70: Chapter 70: Rich Enough to Rival the State 70: Chapter 70: Rich Enough to Rival the State “I have t Eunuch Lin Yi, uh, has Eunuch Lin been injured??”
From a distance, Fan Niu noticed Lin Yi approaching mightily with a group of people.
But as soon as Lin Yi ca close, Fan Niu saw his limping gait.
He imdiately stepped forward to greet him.
Seeing Fan Niu looking puzzled at the Imperial Guards behind him, Lin Yi simply waved his hand and spoke straightforwardly:
“Hey, it’s nothing, just had a little fall.
General Fan, go about your business, I’m taking them to raid Chen Baicheng’s house.”
Initially assaulted by the young Emperor, Lin Yi was feeling frustrated and had no mood for idle chatter with Fan Niu.
After greeting him, he directly led his people past Fan Niu.
Seeing this, Fan Niu also breathed a long sigh of relief.
It looked like he was overthinking; the Emperor hadn’t lost trust in him after all!
Feeling relieved, Fan Niu quickly followed Lin Yi.
After all, Lin Yi was heading for a raid; there might be resistance from Chen Baicheng’s loyal followers.
Should a conflict arise, he would be ready to intervene.
Although Lin Yi had brought over a hundred Imperial Guards, this was still Fan Niu’s turf where he should extend the courtesies of a landlord.
Thus, Lin Yi led the hundred Imperial Guards straight to Chen Baicheng’s mansion, which was forrly the office of the Right Martial Guard.
Looking at the large vermillion gate and the big “Chen Mansion” sign on it, Lin Yi directly gestured to his n:
“Take that down for !
How audacious to establish a private residence within the Imperial Palace.
This alone is enough to decapitate him!”
Of course, at this mont, there wasn’t a single guard left in the mansion.
As for the wonfolk and servants, they had all been sent to the dungeons of the Right Martial Guard.
However, upon entering the mansion, Lin Yi felt sowhat frustrated.
Though he had brought over a hundred n, the vastness of the courtyard and nurous rooms seed overwhelming.
This slowed down their overall progress.
As for why he didn’t let Right Martial Guard fill in, there were reasons.
After all, they were forrly Chen Baicheng’s subordinates, and unpredictable situations might arise.
To avoid unnecessary problems, Fan Niu just had his n guard the periter, fully surrounding the Chen Mansion.
Of course, during the following ti, Lin Yi truly understood the real aning of pain intermingled with pleasure.
“Report to the sir!
We’ve discovered a secret chamber!”
Lin Yi, resting under a big tree, instantly brightened at the ntion of the chamber.
Casually tossing the sleeve he was using to wipe sweat, he imdiately stood up:
“Oh?
A secret chamber?
Let’s check it out!”
By the ti Lin Yi arrived outside the chamber, a small group was already waiting there.
Upon seeing Lin Yi, they all stood upright and saluted.
Lin Yi simply waved his hand and then directly walked towards the small entrance.
While walking, he asked the soldiers beside him:
“Have you gone in to check?
What’s inside?”
The soldier quickly shook and then nodded his head.
Seeing that Lin Yi was about to step in, he hurriedly spoke:
“Reply to the officer, I have entered, but I haven’t inspected; inside are all large sealed crates.
I didn’t dare to open them myself, so I ca to ask for your decision.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Yi didn’t hesitate and stepped briskly inside.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered, he imdiately saw the nurous large crates.
Judging by the number, there were at least a hundred!
At this mont, his subordinates had already lit torches.
In an instant, the scene inside beca clear.
Walking up to one of the large crates and looking at the huge lock, Lin Yi waved his hand:
“Smash it!”
As soon as these words were spoken, people imdiately rushed up to break the lock.
With a loud bang, the lock fell off.
Under Lin Yi’s gesture, his n lifted the lid, and suddenly, a streak of silver light shone onto everyone’s faces!
Without any suspense, inside were shiny silver ingots!
Yes, they were gleaming silver, and even better quality than the hundred taels the young Emperor had initially awarded Lin Yi!
Moreover, the silver ingots inside were uniform in size and specification, each weighing around fifty taels, evidently specially cast.
Looking at these crates of silver, then glancing again at the large crates in the room, Lin Yi couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.
Goodness, if all these are filled with silver, how much would there be!
However, what Lin Yi didn’t expect was that it wasn’t just silver inside.
As they continued to open several crates, gold appeared as well!
Sa size, sa style, the only difference was that these shone with a yellow glimr.
And Lin Yi knew that the sa volu of gold would be much heavier than silver.
It wouldn’t be surprising if one gold ingot weighed a hundred taels.
Lin Yi didn’t dare to be careless and personally started to account for everything.
And he recorded each item one by one.
Even a rough count took almost an hour.
Back on the ground, looking at the crates seized from Chen Baicheng’s mansion, Lin Yi truly understood what it ant by ‘wealth that rivals the nation’.
Not to ntion the various rare treasures, just the gold and silver alone amounted to twenty-two million seven hundred and fifty thousand taels!
What kind of concept was this?
You should know, the young Emperor once said that the entire national treasury of You Country only had thirty million taels of silver.
Let’s not even talk about the re two hundred thousand taels in the Imperial Inner Hall.
That wasn’t even enough to cover a fraction of what was seized this ti!
And from Chen Baicheng’s own ho, they could seize more than twenty million taels, almost equivalent to the entire silver reserve in the national treasury of You Country!
How terrifying this was!
Even for Lin Yi, a person from later generations who didn’t normally concern himself with silver, this was utterly shocking!
That legendary saying, “wealth that rivals the nation,” was vividly embodied by Chen Baicheng.
Lin Yi truly hadn’t expected that a re Right Martial Guard General could possess wealth akin to a national treasury!
He also deeply realized why, in so dynasties, the Emperor was so eager to seize the assets of his ministers.
If a re Right Martial Guard General could be this wealthy, not to ntion the other high officials in the court.
Of course, while seizing assets, Lin Yi also did not forget that important matter.
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