Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong did not have such ideas. They were originally robbers. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, their skills had no place to stand. They heard that the city was clearing out gold, silver and treasures, so they entered the city overnight without even sleeping.
If this happened in the Tang Dynasty, where could such an opportunity be found? If you dared to allow your soldiers to rob, someone would immediately report it to Li Shimin, and who knows what kind of crime you would be charged with. But this is Fusang, and it's not an exaggeration to say that it's a lawless place.
For the people here, you cannot be considered our people at all. Although you will be under our rule in the future, before you join, we must clean you up from top to bottom and cannot let you have too much wealth. If you have too much wealth, what should we do if you rebel against us?
"What did you say? If your family doesn't take all these people away from me, if you can't come up with three thousand strings of cash tomorrow morning, I will kill all three of these children. Then we'll see if you can do it."
Cheng Yaojin liked this kind of thing the most, so he took people to search the house of an official, but only found a few thousand strings of cash. This was simply impossible. There must be some places we didn’t find, so Cheng Yaojin took away the three boys in the family. This was also the only child in the family. If you don’t have money, I will use these people to threaten you. Let’s see if there is any money in the end.
"Master, please spare me, Master, please spare me. These are the only children in our family. We are really broke. Everything we have is here. If I lie to you, Master, let all of us be struck by lightning. We are really broke..."
Cheng Yaojin led his men out, needing to give them some room to maneuver. Behind him, he could hear the cries of these people. In Cheng Yaojin's view, these people simply wouldn't cry until they saw the coffin. Did they really think he didn't dare to kill people? You've been an official for so many years, and you're considered a prominent family in Fusang. How could you find such a small amount of money? Not even as much as the average landlord. How is this possible?
Normally, when other people were searching, if they couldn't find any money in the house, they would just keep quiet. But after seeing Cheng Yaojin's method, these people also captured one or two people from every household, and they were extremely important people in the family, to see if they could take out their hidden assets. This can be considered as learning and applying.
At daybreak, the entire city had been cleared, and the docks were filled with all kinds of gold, silver, and treasures. I never expected that Fukuoka was such a rich place, almost catching up with the wealthy counties in the Tang Dynasty.
"I originally thought that small Fusang was extremely poor, and that their annual tax revenue was only a fraction of ours. But I never expected them to come up with so much money. My initial estimate is that it must be over 1.5 million kan."
Ding Tu said with some surprise. He had just asked his men to do a quick inventory, and many things had not been counted yet, but this already surprised them a little. Many of the things were gold.
"It's strange, how can such a small place have so much gold and silver?"
Hearing Ding Tu say this, Cheng Yaojin immediately became suspicious. You know, in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it is normal for some large cities to have such things, but ordinary counties definitely cannot have them. How could this place be richer than ours?
Neither of them could answer this question. If Li Xiang were here, then this question would be easy to answer. In ancient society, Fusang has always been the main site for precious metal mining, so they have more gold and silver artifacts than the mainland.
Another reason is trade. Coastal cities all have maritime trade. Although the trade objects are not very far away, they are much more developed than inland cities. If we talk about the wealth in the entire city, what they found is only a part of it, and most of it is hidden.
For example, the wealth that Mr. Hayao Miyazaki took away was not a small amount, and I heard that after being occupied for a long time, he had transferred a large sum of money out. Now this guy has taken his people into the deep mountains and forests. If you want to find him, it may not be so easy.
Why…
Ding Tu was too lazy to think about this problem. He waved his hand towards the distance and Watanabe immediately came trotting over. Although this guy was an official, when facing the Tang Dynasty general, it was almost like facing his elder. He did not dare to delay for a moment.
"You and your men suffered heavy losses when you entered the city just now. So look around the city and if there are any men of suitable age, recruit them and make them obey you. If there are any who disobey, drive them to the docks and we will take them all to the north of Goguryeo, where there are also large tracts of arable land."
Ding Tu received the letter from the King of Wu. The King of Wu had made it very clear in his mind that the vassal army must be replenished and its size must be expanded.
In the battle outside the city gate, the King of Wu saw that our people hardly took any action, only firing a few artillery shells, and the whole war was over. It was these Fuso people who fought all the time. Although our losses were not great, about two hundred people were killed in the mopping-up operation last night. Although we retaliated quickly, there was no way to resurrect these dead people.
There are many young and strong laborers in this city, which can serve as our recruitment base.
"Please rest assured, General. Once this batch of gold and silver is shipped away, I will immediately go to the city to arrest those who committed these crimes. If these bastards refuse to serve the Tang Dynasty, I will transport them all to the north of Goguryeo and let them reflect on their actions in the cold weather."
A gleam also appeared in Watanabe's eyes. You know, the more people he has under his command, the greater his power. Although many people are arrogant and may not obey his orders, Watanabe has the ability to make these people obedient. If these people are disobedient, Watanabe has a lot of skills to make them obedient. They may just have some physical disabilities, but this is not within Watanabe's consideration.
