Placing tapstones behind the tomb door was a very effective means of knocking people down in ancient times. This made many tomb robbers disillusioned and retreated. Until modern times, when the great warlord Sun Dianying was robbing the Dongling Tomb,
The tomb door was also blocked by a cast-iron tomb door. In the end, it had no choice but to use explosives to blast it. However, there were no explosives in the Tang Dynasty. Such a tomb door almost meant that there was no hope for ordinary tomb robbers.
But who is Li Xian? In his previous life, he was the master of tomb robbers. He was a master of both the northern and southern factions. For him, methods such as taprock were easy to come by.
Ni Lai put his ear next to Li Xian's mouth. After the other party quietly told him the method of opening the tap stone, he still couldn't believe it. It was just a piece of wood and a piece of tape called a crutch.
The iron bars of the ring, such a strange and simple tool, can actually remove the tapstone with incredible techniques?
However, when Ni Lai followed Li Xian's instructions, he discovered that this method really worked. A wooden board was able to lift up the heavy stone bar, while the crutch pin caught the stone bar and prevented it from falling over.
At the same time, other people pushed the stone door that was not supported by the stone bars, and the tomb door actually opened!
Although the opening of the tomb door has become a reality, Ni Lai was shocked in his heart. Could this young prince be a god? Otherwise, why would there be so many fantastic ideas?
Even Li Xian, who was used to his miraculous skills, was shocked. The expressions of the other bandits were even more conceivable. The methods of their mysterious backstage were simply superb. Many problems that many people had been unable to solve for thousands of years were actually solved.
Easily solved, is there any problem in this world that he cannot solve?
Therefore, since Li Xian revealed his skills, all the bandits have been convinced by his temple methods. Even if Li Xian does not use force to deter him, they are all sincerely willing to work for Li Xian, not for anything else but for
From this, they saw a brighter future. Although this future was still that of thieves, it allowed thieves like them to gain more benefits.
After the tomb door is opened, there is a long tomb passage. At this time, the tomb passages are all built like a maze. Most people can't even identify the direction when they come here, let alone enter the tomb chamber to steal. But Li Xian doesn't know why, all the way
Arrive directly into the tomb chamber without any obstruction.
When Li Xian led everyone into the tomb, everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them: the luxurious tomb was filled with pearls, jade, silk and satin, antique calligraphy and paintings, as well as gold, silver, swords, and pottery figurines.
In addition to coins and other items, there are more than twenty ancient bronze artifacts, including bronze tripods, bronze mirrors, bronze bells and other objects. After Li Xian's identification, most of these bronze artifacts were made from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the mid-Warring States Period.
Apparently the owner of the tomb looted and robbed the ancient tomb.
According to Li Xian's rough estimate, the value of these properties, apart from the agreed share, should be at least 100,000 yuan that he can get!
You must know that during the heyday of the Li and Tang Dynasties, prices were not high. A single dollar could buy more than two hundred buckets of rice, but a good iron horizontal sword only cost two strings, and an official horse cost about twenty-five strings. Even if
It's a slave purchase, and a strong slave only costs about fifty ounces.
It can be seen that if Li Xian's 100,000 yuan of wealth is really spent on recruiting soldiers and horses, he can organize it into a private army composed of thousands of strong slaves on horseback and holding swords!
Of course, no matter how rich Li Xian is, he would not dare to do this now, even secretly, because once he is jealous of the emperor and empress, even if he has ten times or a hundred times more financial resources, he will end up with a tragic death in the end.
Then he will be charged with rebellion in the history books.
In fact, even Li Xian did not expect that Ma Hu was just a middle-ranking official in the Sui Dynasty, and the treasures hidden in the tomb were so rich. This shows how serious the trend of generous burials in the Sui Dynasty was? It also shows why so many people in history did not
Are you willing to be a tomb robber for the sake of production? Even heroes like Cao Cao relied on tomb robbing to accumulate wealth and support the army?
Li Xian forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and distributed the wealth according to the established plan. After that, he counted the wealth he had received, but then he became worried: Where should such rich wealth be hidden?
The space in his palace is not small, but it is the worst place to store property. Because if such a large amount of property is put into the palace, it is impossible not to alert outsiders, and once it is known to outsiders, it will be far away from him.
The time when the secret will be exposed may not be far away.
But before he could solve this problem, a new trouble arose. This trouble was not due to unfair distribution of wealth. In fact, Li Xian kept his promise and gave three parts of the wealth to Ni Lai.
The wealth was also divided very fairly, and everyone was extremely satisfied with it. But precisely because of this, someone took the initiative to suggest that the Tufuzi actually had a treasure house, and the property there should be worth at least one hundred thousand guan.
They suggested that Li Xian also distribute these ill-gotten gains to his brothers.
Li Xian naturally couldn't object to this, and even if he agreed, it would leave him without enough space to store his belongings, and he couldn't help but fall into deep distress.
Fortunately, Li Xian has lived through two lifetimes and has rich experience. Thinking of what he had experienced and heard about in his previous life, some people laundered money. His eyes lit up and he suddenly had an idea. He waved gently.
He called Ni Lai over and said to him: "Master Ni, I have a suggestion. I wonder if you will agree to it?"
