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Chapter 148 Plunder (1)

Among the many mansions in Xiajing, Shen's house is one of the famous ones.

It was built 200 years ago and has been repaired to this day. The annual maintenance cost is a lot of money.On the other hand, after a hundred years of accumulation, all the bricks and tiles used to build the mansion have become antiques. At the beginning of construction, this mansion used the best materials and the best craftsmen. The best decorations are even more extraordinary today.

In particular, the row of paintings hanging in the porch and the reliefs on the wall of the hall are the favorite places of the Shen family to show off—they were created by the "young" artists Zeng Laide and Zhang Jinrong respectively. The Shen family sponsored the two and helped them complete the transformation from "young artists" to "famous artists".The works of art left in the house are part of the rich rewards.

Just like those families in Florence, the Shen family supports young artists very much, and buys their works at a relatively high price compared to "young artists", and after several years or decades, they will reap hundreds of times the return—throwing away the profits. Issues aside, this is a commendable way of cooperation for both parties.Artists don't starve and thrive, families get rewarded and bragging rights...  

The current Shen family is most often used to brag about their porch and hall reliefs.

There are very few families that hang things worth 10 taels of silver on the wall.

Cheng Jinzhou followed behind the two servants who were leading the way from the Shen family, while listening to the introduction boredly, he looked around.

The servants of the Shen family must have been trained countless times by their masters to show off their family wealth - for most nobles, their life is made up of showing off, obtaining public office, obtaining fiefs, owning vassals, everything It's all about showing off.

Cheng Jinzhou's art skills are pitiful, and it sounds rather helpless, and he is not willing to rudely interrupt the other party's narration, so as not to leave a bad impression on some nobleman - the Shen family is still extremely influential Noble family.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Shen Cong to rescue Cheng Jinzhou.He drove away the two noisy servants, and said with a smile: "No way, what father likes most is to introduce the history of the family."

With that said, he led Cheng Jinzhou to his room.As you can see along the way, even the centuries-old stone bridges are engraved with the names of famous sculptors, not to mention the pavilions, pavilions, pavilions and lighting statues of various shapes.

Cheng Jinzhou was a little unaccustomed to Shen Cong's obedient "fatherly" language. He shook his back and said, "I'm asking you to do a favor. Do you know any Master Xing Ming?"

"Who has an accident? Or is someone in the family released?" If you are an official in another county, you often have to hire famous criminal masters, Qian Liang masters, etc. From the perspective of the 21st century, you must take a lawyer and accountant with you when you take office in a different place.Of course, if the family is very powerful locally, these manpower can be saved.

Cheng Jinzhou shook his head with a smile and said, "I just want to ask about some criminal law matters, but I don't want people to know too much."

The loyalty of the criminal masters is still very high. To buy them, it often costs tens of thousands of taels of silver-compared with the turmoil of the officials, the cost of leaking secrets is higher for the masters who only allow one betrayal.

Shen Cong had an interesting expression on his face, patted his chest and said, "If you just ask, Lord Shen Cong can answer."

"Do you know Daxia Law?" Cheng Jinzhou said in surprise. It is a masterpiece with millions of words. If you don't say every word is precise, it is also annoying. It is not easy for a 17-year-old child to finish reading it.

Shen Cong liked Cheng Jinzhou's casual tone very much, so he nodded naturally: "Then what do you think I am doing every day? You know, to know the law, you must master the Great Summer Law. Compared with those romances, mastering the Great Summer Law is the first bit."

Zhizhigao is the most enviable noble position among nobles. On the surface, it means drafting edicts, but in fact, it serves as a standing advisor to the emperor. It requires gorgeous diction, noble status, and proficiency in common affairs.The best among them will be Zhongshu Sheren, a high-ranking official under the sect, who can compete with the princes of Zhengshi Hall. The most important thing is that whether they are Zhizhigao or Zhongshusheren, they are often younger and not as good as Zhengshi. It is a pity rather than an honor for a prime minister to be so senior and old that he has no energy to show off his power.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't believe it, and asked, "Then tell me, who can't be tortured to extract a confession?"

Without even thinking about it, Shen Cong replied fluently: "Nobles, royals, people with meritorious service, and military merits above 10 ranks are not allowed to be tortured for interrogation."

"I really know." Cheng Jinzhou patted his head. With his level, he couldn't think of any other questions. He simply said, "Then I have something that I want you to help me with. Let's see how best to do it."

He walked a few steps quickly as he spoke, entered Shen Cong's room, and closed the door furtively, like a businessman discussing tax evasion with a lawyer.

Provoked by his actions, Shen Cong laughed, and said: "Don't think that only the Cheng family is ruled by military law. According to the rules of the Shen family, no discussion is allowed on what the master says. Anyone who dares to chew their tongues will be killed."

What he didn't say was that his father, Shen Zhecong, in order to ensure that people always pay attention to this iron law, would kill several people with excuses in three or two years, and even more often killed concubines and maidservants.Therefore, the Shen family's operating record in this area is even higher than that of the Cheng family.After all, the latter is in the southern corner, so it is difficult to feel like the center of the storm like the Beijing family.

Cheng Jinzhou shrugged, continued to close the window and said, "What I said today, I won't admit it after I go out."

He spoke very seriously, and Shen Cong also became serious and said, "Tell me."

Cheng Jinzhou organized his language, and then whispered: "Recently, I spend a lot of money, you know, practicing astrology."

"Then?"

"My father works as the head of the warehouse department, you know about this."

