Chapter 733 Hidden Silver in the Valley
"Zi Hou, our Taicang silver warehouse is ahead. Slow down and be careful of the steps." Jia Langzhong led Zhu Pingan to the silver warehouse and turned around to remind Zhu Pingan when he went up the steps. Watch your step.
The location of the bank is about 50 centimeters higher than the ground. This is for waterproofing reasons. On the other hand, it is also to make the field of view of the bank wider and facilitate monitoring.
It is said to be a silver treasury, but it is actually divided into two parts: a gold treasury and a silver treasury.
Outside the gates of the treasury and the silver treasury, plaques with the words "Da Ming Jiajing Treasury" and "Da Ming Jiajing Silver Treasury" hang respectively.
Security is tight.
You can see naked soldiers from the library, coming in and out, carrying silver.
“This bank and the bank are the most heavily guarded places in Taicang. In Taicang, only the warehouse soldiers can touch gold and silver. Others, even Zhang Guangku, are not allowed to touch even one tael of silver. The day before yesterday, the Holy One issued an edict to allocate two hundred thousand taels to Tao Tian. The master performed the ritual of calming the gods at Jianyuan Mountain in Wudang Mountain. They were carrying the two hundred thousand taels of silver, loading them into cars and sending them to the inner palace. "
Stepped onto the platform and stood at the gate of Taicang Bank. Outside, Jia Langzhong pointed to the Ku soldiers coming in and out and said to Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Pingan nodded and looked at Taicang Bank.
The official who was guarding the troops inside the gate saw Jia Langzhong and Zhu Ping'an and hurriedly came forward to salute.
"In Taicang, your court officials have the most important responsibilities. You must not relax even a little bit. You are busy with your business and don't worry about us." Jia Langzhong waved his hand with a serious face, indicating that the court officials do not need to Salute and quickly return to your job.
"I resign from my humble position."
Hearing this, the hall official resigned and returned to the gate to inspect.
“Zi Hou, please don’t blame me.” After Jia Langzhong watched the court official return to his post, he turned around and explained to Zhu Ping’an, “The court officer is responsible for supervising the troops in the warehouse, and strictly prevents the troops from being entrained or concealed secretly. This behavior is related to the safety of Taicang Bank, and no one should be careless.”
"How could it be? Mr. Jia is loyal to his duties and strict in his duties. It's too late to admire Ping An, so how can he blame him?" Zhu Ping'an shook his head and twitched the corners of his lips slightly.
"If everyone understands us like Master Zhu, then our errand in Taicang will be easier." Jia Langzhong said with emotion, and there was something in his words.
"Where is it?" Zhu Ping'an twitched the corner of his mouth.
At this time, under the supervision of the hall officials, there were about 20 warehouse soldiers carrying the Taicang bank in and out. They were busy carrying the silver from the bank to the outside, weighing, packing, and Seal it and then load it onto the vehicle escorted to the inner warehouse.
The scene was a bit eye-catching.
The Ku soldiers are all young and strong men, about 20 or 30 years old, uniformly wearing silver Ku clothes and trousers. The top is a sleeveless gown with the word "Taicang" written on it, and the bottom is a simple crotchless trousers.
Two treasury soldiers worked together to move a box of silver from the treasury. Under the supervision of the court official, they weighed and recorded it, then moved it out of the treasury, affixed a seal, and placed it in a fixed location outside the treasury.
After carrying this box of silver, Ku Bing returned to the bank again to carry the next box of silver.
When they return to the bank again, they have to be inspected again, just like they just entered the bank.
Outside the gate of the bank, the soldier took off his clothes and went to the lobby naked to be inspected by the magistrate.
"Quack~Quack~"
Ku Bing stood naked in front of the court official, squatted down, stretched out his hands, exposed his ribs, then slightly bent his legs and jumped hard twice, slapped his hands on top of his head, and mouthed Inside, they quacked loudly like ducks.
After completing these actions.
Moving forward, there is a long bench in front of him. The Ku soldiers stepped over the bench one by one and shouted "Come out" at the same time.
Through the above actions, you can prove that there is no silver in your body, armpits, mouth, or hands.
After completing this series of steps, you can get permission from the hall official to enter the bank.
