Banzang is a way of hiding silver.
Before laying stone slabs in the hall, officials and wealthy households would dig shallow pits on the ground and use stone strips to cut out "well"-shaped stone troughs.
The silver was then melted into juice and poured into the tic-tac-toe stone trough. After solidification, it becomes a silver plate, which is then covered with a bluestone plate.
This is called "Itazo".
Each silver plate usually weighs a thousand taels. Because it is too heavy, it would be difficult for thieves to carry it even if they found it.
Therefore, Banzang's Silver is also known as "The Thief Naihe".
Chang Feng led everyone to the hall of Cai Mansion.
He took out an object that looked like a stirrup and put it on his feet. Behind the "stirrup", there is a small silver serrated wheel.
The name of this thing is "Looking for Silver Stirrup".
Every time Chang Feng took two steps forward, he would rub the bluestone with the small wheel on the silver-seeking stirrup.
If there is a silver plate cast under the bluestone, and the small wheel rubs against it, it will make a muffled "buzzing" sound.
If there is no silver plate under the bluestone, and the small wheel rubs against it, it will make a crisp sound of gold and stone.
Because there are bluestone slabs between them, it will affect the tiger's sense of smell. When checking the hidden treasures, the tiger zit is not as useful as the "looking for silver pedal".
Chang Feng walked less than twenty steps in the hall when he heard a muffled "buzzing" sound under his feet.
He immediately pointed to his feet and ordered his warriors: "Pry open the ten bluestone slabs around."
The warriors obeyed the order and used crowbars to pry open ten surrounding bluestone slabs.
Under the bluestone slab, there was a silver plate about five feet long, four feet wide and two fingers thick.
Fatty Xu smiled and said, "It's indeed available!"
Chang Feng made an estimate: "Five feet long, four feet wide, and two fingers thick. This silver plate is about two thousand taels. Brothers, pick up the chisel!"
The heavy silver plate, worth two thousand taels, was inconvenient to carry. The thieves had no choice but the guards who ransacked the house had simple and crude ways to move it away.
That is to use a chisel to break the silver plate into pieces.
Silver is soft. Ordinary silver ingots can leave bite marks when bitten with teeth.
A chisel made of solid iron is placed on the silver plate, and a sledgehammer is used to hit it. The silver plate can be easily broken into pieces.
The thief did not dare to cut hard for fear of making a huge noise and alerting the owner.
Jin Yiwei came to raid the house in an upright manner. Just chisel it.
After a while, the silver plate was chiseled into dozens of square pieces of broken silver. The captain of the accounting department took a large scale and counted it, and found that the silver plate was indeed two thousand taels.
Chang Feng ordered: "Remember, a silver plate was found in the hall of Cai Mansion, weighing two thousand taels."
Continuing the search, another silver plate weighing one thousand five hundred taels was found in the hall.
Fatty Xu counted with his fingers: "A total of 18,480 taels. There is still about 11,160 to go."
Chang Feng said: "We are one step closer to getting our waist cards back."
After a long time, I finally finished checking Ban Zang, and the next step is to check Liang Zang.
Everyone jumped into the manure pit early in the morning. They didn't have much appetite. They didn't have lunch and started checking Liang Zang directly.
Liangzang, as the name suggests, means hiding silver on the beams. It can not only hide wealth, but also protect the house from evil spirits.
Chang Feng divided his fifty men into ten teams, each with a ladder, and searched on the beams of every room in Cai's house.
The first thing to check was the beams in the hall.
Chang Feng climbed up the ladder and found a wooden box on the beam. He first put the rope on the beam, then tied the wooden box, and slid the wooden box down.
Fatty Xu opened the wooden box and shouted to Chang Feng: "Is there anything else in there? There are only two silver ingots in the shape of one hundred taels in the wooden box."
Chang Feng said helplessly: "No more."
