Chapter 610 Ten Thousand Taels of Gold and Silver (1)
Chapter 610 Ten Thousand Liangs of Gold and Silver (Part 1)
Che Juan and Master Pan guessed that the treasure they found was the treasure of Zhang Xianzhong, the famous peasant uprising general in the late Ming Dynasty.<
Regarding their speculation, He Qing did not express any objection, but said: "The origin of these ancient coins is not yet certain, and there are all possibilities."
He knows the past and the present, and can see the past of antiques with his eyes. He naturally knows the ins and outs of those silver and copper coins, so he understands the situation of the entire "ancient tomb" better than anyone else.
In fact, he knew almost everything before entering this place.
Yes, according to his judgment, this may indeed be Zhang Xianzhong's treasure hiding place.
This time, Master Pan and the others came to the Shu capital for archeology. One of He Qing's goals was to explore Zhang Xianzhong's treasure. Although when Lin Haitao talked about Zhang Xianzhong's treasure with excitement, he didn't care and only talked about the news.
There were many story elements, and it was unrealistic to find the legendary huge treasure. However, he did not have no idea at all. He planned to walk around if he had time to see if he could find any clues.
Who knew that by some strange combination of circumstances, a big situation would be discovered here.
Now that we have come in, from the ancient coins found and related circumstances, we can reasonably deduce that this is the treasure that Zhang Xianzhong buried back then, at least one of them.
"That should be it!" Master Pan said excitedly, "These are all underground tunnels, not like an ancient tomb, but like a place specially used for hiding and storing things."
Che Juan also said: "Yes, no wonder this ancient tomb is weird. Why are there so many corpses of soldiers that have not been processed, and so many scattered silver and copper coins? Those money should be military pay, but it is strange. Soldier Zhang Xianzhong
How come there is salary money from Hu, Nanchang, Sha, and county magistrates among the salary money I received?"
He Qing replied: "If this is really Zhang Xianzhong's treasure, then the origin of the salary and salary can be easily explained. You must know what kind of leader Zhang Xianzhong is. He is cruel and violent. On the way to Sichuan, he led his army.
Burning, killing and looting. I don’t know how much property was stolen. Otherwise, there would be no theory that he kept a large amount of treasures, so it is possible that the military pay of questionable origin was robbed by them."
"Well, Xiao He's analysis makes sense." Master Pan nodded solemnly, "The Luyin marked with Hu, Nanchang, Sha, County should have been robbed by Zhang Xianzhong and his men. From this point of view.
It is even more proof that this place is where Zhang Xianzhong buried his treasure. 'Stone cows and stone drums. Five and a half dollars of silver. Whoever knows the difference will buy it in Chengdu'. There are various legends about Zhang Xianzhong's treasure. Unexpectedly, we discovered it today.
!Xiao He, you have solved this big mystery that has troubled the world for hundreds of years!"
He Qing shook his head and smiled calmly: "We are just speculating now, we are not sure yet. We will be sure later."
"'Stone cows and stone drums cost ten thousand and five thousand dollars. Who can tell them apart and buy them in Chengdu mansion?' Teacher Pan, what does this mean?" Che Juan asked curiously.
Master Pan replied accurately: "This is a nursery rhyme spread in Chengdu. Now there is such a nursery rhyme engraved on the stone tablet by the Jinjiang River in the capital of Shu. It means that if you find stones and stone drums, you will find them."
We can find countless pieces of silver buried by Zhang Xianzhong. The amount of money is so much that it can buy the entire capital of Shu!
"The story of the treasure left by Zhang Xianzhong has moved many people. There is an endless stream of treasure hunters, but no one has found the real treasure. I didn't expect that we would find it today, but it is all thanks to Xiao He.
Ah, if we hadn't seen the situation with our sharp eyes, we would have never thought of coming down here even if we scratched our heads!"
"That's it!" Che Juan suddenly realized, "It seems that the nursery rhyme is not groundless, it has some basis."
Master Pan nodded and said: "There are records about this in unofficial history. It is said that before the army was defeated and retreated, Zhang Xianzhong spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build a high embankment on the Jinjiang River flowing through the city of Shu, but it was not for
In order to control the flood, he dug a large pit several feet deep in the sand downstream of the dike, buried the tens of thousands of gold and silver treasures he had stolen in the pit, and then broke the dike again to release water, submerging the buried treasure.
A large pit was created, and stone cows and stone drums were used as secret signs. However, these things have not been verified and cannot be researched."
He Qing said: "Isn't there a rumor that someone accidentally obtained the 'treasure map' of Zhang Xianzhong's treasure and found the 'stone cow' and 'stone drum' sung in the nursery rhyme?"
Master Pan replied: "It is true that someone dug the stone cow and the stone drum from under the dam. It caused a huge sensation at that time. Everyone thought that the stone cow and the stone drum were found. Can the tens of millions of gold and silver still escape? Can you guess the result?
What's the matter? Some treasures were dug out, but only a few baskets of ordinary copper coins were recovered, which were not worth much. The people who spent a lot of effort to salvage them instead lost a large sum of money for the project, which was not worth the gain.
