Chapter 299: The Captives Sell for Money
After the furious Zu Kuan said this, he startled Hou Shangde, the captain of the family on the side.
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info "General Soldier Zu, this can't be done, don't be impulsive! If our Ming armies attack each other, not to mention that the thieves will reap the profits, even the governor of the five provinces, Tong Xiong Wencan, will immediately deal with our army severely! β
Unexpectedly, after hearing Hou Shangde's words, Zu Kuan's face showed even more resentment, and he yelled: "Phew, if you don't mention Xiong Wencan, I'll be angry when I mention this guy." Although this person is reused by the Yang Pavilion Department and has just been promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of War, this is an out-and-out bear bag, but he is just a bully who is afraid of the hard! But the soldiers saw through him. β
"Ah, Lord Commander, please be cautious."
"Hmph, what this soldier said, is there a fake? It is said that a month ago, Xiong Wencan obtained 6,000 soldiers and horses from the head snake Zuo Liangyu, thinking that he was protecting himself, but he was bullied by the soldiers of Zuo Liangyu's army and refused to obey his orders. This person had no choice but to send back the 6,000 soldiers and horses to Zuo Liangyu. As a result, it was the Yang Pavilion Department that mediated and transferred the two troops and horses of Miao Ju and Feng Youcai to listen to their guards. Haha, a dignified secretary of the military department and the governor of the five provinces, it is difficult for Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses to obey his command, but he is held hostage by him, which is really embarrassing! Hmph, if he thinks that we are a soft bun and dares to bully my Liaodong soldiers, this soldier wants him to look good! β
Seeing Zu Kuan say such things, Hou Shangde's face changed greatly, he shook his head and hurriedly persuaded: "Master Zu, you must know that the wall has ears, or don't say such a righteous thing." After all, we are foreign guest troops, and our foundation is weak, so it is better not to offend a court member like Lord Xiong. From the next point of view, this thief Fan Zhibi, who embezzled and sold people's silver, although it was hateful, but according to the price set by Li Xiao's Tiger Army, it was only more than 3,000 taels of silver, and it was not worth the anger of General Soldier Zu, so he was fed to the dog. β
Hou Shangde paused, and then said: "General Soldier, it is advisable to take a long-term view, now the mixed 100,000 troops have been surrounded by our regiment, and they can't move, and it is estimated that they will be completely wiped out in a few days." After a rough calculation, if the 100,000 troops were mixed, there were at least more than 2,000 soldiers and more than 4,000 family members, if they could capture these thieves and sell them to Li Xiao's Tiger Army, wouldn't it be much more profitable than the capture that Fan Zhibi had obtained before? β
Hearing Hou Shangde's words, Zu Kuan's face was slightly relieved, but at this moment, another cold light flashed in his eyes.
"Hmph, even if you completely wipe out 100,000 people, there are only about 6,000 people, and you can sell it for a lot of money! In the opinion of this soldier, after destroying the 100,000 mixed troops, he will burn and loot all the villagers and people near Anlu, and then sell these homeless people to Li Xiao as homeless people as homeless people, wouldn't it be even more profitable? β
"My lord, if you are known about killing and plundering good people like this, I am afraid that it will be detrimental to our armyγγγγγγ"
"Humph! I'm afraid of a dick! As long as you can destroy the 100,000 people, you will put the charge of plundering and burning the people on the head of the 100,000 people, and the dead will not speak anyway. As for Xiong Wencan, Xiong Bao, who has more than one thing and is better than less, seeing that the 100,000 mixed forces have been destroyed, he will never dare to investigate the affairs of our army. There is no harm in our army's move. β
Zu Kuan paused, and a cold smile appeared on his face: "Don't think that this soldier is ruthless and doesn't care for the people." It's just that the soldiers do this, but for the people to live better. Think about it, in this war-torn place, these rural people in Huguang are not like the people in the county town, they can be guarded by city walls, and in the future, they will not be killed by thieves raging everywhere, but they may be killed by other ruthless people such as Zuo Liangyu. The fate of these people is really like a candle in the wind, and how long they can live depends on the will of God. Rather than living like this today and not knowing tomorrow, it is better to follow these rural people in Huguang to Shandong to make a living, anyway, Li Xiao pays money like this, and there must be a way to settle them. In this way, this soldier's move is to use thunderbolt means to show the bodhisattva's heart, so that the people can survive. β
Hearing that Zu Kuan was going to do something bad, and he could justify himself like this, Hou Shangde laughed secretly in his heart, but he still echoed with the current situation: "Since General Zu has made up his mind, then our army will destroy the 100,000 remnants as soon as possible." β
"Well, pass the order, tonight the four watches will make food, the whole army will be fed, and when the day dawns, immediately attack from all sides, and the soldiers will personally cut off the head of the mixed 100,000!"
Zu Kuan ordered sharply.
This battle went even smoother than Zukuan, Hou Shangde and others expected.
