Cao Bianjiao led his soldiers into the mansion and continued to fight through the hall toward the backyard. On the way, he encountered countless pieces of gold and silver scattered on the road, which amounted to millions at least.

"Wow, that's a lot of money! This son of a bitch, Fan Yongdou, is so rich!"

"Pick it up quickly, don't lose it!"

The group of soldiers at the front dropped their guns and began to bend down to pick up the gold and silver on the ground and put it into their arms. Although most of the Tianwu Army soldiers were moved by the gold and silver jewelry on the ground, they never moved their feet.

When Cao Bianjiao saw this, his eyes were cold, he raised his gun and fired a shot at the man on the ground, and shouted coldly: "Stand up for me, put down all your money and pursue Fan Yongdou. Anyone who picks up money again will be killed!"

In an instant, many soldiers came to their senses and hurriedly threw away their silver and stood up. However, there were still a few soldiers who were fascinated by the gold and silver jewelry in front of them and continued to bend down to pick up the most valuable ones and stuff them into their arms.

Cao Bianjiao waved his hand, and the soldiers around him immediately shot and killed several soldiers who were picking up jewelry. Several screams were heard, and the soldiers fell in a pool of blood on the spot.

Cao Bianjiao said coldly: "Remember that you are the invincible Tianwu Army. The Tianwu Army's military discipline is greater than the sky. This little money has impressed you. What else can I expect from you in the future!"

Seeing that everyone under his command stopped staring at the gold and silver jewelry and stood up straight and regained their spirits, Cao Bianjiao said: "Continue to pursue Fan Yongdou!"

Suppressing the greed in their hearts, groups of Tianwu Army soldiers marched straight to the back door of Fan's Mansion with gold and silver under their feet, chasing Fan Yongdou who fled outside the mansion.

Fan Yongdou and his servants scattered gold and silver along the way, trying to seduce the pursuers behind him. However, although the temptation of the silver was great, it also exposed his direction.

The Tianwu Army easily caught up with them in the direction where the gold and silver were scattered. In a burst of gunfire, the Fan family's private guards fell like wheat.

Fan Yongdou shouted anxiously: "Kill out directly!"

He wanted to rely on the Fan family's private soldiers to escort him out of the city, but the firepower gap between the two sides was getting wider and wider. There were only two to three hundred people left around him, while the chasing Tianwu army had hundreds of people, and there were still more people gathering from other places.

The incoming Tianwu Army surrounded them.

The private soldiers of the Fan family were being shot and killed one after another. Fan Yongdou had no way forward and no way back. Seeing the end of the road, he suddenly saw Cao Bianjiao, who was commanding the siege, and immediately shouted: "General Cao, I have an old relationship with your uncle Cao Wenzhao."

, if you let me go, I will give you one million taels of silver!"

Cao Bianjiao sneered: "You dare to get close to me when you are about to die. How can you be worthy of being with my uncle!"

Fan Yongdou did meet Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Cao and Cao were ordered to go to Henan to suppress the bandits. When passing through Taiyuan, they were detained by Shanxi Governor Wu Shengsheng and hosted a banquet. Because Governor Wu Sheng was born in Cao Wenzhao, Cao Cao was kind.

Wen Zhao only agreed to attend the banquet, and Fan Yongdou, a representative of the Shanxi squire, was accompanying him that day.

Seeing that he could not get along, the surrounding Tianwu Army people stared at him coldly, and Fan Yongdou said again: "General Xiao Cao, as long as you are willing to let me go, I will give you two million taels of silver, and these brothers of yours."

How about I reward them with another three million taels?"

"Let me go, this bitch's mouth is worth five million taels, that's a lot of money!"

A sergeant of the Tianwu Army exclaimed, causing everyone to look at him sideways. It must be said that meeting this old rich man today was an eye-opener for everyone.

