Last edited by Veteran with old horse; July 24, 2012 at 09:38 PM.
if a Qin soldier gains a enemies Elite heavy infantry (enemy officers)'s head ,he can get a knighthood,a hectare of farmland and a slave. If you kill more enemies(grain more enemy's heads), you can get much higher rank of nobility and take more salary per year. The evidence is that the enemy's head. For example a soldier on the battlefield gains two enemies Elite heavy infantry's heads, if his parents in the jail will immediate release. or if his wife is a slave, can also be converted into the civilian population.
一级(one head)公士,二(two heads)上造,三(three heads)簪袅,四不更,五大夫,六官大夫,七公大夫,八公乘,九五大夫,十左庶长,十一右庶长,十二左更,十三中更,十四右更,十五少上造,十六大上造,十七驷车庶长,十八大庶长,十九关内侯,二十彻侯。彻侯以一县为食邑,并得以自置吏于封地;关内侯有食邑、封户,只能衣租食税而已;大庶长以下十八等,皆有岁俸。临战,斩敌首一级颗(kill a enemy and gain his head),即赐爵一级(you can get higher rank of nobility)。