The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 7 Banzang and Liangzang

Banzang, a type of Tibetan silver.

Before laying stone slabs in the hall, officials and wealthy households will dig shallow pits on the ground, and use stone strips to divide stone grooves in the shape of "well".

The silver was then melted and cast into juice, which was poured into well-shaped troughs.After solidification, it becomes a silver plate, and then a bluestone plate is laid on it.

This is called "bancang".

Each silver plate usually weighs a thousand taels.Because it is too heavy, even if the thief finds it, it is difficult to carry it.

Therefore, the silver hidden in the board is also known as "thief Naihe".

Chang Feng led the crowd to the hall of Cai Mansion.

He took out an object shaped like a stirrup and put it on his feet.Behind the "stirrup", there is a small silver serrated wheel.

This object is called "Looking for Silver Stirrups".

Every time Chang Feng took two steps forward, he rubbed against the bluestone slab with the small wheels on the silver-seeking stirrup.

If there is a silver plate cast under the bluestone slab, the small wheels will make a muffled "hum" sound when they rub against it.

If there is no silver plate under the bluestone slab, the small wheels will make a clear sound of gold and stone.

Because there are bluestone slabs separated, it will affect the tiger's sense of smell.When checking the board, the tiger is not as easy to use as the "seeking silver pedal".

Chang Feng walked less than twenty steps in the hall, only to hear a muffled "buzz" under his feet.

He immediately pointed to his feet, and ordered his warriors: "Pry open the ten bluestone slabs around."

The wrestlers obeyed and used crowbars to pry open the surrounding ten bluestone slabs.

Under the bluestone slab, there is a silver plate about five feet long, four feet wide, and two fingers thick.

Fatty Xu laughed and said, "Sure enough, there are goods!"

Chang Feng made an estimate: "Five feet long, four feet wide, and two fingers thick. This silver plate is about 2000 taels. Brothers, use the chisel!"

The heavy silver plate of 2000 taels is inconvenient to carry.The thieves had nothing to do, but the royal guards who confiscated the house had simple and crude methods to move it.

That is to use a chisel to chisel the silver plate into pieces.

Silver is soft.Ordinary silver ingots can leave bite marks with teeth.

A chisel made of solid iron is placed on the silver plate, and a sledgehammer is used to smash it, which can easily break the silver plate.

The thief did not dare to chisel hard, for fear of making a huge noise and alarming the owner.

Jin Yiwei ransacked the house in an aboveboard manner.Just chisel it.

Not long after, the silver plate was chiseled into dozens of square pieces of silver.The accounting captain took a large scale and counted, and the silver plate was indeed 2000 taels.

Chang Feng ordered: "Remember, one piece of silver plate was seized in the lobby of the Cai Mansion, weighing 2000 taels."

Continuing to search, another silver plate weighing 500 taels was found in the hall.

Fatty Xu pinched his fingers and calculated: "A total of 480 taels. There is still about [-] taels."

Chang Feng said: "We are one step closer to getting our badges back."

After working hard for a long time, I finally finished checking Banzang, and the next step is to check Liangzang.

Everyone jumped into the cesspit early in the morning, they had no appetite, didn't eat lunch, and started to check Liangzang directly.

Liang Zang, as the name suggests, is silver hidden on the beams of the house.It can not only hide wealth, but also protect the house from evil spirits.

Chang Feng divided his 50 people into ten teams, each with a ladder, and searched on the beams of every room in the Cai Mansion.

The first thing to check is the beam in the hall.

Chang Feng climbed up the ladder and found a wooden box on the beam.He put the rope on the beam first, then tied the wooden box, and slid the wooden box down.

Fatty Xu opened the wooden box and shouted to Chang Feng: "Is there any goods on it? There are only two silver ingots of 100 taels in the wooden box."

Chang Feng said helplessly, "It's gone."

He got down the wooden ladder and looked at the two silver ingots.I saw the word "Nafu" engraved on the two silver ingots.

It's a pity that Cai Shilang tried his best to order people to cast the Nafu Yuanbao, but it failed to be a blessing, and instead brought disaster.

In the end, he committed suicide in fear of crime in the imperial prison, and the mansion was raided.

Chang Feng's warriors continued to harvest, and found a lot of Liangzang Nafu Yuanbao.

Chang Feng and Fatty Xu came to the bedroom of Luzhu, Cai Shilang's favorite concubine.

Fatty Xu said with a smile: "The Eighth Aunt Lu Zhu of the Cai Mansion was a character in Yanzhi Street in the south of Megatron City back then!"

"There is a saying among literati and poets. 'Green bamboo whistling towns martial arts, red jade mouth eats all directions'."

Chang Feng said: "Oh? I didn't expect this eighth aunt to have such a great reputation."

Fatty Xu had a smirk on his face: "Green Bamboo is not just about lip service. It is said."

Fatty Xu's "hearing" was far beyond the scope of Chang Zongqi's comprehension if he didn't visit brothels.

Chang Feng frowned: "Is she made of iron?"

Fatty Xu laughed loudly: "It's made of gold! The year before last, Cai Shilang redeemed Lvzhu, which caused a sensation in Rouge Street."

"It cost a total of 5000 taels of snowflake silver! It is the most redemption silver in Rouge Street."

Chang Feng was stunned: "5000 taels? You can buy sixteen or seventeen Datong mothers-in-law!"

Fatty Xu let out a long sigh: "Alas. It's a pity, once Cai Shilang, such a miraculous female martial arts master, fell, let our Commander Wan take it to the mansion to try it out."

Chang Feng didn't speak.He has always been silent on topics involving his boss.

He went to the dressing table.On the dresser stood a case inlaid with gems.

Chang Feng opened the box and saw that there was a jade cucumber inside.

Fatty Xu laughed when he saw this thing: "It seems that Cai Shilang is not very good at it. The green bamboo still needs to rely on the green jade cucumber to put out the fire."

"Cai Shilang should make friends with Ni Jinxian, the censor of the capital of washing birds."

"If Ni Duyuan shared his miraculous little prescription with Cai Shilang. Why would Luzhu bother to use this poor thing to get addicted?"

Chang Feng picked up the emerald jade courgette and looked at it: "It's still Burmese jade, and the water is rippling! It can be sold for about 800 taels on the market. Okay, let's stop gossip and get down to business!"

Fatty Xu held on to the ladder, and Chang Feng climbed up to check the beams.There is also a wooden box on the beam.

There is only one hundred taels of silver ingot of "Nafu" in this wooden box.

After checking "Eaves Cang", it was already sunset.

A total of 38 "Nafu" silver ingots were found in the entire Cai Mansion.A total of 800 taels.

The accounting officer calculated the figures, and the total amount of dirty silver had reached 2 taels.

Two days have passed since the three-day time limit for raiding the house.

Although the number was getting closer and closer to [-], Chang Feng was still sweating.

Do not raid the house at sunset.Chang Feng left ten guards on duty at night, and led the rest of the brothers to step out of the Cai Mansion on their errands.

Fatty Xu smiled and said, "I was tired last night in Yihong Building. I won't go tonight. I'll go to your place. How about we two have a drink?"

Chang Feng said: "I don't have the mood to drink. Let's do it another day."

Fatty Xu refused to let go: "You should drink more when you have troubles. Half a catty of my daughter will be popular, and she will sleep until dawn. Otherwise, you will not be able to sleep at night again."

Chang Feng was right after thinking about it, so he said: "My place is not as good as your duke's mansion. But only pig's head meat goes with the wine."

Fatty Xu said: "Success, pork head meat is just mashed garlic, the more you drink, the more anxious you become. Master Chang, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)