By April, the blossoms of the mortal world had faded...
The fleet docked at Hangzhou Harbor in batches. Eighty percent of the goods, worth tens of millions of taels of silver, were unloaded in Hangzhou and would be converted into cash through the Five Peaks Fleet's fencing channels, under the supervision of all the participating factions.
The proceeds would be divided equally into seven shares: one for Yang Ge, one for the Bright Cult members led by Yang Tiansheng, one for the Chain Wharf men led by Li Jincheng, one for the Xiang Family members led by Xiang Wudi, one for the White Lotus Cult's Twelve Earthly Branches, one for the elite Embroidered Uniform Guard troops led by Zhou Fu and Liu Tang, and one for the elite Western Factory troops led by Nangong Feiying.
As for how each faction divided its money afterward, Yang Ge could hardly take over their duties. He merely laid down one ironclad condition: every brother who had gone to the Eastern Isles had to receive a substantial sum. If any faction skimmed even that hard-earned blood-and-sweat money, they could forget about having anything to do with the others ever again.
Naturally, they all agreed. As for what they would actually do afterward... Yang Ge trusted that they would not take things that far.
Beyond that, Yang Ge quietly set aside twenty percent of his own share for Li Jincheng to manage. From then on, the widows of every brave warrior who had fallen in the battle of Zhoushan could collect a small monthly pension from this fund. It would not be much-perhaps only a few dozen copper coins per household each month, just enough to keep them from starving...
Yang Ge also instructed Li Jincheng to draw on this money for basic relief efforts