said that the empress went out of the city to watch a group of elephant soldiers, and as a result, Ren Baqian was taught a lesson. It made him realize that the people of this world are different from the people of the earth, and the reactions to things are also different.

The elephants were then sent to Izumo to test how powerful they could be on the battlefield.

After the elephant soldiers left, it was the lantern grabbing party, and the last time Ren Baqian was coerced and lured by the empress to play as a contestant, and then he shook his wit and earned a batch of shoes.

This time, they accompanied the empress to watch on the sidelines throughout the whole process, and the two of them were whispering there almost the whole time, but they spilled a wave of dog food.

Two days after the lantern grabbing festival, it was another very important thing.

The team that had brought back the spoils of war and prisoners from the Cloud Country had finally arrived.

Nearly 100,000 prisoners of war, as well as 300 booty loaded with gold, silver, jade, and precious stones, and nearly 1,000 ox carts and wagons filled with salt.

It was originally a little over 100,000 people, but thousands of people died on the month's journey because they wanted to escape, they were beheaded or injured, sick, or other reasons, and only 96,400 people finally arrived.

The whole number was 96,400, which could actually be a little more, because we couldn't have too high expectations for the statistical ability of the ancient militia, who were originally ordinary people, and the militia who transported them easily omitted the number after 1,000.

As for the difference of dozens of people, the number that has reached this level no longer has much concept in their minds.

The procession, which consisted entirely of militiamen, booty, and prisoners, winded for hundreds of miles, and the ox carts carrying the spoils of war arrived outside Lancheng at noon, and the end of the procession did not arrive until noon on the third day.

Naturally, it is impossible for all 100,000 people to be sent to Lancheng for the empress and the dignitaries and the people of Lancheng to see, so it stands to reason that a group of highest-ranking captives should be selected and sent to the streets of the city, which is the so-called sacrifice of prisoners.

For example, the dozens of city lords who were breached the city, such as the captured military generals.

It's a pity that Zi Donglai didn't have such a thought in his mind at all, he was killed happily at that time, and almost all the city lords and city officials in dozens of cities were killed by him, and those squires who wanted to resist were also killed cleanly, while the honest and obedient squires and some grassroots officials were left in the original city to maintain order.

In the end, among this group of captives, there were only a few captains of the city lord army and the head of a small sect with the highest status, and a few wealthy merchants were sent into the city as prisoner representatives, which was really not a good deal.

When the militiamen, who were sturdy and energetic on their faces and had a hint of tiredness in their eyes, escorted hundreds of wagons full of booty into the city, the whole city of Arashi was boiling.

Both sides of Jingyang Street were crowded with people who had heard the news, and even the shops on both sides of the road and the open windows on the second floor were crowded with people, and they immediately let out cheers when they saw the queue.

Those militiamen looked at the crowd on both sides, heard the cheers on both sides, and looked excited one by one, and the hard work along the way felt worth it when they saw this moment.

And they also knew in their hearts that they were getting the cheers of those soldiers who should have belonged to the Northeast Protectorate.

The bullock carts at the front were all stacked with boxes in the back, and the heavy carts creaked against the stone pavement.

Even if the box is not opened, the onlookers can figure out what the box contains, and all that comes to mind is the image of the box full of gold and silver treasures.

And that's exactly what they thought.

More than 100 cars at the front were filled with gold and silver, and each car had 600 catties of gold and silver loaded outside the box, and there were 60,000 catties in 100 cars, most of which were silver, and a few were gold, which was worth 1 million taels of silver.

But there are also some pieces of jewelry that can actually be worth more than twice as much.

And after these hundred carriages, there were those carriages filled with gold and silver utensils, calligraphy and paintings, and all other things that seemed to be valuable, a full two hundred, and the cloth on the carriages was lifted, revealing the golden color below, and many things were piled up in a mess, giving people a feeling of great value.

It took a full hour for two hundred cars to pass through the crowd, and the cheers during this time were louder than before.

Passing through the crowd were a dozen captives with their hands tied, ragged and haggard.

They all bowed their heads, dragging their weak bodies and staggering forward, like quails trembling compared to the tall and fierce ancient people crowded on both sides.

"Who are they?" At this time, the people stopped cheering, and one by one they stared at the captives and asked left and right.

"Like a captive!"

"Kill them!" immediately someone shouted.

"Beat a fart to death, it's to be dedicated to Your Majesty, and after you die, you will be dedicated to Your Majesty?" someone next to him scolded angrily.

"Well, that's fine!" the man said with immediate interest. It is worth taking this opportunity to meet Your Majesty!

"It is impossible to dedicate it to His Majesty, it is impossible in this life, but it will be taken back and beaten with thirty lashes! Don't worry, we will be very gentle!"

Think of the barbed whip of the sheriff, and everyone wilted at once.

The ancient people were fierce, and few of the people of Lancheng had never been whipped, and many of them still entered the palace for the second time, and the third time they entered the palace, and the palace N entered the palace! That kind of whip had to lie down for several days after three whips, and after thirty lashes, their lives were gone.

Ren Baqian was wearing an official robe at this time, and stood above the gate of the imperial city with the empress and others.

The square in front of the palace below was crowded with horse-drawn carriages that were arriving one after another.

"We have seen Your Majesty, Your Majesty is mighty!" The militia group below immediately cheered when they saw the empress appear on the wall.

These people can't think of anything, "Your Majesty Wencheng Wude, Ze was born by the common people, thousands of years, and ruled the world!" In the end, he just shouted "Your Majesty is mighty!", but the atmosphere was extremely warm.

These militiamen are all from other cities, and nine out of them have never seen the empress, and when they see the empress at this time, they are all full of excitement, this trip is really worth it.

"Well done!" said the empress lightly at the head of the city, her voice was flat, and her voice spread throughout the audience.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" was such a prosaic remark that made these people feel as if they had received the greatest compliment.

"Gift!" With a shout, everyone opened the boxes on the carriage, and the carriage immediately reflected a dazzling gold and silver light.

Tu Wan and the other people in the household department were all happy, three hundred carts of gold and silver, at least worth millions of taels of silver, this batch of gold and silver was replenished to the treasury, and the overstretched finances could finally be a little better.

Tong Zhenye, Qin Chuan and the others also touched the note in their arms with a happy face, which was full of the places where their departments needed to spend money.

The money has not yet entered the hands of the household department, and these people have already figured out how to spend it.