Zhou Xian stood in the hall, and the bodies in the room had been cleaned up, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood. Thirty-six boxes were placed side by side in the middle of the hall, and they were completely opened. White silver and yellow gold. Two of them were filled with various jewelry, gold earrings, silver headdresses, jade bracelets, and agate pendants. It can be said that they are all available.

Han Kuo stood beside him, calmly silent, and the other soldiers were arranged outside. Han Yong stepped into the house and handed a stack of silver notes to Zhou Xian and said, "General Zhou Shen, this is the silver notes on the body of Ma Xiahu, a total of 300,000 taels, all here."

Zhou Xian nodded slightly and said, "Where is his body? Have you settled it?"

Han Yong bowed and said, "It's buried, no monument is erected, I am the only one who knows the place."

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "That's good, you're right to him."

Han Kuo stepped forward and asked, "Sir, what should we do with these things?"

Zhou Xian pondered for a moment and said, "Put these 36 boxes on seals and transport them back to Laizhou City. Those who want to make a big fuss on the road have to pretend to accidentally knock over the boxes and drop the silver out in the middle. The purpose is to let the people of Laizhou know that all the boxes are loaded with silver."

Han Kuo looked at Zhou Xian in confusion, his face full of confusion.

Zhou Xian spread the clothes that had just been peeled off from Du Qing flat on the ground, then picked up a chopstick that fell on the ground, held it with his left hand, dipped it in the blood on the ground with words on it. "Some silver is easy to get, some silver is hard to get, and we can't take a single cent of silver. Du Qing is the adopted son of the eunuch Du Xun, the eunuch who was sent directly to the palace to govern Jiaozhou salt field. Most of the eunuchs should make a profit from it. If we privately take more than one million taels of silver, we offend a large number of people, and we are not afraid and cannot offend them for the time being. Besides, Han Kuo, you don't feel that this more than one million taels of silver is only a small profit compared to the entire Jiaozhou salt field."

Han Kuo pondered for a moment and asked, "Sir, I know you have always wanted this salt field, but, what should we do?"

Zhou Xian said lightly: "Now the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, and there is a shortage of silver everywhere. I will transport all this batch of silver to the capital and hand it over to Your Majesty. This will not only let Your Majesty know how much profit this salt farm can make every year, but also let him see how these eunuchs do things for him? If Your Majesty is furious, he will make up his mind to impose heavy taxes on the salt farm, and at least millions of silver will be recorded every year, which will solve the difficulties of the court. Even if the final result is not as good as expected, Your Majesty will at least conduct a thorough investigation of this matter. If you use the atmosphere in the court and provide a little guidance, I will be at least 80% sure that Your Majesty will hand over the salt farm to me. Because he knows that I will hand over most of the profits every year to the court."

Han Yong smiled and said with a boxing high: "Sir, I understand. The reason why you let the people of Laizhou know that luck is all silver is to expose the greed of the eunuchs to the court. This prompts His Majesty to make up his mind to stop letting them control the salt field, and the salt field will naturally fall into the hands of the adults in the end."

Zhou Xian looked at Han Yong with appreciation, smiled at Han Kuo, and said, "Han Kuo, the brother you recognize is really good, your head is very fast."

Han Kuo glanced at Han Yong, saw his proud look, and said in a plain tone: "I'm a little clever, but I can easily get carried away by someone's praise. This temperament has to be tempered."

Han Yong gave Han Kuo a blank look, "Brother, you can die if you say something nice!"

Zhou Xian smiled faintly and continued, "What you just said is only one of the reasons. There is another reason because I am worried about the revenge of the eunuchs. I deliberately exposed the money to them, just to show them that I was forced to hand over the money to the court. With this reason, I can cover it up a little, at least they will not blame me for losing this batch of money directly, so things will have room for a turnaround."

Zhou Xian waved his hand and signaled Han Yong to come over, "Han Yong, can you read?"

Han Yong tilted his head and looked at it, whispering: "Kill Du Qing, Gaomi horses are on the tiger, and the water dragon comes out of Mo County." He looked at Zhou Xian in confusion, not understanding why.

Zhou Xian dropped the chopsticks in his hand, clapped his hands, and said, "Han Yong, you will take a 100-man team to the water dragon tomorrow and hand it over to him. He said I will give him five days to hand over the horse and tiger. Otherwise, I will lead all the soldiers of the Laizhou Camp to kill directly and keep the whole village without leaving any chickens and dogs."

"Sir, isn't the tiger at the horse dead already dead? Where can I hand over the water dragon?"

"I know that Ma Xiahu died, but he didn't know that the water dragon came out of water! He would think that Ma Xiahu did this without him, and blamed him for the crime. He knew the seriousness of the crime of killing the court eunuchs. After you arrive, you should be at the foot of the mountain and let him come down. No matter how he explains it, you insist that this thing was done. When you are about to drive him crazy, you will ask him to tell him that as long as he is willing to surrender to the government, I will help him hide it from it. Otherwise, he will know the consequences."

Only then did Han Yong realize that Zhou Xian wanted to conquer the Shui Jiao. He nodded with a puzzled face: "What if he doesn't want to surrender!"

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "I heard others talk about the water dragon. He was a pirate. He has always put interests first and is not a hero. Now all the four bandits in Laizhou and three bandits have been destroyed, and he is the only one left to support him. Unless he is willing to leave Laizhou and go back to the sea to become a pirate. Otherwise, he has no second way to go except to surrender to the government. But he should also prevent it slightly. Han Kuo, please send someone to the Magistrate Guo! Let him prepare the navy in Jiaozhou. Once he finds that the water dragon has the intention to go to sea, he will directly send troops to sink their ships."

Han Kuo bowed and said, "Subordinate obeys the order."

Zhou Xian nodded and smiled and said, "We can't move these whole boxes of silver. But Du Qing has been in this village for so many years, and there must be a lot of broken silver, cloth, porcelain, etc. Let the brothers pack it up and transport it back to Laizhou City when the matter is over. The brothers have won such a big battle this time, so they must reward them well. In addition, now I will send someone to call the magistrate of Mo County, and he should know about this matter. If he hides it for too long, it will be suspicious."

Han Kuo nodded and said, "What about the magistrate Guo! Should I send someone to notify him?"
Chapter completed!