From this point of view, the legendary Zhang Xianzhong's Thousand Ships of Sunken Silver is not hidden in the Jinjiang River. This is still an unsolved mystery in the eyes of the world. Haha, it is the same as the mystery of Cao Cao's 72 Tombs. Now there are two big ones.
You have solved all the mysteries, you are really a great hero!"
He Qing smiled slightly and said: "The mystery of Cao Cao's tomb has indeed been solved by accident, but the mystery of Zhang Xianzhong's treasure is still hard to explain. We must continue to investigate."
Che Juan nodded and said: "Yes, the nursery rhyme mentioned tens of millions of gold and silver, but now I realize it's not much, it's far from it!"
Master Pan said: "There should be no mistake. The treasure buried by Zhang Xianzhong must be in front. We haven't even reached the center yet. A large number of treasures should be hidden in front."
"I hope I can find those tens of millions of silver!" Che Juan said excitedly, "This feels like a dream, I can actually find Zhang Xianzhong's treasure!"
"Xiao He, let's go ahead and have a look!" Master Pan said impatiently. He had determined that this was Zhang Xianzhong's treasure, and a large amount of gold and silver was waiting for them to explore.
"Well, let's go." He Qing nodded.
After saying that, the group of them continued to search forward.
On the road, more and more bones of soldiers were piled up, and there were also a lot more broken silver coins and copper coins on the ground.
And the "treasure light" captured by He Qing's eyes became more and more intense, indicating that just as Master Pan said, a large number of treasures were hidden not far ahead.
"Hey, what is that?!" Che Juan suddenly exclaimed as she was walking.
Looking in the direction he pointed, what came into view were wooden pillars stacked together.
"That's a wooden slip!" He Qing replied, his voice trembling slightly and he looked very excited.
Because the round wooden pillars pointed by Che Juan emitted a strong spiritual light, it could be judged that there were precious treasures hidden inside the pillars.
As he spoke, He Qing quickened his pace and walked over.
Master Pan and Che Juan followed closely.
As they got closer, they could see more clearly that it was a pile of wooden pillars.
Due to its age, the column has turned black and shows obvious signs of decay.
"Why are there piles of wood piles here?" Master Pan asked in surprise.
He Qing said: "This should be a wooden slip."
As he spoke, he knelt down, pointed at the wooden pillar and said: "Master Pan, look, there are iron wires on both ends of the wooden pillar, which are tightly bound by the iron wire. If my guess is correct, this kind of wooden slip is
It is made of two hollowed out semi-circular wooden stakes put together and then secured with wire hoops."
"You mean there is something hidden in the wooden slips?" Master Pan asked.
He Qing stretched out his hand and knocked hard on a wooden slip, nodded and said: "Yes, it is full of things."
"What could it be?!" Master Pan asked, "Could it be the gold and silver hidden by Zhang Xianzhong? I heard someone said that a batch of treasures buried by Zhang Xianzhong were accidentally discovered at Laohu Beach in Pengshan.
The silver ingots were packed with wooden slips like this, but not much has been excavated, far from reaching the claim of tens of millions of gold and silver."
He Qing nodded and said: "Well, it should be the same as that situation. Master Pan, let's open these wooden slips and take a look first."
"Well, open it and take a look." Master Pan nodded and agreed without hesitation. He couldn't wait to see what was hidden in the wooden slips.
He Qing immediately picked up a wooden slip and it was heavy. If it was just a wooden pile, how could it be so heavy? The only explanation is that it was filled with things.
After picking up the wooden pillar, He Qing used his strength to easily break the iron wires tightly tied at both ends and quickly removed it.
After the iron wire was dismantled, the two semicircular wooden stakes separated.
"Wow~~"
Immediately, the things hidden in the wooden slips fell down and scattered all over the ground.
"Wow, they are all silver ingots!"
When they saw the pile of silver ingots, Master Pan and Che Juan all opened their eyes wide with surprise on their faces.
This was unexpected by He Qing, because before he opened the Tibetan silver wooden slip, he had caught a strong aura emanating from it. What could it be if it wasn't gold and silver jewelry inside?
He Qing put down the wooden slips and said: "The gold and silver plundered by Zhang Xianzhong are hidden in this kind of wooden slips. The other wooden slips should also contain this kind of silver ingots."
After that, he opened the other wooden slips and looked at them in the same way. As expected, they were all filled with silver ingots, but there was no gold or jewelry.
At this moment, there are silver ingots lying on the ground. The silver ingots are in the shape of a boat. Most of them have the inscription on the back "August of the 16th year of Chongzhen, fifty taels of silver". They are obviously official silver from the Ming Dynasty.
Among them, there are also "Fifty taels of silver from Yuanling County's Zhijie Division to pay soldiers' wages in August of the tenth year of Chongzhen", "Fifty taels of silver from Jingshan County's fifteenth year", "Fifty taels of silver from Yukou in Baling County"
The silver ingots with other inscriptions came from the Hu-nan and Hubei regions and were tax silver from the Chongzhen period. They should be treasures that Zhang Xianzhong plundered from those places.
This time they found nearly ten thousand taels of silver. It seems that the saying "ten thousand taels of silver" is indeed true! (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!