"Report!"

At the foot of Qilian Mountains, a horse flew to it.

"I have reported to the Khan, and found the traces of the Tang army. The Han and Fan infantry cavalry have totaled 80,000, and have left the border of Shanzhou and are currently resting in Haiyan City."

There were dozens of riders standing in front of Hu Qi.

The leader was Murong Fuyun's son, Murong Shun's half-brother. He once killed his father-in-law, King Tianzhu, and surrendered to Tang in Wild Horse Taitan. He was named the governor of Heyuan and the King of Heyuan County.

"Just just left Shanzhou? Didn't Hou Junji have already raised an army? Is this a war or a hunting place, so he was so slow?"

"Crown Prince Li Chengqian and Nuo Hubo walked with him. The prince of Tang hunted along the way, traveled around the mountains and rivers. Wherever he passed, he asked Hou Junji to look for beauty for him. He often walked for one day and three days..."

"Hahaha, this is really God bless me!"

Murong Cheng laughed loudly, "The descendants of Tuyuhun Khan and the warriors of Tuyuhun Khanate, it's time to avenge bloody hatred!"

He drew out the knife and cut a few holes in his face, letting the blood flow down, and then cut off a braid, holding it to the sky.

"The Tang Kingdom betrayed the former alliance with me, Tuyuhun, attacked my tribe, seized my people, robbed my livestock, occupied my land, and even killed my father. Now, with blood debt and blood payment, I will cut off Li Chengqian's head with my own hands, dig out his heart and liver to sacrifice to my father's Khan spirit in heaven, and to worship the Tuyuhun warriors who were killed by the Tang people!"

"revenge!"

Behind Murong Cheng, there were tents of Tuyuhun people all over the mountains and fields, cattle and sheep everywhere, and countless herdsmen led war horses, waved spears and short swords, and shouted in unison to revenge.

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Guangxi.

Yizhou, Longjiang.

The competitive competition before the Grand Ring Village was completely crushing. The contestants sent by the Tang army crushed one barbarian after another. Not only did the barbarians beat horseback, shooting, and fencing, but they were all inferior to those of swimming and boating in events like swimming and boating.

The players sent by the Tang army won all the individual gold, silver and bronze medals, and they also won the first place in the team competition. Chen Ning and Yang Feng and other local local tourists in Lingnan competed for the second place. If it weren't for the team competition, the official army could only send one team, the first three would fall into the hands of the official army.

The competition lasted for three days and was very lively.

In addition to the first day, the Tang army also maintained an array and showed off their power. From the second day, it became a sports party. They changed into relaxing casual robes and leisurely enjoyed the fun in front of them.

The barbarians were defeated again and again, and they were completely confident.

Not only the large and small camps, but also the other barbarian chiefs and powerful men who were recruiting the army were shocked.

It is equivalent to holding a big hammer and smashing the little confidence and arrogance of these people, one hammer after another, and then knocking them all the time until they are broken into dust.

"Qin Buqi."

After the competition was over, Qin Lang personally presented the award to the winner.

Qin Buqi performed well in these three days of competition. This guy not only abused the barbarian with a seven-foot-handed sword, but later participated in horse racing, rowing, swimming, archery, spear throwing and other events. One of them won the gold medal in thirteen single-player events.

A golden gold medal was tied with a red silk. These temporary gold medals were made of pure gold, each weighing two taels, and the words were engraved on it.

Qin Buqi bent down excitedly and asked Duke Wei to help him put on the gold medal. After putting it on, he couldn't help but pick up the gold medal and put it in his mouth and bite it, leaving two rows of tooth marks.

"Don't worry, this is all full gold, even more than the Kaiyuan gold coins."

Gold is afraid of stones, silver is afraid of fire, and pure gold is softer. So when it is circulated as a currency, it actually adds silver-copper mixed casting, which not only increases the toughness of gold coins but also increases wear resistance. On the other hand, the imperial court used this method to control the quality and content to control the cost of gold and silver coins, maintain the profit margin of coins, and make it unprofitable for those who destroy coins and mint them into tools.

But the quality cannot be too low, otherwise it will not only lead to a reduction in credit, but also increase the risk of private casting and thieving.

Therefore, the gold and silver coins of the imperial court were really controlled to be around 88%.

Although since the Zhenguan Reform, gold and silver coins have been minted in large quantities and used in standard denominations and cannot be damaged, cut and used, gold and silver are very expensive after all, and ordinary people do not use gold and silver, especially gold coins.

In recent years, industry and commerce have flourished and money has become popular.

