The things in the underground secret room are still being moved out one after another, and these eighteen large boxes are the first to be moved, and now Zhou Wu is excitedly pulling out the metal blocks in the boxes, and at the same time shouting at the soldiers on the side to quickly write them down.

Hu Lin took a closer look, and as expected, the boxes were all gold and silver objects, most of them were blocks, with shapes of different periods, fifteen boxes were full of silver ingots and silverware, and three boxes were all gold.

It seems that this rich family does not know how many generations have accumulated to have such wealth, I don't know what the ancestors did, they can actually save such a family business, here in Guangxi by the sea, the rich family ancestors are afraid that they are inseparable from piracy or maritime trade.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, sea smuggling was rich a lot, and precious metals from all over the world flowed to this continent, relatively speaking, but there was a trade deficit of thousands of years, and most of the gold, silver and gems around the world purchased rare materials from this continent, especially porcelain, brocade, tea, which can be said to be a symbol of the status of the nobility of various countries in those years.

In Hu Lin's opinion, these things were just better metals, but he didn't feel much, and it didn't take long for the soldiers to count the numbers.

There are about 80,000 taels in the silver box, and nearly 20,000 taels in the gold box, and these gold objects are exchanged for silver, which is enough for 300,000 taels, plus the silver in the fifteen boxes, this rich family actually has 400,000 taels of silver. Now that the Qing Dynasty has not begun to pay a large number of indemnities and the trade deficit is too strict, there is no way for silver to be brought in compared to gold, and with the beginning of the indemnity now, the amount of silver that gold can be exchanged for huàn is even less.

If you add the brocade piled up on the side into a hill, I am afraid that the rich family alone has 500,000 taels, and this result makes Hu Lin a little surprised, and Hu Lin will not believe that the ancestors of this family have not done anything big, otherwise how could they accumulate such a family fortune.

In addition, there were no copper coins among the belongings sorted out. This is the circulating currency of this era, Hu Lin is relieved to think about it, copper coins and other low-value currencies are naturally exchanged into gold and silver by this rich family, otherwise if they are stored copper coins. I don't know how big the secret room is to dig, if I encounter a situation, if I want to transfer it, I have to move the copper mountain, Hu Lin can naturally understand.

It's no wonder that Ma Shengzhi wants to stay in Banxin Town to find this rich family, it seems that Ma Shengzhi doesn't know where to get the news. He stopped here and ransacked the rich man.

However, now that the family has basically been killed by Ma Shengzhi, even if there are people who escape, I am afraid it will be difficult to find, and it is naturally impossible to return these belongings to them, Hu Lin is not such a generous person, since it is in his mouth, there is no reason to spit it out, not to mention that these belongings are not a small amount.

The results of the cleaning on the battlefield are also counted. The border army originally had a lot of supplies, but most of them were blown up by Zhu Hongfei, and only a few tons were left to be cleaned up, and a lot of guns were captured, more than 10,000 guns, and some earthen cannons, these things can be used for training for recruits, and Hu Lin will not be equipped in the regular army.

If you want to talk about the seized property, it makes Hu Lin's eyes shine, not to mention that all the treasury of the border army has been seized. Each border army has a penny, a total of about more than 2.5 million taels, but it makes Hu Lin gasp, this Ma Shengzhi's border army is not a bandit. With an army of more than 10,000 people, how many bad things do you have to do to get so much silver, I am afraid that most of the border of Guangxi has been plagued.

Hu Lin didn't bother to look at the other numbers, it didn't matter, and now he had to deal with these captured border troops, and then Hu Lin brought Zhou Wu and Wang Daniu and other generals at all levels. Listen to your opinions.

"General, these soldiers in the border army don't have many good things, and I have heard that many places have been looted, and they can't be spared."

"That's right, our clan has also been plagued by the border army, that is, the Pingshan army came to Ma Shengzhi and these people were able to live a little safely."

"We must punish them severely, and we must not let these wicked people go."

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Hu Lin looked at the indignant appearance of the crowd, and also roughly understood what Ma Shengzhi had done over the years, the historical Tu Bo was not blown out, Hu Lin had the intention to spare Ma Shengzhi and these people, after all, he still had merit in the war against France, and if he was ruthless to them, he would not be able to get over it.

