Jianghu I am the only one

Chapter 88
It was getting dark, but Xiang Mansion was still brightly lit.

The front door, the back door, and the left and right side doors are all guarded, but they are no longer the guardians of the Xiang family, but brothers from the Shenmu Gang.

Because Ouyang Ye ordered not to make loud noises at night, so as not to cause people to take the opportunity to cause chaos, so although there are people shuttled to and from many courtyards in Xiangfu, it is not noisy.

"Master, please take a look, this is the account book for the money exchange between the Xiang family and the government." In the living room of the house where Xiang Nanshan lived, Chen Yan put several account books in front of Ouyang Ye.

After Ouyang Ye roughly controlled the Xiang Mansion, and concentrated all the important properties, registers, and accounts of the mansion in Xiangnanshan's residential compound, he sent Zhang Susu and Wang Zheng back to Jitangguan.

One is that they are afraid that someone will sneak attack while the main force of the Shenmu Gang is not there.Although Ouyang Ye and others acted suddenly today, other forces in the world may not know about it until now, but they have to guard against it.

Second, Xiang's roster and accounts need to be sorted out.So, after returning to Jitang Pass, Wang Zheng led a team of brothers to escort Chen Yan and several accountants under him.

As the overlord of the Babei rivers and lakes, the Xiang family and Xiang Nanshan, as the big brother of the green forest and the underworld, must have connections with the government, otherwise it would be impossible to live in the county in a grand manner.

If the Shenmu Gang wants to take over the Xiang family's territory and "business", the most important thing is to obtain the roster and accounts of the Xiang family's collusion with the government.

Of course, it is not to treat those corrupt officials, but to use these things as clues and basis to continue to bribe those corrupt officials.

In addition, it is also very important to find out whether the Xiang family has a relationship that is harder than teaching in the government, such as kinship.

Ouyang Ye picked up the account book and looked through it, while Chen Yan sat aside and said, "I checked, and although the Xiang family pays a lot of tribute to the various departments of the county government every year, it has nothing to do with it. On the contrary, Xiang Wenfeng has an older sister. Married to a guard in Shizhou Prefecture, but died of illness a few years ago."

The Dayu military system gave Ouyang Ye the feeling that it was a hodgepodge of Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

There are forbidden troops in the center and green battalions in the local areas.

Regardless of whether it is the forbidden army or the green battalion, the military system is the same, from low to high, they are Wu, Shi, sentry, flood, battalion, association, standard, and army.

However, the local military establishment is only up to the standard, and the army is a high-level establishment that only exists in the forbidden army.

The corresponding military positions, from low to high, are Corporal Chief, Shi Chief, Post Chief, Commander, Garrison, Guerrilla, Capital Division, and Chief Soldier.

Dayu's military is now relaxed, such as Jing Province, which is inland and has been "peaceful" all the year round, has only one general army and two or three capital divisions.

As for the following prefectures, some have guerrillas, while others do not.

Because Shizhou Mansion is located in Jingxi, there are quite a few ethnic minorities below, and there is a guerrilla general, so the following defenses are worthless.

So, when Chen Yan said that Xiang Wenfeng's sister married a guard and died for several years, Ouyang Ye nodded and stopped asking.

If he needs attention, Chen Yanzi will tell him.

However, when Chen Yan mentioned Xiang Wenfeng's sister, it reminded Ouyang Ye of the Xiang family's family members.

Apart from the daughter who was married and died, Xiang Nanshan had only one son, Xiang Wenfeng, and Xiang Wenfeng had a pair of sons and daughters, both of whom were underage.

It's a pity that after killing Xiang Wenfeng in the daytime, the Xiang mansion was in chaos, and Xiang Wenfeng's children escaped under the escort of several loyal guards.

Ouyang Ye didn't worry too much about it.

In the future, if Xiang Wenfeng's children grow up, it's fine if they don't come to him for revenge. If they dare to take revenge, he doesn't mind killing the Xiang family.

