Chapter 454 Reward
In May of the 804th year of the Yuan Dynasty, the ninth prince Long Han led his army to Wangjing City. He saw the majestic outline of Wangjing City from afar. The ninth prince Long Han held the crossbow of the chariot tightly, and his handsome face was full of excitement. He was about to enter the capital of the Far Eastern dynasty as a victor and become the new emperor.
Although the melee of the princes turned most of the city's neighborhoods into ruins and the surviving population was not one in ten, Long Han did not feel any frustration. As long as the situation stabilized, Wang Jingcheng would become the most prosperous city in Middle-earth. Long Han was ambitious at this moment and urgently hoped to revive the Far Eastern Dynasty.
Long Han held a grand entry ceremony, and the nobles who followed Long Han were truly glorious. These fence-headed nobles chose to support the other princes when the other princes were in power. Now seeing the ninth prince Long Han gained power, they immediately turned to Long Han's command. At this moment, they accepted the cheers and welcomes from the people like heroes.
These nobles who were cheered by the people did not feel anything wrong, but instead took it for granted, swayed over the market and kept waving to the people, as if they were really heroes.
"Bah, what are all things?" Sith and others, who were responsible for maintaining order, could not help but feel annoyed when they saw the nobles enjoying the cheers and praises of the people like heroes. If it weren't for their bloody battle, what time would this war have to be fought.
Lin Chuan also had a deep understanding of the annoyance of the generals under his command. The city they had worked hard to build was now someone else who was receiving the cheers. This feeling was indeed uncomfortable. What was most unacceptable was that these people were just waving flags and shouting, and had never really worked hard.
Although they were very dissatisfied, people had to bow their heads under the roof now. Although the Nanchuan Army made great achievements, their strength was still weak compared to those nobles with powerful strength. After hundreds of years of development, the nobles have become a giant. Their financial and material resources are crucial to the reconstruction and stability of the dynasty. The ninth prince Long Han still needs the support of the nobles, so he has to compromise now.
Although the ninth prince Long Han needs the support of the nobles, he also understands that the reason why he can defeat his brother and become the master of the imperial city cannot be separated from the bloody battles of the soldiers of the army. Therefore, after Long Han entered the imperial city, he immediately issued a reward to the generals and soldiers of the army.
"Dongdongdongdong--"
In the past few, Lin Chuan led his troops to fight, exhausted and had not had a good sleep. Now that the war is over, the ninth prince Long Han has successfully entered the imperial city. Lin Chuan finally could relax and have a good sleep, but he was woken up by the sound of knocking on the door after less than three hours of sleep.
Although Lin Chuan was extremely reluctant, he got up and opened the door. Chief of Staff Xue Wenzheng stood outside Lin Chuan's door.
"Sorry, General, I've disturbed your rest." Chief of Staff Xue Wen expressed his apology when he saw Lin Chuan with a tired face.
"Mr. Xue, what's wrong?" Lin Chuan asked.
"General, Your Highness's reward convoy is here."
When Lin Chuan heard Long Han's reward convoy arrive, he showed joy on his face and ordered Xue Wen: "Mr. Xue, please give it to the soldiers as soon as possible. They fight bloody battles. This is what they deserve."
Lin Chuan was still very happy that the ninth prince Long Han could think of the army and reward him, at least it showed that Long Han did not forget the contributions of the army.
"General, things may be a bit troublesome, and you have to deal with them yourself." After hearing Lin Chuan's order, Xue Wen did not move his steps, but handed Lin Chuan a list of rewards in his hand: "The reward supplies transported are different from those on the list, and there are much less."
Lin Chuan took the reward list skeptically, which clearly stated that the reward for each soldier was a jar of wine and a pound of meat, and was also covered with the bright red seal of the Chief of Military Affairs Yang Yanxu.
"How much is missing?" Lin Chuan asked with a frown.
"half."
Lin Chuan cursed in his heart: These damn things are not even rewarded.
"Let's go and have a look." Lin Chuan couldn't rub the sand in his eyes. He felt anger when he thought that the wine and meat that rewarded the soldiers were stripped off by the officials.
The soldiers fought bloody battles, and there were countless casualties. Now there was only a little reward and part of them were taken away by the officials who were in corpse. This was something Lin Chuan could not tolerate.
After a while, Lin Chuan, who was well-dressed, arrived at the entrance of the temporary camp under the leadership of Xue Wen.
There were dozens of large trucks neatly placed at the entrance of the temporary camp, filled with wine and meat. The military officials responsible for escorting wine and meat were now blocked by the angry Nanchuan soldiers.
"Speak clearly, don't want to go out today if you don't say it clearly!" The Nanchuan soldiers were surprisingly angry at the fact that their rewards were reduced for some reason, and shouted loudly to the officials who were escorting them to explain.
"It's good to reward you with great kindness and virtue. Don't be ignorant of it." The official who escorted the wine and meat was facing his nostrils and did not take these big-headed soldiers seriously.
The officials who escorted the wine and meat were also very depressed. According to the dynasty's past practice, officials at all levels had to take commissions for such things as rewarding the wine and meat in the army, and the actual things distributed to the soldiers were often less than 30%. At that time, the status of soldiers was low. Even if the generals and soldiers were dissatisfied, they could only swallow their anger in order not to offend the people above, because once they offend the people above, their lives would be sad.
This time, the ninth prince Long Han issued an order to reward the army. Each soldier could get a pound of meat and a jar of wine. The officers also had additional money. The officials in the military hall took commissions as usual, but they did not expect that the Nanchuan Army would not eat this set. Seeing that the number of rewards decreased, they refused to let the escort officials leave.
Lin Chuan walked to the camp gate with a calm face, and the yelling Nanchuan soldiers immediately made way for Lin Chuan.
Seeing Lin Chuan's arrival, the official who escorted the reward immediately came over and said, "General Lin, please order them to be separated. I have to give rewards to the rest of the camps. No one who delays the rewards will be punished."
"Hmph" Lin Chuan snorted coldly: "If you don't make up for the missing wine and meat today, no one will leave."
"Yes, the missing wine and meat are all made up!" The soldiers around him waved their arms and echoed loudly in response to Lin Chuan.
When the escort official heard Lin Chuan say this, he was anxious and lowered his voice and said, "General Lin, why bother you? I am also following the rules. Why do you make things difficult for me?"
"You have your rules, and I have my rules. I don't have to take care of the rewards from the rest of the army, but I have to ask if I can't agree to the rewards from Lin Chuan if I can't agree to it!" Lin Chuan pulled out the sword from his waist, slashed it on the carriage, and said threateningly.
Chapter completed!