After being hit in a row, the food and salary were not continued, and the panicked mixed more than 100,000 troops, in a valley near Anlu Gaohe Town, were attacked by Zu Kuan's Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and they were attacked from both sides, and immediately collapsed.
In the chaotic army, the mixed 100,000 who fled in panic were really caught up from behind by Zu Kuan and his family, Zu Kuan shouted, the tiger knife slashed, and with a click, he cut off the head of the mixed 100,000 with a knife.
The commander was dead, and the rest of the troops had no more fighting spirit, so they all surrendered immediately.
After the war, Zu Kuan obtained more than 4,000 taels of silver, and counted the number of prisoners, and sure enough, there were about 6,000 people.
Subsequently, the chief soldier Zu Kuan showed a hideous face to the rural people near Anlu.
Zu Kuan's Liaodong army, under the banner of mixing 100,000 people, burned and looted everywhere in the countryside such as Anlu and Xiaogan, and turned towns and villages into ruins, and burned villages to ashes.
After counting the population, Hou Shangde happily reported to Zu Kuan: "After reporting to the general army of Zu, after statistics, including the original mixed 100,000 prisoners, our army captured a total of 22,660 people, including 11,850 adult men, 7,525 adult women, and 3,285 old and weak. According to Li Xiao's Tiger Army's buying regulations, men can get 35,550 taels of silver, women can get 15,050 taels of silver, and the old and weak can get 3,285 taels of silver. A total of 53,885 taels of silver can be obtained! β
Listening to the figures reported by Hou Shangde, Zu Kuan smiled.
"Haha, what a windfall from the sky! We are in this vast land of lakes, which can be regarded as developed! When we were in Liaodong, the annual salary allocated by the imperial court was only more than 4 million taels a year, and it was often not full, and hundreds of thousands of generals in Liaodong depended on it for a living, which was really difficult. Now we, the reinforcements, are only more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, after this battle, in addition to being captured, we can regain a lot of money by selling people, which is really fucking cool! β
After Zu Kuan's emotion, he was very happy in his heart.
He knew that with this large amount of silver, even if he didn't count the salaries and other seizures issued by the imperial court, the money given by Li Xiao alone was enough to cover the full salary of his own army for nearly a year.
"Very good, the infantry is stationed on the spot, and all the cavalry, together with the soldiers, escort the captive homeless people to Suizhou."
Zu Kuanxing rushed to order.
Three hours later, Zu Kuanbu, who was hurrying all the way, escorted the captive homeless people to the dock fort outside Suizhou City, where Monk An was located.
Seeing the appearance of the soldiers and guns neatly guarded on this dock fort, Zu Kuan was secretly surprised and admired by Li Xiao's strict management of the army.
"Which army is in the fort, my ancestor is here, and I will open the door quickly."
Hou Shangde shouted outside the door, pulling his neck.
Hearing that Zu Kuan came in person, Monk An and Hu Shangwen were both taken aback, so they immediately opened the door to greet them.
"The last general, Monk An, has seen the ancestor general."
"Student Hu Shangwen, I have seen General Zu."
Zu Kuan snorted, jumped off the horse, glanced at the two of them, and then said angrily: "I heard that the soldiers who sent the letter from our department said that you are spending money to collect people now, but is there such a thing?" β
And so it is. Lord General Soldier, just a few days ago, Fan Zhibi, the general of Kaifeng, had already sent someone here, and our army paid in full. β
Monk An replied without humility or arrogance.
Zu Kuan snorted coldly: "Fan Zhibi, this guy, took the prisoners of the two armies, and he actually swallowed the ransom to buy silver alone, and in the coming day, this soldier will definitely ask him!" Okay, let's not talk about it, our army has brought tens of thousands of prisoners and homeless people over, and they have been sold to your department, and you can send someone to count them. β
After Zu Kuan finished speaking, he gestured to Hou Shangde next to him, and Hou Shangde handed a copy of the statistical quota to Hu Shangwen.
Monk An and Hu Shangwen didn't dare to slack off, and while moving a chair for Zu Kuan to sit on, they hurriedly went to count the number of captives and refugees.
Zu Kuan crossed his legs, held tea in one hand, and squinted at Monk An and Hu Shangwen, with five or six civil officials, to count the displaced people in batches.
After Zu Kuan finished drinking tea, he saw that Monk An and the others had investigated carefully, and it took a long time, so he was quite impatient, so he stood up and walked around in the dock fort to watch.
When passing through an inner room, Zu Kuan's nose moved a few times, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
When he pushed open the door, he was delighted to see that there were nearly 5,000 Chinese brand cigarettes stacked in this large room!
Grandma's, I didn't expect that there were so many good goods hidden in this Monk An's army!
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Li Xiao's house, the Chinese brand cigarettes, mellow taste, beautiful appearance, and filter cigarette holders, especially high-end, so it is quite popular with smokers, and is extremely popular in western Liaoning.
