In Osaka City, more than half of the hundreds of thousands of civilians were arrested by the Northern Army. Many of these island country civilians were actually arrested on trumped-up charges. Some were even arrested because they were neighbors of civilians who rose up against the Northern Army.
.Tens of thousands of people were imprisoned in one place, and the Northern Army sent a large army to strictly guard them.
The remaining Northern Army immediately started frantically searching again. The objects of the search were, of course, the civilians who had been arrested. The result was somewhat beyond Zeng Yi's expectations. After a wave of looting, the Northern Army had only plundered a hundred civilians.
Thousands of silver.
You must know that these are tens of thousands of island country civilians. Although civilians definitely don't have much money, people who can live in Osaka Castle are considered rich among island country civilians, and they shouldn't have just this little money.
"These guys must have hidden wealth!" Zeng Yi said with great certainty.
"It's for sure now! After the Northern Army invaded Osaka, everyone would immediately hide their family's money, not to mention the fact that they had a fight with Tokugawa Ieyasu. Anyone with a little surplus food would not do it again.
Keep the money at home." The fourth child said without any surprise.
"Hey, you are still too kind. If the Northern Army had raided these civilians immediately when they invaded Osaka, the gains would have been far greater than they are now."
The civilians of the island country hid money, which caused a lot of trouble to the Northern Army. Osaka is so big, who knows where these civilians have hidden their money. If the Northern Army were to search for it, they probably wouldn't be able to find much in a day or two.
The Northern Army tried to search, but basically every house was dug three feet into the ground. Some of them have not been found yet. It is not an option to continue like this. The leader of the Northern Army really had no choice. He found Zeng Yi again.
et al.
In the past few days, Zeng Yi and others are actually thinking of a way. To be honest, the four countries have no good solution for a while. However, the four of them are players and have a natural advantage, that is, they can brainstorm and seek help from others. Zeng Yi
After telling the Xueyiwei guys about this, the Xueyiwei really came up with a plan for Zeng Yi and the four of them. Let the Northern Army search for it. I don’t know how many years Ma Yue will be able to find it. Since all the money
It was hidden by the civilians of the island country. Why not let those civilians take the initiative to take out the money?
"Master Ni, you also know the current situation. The civilians of these island countries definitely don't have this much money. I wonder if you have any good ideas?"
Zeng Yi smiled and said: "We have been thinking of ways these days. It is very difficult to find the money hidden by these islanders. Why not let the islanders come up with the money themselves?"
"Island people take their own money? How is that possible?"
"Nothing is impossible. When money can change their lives, those who can afford it will definitely take it!"
"Money in exchange for life?"
"right!"
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On that day, among the tens of thousands of civilians arrested, the Northern Army found several hundred civilians who were bewitched by Tokugawa Ieyasu and caused chaos to the Northern Army. In fact, most of these people were descendants of those big families, some kind of
In a sense, they are not considered civilians.
These hundreds of people were arrested, and the Northern Army beheaded them directly in public, and announced that they would continue to examine the captured civilians and kill any problematic ones. As soon as this news came out, the island nation of Osaka Castle suddenly
Everyone became panicked, especially those civilians who were arrested. Many were so frightened that they peed their pants.
Afterwards, the Northern Army killed several hundred more people, then stopped, and immediately announced to the outside world that most of the people were bewitched by Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Northern Army thought that they did not cause any harm to the army, so they went around.
Their lives are spared, but they cannot escape the death penalty. If they want to regain their freedom, they need to pay a certain deposit.
There is a lot of discretion in how much to charge for this deposit. If they charge less, Zeng Yi and the others will feel that they are at a loss and will suffer too much. The islanders will not be able to pay it out, and it is possible that the islanders will rebel again. According to the pro-military Duwei Mansion
A survey on the average wealth of civilians in Osaka revealed that the deposit was set at fifty taels of silver. For most civilians in Osaka, although it was a lot, most of them took it out even though they gritted their teeth.
As soon as the news came out, the islanders didn't believe it too much at first. No one sent money at all. Seeing this situation, the Northern Army did not hesitate and killed hundreds of rebels again and announced the people who would be executed tomorrow.
The list of guilty rebels made the islanders unable to bear it any longer. Family members of the civilians who were arrested began to be sent carefully with money. The Northern Army was very polite and released them immediately after receiving the money.
When those who gave money took their families back, the number of people who gave money suddenly increased. Fifty taels of silver was exchanged for a life. As long as it was not someone who really couldn't afford the money, the family basically found a way to scrape together five taels of silver.
Ten taels of silver. Within two days, most of the tens of thousands of islanders were released. Some were left alone without relatives. The Northern Army provided door-to-door service in a very humane way. They would escort them and find the money themselves.
, as for the last few people who really couldn't afford the money, although the Northern Army did not kill them, they had no chance of leaving until the Northern Army withdrew.
In just a few days, the civilians of the island country sent more than two million worth of wealth. Counting the one million silver collected by the Northern Army, this wave of Northern Army obtained another three million silver. Zeng Yi knew that Osaka
There must still be money among the common people, but three million silver has basically robbed most of the wealth among the common people, and there is really nothing that can be done about the remaining ones.
The first group obtained three million silver from the big families in Osaka, and this time they obtained another three million, adding up to more than six million. It can be said that for Osaka Castle alone, the imperial court sent troops this time.
The hard work has paid off!
The pro-military captain's office quickly spread the news back to the country. The old prince and others were relieved when they learned that their efforts had been paid back. Even though the old prince and others had agreed to send troops, they had actually been worried about the harvest.
Now I was finally relieved. No one in the court objected to sending troops to the island country. Some people even began to urge Zeng Yi and the others to attack Kyoto, the capital of the island country.
Of course Zeng Yi and the others would not care about these urgings. Not to mention that the old prince did not give a direct order. Even if the old prince gave a direct order and the general was outside and the military order was not obeyed, the Northern Army would not attack rashly. This is on someone else's territory.
After the Northern Army captured Osaka, the cities in various parts of the island country have strengthened their defense, especially the cities near Osaka Castle. They have even completed the reinforcement of troops. A hasty attack will only cause the Northern Army to suffer heavy losses.
