Chapter 37: One hundred thousand taels of silver
After the fat pig test, Li Yiran's subordinates had no worries and immediately entered in front of him. Bao Zheng asked Dong Xianxian and several women to wait outside. Li Yiran and Bao Zheng walked in with the people. Bao Zheng walked in the corridor for more than ten minutes, and a hall in front was revealed, and the people in front were screaming. Bao Zheng squeezed forward and saw that the hall was dazzling at this time, and rows of neat shelves were filled with silver ingots. Bao Zheng and Li Yiran looked surprised at this time. Bao Zheng estimated the amount of silver in the hall with a thickness, probably as much as 100,000 taels.
Bao Zheng knew that the currency system of the Song Dynasty was extremely chaotic, and its historical records were full of contradictions. The Song Dynasty used "money" as the circulating currency. Because the social economy of the Song Dynasty developed rapidly and industry and commerce were unprecedentedly developed, the demand for money was unprecedentedly huge, and the output and import of silver were not high, and there was no government macro-control management agency like the central bank at that time, which caused extremely chaotic situations. During the Song Dynasty, one tael of silver could buy four stones of rice, which means that 100,000 taels of silver was equivalent to 66 million yuan in the 21st century.
How could Bao Zheng not be stunned when so much money was hidden in this secret room? Bao Zheng looked at the silver and then realized why Zhang Li and others set up this secret room. Silver in the Song Dynasty was not a very common currency in the market, but it was the most valuable currency. Zhang Li and Zhang Yan set up this secret room for the sake of seeking wealth, but they never expected that Luzhou City would be closed. Now Zhang Li himself was going to escape from Luzhou City, but it was impossible to take the silver away at all.
Li Yiran was obviously extremely excited. If so much silver was reported to the court, he would definitely have risen to the top. Li Yiran immediately called a few people to start counting the amount of silver. Bao Zheng withdrew from the secret room and told Fang Lingmei and others about the matter inside. Everyone couldn't help but be curious. After going inside to see it, they all looked a little surprised.
Although Bao Zheng did not find any subsequent clues in Zhang Li's mansion, he unexpectedly discovered a large amount of wealth that Moutian would hoard here. Bao Zheng no longer stayed and returned to the prefectural palace with everyone. The amount of silver was obvious at a glance, and even if Li Yiran had the courage to do anything.
Bao Zheng and everyone returned to the prefecture and informed Zhang Yao of the news. Zhang Yao knew that the matter was important, so he immediately sent Pu, the lord of the prefecture, to help with the silver inspection. This kind of big incident happened on the ground of Luzhou Prefecture, and as the prefecture, he naturally had to send someone to assist in handling it. Zhang Yao also asked someone to send a message to Bao Zheng's father Bao Lingyi to inform him about what happened in the Zhang Mansion.
Bao Lingyi was a governor and had the responsibility of supervising the local area. Bao Lingyi should indeed know about such a big thing, so that the court could only come to court to confront each other when he asked about it in the future.
Bao Zheng sat in the prefecture with Zhang Yuxi and his daughters. After waiting for two or three hours, Li Yiran brought the convoy to Luzhou Prefecture. The carriage was obviously filled with white silver. There was also Bao Zheng's father Bao Lingyi's official sedan in the convoy.
Bao Zheng and Zhang Yuxi went out to welcome him. Bao Lingyi was even more excited when she saw Bao Zheng. This was the first time Bao Lingyi saw him since Bao Zheng disappeared. Bao Zheng stayed in the Snake Valley for ten days, and the people in the Bao family were extremely worried during this period.
After Bao Zheng and Zhang Yuxi and Bao Lingyi had a conversation, Bao Lingyi calmed down. Zhang Yao stepped forward and said, "In-laws, I didn't expect us to meet on such occasions. Recently, there are too many business pragmatisms in Luzhou Prefecture, and the rebels are rampant, which made me originally planned to go to your mansion as soon as possible, but I couldn't even take time."
Bao Lingyi shook her head and said, "In-law, this is your fault. My son and your daughter got married, but you didn't even inform me that I was a confused father-in-law. Just this, in-law, you will go to my house to get a hundred cups of fines another day."
Zhang Yuxi's face turned red after hearing what his father-in-law said. Although Bao Lingyi already knew that the marriage between Bao Zheng and Zhang Yuxi was caused by the prince's hastily, she still couldn't help but complain at this time.
Zhang Yao laughed and said, "In-laws, there is no need to have another day. Today I will have a few drinks with you. Your good son and my good son-in-law. Not only did he deal with many difficult problems for me, but now he has observed it in detail and discovered the dirty silver of the traitors in the Zhang family. This time, he could cause the traitors to suffer heavy losses, Bao Zheng made great contributions! We must all celebrate well."
Bao Zheng smiled awkwardly and said, "What did my father-in-law say? I didn't discover this dirty silver alone. In fact, everyone has made contributions. Bao Zheng dared not underestimate himself to live alone."
Just then, Mr. He also came over and said with a smile: "Bao Zheng can definitely bear this credit. If Bao Zheng had not been threading his needles and threads all the time, it would be extremely difficult to find out this case. I am grateful to Bao Zheng in my heart, but there is something important now. Lord Bao, today I want you to know someone."
Master He was a well-known scholar in Luzhou Prefecture and had a high prestige. Bao Lingyi stepped forward and said, "Teacher, you really respect my dog. I just don't know who the Master wants to introduce?"
Mr. He said in a circle: "Mr. Bao, Mr. Zhang is now at noon. Why not let us share the table and drink. It is more convenient to talk about things on the table." Mr. He said, while taking a look at his granddaughter Dong Xianxian.
How could Dong Xianxian not know what grandpa was thinking? Even though Dong Xianxian had a free and easy personality, she could not help but blush when facing such a thing.
Zhang Yao immediately asked someone to serve the banquet and found the 100,000 taels of stolen money. No matter what he said was something worth celebrating.
After three rounds of drinking, Bao Lingyi said, "Mr. He! I wonder who you said you were going to introduce me?"
Master He pulled Dong Xianxian with a flushed face and said, "Mr. Bao, what I will introduce to you today is my granddaughter, Dong Xianxian!"
As soon as Master He said this, Bao Lingyi was extremely excited. Bao Lingyi stood up and looked at Dong Xianxian for a moment, and said excitedly: "I didn't expect that the Fairy Fairy Girl was back. Since the Fairy Girl disappeared to save my Hesaner, I, Bao Lingyi, feel ashamed of Master He every day, and I, Wuyan, went to see your father in the capital. I am so happy to see Fairy Girl, come back safely today! Fairy Fairy has great kindness to my Bao family."
The matter between Bao Zheng and Dong Xianxian was already an open secret. Bao Lingyi had long known that Bao Zheng and Dong Xianxian were sincere in the past. Today, seeing Dong Xianxian's life so beautiful, I was even more satisfied. Bao Lingyi thought that this daughter and my Hei San'er were born with each other.
When Zhang Yuxi saw the situation during the meal, her expression changed slightly, but she recovered in a flash. Perhaps she would have guessed that there would be such a day from the moment she saw Dong Xianxian reappear.
Chapter completed!