After nearly three months of war, the Tubo people were captured, including the wounded and sick, more than 20,000 people, the slave army and the Han army, more than 40,000 people.

The army led by Laza had more than 50,000 Tubo troops, which was a real elite Tubo. Most of them died in battle on the battlefield. Tens of thousands of slave soldiers and Han troops, but most of them surrendered to the Tang army in the last battle when they saw that there was no hope of breaking through.

Others include countless armor, weapons, flags, and tens of thousands of livestock of all sizes.

Ren Chen, an official sent by the Ministry of Revenue, who specializes in counting the income from plunder, although he can't sleep for an hour or two a day these days and runs around the major military camps with dark circles every day, he is extremely excited.

For this war, the Ministry of Revenue has been trying hard to make money everywhere. Now, it is time to give back the harvest.

Of course, income is far from overwhelming expenditure, but if we consider the political interests after victory and the expected gains for the next years, it can be said that this time it is still a big profit.

Of course, Ren Chen will never let go of all the visible gains that can be obtained immediately.

Needless to say, the bulk seizure must belong to the court. However, during the war, the spoils that ordinary soldiers took out from the enemy were tacitly owned by the soldiers. A large number of officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the inspectors led by Ren Zhong also had to argue that those soldiers could stuff into their pockets and that those must be handed over. There was a red line among them, and those who crossed the line would be punished extremely seriously.

For a long time, Tang soldiers have formed their own rules in this regard. Basically, most people will not ruin their future for the sake of a small profit in front of them. Once they are found out, their military career will be basically completed, and fines can make you doubt your life.

More importantly, the loss of reputation.

Of course, Ren Chen would not let go of some valuables seized by the soldiers. It was not requested, nor was it confiscated. The Ministry of Revenue set up a stall in the military camp, and the precious gold, silver, jewelry or utensils that the soldiers stuffed into their pockets could be sold to them.

Gold and silver cannot be circulated within the jurisdiction of Zhenzhou, and some valuables are even more useless for ordinary soldiers. If you give a discount, the Ministry of Revenue will purchase it for you, and it is also responsible for delivering the money you sold to you. Of course, the mailing fee must be charged a little.

However, the person in charge of this matter is the post road system that the Zhenzhou court has been working hard to build within its jurisdiction. Every time Li Ze occupied a place, the first thing he had to do was the Daxing project, such as roads and water conservancy, and wherever the road was built, the post stations would be built. In addition to providing food and accommodation for travelers, these post stations also provide mailing services. Just spend a small amount of money, you can send your things to any place where the post station exists.

For soldiers, this is also a very cost-effective thing. After all, it is not convenient to carry these things on them. It is more worthwhile to turn them into copper coins that can be spent.

"Prince, these prisoners of war must be used well." Ren Chen held the tent, his eyes covered with blood, and stood in front of Li Ze and said, "Before coming, Shangshu Xia said that the most valuable ones were these prisoners of war, so the officials made very careful statistics. There are 31,358 prisoners of war that can be used now. After being slightly injured, they will be able to be used for a period of time. There are 30,733 people, and no serious injuries."

Li Ze looked at Ren Chen's appearance and was a little funny.

"Did you count them one by one?"

"Of course." Ren Chen nodded heavily: "This time the Xiaguan brought 126 officials from the Ministry of Revenue, and naturally he did not dare to be careless about these wealth."

"Shangshu Xia said that these prisoners of war were also wealth?"

"Of course it's wealth!" Ren Chen said seriously: "Like the Tubo people, they are the most valuable. Let them serve labor first, and they can't eat for nothing. The places they smashed must be repaired bit by bit. This saves more money than hiring people to repair them ourselves. Shangshu Xia also said that these Tubo people can sell them a lot of money. When they finish their work, they will sell them to the sucker of Chinan, Delhi. I think Chinan, Delhi, will definitely be willing to pay for these people to go back."

Li Ze shook his head helplessly.

Xia He was really able to calculate. He was indeed planning to hand over these Tubo prisoners of war to Delhi Chinan, but he really didn't want to sell them to Delhi Chinan. But thinking about it, this matter can be operated.

These people are all elite soldiers of Tubo. If they are willing to sell, they will be happy to buy them from Chinan, Delhi, if they come to Chinan, Delhi, they will be happy to buy them. If these people are bought back by Chinan, the most direct effect is that they will greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of Chinan, Delhi, the troops in Chinan.

"Where are those Han troops and slave troops?" Li Ze continued.

