Chapter 1169: Arrest
The two guards brought Madam Zhao to dig for the silver under the moonlight. Little Bear, who was very interested in the ways the commoners hid silver, followed behind excitedly.
Perhaps because he had seen Mother Zhang’s favoritism and his younger brother’s shamelessness, Zhang Dazhu did not dare to hide the silver at home. Instead, he hid it in his fields.
The 20 acres of freehold field that the Imperial Court gave him were divided into several plots. In one of the fields which was only the size of a table, there was a pile of hard rocks.
As the good fields nearby had been divided up due to his late return, this piece of land was given to him.
Before he passed away, Zhang Dazhu had reminded Madam Zhao that he had hidden the money here.
Madam Zhao had long made up her mind to only use this money when her daughter got married. Because she had never touched the silver here in the past two years, she really did not know how much money there was.
After the bag was pulled out, she vaguely felt that the weight was wrong. When she opened it, she saw more than ten silver ingots inside.
Madam Zhao was so shocked that her limbs turned cold. "This, this much?"
The guard shook his head and said, "The value of silver is five taels per ingot. This is only about 50 taels."
Little Bear said, "Sounds about right. The villagers all say that he brought back 100 taels, but that’s just what was officially counted. He should also have obtained some spoils of war when he went to the battlefield. Coupled with the silver he saved from working over the years, this amount sounds about right."