All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 3 The Birth of a Dog
The General of Jimen and the General of Jizhen have completely different positions.

It's like the divisional commander versus the military district commander.

Although both are commanders, it is obvious that the latter is more powerful.

You have to know that the general of Jizhen is the general of a big town, one of the nine frontiers in the world.

The last famous general of Jizhen was named Qi Jiguang!
The actual number of soldiers and horses registered in Jizhen was as high as 124,000.

There are more than 30,000 people in Jimen headquarters alone.

Of course, as I said before, the Ming Dynasty has its own unique national conditions and people are collecting empty salaries, so we should cut it in half first.

Of the remaining ones, more than half are military households from various places, and the last ones are combat soldiers.

Among these combat soldiers, the only ones who are truly useful are the servants who are fed by drinking the blood of the soldiers.

Chen Ran just moved his fingers, and Zhao Luejiao went from being the general of Jimen, who nominally commanded 30,000 troops, to the general of Jizhen, who nominally commanded more than 100,000 troops.

Given the moral character of the Ming Dynasty's civil servants, this kind of position is usually only qualified for them.

Usually they are various supervisors.

"Master Chen."

After being promoted to captain, Chen Ran was also qualified to be addressed as "Sir", after all, captain was also a seventh-rank official.

Chen Ran was busy counting the accounts. He looked up and saw the soldier in front of him. "Who are you?"

"Master Chen, I am under the command of Governor Zhao."

I see. In Jizhen headquarters, there is only one person holding the title of governor, Zhao Lushi.

The visitor handed Chen Ran a gold-stamped invitation card and said, "My governor will hold a banquet in three days. Sir Chen, please attend the banquet."

Chen Ran's heart was slightly moved. "Is there something good happening to Governor Zhao?"

The servant immediately showed joy on his face and nodded vigorously, "Your Majesty has appointed my commander-in-chief to lead the Jizhen Army and give him the title of General Ping Liao!"

At the same time, two lines of subtitles appeared in front of Chen Ran.

'The modification of history has been completed, and the reward will be issued.'

'The salary of rice is 2,664 dan, and the salary of banknotes is 900 liang.'

After being here for so long, Chen Ran has already learned about the salary standards of the Ming Dynasty.

This is obviously the right general of the Five Military Commanderies, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, plus three times the annual salary of the General of Ping Liao.

"Finally, I see some silver. It's not easy." Chen Ran let out a long sigh. "This year, food can feed people, but equipment depends on silver."

If you want to save the Ming Dynasty and return home safely, you must destroy the Eastern Tartar.

The Eastern Tartars are not easy to deal with, and we must train elite troops to deal with them.

In order to train elite soldiers, in addition to providing them with good food and drink, they also need excellent equipment.

These equipments should have been issued directly to the army by the imperial court, but the Ming Dynasty had its own national conditions, and the clerks in charge of the treasury had to receive money before they would give out good things.

"This is a really great joyous event."

Chen Ran congratulated with a smile on his face, "Please tell Governor Zhao that I will definitely be there to congratulate you."

Although he didn't know why his own governor valued such a small captain, the servant still left happily.

Regardless, it's a good thing.

Their general has almost reached the pinnacle of military officials. If he goes any higher, he will be promoted to the third division and be granted a title.

"I need to give a gift." Chen Ran stroked his chin and called a few old soldiers. "General Zhao has appointed me as the General of Ping Liao and invited me to a banquet. What gift should I give?"

The old soldiers are very experienced and they start with analysis.

"The mansion is too expensive, and you are spending too much money."

This was to save face for Chen Ran, but in fact everyone knew that he could not afford a luxurious house.

"Meiji's words may be hard to find for a while."

It is also true that beautiful girls are not easy to find, and those in tile houses are not included.

"Famous swords and heavy armor, I'm afraid Governor Zhao has plenty of them."

Zhao Lujiao has been in the army for many years, so he naturally has no shortage of excellent weapons and armor around him.

In the end, the advice given by several veterans was "BMW."

An old soldier took the initiative to explain, "There is a horse market here in Ji County, with many good horses for the army."

"Military horse?" Chen Ran raised his eyebrows. "A trained military horse?"

"Your Excellency, don't you know?" The old soldiers laughed. "We in Jizhen have 40,000 registered horses, but everyone knows that this is just a number on paper. There are even horses from the Longqing period on paper that are receiving horse feed, beans and salt."

"hehe."

Chen Ran really knew this.

It's not just the military horses, it's the same with people too.

Many soldiers who were registered during the Longqing period, more than half a century ago, are still receiving food and wages.

As for who got all the food and wages, those who understand will naturally understand.

"There are definitely military horses. Horses are sent here every year by horse farms everywhere."

The old soldiers said one after another, "But most of them will go to the horse market, and there are many good horses."

"I understand."

Chen Ran nodded repeatedly, "I understand."

It's just embezzlement, everyone seems to know that.

In the Ming Dynasty, the price of an ordinary horse fluctuates around thirty taels.

Military horses are more expensive, about fifty taels.

Those that look good can even be sold for eighty or even a hundred taels.

When Chen Ran arrived at the horse market, he was not looking for a thousand-mile horse. He just wanted one with a strong physique and shiny fur.

To put it simply, look for ones that look good.

When giving gifts, appearance is the most important thing, just like in the modern world, gifts are often given in the form of fruit baskets or gift boxes, just to make them look pretty.

Finally, Chen Ran found a tall horse that was rare in this era. It was a red horse with a shoulder height of nearly five feet.

Let’s not talk about the impact and endurance for now, but the appearance is really amazing.

Anyone who loves horses will dislike it.

