Chapter 2197 The Last One
Manbao led them along a less obvious path, and after pushing through some weeds, they arrived at a vegetable field that had been abandoned for a long time and was overgrown with weeds.
Governor Duan was very skeptical, "Could the treasure be hidden here?"
Bai Shan glanced at Man Bao and nodded affirmatively: "Yes, based on my experience, it should be these few places."
Governor Duan felt that a treasure hiding place that could be guessed by others was not very hidden, or that smart people had something in common in the places where they hid things?
Governor Duan thought so and asked the same question.
Bai Shan then said meaningfully: "Just because I can guess where they hide their treasures doesn't mean I will hide them there."
He said with some disdain, "How can a group of people who need to become bandits and rob houses to survive in this world be considered smart?"
Governor Duan was unable to utter a word in rebuttal.
He also looked around and asked, "Where is the thing hidden?"
Manbao knew where the thing was hidden, but could she tell her directly?
That was naturally impossible, so he said, "Just dig around a bit first. It definitely won't be in the vegetable garden, it must be next to it."
So the soldiers started digging everywhere.
The hoe and other items were all found in the thieves' den.
Manbao put his hands behind his back and walked over according to Koko's instructions. Koko said, "It's underground three steps away from the host."
Manbao looked at the grave in front of him and was surprised. "In the tomb?"
Koko said: "It's fake. There are no bones inside, only things they hid."
Manbao walked around the tomb, and after attracting everyone's attention, he pointed at it and said, "Dig it up."
Governor Duan was shocked. Before Manbao could make an excuse, he clapped his hands and said, "I know. Most of these bandits were abandoned on the grasslands for sky burials after they died, and the dead hostages were directly thrown into the mountains to be eaten by wolves. Who would bury them underground and build such a huge tomb?"
Manbao: “…Yes!”
So everyone came up to dig.
Bai Shan and Man Bao stood together and sighed, "Inspector Duan is becoming more and more clever."
Manbao nodded in agreement. She hadn't thought of this before. She was just planning to make up something about the newness of the soil, the feel, and so on, but Governor Duan found such a good excuse for them that they had no choice but to use it.
The grave was dug up, and the hoe hit the coffin with a clang. They looked at the governor and continued digging at his signal. When the whole coffin was dug out, the soldiers wanted to lift it up first, but when the four men tried hard, it didn't move at all.
The four of them felt a little awkward, so Governor Duan narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Open the lid and take a look."
Everyone started hammering and banging, and finally pried out the nail, and then they opened the coffin.
When it was opened, everyone was stunned to see that most of it was filled with gold and silver, while the other side was filled with various boxes.
Bai Shan jumped down, reached out and picked up a box and opened it. He saw that it was full of gems and a box of beeswax.
He paused, put his hand down, picked up another one and opened it. This one was full of gems of various colors, but he was not mistaken. It should be the same kind of stone, just with different colors and qualities.
One of the rubies shone brightly in the sunlight.
Bai Shan sighed and said, "So this is the most valuable treasure."
Governor Duan nodded blankly, then frowned. Bandits might make money from robbing houses, but was it really that profitable? Not to mention the various gems, pearls, and spices arranged in this place, or even the two precious swords at the bottom of the coffin, just the gold and silver piled up in piles, filling up half the coffin, was hard to come by.
He reached out and took out a gold brick. As soon as he touched it, he knew that it was high-quality gold, specially cast into a gold brick.
The silver bricks on the side were also stacked very densely, no wonder they couldn't lift it up. It would be strange if they could lift it up.
Manbao had only one thought in mind: "Governor Duan, are you guys in Liangzhou going to be rich?"
Governor Duan: "... Doctor Zhou, the same hair, the same hair."
Thirty percent of this place belongs to them.
Bai Shan also came back to his senses, turned around and said with a smile: "You are too polite, Governor Duan. We have 30%, and you have 70%. Moreover, the number of people we have is no less than yours."
Governor Duan came back to his senses, smiled, and said to the soldiers, "Pack it up and carry it down the mountain."
Bai Shan also put down the gold and silver bricks in his hand, and smiled as he pulled his friends down the mountain.
As soon as Governor Duan returned to the camp, he went to the tent where the bandit leader was imprisoned. Bai Shan glanced at his back, took Manbao to find Mr. Zhuang, and told him in detail about the treasure they found today.
Mr. Zhuang asked curiously, "Do you suspect there's something wrong with the gold and silver?"
Bai Shan said: "There are too many, and they are very different from the previous two treasures. The treasures dug out this time are particularly neat, which is fine. Those gold and silver bricks cannot be burned in the mountains."
Mr. Zhuang: "Did you steal it?"
"Which merchant would carry gold and silver bricks on the road?" Not to mention gold and silver bricks, there wouldn't even be many gold and silver ingots. Most of the gold and silver in the mountain stronghold were obtained by robbing passing goods and selling them.
Yes, it is so magical. The horse thieves robbed the merchants passing by, and after stealing the goods, they took them to other places and acted as merchants to sell the goods to other merchants in exchange for gold and silver.
Because Liangzhou was located on the road leading to and from the Western Regions, the treasures contained a lot of unprocessed silks, brocades, porcelain, gems and spices.
They are all specialty products from the Western Regions and Central Plains.
And the gold bricks and silver bricks...
Bai Shan said: "I have carefully examined it, and there is no official seal on it, so it is not official silver, it must have been privately minted."
This is not uncommon. A lot of gold and silver in the world is privately minted, but such a large amount and neat private minting...
Mr. Zhuang paused for a moment before asking, "Did Governor Duan notice?"
"Yes, he went to interrogate the bandit leader."
Mr. Zhuang nodded in satisfaction, "In that case, we don't need to worry about it."
He said, "This is under the jurisdiction of Governor Duan, and these matters are his responsibility."
"Then do you still want our 30% of gold and silver?"
"Why not?" Mr. Zhuang said, "Just pretend you didn't notice anything."
Bai Shan: "...I thought he needed to hand over the gold and silver. After all, there might be something wrong."
Mr. Zhuang waved his hand nonchalantly, saying, "There are problems, but they won't prevent us from dividing the spoils. Don't worry, Governor Duan knows what's going on. Leaving just one piece of evidence like this will be enough."
Several people listened, and Bai Erlang asked, "Is Governor Duan going to keep all these spoils for himself?"
Mr. Zhuang laughed and said, "It's not that I embezzled it. The war expenses, rewards for the soldiers, medical care and pensions for the disabled soldiers, and some left for the army and the governor's office, there's not much left."
He also wanted to give some to his trusted aides. He said, "This is how wars are fought. Military commanders often accumulate wealth this way. Your Majesty knows this. Moreover, Liang Province is poor and far from the capital. If the amount they hand over is small, even the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War will not pursue it too much."
Not to mention the emperor who came from a military background.
Everyone turned to look at Yin Huo and exclaimed, "How many good things do you have at home?"
Yin Or: "..."
He hesitated and said, "Not much, it seems like Minister Li and his family have more."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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