In addition to the capitation fee, the captured ordnance materials this time also made the father-in-law's heart happy.

I feel that there are still many good people in the world.

The lords of Nandu presented 310 horses and mules, 230 war horses, and 103 large and small vans for Duke Wei this time, which are worth thousands of taels according to the market price.

In terms of weapons, more than 2,900 shotguns, more than 400 three-eyed guns, more than 500 pairs of bows and arrows, 200 crossbows, more than 1,400 spears, knives, and axes, more than 4,000 unused rockets, and hundreds of rattan and waist knives were also counted.

In terms of armor, the largest amount was captured from the Western Route Army, and how they were pulled out of the southern capital fell into the hands of Gonggong Wei.

The iron armor is connected with nearly 1,000 pieces of cotton armor and paper armor, and many of them are basically untouched. In addition, there are 60 tiger squat cannons and 95 big pole guns that have not been moved.

The seizure of these weapons and equipment cannot be measured in terms of money, you must know that there are many things that cannot be bought with money.

If Gonggong Wei went to buy these weapons from Jinyi Weinanzhen and the Nanjing Military Department by himself, the other party could give him a fraction, and his father-in-law would have to have fun.

A rough estimate shows that if all these ordnance and equipment are used, it will be enough to arm a division and regiment, but it will not be enough, and the shortage will not be too large.

The only pity is that the seizure of gunpowder is not much, and the total is less than 3,000 catties.

My father-in-law was very sorry about this, but he was relieved when he thought about it, the two routes of the Southern Capital Coalition Army were going to fight a battle, not a protracted war, so he didn't need to bring much medicine out.

In addition, there were more than 700 baggage coachmen and miscellaneous servants with the army, and these people Wei Gonggong did not give them a capitation fee, as long as they pulled the captured materials to the iron yard, they could go back on their own afterwards.

After all, these people are the masters of the lords, and there is no door for you to ask the lords to ransom them with money. Some, if not conscripted masters, were only servants of various families, and neither their status nor their contributions were enough to make the nobles pay for them.

Moreover, these people are also old and young, and my father-in-law can't bear to forcibly take them away.

The total number of casualties of the Imperial Army was more than 170, of which 86 were killed and the rest were wounded. The loss is basically medicine, and about 600 catties were used.

Such a small number of casualties in exchange for such a large victory brought the father-in-law's prestige in the army to its peak. But his old man still blames himself, if all aspects of the deployment are more reasonable, the casualties can be reduced.

One person was injured on Jinyiwei's side, but he fell into the ditch and broke his leg while pursuing Fengcheng Hou.

Some of the remaining losses are negligible.

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Regarding the result that they were worth 200,000 taels of silver, Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng, and Tang Guozuo, Marquis of Lingbi, were difficult to accept at the beginning, and after being extremely indignant, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and accept it.

Because if they didn't accept this price, Eunuch Wei wouldn't let them go back.

Of course, Eunuch Wei definitely did not openly intimidate the Hou Ye and the uncles, it was too rough to do so.

The father-in-law just asked the nobles to play in Liyang for a few more days.

Dongning Bo Jiao Mengxiong and his two nephews made a total price of 200,000 taels, that is, the two nephews were 25,000 taels each.

In this regard, Uncle Jiao can also see it, but this money is also a huge amount of money for his Dongning Bo Mansion, and it is very difficult to raise all of it, and if he can't get it, he has to sell some industry.

There is no way, who made his ancestor an uncle during the Yingzong period, and his family foundation is not as thick as those who founded the country and Jingjing.

There is no objection to the redemption of the money of the two marquis and the uncle in their own captured soldiers and generals, these people are the family of their house, even if the Wei eunuch is clearly blackmailing them, they can't do without it.

It's just that they are unwilling to pay the ransom for the soldiers and generals of the other lords' mansions, insisting that Gonggong Wei must send people to the southern capital to discuss with each family.

Father-in-law Wei is a reasonable person, he has a head for injustice and a debtor, and he can't put all the pressure on the heads of the nobles of Renfengcheng and Lingbi, so he ordered the soldiers and generals of each family to make a book, list the detailed redemption price, and ask those miscellaneous servants with the army to bring back to each family.

But at the same time, they asked the nobles of Fengcheng, Lingbi, and Dongning to sign a guarantee, to the effect that if the ministers of Nandu were unwilling to pay to redeem their people, then the ransom money would fall on the guarantor's head.

The three nobles definitely didn't do this, and insisted on refusing to sign.

You can't be stiff when you do business.

So, Father-in-law Wei had no choice but to take a step back, proposing that if the families in the southern capital refused to give money, then these three would be the guarantee, and the soldiers in each family would work for Father-in-law Wei for three years, so as to compensate for the loss of Father-in-law Wei.

This opinion made the three nobles hesitate, and the three of them discussed it and finally signed it.

Because they don't think that the people in the various mansions who refuse to take money to redeem them don't need to quarrel with Eunuch Wei. If this eunuch doesn't even let them go, it will be a big trouble.

Gonggong Wei didn't doubt that the nobles in Nandu would slam the door to his own family, he just made an insurance, and he was not afraid of 10,000 just in case.

It doesn't matter if you don't give money, his father-in-law Wei is also short of people anyway. When the time comes, take the people away, and the lawsuit on the Nandu side will have to be fought by the three nobles who signed it.

Dog-eat-dog, one-mouthed hair, father-in-law doesn't care.

The matter with the nobles is basically decided, and the father-in-law is the most refreshing, and there are some messy small accounts that will not be calculated.

It's just that they can't let these people go back now, and several nobles also know the reason, and their current situation is in the nature of being kidnapped.

The kidnappers couldn't see the money, so how could they let go of the meat ticket.

After a brief talk between Father-in-law Wei and the three nobles, they reached an agreement that Uncle Jiao's eldest nephew, Jiao Chengye, would return to Nandu to handle the ransom of the silver.

The nobles of Fengcheng and Lingbi each wrote letters, and each gave a token to Jiao Chengye, after which Gonggong Wei called five people from each of the three nobles' mansions to go back with Jiao Chengye.

In order to facilitate the journey of the eldest prince Jiao, his father-in-law also specially ordered two carriages to be sent to him, which was really benevolent and righteous.

After the eldest prince Jiao got in the car and set off, the father-in-law was polite to the three nobles, and then called Song Sibao and ordered him to escort the three nobles to Liyang County for a few days.

The reason why he was not escorted back to the iron field, but to Liyang County, this is the cleverness of his father-in-law.

If you bring people back to the iron field, it is obviously ticket kidnapping and extortion, but if you are in Liyang County, then this matter has nothing to do with ticket kidnapping. Regardless of whether the people in the southern capital believe it or not, at least, they can block the mouth of the official.

"On the road, you have to take care of a few nobles, if the nobles have less hair, we will ask you!"

The father-in-law solemnly instructed Song Sibao, and then cordially walked up to the three black-faced nobles and shook hands with them one by one to say goodbye.

The etiquette of shaking hands, the three nobles were obviously at a loss, but the father-in-law was familiar, and then he raised his hand, and suddenly a team of fierce and vicious, but not tall imperial officers and soldiers rushed out, and more than 100 officers and soldiers of the horse team accompanied the guard.

"A few nobles, please get in the car!"

With a smile on his face, the father-in-law pointed to an ox cart covered with hay and asked the nobles of Fengcheng to go up.

Ox cart soliciting customers is the highest etiquette of my Han people.

If you don't treat nobles with this courtesy, that's not right for Grandpa Wei.