One of the most exaggerated harvests was the digging up of two large boxes of gold coins, and the number of them was as high as 11,600.

With such a large number, the soldiers did not dare to hide it privately, and handed over the grain table in full.

As for the smaller objects, such as gold thimbles, scissors with gold handles, silver spoons, etc., the soldiers put them in their pockets, and the commanders did not see them.

As a result, whether it was the accounts of the Xuan Army's grain station or the pockets of the soldiers, they all swelled rapidly.

Everyone was elated, thinking that Atlanta was also a "golden mountain" that could offset the regret of not being able to "go deeper" into San Francisco.

This is just the beginning.

The order soon came down: to "gather grain and forage" in the area around Atlanta.

"Collecting grain and grass" was, of course, a cover, and the Northern Army was not short of supplies at all, and Chattanooga's stocks were only a little more than half.

The purpose of the Northern Army was to clear all the property of the Confederacy residents within their means, except for a few "protected", from gold coins and wives' jewelry to strawberry jam and newborn piglets.

Take away what you can take away, and destroy what you can't.

Except for the clothes on their bodies, they were left with only a house above their heads.

Strip the Southerners to abject poverty, make them hungry, punish them for daring to divide the United States, and make them no longer able and willing to support this ongoing rebellion.

Guan Zhuofan found that when it comes to "scraping the ground", whether it is the left army or the right army, the American soldiers are more ruthless than the Xuan army. There is a "account-sharing" system within the Xuan Army, and soldiers can hand over their property and return a part of it in different forms. The loot is naturally less loaded directly into one's pocket.

Other than that. in the country. Some of the seized property had to be handed over to the imperial court, even if it was just for show. In the United States, the federal government does not have any requirements for Xuan Jun in this regard, and how much he earns is his own.

Guan Zhuofan thought that if he grabbed all the way from Atlanta to Savannah, and then from Savannah all the way to Richmond, he could almost snatch up a third of the United States, what a lot of money he would have to make. Unfortunately, most of the belongings could not be taken with them. It can only be destroyed on the spot, which is really painful. Can you think of some way to cash in some of the spoils of the original plane?

That's tens of millions of dollars!

Guan Zhuofan estimates that at least 100 million US dollars of property can be snatched, and only 20% can be taken away "for military supplies", and the remaining 80%, even if only half is realized, is an astronomical amount of 40 million US dollars.

The so-called realization, of course, is not possible locally, and it has to be shipped to the north or overseas.

His heart moved slightly. This can be given to Willy. Hill sent a worker.

This kind of work. Sherman is not interested in doing it, so it is natural for him to preside over it, but he can take the opportunity to do it. The amount realized, except for Xuan Jun's own share, the rest must be handed over to the federal government, but as in China, the specific figure cannot be audited, and how much to hand over is completely up to oneself.

I'm sure Lincoln shouldn't have thought much about it.

After calculation, it is certain that it will fall into his pocket of about 30 million US dollars. This money, equivalent to 20 million taels of silver, is enough to support an army of 50,000 people for five years according to a very haode standard.

It's beautiful to think about, but I know that it's not an easy thing to execute, and I don't know how much discount it will be? But it's definitely worth planning.

When Sandos arrives in Atlanta, he has to discuss with him seriously.

If this jihua wants to be successfully executed, in the process of advancing to Savannah, it must allocate enough troops to protect the smooth flow of traffic in the rear. In addition, there must be sufficient manpower to transport the goods.

No problem. After fighting Atlanta, in the face of the remaining Southern Army in the southeast, the strength of the Northern Army was not insufficient, but excessive.

As for manpower, the emancipation of black slaves was just that, and the labor force was as much as it needed.

Didn't someone call me a "slave liberator"? Hey.

Mia. Since Arendt's identity has passed the clear road, it is not appropriate to the servant girl again. Willie. Hill was very good at being a man, and supplied Mia to the same standard as his wife and sister, changed the embroidery room, and assigned it to a black servant to serve Miss Arendt.

Mia and Jacqueline let go of their suspicions, and their sisters cried out.

