Geng E was not worried about how Fan Yuqin's reaction was. Since the Taibailou incident, the Fan family had no way out and could only follow the Qing Dynasty to the point of being in a dark way.

Especially now that the large merchants in Shanxi have been wiped out, and the scene of those who scolding Fan Yuqi before their death was soon spread by the onlookers. Now everyone knows that the reason why these people ended up like this is definitely because they cannot be separated from Fan Yuqi.

In a word, Huang Ni fell into the trouser gear, either shit or shit. Fan Yuqi is the case now. As for whether Fan Yuqi will cooperate next, Geng's will be sure to win. Unless Fan Yuqi has the courage to bury the entire Fan family with him, he will definitely be obedient.

In fact, according to the discussion between Geng'e and Ortai, among the fourteen merchants, they will eventually let one go. After all, it is not enough to obtain money. Businessmen need to do their business for them. If they are killed, who will let this matter be handled? Could it be that Geng'e and Ortai will take action personally?

Therefore, it was both accidental and inevitable to keep Fan Yuqi. With Fan Yuqi's status and reputation in Shanxi and his second-level red top, he naturally became the primary goal. In addition, Fan Yuqi was indeed different from other businessmen and was loyal to the Qing Dynasty. The contents in the note taken at the banquet were enough to prove this.

After killing people cleanly and neatly, there are naturally many things to do next. People are killed, but the families of these people are still there, so their money is naturally not yet obtained. When Fan Yuqi was lying on the bed with grief, despair, grievance, helplessness... and other complicated moods, Geng E and Ortai directly attacked the families of these merchants.

The soldiers who had already prepared long ago rushed to search the various industries of these people, including old houses. Those who dared to resist were naturally killed as rebellious parties, and their families were directly imprisoned and tortured to force them to find out where the Tibetan silver was located.

Even their servants, even the servants, shopkeepers, shopkeepers, etc., were all imprisoned and asked one by one after they were separated. No omissions were allowed.

A few days later, the harvests from all over the place spread to Taiyuan one by one. When they saw the initial results, Geng'e and Ortai did not expect such a harvest and were stunned.

"I didn't expect it... I really didn't expect it..." Looking at the numbers on the checklist, Geng's face was shocked and also a little angry.

"No wonder people often say that businessmen are unrighteous and greedy. This time they have a complete understanding of the true nature. OK! They are really a good servant of the Qing Dynasty! They always say that their family has no money, and they ask them to pay some money and look like they are about to die. Look! Look at these!"

"It's shocking... it's really shocking..." Ortai, the initiator, also stared at incredible eyes. According to their estimates, after the influence of the wars over the years, coupled with the court's forced stake in Shanxi last year, although Shanxi merchants could not be said to be seriously damaged, they are not as sure as before.

This time, he decided to attack these people, and to be honest, it was a helpless move. If the Qing Dynasty had sufficient treasury and had no shortage of money and food, how could he propose to do this?

You should know that once you do this, you can solve the problem in a short time, but it is actually drinking poison to quench your thirst, or killing the hen that lays eggs directly. Although Ortai is a leader and now has the title of a general, you should know that he is a literati and a scholar who has won the prestige.

How could he not understand these principles? But he had to do this for the sake of the Qing Dynasty. Because if he didn't do this, Shanxi would definitely be unable to protect it. Once Shanxi was lost and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers were destroyed, the Qing Dynasty would be completely over.

Therefore, under the superficial ferocity and determination, Ortai felt a little guilty, but when he saw the amount of the search, the little guilt in his heart completely disappeared, and replaced by incomparable anger.

"If I had known this, I would have attacked these bastards when the late emperor was there! If I had such financial resources in the Qing Dynasty, how could I have been so big as Zhu Yicheng? Even now?" Ortai said gritting his teeth.

Zhu Yicheng rose in Ningbo, and Yuan Qi and others gathered to attack the cities and plunder the land. At that time, although the Qing Dynasty had millions of soldiers, it was impossible to mobilize them with all its strength because the country had no money, so it could only send a few generals to encircle and suppress them with the strength of several provinces.

But it was precisely because of not doing all his strength that the rebellion in the south became increasingly turbulent. Later, because he lost one's attention, Zhu Yicheng took the opportunity to take Nanjing directly, which was out of control.

If Kangxi had enough money and food at that time and was not worried about the emptiness of the treasury, these rebels would have been wiped out long ago, so how could everything happen later?

Unfortunately, these are all things in the past, and it is irreversible if you present them now. The Ming Dynasty has replaced the Qing Dynasty and become the lord of the world, which makes the Qing slaves like Geng E and Ortai feel heartbroken.

More than 60 million taels of silver, 300,000 taels of gold, plus countless antiques, land, shops, houses, etc.... How huge the money is really shocking.

According to preliminary estimates, the wealth found in the search exceeded 76 million silver. You should know that the national income in the 46th year of Kangxi was only about 31 million taels. In the 47th year of Jiangnan, the south began to rebel, and the fiscal revenue continued to decline, not to mention now.

It can be seen that the wealth retrieved this time is equivalent to the total national fiscal revenue in the previous two and a half years, which is only a preliminary stage. If you continue to dig deeper, this number may be more. So much wealth is hidden by these Shanxi merchants without knowing it. What is even more angering is that these fourteen merchants all cast silver into huge helpless things in the secrets of their old houses.

There is no way to hide silver. This is a way for Shanxi merchants to use ordinary silver ingots to re-melt and then cast them, making them big silver ingots weighing hundreds or even thousands of pounds. Not to mention a person, even two or three strong men can’t move them. Seeing this thing, you can’t take it away even if you want to, so it is also called helpless.

In addition to this kind of helplessness, some people even directly poured the melted silver into a cellar. After the silver cooled down, the entire cellar space was filled with silver. This would mean that the cellar and silver became one, and there would be no possibility of being taken away by others at will.

These Shanxi merchants have tried their best to make the security of their wealth and have made these methods ingenious ways. Unfortunately, they never thought that in the end they would not only lose their heads because of wealth, but even their own family could not be saved.
Chapter completed!