"I understand." Shi Ping was reminded by Han Du and immediately understood that this matter was not trivial, and nodded to Han Du with a solemn expression.
Since Shi Ping knew the importance, Han Du said nothing more.
The Japanese swords, bows and arrows captured from Xiaba Mountain were moved from the warship and all were left to Shi Ping.
Just when Han Du was about to leave, Shi Ping found Han Du and said, "Uncle."
"What? Is there anything else? If you have any requests, you can make them now. If I can help you, I will try my best to help you." Han Du said with a smile.
Shi Ping hesitated for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, looked at Han Du and said, "That's it, uncle, I had a coincidence before and heard a drunken Japanese pirate talk about something."
"What's going on?" Han Du's expression began to become serious. He had a guess in his mind that this matter must be something serious, otherwise Shi Ping wouldn't have hesitated to tell him until now.
"Xiaoguan heard that there is a place where Japanese pirates hide their things on the mountain behind this camp." Shi Ping said slowly, "Xiaoguan later quietly went over to take a look. There was indeed a cave, but he had never entered it.
I don’t know what the Japanese pirates put in it.”
"It doesn't matter," Han Du said with a smile, "You will know what it is now if you go and take a look."
After saying that, he turned to Jiang Ming and shouted: "Jiang Ming, bring a team of people and come here."
As soon as Tang Ding saw something strange happening in Han Du's place, he followed him over.
"What's wrong?"
Han Du did not answer Tang Ding, but smiled at Shi Ping, "Let's go."
Shi Ping nodded calmly and waved, "Uncle, please come this way." Before Shi Ping told Han Du the news, he hesitated in his heart. After all, it was a place strictly guarded by Japanese pirates, and there was nothing good about it.
, he himself didn’t believe it. But the situation now is complicated. Although he was promised by Jing Haibo to be the magistrate of Changguo County, he had not been formally appointed by the court after all. In addition, he did not have any government office, and the entire county government
He was the only one facing so many people, and even with the Japanese swords, bows and arrows given by Han Du, he might not be able to suppress them.
Under such circumstances, even if he wanted to hide this matter. Even if he could hide it from Jing Haibo, he might not be able to hide it from so many people. Since it is not easy to hide it, it is better to hide it from others.
Fang Fang told Jing Haibo that it was good.
The group of people followed Shi Ping to the back mountain and saw a hidden cave. They went in with torches and saw that food was slowly piling up.
"Here, how much food is there?" Even Han Du couldn't help but scream in surprise when he saw it.
Several people looked at each other, and no one could answer Han Du's question. If any Japanese pirates were still alive, they could be arrested and interrogated, and they might be able to get the answer. But now that all the Japanese pirates have been executed, who knows how much food there is here?
"Jiang Ming." Han Du ordered directly without paying attention to the crowd or answering him.
"The end will be here."
"Send someone to take stock."
After Han Du finished speaking, he looked at everyone happily and said, "Let's go in and see what else is inside."
The group continued walking inside, and after turning a corner, large wooden boxes appeared in front of everyone.
Tang Ding took the lead and opened a box casually, and was shocked to take a breath.
"Come quickly and take a look."
Han Du stepped forward and took a look, and was equally surprised to see that it was a box full of gold sand.
When everyone saw it, they were all excited. They turned around and opened all the other boxes without explanation. What appeared in front of everyone were more than a dozen boxes of gold and silver jewelry.
When did the Japanese pirates become so rich? Even Han Du couldn't believe his eyes. Those Japanese pirates wearing rags were actually so rich?
"Why are there so many treasures here?" Jiang Ming couldn't help blurting out his doubts. Unfortunately, like Han Du just now, he asked a question in vain.
Tang Ding pondered and picked up a silver ingot, took a look at it, and immediately shouted: "Han Du, come here and take a look."
Han Du heard this and walked over in confusion.
Tang Ding handed the silver piece to Han Du and said, "This is official silver."
After saying that, he glanced at the boxes around him and sighed: "I'm afraid the gold, silver and jewels here were all stolen by Japanese pirates who robbed our coastal counties in the Ming Dynasty."
Han Du couldn't help but nod after hearing this. He held the silver nugget in his hand and couldn't help but feel a little doubtful in his heart. "The gold, silver and jewelry were looted from the Ming Dynasty. With the official silver as proof, it makes sense. But what happened to the box of gold sand?"
What's the matter? There are no places to pan for gold sand along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and even if gold sand is found, it will be melted into gold ingots instead of just being packed in boxes."
However, all the Japanese pirates here are dead, and there will be no one to answer Han Du's doubts, so Han Du has no choice but to put this idea aside.
Next, Han Du asked people to search the place inside and outside. There was nothing else. Only grain and gold and silver jewelry were stored here.
Even so, it is enough to make Han Du smile. I don't know how much food there is, but the gold and silver jewelry in these dozen boxes are probably worth hundreds of thousands. Even for Han Du, it is a windfall.
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Han Du looked at Shi Ping with a smile and said: "Uncle Ben, take these gold, silver and jewels with you. Since you are on this island, you can't spend them even if you take them. Uncle Ben will keep all these grains for you. You
With food in hand, there is no need to worry about not being able to control those people."
"Uncle Xie." Shi Ping replied in a deep voice.
Although gold, silver and jewelry also made him excited, Han Du said something right. For him, food is the most important thing now. On this isolated island, food plays a much greater role than gold and silver.
Seeing that Shi Ping agreed very simply, Han Du thought for a moment and comforted him: "Don't worry, these are all your achievements. When I tell the emperor, you will be indispensable as the county magistrate. And this Changguo County will have a bright future."
, you, as the county magistrate, naturally benefit from you."
There was no way, money and silk touched people's hearts. Even Han Du, when Shi Ping watched helplessly, took away all the gold, silver and jewels, he had to say something to give Shi Ping a big cake to comfort him.
Moreover, Han Du is not completely trying to give Shi Ping a piece of cake. There are fisheries in Changguo County, and the Ming Dynasty will definitely vigorously develop the fisheries in the future. Once the fisheries are developed, Changguo County will naturally become rich easily.
And as the county magistrate, can Shi Ping still benefit from him?
When Shi Ping heard Han Du's words, he couldn't help but be startled. As a county magistrate, could he be considered safe now?