Siena's wealth is still far beyond Marin's imagination. Previously, the gold bricks, silver bars, gold coins, silver coins that Marin had snatched from the Bank of Siena, as well as the remaining copper coins that the soldiers could not take up, were close to 1 million gold coins, which was about the same as Karamothy's estimate.

However, after really sending people to rob the big houses and shops in the city, Marin learned that the wealth of the Bank of Siena was not the bulk of the city of Siena.

The Republic of Siena is a commercial republic known for trade and finance in Italy for hundreds of years, although it is not comparable to the annual revenue of more than one million gold coins of the Republic of Venice, but there are many wealthy families in the city.

Moreover, in this era, the European commercial tax was levied on the basis of physical trade, and it had three professional terms, namely "pound tax", "tonnage tax" and "export tax". Mainly, the tax officer levies the corresponding tax according to the quantity of the goods and the estimated unit price. In addition to these taxes in kind, it is the "tithe" of the church.

However, in a financial city like Siena, the financial industry does not involve taxes in kind. And the "tithe" is also mainly aimed at the output of the acre. Because, private financial trade cannot be monitored at all, and naturally there is no talk of collecting taxes. Financiers open a few bills privately and complete the transaction, how do you monitor? Therefore, Siena is so prosperous and rich, and the annual tax revenue adds up to more than 300,000 gold coins, which is still because of the swallowing of a lot of "tithes". But in the case of the small state of the Republic of Siena, there is no shortage of money at all.

From the wealthy families, the soldiers carried out chests full of gold and silver coins. Except for the church in the city, all the conspicuous buildings in the city were basically looted by the soldiers. Even the private homes of the bishops of the city were ransacked.

Unlike the teachings of other places, the Church in the Republic of Siena has long since separated from the Holy See. Although it is close to Rome, because of the difficult terrain, the local government and church are not very good at all. Therefore, the Holy See never regarded the clergy of the Republic of Siena as its own. After the citizens of Siena stripped the bishop of Siena of his authority in 1167, the Church was free from the control of the Holy See. Therefore, before coming, Julius II said that the clergy of Siena were nothing more than scum of the Church, and as long as they were not killed, they could be disposed of at will.

Therefore, Marin focused on the private residences of some local bishops and abbots this time, and sure enough, he brought out a lot of chests full of gold and silver.

For this ransack, Marin also conducted special search training for some of the officers. For example, in those mansions, you have to push the bookshelves in the study, turn the metal lamps, and turn the bottom of the bed to see if there are pull rings...... Even, the toilet has to be searched......

Then, the team leaders of the search team who got Marin's true biography found a lot of secret rooms and found a lot of treasure chests......

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"No, that's our family's savings for hundreds of years!" The patriarch of a banker family shouted excitedly when he saw more than a dozen treasure chests that had been found in the secret room of the study!

This family has already been robbed of more than 200,000 gold coins in cash in the bank, but unexpectedly, there is still a similar amount of money hidden in the house. It's no wonder that people have been running banks for hundreds of years, and it's normal for them to have a thicker background. The family that opened the bank must have some backhand, otherwise, it will be over. Private banks are not like the banks of China in later generations, which were run on and could also mobilize funds from other branches. Or, simply let the higher authorities order a ban on runs. If you don't have a little more shame, you can print more banknotes...... Therefore, the state bank is not easy to collapse unless the regime is overthrown.

Private banks are different, and the survival of private banks is fundamentally their reputation. Otherwise, no one will want to keep their money with you. And, because of long-term lending, there is often not enough cash in the bank. As soon as there is a run and the bankers can't afford to respond, the bank will go bankrupt. Therefore, prudent bankers tend to keep some backhand to avoid being plotted by competitors.

Therefore, in the private houses of more than a dozen bankers in the city, there are basically some back-ups, which are usually hidden in their own homes. This is different from bank reserves, which are the last safeguard. In addition, there are some that can be regarded as the wealth accumulated by the family.

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It is also known that since the proclamation of the republic in 1167, the city of Siena has never been breached or sacked. The only war with Florence in 1260 was won, and the biggest disaster was the Black Death in 1348.

