The battle on the mountain is over, and all that's left is to clean up the battlefield and warehouses, especially Zhang Renkui's money and food.

The prisoners and surrenders were gathered together and registered, and habitual bandits and leaders, large and small, were detained pending further interrogation.

For ordinary gangsters, the policy is stated: Those who want to go home will be given travel expenses, and they will be sent down the mountain after being gathered.

If you want to stay and work with the New Army, you need to register and wait for assignment.

The corpses of Zhang Renkui and all the nearly 200 dead gangsters were dug and buried in the back mountain. It was hot and the corpses rotted easily, causing the plague.

Starting from the foot of the mountain, the corpses along the way, including the remains of horses, must be dug in pits and buried. The fortifications and barracks of the Guanzhai must be cleaned and reinforced in time.

After this series of affairs were arranged, it was almost noon, and the kitchen was making arrangements to cook rice and boil water.

Both the new army soldiers and the gangsters, after a day and night of toil, were already hungry and thirsty, especially the gangsters.

Several large barrels of water arrived, and the gangsters rushed forward, scrambling to scoop out the water and start drinking.

At this time, Tang Zilin walked carefully to Chen Tianhua and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency, the general, the youngest one and the thirty or so brothers want to go down the mountain, do you want to..."

Chen Tianhua was stunned at first, and then joked: "What? You didn't want to stay and help me guard Longwang Peak in Laoshu Mountain, but you changed your mind so quickly?"

"Yes...yes. In the morning, many brothers came to tell me...that they wanted to go down the mountain and go back to their hometown. They were tired of the killings outside. They took some money home to buy some fields and guard their wives and children.

Farm and cultivate the land honestly."

Listen, it sounds so grand!

I'm afraid even Tang Zilin himself didn't believe this. He glanced at Chen Tianhua and quickly lowered his head with a guilty conscience.

Naturally, Chen Tianhua's panicked eyes and uneasy expression could not escape Chen Tianhua's piercing eyes. He understood what Tang Zilin was thinking.

What Zhang Renkui said before he died just now left him with lingering fears.

As the fourth leader of the gang, he, Tang Zilin, has certainly had a lot of blood debts in his hands over the years. The eldest young master hates evil and will never be lenient to habitual gangsters who have a lot of blood debts. It will be a big deal to settle the accounts in the future.

The probability exists.

Back then in Huaikan Town, Chen Tianhua organized a public trial by calling people to report. In addition to the killing of more than ten leaders of the Gong family, he also beheaded more than forty bully landowners with blood debts in one go. This was a precedent.

He suddenly felt that this young master was unfathomable, he was just a fierce tiger, and he would accompany you like a tiger. Maybe his life would be lost that day.

Thinking of this, Tang Zilin shuddered, so he changed his mind temporarily and colluded with nearly thirty gangsters with strong connections in one morning, preparing to leave Laoshu Mountain and find a place to start a new business.

Before leaving, he was thinking about the gold and silver treasures in the cave in the back mountain.

"So anxious? Didn't I say that everyone who needs to be dismissed will go down the mountain together after we gather together. It's time to have lunch. We won't issue severance pay until after lunch. It won't be too late to go down the mountain." Chen Tianhua glanced at Tang Zilin coldly and pretended.

replied enthusiastically.

"No, this... it's different. We have all eaten dry food and drank water. We won't have lunch. We just have the money we agreed with the General before... Hehe..." Tang Zilin squeaked, looking embarrassed.

"Oh...how much do you want those properties?" Chen Tianhua snorted coldly, and the corner of his mouth twitched inadvertently.

"Yes...yes, it's all up to the General. Just 30%...40% will be fine, hehe..." Tang Zilin blushed and replied with a smile.

He is a person with relatively low emotional intelligence. His IQ is not low but he is greedy.

Greed is sometimes the root cause, and sometimes it costs lives.

"Well, I haven't gone to see the back cave warehouse yet. How many treasures are there? Let's go together." Chen Tianhua put down the tea in his hand coolly, turned to Fei Ge and said:

"Notify the logistics manager that I am going to the Houshan Cave Warehouse."

"Follow your orders." Feige waved his hand and called the messenger to inform the logistics manager first. He took twenty guards with him and followed Chen Tianhua and Tang Zilin towards the back hill.

Zhang Renkui's warehouse in Dragon King Peak is actually a tunnel dug in the mountain, which is very mysterious.

There are three basins the size of football fields on the top of Longwang Peak. The back mountain is wide and covered with vegetation. There are several caves dug there that are open to each other.

This kind of cave is very dry and ventilated on all sides. It is a complete storage warehouse.

The sergeant assigned by Chen Er to be in charge of logistics and equipment in the battalion had already gone to the back mountain to conduct a general inspection. There must be a lot of things in the cave.

The grains stored alone amount to more than a thousand stones, about 200,000 kilograms of grain, and a large amount of precious salt.

There is no doubt that all this salt and grain were obtained by Zhang Renkui when he went down from the mountain to rob the caravans selling salt and grain.

There are also large stables built on the back mountain, and there are more than 40 war horses on the mountain.

As for guarding the mountain, as long as Chen Tianhua keeps Zhang Renkui's water supply this time, he will stay on the mountain for several years without having to go down to get food.

Tang Zilin has been on the mountain for more than ten years, so he naturally knows the conditions of the back mountain very well, but this is his first time to come to the cave bank.

The people guarding this place are all Zhang Renkui's confidants, and it used to be under the control of Zhang Shangwu, the second master.

Chen Tianhua was led by the logistics manager, and the group quickly arrived at the back mountain. They entered the cave and passed through many caves. Then they zigzagged to the front of a cave with an iron door locked tightly outside.

In front of the door are two guards from the baggage company.

"Major General."

They stood at attention with their heads raised and their chests raised. The etiquette of the New Army soldiers here does not require them to clasp their fists and hold their hands in front of their superiors.

"Open the warehouse door." Chen Tianhua pointed at the door and ordered.

The logistics supervisor immediately opened the lock. Chen Tianhua took Fei Ge and the guards and walked in first, followed closely by Tang Zilin.

When everyone came in and took a look, they were stunned. They saw large boxes piled up like a mountain inside. When they opened it, they found that they were filled with gold and silver. They didn't know how much silver there was.

He took the account from the logistics manager and glanced at it. The approximate amount was about one hundred thousand taels of gold, more than four million taels of silver, and countless other jewelry.

Unexpectedly, generations of gangs in Laoshushan have been working hard here for decades. The amount of opium harvest and robbery is shocking. It is really too much.

It's a pity that he was greedy and cost Qingqing his life.

In fact, greed is a kind of mental illness. He wants so much wealth that he can't use it all personally. If he doesn't have the ambition to recruit soldiers and horses, in today's troubled times, this wealth will really be a disaster.

Chen Tianhua returned the account to the logistics supervisor and asked him to go out first. Feige quickly arranged for guards to guard the entrance and corridor, and was not allowed to enter the cave. Only five personal guards followed him closely.
Chapter completed!