The rise of the poor

Chapter 1972 Mysterious Confidence
Soon, Prefect Zhao ordered the silver in the box to be distributed to everyone in the audience, one or two taels of silver per person.

"Master, isn't one tael of silver per person per day too much? That's three thousand taels per day, thirty thousand taels per day for ten days, and ninety thousand taels per month. That's too much... At the current market price, one tael of silver per day is enough."

When the silver was being distributed, an old servant came to Magistrate Zhao and reminded him in a low voice.

Master, you sold your old house and ancestral land in Hangzhou to raise the salary for today. According to what you said, one tael of silver a day, how can they raise the salary in the future? Although you have been the prefect for so many years and have saved a lot of money, and you have other houses and land in Hangzhou and Shaoxing, it is not enough to make ends meet. How can we live in the future?! And there are so many servants, can you still support them?

"Haha, it's okay. It only takes a day." Prefect Zhao waved his hand nonchalantly.

what?
What does this mean, sir?
What do you mean it’s only a day?!

The old servant was stunned, his brain seemed to freeze. Aren't we going to recapture Jiaxing City? Although I don't know much about military affairs, I know that attacking a city is not a matter of one day or one night, especially for our 3,000 people, most of whom are ordinary people who have never touched a sword or a gun. If we gather these people, we must train them for a period of time before the battle, at least a month. And we have to attack the city. That is one of the largest and most fortified cities in Jiangnan. Even if we do it quickly, it will take at least ten days or half a month. How can one day be enough?
"Don't worry about it. I'll take care of everything."

Prefect Zhao patted the old servant's shoulder with a mysterious look on his face, as if everything was under my control.

Uh. How can the master be so mysteriously confident? Back then, we were guarding the huge city of Jiaxing with thousands of regular troops under our command, but we were defeated by 400 Japanese pirates. Now the offensive and defensive situation has changed. We have gone from defending the city to attacking it. We only have 1,000 old, weak, sick and disabled garrison soldiers and 2,000 mobs under our command. How can the master be so mysteriously confident?!
My old servant’s CPU is burning up. I’ve lived for fifty years and eaten several cans of salt, but I still can’t figure it out.
After the money was distributed, Prefect Zhao stood on the high platform, raised his arm and shouted in high spirits, "Okay, everyone has received today's salary. Now, listen to my order, the army will march, and head straight to Jiaxing City! When we get to Jiaxing City, we will cook, have a good sleep, and gather our strength. The army will attack the city early the next morning! I will lead you to defeat the Japanese pirates, recapture Jiaxing, and rescue hundreds of thousands of people in Jiaxing City! I will make history, and you will make history with me, and we will go down in history together!"

The crowd in the audience, who had just received their silver and were all smiling happily, could not help but drop their jaws in shock when they heard the order from Prefect Zhao.

Damn it!
Is my hearing damaged? What did I just hear?!
The prefect wants to lead us directly to the city of Jiaxing, and we will attack the Japanese pirates early the next morning to recapture Jiaxing?!
No way?! Just our 3,000 rabble?! 1,000 old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, 2,000 civilians who have never trained for a day?! We just put down our hoes yesterday and picked up our weapons today?!
You are not taking us to recapture Jiaxing, you are taking us to give our heads to the Japanese pirates, right?!
It's better to leave a name in history than to leave a stupid name in unofficial history? !

Suddenly, everyone felt that the silver coins in their hands were very hot. This was not salary but money for their lives. They almost couldn't help but throw the silver coins away.

"Sir, we need to train for at least ten days or half a month to get familiar with the battle formation before we go and settle accounts with the Japanese pirates, right?"

"Sir, don't be impulsive. We need to think long-term."

"My Lord, please think twice. We heard that the Japanese pirates in Jiaxing City not only recruited nearly 10,000 people locally, but also transferred more than 5,000 elite Japanese pirates from their old nest in Tuolin. Together, they have 15,000 soldiers and horses, while we only have 3,000 people. Isn't this like an egg hitting a stone? My Lord, please think twice!"

The people in the audience hurriedly tried to persuade him, "If you want to die, please don't take us with you, okay? We don't want to die."

"No need to say more. I have made up my mind. The army will march out immediately. Anyone who disobeys my orders will be killed without mercy! This is a military order. You must know that a military order is like a mountain falling. It is not a joke. Don't blame me for not reminding you!"

Magistrate Zhao drew out the sword from his waist with a loud bang, swung it vigorously, and shouted at the people in the audience without hesitation.

"Ah?! No way, immediately?! The army is going to march out now?!"

"We have just been called together, and we haven't even had a day of training. We have just put down our hoes and picked up our weapons, and we are going to march out?!"

"Are we in a hurry to be reborn?"

We have boarded a pirate ship and cannot get off. The people in the audience could not help but extend a thousand cordial greetings to Governor Zhao.

"Hmph! What is there to be afraid of? I am not afraid, so why should you be afraid?! Isn't my life a hundred times more valuable than yours?! Listen carefully, from this moment on, whether it is marching or attacking a city, I will lead the charge and be the first to break into the battle! Just follow my steps!"

"If I had not led the way, you would have been allowed to disobey my orders and even retreat and escape!"

"But, let me be frank with you. As long as I lead the charge, you must follow me and charge into battle together. Anyone who retreats or hesitates without permission will be killed without mercy, no matter who they are!"

Prefect Zhao stood on the high platform, shouting and cursing with a fearless look on his face, swearing that he would lead the charge and demand that everyone follow his footsteps, otherwise they would be killed without mercy!
Follow in your footsteps?!

Damn it!
Do you want us to be buried with you?!
The people in the audience once again extended ten thousand cordial greetings to Prefect Zhao and his family, none of them repeated.

"We are the army of justice, the Japanese pirates are the army of evil. God is above, His Majesty is above, justice will prevail!"

Prefect Zhao, in a dignified and righteous manner, drew his sword, shouted, stepped off the stage, mounted his horse, and led the charge.

"Supervisory team, anyone who fails to follow my steps will be killed without mercy!" Prefect Zhao gave the order on horseback.

The one hundred Japanese pirates, as the personal soldiers of Magistrate Zhao, were naturally appointed by him as the battle supervision team. These one hundred Japanese pirates were also the basis for him to control the three thousand mobs.

"If you don't come forward, kill them!"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The Japanese pirates' supervisory team drew their swords and shouted "kill".

"We can't afford to offend him, we can't afford to offend him, let's just follow him first, didn't the prefect say that we will have to charge forward along the way, and he will be at the front, if he's not at the front, can we retreat or even run away?!"

"That's right, let's go first. I don't believe that he can be at the front when we attack Jiaxing City. As long as he is not at the front, we can slip away."

"it is good."

The crowd in the audience surrendered.

(End of this chapter)