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Zhao Kang soon sent back a personal soldier to report to Yang Chao, and countless gold and silver treasures were found in the camp of the captives.

Zhao Kang also told Yang Chao that he had already asked people to protect him, and he had not had time to count them, but there were at least 100,000 taels of silver, and a few thousand taels of gold, and there were silk, cloth, and pearls in boxes.

The captives had so much wealth, which made Yang Chao also shocked.

Of course, thinking that Haizhou is an important place for salt production, Yang Chao was also relieved, you must know that at this time, a medium-sized salt merchant in the Ming Dynasty has a family fortune of hundreds of thousands or millions, and the salt merchants in Huizhou even have a saying that "100,000 is not rich, and a million has just started", and the family property is only a few million taels, or even tens of millions of taels.

It is not surprising that the money stolen by the captives is just the property of a small and medium-sized salt merchant in Yangzhou.

The funny thing is that the Ming Dynasty had the richest business group in the world, and the business taxes received were not as poor as the British who wanted to rob at sea, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was so poor that he smashed the gold and silver objects in the palace to make up for military salaries.

However, Yang Chao knew that these robbed captives were actually just part-time workers, and the gold and silver treasures they grabbed from the Ming Dynasty were given to the Jin merchants in exchange for the grain, cloth, and even the steel they used to fight would be sold to them.

However, Yang Chao didn't have time to be generous and sad, and immediately asked Hu Quan and Huang Fengfu to count.

Where to put these gold and silver, it's strange that their soldiers don't have hot eyes, Yang Chao doesn't care about spending money, and he doesn't feel distressed if he rewards all this money, what he cares about is the probability of soldiers, it's not good for them to develop the habit of looting, they have to instill a concept, 'A gentleman loves money and takes it in the right way', what is given to them is theirs, and what is robbed is not theirs.

Zhao Kang did a good job in this regard. did not condone the soldiers to privately divide the gold and silver, but it made Yang Chao a little impressed for a while.

In fact, what Yang Chao didn't know was that Zhao Kang was holding saliva at this time. Staring at chests full of gold and silver treasures with hordes of soldiers.

"Master Zhao, tell me how much money you have to have?"

A pro-soldier couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Kang swallowed: "I don't know!" ”

He really couldn't tell how to count the gold and silver stacked in such boxes.

"I see how I have to get 10,000 taels!"

A pro-soldier watched with wide eyes.

Zhao Kang spat out a mouthful of saliva: "It's not promising." How can 10,000 taels be enough, why can't it be tens of thousands of taels, even 100,000 taels is not much! ”

"Good boy, with so much money, what can you do?"

Outside the suggestion warehouse set up by the captives, many men and his soldiers guarded, and he discussed with Zhao Kang and took the initiative to hand over the gold and silver to Zhao Kang to deal with. Zhao Kang is Yang Chao's cousin, although he has some kinship with the Yang family, but it can't be beaten by eight poles, in front of this kind of gold and silver, it is still handed over to the Yang family to deal with, otherwise it will be unclear when the time comes.

But his soldiers were a little incomprehensible and indignant: "Master Xu, so much money is given to the soldiers." We can't get a share? ”

Many men snorted, "Shut up! You know what. I don't need to tell you how Lord Yang treats us, right? ”

The soldier muttered, "Lord Yang treats us naturally with the same parents, and the salary is never less. This time, he was also paid double salary. He also said that after he went back, the disabled would not be discharged, and the dead soldiers would be given a hundred taels of bereavement. Naturally, we didn't say anything, but why did those pro-soldiers? ”

Many men sighed: "You don't know, how much does it cost Lord Yang to raise soldiers?" Just talking about our flag team, there are usually thirty people, and the small soldiers have one or two silver, and when they go out in a month, fifty taels is not too much. That's six hundred taels a year! ”

To that soldier, six hundred taels was already an astronomical amount. Immediately, he lost his temper.

Many men went on to explain: "There are more than 600 people on this expedition. It's still a double salary, and it's been half a year since it came out, and the military salary alone is more than 2,000 taels. This is not counting the rice grain we eat in our mouths and the blades we use in our hands, which all cost money. I've heard that the armor we wear will cost two hundred taels of silver, so you can calculate how much it is. I also heard that for this expedition, Lord Yang gave all the 100,000 taels of wealth he had saved to those supervisors of the War Bureau! ”

One hundred thousand taels directly made the little soldier completely convinced, but he became worried: "Then didn't Lord Yang lose it?" ”

Many men said: "So all the money belongs to adults, and the adults reward us are ours, be a man, and get your duty!" ”

The soldier said, "But those pro-soldiers, what if they hide money?" ”

Many men said, "That's none of your business!" ”

Among Zhao Kang's personal soldiers, there were really people who wanted to hide it privately, but they were all grabbed by Zhao Kang and beaten directly.

The soldier was still not convinced, he thought it was nothing, and grabbed a gold ingot from the alley.

"Something that doesn't have long eyes? Is this yours? This is Lord Yang's! ”

Zhao Kang kicked the soldier and scolded.

The soldier was not angry, but sneered: "Master, let's take a little by ourselves, and there is not much missing." ”

Zhao Kang frowned and said, "Something without conscience." My cousin has lost a lot this time, and he spent 100,000 taels of silver before he came, and it may not be enough to collect all this money. When I go back, I have to feed my dead brother, and it's all money. You kid didn't lack an arm or a broken leg, and you dared to take money! ”

After speaking, Zhao Kang didn't look at it anymore, and closed the box directly, and no one showed it.

Zhao Kang was also really worried about Yang Chao, for fear that his cousin would suffer a loss, of course, he felt that the money was the same as his own, and his cousin suffered a loss, which was his loss.

