After being born into this world, Li Xiuyuan has long understood the value of gold and silver. It is not like what is written in novels. A disciple from a wealthy family can just casually take out ten thousand taels of silver or hundreds of thousands. Here, ten thousand taels of silver is already one.
It's a very large amount of money. If it were a real thing, it could fill a large box.
"Father, why did such a good person lose so much money?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
"You have to ask Butler Qian. He has always been in charge of the Li family's treasury for my father. My father thought that he was loyal to the Li family, so he was relieved to hand over the treasury to him. Now it's good, our Li family has made a fortune.
I'm a white-eyed wolf who eats people inside and outside." Li Dafu, who is nearly fifty years old, still has a loud voice and can make people feel frightened when he curses.
"Father, please don't be angry. Everything needs to be investigated clearly before we can draw a conclusion. Butler Qian has served our Li family for many years. He is very hardworking and loyal. I don't believe that Butler Li would enrich his own pocket and embezzle 10,000 taels of silver from our Li family."
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Li Dafu said: "How can my father be so stupid? My father had already gone to the money bank to check, and a whole box of silver was missing. Moreover, no one enters or exits the warehouse on weekdays. The key is only in the hands of my father and Butler Li."
Yes, if Butler Li hadn't been greedy, how could Bai Yin have disappeared?"
When Li Xiuyuan heard that it made sense, he looked at Butler Qian.
At this time, Butler Qian kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "Master, Master, this matter really has nothing to do with the villain. The villain really is not greedy for 10,000 taels of silver. Please, Master, please be aware of it."
"What's the use of kowtow? I tell you, no matter what method you used or when you stole the 10,000 taels of silver from my Li family, I'll give you three days. If you don't return the silver within three days,
If so, don't blame me for not remembering the relationship between master and servant for many years and killing you with a stick on the spot." Li Dafu said angrily.
Butler Qian's face turned pale with fright and he was about to cry. "Master, it's really not the young one who took the 10,000 taels of silver. It's really not the young one. The young one was wronged."
"Come here, drag Butler Qian down and beat him with thirty sticks to see if he will say it or not," Li Dafu said.
Just then, two strong servants strode in and tried to drag Butler Qian out.
"Father, Butler Qian is nearly sixty years old, and his body is no longer what it used to be. If he were beaten with a thirty-weight stick, his legs would be broken even if he was not beaten with a thirty-weight stick. Even if he survived, he would probably become disabled in the future." Li Xiuyuan.
At this time, he felt a little unbearable and stood up and said: "If it is true that Butler Qian stole ten thousand taels of silver from our Li family, there should be clues to find out. Guobei County is so big. Which family suddenly becomes rich and which person suddenly makes a generous move?"
Yes, we will be able to find out once we check it, and we will naturally find the whereabouts of the silver by following the clues."
"If the strange loss of silver was not caused by steward Qian, then we would be wronging a good person, and the loss of silver out of thin air does not necessarily have to be caused by someone else."
Li Dafu thought it was reasonable, but he was slightly surprised when he heard: "My son said that the loss of silver was not caused by humans?"
Li Xiuyuan nodded and said, "Exactly. The silver disappeared. It may have been done by Taoist magic, it may have been stolen by spirits, or even ghosts and ghosts who were greedy for money passed by and took it away."
"How is this possible?" Li Dafu was stunned. He didn't expect that his family's treasury had so many ways to withdraw the money inside.
"This is very possible." Li Xiuyuan shook his head slightly.
What he said is not nonsense. The world of Liaozhai is so magical. In many stories, a certain wealthy businessman suffered retribution and had his money taken away by spirits and ghosts. Even some kind-hearted female ghosts and fairies would take away their wealth.
People treat it like a money bag and take money to repay kindness.
Because if you carefully speculate on each story in Liaozhai, you will find that those who help poor scholars, repay good people, and easily give hundreds of taels of silver always do not indicate where the money comes from.
You must know that real money cannot be conjured out of thin air. Even if some Taoists have the Midas touch to turn stone into gold, it is just a trick and cannot be taken seriously.
And in this world, a family that can own gold and silver is undoubtedly a wealthy family.
Just like the Li family.
Therefore, Li Xiuyuan felt that the loss of silver in the warehouse was probably related to this.
Only spirits and ghosts can withdraw money unconsciously and hide it from everyone.
"If the money is really stolen by monsters, my father will ask your master and the blind Taoist priest to come out." Li Dafu said.
Li Xiuyuan added: "Father, don't be anxious. This matter needs to be carefully investigated by my son for a few days. After it is confirmed that it is really unmanned, it will not be too late to ask the master to come forward."
"Well, according to what my son said, I have to worry about this matter." Li Dafu still has great trust in Li Xiuyuan's ability.
"My child understands." Li Xiuyuan said.
Li Dafu added, "As for Butler Qian, he was locked up in the woodshed before the matter was investigated clearly. Regardless of whether the matter was related to him, he cannot escape the responsibility for dereliction of duty." After speaking, he glared at Butler Qian again.
