Yu Shengjun marched into southern Jiangsu and successively recaptured Qingpu, Jiading, Shanghai and other cities from the rebel army of the Xiaodaohui, despite the factors of protecting the strategic security of northern Zhejiang.

But it has to be said that protecting the strategic security of northern Zhejiang is only a secondary factor, because even if there is no Yu Shengjun to suppress and exterminate these Xiaodaohui rebels, the Qing army will draw enough troops to suppress these Xiaodaohui rebels.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Qing army is too scum, the combat effectiveness of the Xiaodaohui rebel army is even more scum, and it is only a matter of time before the Qing army takes Shanghai.

In other words, it is unlikely that the rebel army of the Little Knife Society will spread to northern Zhejiang.

At the beginning, the reason why Yu Shengjun sent troops to southern Jiangsu was mainly invited by Xu Naizhao, who wanted to quickly defeat the Xiaodaohui rebels and recapture Shanghai in order to keep his official hat, so he invited Lin Zhe's Yu Shengjun to send troops to southern Jiangsu.

Yu Shengjun was very sure of Cheng Dù, and it was also because of Xu Naizhao's promise of 80,000 taels of silver and 300 war horses that he sent troops to southern Jiangsu, otherwise why bother to go to Shanghai to fight.

However, after Yu Shengjun arrived in southern Jiangsu, he found that the southern Jiangsu region was really rich, and every local gentry would take the initiative to send a large number of military supplies, and there would always be local gentry who sent thousands of taels or tens of thousands of taels of donations in every place.

And more is a large number of captured a large amount of loot, from Qingpu to Jiading to several other small towns, Yu Shengjun can harvest a huge amount of loot after a single break.

From cash silver to rice grain, calligraphy and paintings, treasures and other valuables.

Before taking Shanghai, Yu Shengjun's trip to southern Jiangsu included 80,000 taels of defense expenses from Xu Naizhao, military supplies donated by the gentry in various towns in southern Jiangsu and a large number of seizures, with a total value of more than 200,000 taels.

Not to mention that since the army was sent to southern Jiangsu, almost all of Yu Shengjun's food and drink expenses were supplied by the local government, and Yu Shengjun himself did not have no such expenditure even one or two silver.

After Yu Sheng's army marched into southern Jiangsu, the main expenditure was ammunition money, followed by the pension of a very small number of casualties, and these small expenditures were not worth mentioning at all compared to the huge gains.

According to reason, as much as 200,000 taels of silver in cash and materials have made Yu Shengjun's trip to southern Jiangsu doubling, but the 200,000 taels of silver and the gains that may be obtained after conquering Shanghai are far inferior.

According to the information obtained by Lin Zhe from many previous channels, there were at least 400,000 taels of silver in Su Songtai's military reserve warehouse, and there was also an unknown amount of silver in Jianghaiguan. Not only that, but the Little Knife Society also raided pawnshops, money houses, and other shops with large deposits of silver in Shanghai, and forced the city's wealthy families to donate their family assets in exchange for their lives.

Based on the above circumstances, Lin Zhe judged that even if the Little Knife Society in the city failed to collect the wealth of one million taels of silver, it would have at least five or six hundred thousand taels of silver.

If Shanghai can be conquered and these assets can be taken for themselves, then this will not only completely improve the current financial shortage of Yu Shengjun's predicament, but even allow Yu Shengjun to continue to expand his army.

When the time comes, it will be easy to expand the army to more than 5,000 people, or even to 10,000 people.

Since this is related to Yu Shengjun's direct harvest in this battle, it is no wonder that Lin Zhe just entered the city, and directly asked Shi Langyi, who was in charge of the main battle in the city, if he had found those deposited silver.

When Lin Zhe asked this, the other officers in Yu Sheng's army also showed a look of anticipation, and they had the same great expectations for the harvest in Shanghai as Lin Zhe.

The reasons for these people's desire for booty are different, some of them are because once Yu Shengjun captures a large amount of booty, they are bound to be rewarded lavishly, and as middle and high-ranking generals, they will inevitably receive a lot of rewards.

And some people attach more importance to power, thinking about Yu Sheng's army expanding and expanding the army, and they also climb to a higher position, for example, the deputy commander of the Second Infantry Regiment is one of the people who are most eager for Yu Sheng's army to expand the army.

Some people may be for fame, Yu Shengjun continued to expand his army after reaping a lot of spoils, and finally Yu Shengjun will definitely increase his power and get more victories in the subsequent wars, and they who lead Yu Shengjun will definitely be famous in history.

Even those officers who were loyal to the imperial court knew that Yu Sheng's army had grown stronger, and it would bring more help to the extermination of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Regardless of what they had in mind, today they all have a common interest, and that is to hope that the more loot they have, the better.