However, Ma Shengzhi and these generals did the most evil, so naturally they couldn't let it go, Hu Lin thought for a while and made a decision.

"That's it, Ma Shengzhi and other staff members led by Ma Shengzhi and other staff officers are extremely evil, and they can't be let go, arrange a trial in the county, and then shoot them, as for the soldiers of the border army, although most of them are not clean, but Nian Zai has made meritorious contributions to resist the French army, let them serve hard labor, isn't there a shortage of manpower to build roads, if it is good, it will be dealt with in a few years."

After Hu Lin finished speaking, the officers at all levels of the Pingshan Army present did not have many objections, and Hu Lin's decision was naturally obeyed. If they had followed their ideas, they would have to shoot many people to relieve their hatred, and most of these people in the Pingshan Army were peasants in the past, and they hated these bandit troops very much.

There were a total of 15,000 people in the border army, and there were only about 13,000 people with guns, and this time there were only more than 12,000 people left in the Shangpingshan army, that is, more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded. It is not good for more than 10,000 people to be killed again, and all of them are pulled to build roads to atone for their sins, which can be regarded as doing something for everyone.

The Pingshan Army is an aircraft raid and encirclement battle, and the statistical casualties on Zhou Wu's side are not large, and 164 people died, and more than 300 people were injured, but there are still some slight injuries that are not counted.

The Pingshan Army has only been established for a few months, from the beginning of fighting mountain bandits to chasing French merchants, and then to this battle, the Pingshan Army can be said to be a very young army, and it needs more opportunities to practice in order to become an iron-blooded and strong army. Reasonable and high-intensity training and sufficient nutrition make these recruits have relatively high combat effectiveness, but they lack more opportunities to see blood.

However, after training these recruits, they can be regarded as soldiers who have seen blood, and they can understand more deeply in terms of station cooperation, Hu Lin asked Li Tie, Wang Daniu and others to summarize the combat experience of this time and share it in the Pingshan Army to speed up the maturity of the Pingshan Army.

Li Tie's No. 500 special division did not have any casualties, originally these soldiers were the elites selected by each army, coupled with the greater intensity of training in peacetime, when dealing with Ma Shengzhi's border army, there was almost no pressure, and those who attacked in the dark were the safest.

The next day, Ma Shengzhi and other border army generals were escorted to Ningming County, and the charges written in the interrogation were thick stacks, but there was only one result anyway, these people could not survive.

After the trial, Ma Shengzhi and other border army generals were escorted to the execution ground, and when the people nearby heard that Ma Shengzhi and others were arrested and wanted to be shot, they all poured into the execution ground one by one, and the rotten vegetable leaves and stones were smashed at Ma Shengzhi and others, and they were almost buried, and the soldiers on duty had to clean up the debris that were thrown over, and it didn't take long for them to be thrown into another layer, which shows how many things Ma Shengzhi and others have committed in Ningming County, and these soldiers are also happy to let people who have been hurt by the border army vent, why don't they want to clean up Ma Shengzhi and others.

Some of the officials in the county town have not been replaced, they are still old officials, these people know that Ma Shengzhi's border army is the army of the imperial court, and Ma Shengzhi is also the chief soldier appointed by the imperial court.

The officials transferred from Pingshan's side actively publicized and dealt with it, and the Pingshan army won the battle, and they all smiled from ear to ear, and as soon as they met each other, they began to boast about the battle situation they knew from private, and they could easily defeat Ma Shengzhi's 15,000-strong border army with more than 10,000 people, what a glorious thing.

Now Cixi is still driven by the coalition forces of several countries in Xi'an, and now she has not been able to return to Beijing, where can she manage the affairs of this remote place in Guangxi, besides, when the coalition army entered the capital, Cixi issued an edict to send troops to Qinwang everywhere, and no one paid attention to it, and the governors everywhere were doing it, even if Cixi wanted to take the Pingshan army, there was nothing she could do.

The battle between the local armies is now powerless for the imperial court, which is why Hu Lin is not worried about being remembered by the imperial court, what the imperial court wants now is at least able to listen to the dispatch and have some strength, as long as it is not clear about the anti-Qing Dynasty, it is normal for the separatist forces to be in the late Qing Dynasty. (To be continued.) )