Chapter 2192 Treasure Hunt 4
The mountain road was not easy to walk on, but it was obvious that someone had walked on it. Governor Duan looked carefully and felt that if he were to search, he would definitely not suspect anything wrong with the road.
There are many such roads in the mountains that are not often walked on but have been trampled by people. But now, because of Zhou Man and Bai Shan's speculations, he is suspicious of this road.
When they arrived at the place designated by Bai Shan, everyone started searching everywhere. The soldiers also became much more clever. They not only searched the grass, but also knocked on the ground with swords and stomped their feet from time to time, trying to find a hole in the ground.
Bai Shan couldn't help but look at the mountain wall covered with vines.
Governor Duan, who had been keeping an eye on him, immediately looked up and saw that Zhou Man was also looking up at the mountain wall.
Koko and Manbao said, "It's inside. There's a hole behind the vines. You can see it if you turn it over."
Manbao took two steps forward and pulled away the vines. Bai Shan immediately rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to help. Bai Erlang was still looking around, and seeing this, he couldn't help but rush over, "How is it, how is it, did you find it?"
He reached out to help pull the vines apart, but Governor Duan found it difficult and simply drew his knife. "Come on, come on, I'll do it."
The three of them made way for him, and with two slashes of his sword, the vines fell to the ground, and then everyone saw the dark entrance to the cave behind.
Governor Duan was no longer surprised. Of course, he did not go in immediately, but asked the soldiers to explore the way ahead.
Soon, it was indicated that there was no danger inside, and everyone went in.
The cave was quite dark, so Manbao took a torch and went in. After walking in for a while, they saw some things placed against the wall, covered with oilcloth.
The soldiers stepped forward and lifted the oilcloth, and everyone saw sacks, boxes and other things piled underneath.
A soldier reached out and tugged at the sack, trying to pull it out and open it, but the sack broke open as he pulled it, and a handful of copper coins fell out.
Everyone looked down at the strings of copper coins falling to the ground, making a beautiful tinkling sound. After a pause, they looked up at the other sacks.
Manbao: "Are these all copper coins?"
Soon the soldiers pulled down the pile of sacks and opened them for them to see. Sure enough, they were full of strung copper coins, some of which were not strung. The bags at the bottom were a little rotten, and the ropes were not strong. If the ropes were accidentally pulled, they would break and the copper coins would fall down.
Compared with gold and silver, copper coins are the most commonly used. Ordinary people may not see gold and silver many times in their entire lives.
The soldiers in the barracks were paid in the form of copper coins and silk cloth, with very little gold or silver, so their eyes lit up when they saw the copper coins. When they moved the money out, they picked up the copper coins scattered on the ground and occasionally put a few in their arms.
Not only Man Bao and his men saw it, but Governor Duan also saw it, but they all turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it. Occasionally, when someone went too far, Governor Duan would glance over and the soldiers would behave themselves.
After moving out the sacks piled outside, the box at the back was revealed. The soldiers stepped forward to open it. Inside was silver arranged neatly, but not much, only one box, not as much as in the tree hole.
But the other boxes were mostly filled with gold and silver products, such as silver bowls, gold chopsticks inlaid with gold, golden Buddhas, gold-made figurines, etc.
Perhaps it was because of its age that the color had faded a little, but Governor Duan knew that this kind of thing would become shiny after a little polishing and would definitely be able to be sold at a high price.
A soldier dragged out a box, opened it, and found it was full of cloth.
Governor Duan was heartbroken when he saw this. "These are all high-quality silks. They must have been brought from the Central Plains by merchants heading to the Western Regions."
Bai Shan picked it up and took a look at it. It was a little damp because it had been placed in the cave. Even if it was not damaged, the color of the fabric was not as bright as the one outside.
Fabric is hard currency, but it must be well preserved. The prices of these silks are greatly discounted now.
There were several boxes of fabrics. It was obvious that the merchants had good taste. They brought colorful and soft silks and brocades. It was a pity that they fell into the hands of horse thieves who did not know the value of the fabrics and did not know how to maintain them.
The soldiers carried out box by box.
The last slightly smaller box was opened, and everyone's eyes were dazzled. Then Manbao rushed over with a wow and squatted beside the box to look at it, "How beautiful!"
They are all gold, silver and jewelry. Various jewelry are piled together, colorful and very beautiful.
Manbao grabbed a handful of bracelets, all made of pearls, tourmaline, beeswax, and crystal. Not only Manbao, but also Bai Shan and Bai Erlang loved them very much. They squeezed in and put their hands on the various sparkling gems inside. "What a waste of resources! They are piled together and not separated for preservation."
Governor Duan stepped forward, clutching his heart. After examining it for a moment, he said, "This box is quite new. Although it's placed against the wall, it's on the edge. It must have been brought in not long ago."
Manbao really liked these shiny things and held them tightly together.
Bai Shan thought about it and realized that they weren't really short of money, and carrying money wasn't particularly convenient, so he simply said to Governor Duan, "Master Duan, how about we exchange 30% of the cloth for 30% of these jewelry?"
Governor Duan: ...Not very good. He also likes these gold, silver and jewelry, okay?
As he was speaking, Bai Erlang pulled out a blue bead from the box, held it up to the torch, and asked in a mysterious tone, "Look what this is?"
Manbao took a look and wasn't very interested. "It's a cat's eye."
She preferred beeswax and pearls, and these rubies and sapphires.
Governor Duan's eyes remained fixed on the cat's eye. He reached out and took it from Bai Erlang, pretending to examine it. He nodded and said, "Yes, it is a cat's eye. Look, it changes color. This must be chrysoberyl cat's eye."
After saying that, he blew on the gems, then put them in his arms. In the stunned eyes of Bai Erlang, he said to Bai Shan: "Okay, if you like these jewels, you can share more with me later."
Bai Erlang's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth to speak, but Bai Shan covered his mouth and nodded, "Thank you, Master Duan, for your help."
Governor Duan smiled and said, "I'll help you, I'll help you, we can help each other."
Bai Erlang was very unwilling and asked, "Why give it to him?"
Bai Shan: "He owns 70% and we only own 30%. Even if we split it, he got it first."
Bai Erlang couldn't help but mutter, "I found it..."
Bai Shan said, "He was the one who wiped out the bandits. Although they might not have found these things without us looking for them, if he hadn't led the troops to wipe out the bandits, we wouldn't even be able to get through. If you like cat's eye stones, we'll look for them when we get to the Western Regions and buy you one."
Bai Erlang said shyly, "It's not that I like it, I want to give it to someone else."
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(End of this chapter)
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