Chapter 207 Chapter 206 Shared Joy and Joy

Although he did not have the opportunity to drink wedding wine and watch the excitement, and had to be more vigilant when others were relaxing and enjoying themselves, Luo Xiaoliu, who was stationed at Fuqian Pass in Qizhou, was not unhappy at all.

Secretly touching the heavy brand new coins in his pocket, Luo Xiaoliu's head was filled with satisfaction and longing under the dusk light.

It would be his turn to rest during the day tomorrow, so he decided not to catch up on his sleep but to walk around the streets in the city.

With money in his pocket, he felt confident.

Of course, he shouldn't be able to spend the money at all, because no one is currently doing business in Qizhou City, and the war has completely wiped out the city's commerce.

However, Luo Xiaoliu didn't mind. If there was room to spend money, he wouldn't spend it.

He had thought about it. After returning to Fuchi, he would go to the security camp and ask if he had enough money to buy a piece of soap. If not, half a piece would do.

He's been longing for it for a long time!

Every time he smells the unique smell of soap, he will be intoxicated.

But soap would only be distributed to officers above the company commander or those with major military merits. He couldn't afford to wait, and he didn't know if he could wait.

War is always cruel. If the squad leader had not been assigned to perform the most difficult and dangerous mission when he captured Qizhou and died in battle, he would not have been the squad leader.

Thinking of this, he opened his eyes and looked carefully into the distance.

Paying salaries to his subordinates is a new and important measure that Li Ping took after careful consideration.

Officers and supervisors of support battalions mainly use silver coins, while soldiers and ordinary service personnel mainly use copper coins.

And it is planned to be paid every month in the future, which means monthly salary will be implemented.

Although the initial monthly salary is not much at all, and there are more officers than soldiers, the level difference is very obvious. Even the money paid to the lowest-ranking soldiers and the most junior orderlies is basically symbolic, but it is of extremely great significance.

Human nature is greedy.

It’s impossible not to have anything, especially in this era, being paid as a soldier is still a deep-rooted concept. This cannot be replaced by good food and good clothing.

It doesn’t have to be much, but it must be there.

Raising salaries does not mean abandoning the education-focused approach. Education must and will always be the first priority.

But as the market becomes bigger, we must also see that personal needs and selfish desires are inevitably increasing sharply. In an era lacking ideals, the limited role of education must be recognized and understood.

Continuing to provide material rewards and job conveniences is of course an option. Many peasant armies have been adopting this approach, but it is by no means a long-term solution.

It is too easy to breed serious job corruption and trigger serious management crises.

Using salary to solve personal selfish needs, using salary to take back job privileges, using salary to highlight value, using salary to motivate striving for excellence still have great and realistic significance in the current era, especially in the security camp. Establish the concept of more reward for more work.

Blindfolding your eyes like an ostrich and believing that human nature is inherently good will not work, and something will happen.

I didn’t do it before because I was really short of money.

But after the troops were stationed in Fuchi and Qizhou was captured, everything changed. The capture and gains were already an open secret.

Even if Li Ping does not implement salary payment, he still must express his opinion to his subordinates.

Otherwise, even if you have so much money, you will continue to keep it all in your hands without letting your subordinates get some profit. No matter how great the rationale, no matter how many reasons, even if they are ridiculous, it is inevitable that the officers and soldiers will have opinions, and it will be difficult to understand.

After all, there are always a minority of people with lofty ideals, a selfless outlook on the overall situation, and far-reaching vision, and there are more people than all living beings.

So, it’s better to use it for a rainy day.

The copper mines in Fuchi can provide a sufficient source of copper coins, while the rich seizures in Qizhou can provide sufficient silver coins.

Li Ping's move really ignited everyone. Everyone was beaming with joy and praised everywhere, even Ma Yong was pleased with it.

But the problem is not without it.

The total amount of money sent out is not a small amount. If this money continues to be kept in hand, it can do a lot of big things.

Moreover, a lot of money given to officers and soldiers and support battalions will not be spent at all, and even most of what is spent will only be circulated internally, which is actually a disguised waste.

At the same time, metal currency is heavy and inconvenient to carry, which greatly affects the combat effectiveness of officers and soldiers.

That's why Li Ping wanted to develop paper military coupons, so that the items sold to officers and soldiers in the support camp must be purchased with military coupons, so that military coupons could be circulated internally, so as to partially or even mostly replace metal currency.

In this way, Li Ping can once again concentrate a large amount of metal currency on his hands to do big things.

But he is not in a hurry about this idea at the moment.

It is not appropriate to give out paper military coupons that no one has seen before for the first time. Everything must be done step by step. He plans to start gradually after a while.

Moreover, paper military stamps must gradually establish their own credit instead of relying on orders to establish credit, and they will never completely replace metal currency. They can only have a parallel relationship with metal currency in the future.

Economic principles are not something to be taken for granted, let alone implemented subjectively.

It was impossible for Luo Xiaoliu to understand Li Ping's thoughts. He only knew that he was very happy and his heart was full of passion.

