The gunshots and screams of the Fan manor lasted for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn!
Under Cao Bianjiao's command, the new army continued to charge into the Fan manor. They killed and opened fire on anyone they saw. Anyone who dared to resist was shot to death on the spot. The entire Fan manor was covered in blood and corpses.
The faces of many soldiers of the new army had already turned pale!
After all, it was their first time killing so many people. Everyone was still quite terrified.
However, seeing Cao Bianjiao supervising the battle from the side, no one dared to be impudent. They could only brace themselves and continue to fire.
As for Fan Yongdou and the others, they couldn't escape even if they wanted to!
The manor had been surrounded by layers of people. The caravan escorting them had no way to get out. In the end, the Fan family could only hide in the backyard and tremble in fear.
"Master, what should we do? What happened?"
[Why is it like this? Who is targeting us?]”
"These people are government troops? Could it be that the emperor wants to confiscate the house?"
"What should we do? What should we do now?"
The backyard of the Fan manor was in chaos!
A large number of women, old and weak, were squeezed together. Many servants were holding their weapons and trembling in fear. Everyone had a terrified expression.
"What nonsense are you spouting? All of you, shut up! Those who can still move, follow me and charge out!”"After we leave, everyone will be rewarded with fifty thousand taels!" Fan Yongdou roared with a ferocious expression.”
"Fifty thousand?"
"Hiss!"
Many servants immediately sucked in a breath of cold air and could not help but secretly rejoice!
As the saying goes, humans die for wealth and birds die for food. This 50,000 taels of silver was not a small amount. It was enough for an ordinary person to live a peaceful life.
"Let's go all out, Old Master. Let's leave from the east gate!”
"Let's go, we'll take advantage of the chaos to kill our way out!"
Dozens of servants carried Fan Yongdou towards the east gate!
As for the old, weak, women, and children of the Fan family, no one cared about them. They let them howl and curse desperately behind them. Fan Yongdou and the others were unusually determined to leave.
Fan Yongdou knew that he had to escape!
If they couldn't escape, they would definitely die here.
After escaping, he still had a lot of assets in various places. He could still rely on Huang Taiji. Although he did not know why Chongzhen wanted to kill him, he knew that he could not die!
Unfortunately, he was unlucky!
He had only taken a few steps when he encountered Cao Bianjiao's team.
"You want to leave?"
"Take him down!"
Cao Bianjiao sneered and waved his hand. The surrounding soldiers raised their guns and opened fire again. With a series of shots, the servant beside Fan Yongdou was killed on the spot.
"Old thing, run, run!”
Cao Bianjiao grabbed him and raised his hands to slap him. Fan Yongdou spat out blood on the spot and almost fainted.
"Dog, do you know who I am? You dare to touch me?" Fan Yongdou roared in exasperation.
"Haha!" "You're still so arrogant when you're about to die?" Cao Bianjiao sneered disdainfully. I'm the Commander-in-Chief of the Capital's New Army, a second-rank Defender General. I've been ordered to raid your eight merchant families. None of you can escape. Take them away!”
"Yes, sir!"
A few soldiers rushed over like wolves and tigers, directly taking Fan Yongdou away to be detained!
"Leave 500 people here to guard this place. The rest of you, split up and go to the other houses. Anyone who dares to resist will be shot dead!”
"Quick, all of you move faster!”
"You are not allowed to touch anything in the prisoner's residence. Otherwise, you will be punished by military law!”
"Wang Clan and Qiao Clan, send two more teams over, quick!”
Cao Bianjiao issued orders continuously!
Although his 5,000 new soldiers had only been trained for half a month, he had brought more than 100 personal guards with him when he formed the army. These people were now the leaders of various departments!
With their assistance and deployment, Cao Bianjiao's control over this army was still very strong. Coupled with the power of flintlocks and wooden grenades, everyone's strength could easily crush ordinary guards.
After paying a small price!
After half a day, the battle gradually ended.
Because the city gates had already been sealed, most of the members of the eight great clans were unable to escape. All of their important members had been captured and detained.
As for those city guards and bailiffs who dared to cause trouble, they were easily shot to death!
The entire Martial City had been completely controlled, and the eight great clans were also quickly raided. Groups of soldiers began to dig three feet into the ground. Not only did they capture all the members of the eight great clans, but they also ransacked their properties!
Just from the bottom of the Fan family mansion, they found nine secret vaults!
These secret vaults were piled up with a huge amount of gold, silver, and jewelry. The piles of silver were uncountable, and even Cao Bianjiao could not help but be dumbfounded.
"These, these dogs are too rich, right?”
"Quick, hurry up and inform His Majesty to send an army over to help transport the stolen money!”
Cao Bianjiao's expression changed drastically as he gave the order. This amount of silver was at least tens of millions. Moreover, the eight great clans 'combined sum was estimated to exceed hundreds of millions!
What did this mean?
This was almost equivalent to a few years of taxes in the Ming Dynasty!
This was no longer as simple as being as rich as a country.
One had to know that the current state treasury was empty. Before the last raid, Chongzhen only had a few hundred thousand taels of silver. Any one of the eight families was more than ten times richer than Chongzhen.
This money would drive people crazy!
Cao Bianjiao was afraid that the recruits under him would not be able to resist the temptation and mutiny, so he quickly ordered the seal to check these assets. He did not dare to count them alone.
Half a day later, an urgent report was placed in front of Chongzhen!
When he read Cao Bianjiao's report, he could not help but be stunned for a long time.
"Bastards, you deserve to be killed! All of you deserve to be killed!”
"The Eight Great Clans actually have such a huge amount of wealth? Immortal Master, you didn't lie to me!"
"Wang Chengen, immediately order Cao Huachun and Li Yuanyin to send their elites to the Martial City. Then, send Fang Zhengzhi with 5,000 imperial guards to assist Cao Bianjiao.”
Chongzhen also knew the seriousness of this matter!
He anxiously gave the order, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards, the East Chamber, and the Imperial Army all moved out.
This commotion could not be concealed very quickly. When they learned that the eight great Jin merchants had been forcibly raided and exterminated, the court and the people inside and outside were in an uproar again.
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