Gold and silver became more and more expensive. In the past, one tael of silver was worth 1,500 yuan in copper coins, one tael of gold was worth about 5 taels of silver, and eight thousand yuan in money was worth 8,000 yuan.

The ratio of gold and silver is one to five.

However, with the great prosperity of maritime trade, overseas Hu merchants also saw business opportunities and began to transport large amounts of silver to the Tang Dynasty. This is mainly because many foreign countries have a huge difference in gold, precious and silver.

For example, in the Franks, the gold and silver price ratio reached 1 to thirteen, and sometimes to 15, and in Eastern Rome, Visigothic, Persia and other countries, it was roughly around this level.

The gold-silver ratio of 1 to 5 in the Tang Dynasty is a huge business opportunity.

At first, some smart Hu merchants sold valuable things such as spices, slaves, etc. to the Tang Dynasty, and transported them back for gold, porcelain, silk, etc., and then exchanged them for spices, silver, etc.

Later, some people simply resell gold and silver, transporting boxes of silver and boxes of gold back. In the Tang Dynasty, they used five to one silver for gold, and when they arrived in the West, they exchanged one for twelve three gold for silver. Such back and forth was even more profitable than selling spices.

Later, the Tang Dynasty soon discovered this loophole and immediately issued new regulations to block it, prohibiting gold, silver, copper coins, and gold, silver and copper ware from flowing out of the country, and cracking down on it.

Later, many new regulations were introduced, and even the gold-silver ratio began to adjust, gradually approaching the international gold-silver price ratio, from one to five, to one to six, to eight, and now it is roughly stable at one to ten.

The Tang Dynasty continued to ban the export of gold, silver, copper coins and utensils, but allowed imports.

This gave many Hu merchants the opportunity to continue to resell and make money, but the Tang Dynasty welcomed the inflow of real gold and silver. Now Japan is the largest overseas copper and silver importer in the Tang Dynasty. Tianzhu, Persia, Rome, Frank and others have become the main gold importers.

The Tang Dynasty was huge in size. Although gold and silver flowed in a large amount every year, under the economic system dominated by precious metals, these inflows of gold and silver were mainly used to mint currencies and were circulated in the Tang Dynasty. The four countries of Haidong were gradually included in the Tang Dynasty currency circulation area. The huge demand caused these massive amounts of gold and silver to flow in, although the money shortage was improved, it did not lead to the depreciation of gold and silver.

A 88%-size-fitting gold coin can be exchanged for ten 10 100 100 silver coins and can be exchanged for 20,000 copper coins.

The gold-copper ratio has gone from 1 to 8 in the past to 1 to 20 now. The copper coins have not depreciated and are still very persistent, but gold has appreciated a lot.

So now people like gold coins more.

However, the imperial court strictly managed gold and silver coins, and prohibited private storage and hoarding of more than the quantity, and the possession and wearing of gold objects was even more strict.

Civilians without status can only wear limited amounts of gold jewelry. Goldware is not allowed to be owned by private property, while untouchable slaves do not even have the qualifications to wear gold jewelry.

These policies are all for ensuring that gold is strengthened as currency and better circulation as currency. However, this further enhances the social status of gold.

Nowadays, even if ordinary people get married, the most important thing is gold jewelry.

At least there must be a gold ring. Those with better conditions will also talk about three golds, or even hardware.

As for officials, gentry and other identities, they all like to have gold utensils within the prescribed license, such as golden buckles with stylus.

These are symbols of identity, representing both wealth and momentum.

A gold medal is made of two taels of gold. Although a gold coin is one tael, its quality is only 88% and it is worth 20,000 yuan. Although the full gold cannot be circulated directly, it can be exchanged for gold and silver shops or banks. One tael of gold can be exchanged for about twenty-two thousand yuan. As long as the quality is good, it is very valuable.

Qin Buqi won the 13th gold medal alone, and gold alone can be worth almost 300 guan. For Qin Buqi, the flag bearer of the second-transfer official group who only sees the seventh grade, this is a lot of money.

Although the treatment of the Yanei Army in Lingnan was good, the monthly money was only 3,000 yuan per month, which was the top treatment, comparable to the emperor's Northern Ya Imperial Guard.

All other monthly food, clothing, and gifts for the New Year are added together. All of his past year, including the treatment he can enjoy as a flag bearer, as well as the treatment he can enjoy as a second transfer award, and the money, food, clothing and gifts for a year, are about fifty cents.

But this money also includes his own clothes purchase money, and he also has to support his family. Therefore, although the salary is good, he is just a little more than a surplus.

