Chapter 61 Fuck other people's homes and make your own fortune

There are only three people who have really confiscated all the family property in the whole salt case - Zhang Songxian, Gu Shousong, and Tang Yanshu, a big buyer in Shanghai. These are all people who claim to have tens of millions of wealth. The exact number must be very amazing.

Hu Chuyuan took out two lists and found that the situation recorded in the list was not the same.

According to his estimate, Zhang Songxian and Gu Shousong are all people with tens of millions of family backgrounds. Tang Tingshu is more than enough. After deducting the loss of salt speculation and excluding their family business in the Shanghai Concession, the list should have at least 15 million taels of assets.

However, the data on the list is very pitiful.

Zhang Songxian seized only one building of Nanxun Garden, 4,328 mu of mulberry fields in Nanxun, 17.84 million catties of private salt, and other furnishings, which are not of high in value.

Gu Shousong's family seized a building of Nanxun Garden Qinyuan, 2,963 mu of Nanxun Shangxun Sangtian, 14.35 million catties of private salt, a Shanghai Huajie Garden, and other furniture, etc., which is not of high in value.

Tang Tingshu's shares in Kaiping Coal Mine and Shanghai Shipping Bureau were confiscated, and several warehouses in Jiading County were investigated, that's all.

Hu Chuyuan took a slight breath and asked Yang Changjun, "It's only a little bit!"

Yang Changjun smiled and said, "Are the two imperial ministers and the governor Tan eating softly? The Gu family is a well-known antique collector. He did leave a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings in the Qin Garden in Nanxun... However, these things are not easy to deal with, and there is no real name. Once something happens, it is all evidence of guilt.

Hu Chuyuan nodded silently, feeling even more strange in his heart, and asked, "What does Lord Yang mean...?"

Yang Changjun smiled, took out the other two lists from his cuffs, gave one to Hu Chuyuan, and said, "The above two lists are reported to the court and will be disposed of by the two governors. If there is no accident, the cavalry can buy them at a discount of 200,000 taels. This one is also for the cavalry captain. The discount is 2 million taels, and the money sold can be given to me... However, the 2 million taels of silver must be taken out before the end of the month.

"Oh?"

Hu Chuyuan took this list and looked at it carefully, and found that the assets of Zhang and Gu were considerable. In addition, there were 25,380 mu of superior Sangtian, 47 shops in Nanxun Town, 1,395 mu of land in Shanghai Huajie, 21 store facades, 24 large and small warehouses, 11 Jiangkou wharf, and 12 Xia Shengsi last year. 20,000 catties.

This list contains Tang Tingshu's assets and raw silk in Shanghai.

Among other things, 1.22 million catties of raw silk alone is worth at least 6 million taels of silver, and the total value of all assets is not less than 10 million taels.

Buy 2 million taels and make a net profit of 8 million taels.

Only then did Hu Chuyuan understand what Zuo Zongtang meant by the words "Don't give in, in order to increase capital".

Money is not so easy to earn. Hu Chuyuan subconsciously looked at another list in Yang Changjun's hand and asked, "Lord Yang, why do you still have a list?"

Yang Changjun smiled and said, "This list is for the cavalry captain to do for us."

After saying that, he also gave the last list to Hu Chuyuan, a total of five pages, which recorded 126 pieces of antique calligraphy and painting details, more than 30,000 volumes of ancient books, and 135 pieces of jade jewelry and jewelry. These are all easy to move, and they should have been moved on the night of inspection.

Hu Chuyuan glanced at it and actually saw Tang Yin's "Spring Mountain Companion Picture" from it. This is a rare late Tang Yin boutique landscape painting. At present, Dong Qichang Mobao, which has the highest market price, also has two pieces, with a value of about 40,000 taels.

In total, the things in this list can also be worth 3 million taels of silver.

