Shanxi, Jiexiu, Fanfu.

A dock-type mansion covering an area of thousands of acres.

The internal rockery and flowing water, withered beams and paintings, pavilions and pavilions, as well as promenades, lotus ponds, gardens and other facilities, can be described as magnificent, quite a bit of the charm of the Jiangnan garden.

This is the base camp of the Fan family, the first merchant of the Jin Dynasty.

Inside the Fan Mansion.

Recently, Fan Yongdou's eyelids have been beating, and there is a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart, and it is getting stronger and stronger day by day.

Smashed.

Play smashed.

This time, when Houjin entered the customs, his Fan family and many other businessmen all did their best to assist Houjin, but Houjin was defeated and returned in a miserable defeat! They, the merchants, are all screwed.

Originally, the plan of Fan Yongdou and other businessmen was to take advantage of the emptiness of the border pass of the Ming Dynasty, and most of the elite troops were in the Central Plains to suppress thieves, and then Jin swallowed the heart of the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, and poured more than 200,000 troops to attack, not to plunder and leave, but to sit on the Ming Dynasty.

Fan Yongdou and others saw an opportunity.

The opportunity to become a meritorious hero of the dragon will create an opportunity for the family to become more wealthy, as well as an opportunity to make the business bigger and become a royal businessman.

In order to seize these rare opportunities, Fan Yongdou and others have burst out with great enthusiasm, contributing money and materials, and using almost all interpersonal relationships, and investing all the resources they can.

I thought of relying on this gamble to make a noble family of more than 300 years.

As a result, the Jin army was not angry, messed up all this, and withdrew outside the customs in embarrassment, but let them and the businessmen fall into passivity.

But that's okay! It shouldn't matter.

Even if he will fall into a momentary passivity, this level will definitely be passed, and Fan Yongdou has this confidence.

"In Shanxi, more than ninety percent of the pass city defense, and the generals above 100 household officials, have all been bought and befriended by us, and they must obey our arrangements."

"About thirty percent of the civil officials in Shanxi come from our eight major merchant families, and thirty percent have connections with in-laws, teachers and students, etc., although the rest are difficult to buy, but they will never dare to go against our eight major businessmen."

"As for the vassal kings, the eunuchs left behind, etc., they have cooperated with us for many years, their interests have been tied, and the relationship has long been deep-rooted, and it is impossible to suddenly turn around."

"Even those who don't deal with us on weekdays, are dissatisfied with us, and often compete against us, have also been killed by the Houjin army this time, and have gone down to the underworld."

Steady as Mount Tai.

Even if the eight Jin merchants led by Fan Yongdou stabbed a big basket this time, Fan Yongdou firmly believed that they would still be as stable as Mount Tai and would not be subject to any blows and retaliation.

But since he was confident and had no worries, why after the defeat of the Houjin army and the return to Liaodong, Fan Yongdou, who had lived in Zhangjiakou for a long time, immediately ordered to move, and transferred a large number of belongings and thousands of clansmen back to Jiexiu's hometown thousands of miles away at a very fast speed.

The same was true of the other seven merchants, all of whom made the decision to move back to their hometowns, almost abandoning Zhangjiakou, an important business base.

So since you don't feel worried, why do you want to go back to your hometown, let the clansmen stay in the dock all day, don't go outside, try to keep a low profile, and give up a lot of business.

It can only be said that Fan Yongdou has ghosts, shame, fear, and fear in his heart.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have felt a strong sense of unease after making so many actions.

It was not until October 26 that this unease finally translated into reality.

Bang!

A cannon rang out.

The family's guard whistle sounded.

After a while, a general named Liu Quanan, covered in blood, entered Fan's mansion and reported a shocking news in front of Fan Yongdou:

"Father-in-law, it's over, the Fan family is almost over!"

"The imperial army has entered Shanxi, and it is coming to the Fan family and other merchants."

"Yuanping Fort, where the son-in-law is located, originally wanted to intercept an army coming from Chaojiexiu, but they took out a holy decree, saying that they came on the orders of the emperor, and the son-in-law still wanted to stop it, so they went on a killing spree and quickly attacked the fort."

"The son-in-law was helpless, so he had to return alone, who knew that they were chasing after him, constantly releasing arrows, if he was not familiar with the road, the son-in-law had been shot by them!"

