Chapter 1138 The harvest is not small
After easily capturing Dongshan Village and capturing two bandit leaders, Gan Qiang and Pu Xueguang, who were on Haihan's wanted list, Gao Qiaonan's mission for this trip was mostly completed. While Gao Qiaonan led people to count the supplies in the village, he also asked people to go to the kitchen to get some hot food. From the day they entered the mountain yesterday to now, he and his subordinates have been busy all day and have not been able to even take a sip of hot water. After sleeping in the wild for a night, even Iron Man was really tired.
As the base camp and command center of the Wanjia Army during this period, Dongshan Village also concentrated some supplies stored here, mainly grain, grass and weapons. Gao Qiao Nan took inventory of the warehouses in the village and found that there were still nearly ten thousand kilograms of grain. The number of swords, guns, bows and arrows could probably arm three to five hundred people. However, most of the grain was already on the verge of going moldy, and the weapons were in Gao Qiao Nan. It seems like it's just a pile of scrap copper and iron that can only be recycled to make farm tools, and it's not very valuable.
After the soldiers rummaged through the boxes, they found two more boxes of gold and silver in Pu Xueguang's residence, but the total value was only two to three thousand taels of silver. This was still quite different from the information Takahashi Nan had. The Wanjia Army has been arrogant in Dengzhou for several years. Especially in Fushan County, which has the most severe infiltration, the Wanjia Army has scraped away three feet of land, and even the county government has been so crowded that it is about to collapse. It went bankrupt, and the cash accumulated by Wanjiajun through various robberies was at least five figures. According to Wan Meng's explanation, Pu Xueguang has always been responsible for taking care of Wan Jiajun's accounts. After Wan Meng was arrested, all Wan Jiajun's money naturally fell into Pu Xueguang's hands.
Gan Qiang's previous confession also confirmed this. After Wanmeng's accident, he partnered with Pu Xueguang to clean up the mess and prepare to reorganize the Wanjia Army. Gan Qiang was in charge of military command, while Pu Xueguang was in charge of logistics and economics. The latter controlled the accounts and money. Takahashi Nan knew that there was such an ill-gotten fortune, so he would not let it go easily. This was one of the reasons why he was eager to arrest Pu Xueguang, so as not to cause trouble and let this guy transfer the money after getting wind of it. Went somewhere else.
Gao Qiaonan led his people to roughly search through the cottage and found no other gains. He immediately interrogated Pu Xueguang and asked him to reveal the place where he hid the money.
However, this Pu Xueguang was regarded as a military advisor by Wan Meng. Although he was not a very smart person, he still had some small thoughts. How could he be willing to confess like this? He said with a grimace: "This general, Wan Jiajun was in Fushan last time." After the defeat outside the county town, many people fled from various cottages after hearing the news. There was not much gold and silver left, and now there are only two boxes of gold and silver in the villain's bedroom. "
Earlier, the Haihan Army captured the bandit leader Wan Meng in Fushan County. From his mouth, the general family background of Wanjiajun was learned. Although Wanjiajun fell apart after the defeat, some people may have taken part of the money and found another way out, but the remaining It's definitely not just this little family fortune.
Gao Qiaonan didn't believe Pu Xueguang's words, and immediately reminded him: "You can choose not to cooperate with us, but I believe you will not be the only one to know where the money is hidden. As long as we catch one of these bandits, After a trial, there will always be someone willing to cooperate with us. When you are no longer of value to us, you should think clearly about what will happen!”
Pu Xueguang felt that there was something in Gao Qiaonan's words, so he cautiously asked, "How much is a villain worth? Is there any chance of regaining his freedom?"
"That depends on your cooperation!" Takahashi Minami responded: "It's very simple. The more benefits we get, the smaller your sins. If you want to regain your freedom, it depends on how old you are. It depends on your contribution! Don’t forget, Wan Meng was captured alive by us, and we know how much wealth Wan Jiajun has!”
Pu Xueguang thought about it for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "If your army can grant the villain his freedom, the villain is willing to hand over all the money hidden by Wan Jiajun!"
"This condition is not bad, but how do you make me believe what you said?" Takahashi Minami asked.
Pu Xueguang responded: "The villain has a secret account book in his hand. The general only needs to compare the records on it and check the amount of money, and he will know that what the villain said is true."
