Chapter 319 A Rich Harvest
"Is this the only place where the silver is hidden?" Feng Tao asked in confusion after searching for a long time and finding nothing.
A nanny from a wealthy family should know the principle of a cunning rabbit having three burrows better than them, right?
But they knocked on the wall for a long time and there was nothing unusual.
Huo Bing looked at the ground, scanning each brick one by one.
She walked to the inner side of the kang and stood against the wall, squatted down, took out a big knife and began to pry the rough bricks on the floor.
Feng Xing and Feng Tao stared blankly, not understanding why they chose this place, as it clearly looked no different from anywhere else.
Huo Bing easily pried up the brick, revealing the square sandalwood box inside. Facing the shocked looks of the two men, he explained, "The gap between this brick is wider."
There are signs of movement.
Feng Xing and Feng Tao: ...Luckily, Huo Bing is here! If it were them, they'd never find him!
But now they know to look at the floor tiles!
But the two of them looked around for several times and didn't see any wide cracks. Not giving up, they stepped around the wall of the house but there was no sign of looseness.
"Are these the only two places where the silver is hidden?"
"But that's normal. We have seven or eight hundred taels of silver from these two places, right?"
As expected, she came from a wealthy family. Farmers like her were considered wealthy if they could earn dozens of taels of silver. There were many families that could never earn dozens of taels of silver in their entire lives, and had never even seen a whole ingot of silver.
But she was just a concubine in an official's family, and she cost seven or eight hundred taels of silver!
Huo Bing continued to scan the room, not missing a single spot, and whispered, "No, there should be more."
In the past, she would have thought that seven or eight hundred taels was already too much, so how could there be more?
But during this time of following my mother, I learned the selling prices of brushes and soaps, and I also heard her recite "Ten years as a clean magistrate, one hundred thousand silver coins." Song Shu was a third-rank official, and Aunt Qiu was nominally a concubine, but in reality she was the actual person in charge and mistress of the backyard of the Song Mansion.
The only female master in the harem of a third-rank official wanted to kill her, but he sent his most trusted personal nanny. How could she only bring a few hundred taels of silver?
She looked at the kang where Lai Ma and the other two were lying. It was very new, obviously newly built.
It was made of bricks, the same as the kang that her third, fourth, and sixth brothers slept on. She heard from the craftsman who built the kang that this was a hollow kang and the best one.
Use bricks to build a few supporting pillars, and then seal them with stone slabs. This is simple and quick. The advantage is that there is a lot of empty space inside, so the kang path is not easily blocked by cigarette ash. After the bricks are built, there is no need to remove the stone slabs to clean the cigarette ash for more than ten years.
In addition, even cleaning is much easier than the other two ways of building kangs, because there is more open space, the structure is simple, and it is easy to see at a glance and maintain.
The head of the kang is connected to the stove and has plenty of smoke, so it is the warmest place. It must be the hottest inside. Huo Bing passed over the head of the kang and landed at the end of the kang.
This is where the chimney is connected to exhaust smoke and the temperature is the lowest.
She lifted the mattress at the end of the kang, took out a hatchet, and accurately pried open the stone slab along the edge of the kang.
Smoke and heat came out, which was a bit suffocating, but fortunately it was not very hot.
Feng Xing and Feng Tao walked forward quickly, took the stone slab and put it aside. The three of them looked towards the kang hole and saw three wooden boxes inside!
It has been blackened by smoke, but fortunately it is not damaged - even if it is damaged or burned, it doesn't matter, silver cannot be burned.
"This woman is amazing. Who would have thought of putting the silver directly into the pit?" Feng Tao murmured.
After all, the edge of the kang is sealed, so it's not easy to take it out.
Feng Xing knew what her sister was thinking and guessed, "This money is probably for emergency use. She won't take it out easily unless it's absolutely necessary. Maybe she can take it back intact after the matter is over and embezzle it for herself.
She won't be staying here long, so when she returns, she can just dismantle the kang."
After all, after buying so much food, and arranging everything for food, clothing, housing and transportation, there are still seven or eight hundred taels of silver left. After paying the hard work of these thugs, there is still a lot left. How can I use the silver here?
Her master in the capital city gave her a full amount without knowing the market conditions and specific expenses, but how could Lai Ma, a servant who had worked hard in the industry, not know?
The two looked at Huo Bing with their eyes full of admiration, and exclaimed: "Sister, you are amazing!"
Huo Bing's eyes were filled with a faint smile, and he said, "I'll move it, you guys take over."
It won't be too hot, but there will be smoke and black soot inside. It will only dirty one person's clothes, there is no need to dirty three people's clothes.
Feng Xing and Feng Tao originally wanted to say that they would go get it, but they saw Huo Bing had already stepped in nimbly!
After taking out the three heavy wooden boxes, Feng Xing suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, "Did you forget to check Lai Po's clothes for any banknotes?
Let me touch it!"
Feng Tao agreed, "That's right! Sister Ying said that wealthy people like to carry silver notes when they go out. One note is worth a lot of money! They don't like to carry silver, saying it's heavy and inconvenient."
That's silver, why would you find it inconvenient to carry it with you?
She said that banknotes were dangerous. If they got wet in the rain, caught fire, or got soaked by sweat, or were accidentally left somewhere and lost... wouldn't they be gone? How could money, which is waterproof and fireproof and can be used anytime, be so convenient?
Huo Bing wanted to say that Mrs. Lai would not have any banknotes, but seeing Feng Xing quickly picking up the clothes to check, he swallowed back the words he was about to say.
Rich people would find it inconvenient to carry silver notes, but poor people only trust silver that they can actually see.
Lai Pozi would bring silver notes, but because she came from a poor family, she believed in visible silver more. When she arrived, she would definitely exchange the silver notes for silver and keep it. When she left, she would exchange the silver for silver notes so that she could carry it on the road.
Over there, Feng Xing, who had found nothing, said in confusion, "Strange, there are no banknotes."
The three men carried the wooden boxes and moved out quickly without stopping.
The man guarding outside took the box, and the group ran quickly in the darkness before dawn, and were soon immersed in the pitch-black night.
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Liu Sheng's people sat in a circle around the fire. There was no place to sleep and the ground was damp, so everyone could only sit to keep warm. Brother Wang looked up and down, afraid that they would accidentally fall into the fire!
After a whole day of running around and being exhausted, many people were injured and couldn't sleep well at night. The whole team was in a depressed mood.
Liu Sheng was woken up with sleepy eyes and didn't know where he was for a moment.
"Wake up, have you forgotten what we agreed on last night?" Brother Wang reminded.
Liu Sheng felt that his brain was confused. After a while, his thoughts came back to him and he nodded belatedly.
He remembered, he said to attack at night, Brother Wang said that people who stay up late are the most sleepy, tired and hungry in the early morning. They prepare food and attack after eating their fill, and with the cover of night, they will surely be able to rush in and kill the enemy by surprise!
He couldn't agree more.
It’s true that they were the most tired in the early morning, but they were also the most tired, after all, they couldn’t sleep!
He rubbed his face, pulled himself together and said loudly, "Alright! If you miss this opportunity, you'll miss it forever. Let's do it in one go. As long as we complete the task, the food and silver rewards will dazzle your eyes!"
In order to have a prosperous new year, everyone rush forward~"
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