"I know..." Shen Cong had vaguely guessed what Cheng Jinzhou was thinking.

Xiao Cheng looked at Shen Cong for a while and then said: "I predict that if we empty out the things in several big counties, there will be no shortage of money within a few months."

Although Cao Lu from Huangjin County tried his best to curry favor, Cheng Jinzhou couldn't guess whether the other party was willing to take the risk, nor did he want to guess.However, the Warehouse Department of the Household Department is in charge of the warehousing and transportation of the entire Great Xia. Although the three main powers have primary and secondary powers, if Cheng Jinzhou thinks about it, he can always pull a few people into the water. Ordinary prefectures and counties are not as good as Huangjin. A few may be enough.Moreover, it is safer to be farther away from the capital.

After guessing, Shen Cong was still taken aback and said, "Which counties are you going to move to? How many?"

"It depends on how much risk you take." Cheng Jinzhou licked his lips and said, "If you are caught, what do you think the court will do?"

Shen Cong was stunned for a moment, then turned to muttered: "You are a star warlock... Ordinarily, Dali Temple has no jurisdiction over you, but the Cheng family can't escape it, and neither can your father..."

"Will it be implicated?" Cheng Jinzhou originally didn't think much about the issue of implication.As far as he knows, except for treason, the implicated policy is not often used, because the entanglement among the nobles is too serious. Once the involvement is too large, even a small noble family will cause headaches for the royal family, making simple cases becomes complicated.For example, the Cheng family, in theory, Cheng Jinzhou has already married the Liu family in the capital, and the matriarchal family is the Zheng family in Hexi. Other children in the family will also marry in all directions, just like dandelions.

The more self-proclaimed noble families, the fewer marriage partners they actually have. As the fertility of men is neither affected by condoms and policies, nor the number of women, the result is that large families The relationship between is getting closer.Faced with this situation, any decree against nobles needs to be considered.

Shen Cong couldn't really be sure whether there would be a problem of implicating him, so he had to continue to ask: "How big do you want to be?"

After waiting for a long time for such an answer, Cheng Jinzhou couldn't help laughing and scolding: "No matter how much I do, I will still pay it back, but a gap of two or three months is inevitable."

Warehousing storage means putting it away and not using it.There are so few people guarding the warehouse, the things in the warehouse are so valuable, and the wages of the people in the warehouse are so low. Under the huge temptation, it is inevitable to generate infinite tricks.

Such things as guarding and stealing happen at any time and in any region. Shen Cong also knew this. He clapped his hands to the beat and thought: "If three people don't touch each other, if the number is not too big, I don't think it will happen." You’re in big trouble, but if you get caught, you’re bound to lose your skin.”

If you really have Star Alliance Level 4, the slight impact on the family will be nothing at all.Before thinking about victory, he first thought about defeat. Cheng Jinzhou thought clearly and said: "Which three should I not touch?"

"Ordnance, righteous warehouse and treasury." Shen Cong took a breath and said, "However, this can only guarantee part of it. If there is a trouble, I'm afraid it will inevitably be stabbed by Zhengshitang to the Star Warlock Association in the end. You know it yourself. It’s not a third-level star warlock, the star warlock branch has the sole discretion, and the Great Xia’s Star Warlock Association may not be able to withstand the pressure from the Zhengshitang.”

Great Xia has a strong national power and is far away from the extreme west.Coupled with the fact that there are many astro-warlocks who do not belong to the association, the Great Xia Astro-Warlock Association is far from being independent from the extreme western countries. On many major issues, it does not always support the astro-warlocks unconditionally.

As for the Astromancer Association, although they try their best to improve the status of the Astromancers, they can only give their full support to the registered Astromancers, that is, the third-level and above three-star Warlocks. is too unscrupulous.

Hearing the details of what he said, Cheng Jinzhou's heart moved, and he said, "Do you want to make this vote with me?"

"Me? Of course not." Shen Cong was so frightened that he almost jumped up, and said, "You are an astromancer. At most, you will work as a coolie for decades to pay back money, or go to the battlefield to die. I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for your news. It just clicked."

"I'll take care of the accident. Just push it on me, and I'll take it all away. Before the accident, I will give you 1400%. After three months, I will make up for everything in the warehouse myself." Cheng Jinzhou thought of [-] million Xing Yuan's scalp tingled.He can't use other goods to fill back the things in the warehouse, and it's even more impossible to sell them through commercial firms. The only possibility is to steal and use them first, and then figure out how to do it.

In this way, 1400 million star dollars would mean stealing at least 600 million to 700 million taels of silver, which is equivalent to raising supplies worth 17 million US dollars in the world of the 2.1th century - you know, at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century In the United States, Morgan saved the U.S. stock market and raised the U.S. dollar exchange rate with only 6200 million U.S. dollars of bonds. Although the U.S. stock market at that time was young and small, the federal government was weak and poor, and the raw materials of Daxia were not inferior to it, personal It is still very, very difficult to get this number.Even if he gets it, he will inevitably attract people's attention. The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works are Shen Zhecong's traditional sphere of influence. After all, he can distract a lot of firepower by involving Shen Cong.

Shen Cong didn't know Cheng Jinzhou's purpose, but without thinking, he could guess how many valuable materials were stored in Daxia's warehouse.There was an astromancer in front of him, and the Shen family and the Cheng family were behind him. If he only stole supplies for a period of time, he could get [-]% of the money, so he couldn't help but be tempted.As for involving his father, he didn't care that much.

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(End of this chapter)