give it a try.

After all, if you demolish my house and don't give me a house, I will fight you even if you are a fool.

"Although the general is an official of the previous dynasty, His Majesty still recognizes the general's contribution in Lingnan over the years, and also recognizes the silent hard work of the soldiers here."

"Therefore, the arrangement for the general is at the same level as Qihou Tiandan. As for the future position, it can only be determined after the general returns to Luoyang and has personal talks with His Majesty."

"The soldiers will be treated the same as the Han army. After the Nanjun barracks enters Lingnan, they will take over the current defense."

"In addition, soldiers will also be assessed. If they pass the test, they can continue to serve. If they fail, they can only retire and go home."

"If you don't want to continue serving, you can also directly propose to retire. All conditions will be the same as the current treatment of the Han Army."

Zhao Tuo listened very carefully, and so did the others.

As for Zhao Tuo's arrangements, he actually had nothing to say.

At present, in the entire Han Dynasty, only King Tian Dan of Qi surrendered as a king, and he also led the entire Qi Kingdom to join the Han Dynasty in a peaceful way.

Therefore, it was reasonable for the Han Dynasty to give him high treatment. Although the Han Dynasty did not recognize its identity as the monarch of the Nanyue Kingdom, it gave him the same treatment as Tian Dan in terms of treatment.

In other words, on the surface, the South Vietnamese Kingdom is not recognized, but in fact, you are the one who settled it as the monarch.

Based on this alone, Zhao Tuo could not find any contradiction to find fault with.

The position can only be confirmed after going to Luoyang, which is understandable.

As for the placement of the soldiers...

"Your Majesty, can you tell us in detail about the placement of the soldiers? We don't know what kind of treatment the Han army is getting!" Zhao Tuo asked directly.

Things have developed to this point, and he is satisfied with his own arrangements.

Therefore, I did not mention this matter, but instead focused on the soldiers.

At least once word spreads, it can leave a good name for itself.

And these people came with me after all, and now no matter what, I have to put them in place.

"New soldiers have five qian per month, and now the price of food for big men is four qian per stone."

"And you belong to the troops stationed at the border, so it is six cents per month. For every additional year of military service, your monthly military pay will increase by one cent. When you retire, the military salary for the last year before retirement will be used as the standard.

, a one-time payment of one year’s military pay as a reward.”

"Most of the soldiers under the general have been in the army for more than ten years? But what a pity? This system has only just started a few years ago, so everything has to be carried out according to the main force of the Han army."

"But His Majesty is well aware of your hard work, so he decided to arrange the placement of the soldiers. They will all be paid according to veterans with five years of military service, and two years' salary will be given as a retirement reward."

"In other words, an ordinary soldier can get a reward of 240 yuan."

"But now there is a shortage of coins in the country? So this reward can only be distributed in the form of grain at a low price? That is, sixty shi of grain per person."

"Haha, it's a good defeat, I'm convinced!" Zhao Tuo said with a speechless face.

Is sixty shi a lot of food?

a lot of!

Is it really that much?

Not much at all.

For a soldier? Sixty shi? That is about twenty months of ration consumption.

For ordinary people? This is enough for a family to live frugally for a year.

But the question of whether it’s more or less cannot be viewed solely in terms of quantity.

It's about comparison.

Before this, I had never heard of any country giving rewards after retirement.

Don't care if it's money or food? Not even a grain of food is given in excess.

Now the Han Dynasty was actually willing to spend such a large amount of money or food to settle them.

No? It's not just them? There are also many Han troops that Zhao Tuo doesn't know.

Under such favorable conditions and the emperor's shrewd command, it is no wonder that the Han Dynasty was able to dominate the world and conquer all directions in just a few years and ten years.

Although Zhao Tuo was also curious about whether the imperial court could produce so much food?

But he wouldn't ask such a question, it would be too naive.

Since Suihe made a promise here, he must be able to deliver it. However, making a mistake will not do them any good, but will make them fall into a more passive situation in Lingnan.

…

The news quickly spread in Panyu.

Then it passed through Panyu and quickly spread to every corner of Lingnan.

"Hey, have you heard? We are going home!" An old man with gray hair and white beard shouted excitedly to the people in the village.

"Go home? Isn't this home?" The same old man with gray hair and weak legs responded sitting under the big tree at the entrance of the village.

"North, my hometown! We are going back to our hometown!"

"Ma'er, are you okay with your brain? You're already old, why are you fussing over it?"

Ma Er was the first person to inform the news, but after listening to his companion's words, there was some displeasure on his face: "What's wrong with my age? I just want to go home."

"Ha! The mountains are high and the road is far away. Don't you know what happened on the road? Others didn't see it, but they died on the road first!"

"Even if I die on the road, I will go back. After more than ten years, I can finally hear the news of going home!" As he spoke, Ma Er actually shed tears.

"Okay, okay, let's not mention this matter. It's not like no one went back in the past years, but they all came back before they had gone far. Besides, what will happen if you go back? If the government doesn't pay you back, they will arrest you and take care of you.

Half-dead? Besides, it’s been so many years. Even if you go back, can you still find your door? I heard that the north was very chaotic in the past few years. What if I go back and find that my family is gone? It’s better to stay here, at least in my heart

I have another thought!" The old man with weak legs said calmly.

There is some truth to what he said, at least it can be used to paralyze oneself.

As long as I don't go back, I will think that my family is living well and happily.

These people are already old. They were in their thirties when they came out. After more than ten years, they are gradually approaching the age of fifty.

There are only a few years left to live, and some of them have already married and had children here.

There are also some people who migrated here with their families.

There are also many people like Ma Er who have always been thinking about their family and have never married a wife and had children.

However, there was one thing he didn't tell Ma Er.

That is, he seems to have forgotten that the imperial court has a marriage policy.

The mountains here are high and the emperor is far away, and the number of women is already small, so this policy cannot be implemented.

But that’s not necessarily the case back home.

First of all, Ma Er and his group did not come here as criminals, but as serious troops.

But as I got older, I gradually withdrew from the army.

At the same time, when there were women back then, they were the first ones to choose from.

Ma Er was obsessed with home, so he had no choice. He always looked forward to being able to go home one day.

And Ma Er has been away from home for more than ten years, and has completely cut off contact with his family. It's not that he wants to cut off, but there is no channel for contact at all.

According to the court's policy, maybe Ma Er's wife and her new husband's children will be over ten years old now, right?

You said that if you go back and find out that your wife has become someone else's wife, has given birth to a child, and has lived with that person for so many years, how terrible would you feel?

So, going back is not necessarily the happiest thing.

If you stay, it may not be the end.

They don't have many years to live. Ma Er is relatively good and has no problems. Looking at the others, his whole body hurts from one place to another. Especially when it's rainy weather, the whole person is following the gate of hell.

It was like a painful experience.

"Then I want to go back too!" Ma Er's face showed an unusually determined expression.

What if the wife remarries?

When I left home, there were two sons and two daughters at home. After all, they were my own children.

And after being away from home for so many years, I don’t know how my elderly mother is doing...

There are many people like Ma Er who always insist on going back.

There are also many people who want to go back but are afraid to go back.

At first, it was just a rumor spread privately, but soon, more official news came out.
To be continued...