This mixed martial arts is not serious

Chapter 124 Escort Silver
"You guys have even invited Chu Xiangshuai here. I think we are really in big trouble this time. I wonder if you can tell me about it?"

After some pleasantries.

Lu Xiaofeng, sitting in the first chair on the left, said bluntly.

Hear the words.

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, and then saw a middle-aged man with a scar on his face sighed and said:

"Sigh~~ Even if Master Lu doesn't mention this, we still have to talk about it. To be honest, I rashly invited you two this time just to ask Chu Xiangshuai and Master Lu to help find the whereabouts of something."

"Something? What?"

"Guard silver. A total of three and a half million taels of dart silver."

"Sigh~~"

Hearing this number, even Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but take a breath.

Even though Lu Xiaofeng has always been generous and spends money like water, even just to invite Luo Yang to come out last time, the meeting gift he prepared was a whole box of gold and silver jewelry, worth nearly 20,000 taels of silver.

But now when I heard the number of three and a half million taels, I couldn't help but feel shocked.

What is the concept of three and a half million taels of silver?
Today, the Ming Kingdom's annual fiscal and tax revenue is only more than 20 million taels of silver, and the maximum does not exceed 30 million.

Three and a half million taels of silver is almost equivalent to one-seventh of the tax revenue of the entire Ming Kingdom.

Reality is not a TV show.

Even though Jianghu people always pay attention to style and good face. For them, the dozens or hundreds of taels of silver that ordinary people may not be able to earn in a few years may be just pocket money that they use once.

But having a few dozen taels of pocket money does not mean that you have thousands or tens of thousands of taels of silver in savings.

In fact.

There are many big gangs in the world that seem to have strong reputations, such as the Big Escort Bureau. With all their assets added up, it is usually good to have two to three hundred thousand taels of silver.

Only a handful of top forces in the world, such as the Jinhong Gang and the Shaolin Temple, have assets exceeding one million, or even more.

Like the last time Luo Yang saw a doctor for Lian Xing, he asked for the consultation fee of 300,000 taels of silver. He was so angry that he opened his mouth.

Even if Lianxing agreed later.

Luo Yang also doubted more than once whether she could come up with the money.

After all, although Yihua Palace's power and reputation in the world are strong, there is no absolute connection between being strong and making money.

And the subsequent results proved.

Luo Yang's suspicion was indeed correct.

Lian Xing really couldn't afford three hundred thousand taels of silver.

It's not that Yihua Palace doesn't have so much money.

But once the three hundred thousand taels are actually taken out, it is almost equivalent to emptying out the entire treasure house of Yihua Palace. To explain in a more modern language, this can break the capital chain of Yihua Palace on the spot.

The financial power of Yihua Palace is mainly in the hands of Yao Yue, and Lian Xing is not qualified to mobilize so much money at once.

This truth was only dared to be revealed by Lian Xing when they were chatting one day after the two had finished their work not long ago.

in other words.

Luo Yang's shot directly wiped out his three hundred thousand taels of silver, which was a blood loss.

Ahem~~
Far away.

Anyway, to sum up, it is enough to see how much money 3.5 million taels of silver is nowadays.

However, the key to this trouble is far from the amount of escort money.

"What kind of escort master wants to escort so much escort money?" Lu Xiaofeng asked in shock. "Prince Taiping's Mansion."

The middle-aged man with a scar on his face, Chang Mantian, the deputy head of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, whispered.

"Is it possible that this is a bodyguard of the imperial court?"

Lu Xiaofeng frowned, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, but couldn't place it at the moment.

"Exactly, to be precise, this batch of escort money is the tax money collected from the south this year, and was originally intended to be taken to the northern border."

Lu Xiaofeng's expression suddenly changed and she exclaimed, "Could it be that these escorts' money is military pay?"

This statement came out.

The atmosphere in the hall, which was already quite solemn, suddenly became even more deadly. Everyone's faces seemed to have been smeared with lime powder, losing their color.

Chang Mantian's lips wriggled several times before finally nodding and saying: "Yes. The war in the north has been tense in recent years, so this batch of escort money was originally planned to be collected. After counting, it will not be transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but will be transported directly to the northern border and handed over. By the military.”

"In order to prevent enemy spies, this escort was ostensibly escorted by the army, but in fact, the Taiping Palace secretly entrusted us and other Central Plains Eight Escort Bureaus, as well as three major gangs including Twelve Links, plus more than a dozen He was secretly escorted by well-known people with superb martial arts skills."

After hearing this, Lu Xiaofeng finally understood the reason why these heroes gathered here, all of them with earth-colored faces, as if they were in dire straits.

Because they are indeed in dire straits.

After all, the amount of three and a half million taels of escort money is huge, and now it was stolen halfway. The compensation alone is enough to make the person who escorted the escort bankrupt this time, and may not be able to afford the compensation.

What's more, military pay is not ordinary escort money.

If the military pay was stolen, and if the court could not be given a satisfactory explanation, even if all the forces involved in escorting the escorts collected compensation afterwards, they would inevitably be held accountable.

After all, military pay is a big deal.

If one person is not handled well, not only himself, but also his family may be harmed by all the escorts this time.

Lu Xiaofeng didn't ask them why they wanted to take this risky escort trip.

People in the arena involuntarily.

Although on the surface, the rivers and lakes and the imperial court have always been in harmony with each other, and they are clearly distinct.

But in fact.

Most of the time, Jianghu people have no right to refuse when facing the court.

After knowing all the causes and consequences.

Lu Xiaofeng also understood that it would be impossible for him to avoid this trouble.

Because it was impossible for him to watch so many of his friends in the world being questioned by the court and ignore them, and it was even less possible for him to watch these old friends lose their families and have their wives and children separated in order to compensate for military pay.

So after a brief thought.

Lu Xiaofeng went straight to the topic and asked: "How was the escort money stolen this time? Logically speaking, since the Eighth Central Plains Escort Agency has been invited for this escort trip, it shouldn't fall into some gangster's scheme."

Chang Mantian smiled bitterly and said: "Master Lu may not believe it. In fact, until now, we have not figured out how the escort money was stolen. The entire 3.5 million taels of escort money seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. "

Lu Xiaofeng frowned and said, "Is it true that there are no clues at all?"

Chang Mantian hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not like there are no clues. It's just..."

Lu Xiaofeng said: "Just what?"

Chang Mantian glanced at Lu Xiaofeng and said: "In order to ensure the concealment of the escort this time, we have divided our manpower into three groups. One group is scouting and guarding in the front, one group is finishing the rear, and one group is responsible for guarding the escort."

"And on the night when the escort was stolen, the team that was originally responsible for guarding the escort was from the Sunflower Sect."

"As a result, the Sunflower Sect was wiped out overnight without any sound."

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(End of this chapter)