Rise From the Humble

"Zi Hou, our Taicang bank is just ahead. Slow down and be careful of the steps." Jia Langzhong led Zhu Pingan to the bank and turned around to remind Zhu Pingan to pay attention to his steps when he went up the steps.

The location of the bank is about 50 centimeters higher than the ground. This is for waterproofing reasons. On the other hand, it is also to make the field of view of the bank wider and facilitate monitoring.

It is said to be a silver treasury, but it is actually divided into two parts: a gold treasury and a silver treasury.

Outside the gates of the treasury and the bank, there are plaques with the words "Da Ming Jiajing Treasury" and "Da Ming Jiajing Silver Treasury" respectively.

Security is tight.

You can see naked Ku soldiers going in and out, carrying silver.

"This bank and the bank are the most heavily guarded places in Taicang. In Taicang, only the warehouse soldiers can touch the gold and silver. Others, even Zhang Guangtang, are not allowed to touch even one tael of silver. The Holy One issued the decree the day before yesterday to allocate funds Two hundred thousand taels of silver were ordered to Master Tao at Jianyuan Mountain in Wudang Mountain to perform the ritual of calming the gods. They were carrying the two hundred thousand taels of silver, loading them into cars and sending them to the inner palace."

After walking onto the platform and standing outside the gate of Taicang Bank, Jia Langzhong pointed at the soldiers coming in and out and said to Zhu Pingan.

Zhu Ping'an nodded and looked at Taicang Bank.

The official who was guarding the troops inside the gate saw Jia Langzhong and Zhu Ping'an and hurriedly came forward to salute.

"In Taicang, your court officials have the most important responsibilities. You must not relax at all. You are busy with your business and don't worry about us." Jia Langzhong waved his hand with a serious face, indicating that the court officials did not need to salute and quickly returned to his Go to work.

"I resign from my humble position."

After hearing this, the hall official resigned and returned to the gate to inspect.

"Zi Hou, please don't blame me." After Jia Langzhong watched the court official return to his post, he turned around and explained to Zhu Ping'an, "The court officer is responsible for supervising the troops in the warehouse and strictly preventing the troops from entraining or concealing them. This is related to Taicang." The safety of the bank must not be neglected."

"How could it be? Mr. Jia is loyal to his duties and strict in his duties. It's too late to admire Ping An, so how can he blame him?" Zhu Ping'an shook his head and twitched the corners of his lips slightly.

"If everyone understands us like Mr. Zhu, then our errand in Taicang will be easier." Jia Langzhong said with emotion, and there was something in his words.

"Where." Zhu Pingan twitched the corner of his mouth.

At this time, there were about twenty warehouse soldiers, under the supervision of the hall officials, driving the Taicang bank in and out. They were busy carrying the silver coins from the bank to the outside, weighing, packing, sealing, and then loading them to the escort. Go to the vehicle in the inner warehouse.

The scene was a bit eye-catching.

The Ku soldiers are all young and strong men, about 20 or 30 years old, uniformly wearing silver Ku clothes and trousers. The top is a sleeveless gown with the word "Taicang" written on it, and the bottom is a simple crotchless trousers.

Two treasury soldiers worked together to move a box of silver from the treasury. Under the supervision of the court official, it was weighed and recorded. Then it was moved out of the treasury, affixed with a seal, and placed in a fixed location outside the treasury.

After moving this box of silver, the Kubing returned to the bank again to move the next box of silver.

When they return to the bank, they have to be inspected again, just like they just entered the bank.

Outside the bank gate, the soldier took off his clothes and went to the lobby naked to be inspected by the court official.

"Quack~quack~"

Ku Bing stood naked in front of the court official, squatted down, stretched out his hands, exposed his ribs, then slightly bent his legs and jumped hard twice, clapped his hands on top of his head, and imitated the quacking of a duck loudly in his mouth.

After completing these actions.

Moving forward one by one, there was a long bench in front of him. The Ku soldiers stepped over the bench one by one and shouted "Come out" at the same time.

Through the above behaviors, you can prove that there is no silver in your body, armpits, mouth, or hands.

After completing this series of steps, you can get permission from the hall official to enter the bank.