After looking through the account books of the Xiang family's collusion with the government, he learned that the Xiang family had already given part of the money that should be given to the government this year, so Ouyang Ye said: "According to these accounts, I will give another share of the money that the Xiang family gave to the government this year. Those who are not given will be given double copies. Does Uncle Chen think it is appropriate to do so?"

"It's very appropriate." Chen Yan had a smile on his face, "I'm going to prepare silver taels right now, and send them to those moths earlier, lest they cause trouble for us."

"My Shenmu Gang's acceptance of Xiang's territory and 'business' needs to be clarified." Ouyang Ye reminded.

Chen Yan nodded and said, "Understood."

After Chen Yan left, Ouyang Ye looked at the other rosters and accounts sent earlier, and learned about the main gains from the elimination of the Xiang family.

Among the various harvests, the most intuitive ones are gold and silver. Not counting the tens of thousands of taels of gold obtained from the darkroom of Xiang Nanshan's bedroom, and the sum of silver collected from other courtyards of Xiangfu, there are actually 10,000+ taels.

Among them, Xiang Wenfeng's residence was the most found, with a huge amount of nearly 10 taels.

The second is the jewelry, which can be appraised roughly, and the land deeds of the houses and shops, which add up to several 10 taels of silver.

Coupled with some other things that are not easy to value, the total value of the property obtained by eliminating the Xiang family this time may reach as many as one million taels of silver!

It sounds unbelievable that a local tyrant who dominates a county can have a fortune of millions.But if you consider what kind of business Xiang's family is doing, it's not difficult to understand.

When people buy things that are too expensive, they often say that you might as well grab them.

This shows that robbery is indeed a means of "getting rich".

The most direct example is that this time Ouyang Ye eliminated the Xiang family and robbed the Xiang family's property. Didn't he "earn" millions of taels all at once?

The Xiang family dominated the green forests and gangsters in Babei for 20 years. From personally doing the knife to sitting on the ground and sharing the spoils, I don't know how many people's families were ruined, and the wealth of those people was naturally plundered by him.

Therefore, Ouyang Ye is not only not surprised that he can harvest millions of taels of wealth this time, but feels that it is less.

Maybe, the Xiang family father and son still hide some gold, silver and jewelry somewhere.

But Ouyang Ye doesn't feel short of money now, and he didn't ask his subordinates to search Xiang's family just because of a guess.

He also wants to occupy this vast Xiangfu.If Xiang's father and son really buried the treasure here, it would also belong to him in the future.

After learning about the wealth obtained from the Xiang family, Ouyang Ye looked through the roster and account books to learn about the "business" of the Xiang family.

Xiang's two gambling halls, one restaurant, and one inn in the county town are not bad in scale, but after all, they are in a remote place like Babei, and their income is not much.

Therefore, Ouyang Ye swept over these few serious businesses.

What he wants to know most is the "business" of the Xiang family in the green forest and underworld.

In the past few decades, there have been more and more bandits in Dayu. The complex mountains and rivers in Babei are easy to breed bandits, so there are more bandits than other places.

The twelve evil spirits subdued by Xiang Nanshan are quite famous in the Babei Green Forest, but the manpower and territory they control is only half of the Babei Green Forest.

The other half appeared in the past few years. Although they were not subdued by the Xiang family, most of the stolen goods were sold through the Xiang family.

Thieves and robbers do not always get gold and silver, but most of the time they only get something.Not to mention that these things are not easy to exchange for gold and silver in the market, most of them are related to human life, and some are even related to gentry and government, so they are not visible.

Only through the channels that the Xiang family has operated for many years, can they exchange these stolen goods for money, and even the supplies they need.

And once the stolen goods were handled by the Xiang family, the money they received was at least twice what the Xiang family gave to the thieves.

This is sitting on the ground and dividing the spoils.

It's so cool to "earn" money.

However, what Ouyang Ye values ​​is not how profitable this "business" is, but the thieves who are influenced and even controlled by it.

If he could control all these thieves and make them obey orders like the brothers of the Shenmu Gang, his power would expand a lot in no time.

Of course, most of these thieves are predatory, and their personalities are also very complicated. It is not easy for them to be honest and obedient.When doing it specifically, it is necessary to kill again.

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