An ordinary cigarette can be sold for nearly 1 tael of silver!
Compared with those dirt tobacco and mountain smoke, the price is much higher.
Zu Kuan's heart moved, and he quickly had an idea.
In just half an hour, all the prisoners have been counted.
"General Soldier Zu, the personnel are in line with the amount reported by your army. In this case, the total price of silver taels is 53,885 taels. β
Monk An said with a smile.
Zu Kuan glanced at him, but said lightly: "Monk An, you have a lot of good goods hidden in this dock fort." An and Shangton were taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Our army is sent out to suppress bandits, and An has very good goods to carry, but Lord Zu is making fun of it." Zu Kuan's eyes widened, and he shouted: "Don't come to pretend to be garlic!" This soldier asks you, your room full of cigarettes is not good, and it is good! Monk An laughed: "Well, Chief Soldier Zu, that's actually what happened." My family Master Li is benevolent and generous, considering that the soldiers are out and need cigarettes to relieve their lack of refreshment, so they specially prepared a large number of cigarettes for our soldiers, which can be regarded as military funds. A sneer crossed Zu Kuan's face: "That's it, that soldier wants you 4,000 cigarettes, offset the zero, and give my army 50,000 taels." Monk An scratched his shiny scalp, and his face showed embarrassment: "Chief Soldier Zu, Master Li didn't make such an explanation in his instructions to me, but I don't know if it's appropriate." Moreover, I also heard that this cigarette can be sold for 1 tael of silver in the land of Liaodong, and the price of Zubing is γγγγγγ "Fuck you!" Zu Kuan shouted angrily and interrupted Monk An's words: "Do you know that your family Li Xiao has a kinship with my ancestral family, how can you not give it!" In addition, this soldier treats him well and counts him as an uncle, and it is a hundred taels of silver cheaper, which is a big deal! That's it, you can't say much! Monk An sneered in his heart, hum, you Zukuan, but you were once a domestic slave of the ancestral family, how can you dare to call yourself Li Xiao's uncle, I really don't know where to start. He still wanted to say a few words, but Hu Shangwen, who was imprisoned, hurriedly pulled away. "Okay, Chief Soldier Zu, just do as you say." Hu Shangwen glanced at Monk An and smiled at Zu Kuan: "How can I say that General Soldier Zu is also a relative of my family, Lord Li, this relative has to take care of it." Zu Kuan smiled at this time, and he snorted: "That's it, it's still this civil official surnamed Hu who understands human accidents." Okay, go and bring the money and cigarettes, and the soldiers will hand them over to you. Soon, Monk An, Hu Shangwen and others packed 4,000 cigarettes and 50,000 taels of silver into multiple large boxes and dragged them outside the dock fort for Zukuan, Hou Shangde and others to count. After a while, Zu Kuan and the others finished counting, he proudly stepped on the horse, and was about to leave, when he suddenly thought of something, and said to Monk An: "Monk An, this soldier may be transferred to Yunyang to suppress bandits in the near future, but this soldier tells you that if you get more prisoners and displaced people in the future, this soldier will send you again, but you can't change the price at will." Seeing Zu Kuan's words, like that Fan Zhibi, they all came to tell him the same words, Hu Shangwen smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, Lord Zu, my Lord Li is acting in a timely manner, and he has a promise, and the general soldier of Zu has a prisoner, although he is sent it." Zu Kuan smiled and nodded, and with satisfaction, he took Hou Shangde and a group of cavalry, 4,000 cigarettes and 50,000 taels of silver, and left proudly. Seeing Zu Kuan and the others leaving proudly, Monk An spat in the direction of his back with a gloomy face. He was about to ask Hu Shangwen how he could make such a private decision, but Hu Shangwen took his hand first and said, "Camp Commander An, Nazu Kuan is willing to use a cigarette for 8 yuan to 1 tael of silver, which is completely okay." You must know that the wholesale price of our army's Chinese brand cigarettes is only 2 yuan and 5 cents of silver, which can withstand the high price, which is the best. Monk An sneered: "Hmph, I don't know! It's just that seeing that Zukuan is so domineering, Lao Tzu doesn't want to bird him in his heart. After the two finished speaking, when they were about to enter the barracks with a group of prisoners, a white-haired old man who was in front of the team suddenly knelt down and shouted in a mournful voice: "The two adults, the little old man and the villagers, are all villagers near Anlu, and they were captured by those soldiers just now. When the old man had finished speaking, he fell to his knees and knocked his head on the ground. Please be gracious to the two adults, and let me go homeγγγγγγ Immediately, a large area fell to his knees in the back, and everyone shouted in unison with a crying voice. At first glance, it is shocking. Monk An and Hu Shangwen glanced at each other, and their faces changed greatly. "it! I know that Zu Kuan's guy is not a good bird, these people must have been obtained by him pretending to be bandits, burning, killing and looting! Monk An was furious, and his fists rattled.