"Secret account book? Then how do I know whether there is only one secret account book or there are several?" Takahashi Nan is not that easy to fool, and did not immediately accept Pu Xueguang's confession.
Pu Xueguang said: "How dare you deceive the general when your life is at stake? The general also said just now that Wan Meng has already given an approximate amount of money, and the records in this account book should be consistent."
Takahashi Nan heard that what he said was reasonable, so he asked him where the account books were hidden, and then sent someone to take out the account books from the place where Pu Xueguang said.
The place where Pu Xueguang hid his account books was not a top-secret place, it was just in a secret compartment on the bedroom floor. Takahashi Minami led people to search this place just now. After taking out the two boxes of gold and silver he found, he did not carefully examine other places in the bedroom inch by inch.
Takahashi Nan began to look through the account books in front of Pu Xueguang. The entries recorded on them were not the common incoming and outgoing accounts, but the year, month and day, and where the gold and silver money was buried and sealed. The amounts of gold and silver were written in great detail, but the locations recorded were very vague. They were all similar place names such as "Zaoyuan", "Tiger Spot Stone" and "Shenxian Cave". Obviously only the person involved could know the exact burial location. The ground is gone.
"You have quite a few tricks up your sleeve!" After looking through this account book, Gao Qiaonan gained a new understanding of Pu Xueguang. These bandits obviously have a certain sense of crisis, and they also know how to bury the money they robbed in scattered places, so that even if someone knows one of the treasure spots, they will not damage the foundation of Wanjiajun.
Pu Xueguang said quite proudly: "It's not a bragging. Even Wanmeng only knows the approximate amount of money, but not the specific locations of all the burial places. Even if the general can find other insiders, he only knows one or two of them at most." It’s just a location. If you want to find all the treasures, you really have to be led by a villain.”
Takahashi Minami understood that he was negotiating terms with himself, and immediately said: "You lead us to find all the treasure points in this account book, extract the treasures, and verify the number, and I will give you your freedom. Everything in the past Let bygones be bygones! ”
Gao Qiaonan had roughly checked the number when he looked through the account books just now, and it was roughly consistent with the number Wanmeng said. It is expected that there will not be much difference. When the accounting is consistent with the account book records, it can prove that Pu Xueguang's It's true. According to the records in the account books, the Wanjiajun gang buried gold and silver treasures with a total value of more than 100,000 taels of silver in a total of 11 treasure sites. Two of them had been taken out by Pu Xueguang after the Wanjiajun defeated Fushan County. , used to purchase food and other military supplies, as well as daily expenses. The remaining unused portion were the two boxes of gold and silver found by the Haihan Army in his bedroom. The nine treasure caches that remain untouched still contain treasures worth at least 80,000 taels of silver.
This money also gave Pu Xueguang and Gan Qiang the confidence to continue to maintain the structure of the Wanjia Army and plan to recruit troops and buy horses to make a comeback. As long as time goes by, they have a chance to rebuild this bandit army with the money. No matter whether it is renamed Pu Jiajun or Gan Jiajun in the future, there will still be a chance to turn around. But they didn't expect that Haihan would launch a pursuit so quickly and relentlessly. They not only posted reward notices in various villages and towns, but also set up a scheme against Gan Qiang, and then chased him all the way to Dongshan Village. It gave Pu Xueguang, who didn't know what was going on, a trick.
After they hurriedly completed the reintegration of the Wanjia Army, the Haihan Army captured the two men, basically declaring the true destruction of the Wanjia Army. Although there are still some remaining personnel outside Haihan's control, they have become headless flies and it is difficult to become a climate again.
This place is located in a mountainous area, and the distance between it and Fushan County is more than 40 miles. In addition, Gao Qiaonan has to take Pu Xueguang to dig out the bandit treasure buried in the nearby mountains. It will take at least two to three days to complete, and I have no time. After escorting the prisoners of war back to Zhifu Island, they used Dongshan Village as a temporary detention place and temporarily detained hundreds of prisoners of war here.
The words were divided into two parts. When Gao Qiaonan was leading people to hunt for treasure in the mountains, a Haihan fleet from the south arrived at Zhifu Bay Port. In addition to bringing a large amount of supplies to the local area, this fleet also has a new batch of reinforcements, including a company of army personnel, more than 30 civil affairs, agricultural technicians, and medical personnel, and dozens of various personnel. technicians, as well as Tian Yeyou and Morgan who were transferred to work here with the approval of the executive committee.
