Chapter 1430 Xin Zi Juan’s Great Harvest
He Huchen, Shi Zhengheng, another leader of Long Jinwei, and the clerk of the execution room of Shuntian Prefecture were cleaning the house of this guy who had been the deputy envoy of Tongcang for nine years.
"Back to your lord, my subordinates separated several servants and concubines in his family for interrogation. Finally, two servants and one concubine each confessed that there should be a darkroom and cellar under the stable near the back garden and the left wing." I couldn't bear it. He licked his lips, his face full of contentment, and Fanzi, who came to report, couldn't help but clenched his fists.
Shi Zhengheng glanced at He Huchen who was looking around, coughed slightly and said: "Master He, what do you think?"
He Huchen was stunned and then realized that the other party was going to discuss with him. He weighed it in his mind and remembered Feng Ziying's instructions before leaving. He nodded: "Then let's dig. I will arrange for a few people to cooperate. After starting, you and I will The two of them will deal with it together."
Shi Zhengheng nodded. It seems that this job is not that simple. This guerrilla master seems to be someone who wants to focus on his career and is not willing to teach others.
But it doesn’t matter. Just because he doesn’t want to get rich himself doesn’t mean that he wants to prevent others from getting rich. Judging from his posture, it seems that he understands what he means and doesn’t refuse. That’s good.
Soon the policemen and sergeants became restless. No one was stupid about the work of digging the back garden and stables. Even the soldiers in the Beijing camp knew that suddenly having to dig underground during such a search meant that What, even if they may not have much meat on them, the sensory stimulation alone is enough to make people's blood boil.
He Huchen and Shi Zhengheng returned to the room. Here, the deputy envoy's concubines had a lot of sons and daughters. They were afraid that there were not more than ten people. Shi Zhengheng snorted: "You have all seen it, you don't want to say it." , it doesn’t mean that people don’t say it, I will give you another chance, take the initiative to say it now, I will record it in the file, and it can be regarded as a meritorious performance. Your father is hopeless, but it does not mean that they will all be buried with him. Everyone has to live, think about it for yourself, come and take them down separately. I believe there are always smart people in the front. If others are talking about those who are lagging behind, it will be embarrassing..."
This kind of trick and skill is extremely easy for the people of Longjingwei. There will definitely not be a monolithic relationship between the legitimate sons and the concubines. When people like servants and concubines see that the big tree has fallen, they still have to plan for the future. The window effect can also be reflected here.
Unsurprisingly, when it was revealed that the gardens and stable cellars were being excavated, concubines and concubines were soon willing to report more hiding places for their property.
"We know the house in San Tiao Hutong you mentioned. Isn't it right next to the old Zhuji Oil Shop at the end of the alley? Unfortunately, someone told you about it before you did. This doesn't count. You can pay it back later... Don't expect it. Only you know that others don't know that your father has three legitimate sons and seven concubines. Who do you think is the oldest? In the few years that your mother has been with him, has there been no news at all? Please advise your mother, the husband and wife are from the same forest. Birds, they fly away when disaster strikes. Your mother is just a concubine. She is old and beautiful. Your father is the only one responsible for this case. Why don’t you think about it for your mother and yourself..."
All kinds of words and persuasion were constantly updated among the family members and servants. He Huchen looked at the time impatiently. The general named Shi was racing against time to dig out some results as soon as possible. He also understood that on the one hand, he had to I have an explanation for you, but on the other hand, I naturally want to strike first and gain the upper hand, and I can get a little bit of bad taste in my hands. This can be seen from the previous deliberate efforts to please myself.
When the water is clear, there will be no fish. He Huchen was a little disdainful, but he could accept it. Mr. Feng specifically explained that as long as it is not excessive, it is the practice of Long Jinwei to distribute the water appropriately.
In two hours, three cellars were dug out, and two other mansions were also revealed. It is estimated that there should be some gains there, but that has nothing to do with this group. Who will dig deeper in the future? It's not their turn to think.
However, the opening of the three cellars in the main house still made He Huchen, Shi Zhengheng and others take a breath of cold air.
For Shi Zhengheng, it was not that he had never seen a big scene of confiscation of a house. To say that this deputy envoy Tongcang was nothing, he was just a ninth-grade character.
There were several third- and fourth-grade officials who had their homes confiscated by him, and there were countless fifth- and sixth-grade officials. However, a ninth-grade character was actually richer than some third- and fourth-grade officials. He had to look at him with admiration. I couldn't help but smack my lips at the amount of oil and water in Tongcang.
No wonder he wants to take action against this group of people. If it were him, it wouldn't be easy for anyone. He is just a deputy envoy, but it is enough to drive people crazy.
He Huchen looked at the dug stone door with a complicated expression. The things inside were being moved out one by one and counted. These were the officials of the Zhou Dynasty. In three years, the magistrate would not exchange for one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver.
