Chapter 581: Spirit Spring System in the Qing Dynasty (32)

Next came a series of rewards for merit.

So much so that while Xie Yang and Shisi Ye were still in the Northwest blowing in the cold wind, the rewards, flowing like water, had already entered their manor a step ahead of them.

In addition to the generous rewards, Xie Yang was also enfeoffed as a Princess, enjoying an annual salary of two hundred taels of silver and two hundred piculs of grain. Even if she were to go to the grasslands for a political marriage in the future, she would still enjoy the salary of two hundred taels of silver and twenty bolts of silk.

Shisi Ye leaped up to become a Junjunwang, second only to a Prince, enjoying an annual salary of five thousand taels of silver and five thousand piculs of grain. Even the salary and grain for his eldest son were raised to three thousand each.

Upon hearing this, Xie Yang twitched the corner of her mouth and sighed silently. This is the feudal dynasty where the preference for boys over girls is universally severe! Clearly, her contributions were only greater, not less, yet the salary difference was not just a little bit.

Fortunately, her purpose in forming the Nuzi Bingtuan was not for that bit of salary; otherwise, she would be feeling extremely unbalanced right now.

After reading the gift list of rewards brought by the communications soldier, Shisi Ye grinned broadly and laughed: "Hahaha! Lao Kang is actually quite generous this time!"

He had thought about being promoted in rank, but he hadn't expected to be promoted directly to Junjunwang. Hahaha! It was worth the suffering he had endured in the Northwest all these years.

"Hiss—"

The next second, he grimaced in pain: "Why does it hurt so much even just to laugh!"

He gently stroked his bruised and swollen cheekbone; what bad luck!

His niece had led female soldiers deep into the enemy camp and, with a meager force of one hundred, killed three thousand Red-Haired Devils armed with muskets without sustaining any injuries, and even captured a large batch of firearms.

He had led eight thousand elite troops to wait for the enemy, only to be ambushed and nearly disfigured; it was truly like the mother of bad luck opening the door for bad luck—bad luck to the extreme!

Shisi Ye looked at Xie Yang pitifully: "Niece, is there any medicine that can make wounds heal faster? Your uncle is so handsome; if I return to the capital with a pig-head face, I don't know how much your heartless uncles and aunts will laugh at me!"

Xie Yang said with a straight face: "How could they laugh at you? This is a supreme medal of honor!"

"Is that so?"

"Of course!"

Shisi Ye hesitated for a moment and said: "Then how about not using medicine for now, and treating it after returning to the capital?"

"..."

That really wasn't necessary!

But Shisi Ye insisted, so Xie Yang shrugged and let him be.

About to return to the capital, Shisi Ye sighed and lamented while holding his bruised and swollen face, all the while suppressing his excitement to direct his soldiers to pack the things they needed to bring back.

Most of them were treasures looted from the prisoners of war.

As a prince of the Great Qing, he honestly didn't care for ordinary gold, silver, and jewelry, but after all, he had earned them by fighting to the death with real blades and guns, and he had even been injured for it, briefly losing his handsome face. It wouldn't be too much to bring them back for Lao Kang and his mother to see and claim some credit, right?

Thus, apart from the ordinary silver ingots and animal furs distributed to his soldiers, he kept the intricate gold and silver jewelry that was pleasing to the eye, as well as the sable furs treasured by the enemy leaders, and even gave a share to his niece.

"Niece, although these things are old, the quality is good, especially these furs; they are rare purple sable and white bear skins. You can keep them to make a cloak for yourself, or offer them to your father and mother; in any case, don't let your father look at me with a cold face and lecture me for only caring about myself and not you..."

Xie Yang received the good intentions from her fourteenth uncle: "..."

Her fourteenth uncle probably didn't know yet that she had taken the Gold Ore that the Russian Army was looking for, right?

That's right! Even the Russian Army themselves thought it was just a banner they had casually raised and a name they had used; who knew there was actually a Gold Ore?

Xie Yang distributed six gold bars to each of her female soldiers as a one-time six-year year-end bonus, and then refilled the Aircraft Cargo Hold that had gradually emptied over the years.

There were still several large boxes left that couldn't fit, so she planned to load them onto carriages to transport back to the capital.

After these few battles, Lao Kang must have already recognized the female soldiers. Upon returning to the capital, it would be necessary to expand recruitment and training, so the gold bars would come in handy to subsidize the expenses.

But since her fourteenth uncle was thinking of her, she couldn't be stingy either, so she returned a box to him directly.

Shisi Ye, who received the return gift, was almost blinded by the large box of gold bars: "..."

"It's not that I'm saying anything, niece! If your fourteenth uncle hadn't sent you those, were you planning to hide these and not offer them to your fourteenth uncle?"

Shisi Ye pointed at her, both angry and amused:

"Tell me, where did you get these good things? I took my soldiers and searched every mansion of the wealthy families who fled north from Lebuxi before finding those. Haven't you been fighting guerrilla warfare in the forest? How did you have time to get these?"

Xie Yang smiled without saying a word.

Learn about the Interstellar Mining Robot that can mine and press gold bars efficiently without her needing to stand by!

Under Xie Yang's guidance, the Grassland Tribes had gradually lived a stable life with abundant grass, strong horses, and enough food and clothing over the past few years.

Learning that the Nuzi Bingtuan she led would soon return to the capital to report on their duties, the tribal people sent their heartfelt gifts one after another—

Some sent beef and mutton jerky, cheese, and milk cakes; some sent hand-woven felt and cashmere jackets; some organized quite a few locally grown medicinal herbs; and some even drove over groups of fat, live lambs and young horses...

Regardless of the quantity of the gifts, they were all the heartfelt wishes of the people in the Northwest.

Xie Yang led the Medical Soldier and Service Soldier, using the herbs and meat sent by the people to make a batch of Health Pill and delicious dishes infused with Spirit Spring, and organized a lively military-civilian celebration.

【Congratulations to the Host for completing Daily Task 32—at least ten thousand ordinary people sincerely praised the food cooked with Spirit Spring, rewarding 100L of Level Seven Spirit Spring. Ga-ga!】

【Congratulations to the Host for completing the third hidden task, rewarding Blind Box Treasure Chest *1, remember to check it! Ga-ga!】

She had earned plenty of the former reward over the years; it was just a matter of quantity.

But the hidden tasks were more difficult; she had only completed three since binding with the Spirit Spring System.

The first time was when she accidentally developed the Planting function of the Spirit Spring, the second was the farming function she figured out after coming to the Northwest military camp, and this was the third time; she didn't know what function had been triggered.

She pulled up the task bar, took a look, and then looked again.

"The Spirit Spring brings extra happiness to people other than the Host?"

【That's right! The Host made over ten thousand ordinary people feel full of happiness, rewarding the Host with a Blind Box Treasure Chest. Ga-ga!】

"..."

The Blind Box Treasure Chest opened to reveal a Seven-Colored Diamond Pyramid larger than a basketball.

It was valuable, but what use was it to her?

Xie Yang twitched the corner of her mouth and put away this Blind Box reward, which was almost useless except for display.

It really wasn't as good as a handful of fruit radish seeds or a few lambs!

The Sub-system was dumbfounded: 【...】

This was the most beloved thing it had collected after traveling through so many planes; why was the Host not only not screaming with excitement, but also seemed quite dissatisfied?

Main System: 【...】

Idiot.