The operations of Taiwan's Miaoli Oilfield are basically on track, and the local security situation has also become peaceful thanks to the efforts of the military. There are no hostile indigenous tribes within a radius of more than ten miles of the oilfield. After Morgan handed over the local defense to Yu Yao, he set off northward from Miaoli with Tian Yeyou. The two stopped briefly in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, and then went north to Shandong with the fleet transporting supplies.
The Zhifu Island Command naturally welcomed the arrival of these two people. The next project to mine the Fushan copper mine must be hosted by Tian Yeyou, and Morgan was asked to come by Wang Tom's name. On the one hand, the population of the Shandong base is growing rapidly, requiring medical experts to work locally. On the other hand, Morgan's move north will bring not only Not only medical support, but also a group of snipers he personally trained. The Ministry of National Defense hopes that these people can join the battle to regain Liaodong and play a special role as snipers on the battlefield.
As usual, the island organized a welcome banquet for the two newly arrived companions. Except for Harugong and Chen Yixin who were busy on the mainland, other travelers attended the event and informed them of the current situation in Shandong and Liaodong. progress status.
"So, Liaodong Pi Island is an unexpected harvest!" Tian Yeyou couldn't help but sigh after hearing this: "I remember that when you made the original plan, you didn't include this place."
"Yes, we accidentally learned that this place still exists when we arrived in Liaodong. The tens of thousands of Liaodong refugees on Pi Island are still of great value to us." Wang Tom responded: "Currently recruiting in Dengzhou The progress of immigration has slowed down, and the main source of immigrants from the end of this year to the first half of next year may come to Pi Dao.”
"Then Dongjiang Town... apart from basic cooperation projects, are they willing to cooperate with our actions militarily, or accept our command?" Compared with immigration, Morgan is more concerned about the military situation.
Qian Tiandun responded: "Based on the current situation of Dongjiang Town, it is unlikely that they will reject the exchange conditions we proposed. The current initial cooperation intention is to exchange food for population and solve the famine problem on the island first, and then we can talk about it." Further military cooperation, such as sending troops to attack Liaodong together. Most of the soldiers in Dongjiang Town are from Liaodong. They are much more familiar with the local conditions than we are. If we can get the cooperation of Dongjiang Town, then our operations in Liaodong can be successful. It’s relatively easy.”
Tian Yeyou said: "It's not an option for us to provide them with food for a long time, right? Food is not valuable in the south, but the shipping capacity on the sea is. To transport food from Zhejiang to Pi Island, the freight cost alone is more than Food is expensive.”
Sun Changmi nodded and responded: "This is indeed a problem. There are tens of thousands of people on Pi Island, and almost all food depends on external imports. Even if we are not short of food, it will be a problem to feed so many mouths for a long time. So we plan to regain it first Changshan Islands in Liaodong, use the land there to restore food production, allowing Dongjiang Town to gradually solve its food demand problem. ”
Compared with the mainland of the Liaodong Peninsula, the islands across the sea are obviously safer. Houjin's current maritime armed forces are still very limited. Although Shang Kexi defected to Houjin, Dongjiang Town lost the Changshan Islands as a grain-producing area. However, Houjin was also concerned about the inconvenience of sea transportation and did not send troops to occupy these islands. Therefore, it is not too difficult for Dongjiang Town to take them back - provided that the Haihan Navy clears out the Houjin navy on the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula for them and solves the problem. eliminate this security threat.
"What's the level of the Boarskin navy?" Tian Yeyou asked curiously.
"The main force is actually the Ming navy that defected, but if we give them time and space to develop, it will be difficult to say in two or three years." Wang Tom said: "We just want to take advantage of them before they are able to threaten them. Go to Shandong Peninsula and take advantage of them first.”
Tian Yeyou asked: "Winter is about to enter, is it still too late this year?"
"It will probably be difficult this year, and it won't be until the spring of next year at the earliest." Wang Tom has already planned this: "Before Zhifu Bay starts to freeze, we may have another chance to send troops to Liaodong, but I don't think it can be solved at once. The Houjin Navy, unless they are out of their minds, will gather all the navy troops together to fight a decisive battle with us.”
(End of chapter)