In order to buy this horse, Chen Ran spent a huge sum of one hundred and twenty taels.

Three days later, Chen Ran came to the outside of Zhao Lujiao's house, leading this BMW, which at least looked very good.

The house is large and beautiful.

Blue bricks, white walls, glazed tiles, and a festive red door.

"I heard that this place was originally the residence of Zhu Guoyan, the commander-in-chief of the Central Association of the headquarters, and was given as a gift to curry favor with Zhao Lujiao."

Looking at the huge courtyard in front of him, Chen Ran said with a sigh, "As expected of the general, he is really rich."

There was a lot of traffic all around, and almost all the generals from our headquarters had arrived.

Some people even came here specially from Yongping, Changping and other places.

There is no way. Zhao Lushi is now the general of Jizhen, and the entire Jizhen is nominally under his jurisdiction.

Even if there is no need to curry favor, it is not good to offend.

Zhao Luejiao handed the horse to the servant who was welcoming guests outside the door, and Chen Ran, who presented a valuable gift, was led all the way into the bustling main hall.

The hall was filled with generals, deputy generals, lieutenant generals, guerrilla generals, garrison commanders, and the worst was a thousand-man commander.

Below the rank of Qianzong, there was only Chen Ran.

The dancers who were brought from Ji County at a high price were dancing gracefully in the hall, and the sound of stringed instruments lingered in the air.

There were fine wines and delicious food on the table, especially the golden roasted lamb legs, which made Chen Ran's mouth water.

Everyone in the hall was either busy flattering Zhao Luejiao, or playing with the dancers in a wild manner, or drinking together. Only Chen Ran was busy eating.

What surprised everyone was that Zhao Lujiao looked at Chen Ran from time to time, with undisguised admiration in his eyes.

He had already learned that Chen Ran had given him a horse.

Zhao Lujiao didn't know that Chen Ran had a system reward, and just thought that he was borrowing money to buy a horse in order to give him a valuable gift.

For a person with a fortune of millions, giving him a gift worth a hundred taels of silver would naturally be considered precious.

But Chen Ran's wealth was estimated to be only a few dozen taels, but he was given a valuable gift worth more than a hundred taels by himself. Of course, the feeling was different.

What's more, news related to Jizhen has also been received from sources in the capital.

The emperor mentioned this man's name in private, calling him a loyal person.

It is precisely because of these that Zhao Lujiao looks at Chen Ran differently.

Those people in the main hall who were good at observing people's words and expressions were unaware of the twists and turns inside. Seeing this scene, they were completely puzzled and felt even more envious and jealous.

I am just a small captain. How could I be so worthy of being valued by General Ping Liao?

"Captain Chen," Zhao Lujiao said calmly, "I heard that you distributed all the wages owed to the soldiers under your command?"

Reluctantly putting down the lamb leg in his hand, Chen Ran bowed and saluted, "General, this is what the soldiers deserve, so we should distribute it all."

"Good." Zhao Lujiao smiled. "If all the military officers were like you, there would be no need to worry about the destruction of the Eastern Tartars."

Everyone looked embarrassed when they heard this.

Everyone cut corners, but you didn't. Isn't that a slap in the face? Do you still want to make progress?

Zhu Laitong, the deputy general of our department, raised his wine glass with a fake smile and gestured to Chen Ran, "I never thought that our department would have a young hero like you. Let me toast you a glass of wine."

Two subtitles suddenly appeared in front of Chen Ran.

"Deputy General Zhu Laitong is jealous of you and wants to set a trap for you."

'Note: You can modify two of the words.'

"Two words?" Chen Ran smiled and quickly erased the word jealousy and changed it to admiration.

Seeing that Chen Ran didn't react, Zhu Laitong immediately frowned and was about to scold him.

But when the words of rebuke came to his lips, they turned into "General Chen is truly a pillar of the country. I, Zhu Laitong, have never been submissive to anyone in my life, but today I will be submissive to you. I won't waste any more nonsense, let's drink first to show my respect."

After saying that, Zhu Laitong picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

After drinking the wine, Zhu Laitong held the glass in his hand and wondered, "What the hell am I talking about?"

"I don't deserve it." Chen Ran smiled and held up the wine glass and responded, "Lord Zhu, you are too kind. It's just that I can't drink much. How about half a glass?"

Zhu Laitong's face darkened, and he was about to start cursing, "I am a deputy general, and I am drinking with a captain like you, and you still want to drink half of it?"

But what came out of his mouth was "It's okay, it's okay, I'll drink it all, you can do whatever you want."

His hands uncontrollably poured himself a glass of wine, and he stood up and gestured to Chen Ran from a distance, then drank it all in one gulp.

Two lines of subtitles appeared in front of Chen Ran again.

'The modification has been completed, and the reward will be issued.'

'The salary of 576 dan of rice and 300 liang of salary notes were distributed.'

The deputy general is the deputy general-in-chief, and is of the second rank.

The annual salary and allowance are actually not small. If nothing else, it is more than enough to support a family.

This amount of food is enough to feed his men for a month.

The people around were greatly surprised to see this scene, and they didn't understand what Lao Zhu was doing.

Zhu Laitong sat down again and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his hand.

He sensed something was wrong, perhaps he was possessed by an evil spirit.

Zhu Laitong, who didn't understand the situation, simply lowered his head and pretended to be drunk.

Others who wanted to make things difficult for Chen Ran also had no idea of ​​the situation.

For a moment, the hall was filled with an inexplicable atmosphere.

Zhao Lujiao coughed lightly, his eyes swept over Zhu Laitong who was pretending to be dead, and finally fell on Chen Ran.

"Chen Ran, do you know that your name is already known to His Majesty?"

(End of this chapter)