He went down the wooden ladder and looked at the two silver ingots. I saw the word "Nafu" engraved on the two silver ingots.
It's a pity that the ingot made by Cai Shilang, who tried his best to cast it to receive blessings, failed to receive blessings and instead caused disaster.
In the end, he committed suicide in jail out of fear of crime, and his mansion was ransacked.
Chang Feng's warriors continued to make gains, and found a lot of Liang Zangnafu Yuanbao.
Chang Feng and Fatty Xu came to the bedroom of Lu Zhu, Shilang Cai's favorite concubine.
Fatty Xu smiled and said: "The eighth aunt of the Cai Mansion, Lu Zhu, was a powerful figure in Rouge Street in the south of the city back then!"
"There is a saying among literati and poets. 'The roar of green bamboo suppresses the martial arts forest, and the mouth of red jade eats food from all directions.'"
Chang Feng said: "Oh? I didn't expect that this eighth aunt has such a great reputation."
Fatty Xu had a bad smile on his face: "Lv Zhu is not just lip service. It is said..."
Fatty Xu's "rumors" were far beyond the scope of Chang Qi's understanding.
Chang Feng frowned: "Is she made of iron?"
Fatty Xu laughed: "It's made of gold! The year before last, Minister Cai ransomed Luzhu, which caused a sensation in Rouge Street."
"It cost a total of five thousand taels of snowflake silver! It is the most redemption silver in Rouge Street."
Chang Feng was speechless: "Five thousand taels? You can buy sixteen or seven Datong aunts!"
Fatty Xu sighed: "Alas. It's a pity that as soon as Cai Shilang, a female martial arts master with unparalleled skills, fell, our Commander Wan was brought to the mansion to have a taste of it."
Chang Feng said nothing. He always remained silent when it came to topics involving his boss.
He walked over to the dresser. On the dressing table stood a box encrusted with gems.
Chang Feng opened the box and saw a jade courgette inside.
Fatty Xu laughed when he saw this thing: "It seems that Mr. Cai is not very good at it. Green bamboo has to rely on jade courgette to extinguish the fire."
"Shilang Cai should make more friends with Ni Jinxian, the 'Censor of Xi Niaodu'."
"If Ni Duyuan shared his magical little prescription with Minister Cai, why would Luzhu bother to use it to satisfy his cravings?"
Chang Feng picked up the jade courgette and looked at it: "It's still Burmese jade, the water is rippling! When you get it to the market, it can be sold for about 800 taels. Okay, stop gossiping and get down to business!"
Fatty Xu held the ladder and Chang Feng climbed up to check the beams. There is also a wooden box on the beam.
There is only one hundred taels of silver ingot "Nafu" in this wooden box.
After checking the "eaves hidden", it was already dusk.
A total of thirty-eight "Nafu" silver ingots were found in the entire Cai Mansion. A total of three thousand eight hundred taels.
The accounting officer calculated the numbers and found that the total amount of dirty silver had reached twenty-two thousand two hundred and eighty taels.
The three-day time limit for searching homes has passed by two days.
Although the number is getting closer to 30,000, Chang Feng is still sweating.
Do not raid your home at dusk. Chang Feng left behind the ten men who were on duty at night, and led the rest of the brothers to cross the innocence bench and walk out of Cai Mansion.
Fatty Xu smiled and said: "I was tired at Yihong Tower last night. I won't go tonight. I'll come to your place and how about we have a drink?"
Chang Feng said: "How can I want to drink. Let's do it another day."
Fatty Xu said reluctantly: "You should drink when you have troubles. If your half-catty daughter becomes red, sleep until dawn. Otherwise, you will not be able to sleep again at night."
Chang Feng thought about it and it was right, so he said: "My place is not as good as your Duke's Palace. But there is only pig head meat to go with the wine."
Fatty Xu said: "Okay, the pork head meat is just minced garlic. The more you drink, the more anxious you become. Mr. Chang, let's go!"