However, the city of Siena was never breached, so it can be said that it prospered for hundreds of years. And most of the wealthy families in the city have savings of hundreds of years. Moreover, many families will build secret rooms to hide treasures. In other words, if you go in and search, you may not be able to find the treasure room.

This time, however, they met their opponents......

Marin had watched a lot of TV series in his previous life, and he had seen more strange ways to hide secret rooms. For example, the plot of moving the iron bowl in Niujia Village in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", what is the plot of pushing the bookshelf and turning the torch...... There is even a plot of the thatched pit secret room......

Marin told these "experiences" to dozens of loyal and intelligent middle- and lower-ranking officers, and asked them to follow the instructions to raid those century-old clans. Sure enough, a lot of secret rooms were found......

And what makes Marin laugh and cry is that there are really two families who set up secret rooms on the edge of the pit. Moreover, these two families who hide their family backgrounds in the secret room of the thatched pit have very thick family backgrounds. But now, it's all Marin......

There is also a family secret room that is also cleverly camouflaged - their family's treasure room, under the pedestal of the statue of Jesus in the family hall......

I have to say that the people of this family are very smart, because, at present, Europe is a place where Christianity is predominant. Generally speaking, no one would dare to touch the statue of Jesus. If the church knew about it, it would condemn you as a "heretic......

But it's good to die, the team leader who led the team heard Marin tell the story of "Liancheng Jue" before. In "Liancheng Jue", the treasure is the big golden Buddha and the treasure secret room under the lotus base of the golden Buddha......

The team leader, Hans, was surprised to see the head of the family sitting calmly in front of the icon of Jesus praying. Then, he remembered the plot in "The Legend of the City", so he guessed - the old man who is the head of the family cares so much about this statue of Jesus, can't it be a treasure hidden under the statue? Or is the idol itself made of gold and smeared with mud on the outside?

Curious, Hans then stepped forward and knocked on the statue of Jesus with his hand. As a result, there was no metal echo and it appeared to be a real stone statue......

But at this moment, the old man who was sitting there praying was excited:

"Stop! Are you going to blaspheme? ”

Hans was stunned, but then overjoyed. Because, Marin said it when he trained them before. When the other person's head of the house is excited to not let you touch something, you must check it out. Moreover, this is very "Liancheng Jue"......

So Hans excitedly stepped forward and groped up and down for the statue of Jesus. Finally, he grabbed the icon of Jesus, turned it from side to side, and sure enough, he found the entrance to the treasure room......

Seeing that the family treasure room was exposed, the old man fainted on the spot. And Hans also made a large amount of gold and silver treasure from the treasure room......

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When boxes of gold and silver treasures were transported to Marin's compound, Marin was directly stunned - is this the foundation of Siena City for hundreds of years?

Then, on a whim, Marin also led people to search in the large courtyard he had occupied, and actually found a small secret room. Although only one box of silver coins was found, it also made Marin extremely happy.

Finally, after statistics, the total value of the gold and silver treasures recovered from the wealthy families of Siena City is estimated to be more than 1.5 million gold coins. As for copper coins, there aren't many. After all, these big families don't use copper coins much. But in the homes of those civilians, there may be more copper coins. But Marin was unwilling to loot those civilians, so when he only searched the wealthy families, the copper coins were only worth more than 100,000 gold coins. But although the value is low, the total amount is really a lot.

Ma Lin was in a good mood, and with a wave of his hand, he directly asked his soldiers to divide the copper coins. After all, he has already taken the big head, and he has to give the small head to make the soldiers happy......

Coupled with the cash of nearly 1 million gold coins snatched from the vault of the Bank of Siena, this time the sacking of Siena City, and deducting the copper coins worth more than 100,000 gold coins distributed to the soldiers, Marin has obtained a huge fortune worth more than 2.3 million ducats in total.

And that's just the value of gold, silver and copper coins. And all kinds of artworks snatched from those big families are estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins......

"It's made, it's made, it's made a fortune......"

Even if Marin has a strong family background, he was stunned by the wealth in front of him. After all, most of the wealth in his hands is grain, and he doesn't dare to cash it all out. And the gold and silver treasures of the city of Siena were piled up in front of him, and they almost blinded Marin's eyes......