Cao Bianjiao shouted: "Fan Yongdou, you are an unforgivable crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. Now you want to use the money that tortured the people of the Ming Dynasty to bribe our loyal and brave soldiers who are fighting for the country. It is really shameless! Come on, capture him!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

The gunshots sounded like exploding beans again, and the private soldiers of the Fan family became fewer and fewer. After several rounds of attacks, there were only a hundred or ten people left. They had no fighting spirit anymore and threw down their guns and knelt down to beg for mercy.

Fan Yongdou was lucky enough not to die in the random gunfire. He was caught by two Tianwu Army sergeants. He struggled to break free and shouted: "I am the representative of the Shanxi gentry and merchants. Emperor Taizu of the country gave preferential treatment to the gentry. You...

....”

There was a clear slap in the face, and a Tianwu Army sergeant slapped Fan Yongdou on the old face. He interrupted his words and asked: "Do you want to talk back?"

Fan Yongdou lay on the ground in a difficult position, spinning and falling. The right side of his face was swollen on the spot. He felt like there were stars in front of his eyes and the sky and the earth were dark.

Cao Bianjiao nodded secretly and ordered: "Reach the house immediately, arrest everyone in the Fan family, and take away all the valuables in the Fan family!"

After receiving the order, the Tianwu Army acted quickly. They first arrested the Fan clan members, and then conducted a large-scale raid on Fan's house, and ransacked all the warehouses in the house.

Immediately afterwards, the Tianwu Army began to search Fan's mansion step by step, not even letting go of a tael of silver or a bucket of rice. They would change the weight of their steps after taking a few steps. If they encountered something suspicious, they would tap on the square tiles a few times to prevent any hidden objects under the floor tiles.

layer.

The soldiers had long heard about the various ways these rich families used to hide money. Under the guidance of intelligence personnel, they transformed themselves into detectives and treasure hunters, and conducted a three-foot search of Fan's house.

"Look, there's a big cellar here!"

A Tianwu Army soldier lifted up a few square bricks and discovered something unusual underneath. It turned out to be a huge underground warehouse.

As soon as a group of soldiers entered the dark underground warehouse, they heard a sudden sound and the lights in the entire warehouse turned on, which startled everyone. However, what was even more frightening was yet to come.

The vast underground warehouse is overflowing with gold and gold, and there are orderly arrays of gold and silver jewelry everywhere. Even the bricks on the ground are made of gold, real gold bricks. The walls are all made of silver bricks, and there are also towers surrounding the walls.

Densely packed large iron boxes.

When everyone opened the box and took a look, they were almost blinded by seeing all kinds of pearls, agates, gemstone jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, and some rare things that they didn't recognize at all, and the last one was a large piece of white silver.

Everyone opened their mouths in shock, and it took a sergeant a while to squeeze out a few words through his teeth: "I'll fuck you!"

"Mr. Sentinel, how much are the things here worth in total?"

"I dare not say..."

Not only was there this dark cellar in the Fan Mansion, but not long after, someone discovered several more dark cellars, each of which was no smaller than this one. Even the usually calm Cao Bianjiao became stunned.

When night fell, the Fan family's property in the Fan Mansion was completed. Cao Bianjiao looked at the compiled documents and secretly smacked his lips. The Fan family is too rich. The property in the Fan Mansion alone is worth 10 million.

Two silver coins!

The Fan family's business is spread all over Shanxi, and their properties are also found in major commercial districts across the country. If they were all added up, how much property would they have? This is just the Fan family, there are seven other families, how much would their combined property be?

?If it is expanded further, how many small and medium-sized merchant families will be included in the family that have been attached to the eight profiteer families for generations...

Cao Bianjiao couldn't believe it. He originally thought that this was just a small house raid, but he didn't expect that so much property was confiscated. This was simply a shocking wealth. No wonder the crown prince asked him to come with more than 10,000 soldiers to do something. It turned out that he was taking people

Confiscating a house is a small matter, but transporting these belongings safely back is a big deal!
Chapter completed!