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Chapter 430 Confiscating Property (Part 1)

Raiding, an immersive raiding operation.

The imperial army conquered Sichuan and Chongqing, all for this moment!
It took three days to collect gold, silver, jewelry, and calligraphy and paintings by famous people from the fifty-six warehouses of the Zan family compound and the main courtyard, filling five courtyards.

Nevertheless, the vanguard officer still felt something was amiss:

"The annual tax revenue of the Bashu Provincial Administration Commission is no less than two million taels, and with the treasure-offering order issued by Zan Jiu, it should be no less than ten million taels. So far, less than a third of it has been confiscated. Where did the rest go?"

Subordinates:
“Boss, Zan Jiu owns far too many courtyards, estates, forests, tea gardens, brothels and gambling dens, spanning fourteen prefectures and eighty-two counties. If he hides his money in these places in batches, it will take at least several months to confirm and investigate them.”

“Boss, we interrogated the head steward and hundreds of male servants of the Zan family mansion, but they knew very little. Even the accountant couldn’t say how much money their master had.”

"Very few ordinary people can withstand torture to extract confessions!"

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The vanguard officer shook his head:
"Another possibility is that these people know, but are unwilling to say! They want to wait until the Ang family withdraws their troops so they can get a share of the treasures hidden by their master. Ang Guan Zan Jiu is quite like a poor man who has suddenly become rich; he is extremely greedy."

How could someone like that possibly let such a huge fortune slip out of his sight? He wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully if he didn't count it from time to time.

Therefore, the main target is still the Zan family compound. Search, keep searching! We'll dig three feet into the ground and turn this compound upside down!

A seventy-acre mansion is not an easy place to excavate.

Someone suggested, "Let's borrow the Rat King!"

The vanguard officer slapped his forehead: "Hahaha, how could I forget this great figure! Back in Hami City, it was a major contributor to the raids!"

King Rat: You have some misunderstandings about the correct way to use me!

Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, it won't stop these two-legged creatures from using it.

The frustrating thing is that the Zan family compound is a newly built residence, and the women in the compound enjoy raising tabby cats. The Rat King couldn't find out anything about the rats in the compound.

There are no shortcuts, and even the Rat King isn't afraid. Cats have their ways, and rats have theirs.

It started by going through the easiest hole to crawl through.

After wandering around the main courtyard for a while, the group of people saw it run towards the largest hole in the main courtyard—oh, no, the skylight.

Then, everyone heard a very loud echo.

That was a heavy object hitting the water.

"Oh my god, that's not a dry well!"

"What kind of good landlord would throw gold and silver into the water to soak?"

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. Can't we let our king have a good bath?"

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King Atu took a very long bath, so long that everyone worried he might drown at the bottom of the well, but he still didn't come up.

Finally, someone couldn't hold back any longer and rushed off to find Gan Minglan.

General Gan was talking to the ruthless concubine about Zan Jiu.

I heard from the vanguard that the amount of property confiscated was incorrect, and the Rat King has been searching for the hidden treasures for a long time without returning.

The ruthless concubine overheard everything and took the initiative to remind her:
“General, Zan Jiu’s businesses are extensive, but he has no trust in banknotes and prefers gold. For this reason, the shopkeepers who trade with him will exchange their earnings for gold and send it to him every six months. I don’t know exactly where they are hidden, but they are definitely hidden in the Zan family compound.”

This is pretty much what everyone guessed.

(End of this chapter)