Looking at the blazing eyes of Lin Zhe and his colleagues, Shi Langyi did not dare to hide or play tricks at the risk of offending the public's anger, but quickly spoke:

"We have found a large amount of cash silver in the treasury in the Daotai Yamen, the amount is a little less than we expected, about 300,000 taels of silver. However, we also found a large amount of cash in several other places, totaling about 200,000 taels. ”

When Shi Langyi spoke, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, to be honest, it was the first time he had come into contact with so much cash, maybe hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were just a set of numbers on paper, but when he really looked at the dazzling piles of silver in the silver vault, that feeling was enough to make people crazy.

Human beings, like dragons in the West, are crazy about shiny things, gold, silver, diamonds, precious stones, etc., and the human liking or greed for these things is an instinct, not entirely because of their equivalent value.

Shi Langyi continued: "In addition to this cash silver, we have also found a large number of valuable treasures and other rice and military supplies in several warehouses, due to the huge quantity, we can't count these things for the time being, so we can only seal them for the time being!" ”

After hearing this, Lin Zhe finally nodded, and then showed a satisfied smile: "Yes, this battle can be said to have brought into play the characteristics of our Yu Shengjun soldiers who are brave and good at fighting!" ”

After speaking, he looked around at the officers of Yu Shengjun around him, and then looked at the ordinary soldiers around him, and then said loudly to his Yu Shengjun soldiers with full confidence: "I, Lin Zhe, have always had clear rewards and punishments, and you have won a great victory in this battle, and you have made great contributions. ”

As soon as these words came out, the people around them, whether they were soldiers or those senior officers, all showed ecstatic expressions, and some of the ordinary soldiers on the periphery even shouted: "Thank you, Dashuai!" ”

What do soldiers join the army for, they are not for the country or the nation, those have nothing to do with their, the reason why they join the army is very simple: to feed themselves and their families.

And the officers around Lin Zhe also had a happy expression, they naturally didn't value double the monthly salary, they knew that their rewards after the war would definitely be rich, and the promotion they were looking forward to in the army would be promoted to a higher rank.

Lin Zhe was riding on a tall horse at this time, looking at the smiling faces of his subordinates, listening to the cheers of his subordinates, and getting an indescribable sense of satisfaction in his heart.

He did not hesitate to pay for himself to form the Yuyao County Yong Battalion, and even risked his life to lead the troops in every battle, what was he for?

For the family, for the country and for the people?

Nonsense, he has no home at all in this era, he doesn't have any practical feelings for the Lin family, let alone any family affection for Lin's mother, as for the three younger sisters, he didn't even have the interest in seeing them before.

As for the state, to be honest, he did not have any sense of identity with the country of this era, strictly speaking, the Qing court at this time was not a modern state, it was just the ruling structure of a certain family, and this China was the other China.

As for the people, this is also a relatively illusory thing, Lin Zhe has nationalism in his soul, but the problem is that there is no such thing as nationalism in these years, strictly speaking, the concept of the Chinese nation is a matter after the Republic of China, and it is too early to say this.

He didn't hold a group practice because of these illusory and bullshitty things, and even the rebellion he longed for in his heart was not because of these lofty reasons.

He held a group training, and he wanted to rebel, basically for two reasons: first, he was eager to do something different in this era; Second, he longs for himself to be able to stand on a higher plane to see this era.

Maybe that's too lofty, but to put it more bluntly:

First, he felt that since God had let him cross, he was destined to do something extraordinary, and it was his sacred and unshirkable responsibility to lead this country and nation to a higher peak, and at the same time, he also believed that only he could lead this nation to rise again.

It's an evolutionary version of what I was born to be useful, well, but if the psychiatrist sees it, he will have to say, "This girl is sick to the bone marrow, and there is no help!" ”

Second, that is his own desire for power, he is not short of money in this era, and his worth of millions can make him live a very nourishing life in this era, go to the Shanghai Concession, and even go to foreign countries, he can live a life of holding a beautiful woman with wine in his arms every day.

However, why did he still hold a group exercise, and he also put himself like a tired dog, in a situation where he would die in battle at any time?

Because he wants to have more power, more power over the country and the nation, which is the power that the existing money cannot bring to him.

So if you think about it badly, then you will find that the current Lin Zhe is a rhapsodic with a great greed for power, a proper neurosis!

However, in the thousands of years of human history, the rise or fall of all great nations has had a neurotic existence!

Washington, Hitler, Napoleon, Ulyanov and other so-called great men or dictators, not a normal person, all crazy!

Compared with these people, Lin Zhe is relatively normal!

And today, watching these people cheering around him, he gets a great sense of satisfaction, a satisfaction that makes him even more determined to rebel.

Now that he has harvested more than 500,000 taels of silver in Shanghai, coupled with the previous harvest, this has made Yu Shengjun's financial situation unprecedentedly good, Lin Zhe has already decided to expand the army, and he must expand the army immediately!

And before expanding the army, he had to think clearly: that is, to return to Zhejiang to expand the army, or to stay in Shanghai to expand the army?