Last night's great victory had been gratifying. 1500 prefectural soldiers and local soldiers had been wiped out. Compared to ambushing He Tao, this great victory was even more inspiring.
On Liangshan, it was naturally inevitable to celebrate.
However, after the celebration, Xu Fengwu was busy digesting the results of the battle and dealing with the rest.
The first was the compensation for the minions. Seven people had died in this battle, and more than 50 were injured.
According to the rules set by Xu Fengwu, the dead minions would be compensated with a hundred strings of money and their funeral arrangements would be made.
For those who were injured, depending on the severity of the injury, the compensation ranged from five to fifty strings.
Moreover, such a huge victory would definitely be rewarded to boost morale.
As a result, the money was spent like flowing water, and in the blink of an eye, more than eight thousand strings were scattered.
Due to the destruction of Xihou Village and Liangshan Town, the village had accumulated a large amount of money. Based on the current situation, it was enough for Xu Fengwu to spend extravagantly for a period of time.
However, one had to look ahead. The money in the village would be spent one day. At that time, they could only go down the mountain to cut the meat of those rich families.
Xu Fengwu did not reject this, but what he wanted was a stable and long-term source of income.
Putting this matter aside, Zhu Gui would handle the compensation, and the other thing was to recruit the captives.
This night raid had captured more than 300 people. Including the ones who had been captured by He Tao, there were nearly 400 people in total.
Xu Fengwu didn't believe that there weren't any cowards among them.
Moreover, Xu Fengwu had also obtained an important piece of information from these captives. It was that the Military Superintendent, Chen Yinglong, had injured his leg while riding a horse. He would need to recuperate for at least a few months.
In other words, for at least two to three months, Jeju would not send troops to encircle Liangshan again.
Therefore, Xu Fengwu had to seize the opportunity to increase the strength of Liangshan as much as possible to deal with the possible arrival of the Jeju Imperial Army.
The vast majority of the 800-plus lackeys of Liangshan had experienced more than one battle. After experiencing the blood and fire of battle, their bloodlust definitely surpassed that of the Imperial Army.
Especially after this victory, the morale of the minions reached a new high.
However, Xu Fengwu knew very well that the morale of the minions was high. They could fight the prefectural army and local soldiers head-on, but what if they were to face the Imperial Army of Jeju?
Ever since Song and Liao signed the Chanyuan alliance, other than the Northwest and Xixia, which were still at war, the rest of the places had been peaceful for a hundred years. The imperial guards in various places were lax in their preparations for war.
This was true. In terms of quality, the Imperial Army was not much stronger than the prefectural armies. However, as the main force of the Song Dynasty, the Imperial Army was very luxuriously equipped.
The famous Divine Bow could even pierce through the iron sparrows of the Xixia people, not to mention the various kinds of iron armor, leather armor, and paper armor. Even the quality of the standard swords and spears would be first-class goods outside.
On the other hand, the Liangshan minions were still wearing all kinds of simple clothes and holding large swords and spears. Putting aside their exuberant aura, they were no different from beggars.
Xu Fengwu did have gunpowder, but the problem now was that Liangshan did not have enough sulfur and saltpeter to produce large quantities of gunpowder.
Most importantly, Liangshan was still very weak. If they took out gunpowder now, the imperial court would immediately send an army to snatch it when they saw such a weapon.
Therefore, the black gunpowder could not be taken out for the time being.
In order to strengthen their strength, it was crucial to recruit these captives.
At this moment, everyone in the hall agreed with Xu Fengwu's suggestion. After all, there were nearly 400 captives. The consequences would be unimaginable if something bad happened.
After all, including the families of the minions, there were only 1,200 people in Liangshan. The proportion of captives was a little high.
Song Wan said," These captives are all birds that were defeated by my Liang Mountain. Who cares if they are willing or not? Choose the strong ones and tattoo them on their faces. They have no choice but to obey."”
"Brother Song Wan is right!"
Xu Fengwu nodded and said,""However, we can't just be stubborn. We'll send people to surrender first, and we'll set a deadline of three days. Those who are willing to join us within three days will be given preferential treatment. Each person will receive five strings of money to settle down, and they won't have to be stabbed.”
"After this, those who surrender will only receive the usual settlement allowance. They will also have to tattoo their faces and receive lower treatment.”
"In addition, those who can't fight a battle, let them feed the horses and chop wood, and be responsible for the handymen of the village.”
"Those who are stubborn, such as those small officers, will be imprisoned first and dealt with when the time is right.”
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this. Zhu Gui said sincerely,"Brother is really brilliant. In this way, how can these government troops not surrender?”
Xu Fengwu smiled and said,"Don't tell these conditions to the captives yet. We'll talk about it after they submit."”
"Naturally." Everyone nodded.
After all, what Liang Shan wanted now was unconditional surrender. Those benefits could only be obtained after unconditional surrender.
Then, Xu Fengwu said to everyone,""In addition, our brothers in the village are all wearing a variety of clothes now. In the future, the village will be training their troops. We can't get the clothes and armor of the official army for the time being, but we can still wear the same clothes.”
"Therefore, I plan to spend a sum of money to make clothes for our brothers. The color will be mainly brown. What do you think?”
No one had any objections. Even Shi Wengong said,"Unifying the clothes of our village will help maintain morale and make everyone united.”
Xu Fengwu could not help but nod. One should not underestimate the fact that everyone was dressed in the same uniform. For a group, it could give the people in the group a sense of belonging and teamwork.
Du Qian and Song Wan would be in charge of summoning the captives, while Zhu Gui would be in charge of the clothes.
At this moment, the Ruan brothers returned. The three of them met Xu Fengwu and reported the situation. Then, the second son of the Ruan family told him about the idea of collecting money.
Xu Fengwu immediately smiled. He had this idea for a long time, but he didn't expect Ruan Er to think of it as well. He immediately said to everyone,""What do you think of this method?”
Du Qian immediately said," Now that we've won a great victory against the government army, we've shown off the prestige of Liangshan. It's only right for us to ask these merchants for some money. Do you think they'll dare to refuse?"”
Zhu Gui also said,"There are countless merchants on the Jishui and Wenshui. If everyone charges a toll, that would be quite a large sum."”
"Moreover, for the village, it's equivalent to having money and food in their accounts every month. There won't be a time when they can't make a living.”Shi Wengong was more knowledgeable and spoke of the key point.
These were all silver coins, so how could everyone not agree?
In the past, when Wang Lun was still around, Liangshan did not have the ability to provoke goods by sea. The money needed by the village was obtained by robbing merchants on land.
But now, under Xu Fengwu's leadership, Liangshan had defeated 1,500 prefectural soldiers and local soldiers in one fell swoop, and even beheaded the regimental training envoy Huang An. It could be said that their momentum had greatly increased.
Under such circumstances, if Liangshan wanted to interfere in the waterway, would the merchants dare to not give in?
"It seems that everyone agrees," said Xu Fengwu. However, these merchants 'transactions are both big and small. If we charge each person a hundred strings, it's a lot for small businesses, but it's light for big businesses. Why don't we only take two percent of the value of each merchant's goods?”
Ruan the Second immediately shouted," Brother's idea is good. If we meet those big businessmen, the toll will be more than a hundred strings!"”
Xu Fengwu smiled and said,"You're right. From now on, our Liangshan Lake will only become more and more prosperous!"”
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