The next day, when Shen Yi woke up from the military tent, it was already bright.
When he got up, put on his clothes and walked out of the tent, he could smell a particularly strong smell of burning wood.
When I looked up at the Japanese pirate stronghold in front of me, the fire was still burning.
It is difficult to send something like fire away when you invite it. Even the anti-Japanese army has no good way to quickly extinguish the fire.
But it doesn't matter. Anyway, it's the village on the island that's being burned. If it's burned, it's burned.
Seeing Shen Yi walk out of the tent, a clerk from the Anti-Japanese Army immediately came over and bowed to Shen Yi: "Master Shen, Ling Qianhu is waiting for you in the stockade. I asked you to come over after you wake up."
Shen Yi said "Hmm", and under the leadership of the book office, he quickly entered the Japanese pirate's village.
This stockade is huge, and it is estimated that it will take two or three days to completely burn it. At this time, the anti-Japanese army soldiers marked an open space in the burned place, and there were more than 2,000 men and women in total. , were placed in these open spaces according to areas, waiting for Shen Yi to fall.
In addition to these "prisoners", 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 by fire, and the silver light inside could be seen.
Most of them are silver.
There are also several boxes containing valuables such as gold, silver, and jewelry.
At this moment, Ling Su was arranging affairs. When he saw Shen Yi approaching, Ling Su hurriedly greeted him, respectfully held his hands in his hands and said, "Sir, you're awake."
Shen Yi glanced at Ling Su, whose eyes were red, and frowned slightly: "Did you not sleep last night?"
Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said: "Sir, there were too many things last night, and we need someone in charge here. Knowing that you have worked hard, my subordinates... took it upon themselves to sort out the matters here."
The night before yesterday, Shen Yi and the two Qianhu didn't sleep a wink, and Ling Su didn't sleep last night, which meant that Ling Qianhu hadn't slept a wink 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 cupped his fists and said: "Sir, most of the Japanese pirates in this village are Japanese. There should be 2,500 or 600 people who go out to rob on weekdays. Most of them were killed, and a small number surrendered. The rest of the population, combined, exceeds 2,000 people, among whom..."
Having said this, Ling Su paused, and then continued: "Sir, Li Jielang is not the first leader of this village. This village has been around for twenty or thirty years. Therefore, in this village, except for the Japanese, , there are also many Han women plundered by the Japanese, and...and..."
At this point, Ling Su stopped talking.
Shen Yi glanced at him and continued: "And the children they gave birth to with Japanese people?"
"Um."
Ling Su nodded, and then said: "Many Japanese pirates are already the second generation..."
"Sir, this stockade is not just a stockade, it has the appearance of some small towns and is very large in scale."
Shen Yi took another look at the large boxes.
Ling Su caught Shen Yi's gaze and continued: "Sir, these were all confiscated from the Japanese pirates' vaults. They were the proceeds of plundering by these Japanese pirates over the years. In addition to money and valuables, there are also a large number of Food, but that food..."
Ling Qianhu glanced at the fire that was still burning and sighed: "I'm afraid most of it will be destroyed by this fire."
Shen Yi walked to these boxes and opened one of them, revealing a whole box of white money.
Mr. Shen reached out and took out two pieces. One was warm, and the other was a little hot. It must have been burned by the fire last night.
However, in an open environment, the temperature of the fire naturally cannot melt the silver, so the silver has not deformed.
Shen Yi held it in his hand and played with it for a moment, then put it back, and then asked: "How much is it approximately? Do you have the number?"
"There is estimated to be nearly 200,000 taels of silver in cash, and there are several boxes of gold, estimated to be more than 10,000 taels."
Ling Su looked at the gold and silver, took a deep breath, and whispered: "There are also some precious things such as jewelry and jades, which are impossible to estimate..."
Shen Yi glanced at the silver.
To be honest, this group of Japanese pirates is not very wealthy. After all, this is an old village. It is estimated that the net savings of these Japanese pirates in a year is only one to twenty thousand taels of silver.
Compared with many wealthy businessmen on the coast, they are inferior.
Of course, there are four thousand 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 this group of Japanese pirates is still very considerable.
It’s just that the expenses were very large and I didn’t save much money.
Shen Yi looked around briefly, then glanced at Ling Su, and suddenly smiled: "Last night, there were no brothers who were greedy for these coins and stretched out their hands in them?"
Ling Su quickly shook his head: "Sir, when the basement was opened last night, my subordinates were personally on hand to monitor it. I made sure that no one reached inside!"
Shen Yi smiled: "It doesn't matter if you reach out, after all, everyone has been fighting hard these days."
"That's it..."
Shen Yi said calmly: "Seal these things up first and transport them back. Don't transport them elsewhere, just transport them to our anti-Japanese army camp. Then we will first calculate the rewards and pensions for our anti-Japanese army. Deduct it from it and send it directly to the brothers, so as to save the court from having to go through the process from yamen to yamen."
"The brothers who participated in the battle yesterday will be rewarded with ten taels of silver each from this money."
Ling Su swallowed, then looked up at Shen Yi, lowered his head and said, "Sir, will this cause you trouble...?"
"Brothers are not greedy for money. Otherwise, sir, you should report the truth to the court and hand it over to the Ministry of Revenue..."
Shen Yi looked around and smiled: "If you didn't go to the court to sue me, this matter would never have happened."
He looked at Ling Su and said calmly: "Ling Qianhu won't sue me?"
"Of course my subordinates won't."
Ling Su lowered his head, glanced left and right, and said in a low voice: "It's just adults. There are many people with mixed eyes. It is inevitable that some people will see it. What I mean is... we should act according to the rules. As for the reward... you will follow The court is asking for rewards because you are new to the officialdom and do not understand the rules. It is taboo for an official to reward the troops privately."
Shen Yi laughed and patted Ling Su on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, I will handle it properly after I return to the camp."
Indeed, it is very taboo to reward the troops privately, but before Master Shen fought this battle, he was surrounded by internal guards. He had already reported to the emperor through the internal guards.
Not only has the report been filed, but the sharing has also been negotiated.
In addition to the rewards for the anti-Japanese troops, the rest of the money earned this time will be transported back to Jiankang by the inner guards, and will go directly into the emperor's internal funds instead of the treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
In other words, to supplement the emperor's private money.
After talking about the money, Mr. Shen looked at Ling Su and his expression became serious: "By the way, Ling Qianhu, have you caught the bandit leader Li Jielang?"
"Return to my lord."
Ling Su smiled and said: "We have caught him, and my subordinates are keeping him under separate custody. Sir, do you want to see him?"
"Um…"
Shen Yi stretched out, squinted his eyes and said, "Now that I've caught him, don't worry, go back and take him to my boat. I will slowly process him on the way back."
"correct…"
Shen Yi suddenly remembered something and said, "Remember to find a doctor on the boat for me. Don't let this guy die easily."
Ling Su's heart trembled when he heard this, and he immediately lowered his head and said.