After entering the bank, they changed into the uniform clothes and pants of the bank, carried the silver again, and returned to the treasury after carrying it, and had to go through the above-mentioned series of inspections.

That is to say, every time they leave the bank, they must go through the above inspections. After they have finished carrying the silver coins and have been inspected, they can put on their own clothes and go home from get off work.

"In Taicang, only the Ku soldiers can touch the treasury silver. They take off their clothes, shout, stretch, clap, and squat and jump in this way to prevent the Ku soldiers from carrying silver and ensure that not a single cent of silver is lost in the Taicang treasury."

Jia Langzhong explained to Zhu Pingan from the side.

Zhu Pingan nodded when he heard this.

In fact, I don't think so in my heart.

If this could ensure that not a single cent of silver was lost in the treasury, then the largest theft of the Qing Dynasty's treasury hundreds of years later would not have happened.

When Zhu Ping'an was in modern times, out of curiosity, he carefully studied the Qing Dynasty's treasury theft case. Not to mention other tricks, there were many tricks in the Kubing alone.

It seems that the above-mentioned inspection process of the Ku soldiers was seamless and there was no loophole to exploit, but in reality?

If these Kubing soldiers really can't get any money or water, then why do hundreds of related households break their heads, sharpen their heads, and send large amounts of money to compete for the position of a Kubing soldier? Obviously there is something special inside.

There are fifty soldiers in each phase, and a batch is rotated every five years.

These Kubing soldiers are basically hereditary, and they have always been competed for and spread within the circle of hereditary Kubing families.

And there is a very interesting thing. When the Ku soldiers rotate, whenever someone secretly decides on a Ku soldier position by giving gifts, building connections, etc., they will spend a lot of money to hire several martial arts warriors. Experts act as bodyguards and stay inseparable to protect them for a short period of time.

Because every rotation of the Kuai soldiers has to go through a step of counting. The Ministry of Household Affairs submits a letter or the top leader of Taicang - the Minister of Management and Treasury, carries out the counting at the Ministry of Household and goes through the process. After the counting is completed, the Kuei soldier's The position is finally determined.

If anyone is late or fails to arrive at the o'clock time, then the position of the soldier will be replaced.

As for the relationships and money you worked hard for before, I'm sorry, I can only treat them as being blown away by the strong wind.

Therefore, at this time, if there is a soldier who does not hire a bodyguard to ensure that he clicks Mao smoothly, if others find out, he will be kidnapped or imprisoned, making you unable to click Mao, and thus taking your place.

Therefore, under such fierce competition, the position of Kubing must be very promising.

Yes.

There are policies and measures to counter.

It seems that the Taicang Bank has strict inspections on the entry and exit of warehouse soldiers, but for the warehouse soldiers who have been neglected for generations, it does not prevent them from stealing the warehouse silver. Their skills of stealing money passed down from generation to generation can still be effective in Taicang, and in one step Carry forward step by step.

In fact, they stole the banknotes mainly from human bodies.

Kubing has been passed down from generation to generation, and the children of these Kubing families have been practicing a unique skill of stealing silver from the Kubing family since they were young - "silver hiding in valleys".

That is to say, through chrysanthemums, they have practiced this skill since childhood. First, they apply oil on eggs, stuff them into chrysanthemums, and perform running, walking and jumping exercises. After mastering it, they replace the eggs with duck eggs and goose eggs. It is a 10-ounce iron pill. Of course, a prop called a pig bladder is needed at this time.

It is said that if one masters "Valley Hidden Silver", he can carry ten smooth and edgeless silver ingots each time, which adds up to one hundred taels of silver.

Zhu Ping'an stood there and watched for a while, and found that at least two Ku soldiers had bulging abdomens and abnormal walking postures. They were probably masters of "Gu Dao Hidden Silver".

However, Zhu Pingan's expression remained unchanged and he did not make a sound.

Compared with the officials in Taicang's warehouse, these warehouse soldiers who stole money through the human body are really insignificant. At best, they are like little ants stealing wheat, and they are not worth mentioning.

Cutting grass will scare snakes.

Zhu Ping'an would never make this kind of mistake.