marquis of jingan

Chapter 548
The next day, when Shen Yi woke up from the military tent, the sky was already bright.

When he got up and dressed and walked out of the tent, he could smell a particularly strong smell of burnt wood.

Looking up at the Japanese pirate village in front of me, the raging fire is still burning.

Fire is such a thing, it is difficult to send it away when you come here, and even the Anti-Japanese Army has no good way to quickly extinguish the fire.

But it didn't matter, anyway, it was the village on the island that was burned, and it burned as it burned.

Seeing Shen Yi walking out of the tent, a book office of the Anti-Japanese Army came over immediately, bowed to Shen Yi and said, "Master Shen, Ling Qianhu is waiting for you in the village. After you wake up, please come over."

Shen Yi let out a "hmm", and under the leadership of the book office, he quickly entered the Japanese bandit's village.

This stockade is huge, and it would take two or three days to burn it down completely. At this time, the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Army marked out an open space where there were more than 2000 men and women. They were placed in these open spaces according to the area, waiting for Shen Yi to leave.

In addition to these "captives", there were thirty or forty large boxes placed in the open space on the other side. Some of these large boxes had been burned with holes, and the silver light inside could be seen.

Most are silver.

There are also several boxes containing precious things such as gold, silver and jewelry.

At this moment, Ling Su was arranging affairs. Seeing Shen Yi approaching, Ling Su hurriedly greeted him, cupped his hands respectfully, and said, "My lord, you are awake."

Shen Yi glanced at Ling Su whose eyes were red, and frowned slightly: "Did you sleep last night?"

Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said: "My lord, there were too many things last night. There needs to be someone in charge here. Knowing that you have worked hard, my lord, my subordinates... decided to make their own decisions and roughly deal with the matter here."

The night before yesterday, Shen Yi and the two Qianhus hadn't closed their eyes, and Ling Su hadn't slept last night, which meant that Ling Qianhu hadn't closed their eyes for almost two days and two nights.

Shen Yi didn't say much, just looked around and asked, "What's the general situation?"

Ling Su clasped his fists and said, "My lord, most of the Japanese pirates in this village are Japanese. There should be 600 people who went out to plunder on weekdays. Most of them were beheaded, and a small part surrendered. The population, combined, exceeds 2000, of which…”

Speaking of this, Ling Su paused, and then continued: "My lord, Li Jielang is not the first leader of this village, this village has been around for 30 to [-] years, so in this village, except for the Japanese, There are also many Han women who were looted by the Japanese, and...and..."

Having said that, Ling Su didn't continue.

Shen Yi glanced at him, and continued: "And their children born with the Japanese?"

"Ah."

Ling Su nodded, and then said: "Many Japanese pirates are already the second generation..."

"My lord, this stockade is not only a stockade, it already has the appearance of some small towns, and the scale is very large."

Shen Yi took another look at the big boxes.

Seeing Shen Yi's gaze, Ling Su continued, "My lord, these are all confiscated from the Japanese pirates' basement. They are the proceeds of these Japanese pirates' looting over the years. In addition to money and valuables, there are also a lot of money. Food, but that food..."

Ling Qianhu glanced at the fire that was still raging, and sighed: "I'm afraid most of them will be destroyed by this fire."

Shen Yi walked in front of these boxes, and opened a box casually. It was a whole box of white silver.

Master Shen reached out and took two pieces, one piece was warm, and the other piece was a little hot, it must have been burned last night.

However, in an open environment, the temperature of the fire is naturally unable to melt the silver, so the silver has not deformed.

Shen Yi played with it in his hand for a while, then put it back, and then asked: "About how much, is there a number?"

"There are estimated to be nearly 20 taels of silver in cash, and there are several boxes of gold, estimated to be more than 1 taels."

Ling Su looked at the gold and silver, took a deep breath, and said in a low voice: "There are also some precious things such as jewelry and jade, so there is no way to estimate them..."

Shen Yi glanced at the silver coins.

To be honest, this group of Japanese pirates is not very rich. After all, this is an old village. It is estimated that the net savings of these Japanese pirates a year is only 2 taels of silver.

Compared with many wealthy businessmen along the coast, they are all inferior.

Of course, there are a full 4000 people on this island, which is almost the size of a small town. Being able to feed and drink such a large population shows that the income of these pirates is still very considerable.

It's just that the expenses are very high, and I haven't saved a lot of money.

Shen Yi took a rough look around, then glanced at Ling Su, and suddenly smiled: "Last night, didn't any of the brothers look at the money and stretched out their hands in it?"

Ling Su quickly shook his head: "My lord, when the basement was opened last night, my subordinates were present to monitor it in person. I guarantee that no one puts their hand inside!"

Shen Yi smiled: "It doesn't matter if you reach out, after all, everyone has worked hard these days."

"That's all..."

Shen Yi said lightly: "Seal up these things first, and transport them back. Don't transport them to other places, but transport them to our anti-Japanese army camp. When the time comes, first calculate the rewards and pensions of our anti-Japanese army. It will be deducted from it and sent directly to the brothers, saving the court from going through the process one by one.”

"The brothers who participated in the war yesterday, from the money, each will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."

Ling Su swallowed, then looked up at Shen Yi, lowered his head and said, "My lord, will this cause you trouble...?"

"Brothers are not greedy for money. Otherwise, my lord, you should report the truth to the court and the Ministry of Accounts..."

Shen Yi looked around and smiled: "If you don't go to the court to sue me, this incident has never happened."

He looked at Ling Su, and said lightly, "Ling Qianhu shouldn't sue me, right?"

"Of course my subordinates won't."

Ling Su lowered his head, glanced left and right, and said in a low voice: "It's just my lord, there are many people with mixed eyes, and it is inevitable that someone with a heart will see it. The meaning of this subordinate is...follow the rules. As for the reward...you can talk to me again Please reward me from the imperial court, you don’t understand the rules when you first entered the officialdom, and it’s a taboo for officials to reward the army without permission.”

Shen Yi chuckled and patted Ling Su on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, I will handle it properly after I return to the camp."

It is true that it is very taboo to reward the army privately, but before this battle, Master Shen had inner guards by his side, and through the inner guards, he had already reported to the emperor.

Not only has it been reported, but also the share has been negotiated.

This time, except for the rewards for the anti-Japanese army, the other money will be transported back to Jiankang by the inner guards, and will directly go into the emperor's internal funds, not into the treasury of the household department.

In other words, make up for the emperor's private house money.

After talking about the money, Master Shen looked at Ling Su, his face became serious: "By the way, Ling Qianhu, has the bandit leader Li Jielang been caught?"

"Go back to your lord."

Ling Su smiled and said: "I have already caught him, and my subordinates have taken care of him alone. Do you want to see him?"

"Um…"

Shen Yi stretched his waist, squinted his eyes and said: "Since you have caught it, don't worry, turn around and take him to my boat. On the way back, my master will slowly process him."

"correct…"

Shen Yi suddenly remembered something and said, "Remember to find me a doctor on board, don't let this guy die easily."

Ling Su's heart trembled when he heard the words, and he immediately lowered his head and said.

"Subordinates... obey!"

(End of this chapter)