"Run, father-in-law! The imperial army is here to punish the nine clans of the Fan family this time, and if you don't run, everyone will finish! ”

Airplanes~

Liu Quanli's words made everyone in the Fan family present mess up, and they began to cry.

Fan Yongdou had already prepared, like a big stone falling to the ground, and said vigorously: "Let the subordinates pack up some gold and silver belongings, and take Yuanfa, Yuanbao, and Yuanle to leave through the tunnel, leaving a trace of blood for the Fan family." ”

"Master, isn't there any other way?" The women were crying even more.

But it didn't take long.

The sound of horses' hooves was heard and surrounded the Fan Mansion.

It was Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao, who personally led two thousand elite horsemen, one step ahead, and never let the Fan family get away and take away one or two pieces of silver.

"How did it come so quickly?"

Fan Yongdou's body softened, his face turned pale, it's over, the imperial army is coming too fast, he just wants to send a few young grandsons out through the tunnel, it's impossible.

"The people of the Fan family, hurry up and open the door!"

"Your Majesty has a decree, after investigating the traitors and eternal fighters, they colluded privately with Houjin Jiannu, and after the needs of Houjin, they resold grain, ironware, medicinal materials and other materials in Liaodong, collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and helped thieves to abuse...... You and other people from the Ming Kingdom, descendants of the Han family, but when the national war was in the country, they did not seek to benefit the country and a dime, but they were one of the people who paid a lot of money? Those who do not care about the survival of the Han people, only care about the selfishness of the family, and forget the righteousness for small profits, there is nothing more than this! Immediately arrest the entire Fan family, confiscate their family property, convict them of crimes, severely punish them, and have no tolerance! ”

Hong Chengchou sent a staff member to step forward and take out the holy decree to read it, his tone was so stern that every time he said a word, the Fan family in the dock fort would tremble for a while.

"Why, if you don't open the door yet, do you dare to resist stubbornly?!" The staff member scolded.

After a while, the Fan family still didn't move.

"Break through the gate and get in!"

Cao Wenzhao waved his hand and ordered.

Soon, several professionals piled up the large bundle of explosives they had brought under the gate, and then detonated it, and the gate suddenly opened!

"Rush in, those who dare to stop will be killed!"

Cao Wenzhao gave another order, and two thousand elite horsemen rushed into Fan's mansion, and after killing dozens of young men who blocked the way, the rest of the Fan family did not dare to resist, so they had to be captured.

……

Inside the hall of the Fan Mansion.

Seeing Fan Yongdou and others kneeling in the hall, Hong Chengchou suppressed the strong killing intent in his heart, and chatted with these traitors in a friendly voice, and the meaning expressed between the words was also very clear, that is, he hoped that they would hand over all the property of the Fan family.

Ranwen

"As long as you hand it over, this governor will protect the lives of your entire clan, and no one will be killed."

"The place where the property is buried, let's say it, even if you don't say it, the soldiers can always find it by digging three feet into the ground."

"Whoever can point out one place will be counted as a meritorious service, and those who have made more meritorious contributions can have their punishment reduced and receive preferential treatment, and those who are stubborn will definitely regret it."

Hong Chengchou is a temptation of soft words and a tough threat.

But under Fan Yongdou's instructions, only three cellars where the property was hidden were confessed, Cao Bianjiao immediately took the soldiers down to carry it, plus the property copied from the rooms of Fan's mansion, after an inventory, the harvest was as follows:

16,700 taels of gold.

589,600 taels of silver.

A number of copper coins and light coins, worth about 8,000 taels.

Jewelry, jade, antique calligraphy and painting, gold and silver jewelry, Xujiazhuang professional appraisers gave an estimate of 150,000 taels.

The total value is equivalent to 1,081,600 taels.

In the face of this list of property values, Hong Chengchou, who has never seen so much money, is still quite excited, he is not greedy for money, but money can do things, can do a lot of things, and according to the rules for the distribution of loot formulated in advance, under the supervision of Xujiazhuang notaries, this batch of seizures, he and Cao Bianjiao have been able to get 30% of the share, that is, more than 320,000 taels, divided by the army of 10,000 people, the average person can share more than 30 taels (not including the value of houses and land).

Not bad.

Very good.

Hong Chengchou was already quite satisfied.

"Is that all?"