If you get three hundred coins at once, it will be a fortune.

I opened my mouth and bit it twice to verify it. It’s not that I really don’t believe in Duke Wei, but I just had such thoughts in my mind.

"You boy, you've angered the public." Qin Lang smiled and patted the guy's arm. This guy was too thick and his arms were as thick as his legs. No wonder he could use a seven-foot heavy sword. This kind of sword could not even use a sword sheath, and it had no sword edge, so it was very dull.

Usually, it is mainly carried on the back or carried on the shoulder. When using it, it is mainly swinging and slashing with inertia. Its power is amazing, but the amount of fifteen pounds is not as strong as the human body, and it really won't take long.

If you want to be able to use it on the battlefield, you need extremely extraordinary power.

It's no easier than swinging a heavy axe or a mace.

This competition was quite casual, with many loopholes in terms of regulations, such as not restricting the participation events. As a result, Qin Buqi held more than 20 events alone and grabbed the championship in thirteen events.

Qin Lang hung thirteen gold medals around his neck, and the gold was only twenty-six taels, almost two pounds.

This guy was so happy that he couldn't stop talking about his ears, more than 300 jin. Even if he finished fighting Longyou and defeated Dangxiang, and fought for thousands of miles, he would not get so much reward.

He has to save up this money for several years without eating or drinking.

"How do you plan to spend this money?"

"I plan to take another concubine, help the woman in the house, and give birth to a few more children for me." Qin Buqi was honest.

"Hahaha, this idea is good."

Qin Lang smiled and gave him another surprise, "You kid is simply a super soldier, you are all-round. I heard that you are still the flag bearer of the 8th Yanei Regiment and have no official position in the scattered rank?"

"The Ministry of War asked me to go through eight years, but now it's only the fifth year, and it will take at least three years. In addition, I have to pay for it. I used to marry, have children, build a house and serve as a mother. I don't have much money left, so I can only continue to live."

"Your good luck is here, boy, no weapon, gentleman, no weapon, this name is very good. People with abilities will never be buried. Although I didn't find you, a kid in Longyou, this time I performed very well, so I plan to reuse you. You were the flag bearer of the Eighth Regiment, right? Being a flag bearer is too insignificant, so I decided to promote you to the coach of the Eighth Regiment."

The position of coach is equivalent to the sergeant chief in the US military.

The Lingnan Yanei Army is a relatively new army, and there are many places that are different from the traditional government soldiers. For example, the coach, Qin Lang has a coach in the Yanei Army, also known as the chief coach, and the brigades at all levels below have coaches.

The responsibilities of the instructor are clearly different from the military chiefs at all levels. The officers are mainly responsible for the formulation of combat plans and combat command, while the instructor assists the officers in managing the army, mainly responsible for training and marching, etc., and manage the troops according to the officer's orders and military system.

The coaches at all levels are from the bottom of the army who are experienced and brave and outstanding in war, and the King of War Wars, who become the coaches.

The regiments and brigades of each camp include both the leaders’ instructors, as well as the crossbow coaches, the gun and rod coaches, and the riding and shooting coaches who are in charge of various military training.

Below the coach, there are also sergeants in the lower-level teams and fire grassroots organizations, divided into upper-middle corps and corps. These are also experienced veterans, becoming backbone of the grassroots of the army, serving as flag bearers, fire chiefs, sergeant chiefs, etc., and not having formal rank positions.

Below them, there are also the fourth level of the lower-level third-class second-class first-class private, which is the most ordinary soldier. From the new recruits entering the battalion to gradually growing into rich experience soldiers, enjoying different benefits of money and food at different levels.

The hierarchy is very clear, which makes the army in the Yamen have a clear responsibilities and a more complete organizational structure. It also mobilizes the enthusiasm of the soldiers, strives to perform well, and strives to train martial arts to achieve level improvement.

As the flag bearer of the Eighth Regiment of the Oral Army, Qin Buqi, as a second-transfer official, had no official position in the scattered rank, but he was also a sergeant. He was considered an old soldier, and his abilities and treatment were very good.

What is missing is an opportunity, but there are many capable people in the army, but there are very few opportunities.

Qin Buqi now meets Qin Lang, and the opportunity is here.

The regiment commander is a first-level officer and a captain of the regiment, and is one level lower than the Zhechong Prefecture Captain. The Zhechong Prefecture Captain is from the seventh rank.

The tutor of the League is therefore a rank-of-eighth rank official, and is one level higher than the garrison leader.
Chapter completed!