Xiao Chen ordered more than a dozen people to hold the edge of the turtle shell firmly to prevent it from swinging around. He also asked seven or eight people to carry lamps to illuminate the craftsmen working inside the shell. No noise was strictly allowed to avoid disturbing the craftsmen, and those who violated the order were also included.
Throw them all overboard!
Wu Hanming on the flagship saw that they suddenly slowed down the ship's speed, and the lights on the deck were brightly lit. A group of people gathered together and didn't know what was going on?
He quickly asked in flag language and was told that the boss was hunting for treasure.
What treasure are you looking for?
Who knows? So far, we haven’t seen it yet.
After about a stick of incense, a bright light suddenly overflowed from the sawed crack of the big bulge, reflecting the faces of the onlookers in detail!
While everyone was stunned, a craftsman had already taken out the bead, held it up with both hands, and gently handed it to Xiao Chen's hand.
Then he let out a deep breath and sat down on the ground.
"Hahaha!" Xiao Chen held the beads and laughed happily.
But I saw that this orb was the size of an egg, it was snow-white and crystal-clear, it was brilliant and sparkling, like a living thing. It emitted a beam of light that was more than half a foot long, making it almost impossible to look at it.
It is indeed a priceless treasure!
Compared with this orb, the night pearl that Ling'er brought to Xiao Chen from Paradise Island is simply not worth mentioning!
"Fat man, how much do you think this bead is worth?" Fu Yan asked Shangguan Qiji in a low voice.
"How can there be a price? If there is a price, it is priceless!" Shangguan Qiji's eyes turned red with envy.
Because just such a bead is priceless, and there are twenty-three more!
Just say that brat Xiao Chen is a man, otherwise he would be willing to spend 10,000 taels of gold to buy it?
Buying this one bead for ten thousand taels of gold was already a huge profit, but he bought twelve of them. Now this kid is as rich as the country!
Then a friend asked Xiao Chen, how did he know that this was the Armor of the Dragon, and why he also believed that there was such a valuable orb in it?
This can only be said when he was working in the Archives Hall.
At first, he had nothing to do in the Archive Hall, reading various memorials every day to amuse himself.
I once saw a memorial written by a state official in Minzhou County who responded to Li Wanjiang's memorial.
It was Li Wanjiang who heard from somewhere that there was such a dragon spirit bead in the sea, so he casually asked him if it was true.
The emperor inquired, could he not respond seriously?
Dang even wrote a long and eloquent article of tens of thousands of words, introducing the origin of the Dragon Dragon Spirit Pearl in detail, and even drew a pattern of the Dragon Dragon tortoise shell based on what some old fishermen in the county had seen and heard...
Based on old legends, hearsay, and some scattered evidence analysis, the conclusion is that the Dragon Spirit Pearl definitely exists, but it is extremely rare.
Even if someone is lucky enough to get it, they will definitely not dare to publicize it. They will definitely hide it quietly and make it as a family heirloom or sell it to those barbarians who are willing to pay a high price.
If the emperor wants it, then I will definitely do my best to help the emperor purchase it, but I may not be able to do it in the end. I am just trying my best, and that's it until I die...
Xiao Chen only read it as a story at that time. After reading it, he threw it away and had long forgotten about the bird.
It wasn't until I saw Ling'er bringing back this big tortoise shell with my own eyes this morning that I suddenly thought of it. Because I couldn't determine the authenticity, I didn't say anything about it, but after some research, it became more and more similar!
This is exactly the same as what was described on the memorial. There is only one difference. The bulges at the end of the ribs of the tortoise shell described on the memorial have all been bitten to pieces, but this tortoise shell is intact...
What does it mean?
It means those orbs are still there.
Did your heartbeat speed up immediately?
I quickly called Xiao Ye, Saji Zuoshan and others and asked them in detail, but they didn’t know anything. They all said in unison that this was what Miss Ling’er meant, and we didn’t know why she was so angry.
Do you want to bring this big turtle shell back?
I wanted to ask Ling'er, but seeing that she was sleeping soundly, I didn't want to disturb her. This little girl was tired from the hard work last night, so let her have a good sleep and give her a 'surprise' when she wakes up.
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Ling'er gave him a surprise first. According to Ling'er's story, Xiao Chen was basically certain that the tortoise shell was left by the Turtle Dragon!
Because the state official's memorial clearly stated, 'According to my reports, there are many people who have manifested spirits in the dragon dragon, claiming to be Lingshou.'
Really hammered!
The next problem is to find a way to get the turtle shell. It seems that it is time to trick his own sister...
This is the girl Ling'er. If it were her younger brother Xiao Ye, how could she still talk nonsense to him if she just robbed her?
Unexpectedly, he was a little too hasty, which made the ghost girl Ling'er become suspicious, and in the end he had to spend ten thousand taels of gold to capture it.
That’s also a huge profit!
Under the envious and jealous eyes of everyone, several craftsmen took out all the other twenty-three beads. The two brothers sat on the deck and divided the spoils in public, one for you, one for me, and one for you...
We found dozens of wooden boxes, stuffed them with sawdust, wrapped them tightly with soft cotton cloth, nailed them with iron nails, wrapped them with a layer of lead, and finally put them into a large, strong wooden barrel.
, this is to prevent the ship from drifting on the sea after encountering a storm.
Ling'er made a huge fortune out of thin air. She was so happy that she donated generously and rewarded the relevant people lavishly!
Everyone who followed her on the adventure was rewarded with a heavy reward of five hundred taels of silver. The craftsmen were rewarded with two hundred taels of silver. Even those who helped watch the excitement were rewarded with rewards ranging from twenty to fifty taels.
When Linger should be generous, she will never be stingy!
The main reason is that now she has a lot of money and is as rich as the country. To her, such a small amount of scattered silver is nothing more than a drop in the bucket. Ling'er is not a person who spends nothing.
After Wu Hanming learned the good news, he sent a congratulatory message in flag language to express his congratulations to Ling'er. Ling'er was so happy that she rewarded Wu Hanming with another five hundred taels of silver.
After other ship commanders learned about it, they also sent flags and congratulations. Even the captains of the pirate ships also joined in the fun. Ling'er was so happy that he waved his little hand and all of them were rewarded!
In one day, more than 20,000 taels of silver were given out as rewards, without even blinking an eye, so generous and generous!
Makes everyone happy.
Except for Shangguan Qiji.
He has great medical skills and can be said to be a god of medicine. He can prepare any good medicine, but there is only one medicine that he cannot prepare, and that is the medicine of regret.
My intestines are so full of regret!
If I had known better, I wouldn't have fallen out with the little girl Ling'er. If I had maintained friendship with her, I would have definitely gained access to her jewels!
Although the little girl is very bad, she is still very loyal whether she should say it or not. With her sharp tongue and her ability to reason and move people's emotions, it is easy to cheat her out of a few pearls.
But now it's obviously no longer possible. The two of them have completely fallen out and agreed not to interact with each other until they die. In the eyes of Ling'er, a rich young woman, Shangguan Qiji has become nothing.