Starting from last November, carriages and horses have been arriving in the Capital continuously from Jiangnan.
Some were escorting prisoners, while others were families seeking refuge in the Capital.
Later, it was the military supplies.
All were items extracted from confiscated families, needless to say, silver was naturally bound for the national treasury.
A considerable amount of privately seized silver was also melted down and recast before being sent to the Ministry of Revenue.
After the silver came the artifacts, ancient paintings, decorations, and even flowers.
There was no shortage of brocades and silks. Many were even illegally manufactured or should have been tributes.
Some fabrics were even better than those in the palace.
Actually, this is not much different from modern times where certain goods from manufacturers are not circulated.
In ancient times, it was the same, the best could not be sent into the palace because they were too rare.
