C230 Unique banknote (2/2)

”Five soldiers are paid monthly as well as fifteen squad leaders and fifty Queue length s. The current highest ranking Company Commander is paid a hundred per month … This is only the salary during times of peace, and during times of war, this is double the salary! ”

Before Xiao Letian even finished speaking, these soldiers who were strict with their discipline did not make a sound, the commoners were all dumbfounded. No wonder they were all acting like heavenly soldiers, this was an army that Silver Mountain had built.

The commoners were very experienced, they knew that the average Green Camp soldier's monthly salary was one tael of silver, but they were never able to get a sufficient amount of money. Seven buckles, eight buckles, and sometimes even the top of some food and cloth, if they could get a few hundred coins, they would be considered a wealthy army.

The situation of the Manchuria's Eight Banners was slightly better, but these few years, the situation was also very serious. The situation of the Manchuria's Eight Banners being better, but these few years, the situation had been very serious.

Xiao Letian looked around, he could see the astonishment in the eyes of the citizens, this was what he wanted, he wanted to push his new army into the eyes of the citizens, this was the only way to rouse their sense of honor.

”Brothers, when we were in military lessons before, you all knew what the soldiers in the Great Clear World were like now. They were all so poor that they were like beggars and had been forced to become thieves and robbers …” Why should I, Xiao Letian, give everyone a higher salary? It is to make you feel a sense of belonging to this army, to make you all become soldiers with dignity, and not the repulsive soldiers the people speak of! ”

Xiao Letian stood on the stage and shouted, ”We are the new army, we are the iron army with strict discipline, we have our own clean salaries, we don't have to bully or bully the citizens, we don't have to burn or loot cities, we rely on the spears in our hands to protect the people of the world, this is the foundation of our survival …”

If there is anyone who dares to mistreat their citizens, I, Xiao Letian, do not mind sending you a bullet in person, to hell with you personally … Remember! ”Don't lose face for this army, don't lose face for all your comrades who died in battle, and don't lose face for yourselves …”

”Start the roll call. I, Xiao Letian, will personally pay you with silver coins …”

Xiao Letian's reprimand was like a whip that struck everyone's hearts. Not only the new army, but the commoners also felt their blood rush to their heads.

”This is the army that Grandpa Yue Fei sent back in the past!” ”We're going to freeze to death and refuse to demolish the house.”

”Shh …” ”Keep your voice down, don't say that. Grandpa Yue was hitting women for real, a violation of the imperial government's taboo …”

Amidst the discussions, Wang Huaiyuan began to hold onto the register and call out names. ”Wang Da Zhuang …” Qian Fei... ”Zheng Erbao …” Following the call for names, soldiers walked onto the stage one by one, standing at attention in front of Xiao Letian.

Today, Xiao Letian had also changed into a set of official military uniform. With a serious expression, he returned the greeting, and then took out a stack of papers from his wooden box and handed it over to the soldiers.

”Brat, I remember you. When Shouli City was charging towards the array, you helped me block the rain of arrows. You're called Qian Fei? The first ones to sneak in while capturing Maylor? Well done, you are truly worthy of being a soldier trained by me, Xiao Letian. ”

Xiao Letian greeted them one by one and placed the stack of papers into the soldier's arms, ignoring the strange looks from the soldier. It was no wonder why the soldiers had a strange look on their faces. What they were holding in their hands was something they had never seen before.

”Letian Firm small deposit slip? This small one was a silver coin exchange certificate, and this one was a 5 silver exchange certificate, and there were also 10 silver coins … Eh? There were even words written on the back, ”Free exchange certificate. Anyone can use this certificate to exchange for equal value silver coins in the Letian Firm. Is this the legendary currency used by foreigners?”

A large majority of Xiao Letian's new army consisted of the Ryukyu's Chinese who grew up, and they had been living at the docks ever since they were young. They had heard of the small amount of money circulating in the west, so the suspicions in the hearts of these Ryukyu's Chinese were not very big.

But the native soldiers of the continent were completely dumbfounded, and they thought to themselves, ”Lord, what are you doing?” Could it be that the lord's funds were not working well? The reason why these big guys gathered under the lord's command was to do a big job, how many of them came here purely for the money? It's good to eat and drink well in the new army and also to live and sleep in the city. Actually, it doesn't really matter whether we have a salary or not. As for printing a few pieces of paper to fool us? ”

These soldiers were mistaken, Xiao Letian was not just randomly printing paper money or making fun of people, Xiao Letian just wanted to give it a try. If the reputation of this treasure were to spread, then in the future, he would earn more than forging silver.

The printing paper was done by Fan Lian together with more than twenty experts who had personally guided him. The high quality wood pulp was mixed with a certain percentage of wool and cotton, which greatly increased the strength and toughness of the paper. The ink imported from the west was resistant to abrasion and did not lose color.

Xiao Letian had talked with the smiths before, with Great Qing Dynasty's current skills, it would be impossible to forge such a weapon without researching it for two to three years. However, after two to three years, Xiao Letian's skill might have increased by a lot.

”Brothers, do you think that I, Xiao Letian, am a bit of a fool? ”Don't worry, once I explain the beauty of this small deposit slip, you will understand my good intentions.”