When they saw the entrance to the cave, everyone excitedly gathered around to take a look.
"Wait!" Elder Du stopped him immediately, "Let me check it out first."
He was afraid there was another trap.
Elder Du took a torch from the guard and walked to the cave entrance.
"There are steps that allow us to go down." He saw a stone staircase that could be walked by three people, extending downwards.
He knocked everywhere with his sword, but no hidden arrows or the like were shot out.
"Follow me." Seeing that it was safe, Elder Du waved to everyone.
The queens all gathered around and followed him one after another.
The three babies were very well behaved and allowed themselves to be held by adults without talking nonsense.
When they walked down the stone steps, they saw sturdy wooden boxes neatly laid out in front of them.
"Haha, this is the real treasure, right?" Elder Du saw so many boxes and guessed that the boxes were filled with the gold and silver they imagined.
When Yu Zheng saw these boxes, she was so shocked that her mouth couldn't close.
If this were all filled with gold and silver, how much would it be?
The prince also excitedly walked towards a box and was about to open it.
The boxes were not locked, just covered with lids.
"Your Highness, wait a minute." Shangguan Ziqi stopped him and stepped forward to pry open the lid of a box with his sword.
"Wow! Gold." Yu Zheng couldn't help but exclaim.
She is a money-grubber. Seeing such a large box of gold ingots, shining with golden light under the firelight, how can she control her greed?
Everyone saw that Shangguan Ziqi picked up a box of gold at random.
Everyone walked to the nearest box and opened it.
"Your Highness, this box contains gold bricks."
"Your Majesty, this box contains silver ingots."
"Your Highness, this box is Gu Dong."
"Prince Jing, this box is a jade box."
......
Various exclamations rang out one after another.
Everyone was delighted to hear this.
"Good, good, that's great. With this treasure in the treasury of our great Wei state, we will have money to repair river embankments and build bridges and roads." The prince happily expressed his excitement.
"Your Highness is right." Prince Jing agreed.
"The national treasury is full, and many of the emperor's plans to improve people's livelihood can be implemented ahead of schedule." The prince also looked at the boxes with shining eyes.
His wish to establish a navy will soon be realized.
Elder Du just felt a little ashamed after hearing what the prince and the prince said.
These gangsters are here just for the benefits.
When the prince saw the treasure, the first thing he thought of was how to benefit the people.
He is also one of the people of Wei.
At this moment, the shame in his heart gradually increased, and he also made a decision.
He couldn't make high demands, just some hard work fee and some travel expenses for the disciples who followed him.
The prince has a great use for this money. He cannot lose face for the people of Wei or the Qishan faction.
Although everyone likes treasure, not all treasure can be taken.
After everyone was excited, everyone had a smile on their face.
"Let's count these boxes and see how many there are. Open each one and take a look. We'll work in groups of four and count in groups."
This treasure house is square in shape.
The remaining space was estimated to be more than three hundred meters, and the boxes were not placed one by one, but stacked up.
All three floors.
Neatly stacked in rows.
Yu Yuzheng took the three children and Shangguan Ziqi to count together.
Shangguan Ziqi wanted to take the box down from above, but it was too heavy to carry.
The two of them couldn't open them one by one, so they could only open the one on top.
In conclusion, the row they counted was filled with silver ingots.
It took half an hour to complete the inventory.
When the boxes were presented to the prince, there were a total of three thousand boxes.
According to preliminary estimates, in addition to gold and silver, there are antique jade items and precious paintings and calligraphy from previous dynasties and the dynasties before that.
"Your Highness, I estimate that these may be worth a total of 30 million taels of silver." The prince always had a serious face, but at this moment he was smiling so hard that his teeth were showing.
"Uncle Prince Rong is right. This is my estimate as well." The prince also smiled a little foolishly.
Since the founding of the Wei Dynasty, the treasury has never had so much cash.
The silver in the national treasury was fluid, with both inflow and outflow. The highest amount of silver deposited in a year was only eight million taels.
This amount of money is at least the tax revenue of the Wei Dynasty for the current seven or eight years.
Yu Zheng also had her own ideas in mind.
Can she pay back the money she lent to the national treasury?
And since they found the treasure, the emperor should at least express his gratitude.
After everyone finished counting, they carefully checked the entire underground treasure house again and found nothing unusual.
"Let's go, close the entrance again and make plans for tomorrow. It's probably dark outside now." said the prince.
Looking at that expression, he is as happy as can be.
After walking out of the underground treasury, the prince pressed the jade seal on the small hole again, and the entrance was automatically sealed again.
Everyone went back and Elder Du closed the first door.
Return to camp.
At this time, Chen Qiming was already waiting outside the tent.
"This humble general pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Lord Rong, Lord Jing, and the General."
"No need for formalities. Is there something I can help you with?" The prince saw that he was not at the entrance of the valley, but was waiting here instead.
"Your Highness, there are fifteen scoundrels causing trouble and they have been arrested by me. Please give us instructions, Your Highness."
When those people saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had led his men into the city, they tried to climb over the mountain from the other side and sneak into the city quietly.
They were eventually discovered by soldiers patrolling the mountains arranged by Chen Qiming, and a fight broke out. The soldiers were no match for these gangsters, so when they were in danger, they sent out a distress signal, and then Chen Qiming immediately sent reinforcements.
The soldiers' martial arts were not strong, but they could not withstand the large numbers and set up a battle formation. After a fierce fight, they captured fifteen ruffians.
"Discard his martial arts and hand him over to Lord Wan for processing." The prince said coldly.
My good mood just now was affected by a few flies.
Let them do the hard labor, and killing them would be a waste of that labor.
"I obey your command." Chen Qiming stepped back.
After dinner, the prince gathered his people together to discuss the next plan.
After Yu Zheng coaxed the child to sleep, she also came to the prince's tent, and the two account books were next to each other.
As soon as she came in, she saw that everyone was frowning in deep thought.
"What's wrong?" Yu Yuzheng asked Shangguan Ziqi in a low voice.
"The chariots we saw today were all quite large, and it was impossible for them to be transported in through the passage we walked through today, and it was on the top of a cliff. So we suspect there must be an entrance somewhere to facilitate the entry and exit of those chariots."
"Oh, then you have never thought that maybe it was scattered when it was transported into the country, and then assembled after entering the country?" Yu Zheng thought of a possibility.
"If that's the case, why put it together? Aren't the royal family of the previous dynasty leaving it for the royal descendants to use? If they really need it one day, they will have to dismantle it all and take it out again. Wouldn't that cause more trouble?"
"You have a point."
"Didn't you discover some artificially planted cypress trees in the forest just now? Could it be right there?" The prince said after thinking for a while.
The word "天" allows them to find an entrance. If there is a second entrance, is it related to the word "地"?
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