Yang Banhou said: "Let me sell it." Try it and find out! ”

Smith rolled his eyes and was speechless. This guy is not authentic anymore.

Yang Banhou shouted: "Someone! ”

A soldier ran in, saluted, and stood tall.

Yang Banhou's expression was serious, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Immediately post a notice at the gate of the city, and look for ten people who saw the Xunzhou prefect lead people to withdraw from the county seat." And to all the people who give the truth, We will give each one a reward of fifty taels of silver. Be fast, it must be done within half an hour. ”

"Yes!"

The soldier immediately responded, turned and left the palace.

Immediately, Yang Banhou called another soldier and whispered a few words. At these words, even Smith couldn't hear clearly what Yang Banhou said.

Smith pursed his lips and said, "Captain Yang, what do you want to do?" ”

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Yang Banhou said.

Upon hearing this, Smith was not in a hurry, but he was angry.

……

At the gate of the city, after looking for ten notices that saw the withdrawal of the Song army with their own eyes were posted, the people in line were extremely hot. Because as long as you can tell the situation at that time, you can get fifty taels of silver, which is a great thing, and it is not an exaggeration to say that pie fell from the sky. The soldiers selected ten civilians and led them to the yamen.

After arriving at the palace, the soldier asked ten people to wait outside, and then entered the hall and reported: "Commander, all ten people have been brought and are waiting outside." ”

"Come one by one, let the first person come in first."

Yang Banhou had a Zhizhu expression on his face, and he was very sure of what he thought in his heart.

The soldiers went to deliver the order, and soon a citizen walked in. When the people saw Yang Banhou, they immediately knelt down. Yang Banhou hurriedly stopped, and the people stood respectfully, but they still didn't dare to come out. Yang Banhou said: "The questions I ask are very simple, so don't be nervous. ”

However, the people are still nervous.

Yang Banhou was helpless and asked: "The prefect of Xunzhou took the soldiers out of the city, and there were carriages to escort the items away?" ”

The people thought for a moment and immediately said, "When the Song army left with the soldiers, they left in a hurry. And I saw them at the gate of the city traveling lightly, without chariots. ”

"Are you sure?"

"There is absolutely no carriage!"

"Alright, you go down."

Yang Banhou waved his hand and looked at Smith next to him proudly.

The people were a little reluctant, and said awkwardly: "My lord, Xiaomin has already said the situation at that time, when will the money be paid?" Speaking of money, he suddenly became excited, raised his voice, and said loudly: "You put up a notice saying that if you answer the question, you will give fifty taels of silver as a reward, and you must not fail to count them." ”

The people were still timid and cowardly just now, but in a blink of an eye, they were very different.

At the end of the day, it's money that makes you courageous.

Yang Banhou smiled and said: "Don't worry, there are people who come!" I still have to ask the rest of the people, and when the inquiry is done, the money will be paid uniformly. Wait outside for the time being, don't rush. ”

"Yes, yes!"

The people nodded again and again, and withdrew excitedly.

Immediately, a second citizen walked in.

This time, Yang Banhou's question was still the same, and the focus was also on the carriage. The people answered the same question, no carriage left. The ten people answered the same result, and Yang Banhou asked the soldiers to give each person fifty taels of silver, and then dismissed the ten people who had gathered in the palace.

At this time, Yang Banhou said with a smile on his face: "Captain Smith, do you understand?" ”

Smith smiled and said, "I understand, you came to the people to prove that the gold, silver, jewelry, and money in the treasury were not moved, but were hidden. It's just that it's not easy to find where the money is hidden! ”

Yang Banhou said with a smile: "I have already sent someone to find it!" ”

"Step! Trample!! ”

Just then, a soldier walked in and saluted the two men. Immediately, the soldier said loudly: "Report to Regiment Commander Yang, in the pond under the rockery in the backyard, ten large sealed boxes have been taken out. ”

"Let's go, let's take a look!"

Yang Banhou laughed and walked towards the backyard with Smith.

When he came to the backyard, he immediately ordered the soldiers to open the seal. After all the ten large boxes were opened, the golden bars, as well as the dazzling jewels, and the silver ingots shining with silver-white brilliance, simply blinded the eyes of everyone present. There are ten large boxes, all of which are the money in the entire Xunzhou Mansion Treasury.

The Song army couldn't take it away, so it was sealed and put in the pond.

However, I didn't expect to be searched out in a blink of an eye.

Yang Banhou instructed: "Count all the money at once, and then find the money in the city to exchange it and turn it into a small amount of silver." We promised to distribute money to the people who went with us, and we had to keep it. When the people who received the money left, and those who were willing to stay, we chose the best people to serve as soldiers. ”

"Yes!"

The soldier immediately left and went to find someone from the bank.

Yang Banhou was left to guard it, and left with Smith.

In one day, all the money was cashed out, and it was 1,300,000 taels of silver. This is mainly due to the fact that there are enough gold bars to cash out so much silver. Yang Banhou asked the soldiers to enter the barracks with 1.3 million taels of silver, put all the silver in the barracks, and let the people who participated in the attack on Guiping County with him receive the money.

The number of civilians in the army was 58,000. Yang Banhou ordered the soldiers in the army to distribute silver according to 20 taels of silver per person, and more than 1 million taels of silver were directly distributed, and in the end only more than 100,000 taels of silver remained, all of which were distributed to more than 5,000 soldiers in the army. Spread evenly, each soldier can also have more than twenty taels of silver.

In the barracks, the people left happily, and the scale quickly took effect, and soon only more than 10,000 people remained.

These people actually want to follow Yang Banhou and Smith and continue to make money. It's a pity that Yang Banhou obviously can't need such loose people anymore to select soldiers. Yang Banhou gave the order to recruit troops from among the people, and immediately ran more than 4,000 people, leaving only 6,000 people willing to stay and join the army.

More than 6,000 people were selected, but only 3,000 remained.

When he was in Wuzhou Mansion, Li Zhen transferred soldiers from Guangzhou to replenish him. The soldiers under Yang Banhou were replenished by a thousand, and Smith was also replenished by a thousand, and the soldiers of each of the two were approaching two thousand and five. Now there are 3,000 soldiers left, and when they are evenly divided, the number of soldiers in each of them has increased again, and it is already more than 4,000.

Their respective military strength has been greatly improved.

Yang Banhou and Smith stayed in Guiping County for five days to deal with the affairs of Guiping County, and then arranged for the new Wuzhou prefect to leave. At this time, it was impossible for Yang Banhou and Smith to advance together, because Yang Banhou's next target was Nanning Mansion, which was approaching the territory of southwest Guangxi, but Smith was going north to Liuzhou Mansion.

One south and one north, it is definitely impossible to rush together.

ps: first update;