The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

82 Murder and Arson Gold Belt
The fire in the Chuangjun camp outside Chunhua City burned for a whole day and night before it was finally extinguished slowly.

After the big and small affairs in the city were properly arranged, Chen Wang led the remaining one hundred riders in the city out of the east city and headed for the Chuangjun camp.

Zhao Huailiang took charge of the affairs of the city, and Hu Zhiyi went to Liaodong.

Hu Zhili was in charge of the military affairs outside the city, cleaned the battlefield, collected the corpses, and gathered the broken soldiers sent by Chen Gong.

Now only Tang Shiping was left by Chen Wang's side.

Although the war was over, but because there were too few people who could dispatch their tribes, apart from those who fled to the southeast, Chen Wang, who fled to Sanshui City, did not assign anyone to take charge of the fleeing Chuangjun.

Most of the Chuangjun who fled to Sanshui City were just old and weak in the battalion, and the threat was not great.

"The battlefield weapons inside and outside the city have been cleaned up."

Tang Shiping followed Chen Wang on a war horse, and reported to Chen Wang the victory he had gained.

"There are 670 and 730 usable cloth face armors, 220 and [-] collars of lock armor, [-] collars of cotton armor, [-] pieces, and [-] high bowl helmets and [-] hats each..."

Tang Shiping's eyes brightened slightly. To be honest, he still saw such ample ordnance after fighting for so long.

With so many ordnance, it is enough to equip a 3000-man combat battalion.

The reason why there are so many cloth face armors and arm coverings is that a large part of them were contributed by the Liao barracks under Zhang Waijia's command.

The other part is the spoils captured by the Chuang army after the defeat of Ai Wannian and other troops in the ambush in the Battle of Xiangle.

Although Chen Wang had expected it in his heart, he knew all these things.

But after hearing the report, my heart still throbbed involuntarily.

With so many armors, he can change all the soldiers under his command into iron armors.

In the current situation, there is no such thing as capturing and returning to the public.

All the seizures before the battle will be coordinated and deployed by the battalion.

Generally speaking, some unwanted things are reported as seized, and all the rest are collected in their own pockets.

Raising soldiers requires money, raising families also requires money, and everything related to war needs money.

The military salaries paid out are decreasing year by year. If the battalion generals are not given some autonomy, it is afraid that the army that is advancing and suppressing will find it difficult to survive.

Although the status of the battalion soldiers has not improved much, the status of the battalion general has improved to a certain extent.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, when Zuo Liangyu was in the Huaiqing campaign, he did not hand in any of the captured ones, and no one even impeached him for this.

"How much the horses gathered."

Chen Wang frowned, looking around at the scorched earth, the air was filled with an unpleasant smell of burnt meat, the smell of roasted meat.

"There are only more than [-] horses gathered so far, and only [-] of them meet the standards of war horses. The rest are rough horses. If they are fed with fine feed for a period of time, some rough horses can also be used as war horses."

Horses measure three things, one is called military horses, the other is called field horses, and the third is called rough horses.

A military horse is a war horse, a field horse is a hunting horse, and a poor horse is a horse that is inferior in all aspects.

Not all horses can be used as war horses. War horses need good endurance and explosive power.

The difference between war horses and ordinary horses can be described as the difference between clouds and mud.

Soldiers wearing armor and holding sharps can easily weigh more than two hundred catties.

As a standard for war horses, at the very least, they must be able to carry armored soldiers to gallop and charge.

"Nearly [-] mules and donkeys were captured. At the foot of the Beishan Mountain, Tangma found the mules and donkeys that fled out of the camp after being frightened by the camp fire. The intruders should have used these mules to transport supplies."

Chen Wang's expression didn't change when he heard more than two thousand war horses.

But when he heard that there were mules and donkeys, Chen Wang's eyes lit up.

"If these horses and mules are sold, how much silver can they exchange for?"

Tang Shiping was slightly taken aback, but he quickly came to his senses and replied.

"I'm afraid it can't be handled in Chunhua. Chunhua is a small county and can't handle so many goods."

"but……"

Tang Shiping lowered his voice a little.

"In the name of some merchants, it can be transported to Xi'an Mansion for sale."

"But there may still be some joints that need to be opened up, and some silver taels will also be spent."

Tang Shiping has also done reselling of loot, and he is familiar with these things.

Chen Wang nodded slightly. He didn't know much about these things. There were too many red tapes and tricks, and it took effort to understand them.

"I'll leave these things to you, can you arrange them properly?"

Many things do not need to be done by yourself, and it is appropriate to entrust professional people to do professional things.

"Please don't worry, Mr. Qian, I will definitely handle this matter well."

Tang Shiping trembled in his heart, suppressed the joy on his face, and lowered his voice.

"All the war horses will be kept, and all the rest of the poor horses will be sold."

"The mules keep five hundred of the strongest, and sell the rest."

Chen Wang didn't have too many thoughts about horses and mules.

Mules can be used to carry armaments, but the demand is limited.

War horses can enhance combat power, but rough horses are useless at all. Instead, they need to consume a lot of food and grass. It is better to sell them directly and exchange them for gold and silver.

There are more than 2000 mules and horses in total, even if one is only sold for more than ten taels, it is enough for 3 to [-] taels of silver.

What is the concept of 3 to 400 taels of silver? It is converted into a market price of more than [-] catties in later generations, which is a small cart full.

At this time, the price of rice fluctuated between two and three, and so much silver could buy more than 1 shi.

A soldier consumes about four buckets and five liters of food a month.

[-] shi of grain is enough for the [-] soldiers under Chen Wang's command to eat for a whole year according to this standard.

However, Chen Wang was not immersed in the joy of getting 3 to [-] taels of silver, this huge wealth.

Because just in front of him, there is far more wealth than 3 taels of silver.

The drawings sent by Gao Jie before clearly marked many places in every detail, including the specific places where gold and silver are stored.

Li Zicheng conquered the two cities of Sanshui and Zhenning, and all the wealthy households in the two cities were killed. Li Zicheng seized a large amount of gold and silver from the two cities.

Much of this gold and silver was stored in the camp.

The fire can burn trees and tents and turn them into ashes, but it cannot completely burn gold and silver.

Even though more than half of the gold and silver looted from the two cities had already been divided, the remaining amount was still not a small amount.

Not far ahead, a large number of armored soldiers were holding knives and guns, guarding a piece of charred ruins.

The nature they protect is not some worthless ruin.

In the exposed places of the scorched ruins, dots of silver and gold are mixed together, shining brightly under the sunlight.

　The third update is over today, and the quality of the codewords has declined a lot in the past few days. If you feel dissatisfied, you can point it out. I am a fan of the authorities. Sometimes I really don’t know.

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