Although as a squad leader, Luo Xiaoliu's monthly salary is actually not high at all, but because the first payment was reissued to reflect the difference between new and old staff, Luo Xiaoliu also got a small bag full of it.

copper coins, and they are all newly made copper coins of the best quality.

He is very satisfied.

Although dusk made the distant scenery dim and difficult to distinguish, Luo Xiaoliu felt that he should make good use of this last light.

Especially since he has just been promoted from deputy squad leader to squad leader, he has to be even more responsible.

Not far away, a young soldier had been secretly observing Luo Xiaoliu. He waited until Luo Xiaoliu put down his hand on the money for a while before moving over with a spear. But just as he was about to speak, he couldn't help but burp first.

A rich flavor unique to fatty meat burst out immediately.

They had just finished dinner and started to work, which was when the stomach odor was the biggest.

Luo Xiaoliu complained while covering his nose: "Yu Changsheng, you have been a soldier for three months, how come you still eat like a starving ghost every time, and you are not afraid of dying."

"Hehe! Squad leader, we used to work hard. The fuller we ate, the more energetic we became. We were not afraid of being full. If we didn't eat until we were full, we would always feel sorry for our own stomachs." A young soldier named Yu Changsheng said a little embarrassedly.

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"What! Are you still worried about whether you have the last meal or not? You have gained almost ten pounds. Except for training needs, there is no meal that is worse than yours. Remember, you are now the squad vice president, so you have to take care of the overall situation.

Luo Xiaoliu said helplessly while continuing to observe the distance.

Luo Xiaoliu's platoon was a spear platoon, and more than half of the soldiers in the platoon came from trackers on the Yangtze River.

The reason why there is such a concentration in one group is said to be because trackers generally have excellent arm strength and hand endurance.

This is indeed the case.

In just three months of training, many of the new recruits who were track trackers were able to use spears better than Luo Xiaoliu, a former peasant army spearman.

This put Luo Xiaoliu under great pressure.

But at the same time, these recruits from trackers also have an amazing appetite, and they are not picky about food at all. They will eat every meal to death no matter what they eat.

It even greatly surpassed another platoon of our company that was mainly composed of recruits, the Sword Players platoon that was mainly composed of miners, not to mention the other two platoons with more veterans.

So much so that their platoon was eventually nicknamed the Rice Bucket Platoon by the entire company.

This made Luo Xiaoliu and all the backbones in the platoon, including the platoon leader, very embarrassed.

"The fat meat is so delicious! This is something you don't eat very often. Besides, if Director Hu is not marrying his wife, he won't add so much fat." Yu Changsheng, the new class deputy, did not show the proper awareness at all.

As he spoke, he began to think about it.

Luo Xiaoliu was speechless.

It wasn't long before he could eat greasy meat regularly, so how could he not like to eat fat meat?

But he was the squad leader, so he thought he had some status, and yet he still had such an indecent nickname in the platoon.

He can only be reserved, he doesn't want to be laughed at.

"Squad leader, I heard that each of us will be given another pair of shoes in a few days. Is this true?" Yu Changsheng chose to ignore Luo Xiaoliu's confusion and went straight to the purpose of his coming.

Luo Xiaoliu temporarily withdrew his far-looking gaze, hesitated for a moment and then said: "It should be about the same. The platoon leader said so, and the company commander also said so. A lot of things have been seized this time, and the support battalion is working overtime to make them. Listen,

It is said to ensure that every person in our army has a spare set of clothes and shoes in addition to what he is wearing."

"The company commander also said so! Then it must be true. And the clothes? My God, they are so beautiful. I can't even think about it. The most precious thing we wear is our shoes. I'm not afraid of your jokes. I used to

I haven't worn shoes very often..." Yu Changsheng muttered with a happy face.

Although she was actually very beautiful in her heart, Luo Xiaoliu still pretended to be serious and said: "Don't just take advantage of the beauty, stand guard and keep in mind that you are no longer an ordinary soldier. The bandit army has obviously become more active in the past few days, don't let them

Steal us again."

After saying that, Luo Xiaoliu deliberately observed the distance again seriously.

"That's not possible. The hardships we have endured these past few months are not in vain. It is even harder than our stretch-stringing. If thieves dare to come, they will never come back." Yu Changsheng said proudly, while accompanying Luo Xiaoliu in a pretentious manner.

Take a sharp look from a distance.

However, after only watching for a short while, Yu Changsheng could no longer pretend and ran away using an excuse to stretch his legs.

Luo Xiaoliu looked at Yu Changsheng who had not gone far and gathered with a few recruits to mutter quietly. He just smiled and did not interfere.

Sometimes he has to give the squad deputy a little face.

Moreover, their post in the middle of the night is not a fixed sentry, and it is at the city gate. They can chat appropriately and move back and forth in a fixed area without affecting the vigilance.

As expected, the few recruits who were standing next to Yu Changsheng soon burst out laughing, attracting the other soldiers' sidelong glances. However, they did not dare to approach because of squad leader Luo Xiaoliu.
To be continued...