The executioner's clerk has already begun to sharpen his ink and pen, preparing to record.
“One hundred and ninety-two pieces of Hangzhou silk of various colors, including forty-six pieces of plain-colored fallen flower brocade with cloud patterns, and thirty-two pieces of wide flame brocade with lotus and lotus patterns,…”
He Huchen couldn't help but take a breath. He wasn't born into a wealthy family and didn't have much idea about these things. Looking at Shi Zhengheng's gasping posture next to him, it was probably worth a lot. He asked crookedly, "Master Shi, How much are these items worth?”
"Hey, Mr. He, you asked the right person. The cloud-patterned brocade in the front is nothing more than one or twenty taels of silver a piece, but the flaming brocade in the back is not that simple. It belongs to Xu Ji from Hangzhou. There is a quota every year, even in the palace, it is often used. It is only a few thousand horses a year. This guy can actually get thirty-two horses and sell them. No matter what, one horse costs two to three hundred. Two silver coins, right?"
He Huchen's eyes almost bulged. He had also bought silk and satin for his concubine. He roughly knew the market price. An ordinary piece of brocade in the market only cost a few taels of silver. How come the most common items here cost only one or two taels of silver? Twelve? There are also hundreds of taels of silk and satin. Can you soar in the daytime if you put this thing on?
He Huchen was filled with emotion and could only nod.
"One hundred and sixteen horseshoe red gold ingots, including fifty-two and thirty-two, twenty-two and eighty-four,..."
This thing is easy to estimate. The price of pure gold is more than 3,000 taels, and when converted into silver, it is more than 30,000 taels. He Huchen could only calculate the best value.
“One hundred and twenty gold ingots, five taels each,…”
He Huchen's eyes fell on it. Even the shape was the same. Either it was specially smelted and customized by his family in the gold shop, or it was specially given by someone, with six hundred taels of gold and six thousand silver.
“There are seventy-six pearls in the lake, including nineteen large black pearls,…”
He Huchen looked at Shi Zhengheng again, and Shi Zhengheng couldn't help but frown. It's hard to estimate the price of this black pearl, it depends on how full the market is.
But looking at the size and gloss, each one should cost more than 300 taels. Even ordinary lake beads are between 10 taels and 20 each. And the dozens of lake beads in front of you are obviously top-grade, each one The price is at least thirty taels of silver.
“Sixty-five pieces of Western scarlet woolen cloth,…”
“Two landscape and jade screens,…”
“Ivory whale bone fan with three handles,…”
“One thousand, eight hundred and sixty-five silver ingots, including 250 50-tael silver ingots, 700 30-tael silver ingots, 800 20-tael silver ingots,…”
“Twelve pairs of fine deer antlers,…”
“Two tiger skins,…”
“Thirty-eight roots of century-old wild ginseng, fifty-five roots of fifty-year-old wild ginseng,…”
He Huchen became a little numb to the boring numbers and splendid things. He had never seen many things before, or even heard of them. There were also many things that came from Xiyi, and even if he saw them, he would not know them. What is the use.
But what is certain is that they are all worth a lot of money. If Lin Lin finally comes down to it, it will only cost two families less than 100,000 yuan.
It would be fine if he was a third- and fourth-grade official, but this guy is an official from the ninth grade. How could he make so much money?
Even Shi Zhengheng couldn't help sighing. This was an eye-opener. It would have been a bit of a loss to investigate and deal with a ninth-grade official, but after looking at it, he immediately felt that it was worth it.
He made a rough estimate, not to mention other things, but the two items of gold and silver were worth five to sixty thousand taels. If all kinds of miscellaneous items were added, these would be worth another two to thirty thousand taels of silver. If these houses were added Counting it all together, it is definitely more than enough for a fortune of more than one hundred thousand taels.
No wonder he has been working as deputy ambassador to Tongcang for so many years and has not moved. Even if he cannot be promoted to ambassador, he will not move if he gets another promotion. He still has to spend money to stay in his current position. Even if he is replaced, he would not be willing to leave.
No wonder Master Feng and Master Zhao specially warned this guy is a big fish and he must not escape.
With a hundred thousand yuan for two families, even the emperor would be tempted, right? Shi Zhengheng thought maliciously.
Even if other people don’t have this guy’s net worth, there are at least a few who are similar to this guy. Adding in the roles of those shrimp soldiers and crab generals, isn’t the Shuntian Mansion Office going to have a bumper harvest this time?
Then how should we share the profits among our brothers in this wave? Shi Zhengheng couldn't help but feel excited when he thought of this. Even though he had to hand it in, everyone was busy for a while and stayed up late. He had to think about it a little bit. He had to make a careful calculation with Mr. Zhao and talk to Mr. Feng about it. .
(End of this chapter)