After seeing Zhou Lan off, Yang Zhengshan began dividing up the reward silver and pensions.
The pensions were easy enough; they were all based on head count.
When Yang Zhengshan submitted the report, he had not padded the numbers, and what Zhou Lan gave him was the full amount, so naturally he would distribute the full amount.
As for the reward silver, there were more than eight hundred soldiers who had followed him into battle this time. First, it would be issued according to one head per person, meaning five taels of reward silver for each man. The other soldiers had not taken part in the battle, but they had held fast at their posts, so they deserved rewards too—one tael per person.
As for the officers, Squad Leaders who took part in the battle would receive ten taels, Chief Banners twenty taels, and Centurions fifty taels; those who did not take part would receive two-tenths of that.
Yang Mingwu, as Vice Thousand-Man Commander, would receive one hundred taels, while Yang Zhengshan himself took two hundred taels.
There were also the clerks in the various Tun Fortresses; Yang Zhengshan gave them some reward silver as well, more or less.
In the end, about one thousand taels remained, and Yang Zhengshan handed it over to the Accounting Office of the Official Office, to be kept for other uses.
Issuing reward silver was something worth being happy about.
And issuing pensions was also a comfort to the families who had lost loved ones.
Under Yang Zhengshan's supervision, the reward silver and pensions were very quickly placed in the hands of every soldier and military household.
The soldiers who received reward silver naturally felt boundless gratitude and respect toward Yang Zhengshan.
In truth, the reward silver was what they deserved; Yang Zhengshan had