In addition, the people of the tax department generally only need gold, silver, soft and all kinds of land and other valuable things, and ordinary materials, especially logistics materials that can be directly supplied to the troops, such as grain, a large number of chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, etc., are naturally replenished into the military's baggage troops at the first time.

After capturing these trophies, needless to say anything else, the whole army must have a meal and eat meat tonight!

So, on this night, after entering the city, the officers and men of the Fourth Army were all fed, and it was needless to say that the whole army was full of food, the key was to eat meat for all, even the garrison troops who were difficult to eat meat in the past were no exception, and they all ate with their mouths full of oil.

In addition to the wealth obtained by the Fourth Army in the palace of King Jingjiang, there were many other harvests in the city of Guilin, and a batch of cold weapons and equipment and some grain were also found in the warehouse of the official government, but there was not much silver, but it was obtained a lot in the process of confiscating the family wealth of the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Confiscating the property of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, this is already a familiar thing for the Tang Dynasty, and he knows that this move can bring a lot of gains to his side, so after breaking the city, the first step of the Fourth Army is to completely control the surrounding city walls, city gates and traffic arteries in the city, the second step is to control the prefect Yamen and other official yamen, official warehouses, Jingjiang Palaces and other important places, and the third step is to clear the rout in the city, arrest the recalcitrant officials, gentry, etc., and at the same time of purging the rout in the city and arresting the recalcitrant officials, It is also going to raid the homes of these recalcitrant officials.

After the Tang Dynasty broke through the city, the methods adopted were basically the same model, first completely controlling the city wall and the main roads in the city militarily, and then clearing the remnants of the city, and in the process of raiding the house, a complete set of processes and methods have been formed.

Therefore, the Fourth Army was also familiar with these things, and in the process of raiding the house, it also gained a lot of goods, and found a large amount of gold and silver, at least worth more than 20,000 taels of silver, as for other fine and soft, treasures, and real estate.

These seizures are still within the normal category, after all, unless those officials are extremely greedy, it is impossible for them to store tens or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in their homes.

After all, officials are eunuchs, who have been officials in this place for a few years, and then transferred to other places as officials, it is difficult to stay on the same place for a long time. Real estate such as houses.

This is also why when it comes to corrupt officials in ancient times, most of them will have such an adjective: 10,000 acres of land!

Because in ancient times, officials liked to send the looted money home to buy land.

Therefore, it is not surprising that less than 20,000 taels of silver were found in the residences of many officials in the city.

Although there is not much silver, these officials are all self-proclaimed and elegant people, and they have received a lot of treasures, calligraphy and paintings, and these things are also very valuable.

Due to the existence of the Jingjiang Palace, the seizures in the Guilin Mansion were far more than the officials of the Ministry of Taxation expected, and at the same time, they thought that they were worried about the safety of these seizures, and considering that Wuzhou was in urgent need of gold and silver to maintain the operation of the regime and the operation of the army, so the gold and silver were fine and soft, calligraphy and painting treasures, and other valuable, easy-to-carry property, which was slightly sorted out, was directly loaded onto the navy ship, ready to be transported down the river back to Wuzhou.

In order to escort these belongings, the Second Baggage Regiment sent a baggage battalion to escort them, and the navy sent two gunboats in addition to the transport ships to escort them.

Why not send a regular infantry battalion to escort it, but send a baggage battalion to escort it, because in the Tang Dynasty's division, in fact, the baggage troops are also combat troops.

The baggage troops of the Tang Dynasty Division are not the same as those of ancient times and even later generations, the Tang Dynasty Division currently has a total of four baggage regiments, and these four baggage regiments are equipped with the same equipment as the regular infantry battalion, nothing more than fewer muskets and fewer artillery, but they are still in the right manner, and the quality and treatment in all aspects are the same as the regular army infantry battalion.

Although its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the infantry regiments of the regular army, it is also much stronger than the garrison army, so in large-scale battles, the senior generals of the Tang Dynasty division often put their baggage troops into the front line to fight, and even directly participate in line operations and fortified positions.

It can also be seen from this that although the four baggage regiments of the Tang Dynasty Wang Division are hung with the two prefixes of baggage, they are essentially combat troops, and their task is not only to transport baggage, but to transport and protect baggage.

The logistics and transportation tasks of the Tang Dynasty Division were carried out by a large number of people recruited by the Logistics Department, and in the safe area, they were escorted by the rear theft battalion or garrison troops.

This is also the reason why the infantry regiments in the regular army of the Tang Dynasty Division have hardly participated in the task of escorting the baggage, because the baggage troops have assumed this responsibility.

In other words, the baggage troops in the Tang Dynasty Wang's division are a force with front-line transportation and strong self-protection capabilities.