In fact, his father had warned him a long time ago, and his aunt had told him in private, all of which made him watch Yang Chao closely, but he couldn't let these big-headed soldiers take advantage.

Soon Huang Fengfu entered the camp and was directly taken to Zhao Kang.

Huang Fengfu immediately counted and found that there were six boxes of gold and silver, and there was also a small box for jewelry and jewelry, as for the rest of the cloth, silk and other things, Huang Fengfu didn't care too much.

I couldn't count them one by one, so I directly greeted people, loaded them into the shield cart, and then searched the camp of the captives, and found that in addition to the barracks, there were dozens of war horses that had not been on the battlefield, some cattle, sheep and livestock, as well as food and other things.

Pull away the money and take away the horses. cattle and sheep, etc., and then a fire burned the camp of the captives.

When I retreated, I didn't see the shadow of the captives. On the battlefield, Wang Pu and others had already killed the surrounding captives and were cleaning up the battlefield.

A car drove in. Yang Chao let people look at these belongings, and they don't put them in the warehouse, they are placed outside openly, and they have the habit of getting rewards when they are soldiers in these years, Yang Chao decided to institutionalize this practice, and it should be clear, so that everyone can be clear and have no complaints, and only then can they move forward bravely in the future.

When everyone is back to camp. Yang Chao asked Huang Fengfu to take someone to open the box and count them one by one.

The soldiers were allowed to go and watch, and the soldiers were happy to watch, so much money, they were happy when they looked at it, and they felt happy when they watched others count.

Huangfengfu poured all the gold and silver on the ground, separated the gold and silver first, and did not need to count, and found a big name called salt in the treasury, and weighed it directly.

Put it in the box after weighing.

In the end, the total was liquidated. 150,000 taels of silver, 10,000 taels of gold, and 100,000 taels of pearls. Dozens of loads of silk, cloth and other things.

At the same time, the principles of reward and punishment formulated by Yang Chao have also been listed, and each officer has been notified so that the officer can convey it to the soldiers.

From now on, all that is seized will be divided equally among each of them.

Then, according to the previous algorithm, the first hundred taels of people who are allocated will be distributed. It is also paid immediately.

When the award was awarded, everyone rejoiced. Because even the small soldiers felt that they might receive a large sum of money, and the gold and silver and other things were 250,000 taels. Sancheng also has more than 80,000 taels, and Yang Chao's army has only more than 600 people in total, and this evenly distributed reward alone is more than 100 taels.

In the calculation of military merits, these days, before and after, more than two hundred enemies have been killed, on average to each person's head, three people share one, this is another thirty taels of silver, of course, military merits can not be divided equally, but this time the whole army has fought bravely to kill the enemy, less and no less, so each person is at least ten taels of silver into the account, calculated that one person can share about one hundred and fifty taels, which is a huge amount of money, and you can build a house and marry a daughter-in-law when you go home.

When Huangfengfu was counting, Yang Chao asked Zhao Kang to take people to clean up the battlefield, but he knew that the captives had the habit of hiding gold and silver privately, and it was also an income when they were searched.

But Yang Chao didn't expect this income to be unexpectedly amazing, the gold and silver of the captured soldiers could account for almost half of the capture, and 10,000 taels of gold and 30,000 taels of silver were found.

Apparently the captives preferred to keep their gold private.

This money, Yang Chao was still put into the seizure, and immediately let the total capture be close to 300,000 taels, a soldier can easily get 200 taels of silver, even the boatman sent by Shi Kefa has 10 taels of silver, and the gunner even got 30 taels of silver, Yang Chao couldn't help but sigh, or the war is fast!

"Do you want to keep accounts, or cash?"

After dividing the gold and silver, Huang Fengfu took the account book and asked them one by one.

As a result, the soldiers who came forward to receive the reward for silver, without exception, all chose cash silver, not because they couldn't trust Yang Chao, but because they had the feeling of having a big ingot of gold and silver, and no one wanted to let go.

It was in vain that Yang Chao's kindness was blinded, and he still thought that it was inconvenient to carry so much money with him, so he would transport it back to them in one piece.

Soon everyone got the money, but there were still nearly 200,000 taels left, which were sealed.

As for merit, it will take time to do this, but there are detailed regulations, and slowly, anyway, the soldiers who have made a fortune don't care much about the military merit reward, only the officers still care about military merit, which is related to promotion.

The next thing Yang Chao has to prepare is to go home.

Originally, the morale was a little low, and the soldiers who were homesick were not so low after getting so much money, which made Yang Chaozhi sigh that the power of money was still great.

But the return trip still needs to be prepared, the captives are almost killed, and only about 50 people have escaped, whether it is to themselves or Haizhou, there is basically no threat.

Then Yang Chao asked a group of boatmen to prepare first, asking them to take the wounded and sick in Yang Chao's army, the remains of soldiers killed in battle, and some prisoners, and return to Huai'an to recover their lives first.

These boatmen, who had just received the bounty, were full of gratitude to Yang Chao and acted very actively, immediately busy carrying supplies and repairing the boat.

I am in a hurry to send these people away first, because whether it is the remains on the ship or the wounded, the sooner they are sent back, the better, I believe that they can be better taken care of in Huai'an, and the sooner the prisoners and heads are handed over to Shi Kefa, the better, the court's reward Yang Chao doesn't matter, but military merit is still very important, the sooner you report it, the sooner you can be promoted.

Yang Chao is already planning, his merits this time should be enough to be promoted to deputy general, and Yu Chengwu will be squeezed away after some activities, and the new Jiangkou naval army camp will become his own base in the future.

The others still need to wait for two days, because they are too tired, Yang Chao has to rest for at least three days, and then he can set off after three days. (To be continued).