Tibet

The civil servant who followed Li Ye to the battle this time was Wang Changling. This was his first time participating in the war and he was very interested. At this time, he was leading dozens of soldiers to count the captured enemy soldiers' property in the camp.

Li Ye stepped forward and asked, "How was the harvest?"

Wang Changling nodded and smiled: "There are already more than 400,000 gold coins, more than 500,000 silver coins, and countless gold and silver utensils. There are still 30% that have not been counted. Where did these soldiers come from so much property?"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "This army is the Eastern Legion of Dashi. They have been in Tochara for more than ten years. They have stolen all their property. In fact, it is far more than that. They have squandered it. Immediately, the wealth from Hamil’s house will be delivered, and that’s the bulk of it, as well as many young and beautiful women.”

"The woman is Hamil's concubine?" Wang Changling asked.

Li Ye smiled and said: "We Han people say that wives and concubines are actually the women that Hamil has occupied. There are more than two hundred people, all under the age of twenty. Wang Shijun, please choose one too!"

Wang Changling blushed and waved his hands quickly: "I don't need it, you give it to the soldiers!"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "I don't mean anything else. You civil servants come from the Central Plains, your wives and children stay at home, and there is no one to take care of your daily life here. The women here have a very good characteristic, they are very docile, and they know how to do it." Take care of people, if each of you takes one as a concubine, your life will be much better. At least you can have hot meals when you go home, and you can wash your feet with hot water at night."

Wang Changling saw that the governor was very sincere and did not mean to ridicule, and was very realistic. He was a little tempted. It was certainly better to have someone to take care of his daily life than no one to take care of him. Before leaving, his wife also asked him to take a concubine here.

"Let's think about it when we go back!"

"Okay! I'll send them back to Suiye first."

Wang Changling smiled and said: "The governor is not young now, wouldn't you consider marrying a concubine?"

Li Ye also smiled and said: "I have a woman here, who is the princess of Geluolu. She is now a saint at Guangming Temple in Samarkand. She has married too many here, and I can't explain it when I go back."

Wang Changling chuckled and said, "Your mother specifically told me to keep an eye on you. She is afraid that you will bring back a group of Hu people's daughters-in-law."

"She has too much control!" Li Ye laughed dryly.

At this time, more than a hundred carriages loaded with boxes and bags entered the military camp. This was the first batch of wealth sent from Hamil's house, with more than two million gold coins alone.

The last time Gao Xianzhi conquered Juzhanti, he annihilated thousands of Eastern Legion soldiers, but he didn't get much loot. Gao Xianzhi was very annoyed and simply ordered the army to loot Juzhanti's people's wealth.

The wealth of the Eastern Army was in the home base of the Bushi Kingdom, and finally fell into the hands of Hamil, the third person in the Eastern Army. Under the pressure of Abu Muslim, Hamil sent half of it to Mulu, while the other half was taken by him. Swallowed.

The reason why Hamil fled to Juzhanti and did not dare to return to Mulu was because he had too much wealth and he knew that Abu Muslim would not let him go.

Soon, Pei Xiu and An Taixuan also led their troops back. They stepped forward and handed over their orders, "Report to the Governor, we have wiped out all the fleeing enemy troops. We also shot and killed General Hamil, and brought back his head. "

Pei Xiu asked the soldiers to present identification certificates such as heads and military badges, and Li Ye asked a civil servant in the city to identify him, who was the city lord Hamil.

"Have all the bodies been disposed of?"

"They were all burned and buried deeply. All the captured items have been brought back, including several trophies that belong to the governor."

Pei Xiu asked the soldiers to bring over a box and a flat box.

"This is what Hamill carries with him!"

It has always been a common practice in the military for the enemy's generals' belongings to be given to their own army's generals as trophies. For example, the belongings of the imperial palace in the Sui Dynasty certainly belonged to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. If the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was willing to reward his subordinates, that would be another matter.

"And a broadsword and armor!"

The other two soldiers brought a broadsword and a set of armor. The workmanship of the broadsword was average, but the material was excellent. It was made of wootz steel and could be recast.

But the armor shocked Li Ye. The chain armor and helmet were actually made of gold. The helmet was inlaid with lapis lazuli, emerald, malachite, ruby, turquoise, amber and other precious gems. It made him vomit at first sight. The armor of a certain king of Fire.

The boxes and flat boxes are also made of gold, are quite heavy, and have small locks on them.

Hamil's belongings belonged to him, and Li Ye did not show any pretense and said to the soldiers: "Move to my tent!"

Pei Xiu handed over other captured loot to Wang Changling, including more than a hundred bags of gold coins and other soldiers' belongings.

