After nearly three months of fighting, the Tibetans were captured, including the wounded and sick, more than 20,000 people, and the slave army and the Han army exceeded more than 40,000 people.

The army commanded by Laza, the army of the Tibetan headquarters exceeded 50,000 people, and it was a real Tibetan elite, and most of them died in the battlefield, tens of thousands of slave troops, Han army, but the vast majority of them were in the last battle, seeing that there was no hope of breaking through and surrendering to the Tang army.

Others, armor, weapons, and flags, as well as tens of thousands of animals of all sizes.

Although the officials sent by the household department to count the income of the spoils of war were complaining, although they could not sleep for one or two hours a day these days, and ran around the major military camps with a black circle under their eyes every day, their spirits were extremely high.

For the sake of this war, the household department has been trying to get money everywhere, and now, it is time to give back the harvest.

Of course, income is far from outpaying, but if you take into account the political benefits after the victory and the expected gains in the following years, it can be said that this time it is still a big profit.

Of course, Ren Ren will never let go of all the gains that can be seen now.

Needless to say, the seizure of large quantities must belong to the imperial court. But in the war, the trophies that ordinary soldiers took out from the enemy were tacitly owned by the soldiers, and a large number of household officials led by Ren Zhong, as well as the inspector officials, also argued that those that soldiers could put into their pockets and those that had to be handed in. There is a red line in this, and those who cross the line will be punished extremely severely.

For a long time, the soldiers of the Tang Army have formed their own rules in this regard, and basically the vast majority of people will not ruin their future for the sake of a small profit in front of them. Once it is found out, the military career is basically over, and the fine can be punished until you doubt your life.

More important is the loss of reputation.

Of course, Ren Grudge will not let go of some valuable artifacts captured by the soldiers. Instead of asking for it, let alone confiscating it, the household department set up a stall in the barracks, and the soldiers could sell the expensive gold, silver, jewelry, or some utensils that the soldiers stuffed into their pockets.

Gold and silver cannot be circulated in the jurisdiction of Zhenzhou, and some valuable utensils are useless to ordinary soldiers. Of course, the postage fee will definitely be charged a little bit.

However, the person in charge of this matter is the post road system that the Zhenzhou Imperial Court has been working hard to build within the jurisdiction. Whenever Li Ze occupies a place, the first thing he must do is to build a large project, such as roads, water conservancy, these are the standard, where the road is repaired, the post station will be repaired, in addition to providing food and lodging for travelers, also provide mail business. For a small amount of money, you can send your belongings to any place where there is a station.

For soldiers, this is also a very cost-effective thing, after all, it is not convenient to carry these things with them. Turning into a copper coin that could be spent was a more worthwhile thing for them.

"Xiangye, these prisoners of war should be put to good use." Ren Yan held the account book, his eyes were bloodshot, and he stood in front of Li Ze and said: "Before coming, Xia Shangshu said that the most valuable thing is these prisoners of war, so the lower officials have made a very careful count, and now there are 31,358 prisoners of war who can be used, and 30,073 people who can be used for a period of time after being slightly injured will be recuperated, and there are no serious injuries." ”

Li Ze looked at Ren Ren's resentful appearance, a little funny.

"You went and counted them one by one?"

"Of course." Ren nodded heavily: "Xia Guan brought one hundred and twenty-six household officials this time, and naturally he didn't dare to be sloppy with these goods." ”

"Xia Shangshu said that these prisoners of war are also goods?"

"Goods, of course!" Ren Yan said seriously: "Like the Tubo people are the most valuable, let them go to labor first, and they can't eat in vain." If they break the ground, we have to let them fix it for us bit by bit, which is much cheaper than hiring someone to repair it ourselves. Xia Shangshu also said that these Tubo people can sell for a lot of money, and when they finish their work, they will sell them to the unjust boss of Delhi Chinan, and if you think that Delhi Chinan will definitely be willing to pay for these people to go back. ”

Li Ze shook his head a little helplessly.

Xia He is really calculating. He was indeed going to hand over these Tibetan prisoners of war to Delhi Chinan, but he really didn't sell them to Delhi Chinan. But come to think of it, it's also actionable.

These people are all elite warriors of Tibet, and if they are willing to sell, they are happy to buy them with money if they want to come to Delhi Chinan. These people were bought back by Delhi Chinan, and the most direct effect was that the combat effectiveness of Delhi Chinan's troops would be greatly enhanced.

"What about those Han soldiers and slave soldiers?" Li Ze then asked.

