The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

The crowd circled around a box of silver and gold for several times, their eyes shining with excitement.

Even the wealthy County Magistrate Wang bent down, picked up a piece of glittering gold, weighed it for a long time, and said seriously: "Sir, this piece is about five taels."

One tael of gold is approximately equal to ten taels of silver, so such a small piece is worth 10 taels. There are quite a few such pieces of gold in this small wooden box.

In other words, this small wooden box is worth a thousand taels.

The richer the three thieves are, the more murders they commit and the more victims they have.

Sun Shan's expression remained calm as he said calmly, "Weigh it and see how much gold and silver there is."

After saying this, County Magistrate Wang took out a small scale from his bosom and started weighing it immediately.

Everyone:......

As expected of a local tycoon in Yuanlu County, he carries a scale with him, proving that he has a lot of money transactions on a daily basis, and the more money transactions he has, the more it proves that his family is wealthy.

Everyone couldn't help but look at him with envy, wishing they could become rich too.

The local tyrant Wang, the county magistrate, was completely unaware of his colleagues' envy, jealousy and hatred, and was happily weighing the gold and silver.

He also said to Master Zhang, "Master Zhang, please help me keep the accounts. The scale I brought today is a bit small and cannot weigh everything in one go."

Normally when people go out to buy things, they are all small transactions, so how could a box of gold and silver suddenly appear?

County Magistrate Wang had no choice but to weigh them out piece by piece.

Mr. Zhang immediately picked up his writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone. After County Magistrate Wang weighed the items, he began to record the accounts.

In fact, there is no need to keep accounts. Master Zhang has been a dentist for most of his life and is very sensitive to money. He can do the math mentally.

Now I write it down one by one to make it easier for the master to check.

County Magistrate Wang worked for a while and finished the weighing.

Master Zhang here calculated the amount.

A total of 65 taels of gold and 52 taels of silver.

This small wooden box contains a lot more gold than silver.

Inspector Liang sighed and said, "When we first dug it out, it felt heavy. When we opened it, we found it was gold. Oh my god, the three bandits hid the wooden box very deep. Thanks to your advice, we were able to dig three feet deep and unearth the gold."

Ask the three thieves where they live and where their luggage is.

He only said that he was staying at the land temple and didn't say anything else.

If Lord Sun had not been smart and knew that the three men must have a lot of valuables on them, they would not have thought of looking around.

As expected, Lord Sun is really capable. He knows that this group of people will hide things.

Wu Zhubo looked at the small wooden box greedily, and suddenly a question occurred to him: "Sir, why do the three thieves only have silver and gold, but no banknotes?"

If you want to talk about the convenience of carrying, silver bills are definitely more convenient. Such a small wooden box of money weighs 10 kilograms, which is not convenient to carry.

Three thieves stayed at the land temple and buried the silver as soon as they arrived. They must have thought it was unsafe to carry it with them, so they buried it and dug it out and took it away after they left.

County Magistrate Wang said proudly, "Silver notes have markings on them. If we exchange them for cash, we might get caught. Haha, silver and gold are still better. You can't tell whose money it is. These three thieves are brave and resourceful. They are not ordinary thieves. No wonder the government couldn't catch them."

This arrest in Yuanlu County was completely accidental.

Oh, these three thieves are so unlucky. They could go anywhere else but to Yuanlu County.

Their Lord Sun is a thief and killer.

Last night, County Magistrate Wang, Mr. Wang, and Old Master Wang pondered over this case, but they couldn't figure out how the three thieves were caught.

It all came down to a magistrate named Sun Shan in Yuanlu County.

This man killed the bandits as soon as he arrived. It was not unfair for the roving murderer to fall into Sun Shan's hands.

After all, Sun Shan is a bit weird.

Everyone looked at the small wooden box for a while.

Inspector Liang asked, "Sir, what should we do with the three thieves?"

I looked at the small wooden box again and wanted to ask what to do with the gold and silver.

What can be done? Confiscated, of course.

Sun Shan confidently replied, "Inspector Liang accidentally discovered this money in the Earth God Temple. The Earth God Temple belongs to Yuanlu County, so the money buried underneath naturally belongs to Yuanlu County."

Everyone couldn't help but stare at Sun Shan with their eyes wide open, not blinking.

They all cried out in unison: Holy crap! Is this even possible?!!!!

Sun Shan spoke in a serious tone, his face calm and collected, "Perhaps the land god, seeing the famine, has appeared and bestowed upon us some silver to tide us over."

Then he raised his head, looked at the sky, bowed, and said respectfully: "Thank you, God of Land, thank you, God of Land, for giving us money."

Everyone:......

Should they thank the land god like Lord Sun did?

Seeing that everyone was still looking at him in surprise, Sun Shan was so angry that he couldn't answer.

Oh, these subordinates really have no tacit understanding.

The doll has just appeared, why don’t you continue the conversation?

There is really no telepathy between us.

Sun Shan continued to speak truthfully, "Inspector Liang just interrogated the three thieves. They only said they were staying at the Earth God Temple and that they had some simple luggage. As for anything else, they didn't mention it at all. Haha, they didn't mention it..."

At this time, County Magistrate Wang spoke up, "Sir, since it wasn't mentioned, we naturally didn't know. Inspector Liang simply happened to find the small wooden box in the land temple. We don't know anything else."

Sun Shan nodded secretly and glanced at County Magistrate Wang with admiration.

Satisfied, he said, "County Magistrate Wang is right. Things that weren't mentioned naturally didn't happen. Haha, Inspector Liang just happened to dig up a small wooden box!"

Don't blame Sun Shan for hiding the fact that he dug up the silver, because if he told the truth, the stolen goods would definitely have to be handed over.

Sun Shan was completely unhappy as he watched the money being handed to his boss.

It would be fine if it was handed over to the national treasury, but this box of silver would definitely not reach the national treasury. It would either be embezzled by Governor Liu or other officials on the way.

Sun Shan was not so stupid as to hand over the money.

What’s more important is that the three thieves never confessed that they had so much valuables.

If they didn't say anything, Sun Shan and his gang would pretend not to know.

If the three thieves tell it during the interrogation by their superiors, they will pretend to know nothing.

After all, the small wooden box did not appear in the interrogation records.

Haha, the emperor is far away and the mountains are high. Will the people who want this money come to track me down?

Besides, it was just a tiny amount of money, and only a poor country bumpkin like Sun Shan would covet it. The higher-level officials would never care about a few hundred taels.

Inspector Liang, Clerk Xia, and Chief Secretary Wu also understood what Sun Shan meant.

When I heard that I was going to embezzle the stolen money, I was secretly happy.

Hehe, is Lord Sun planning to divide the money?

Oh, several hundred taels, that’s a lot for each person.

I invested in a guano workshop last year, and it would be nice to get some money back now.

Mr. Sun is such a considerate person, and he is such a good person who shares our joys and sorrows.

Inspector Liang understood and said, "Yes, sir. I accidentally found this small wooden box in the land temple. It is a gift from the land god to Yuanlu. Sir, I understand."