Entering the bank, they changed into the uniform clothes and pants of the bank, carried the silver again, and returned to the bank after carrying it, and had to go through the above-mentioned series of inspections.
That is to say, every time they leave the bank, they must go through the above inspections. After they have finished carrying the silver coins and have been inspected, they can put on their own clothes and go home from get off work.
“Only Ku soldiers in Taicang can touch the treasury silver. They took off their clothes, shouted, stretched, clapped their hands, and squatted and jumped in this way to prevent the Ku soldiers from carrying silver and ensure that not a single cent of silver was lost in the Taicang treasury. "
Jia Langzhong explained to Zhu Pingan from the side.
Zhu Pingan nodded when he heard this.
In fact, I don’t think so in my heart.
If this could ensure that not a penny or a penny was lost in the treasury, then the largest theft of the Qing Dynasty's treasury hundreds of years later would not have happened.
In modern times, Zhu Ping'an carefully studied the Qing Dynasty's treasury theft case out of curiosity. Let's not talk about other tricks. There are many tricks in the Kubing alone.
It seems that the above-mentioned inspection process of Kubing was seamless and there was no loophole to be exploited, but in reality?
If these Kubing soldiers really can't get any money or water, then why do hundreds of related households break their heads, sharpen their heads, and send large amounts of money to compete for the position of a Kubing soldier? Obviously there is something special inside.
There are fifty soldiers in each period, and a group must be rotated every five years.
These Kubing soldiers are basically hereditary, and they have always been competed for and spread within the circle of hereditary Kubing families.
And a very interesting thing is that when the Kubei soldiers rotate, whenever someone competes at all levels through giving gifts, building connections, etc., and secretly decides on a Kubei soldier position, they will spend a lot of money. , hired several martial arts masters as bodyguards, and stayed with them to protect them for a short period of time.
Because every rotation of the Treasury soldiers has to go through a step of tapping the knot. The Ministry of Household Affairs submits a letter or the top leader of Taicang - the Minister of Management and Treasury, carries out the tapping step at the Ministry of Household Affairs. After going through the process, the tapping process is completed. Finally, the position of the Kubing was finally determined.
If anyone is late or fails to arrive at the o'clock time, then the position of the soldier will be replaced.
As for the relationship and money you worked hard for before, I'm sorry, I can only treat them as being blown away by the strong wind.
So, at this time, if there is a soldier who has not hired a bodyguard to ensure that he clicks Mao smoothly, if others find out, he will be kidnapped or imprisoned, making you unable to click Mao, and then replace you your location.
So, under such fierce competition, the position of Kubing must be promising.
Yes.
There are policies from above and countermeasures from below.
It seems that the Taicang Bank has strict inspections on the entry and exit of the warehouse soldiers, but for the warehouse soldiers who have been neglected for generations, it does not prevent them from stealing the warehouse silver. Their skills of stealing the warehouse passed down from generation to generation can still be used in Taicang. It works and is carried forward step by step.
Actually, the main reason they stole the banknotes was through human bodies.
Kubing has been passed down from generation to generation. The children of these Kubing families have been practicing a unique skill of stealing silver from the Kubing family since they were young - "silver hiding in valleys".
That is, through chrysanthemums, they have practiced this skill since they were young. First, they spread oil on eggs, stuffed chrysanthemums, and did running, walking, and jumping exercises. After they mastered it, they replaced the eggs with duck eggs. , goose eggs, and finally 10 taels of iron pellets. Of course, a prop called a pig bladder is needed at this time.
It is said that if one masters "Valley Hidden Silver", he can carry ten smooth and edgeless silver ingots each time, which adds up to one hundred taels of silver.
Zhu Ping'an stood there and watched for a while, and found that at least two Ku soldiers had bulging abdomens and abnormal walking postures. They were probably masters of "Gu Dao Hidden Silver".
However, Zhu Pingan's expression remained unchanged and he did not make a sound.
Compared with the officials in Taicang's warehouse, these warehouse soldiers who stole money through the human body are really insignificant. At best, they are like little ants stealing wheat, and they are not worth mentioning.
Throwing grass will scare snakes.
Zhu Ping'an would never make this kind of mistake. (End of this chapter)