On this day, a staff officer from Guan Zhuofan's headquarters came to Willy. Hill's mansion, but instead of looking for Mr. Hill, it said that Commander-in-Chief Guan had asked Miss Arendt to go to the headquarters for a talk.

This is a bit strange, not what Duke Guan has always done. What does he want to do? Can't do it......

At the thought of this, the little girl's face was as red as a ripe apple.

Jacqueline knew what she was thinking, looked amused, and said with a smile: "You just go, I may not be able to swallow you without spitting it out." ”

The carriage was ready, and Miss Arendt got into the carriage expectantly, and the fawns crashed along the way, just thinking: If he really wants me to do that, should I obey him?

When he arrived at the headquarters of the Left Route Army, the staff officer took Mia up to the second floor.

Guan Zhuofan's headquarters is a country house provided by Willy Hill, the first floor is for the staff officers, and Guan Zhuofan's office is on the second floor, Mia has visited for the second time, and she knows this.

I didn't want to stop on the second floor, but continued up to the third floor.

Mia thought to herself: Isn't it going to his bedroom?

My heart almost jumped out of my throat, and my ears were full of my own "dong dong" heartbeat, and my feet were already soft.

Before coming to a room, the staff officer signed up in a loud voice: "Mia. Miss Arendt has arrived! ”

Then open the door.

There were three people in the room, except for Guan Zhuofan, a man and a woman, all of whom stood up.

The man was in his forties, with blond hair, blue eyes, and elegant and handsome. The woman looks like she is in her thirties, and she is also blonde, blue-eyed, dignified and beautiful. The two men described themselves as haggard, but they were both smiling, and the lady had tears in her eyes.

Mia was stunned for a while, and shouted, "Daddy, Mommy! ”

Then, he stabbed himself like a bird.

The three of them hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Guan Zhuofan exchanged the Arendt couple back through a "prisoner exchange".

Since Mia has rebelled, the value of the Arendt couple has been greatly reduced, and there is not much use in keeping them in their hands, so the proposal of the southern army to the northern army was immediately agreed, but the request to designate their own prisoners also agreed.

Thus, the brigadier general, who had been captured in the New Hope Church, was able to return to the Confederacy.

Of course, Arendt's status cannot be compared with that of brigadier generals, but Mia's contribution to the Northern Army is completely worthy of a general.

Before the two sides released the prisoners, they had to sign agreements with the prisoners, such as "promising not to serve the rebels again" and "promising not to oppose the government again", which are destined to be wasted, which does not need to be detailed.

Thomas, the intelligence chief of the Confederate Army. Jordan continued to propose: I still have an IOU here, should Commander-in-Chief Guan change it back?

Of course, this was originally in Guan Zhuofan's calculations.

The United States is a contract society, and the law specifically protects private property, so it is especially important to pay attention to contracts related to the transfer of property. The debts of Ma Dan and his wife are not related to the "enemy's property", and they are not won by the Northern Army, and they can be easily eliminated by force alone, and replacing them with them is the most thorough solution.

When Guan Zhuofan handed over the IOU to Jacqueline, she was in a dream. Half loud, like the Arendt family reunion after the catastrophe, they cried bitterly.

The nightmare is finally over and life can go on.

But Mia and Jacqueline's problems are not 100% solved. Needless to say, the two of them were traitors to the South, and needed the protection of the North Army until the war was over; Even if the war is over, there is no guarantee that they will not be retaliated against by some extremists, and the army will not be able to stand guard for the two of them for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, Guan Zhuofan plans to send Jacqueline and Mia to the north before leaving Atlanta, change their names and start a new life.

Before leaving Atlanta, Kwan had a myriad of things to do.

The new establishment of the Xuan Army has been approved by Washington, and the word "provisional" in the "provisional third division" has been removed, and it has become the "third division" in earnest; Also, it was approved to form the 4th Division of the Songjiang Corps.

The Fourth Division is still an empty shell for the time being, but there is no need to worry, because the Chinese recruits recruited by Ye Mao to California have already been transferred to Chattanooga and are about to arrive in Atlanta.

*(To be continued......)