"Sir! We searched all of Azure Dragon Hall and found a total of 9,791 taels of silver, 523 taels of gold, and fifty-eight Treasure Fish-"
Even Wei Sheng was startled by the figures Li Fenghua reported.
Leaving the Treasure Fish aside-
How had they amassed so much silver?!
After all.
When he had destroyed the Hong Residence, all the Hong Family's valuables combined had only amounted to a little over two thousand taels of silver.
Yet this small Azure Dragon Hall had 9,700 taels of silver. With gold exchanging for silver at one to ten, those 523 taels of gold could fetch at least 5,230 taels of silver-
Together, they were worth at least fifteen thousand taels of silver-
As expected of a pillar of the Hong Family's business!
Wei Sheng immediately thought of the Lin Family's Precious Ganoderma Hall and the Liu Family's weapons shop.
Those two shops were also pillars of their respective families' businesses. Their trade was no worse than the Azure Dragon Fish Market's, and perhaps even better. They must have amassed considerable wealth too.
If he could confiscate it all-
Wei Sheng drew a deep breath, temporarily suppressing that wild thought.
Never mind that the Liu and Lin families had not offended the Fish-Dragon Gang. Even if war did break out, with the Azure Dragon Fish Market serving as a warning, both shops would be heavily guarded. Taking them would be anything but easy.
"Old Li, take out three thousand taels of silver to reward our brothers. Bring everything else back to Fish-Dragon Street and await the gang leader's decision!"
This was the distribution plan he and Chen Yuanli had settled on during their earlier discussion.
Its main purpose was to encourage the elite gang members of the Weiyuan and Loyalty and Filial Piety halls.