"I don't know what the Lord has ordered? But it doesn't matter." Ni Lai knew that what Li Xian said must involve property, but at this time, I am a slave and I am a fish, so I have no choice but to disobey him, so I have to pretend to be generous.
Said generously.
How could Li Xian not know that Ni Lai had misunderstood him? But now that the arrow was on the string, he had to shoot, so he gently patted the other party's shoulder, and then said with a smile: "A strong man does not need to be nervous. I am not going to regret it, but I want to
How can we turn these stolen goods into our real property? Haha, the strong men should know that our property comes from a wrong way. We dare not buy a house or land at all. We can only squander it at will. As a result, our money is like water, scattered and never gathered.
Isn't it just for my own selfishness to sacrifice life and death to accumulate wealth? It's just a pity that I can't keep it for my wife. Now there is a plan that can make our money be collected and spent openly, and we no longer have to worry about violating the prohibition."
"I don't know, sir, what's your clever idea? I'm willing to listen attentively." Li Xian's words came to Ni Lai's heart. In fact, he has also been thinking about these issues this year, but because the property he obtained is generally not enough for daily expenses.
, I just didn’t think about it deeply. Now that I suddenly gained wealth and heard what Li Xian said, I naturally took it seriously and quickly asked Li Xian.
But Li Xian laughed and said: "This matter is not difficult. We can use the property for business, and everyone can join in the shares, and the property will be divided proportionally. Someone can find a way to issue a public inspection for everyone, and everything will pass."
etc., but after all, this matter is not a small matter. A certain person can issue a public inspection and clearance for up to five people, and other people can go to the local officials to resolve the issue as a businessman after the public inspection and clearance is issued. From then on,
The wealth in our hands can be turned into money and silk, and we can buy houses and land at will, support our wives, and if our children are promising, they may even be able to pass the imperial examination and hold an official position, and we can live an upright life.
If you show yourself as a thief again, wouldn't it be a happy life?"
"Sir, all the brothers will agree with this wonderful idea. To be honest, sir, in fact, we are all forced by life and have no choice but to become thieves. If we have a serious career and can be rich, who will be dissatisfied and happy? If sir, you can be generous.
Please help each other, and we will definitely tie a ring of grass to repay Mr. Sir for his great virtue. Even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, we will not even frown."
When Ni Lai heard this, his heart was pounding and he was overjoyed. Later, he happily made Li Xian's plan public. These people did not disapprove, but they were secretly worried that Li Xian would be dishonest and take the opportunity to embezzle everyone's property. Li Xian
Upon seeing this, he made a contract with everyone and swore an oath to prove his sincerity.
Although Ni Lai knew that Li Xian did not use his real name due to confidentiality reasons, he had no doubts about Li Xian's sincerity, and at the same time he was deeply grateful in his heart.
When the bandits saw that Li Xian was able to make a contract and swear an oath with them, they were naturally excited. They all applauded loudly and clapped their hands in approval of Li Xian's proposal.
At that time, everyone unanimously decided to form a caravan, with Ni Lai as the chief shopkeeper and taking an extra half of the profits. At the same time, Li Xian sent another person to serve as the second shopkeeper on his behalf. The second shopkeeper did not participate in the business operation, but was responsible for the caravan.
Deal with the government to solve the team's worries, but declare in advance that the second shopkeeper will go to the caravan headquarters regularly or irregularly to directly negotiate with the big shopkeeper on government matters. No one else is allowed to contact him privately without permission.
In addition to this, after Li Xian proposed, the two parties added another one. Li Xian, as the general backend, is responsible for providing new products and trade routes for the caravan, while the caravan will share 10 to 20% of the profits for Li Xian depending on the situation.
, this clause was not originally stipulated by Li Xian, but Ni Lai insisted on adding it because he understood Li Xian's great magical powers.
After all this trouble, the capital was approaching the fourth watch. Li Xian led the thieves to first pull the treasure into the secret warehouse of the Tufuzi, and then sent two teams of royal guards to guard it there in the name of safari.
It took a full half month to complete all the business procedures. Through Ni Lai's activities, he rented a shop in Nanshi, and his shop was finally opened.
Li Xian's shop is a jewelry and antique shop, and the products he sells are naturally the treasures stolen from tombs. In addition, he also hired a large caravan to prepare to travel to the Western Regions to engage in silk and porcelain trade in order to pursue his goals.
Longer term benefits.
Of course, this was only the initial plan. Later, Li Xian also planned to expand his shops and open silk, spices, restaurants, tea shops and other trades, so that his shops could spread throughout the three cities of Luoyang, because he knew that in the near future,
His "Queen Mother" Wu Mei will encourage Emperor Gaozong to move the capital to Luoyang. By that time, Luoyang will really be rich in land. Not to mention shops, even the land will definitely cost several times or even dozens of times.
doubled growth.
After several months of hard work, Li Xian finally established a firm foothold in Luoyang and had a certain economic foundation. The saying that he is rich and powerful is indeed true. After having a certain economic strength, Li Xian
Then he began to implement the Jinyuan policy, taking advantage of the fact that Empress Wu was pregnant, and quietly wooed the eunuchs and maids in the palace, and initially established his own intelligence network. This chapter has been completed!