He immediately asked with a straight face: "The Fan family is the richest businessman in Jin!" Is it possible that the family property is only a million taels? Don't think about the lake and the governor, and there are other properties, quickly explain to the governor! ”

"No, it's really gone, the villain is doing a small business, the profit is small, this year's earning next year's loss, and being able to save millions of taels of family assets is already very good."

Fan Yongdou knelt down and explained.

"It seems that you won't confess without punishment!"

Cao Bianjiao said viciously: "Someone! Put a stick on the Fan family, and there will always be people who can't stand it and explain it. ”

"Spare your life, the old man has really confessed everything!"

"There is only so much property in the Fan family, and the rest is all spent."

"Even if torture kills us, we won't be able to turn into more gold and silver."

Fan Yongdou and others cried and begged for mercy.

"Do you dare to resist when you are dying, and you still point to hiding your property, leaving it to your clansmen to make a comeback in the future? How dare you have such delusions? Beat! Hit them hard until they lose their delusions! Cao Bianjiao said angrily.

"General Cao doesn't have to be angry, and he doesn't have to torture them."

The appraiser of Xujiazhuang said: "Wait for another day, and when our technical team arrives tomorrow, we will appreciate the desperation of these Fan families, and their hidden property is trying to run away." ”

Hear this.

Cao Bianjiao suppressed some anger and accepted the appraiser's suggestion.

Fan Yongdou and the few others below who knew where the treasure was hidden pouted disdainfully, and wanted to make them feel desperate? Hehe, as long as they don't say it, these court soldiers and horses, not to mention digging three feet into the ground, even digging ten feet or thirty feet into the ground, don't even think about finding a hiding place for other treasures, the wisdom of the ancestors of the Fan family to hide treasures, you people will never be able to compare.

……

The next morning.

Xujiazhuang's technical team arrived.

There were only five of them in a group, with a set of equipment weighing about 80 kilograms in total, after assembling and debugging.

A technician, holding a small flat-shaped device, scanned the ground in Fan's house.

If you look closely at the name on the device, it is actually a set of civilian phased array radars!

In ground scanning mode, you can see everything within 50 meters of the ground.

In modern society, the price of such a set of radar is only 100,000 yuan, which can be said to have completely realized cabbage.

Soon, the technical team had a catch.

Three underground cavities have been discovered, all of which are located at a depth of 30 meters and have strong metallic reflection echoes.

"Dig! Start digging! ”

"Start digging from this place and dig down a hundred feet or so."

"Okay, I found it, all the places where the treasure was hidden have been found, and no one has been missed!"

In the afternoon.

After the excavation of thousands of soldiers, the three cellar treasures of the Fan family were rebuilt.

Then, including Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao, all the soldiers opened their eyes and saw the world.

The first cellar is full of golden winter melons, known as ghosts and sorrows, each weighing nearly 1,000 catties, and there are a total of 58 of them.

The second cellar is full of silver winter melons, known as helpless, each weighing thousands of catties, a total of 293.

In the third cellar, all the golden silk nanmu pillars were placed, but when the surface of the wood was peeled off, all the pure copper exposed inside was purple-red, each weighing about 5,000 catties, and the number was 512 in total.

Adding the value of these gold, silver and copper together, the appraisers of Xujiazhuang could not give an accurate value for the time being, and could only estimate a figure of no less than 21.5 million taels.

Rumble!

Hong Chengchou was stunned.

Cao Bianjiao felt like his head was exploding.

The tens of thousands of soldiers who had been digging hundreds of feet in the ground for most of the day showed ecstasy one by one and sent out a shocking carnival.

Got rich.

Now it's really rich!

The value of the property has been counted at about 22.5 million taels.

The Fan family owns dozens of houses and tens of thousands of acres of land.

There are also more than 1,800 members of the Fan family, and they can also be sold to Xujiazhuang as lifelong mining slaves at a price of 10 to 30 silver dollars per person.

Even if they first divide the 30% of the on-site seizures that belong to them, they can get close to 7 million taels, with an average of 700 taels per person, which is a dizzying number.

And such a scene is happening in Pingyao, Taiyuan, Yuci, Pingyang, Taigu, Qixian and other places in Shanxi, and countless imperial generals are smiling at the moment.

As for traitor businessmen like Fan Yongdou, at this moment, their faces were full of defeat and despair, and they were hit extremely hard, spitting out a mouthful of old blood, instantly becoming more than ten years old, and kept murmuring: "How is it possible, how is this possible?!" ”