"Although it is not as valuable as the Tubo people, it can work!" Ren complained: "Anyway, we have endless work here, and after they work here for a few years, they can also naturalize a group of people, settle a group of people, and pay taxes for us in the future to create value." In the long run, this will be much more useful than seizing some gold and silver. ”

Li Ze laughed, looked at Tian Bo beside him and said, "Look, we haven't finished cleaning up here, and the household department has already planned it." ”

Tian Bo smiled and said, "Xia Shangshu has always been a master of this way. It is also thanks to Xia Shangshu, a master of financial management, that we can be comfortable in finance. ”

"Xiangye, those weapons and armor are piled up, but these things are of no use to us, so the household department suggested that we melt them directly, use these messy iron materials to build farm tools and sell them. The supply and marketing cooperatives have found a local iron factory, the owner of the iron factory, is a branch of the original Ansui Dushi, and now it is in a panic, the supply and marketing cooperatives came to the door, they were overjoyed, and they took over the business in a hurry, only charging a capital. Ren complained.

Li Zedao: "Did the supply and marketing cooperatives ever tell them that under the jurisdiction of my Li, can resource things such as mines only belong to the imperial court?" His family's iron ore had to be returned to the imperial court. ”

"Of course they know it, and they are willing to give it back." Ren grudged and said: "According to the rules of our side, he can still contract." ”

"It's also interesting!" Li Ze nodded.

"Xiangye, we have to fight Lingzhou next, right?" Ren Ren put away the account book, looked at Li Zedao hopefully: "For now, the hole is still very big, and in terms of economic interests alone, we have lost a lot of money." Especially in Hedong, the resettlement and repair of Ansui in the future, and the immediate benefits cannot be made up at all, let alone the huge military expenditure. ”

Li Ze spread his hands and said, "Go back and tell you Xia Shangshu, don't think about any benefits in Lingzhou." It is estimated that the Lingzhou we will get by then will be even more rotten than Yinzhou, so let you Xia Shangshu prepare silver money and allocate food as soon as possible. ”

"It's okay to catch more Tibetan prisoners of war." Ren is very serious and authentic. "I have come into contact with Xenobud, an elite soldier who is willing to pay fifty taels, and a Tibetan officer, who is willing to pay between one hundred taels and one thousand taels. It depends on the officer's own abilities and the family situation behind him. ”

Li Ze laughed, the reflection of this resentment is getting better and better, and the work has been done in advance, so as not to let himself mention the matter of selling people to Xenobud again, which will hurt his face. As mentioned by Xenobud himself, he has both the inside and the outside.

"It's impossible for Lingzhou to catch it, and by the time our army arrives, it is estimated that Tocharian has already run away." Li Ze shook his head and said.

"Then, the lower official will leave first to do things." Ren Yan's face was full of disappointment, he saluted Li Ze, turned around and went out with the account book, and he could hear him muttering about a big loss as he walked, which made the people in the tent laugh.

The people brought out by Xia He were really all molded, and there was only silver money in the hole in the eye.

"Those slave soldiers, Han army, you should also be useful, right?" Li Ze turned his head to look at Tian Bo.

Tian Bo nodded and said: "Yes, we are already figuring out the bottom now, the slave army, many leaders of the Han army are also rich and powerful figures in Tubo, and I am ready to recruit a group of people among them to become our peripheral personnel." In the future, when Delhi China buys people, I am afraid that these people are also the objects he wants to get back, after all, these people can also help him. ”

"Can these people be trusted?" Liu Ruyan said: "I don't trust them very much. ”

"Madam, the person who does our intelligence work, whether he is credible or not, is not very important. Anyway, they are not from our core level, and they have no access to confidential matters, so we only need the information they provide to be useful, and they can provide some support for our affairs in Tibet. It's just some exchange of interests, and you don't have to take them too seriously. Of course, as we get stronger, the more willing they will be to be used by us. ”

Liu Ruyan frowned, in her opinion, black is black, white is white, and working like Neiwei is very uncomfortable, but this is not her area of expertise, so she just asks.

"Didn't the little cicada follow Li De this time? You didn't see her? Li Ze asked.

"Came to see me in a hurry, and left in a hurry." Liu Ruyan said: "Marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog, now it's towards her husband, Li De was ordered to lead the cavalry as the vanguard to Lingzhou first, she was not at ease, and followed." ”

"Not happy?"

"Where? Seeing their love as husband and wife, I can't be happy! Liu Ruyan shook her head and said: "Although she is my girl, she grew up together since she was a child, and she is almost like a sister." ”

"We're going to Lingzhou soon." Li Ze patted Liu Ruyan's shoulder and said with a smile.