Rise From the Humble

Taicang, the Ministry of Revenue, was the treasury of the Ming Dynasty. It was divided into two parts: the Taicang Grain Storehouse and the Taicang Bank Storehouse. The Taicang Grain Storehouse was located in the capital and Tongzhou, generally known as Jingcang and Tongcang. The so-called "Beijing's reserves are all in Taicang"; The Taicang Bank is located in the capital and is generally called Taicang or Taicang Bank.

Taicang Bank is said to be located in the capital, but due to considerations of flood prevention, waterproofing, theft prevention, and safety, the location is still quite remote.

Zhu Pingan and Gao Rui were on their way to Taicang Bank.

"Last year, the Ministry of Industry repaired the city wall. I was ordered to come to the Taicang Bank to withdraw the materials. It's only a stick of incense's walk ahead to reach the Taicang Bank. I'm familiar with this road, so Master Zhu doesn't have to worry."

Gao Rui, a doctor in the Ministry of Industry's Affairs Office, slowed down his horse slightly, stretched out his whip and pointed into the distance, and said to Zhu Pingan.

"Then Lord Laogao will lead the way." Zhu Pingan rode on the black horse of Shamat and thanked Gao Rui.

Of course, even without Gao Rui to lead the way, Zhu Pingan could still find the location of the Taicang Bank. After accepting the errand to inspect the Taicang Bank, Zhu Pingan had already consulted the relevant classics and had the location of the Taicang Bank in mind.

"You're welcome, Mr. Zhu." Gao Rui smiled heartily, held the horse's belly slowly, kept pace with Zhu Pingan, and reminded Zhu Pingan, "The Taicang Bank is the treasury of our Ming Dynasty. It is heavily guarded. Zhu Pingan can Have you brought the relevant documents? If we don’t have the relevant documents, they won’t let us in even if we tell the truth.”

"Since I took the job, I have been carrying the relevant documents close to my chest." Zhu Pingan patted his chest and said.

"Haha, it's reassuring to work with Mr. Zhu." Gao Rui spoke highly of Zhu Ping'an after hearing this.

Zhu Pingan was naturally modest.

"Oh, by the way, last time I went to the Taicang Bank to withdraw materials, I heard a strange thing. You said that the Taicang Bank was so heavily guarded that not even a fly could fly in, but there was still a theft. Case." Gao Rui said while riding his horse.

Hearing that there had been a theft in the Taicang Bank, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but be very interested. He approached Gao Rui on his horse and listened carefully with interest.

"This happened about the year before last. There was heavy rain in our capital that year, and waterlogging occurred in many places in our capital. Of course, Taicang Bank had already taken precautions against this situation when it chose the location. It was located at a high place, and there were various Water conservancy measures were taken to prevent waterlogging, but unexpectedly, there was still two fingers of rainwater accumulated in the reservoir area. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be, so the relevant officials of Taicang Bank began to check various water conservancy measures, and then found that the drainage hole was blocked." Gao Rui said slowly, "Since the drainage hole is blocked, we must clear it as soon as possible to prevent waterlogging from eroding the bank. Guess what we found when we dredged the drainage hole?"

"Oh, what did you find?" Zhu Pingan asked curiously

"Two corpses were found while dredging the drainage hole. They had their heads on top of each other, and there were two ingots of gold ingots in the middle of their heads." Gao Rui said with two fingers.

"Two thieves? People die for money, and birds die for food." Zhu Pingan understood, but he was still a little confused. Why did the two thieves die in the drainage hole with their heads above each other? Could it be that the spoils were unevenly divided?

"Master Zhu deserves to be the top scholar. He guessed it right away." Gao Rui praised.

Zhu Pingan touched his nose and smiled bitterly. You just had a theft. It was obvious that the person in the drainage hole was a thief.

