The Birth of Jiaozi
The next morning, the soldiers who woke up early were patrolling and training. However, no matter what they were doing, as long as Lin Fei appeared, they would look up at him from time to time, their eyes filled with anticipation.
Seeing those expectant eyes, how could Lin Fei not know what they were thinking? Hence, he asked Qin Yuhuai, who had just returned from helping Governor Chen deliver the grain, to gather everyone.
Soon, the soldiers stood neatly in front of Lin Fei. All of them stood straight. Their eyes moved from Lin Fei to Lin Fei's back. When they found that it was empty behind Lin Fei, they could not help but look disappointed.
"There's no need to look. I don't have anything behind me. I originally wanted to give all the gold to you now, but this gold isn't enough for each of us to share one tael.”Lin Fei said to the soldiers.
"I do."
"We believe in you, General!"
"We believe you. Even if you don't give it to us, we won't say anything!”
The soldiers in front of them scrambled to answer, as if they were slow to answer because they did not believe Lin Fei.
Lin Fei smiled happily. In less than two months, it was not easy to make the 3,000 soldiers he brought out believe him so much, but he did it.
"Since you trust me so much, let's talk about the distribution first. I didn't think it through before when I said that we should split it equally. After all, some of our brothers are injured now.”
"No problem!" This time, the soldiers 'answers were very uniform. No one said that Lin Fei had gone back on his word at this time. After all, the injured were also their brothers. There were also a few who were more seriously injured. They were missing arms and legs. They were all among the people who Huang Zhi had led to charge.
These people who were missing arms and legs were destined not to be able to stay in the military camp in the future. Moreover, it was a big problem for them to go home and make a living. Therefore, everyone felt that it was only right to give more money to these people.
Lin Fei was very satisfied with everyone's answers, which meant that these people did not forget their brotherhood because of the money.
"It's actually like this. I told you how to split it!”
"Those who are not injured will each receive five taels of silver. Those who are lightly injured and the centurions will each receive twenty taels. Those who are seriously injured and the centurions will each receive fifty taels.”
No one objected. To those injured soldiers, they had only been out for less than two months, and it was so easy. They were already very happy to be able to get five taels of silver.
One had to know that in this era, five taels of silver could allow an ordinary family of five to live comfortably for half a year. This was something that could not be done by other generals. These people had worked under other generals in the past and were very clear about this.
" There's no problem with the distribution. Let's talk about the last point. I can't distribute the silver to you now, but I will give you a special piece of paper, each representing five taels of silver. When we return to Chang 'an, I will explain to all the merchants in Chang' an that you can buy things from them with these pieces of paper or exchange them for silver. Then, they can ask me to exchange them for silver.”
Lin Fei told him the core problem of the day. Those special papers were Jiaozi. Lin Fei had brought Jiaozi, which only appeared in the Song Dynasty, to the Tang Dynasty in advance.
The reason why he did this was to let Jiaozi slowly develop into a currency. This way, the merchants of the Tang Dynasty would not have to carry so much silver with them in the future. Not only would it be tiring, but it would also be dangerous. Moreover, the early advancement of Jiaozi would also help the economic development of the Tang Dynasty.
Another reason was that Lin Fei did not have that much silver at the moment. His house was full of gold and he could not give it to these soldiers.
Special paper?
The soldiers were full of questions. They did not know what these special papers looked like. They had never heard of them before. However, due to their trust in Lin Fei, they did not doubt whether these special papers could really be exchanged for silver in any shop in Chang 'an as Lin Fei said.
Seeing that no one objected, Lin Fei took out a stack of paper from his pocket and said to the soldiers,"Since no one has any questions, I'll start distributing these special papers to you now. Qin Yuhuai will call out names. Whoever he points out will come out and take their share.”
Qin Yuhuai, who was standing at the side, took out a manual. The names of all the soldiers were recorded in it and he began to take attendance. When one came out, Lin Fei would hand over the soldier's share.
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