Chapter 614 Gloomy Wood

After a preliminary inspection of the situation in the house, Shi Suo found that there were too many seized materials, and the assault team was completely understaffed.

So, he decided to divide the team into several raid teams.

The first group was devoted to the seizure of grain, cloth and livestock; the second group, which specializes in stealing silver coins and fine jewelry; the third group, which deals with all kinds of valuables, including antiques, ornaments, and ceramics; The last group is the most numerous and is responsible for raiding all kinds of bulky goods in the warehouse.

Shi Suo ordered dozens of prisoners to be selected and distributed to each team, so that they could work honestly under the watchful eye of the gun.

He also found chests for jewelry, copper coins, and gold and silver.

After these things were taken out, they were immediately packed and registered, numbered, and moved to the side street outside the house for temporary stacking.

Lin Xiao smiled approvingly when he saw this, this method did work.

A large number of jewelry, jewelry and other things are easy to scatter, so centralized storage, both convenient and safe, the copper coins in the warehouse, there are also many scattered, direct packing is more convenient to transport.

The Zhai family's treasury materials have to be described as "amazing......

From the barn alone, more than 2,000 stones of coarse and fine grain were found, and another 1,200 stones were found in the warehouses of the rest of the families.

In addition, the soldiers also seized dozens of mules and horses, as well as more than 200 domestic animals such as cattle, pigs, and sheep.

These are just food, and the assault team also found a side courtyard on the side of the main house, which has three rooms, all of which are special warehouses.

In some warehouses, there are piles of cloth of all colors, silk and satin, and dozens of bundles of all kinds of fine furs; There is a whole library of ceramics; There is also a bag containing medicinal herbs and spices, piled up in stacks, there are many varieties in it, what angelica, agarwood, codonopsis, astragalus, as well as licorice, danpi, cloves, star anise, everything, pepper alone found more than 100 bags, each bag has forty or fifty catties.

In a storeroom, there was a large stack of wooden barrels, and when I opened it, I saw that it was filled with black powder, which roughly calculated that there were five or six thousand catties, and there were a large number of irons, knives, guns, and feather arrows on the side......

There is also a large warehouse with a semi-open roof, which is dedicated to storing all kinds of wood.

Situ was smelling the fragrance of wood, holding a torch to inspect it, and as soon as he entered the door, he was stunned by the various hardwoods piled up like a hill in front of him: "So many hardwoods, plus those porcelain and furs, how much silver should they be worth......

Suddenly, he was attracted by the few pieces of black charcoal-like ancient trees lying in the corner of the wall, but with teeth and claws.

Approaching with a torch, the ancient tree is only one thick and one thin, both of which are hideous-looking roots connected to a section of the trunk, he reached out and touched the thicker, swarthy trunk as hard as iron stone, looked down and sniffed, there seemed to be a unique fragrance......

With a look of surprise on his face, he muttered, "This is ...... Gloomy wood? ”

"Gloomy wood?"

When Lin Xiao heard this, he stepped forward and saw that these two black ancient trees still had cracked into wisps of bark, although they were lying horizontally, they looked strong and upright, simple and dignified, and they did seem to be years old.

"Why is it dark like this?"

Lin Xiao didn't know what gloomy wood was, and his heart was strange.

He didn't know much about the value of those jewels and antiques from later generations, and he didn't know much about the rare and exotic trees of this era.

He only knew that in later generations, the most valuable hardwood material was mahogany.

In his hometown, the mahogany processing industry is quite developed, and under the bombardment of overwhelming advertising, most of the people who have a little spare money at home will buy one or two pieces of mahogany furniture, which is said to not only retain its value, but also be durable and can be passed on to future generations.

However, I heard that the most precious rosewood and Hainan huanghuali are already superb, and the most common among the folk are all kinds of sour branches and African pear, as well as all kinds of new mahogany from South America and Southeast Asia......

"That's what it looks like, sir,"

Situ Zheng said with a smile, "Because of the black, the world also calls it ebony, which is the essence of the tree and the treasure of the wood." ”

As he spoke, he tapped the trunk of the tree hard, and the trunk did not move at all, faintly making the sound of iron and stone.

"This thing is heavy and hard, don't look at it now, as long as it is slightly peeled and processed, it is moist and bright without oiling, and it feels like silk, extremely fine and ......refreshing."

"Really?"

Lin Xiao leaned over to take a closer look, and was surprised, "It's older mahogany...... Are you okay? ”

"This is gloomy wood, master!"

Seeing his expression, Situ Zheng couldn't help but sneer, and said in his heart, this Hou Ye, there is finally something that he doesn't understand?

"Haven't you heard that 'even if there is a chest full of gold, it is better to be on the ebony side'?"

"Forehead ......"

Lin Xiao's face was black, he hadn't heard of it.

"It is not deformed, it is not moth-eaten, and it is hidden deep in the ground, at least...... For thousands of years, it was the first choice for building palaces and imperial coffins......"

Situ Zheng paused, and then said, "It's just...... Most of the common furniture and carvings are small pieces of furniture, which are also regarded as heirlooms to ward off evil spirits. ”

"Really?"

Lin Xiao didn't understand at all, so he turned on the awkward chat mode.

"That's right,"

Situ Zheng nodded affirmatively, "I just don't know, what kind of tree species is this......"

As he spoke, he lowered his head and sniffed again, and hesitated: "Judging from this aroma, it looks like a golden silk nanmu ......."

"Golden Silk Nanmu?"

Lin Xiao blurted out.

This, he has heard, the golden silk nanmu is the rarest superlative, under thousands of years of indiscriminate logging, in later generations, the adult raw material is almost extinct.

Even the artworks of the year, except for the Forbidden City, the few that only exist in the museum are all left by the dignitaries of the previous life.

It is rumored that the big corrupt official He Shen once had a golden silk warm pavilion at home, and for this reason, he was also listed as one of his 20 major crimes by Jiaqing for the crime of trespassing......

"Maybe not, exactly,"

Situ Zheng smiled and shook his head, "If it is a golden silk nanmu, it must be a veritable priceless treasure...... However, even if it is camphor and green oka, such a large one is rare. ”

"Indeed, it's quite a big ......"

Lin Xiao grinned matter-of-factly.

"It's weird......"

Situ Zheng frowned, "Such a large item is usually a tribute, how can this rich man have such a thing?" ”

"Isn't he the owner of the nest?"

Lin Xiao smiled, pointed to the rest of the warehouses and said, "These should have been snatched from the cargo ships in the canal...... Normal people, who will have so many hardwoods and thousands of pieces of porcelain in their homes. ”

"It must be,"

Situ Zheng nodded and sighed, "No wonder everything is ......"

The two walked out as they spoke, and returned to the side street in front of the house.

It didn't take long for the side streets to be filled with all kinds of items, and the number and variety were dazzling.

Looking at the items that were constantly being moved out of the house, Situ Zheng smacked his tongue again and again.

Although he is from the mountainous area of Guangxi, he has never seen the world, but today, he is really eye-opening.

He couldn't believe that on the shore of the Yellow Sea, the rural tyrants of a small county had so much wealth.

Lin Xiao was also stunned.

He was thinking that Zhang Chenfeng from Yangzhou had copied those big salt merchants, and what he got must be much more than this.

However, behind all this wealth is a heartbreaking truth.

The huge and complex Lianghuai salt industry is like a gold-swallowing monster, accumulating tens of millions of wealth every year, but in this context, the majority of salt people can't live happily, all thanks to the people in the middle......