Chapter 2253: Hidden Treasures (Rewards from book friend "WY Wuyou")
Manbao dragged Baishan to the river to pick up stones.
Bai Shan asked, "Why did you pick this up?"
"For gold, silver and jewelry."
Bai Shan: "...Is there such a good thing?"
Seeing that Manbao was serious, Bai Shan was thinking about whether to call Bai Er and the others to pick up the items together. Manbao said, "What are you thinking? I plan to exchange the gold, silver, jewelry, and precious silks in the box for other things."
Bai Shan was stunned and asked, "Where are the jewels?"
Manbao looked at him and Baishan understood.
He thought for a moment and said, "It's not advisable for too many people to know about this, but it won't work just with the two of us. I'll make the arrangements."
Manbao was confused. She had been used to hiding things like this since she was a child. She thought that as long as she hid it well, it would be fine. What other arrangements needed to be made?
Bai Shan took her hand and went back. He first called Manager Li and asked him to buy a few empty boxes with the villagers. Then he asked Bai Erlang and others to go to the river to pick up stones. He also took two pieces of silk cloth and exchanged them with the villagers for some leather of very poor quality. He also brought a lot of hay. Finally, he asked someone to move all their valuables into the house.
This was something he could decide. As for what he couldn't do, he went to General Nie and the two travelers and said, "We're planning to rearrange the valuables in our luggage. Do you want us to seal the boxes for safekeeping?"
General Nie felt that when facing horse bandits, even if you separate them, you may not be able to protect them, because when a clash occurs, everyone will only care about their lives. How many people will care about these gold, silver and jewelry?
However, along the way, Bai Shan and Zhou Man's abilities were obvious to all, so he agreed after a little thought, and the soldiers who replaced him also agreed.
Anyway, everyone remembers what they have in their hands.
They remembered, but Bai Shan didn't, so in order to avoid disputes, he asked Bai Erlang and others to take paper and pen to count and record.
First, open the luggage, and everyone takes their own precious things in their hands. Then, record the things that need to be handed over to them for safekeeping and put them in the suitcase. As for how to arrange them afterwards, it is his business.
It's such a big fuss, but no one knows how they plan to hide these things.
However, because they had paper and pen to record, the soldiers who had no intention of hiding the treasures from them but wanted to stuff them on themselves also took the things to register when they saw it.
They said to their comrades, "Swords and guns are blind. According to the commander, the Western Region is in chaos right now. No one knows when we will die on the battlefield. If I leave my belongings with me, what if I die and you can't dig out my body? Wouldn't the treasures I carry with me be lost?"
"Didn't you just say that we should leave all our treasures with the adults for safekeeping, in case the luggage gets lost?"
"That's just my worry..." He mumbled, then added, "But now Mr. Bai is so frank and has even recorded the order. I figured even if we really lose it in the future, Mr. Bai would probably return it to us at the same price."
Fellow soldier: "...Wouldn't that be a trap for Mr. Bai?"
"Oh, at worst we can just ask for less when the time comes."
"Do you think it's possible that Mr. Bai wants to hide the treasure here and take it back when we come back?"
"That's possible, but they also brought a lot of silk and satin fabrics. Are they going to take them to the Western Regions to sell? Are they going to leave them here and take them back to the Central Plains?"
The soldiers speculated endlessly.
In the house, Bai Shan was opening the counted boxes and watching Man Bao walk past one box after another, then pick up the things and disappear.
He watched for a long while. Even though his father-in-law might be there, he couldn't help but ask, "Manbao, Uncle Zhou can only take things from you, can't he touch them himself?"
Manbao blinked and found that it was true. Keke could scan things, but it couldn't record them by itself. It had to get them from her, so...
Manbao nodded.
Although I don’t understand the reason, Yin and Yang are separated, and this may be the restriction that God has placed on people on both sides of Yin and Yang.
Otherwise, Uncle Zhou would not have suffered injustice for so many years.
Bai Shan took out the things one by one and handed them to her, asking her to go faster. However, he was still a little curious, "Manbao, are these gold, silver and jewelry useless in the underworld?"
Manbao thought about it and felt that even if there was an underworld, people there had their own currency and "gold and silver", so why should they rely on the human world to exist?
For example, in the world where Teacher Mo and his friends live, money is just a number in the system. It’s not even copper coins, let alone “gold and silver”.
So Manbao nodded and said affirmatively: "It's useless."
Bai Shan sighed, "Then wouldn't the burial objects of the wealthy families throughout the ages be completely useless?"
Manbao was happy, "It should still be useful. It can be used as military supplies in the future."
Bai Shan tapped her nose helplessly and said, "Don't let the master hear it, or he will give you another good scolding."
Manbao glanced out guiltily, then breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously, "When I die, I'll just bury some of my own manuscripts with me. I can show them off to others in the underworld. Things like gold, silver, and jewelry should be left to future generations. They can use them if they need them, and I'll keep them. What if they need money in the future and become unfilial and dig up my grave to use them? That would be terrible."
Bai Shan couldn't help laughing out loud. The more he thought about it, the happier he became. Tears were almost coming out. "The master said to look three steps ahead, but you haven't even started yet, but you're already looking ahead a hundred years."
Manbao said: "I call this preparing for a rainy day."
They were packing things up while talking, and soon they had put everything away. Then they started putting stones and sand into the boxes they had put in before.
There were labels on the boxes, written by Bai Shan, indicating what was in the boxes before.
Now they put things of similar weight in according to the contents of the box.
For example, if you put stones directly into a box filled with gold and silver...
The boxes containing silk and satin cloth were filled with dried vegetables wrapped in leather and placed inside...
They had just packed two boxes when Bai Erlang and his men counted the things outside and asked someone to bring them over.
Bai Shan closed the remaining boxes and opened the door to let them in.
The soldiers didn't have much miscellaneous belongings, just two boxes. They also hid some gold and silver on their bodies, and didn't hand them all over to Bai Shan for safekeeping.
Bai Shan didn't care, as long as the booklet recorded everything in detail.
He let the people in and said to Bai Erlang, "Call Yin or the others to help later."
Bai Erlang poked his head in and asked, "Can't you come over now?"
Bai Shan pushed his head out and said, "Come back when I've made most of the arrangements. Only Manbao and I know the details of this matter. The fewer people who know, the safer it is."
(End of this chapter)
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