"Thank you for your kindness, sir, and thank you for your kindness, young master." Butler Qian escaped from the thirty-pound stick, and immediately kowtowed gratefully as if he had been granted amnesty.
"Take it down." Li Dafu waved his hand.
The two servants drove the money steward and left immediately.
"Father, this matter should not be delayed. The child will start to handle it now. I also asked the father to give the child the key to the warehouse and let the child go to the warehouse to investigate." Li Xiuyuan said.
"My son is doing things, so my father can rest assured." Li Dafu took off a gold key from his neck and handed it over.
After Li Xiuyuan took it, he immediately turned around and left.
Xiaodie also hurriedly followed behind.
"Young Master." When Li Xiuyuan came to the door of the warehouse, there was a team of servants patrolling here.
"I'll go in and take a look. You continue to patrol. By the way, send a message to the black man in the county and ask him to find out for me which person or family in Guobei County has suddenly become rich in the past month, and tell him
Our Li family has lost 10,000 taels of silver. If he can help our Li family find it, our Li family will give him a reward of 500 taels." Li Xiuyuan said to a servant.
Heisan is a famous idler and gangster in Guobei County. He gathers a group of people who have nothing to do, eat, drink, whore and gamble.
However, such people are extremely well-informed. They know everything that happens in the county. The Li family often asks them for information. They have become familiar with each other after going back and forth. Heisan is also willing to do things for the Li family. After all, every time
You can get a huge reward.
"Yes, young master, I'll do it now." A servant handed over his hand and left immediately.
After Li Xiuyuan finished giving instructions, he took Xiaodie into the warehouse.
He opened the warehouse door with the golden key, took out the fire certificate and lit the oil lamp, and then he could see clearly in the dark warehouse.
"Young Master, isn't this a warehouse? Why is there nothing and everything is dark?" Xiaodie asked.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "The warehouse is divided into an inner warehouse and an outer warehouse. This is the inner warehouse, where all the Li family's assets are. Inside is the outer warehouse, where some gold, silver, and copper coins are piled."
"Why is the inner storehouse outside and the outer storehouse inside?" Xiaodie was curious.
Li Xiuyuan pointed to his feet and said, "Have you seen the floor tiles under your feet?"
"I saw it, it was pitch black." Xiaodie said.
"Those are not floor tiles, they are gold bricks that have been painted with a layer of black paint, and there are three layers of gold bricks above and below."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and pointed to the stones that looked like winter melons piled under the left and right corners and said: "Those big winter melons are not stones either. The ones under the wall on the left are gold, and the ones on the right are silver. Each one weighs a thousand catties.
If a thief comes, he will not think these things are valuable at all, but will be attracted by the money inside, so that he can avoid being robbed by thieves and leave some wealth for the future."
"And even if the thieves find out, they can't move the gold and silver winter melon that weighs thousands of kilograms and can only keep it here."
Xiaodie opened her eyes wide and felt incredible.
The huge black stone is actually made of gold and silver, and the floor tiles under your feet are also made of gold. How much is this worth?
Not to mention Xiaodie was surprised, even Li Xiuyuan was surprised at the beginning. I didn't expect that the anti-theft technology of this wealthy family in ancient times was so heroic. They cast gold and silver into big winter melons. Even if you knew it was valuable, you couldn't take it away.
One can only look forward and sigh.
However, such anti-theft technology cannot be implemented without certain financial resources.
"This is a secret of the Li family. Only my father and I know it. You are the third one to know it." Li Xiuyuan said, and then entered the outer treasury.
When Xiaodie heard this, her heart felt warm, as if she had eaten candied fruit. She didn't expect Mr. Li to trust her so much.
But Li Xiuyuan felt that it didn't matter. Since she was a personal maid, she would be his own from now on. There was no need to hide this matter. To put it bluntly, if Xiaodie was greedy for money and ran away one day, there would be gold bricks and silver winter melons here.
How much can a woman take away?
And the house is so heavily guarded.
It's like everyone knows there is money in the bank, but who dares to take it?
It's different when you arrive at the outer treasury. Here, large boxes are neatly placed in front of you. The boxes are opened and contain a large number of copper coins and silver ingots. When the light shines on them, it makes people unable to open their eyes.
However, although the money inside is very tempting to look at, it is actually not as valuable as the gold bricks and gold, silver and winter melons outside. It just makes people mistakenly think that this is the real savings of the Li family and where the real treasury is.
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Little did they know that the three generations of the Li family were extremely wealthy and had accumulated so much money.
If Li Xiuyuan hadn't spent a lot of money in the past ten years and built a horse racing farm, an escort agency, and a farm, the Li family would be more than just that.
"Is that the lost ten thousand taels of silver?"
Suddenly, he saw an empty box, and the silver inside was gone.
There can be no empty boxes in the treasury. Every box is filled with silver and copper coins, so you can tell at a glance which box is missing money and which box has the wrong number.
Placing an empty box here so openly and without any pretense was definitely not done by Butler Qian.
Youdao has a guilty conscience. If it was really Butler Qian who did it, then this empty box would definitely not be placed here. It is so conspicuous that as long as his father comes in to check, he will find it immediately.