There are still some sporadic battles in the temple, but the situation has basically been brought under control.
The entrances and exits of the temple and some strategically important places within it were all occupied, and the monks were divided into various parts of the temple. There were very few who dared to resist.
Li Tai and Liu Min met in the storage area of the temple's casting workshop and opened several warehouse doors, revealing the goods piled inside. In one of the warehouses, there were many Buddha statues that were banned as obscene sacrifices, which were obviously the ones that had been banned before.
part of the looted supplies.
The process of looting the government troops from the temple was also interrogated. First, several wealthy families involved in the incident coveted such a huge amount of supplies, and then sent people to the temple to discuss it, and the two parties hit it off immediately.
The temple sent a group of monks and soldiers in the name of patrolling to promote Buddhism, and then joined forces with the local noble tribes to catch up with the group of officers and soldiers escorting the supplies, and cooperated with each other internally and externally to deal with Liu Min's tribes.
The servants who accompanied the team to escort the supplies did not dare to resist under the triple pressure from officers, powerful men and the temple, and they obeyed and cooperated to transport the supplies to Hongfa Temple.
The grain and silk items among the supplies have been divided among the parties involved, but the materials related to Buddhist rituals are still stored in the temple, ready to be melted down and recast to continue dividing the loot next year. The Maitreya statue ordered by Li Tai is
Many of these materials were used.
In addition to the missing materials, Liu Min was more concerned about the safety of his missing tribes. He picked out a few of the temple prisoners as guides and led them to the burial place of those tribes.
Liu Min dug up the newly covered mounds with her own hands and held a torch to carefully look through and identify the corpses. Her eyes could not help but burst into tears: "How dare you, dog thief, dog thief... I want you to pay with your blood!"
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Liu Min drew his sword and killed the monks who had led the way here, but he was still angry and ordered some of his troops to stay here to collect the corpses of his companions for relocation, while he led the others back to the temple.
, everyone who saw wearing a monk's robe was slashed with a knife.
Li Tai rushed over after hearing the news and saw that Liu Min was already looking like a madman, her body was covered in blood and her eyes were blood red.
He could understand Liu Min's mood. Although he and his subordinates were called masters and servants, they had a deep relationship of life and death on the battlefield. He thought it was just a harmless escort, but he didn't want hundreds of subordinates to suffer the consequences.
Massacre, if it were Li Tai himself, he would probably retaliate even more crazily.
But even though the temple has been captured, the matter is not over yet. This temple is still a lawless place that the government has no control over, but there are still local tycoons who are in the same camp living in separate places. If they are allowed to mobilize to instigate civil unrest
, will undoubtedly bring serious harm to the local area.
So he stepped forward, raised his hand and held down Liu Min, who was still wielding the knife, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Liu, please bear with your sadness for a moment. The evidence of the crime is now conclusive, and everyone involved will never escape the law."
.But the most important thing at the moment is not to let this disaster spread to the local area. The remaining bandits are scattered in the countryside. Once they sense a crisis, they will be in a hurry to save themselves. It is best to quickly inform the counties and counties to take precautions and not to be taken advantage of by thieves!"
Liu Min also regained some of her composure at this moment. She raised her hand to wipe the tears on her face, but her face was covered with blood again.
He was not in the mood to care about these details, but he said with a slight hesitation: "These thieves are entangled in the local situation, and they have many forces to reach out to the government. If they sue, will it cause more drastic changes?"
His thoughts were obviously still a little confused at this moment, so Li Tai continued: "It is natural for us to enter the country to recover the stolen goods, and it is within our responsibilities to govern the county. Even if the local thieves are able to blackmail the government, it is also the crime of being a high official.
, we are not responsible! But if the pursuit of stolen goods and killing of thieves triggers civil unrest, even if we have the mission of chasing thieves, we cannot avoid the responsibility of disturbing the local area!"
Liu Min came to his senses when he heard this, nodded and said: "Boshan, you are right. The mission is already full of twists and turns, and we really can't cause trouble again. Even if there is a traitor hidden in the matter in the county, it is not our fault.
I will immediately send people to inform the nearby officials, we just need to hold on to this side and not lose!"
After understanding this, he didn't bother to kill the monks to vent his anger, and immediately went into the hall to write an urgent letter and sent people to send it out.
Li Tai was originally a helper, so he didn't have to worry about how to deal with the aftermath. Instead, he returned to the temple storage area and quickly took inventory of the harvest.
Strictly speaking, the treasures in this temple are stolen goods and should be transported to the Bafu.
However, he did not come here to suppress the bandits under the formal orders of the Bafu, but because of Liu Min's personal relationship, he participated as a volunteer. Of course, he was not obliged to report to the Bafu how much materials he had seized.
Bafu is not responsible for the expenses and consumption of his march, and all supplies must be raised by himself without violating the laws and orders. Each of his troops is a gold-eating beast, and every expedition consumes a large amount of supplies.
This is also something that can't be helped.
The main business of Hongfa Temple is to cast Buddha statues, so there are a lot of related materials in the temple, including various finished products, and there are several large warehouses.