"Although it is not as valuable as the Tubo people, it can work!" Ren Chen said: "Anyway, we have endless work here. After they do a few years of work here, they can still naturalize a group of people, resettle a group of people, and then pay taxes to us to create value. In the long run, this is much more useful than seizing some gold and silver."

Li Ze laughed and looked at Tian Bo beside him and said, "Look, we haven't finished cleaning up yet, and the Ministry of Revenue has planned everything."

Tian Bo smiled and said, "Shangshu Xia has always been a master of this. Thanks to the financial management expert, Shangshu Xia, we can be at ease in finance."

"Prince, those weapons and armor are piled up like mountains, but these things are useless to us. Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue recommends that they directly blend them, use these messy iron materials to make agricultural tools and sell them. The supply and marketing cooperative has found a local iron materials factory. The owner of the iron materials factory is a branch of the former Ansui Du family. Now he is in panic all day long. The supply and marketing cooperative comes to him, but they are overjoyed and hurry to take over the business, only collecting one capital." Ren Chen said.

Li Ze said: "Have the supply and marketing cooperative told them that under the jurisdiction of me, Mr. Li, resource-based things like mines can only belong to the court? His iron ore must be returned to the court."

"They naturally know that they are willing to return it." Ren Chen smiled and said, "According to the rules of our side, he can still contract it."

"It's really interesting!" Li Ze nodded.

"Prince, we have to build Lingzhou next, right?" Ren Chen put away the account book and looked at Li Ze hopefully and said: "At present, the hole is still very large. As far as economic interests are concerned, we have lost a lot of money. Especially in Hedong, the resettlement and repair of Ansui in the future, the immediate benefits cannot be compensated at all, let alone the huge military expenditure."

Li Ze spread his hands and said, "When you go back, tell your Secretary Xia, don't think of any profits in Lingzhou. I guess the Lingzhou we get will be even more rotten than Yinzhou. Let your Secretary Xia prepare the money and allocate grain earlier."

"It is also OK to capture more Tubo prisoners of war." Ren Chen said seriously. "I have contacted Senobud, an elite warrior, who is willing to give fifty taels, and a Tubo officer, who is willing to give tens of 100 to 1,000 taels. It depends on the officer's own ability and the family situation behind him."

Li Ze laughed loudly, and the image of resentment was getting better and better. He had done his job ahead of time, so as not to let himself mention selling people to Sinobud again, which would hurt his face. Sinobud himself mentioned it, but he had some confidence inside and outside.

"It is impossible for Lingzhou to be captured. When our army arrives, Tochar is probably running away." Li Ze shook his head and said.

"Then, the official will say goodbye to do things first." Ren Chen looked disappointed and bowed to Li Ze, holding the account book, turned around and went out. While walking, he could hear him muttering that the loss was too big, which made the people in the account laugh.

The people Xia He brought out were indeed the same mold, and there was only money in the hole in his eyes.

"Those slave soldiers and Han soldiers, you should also be of use, right?" Li Ze turned to look at Tian Bo.

Tian Bo nodded and said, "Yes, I'm already investigating the situation. Many leaders of the Slave Army and Han Army are rich and powerful people in Tubo. I'm going to recruit a group of people from among them to become our peripheral personnel. When buying people in Chinan, Delhi in the future, these people will probably be the targets he wants to get them back. After all, these people can also help him."

"Are these people trustworthy?" Liu Ruyan said: "I don't trust them very much."

"Madam, it is not very important for those who do our intelligence work. Anyway, they are not from our core level and cannot access confidential events. Therefore, they only need to be useful in the information they provide and can provide some support for our affairs in Tubo. It is just a exchange of interests, and there is no need to be too serious about them. Of course, as long as we become stronger, they will become more and more willing to be used by us."

Liu Ruyan frowned. In her opinion, black is black, white is white. She was very uncomfortable in carrying out her work like the inner guard. However, this is not the area she is good at, so she just asked.

"Didn't Xiaochan come with Li De this time? Didn't you see her?" Li Ze asked.

"I came to see me in a hurry and left in a hurry." Liu Ruyan said: "Marry chickens and follow the chickens, and marry dogs and follow the dogs. Now I am heading to her husband. Li De was ordered to lead the cavalry as a vanguard to Lingzhou first. She was worried and followed her."

"Are you unhappy?"

"Where? I'm not as happy as I see their love!" Liu Ruyan shook her head and said, "Although she is my girl, she grew up together and is almost the same as her sister."
Chapter completed!