Author: The beggar

"How can it be possible! How can it be possible!"

Even on the way to escape, so many businesses were completely destroyed in one fell swoop. Fan Yongdou, who had already given himself the title of general, could not help but cry out in pain.

Black Flag and Eight Flags launched an attack too suddenly.

There is too no reason.

I thought it was a fight between both sides, but who would have thought that the two parties had discussed it and attacked them together!?

All those filial piety, all those lavished money, all those smiling faces, all those certificates of honor and loyalty, are they of no use at all!?

"It's a crime to have a jade in your hands!"

There was a roar in the dark night, and the Shanxi merchants' fleeing team hiding in the mountains and fields, including all ethnic groups and surnames, men, women, old and young, all wept in misery.

Looking pitiful.

And some families in the Central Plains of China used to have a bad habit.

I just like to hide good things.

Or hide it at home.

Or just take it to the grave.

The man ran away and took away a lot of money, but there was a lot of money in this thing. How could he possibly move it all in a hurry?

So when the underground secret room of the Fan family's very dilapidated and inconspicuous Cunyinwubao was opened, and the black flag soldiers entered it holding a fire, and Zhu Cijiong also entered it and saw the scene inside, he almost lost his balance.

There were several large and small boxes in the entire secret room, gold and silver utensils, and some uncarved jade and gems everywhere, but they were also kept dry and tidy.

The soldier lit up the fire. The strong visual impact and the dull smell of wealth made Zhu Cijiong almost suffocate.

The box was opened, and inside there were silver ingots separated layer by layer by fine linen cloth and stacked up.

never seen it.

As a prince, Zhu Cijiong has never seen so much money.

Before he even received the title of vassal, the capital was gone and his people were captured.

Chongzhen wanted to be diligent and frugal, so the prince naturally had to set an example as well.

It can't be said that life was hard, but I have never seen so many gold and silver treasures.

Later, he worked as Prince An Ding in the Ming Dynasty for several years, but he was mostly studying, and he was not a vassal. He had no place to amass money. He received a generous salary of 20,000 taels of silver every year.

But how much money is here!

Zhao Bai also came down, patted the money and said with a sigh: "Anyone doing business in Shuntian Prefecture, Hebei, Shanxi and other places must submit supplies to the imperial merchants, and the salt industry in these three places, these big merchants are

They were divided up together, and the Fan family was the biggest, and they used to control the Zhangjiakou Exchange, saying they were importing and exporting some medicinal materials, but in fact they were tea, salt, and iron, making huge profits."

After saying that, an old man with a bloody bandage on his arm was pushed down from above.

Zhao Bai pulled him to his knees and said, "Quickly tell the acting flag master what is stored here."

"Yes, yes! Just say it, my slave!"

Seeing with his own eyes that his arm was sliced ​​to pieces so that the bones could be seen, and the main blood vessels were avoided, pulsing in the flesh, the originally tough old man was naturally willing to say anything.

"There are 9,999 taels of gold in this treasury and 888,888 taels of silver."

Zhao Bai sneered: "It's quite auspicious, isn't it?"

"Yes, when the old Fan family deposited their silver here, they said it was for good luck. In addition to the silver, there were a total of one hundred and twenty-one other gold and silver treasures. Sir! The servants have said it all, and everything that can be said in this castle has been said.

, you show your kindness and save your slave's life, and he will work as a cow or a horse for you!"

The slave from his hometown endured the severe pain in his body, kowtowed to Zhu Cijiong and cried out, but Zhao Bai pressed his fingers hard, and he was immediately in pain and could not speak.

Zhu Cijiong felt a little dizzy at this time, and with the help of Fang Yizhi, he sat on the box brought by his personal eunuch.

When I thought about having at least two to thirty thousand taels of silver sitting under my butt, I felt even more confused.

"Master Fang, what was my Ming Dynasty's annual income last year?"

"Hui, the leader of Hui Dynasty, last year Nanjing's annual income was about 24.97 million, but the actual income was only about 20.8 million."

Zhao Bai helped in time: "Little master, this is just one of the several large banks of the Fan family. It does not include the Fan family's properties in Zhangjiakou and Guan Nei. After exploring the sticky rod, it is roughly estimated that this Fan family alone is

The total assets of our family are nearly seven to eight million taels!"

The huge number made Zhu Cijiong, who had never seen the world, feel a little bit in his heart.

After taking a few deep breaths, he drew his sword straight away and said to the slave from his hometown who was kneeling on the ground and did not dare to move anymore: "You really don't know about the other treasures hidden by the Fan family?"

"I know, I know! The villain knows!"

You need to know this scene even if you don’t know it.

When Zhao Bai heard this, he raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Then why didn't you say it just now? Young master, can you let me stay alone with him for a while?"

"Ah! Ah!"

The slave in my hometown had a layer of skin cut off from his hand, so he was naturally very frightened.

Fang Yizhi couldn't stand it anymore.

Killing is no problem.

But it would be bad if he was left with broken limbs, limbs, and bleeding in front of Zhu Cijiong, which would have an impact on his spiritual growth.

As a teacher, you shouldn't pay attention to this.

"Why don't you, the acting flag lord, see what he can say first? Besides, there are other families besides this Fan family. You, you can go and interrogate them and ask them to reveal all their hidden properties."

Zhao Bai's claws were about to dig into his hometown slave's flesh. Hearing this, he patted him to appease him, and then he stretched out his arms and said to Zhu Cijiong: "Little master, then I will go and inspect other slaves."

"Go ahead."

Zhu Cijiong, who felt that he was doing something big, also seemed to have the power to kill decisively, and he was also straightforward in commanding Zhao Bai.

Looking back, I thought about how I had to be reprimanded for eating well in the past, but a group of damn businessmen actually had a quarter of the next year's income. I gritted my teeth and said, "What you say best satisfies me. If

Otherwise, you will be skinned and turned into grass!"

"When the time comes, little master, please remember to let me come!"

When Zhao Bai came out of the secret room, he didn't forget to turn around and shout.

The military agencies used pure violence to break open the treasure troves of these Shanxi merchants. Under the torture with the butcher's knife, just like the capital's torture, piles of money were spat out.

Tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of cash were counted and first sent to the capital in account books. Then, the family members of Shanxi merchants who survived the robbery were gathered together with the money by the Eight Banners and the Black Flag and escorted to the capital.

This scene naturally frightened the local clans in Shanxi and Hebei, and some Han officials in the Qing court also tried their best to test the tone of the Eight Banners and the Black Banners.

The Shanxi merchants definitely couldn't be saved.

However, if members of clans other than Shanxi merchants are serving as officials in the court, they all need a positive answer.

That is, the butcher's knife will not strike at them.

And Hong Chengchou is also dealing with this.

In the eyes of outsiders, he was reused for his clear vote, and then decisively turned to Black Flag, which was also reused.

Of course, this seems to be the reason why he was kidnapped to perform the legendary savage magic.

But the magic was just right, and it was confirmed that Hong Chengchou was from the savage side.

Therefore, among the middle and lower-level North Korean and Central Government officials who came to get close to him and inquire about Black Flag's movements, local officials had higher expectations for him.

Not only do you want to know the target selection of Black Flag.

I also want to know why Black Flag targeted Shanxi merchants who had already turned to Black Flag.

After all, they also have the intention of moving towards the stronger Black Flag.

Although those Shanxi merchants are still there, they cannot escape.

But everyone knows that he is definitely dead.

This is the outcome.

This is not a good example for some people who want to fall to the black flag side.
Chapter completed!