There is a whole baggage battalion in charge of escorting, which is already able to protect the safety of this batch of supplies.

However, for the sake of safety, the transport ships are still extremely cautious, not only strictly confidential, but also when going down the river, unless necessary supplies of daily necessities, or absolutely dock at the docks and ports along the way, and go straight to Wuzhou.

Before these supplies arrived in Wuzhou, Li Xuan had already received the Guilin war report sent by the military messenger, and when Li Xuan received this urgent military report, he thought that there was an accident in Guilin.

Because if everything goes well, Chen Keqiao is unlikely to use the expedited military report, you must know that this expedited arraignment will have to pay a lot of price, and it will not be used under normal circumstances.

So when Li Xuan received this urgent military report, his first reaction was that Chen Keqiao had suffered a big defeat in Guilin?

But it shouldn't be, according to the intelligence, there are only two or three thousand Ming troops in Guilin, and Guilin is not the same as Wuzhou, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and can only rely on strong attacks to gnaw hard, it is impossible to pose any threat to Chen Keqiao.

But when he opened the military newspaper and read it, he finally understood why Chen Keqiao used the urgent military newspaper to report intelligence, this is not a worry, but a victory, a super victory!

There are more than 100,000 taels of silver now, damn, after being the emperor for so many years, Li Xuan has never seen so much silver, although the Tang Dynasty has now controlled most of Guizhou and Guangxi, according to the efficient taxation ability of the Ministry of Taxation, it can also collect one or two million taels of silver a year, but this is a whole year's income, and these taxes are often just collected, and then they become military expenses and administrative expenses.

For so long, the silver in the treasury of the Tang Dynasty has not exceeded 100,000 taels of silver, and now, the Tang Dynasty took advantage of the capture of Wuzhou and collected a tax to send down the salaries of the administrators who had been in arrears for a long time.

Naturally, it is impossible to pay all the salaries issued, if all of them are paid, then it will be repaid, whether to fight or not, so it can only be a part of the first, and the priority is given to the grassroots staff members, at least let the ordinary staff of the Tang Dynasty eat, as for the salaries of officials, according to the usual practice, they are not paid, and the remaining part will be in arrears first, and the treasury will be rich in the future.

After the salaries of the grassroots administrators were paid, there were only 8,000 taels of silver left in the treasury!

As one of the only two super empires in the dignified Huaxia region, the industrial strength is enough to sweep the entire universe, and the Tang Dynasty, which has the most powerful army of this era, the greatest emperor, and the most advanced system, only has a mere eight thousand taels of silver in the treasury, which can laugh off other people's front teeth.

Some time ago, when he conquered the Wuzhou vassals, Li Xuan originally wanted to follow the example of later generations to issue a gold medal to those meritorious soldiers or something, but the people in the Ministry of Taxation said that it would cost too much, and the gold in the treasury was so little, and it was ready to be used to purchase materials, which caused the medals to be issued, what is this used to purchase materials?

Therefore, Li Xuan had no choice but to use the bronze medal to issue the first type of the Tang Dynasty to a group of soldiers, and it can be regarded as the first kind of military merit medal in human history: the Dragon Sword Medal!

It is made based on the military flag of the Tang Dynasty Wangshi's 'Red Dragon Holding a Sword', and the pattern is a relief of a red dragon holding a sword, of course, the metal carving naturally cannot be colored, so it is not called the Red Dragon Sword Medal, but the 'Dragon Sword Medal'.

The medal is used to reward soldiers who have made outstanding military achievements, and the object of this medal is not limited to officers or soldiers, not limited to the length of service, the type of troops, and even not limited to whether they are soldiers or civilians, as long as they are for the Tang Dynasty and the emperor Li Xuan, they can be obtained.

Of course, because of the special physique in the Tang Dynasty's division, it is extremely rare for ordinary infantry to obtain this kind of Dragon Sword Medal, because in the mode of collective combat and merit evaluation, it is difficult for soldiers to have an extremely good performance, but it is easier for gunners in artillery and officers who command troops to fight.

There are more than 300 dragon sword medals issued for the first time, including all the meritorious soldiers since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, these more than 300 medals The Tang Dynasty is reluctant to use gold to cast, you can imagine how poor the current Tang Dynasty is.

Now that he heard that more than 100,000 taels of silver and cash were seized from Guilin, as well as millions of various belongings, Li Xuan couldn't close his mouth for a long time, and muttered in his mouth: Get rich, get rich!

Zeng Ziwen, who was next to him, looked up at Li Xuan, and hurriedly lowered his head, thinking in his heart: I didn't see it, I didn't see it!

His emperor, the Eternal Sage Monarch Li Xuan, not only muttered that he had made a fortune, but he even drooled......