"Yes, these two were thieves, and they died at the scene of the theft. As for the heads, that's interesting. It turned out that one of the thieves wanted to go to the Taicang Bank to steal the money, but due to the tight security of the Taicang Bank, , he tried all means, but failed to get in, so he had to focus on the drainage hole. However, the drainage hole was designed to take this into consideration and was designed to be relatively narrow, but the thief was originally thin and also a It was so cruel that he had been starved for two days and squeezed in through the drainage hole with all his strength. His clothes were torn and his body was covered in blood. He really let him squeeze in.

After the thief desperately squeezed into the bank, he was also lucky. After entering, he found two gold ingots. The thief was so happy. He knew he couldn't be too greedy, so he put the two gold ingots on his head and drilled back through the drainage hole.

Unfortunately, his luck had run out and that was the end of it. Just when he was halfway up, he found a person climbing in from the opposite side. This was another thief. He also wanted to climb into the bank through the drainage hole and steal the silver. Unexpectedly, someone had already climbed in first, so the two thieves were there. Encountered in the middle of this drainage hole.

The drainage hole was too narrow. It took a lot of effort to climb upright. Climbing backwards was even more impossible. The drainage hole is narrow and it is impossible to turn around. The two men just died in the drainage hole with their heads held between two ingots of gold ingots.

If it hadn't been for heavy rain and the drainage hole was clogged, and the bank officials asked people to dredge the drainage hole, they still wouldn't have found the two thieves. They would have been in there for who knows how many years. You said, why bother? If you have hands and feet, if you do something bad, you will become a thief..."

While leading the way, Gao Rui preached to Zhu Ping'an in a powerful voice, ridiculing and sighing at the fate of the two thieves.

yes.

But money and silk touch people's hearts.

Zhu Pingan squinted his eyes slightly. Behind this story, Zhu Pingan discovered the problem. The two thieves stole two large ingots of gold and died in the drainage ditch for so long. However, the Taicang Bank was not discovered for a long time. Steal? Two large ingots of gold are not a small amount.

It seems that the security of the Taicang Bank is only external. There are many internal management problems. If the management is as strict as the security, two ingots of gold disappeared. Why was it not discovered until it rained heavily and water accumulated? Just discovered it.

"Master Zhu, after passing the ditch in front, the Taicang Bank is very close. I know there is a path that can cross the ditch. Master Zhu, please follow closely. Brother, I will lead the way first. Drive by. …”

Gao Rui stretched out his riding crop and pointed at a deep ditch in front of him and said. After speaking, Gao Rui lifted the horse's reins from left to right, waved the riding whip with his right hand, increased the speed of the horse and rushed forward.

"Drive, drive, drive..."

The sound of Gao Rui riding the horse was accompanied by the sound of horse hooves, almost reaching the state of man and horse becoming one, riding faster and faster.

Swing the whip and pull the reins.

Romantic and suave, he can swallow thousands of miles like a tiger.

If this Gao Rui abandoned literature and became a warrior, he would definitely be a fierce general on the battlefield.

Zhu Ping'an followed Gao Rui closely behind, but his riding skills were not as good as Gao Rui's, and his black horse killing ability was not as good as Gao Rui's big horse, so he was quickly distanced by Gao Rui.

"This path is a bit narrow, Master Zhu, please be careful." Gao Rui's voice came from the front.

"Thank you, Mr. Gao, for the reminder." Zhu Ping'an thanked Gao Rui's back.

Gao Rui jumped on his horse and raised his whip, showing his superb riding skills. By the time Zhu Ping'an rode his horse to the path, Gao Rui was already about to rush across the ditch.

Just when he was about to rush through the ditch, Gao Rui pulled the reins of his horse, and the horse leaped forward, much like Liu Bei's horse leaping over Tanxi River.

Ma Rufei

Well

People are flying too

I don't know if the horse stumbled or for some reason, but when he was about to jump into the ditch, Zhu Ping'an only heard a horse neighing, and then saw Gao Rui and the horse underneath him falling into the ditch.

There was a loud bang.

The next second, a man and a horse were already at the bottom of the ditch. One of Gao Rui's legs was still pressed under him by the horse. Both the man and the horse looked in pain...

All right.

Zhu Pingan twitched the corners of his lips speechlessly.