When Hu Chuyuan saw it clearly, Yang Changjun said, "Everything is hidden in a warehouse in Qinyuan Yinjiao and Jiading County. Please send a trustworthy shopkeeper to count it immediately. There are several adult soldiers escorted all the way. Later, we will ask the cavalry captain to find a way to escort everything into the public pawnshop, so that they can become famous and have a clear origin. After the wind, wait for about a year and a half, and then the cavalry lieutenant will gradually sell it to several adults at a low price.

Hu Chuyuan nodded silently and asked, "Which adults do you want?"

Yang Changjun said, "The first page is written by Zeng Shangshu. The second page is from Lord Ronglu, the governor of Anhui. The things requested by Lord Zhongtang are on the third page. Lord Tan, the governor of Jiangsu, is on the fourth page, and Lord Mei, the governor of Zhejiang, is on the fifth page. Captain, don't make a mistake. In addition... You have to ask the cavalry captain to take out one million taels of silver from this profit to the official. In addition, the Huzhou magistrate, the general soldier and others have to take care of it. Zeng Shangshu should be personally responsible for the official.

Listening to Yang Changjun's words, Hu Chuyuan couldn't help but think that after Hu Xueyan was raided, the number reported to the court was actually "empty". What is "empty"? Qingyutang, with a market value of more than three million taels of silver, and the Hu family compound, which cost three million taels of silver, were bought at a low price by the imperial minister?

Home raiding... For officials, this is a rare opportunity to get rich.

Hu Chuyuan took a closer look at the five-page list. Zeng Guoquan wanted the most valuable porcelain and jade, and Ronglu wanted all jewelry. Zuo Zongtang wanted a few bronzes and 30,000 volumes of ancient books. Lord Tan only needed four scrolls and four ink treasures, but each of them was a rare masterpiece, including Tang Yin's Picture of Chunshan Companion. Two of the four ink treasures were Dong Qichang's.

Zhejiang governor Mei Qizhao is the worst. They are all purple clay pots, general jars, lacquerware, jin Buddhas and other groceries, which can also be regarded as good things, but Hu Chuyuan estimated that when making the list, Mei Qizhao must refuse... No? How can he not want it? He doesn't want it. How dare others want it?

Everyone dares not ask for anything. How can such a big "Jiangnan salt disaster" be decided?

Therefore, Mei Qizhao said, "Whatever, whatever you don't want belongs to me", so all the miscellaneous antiques belong to him.

Just look at this list, everyone's characteristics are clearly displayed in front of Hu Chuyuan. Zeng Guoquan - greedy for fun; Ronglu - greedy vulgarity; Zuo Zongtang is hard to say, but he still can't see the original intention; Tan Zhonglin - either if you don't stretch out your hand, you have to be the best; Mei Qizhao - whatever you want to divide it. Let's go!

After thinking about it, Hu Chuyuan carefully put away the list and said to Yang Changjun, "Ok, I already know. I will arrange people to handle it carefully. There will be no difference."

After saying this, he asked Hu Rong to take ten Fukang silver tickets of 100,000 taels and give them to Yang Changjun.

Yang Changjun smiled happily and said, "Then I really have to bother the cavalry captain. I have other official duties, so I have to leave first. He said that the cavalry lieutenant would return to Shanghai, and we would choose to talk about it again!"

Hu Chuyuan nodded and got up to see Yang Changjun away.

When he came to the door, Hu Chuyuan suddenly remembered something and asked Yang Changjun, "Lord Yang, I want to ask by the way, is the punishment for salt merchants light or heavy?"

Yang Changjun weighed the weight of the problem and replied in a low voice, "Lord Zhongtang asked for a fine of 1,000 yuan for each catty of salt hoarding. Lord Shangshu felt that it was a little too heavy and was discussing... However, as far as I know, the fine of 600 yuan per catty is not light, and the payment of 800 yuan is not heavy!"

"Well... Then I understand. Thank you, Lord Yang!" Hu Chuyuan arched his hand motionless and said, "Then I won't send it forward. Please have a good journey!"

Yang Changjun smiled and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!"