It was difficult to conduct a detailed inventory and weighing for a while. It was not until the tribe found several deacons and monks who managed the warehouse among the prisoners and obtained the relevant registers from them that they finally had an approximation of the captured persons.
After finding these important accounting books, Li Tai turned around and ordered his subordinates to burn down the room where the documents were stored. While he was holding the accounting books and looking through them, Li Tai frowned sadly.
Sometimes harvesting too much can also be annoying. Many physical seizures are not like those in later generations that can be washed clean by just going around a string of numbers a few times. Although enriching one's own pockets is a basic operation, it should not be done too blatantly.
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"My Healing Game"
After pondering for a while, Li Tai summoned several surviving monks in charge of the temple, including the old monk who received him before, who was still slightly drunk with hazy eyes.
"Two choices, one is to bow down immediately and become my slave, the other is to go to death now. One, two..."
Before Li Tai could count to ten, all the monks were already kneeling down and calling Master Lang for mercy.
After forcing several people to surrender, Li Tai immediately assigned them a task and ordered them to come forward to organize the surviving monks in the temple, especially those workshop craftsmen who had made Li Tai envious before. He did not intend to let any of them go.
They all have to be taken in as their own slaves.
When Liu Min came back, Li Tai had already worked out a preliminary distribution plan.
Except for the few monks who were captured by the domestic slave organization and managed by him, all other monks in the temple will be classified as prisoners of criminals. The thousands of craftsmen and their families in the workshop, Li Tai will be included as a tribe. The seizures in the temple
He also wanted to keep half of the various materials.
None of these people and things will be submitted in the report. As for other harvests, Li Tai doesn't care. They can't take away the temple, temple fields, and monks and households, and the local government certainly can't take them away.
I'll let them take it away.
As for the other personnel in the temple, Li Tai didn't care whether Liu Min wanted to keep one floor, or gather them all and send them to the Bafu.
Liu Min is not as poor as Li Tai. As a shareholder of Hedong Yanchi, he is still a local tycoon with many assets. This matter was caused by his dereliction of duty, and there is a high probability that he will not be like Li Tai.
It's ugly. The personnel should be sent to the Taiwan government and not detained.
However, in line with the principle of being complicit and not doing all the dirty work by himself, Li Tai came up with the idea that it would be better to build another Sakon Buddhist temple and use the harvest as supplies for this trip. In this way, Liu Min would not have to do anything else.
Give him a reward.
No matter how wealthy a family is, money does not come from strong winds. It is also a business strategy to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
Moreover, Liu Min was still deeply hating the monks for brutally killing him for hundreds of years. He hated the ascetics deeply. After hearing this, he nodded and said bitterly: "Because we successfully recovered the stolen goods during this trip, we all admire Boshan."
It has been hard work for many days, and now we have gone deep into the thieves' nest and launched an attack inside, which is extremely dangerous. Boshan, please lead your troops to rest here, and I will lead my troops to search for supplies tomorrow morning!"
After the two people made this plan, they discussed and selected a target. In addition to this Hongfa Temple, there are several other temples in Chentoushan. The scale is not as grand as this one, but they are also worshiped by some believers.
It is still unknown how the county and county officials will react. In order to avoid further disturbing the nostalgia, they chose a temple dozens of miles away with the least reputation.
It is said that this temple was built by foreigners who donated money here, and they are not keen on recruiting local believers and expanding their influence. Although the name of the temple is not loud, it is very generous. In recent years, there has been a move to dig caves. The scale is not small, and it is also very generous.
The reason for ordering Buddhist statues from Hongfa Temple many times is probably because he has some unknown source of wealth behind his back.
This temple has little connection with the village, and it seems so treacherous, so it is naturally a very suitable target.
At dawn, Li Tai led his troops to stay here and continue to clean up and organize things in the temple, while Liu Min led his troops to the north to attack.
In the morning, some villagers approached the temple to peep and test, but they were driven away by Li Tai's troops. The envoys who went to the county to report the emergency had not yet returned.
In the afternoon, Liu Min, who was out, sent someone to report back and attack the temple. The temple encountered resistance and resistance. Although the temple was not as large and powerful as Hongfa Temple, the monks and soldiers were extremely brave and defended the temple, repelling several attacks.
After Li Tai learned about this situation, he felt something bad in his heart. Could it be that the temple was a white glove used by some gangsters to contact the outside world and sell stolen goods?
He was still thinking about what to do. At this time, the northern county government had sent people and envoys to report, and the county was already gathering township regiments to prepare to suppress the riots in the countryside. After receiving this guarantee, Li Taicai sent Zhang Shinu to lead three men.
Hundreds of troops went to reinforce Liu Min.
In the evening, Liu Min led the crowd back, but his expression was very ugly. When he saw Li Tai, he said solemnly: "Boshan, we must have got into trouble. Do you know who the temple belongs to? After entering the temple, I
The lotus thrones of the late King Shangdang and the ancestors of his clan were found in the temple. If there are no accidents, this temple should be the Changsun family temple..."