It will take at least two days just to count the loot here.

At night, Li Ye opened the gold box, and suddenly there was a bright blue light. There were hundreds of precious lapis lazuli stones in the box. Tochar is Afghanistan, and it has been a land rich in gems since ancient times. The emeralds produced in Panjshir, It also produces some of the best lapis lazuli in the world.

This box of lapis lazuli was the best collected by the kings of the Bu Shi Kingdom. Hamil snatched it away and planned to use it as a family heirloom.

Li Ye took a deep breath and opened the golden flat box again. Although he was prepared, he couldn't help but marvel at what was in the box.

The box was covered with velvet and divided into twenty grids. There was an emerald in each grid. Under the light, it looked like water waves. Each one was so green that it melted his eyes. It was not inferior to the Caliphate gem. .

No wonder Hamil wanted to take it away, it was indeed a unique treasure in the world.

Li Ye locked the flat box, one of which could be handed over to Mrs. Guo Guo, and the others would be kept by himself.

As for lapis lazuli, the quantity is relatively large, and one can be awarded to each of the officials and generals, while the rest should be kept for oneself.

At this time, Wang Changling's voice came from outside the tent, "Has the Governor rested?"

Li Ye put away the flat box and said with a smile: "Please come in!"

Wang Changling walked in and saluted, "Sorry to disturb the governor!"

"Your Majesty, please take a seat!"

Wang Changling sat down, and Li Ye pulled the gold box over and said with a smile: "It is full of top-grade lapis lazuli. If you choose one, everyone else will have one."

"Thank you very much, Governor. I would rather obey your orders than be respectful."

Wang Changling took a look and found that they were all similar. They were all top-quality lapis lazuli. He picked a lapis lazuli that was as big as an egg and just grasped it in his hand.

Wang Changling smiled and said: "My mother-in-law is a Buddhist. When I was in Luoyang 20 years ago, I went to a Huren jewelry store to buy lapis lazuli for her birthday. I bought one the size of a red date. The quality was far worse than this. It also cost me thirty guan. I remember that barbarian said that the best lapis lazuli in the world is in Tochara. It is collected by Buddhist temples and kings. No matter how rich you are, you can’t buy it. Now I know, it turns out that this is the best lapis lazuli stone in the world. Good lapis lazuli.”

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "We got it by chance."

Wang Changling nodded and sighed: "I want to talk to the governor about this loot. It is simply unimaginable to me. I can get so much wealth after conquering a city. There are five million gold coins alone. I don't have any silver coins yet." Counting, there are so many gold and silver vessels, this is just a city, if you destroy a country, who knows how much wealth you will get?"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "Last year Gao Xianzhi also captured Juzhanti. He thought he could get countless wealth, but in the end he got nothing. In a rage, he sent his army to plunder the whole city. In fact, the wealth we got today is what Gao Xianzhi got last year. What you didn’t get.”

"Why is this?" Wang Changling asked puzzled.

"Juzhanti originally belonged to the Dongcao Kingdom. It was occupied by the Eastern Legion of Dashi more than ten years ago. The Eastern Legion is an army composed of Tocharians who believe in the Dashi Cult. They have more than 10,000 people and their home base is in Bushi. country, for more than ten years they looted many small countries and plundered a large amount of wealth. These wealth were gradually transferred to Dashi, but they also kept a lot of it privately.

Their wealth was stored in Bu Shi Kingdom. Gao Xianzhi thought that they were fighting against Ju Zhan Ti, so he specially led troops to fight against Ju Zhan Ti. He killed countless enemy troops and also killed the enemy generals, but the wealth he was thinking about was not there. I got it, and then I went to the Stone Kingdom and gave him half of the wealth in the Stone Kingdom Palace, and he finally swallowed his bad breath.

After we withdrew, Hamil became the leader of the Eastern Army. He moved to Juzhanti and brought over the Eastern Army and the wealth he plundered, which is what we have today.

So I say this is a combination of circumstances and unintentional interference. "

Wang Changling let out a long sigh, "That's it!"

After a pause, he asked again: "Did the governor know in advance that there was wealth here?"

Li Ye nodded, "I know there are, but I didn't expect there to be so many. I originally thought that up to a million gold coins would be awarded to the soldiers, but it was beyond my expectation."

"Then what does the governor plan to do?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "One million of them will be used as a reward, and the rest will be returned to the official treasury."

"Does the governor still want to intercept the tribute to the court?"

Li Ye sneered and said: "They want to pay tribute to the court. I won't let it go, but I want to collect protection fees. These small countries fear power but not virtue. If you treat them too well, they will only think you are weak and can be bullied!"