Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 181 Treasure Hunt
"Everyone, tell me, who has experience in confiscating property?" After the two families moved out, Chen Ju did not immediately lead the army to station in the two houses. Instead, he asked everyone, "Who can find all the silver in the house without destroying it?"

Zheng Ming shook his head and said with a smile: "Maybe all their money is kept in the warehouse?"

"There are other treasures as well. These big families always have some secret treasure troves. The more valuable the things are, the more secretly they are hidden. So a search is definitely necessary." Sanlang said with a smile.

"Alright, without further ado, each of you can bring ten guards to search. You only have two hours, and after two hours the army must move in. Whoever finds something good will have a reward. As for the specific reward, I'll judge based on the value of what you find.

Let me make it clear first, the conspicuous items in the warehouse do not count!" Chen Gu added at last.

Zheng Ming thought for a moment and said, "In fact, we can arrange some people to keep an eye on those people outside the city. Some of them inside will definitely escape, and if they want to escape from Sichuan, they will definitely take out the spare treasures.

These big clans are usually cunning and cunning, and if you keep an eye on them, you might get some unexpected rewards."

Chen Gu smiled, nodded and said, "That's right, then let's send someone to keep an eye on it. It would be best if we could borrow the telescope from Bai Wencheng."

Chen Gu was not keen on treasure hunting. He just wanted to have some fun for everyone and relax the tension after the war.

When the two families left the mansion, they had already been searched and a large amount of valuable items were found, including more than two million taels of silver notes, and a large number of gold, silver and jade articles that they had carried with them.

Chen Gu would definitely not let them take these things away, so he specially found dozens of cunning women in the city to search them. The men were searched by thieves and pickpockets hired by Xie Guangfeng.

The cunning women, thieves and pickpockets in the city were all excited about the opportunity to search the bodies of the two major clans. They searched their bodies without mercy, even the chests, crotches, and children's swaddling clothes were not spared.

It's no wonder that they actually gained a lot. In the end, Chen Gu rewarded each of them with a silver note worth 100 taels.

A large amount of gold and silver was also seized from the warehouses of the two families. Together, the two families had nearly three million taels of silver and more than one hundred thousand taels of gold.

Although it was nothing compared to Heshen's tens of millions of taels of silver, it was a huge sum of money for Chen Gu. After all, it was the accumulation of more than a hundred years of wealth of the two major families.

But these several million taels of silver are definitely not all they have. After all, a Qing magistrate would receive 100,000 taels of silver in three years, so this is just a drop in the bucket!
That's why Chen Gu asked everyone to go in and hunt for treasure first. If they could find it, that would be the best, but if not, it would be fun at least.

After everyone went in to look for treasure, Chen Gu waved to Xie Guangfeng and said with a smile: "We got several million taels of silver this time, ~!"

Before Chen Gu finished speaking, Xie Guangfeng immediately said: "Leader, just give me 10,000 taels of silver. First, my brothers need to support their families, and second, we also need money to run our business!"

"Okay!" Chen Gu smiled and continued, "I will write you a letter, and you can send someone to Luzhou to bring back the hundreds of Green Camp soldiers. In addition, I can also allocate the food and weapons you need. Calculate them all at once and take them to Zizhong."

"Thank you, leader!" Xie Guangfeng said gratefully.

Chen Gu thought for a while and said, "You will be in charge of Zizhong for the time being, but only for one year at most. I need to see results after one year. If the people in Zizhong don't have a good life by then, Zizhong must be governed according to the administrative methods of my Huaxia Ministry." "Okay, then we'll see the results after a year!" Xie Guangfeng said gritting his teeth. He understood what Chen Gu meant. After all, Chen Gu handed Zizhong over to him just as a pilot project, and it was more likely to appease the big families.

The reason was probably that Chen Gu felt that the resistance to equal distribution of land was too great.

This is indeed the case. If there had been no threat from the Qing court, Chen Gu would not have been afraid of any resistance. However, the Qing court was eyeing Sichuan covetously from outside, and the gentry and powerful families were resisting inside. It was more difficult for Chen Gu to quickly integrate Sichuan.

Therefore, Chen Gu wondered whether he could postpone the issue of equal distribution of land for the time being and hand over some less important places to the locals to manage. At least this would allow the big families who were opposed to equal distribution of land to have a place to escape to, rather than having to fight to the death like in Zizhou.

Although the casualties in the attack on Zizhou were not great, the amount of available ammunition was not small.

Before the ammunition production in Luzhou was put on track, Chen Gu simply could not afford such a scale of consumption.

The ammunition consumed in attacking Zizhou was almost enough to attack Fucha Mingliang.

Zizhou is definitely much worse than Chengdu. According to this calculation, Chen Gu may not be able to capture Chengdu directly. Even if he did, he would not have the energy to defend it.

Therefore, it became imperative to stop Fu Cha Mingliang from leading his troops into Sichuan from Jinniu Road.

As long as Fu Cha Mingliang is blocked at Jinniu Road, no matter whether he enters Bazhong from Migang Road or goes to Chongqing along Jialing River, a lot of time can be bought for Chen Gu.

In fact, Chen Gou hoped that Fu Cha Mingliang would go to Chongqing. By then, after Chen Gou had tidied up the capital, it would be much easier to attack Chongqing downstream. On the contrary, if the battlefield was in Bazhong, it would inevitably become a protracted war.

Unless Chen Gou can defeat Fu Cha Mingliang in a single unexpected battle, once Fu Cha Mingliang figures out Chen Gou's military strength and fighting style, with his battlefield experience he will definitely not give Chen Gou a chance to take advantage of. In the end, it will become a protracted war, a test of both sides' logistics and soldier consumption.

This is exactly what Chen Gu was worried about, because the war potential of Sichuan is definitely not as good as that of the Qing Dynasty that occupies the entire world.

As for the advantage in weapons, it is not omnipotent, and the imperial court is not saying that there is no way to narrow the gap in weapons between the two sides. Things like raised rifles and submachine guns are also very powerful.

Just when Chen Gu was absorbed in thinking about future strategic opportunities, San Lang was the first to run out, shouting excitedly, "Leader, I found a treasure spot!"

"I also found a treasure spot!" Xing Honghai ran out soon after.

Chen Gu smiled and asked, "Tell me, how did you find it? How much is in it?"

Xing Honghai was the first to speak: "I found a secret door in the treasury, which contains many pearls and jades. They are obviously good things!"

(End of this chapter)