Xiao Xuanping seemed to be very interested in my analysis, and waited until he calmed down before he said slowly: "Officer Li, if you don't mind, you can talk to me, forgive Xuanping for not understanding the meaning of your words thoroughly."

Hua Yu also seemed to be a little confused, staring at me with big eyes, and even forgot the record for a while.

I said, "Young Master Xiao, I want to ask you, during the Han Dynasty, if you took your night pearl to change an official position, how many products do you think you can exchange at least?"

Xiao Xuanping thought for a while and said, "Why don't you get six products."

I asked again: "Then do you know how much the six-rank official at that time would cost if he exchanged it for silver?"

"I'm really sorry, I don't know much about history and literature, and it's still the Han Dynasty, if Officer Li knows, you might as well talk about it, Xuanping is also good to study."

The meaning of Xiao Xuanping's words was a little confused, but even so, Xiao Xuanping still didn't want to fall behind in front of the momentum, it seems that the young master of this rich family is indeed a little competitive.

I smiled and said calmly: "Well, since Young Master Xiao wants to hear it, then I will talk about it casually, saying that in the Han Dynasty and Qin system, that is, in the early Han Dynasty, the actual weight of half a tael coin began to become lighter, such as the Han Wen Emperor when the half tael coin only weighed four baht, twenty-four baht in one, the name and weight of the coinage, there is a gap between the two by the same, this is a common phenomenon in the monetary history of all countries in the world, on the one hand, it is the ruling class in order to save money, on the other hand, it also marks the further establishment of the status of money. ”

When the two of them heard what I said, they were all shocked.

Even Xiao Xuanping, a high-achieving student who graduated from Harvard University, was a little surprised, "Officer Li actually knows so much about the history of the Han Dynasty, which really makes Xuanping admire." ”

I waved my hand and said, "It's just what I heard in class when I was studying, so it's not surprising." ”

Xiao Xuanping is not as powerful as before at this moment.

"Xuanping is stupid, and I ask Officer Li to continue."

Next, I told Xiao Xuanping a historical allusion to the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, there is a story about Cui Lie's purchase of officials, which is very interesting, and it is recorded that Cui Lie spent five million dollars to buy a Situ at that time.

At that time, Emperor Ling was very excited to make such a big deal, so on the day of canonization, he came to the palace in person to show his attention.

But when he saw Cui Liechun's proud appearance, he suddenly felt that this official was sold too cheaply, so he said to his entourage and cronies with regret, "I regret a lot, Jin Ke can reach 10 million." ”

It means that we lost money in this deal, even if he asked him to pay 10 million, this old boy also got it.

The cronies' answers were even more shocking, "Cui Gong Jizhou celebrities, how can he buy officials?" I have to be, but I don't know the evil. ”

Saying that he can pay five million is already very good, a celebrity like Cui Gong would not have been willing to buy it easily, or I have done a lot of work from it, you can be content.

After this incident, Cui Lie asked his son what the reaction of the outsiders was, and his son said to him, "The people outside are talking about the copper smell of you buying this official, and they are all disgusting with you."

That's why the term copper smell comes from here.

"If you say that in the Han Dynasty, if you want to buy an official, you can distinguish it according to this allusion, but in the Qing Dynasty, this kind of thing emerges endlessly, if you want to buy a six-grade main business, it is generally nearly five thousand taels of silver, Young Master Xiao thinks about it, if the night pearl of the Han Dynasty is put in the Qing Dynasty, can I use the priceless city as an analogy, not to mention that your night pearl is fished out of the South China Sea, and it has a miraculous effect, not to mention what is the role of your night pearl, this value alone is already very expensive."

As soon as I finished speaking, Xiao Xuanping stood up directly, clapped his hands again and again, and exclaimed: "I really don't know, Officer Li still has this kind of knowledge, it really opened Xuanping's eyes, no, no, it was an eye-opener." ”

I hurriedly beckoned Xiao Xuanping to sit down, and said in my heart, if labor and management don't say something you don't understand, then is it necessary to continue to talk about the next words?

Hua Yu on the side looked at me like a monster and said, "I didn't expect you to still study history." ”

I scratched my head and said, "No, no, this is already my family, and if I continue to talk about it, I will have almost no ink in my stomach." ”

Xiao Xuanping returned to normalcy for a long time, and asked, "Then just now, Officer Li, you said that our family's gentian has been targeted by people since ancient times, where do you start talking about this?" ”

"Does that need to be said? Young Master Xiao, you think, this is an ancestral heirloom, and it was given by the emperor, if I had changed, I would have started a long time ago, but it is a bit unreasonable to say this, after all, the time is too far away, but in today's era of high-tech development, can you guarantee that the so-called secret room in your family can be truly safe? It is a mechanical equipment, that is, it is man-made, since it is man-made, then there must be shortcomings, I want to ask, who built your secret room for you? ”

Xiao Xuanping leaned in front of me, lowered his voice and said, "You mean the worker who helped us install the room, or the person who made the lock?" ”

I thought about it, and then said: "If you want to think so, it's okay, after all, everyone has the possibility of suspicion if something is lost, but I heard that it takes three people to open the lock of your house at the same time, and generally only banks or other important departments and units will have it." ”

"That's not right."

Hua Yu probably heard what I said that there was a problem, and added: "If according to what you said, it was the workers who installed it for them at the time, then it is even more wrong." ”

I turned my head to look at Hua Yu and said suspiciously, "Why?" ”

Hua Yu said: "This kind of lock, I have heard people mention before, according to the installation requirements of this lock, it is not possible to complete it at the same time, because for confidentiality, the installation method and process of this lock need four to five people to complete, and a person can only learn one, must wait until the three steps are completed and opened at the same time to use, if there is one less step in the middle, then this lock is not much different from the general safe, and the installation of personnel also has great confidentiality, must be operated step by step, And these people are from different places, so it is impossible to say that several people do not know each other, so I think it is almost impossible for installers to steal, and if you suspect that the company has leaked secrets, it is even more impossible, because I can tell you very clearly that there is only one such lock in the world, and no company will be stupid enough to set itself up. ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but frown.

If it is really according to what Huayu said, then my reasoning has basically been overturned.

"If that's the case." I looked at Xiao Xuanping strangely and said coldly: "This thief, there is no one else, I can only find it in your house." ”