After saying that, he glanced at Man Bao who was squatting next to the box, and said to Bai Shan with some dissatisfaction: "You know how to please her, can't I please her?"
Bai Shan knew that the last one he was talking about was Princess Mingda. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "I will take you to look for her when I get to the Western Regions. I heard that there are many gems in the Western Regions. There will definitely be one more suitable for the princess."
Man Bao said: "Mingda prefers jade."
"Impossible, she prefers gems," Bai Erlang affirmed: "I gave her pearls last time, and she was very happy when she saw them. Who wouldn't like such sparkling gems?"
Cat's eye stone is still the best among them, and he still thinks that cat's eye stone is better.
Bai Shan thought for a while and then said: "If you really like it, we can discuss it with Governor Duan in private."
"How to negotiate this? The value of that cat's eye stone is more than the sum of the things in this box." At this point, Bai Erlang also felt that these thieves didn't know the goods, and they didn't put such good things separately, but stuffed them together inside.
, it’s simply such a waste of natural resources.
Bai Shandao: "Don't you have another treasure in your hand?"
"Strax? Can that be exchanged for opal?"
Bai Shan said: "This kind of thing depends on personal preference. Cat's eye stone is precious, but unless you like to keep it for your own use, if you want to cash it out, I'm afraid it won't be as good as your box of styrax."
He said: "Such a big cat's eye stone cannot be sold in Liangzhou. For passing merchants, whether they are going to the Western Regions or the Central Plains, they can't afford so much money. They can just bring it with them."
If you go to the capital to sell it, many people can afford it, but not many are willing to spend such a large sum of money to buy this cat's eye stone."
"He is an official in the DPRK. Using his name to sell food at high prices or low prices is not good. If we don't use his name, how can we know that we won't encounter people who buy and sell by force?" And the governor of a state, especially Liangzhou, is like this.
The governor of a remote place obviously doesn't have much face in the capital.
Governor Duan is very excited now. When he calms down, he will realize how difficult it is to realize this thing.
Styrax is very simple in comparison.
This fragrance is valuable, and the nobles like it very much. It comes in pieces. If others find it expensive, just cut it into a few smaller pieces. Even if you don't borrow his name, let a steward pretend to be a businessman from the Western Regions.
Can take action.
Not to mention the capital city, when you enter Xiazhou, there are many people buying such good things, and most of them can afford to pay for them.
There is only one cat's eye stone, and it cannot be divided. The price is high, but precisely because of the high price, ordinary rich and powerful people will not buy it.
Bai Erlang believed in Bai Shan, so he became happy again and squatted down enthusiastically to look through the jewelry in the box with Man Bao, "Why do these people stuff everything in there?"
It was difficult to keep inventory in the cave, so Man Bao picked out several items that he particularly liked and put them in separate boxes to distinguish them, and asked the soldiers to move the entire box out.
Bai Shan handed the box to Governor Duan's soldiers and said, "Keep it alone. We will need these when we divide the spoils later..."
The soldiers respectfully kept it for them.
Governor Duan had already hidden the cat's eye gem, and now he walked up to them with a red face and greeted them, "Come on, come on, let's take stock of the things in this cave together."
There are many more things in the cave than in the tree cave. In terms of value, that box of jewelry is worth the gold and silver in the tree cave.
Therefore, Governor Duan thought that they had almost finished taking out the belongings of these horse thieves, but he still remembered Bai Shan's inference, and he asked with bright eyes: "If there are two more dens like this..."
Bai Shan: "...There may not be one, that's just my guess." He took a look at Man Bao and said, "Even if there is, I guess there is only one more. After all, there are a lot of things in this cave."
Manbao nodded.
Governor Duan thought for a while and then nodded, "Yes, they are robbing families and homes to make money, but they won't make them rich enough to rival the country. Another den like this should be the limit."
Governor Duan said enthusiastically: "Why don't you hand this place over to them and we can search everywhere?"
Man Bao also came with great interest, and Bai Shan raised his head and looked at the sky.
Everyone looked up subconsciously, and Inspector Duan asked, "What's wrong with the sky?" They couldn't hide in the sky, right?
Man Bao: "...it's dark!"
Only then did Governor Duan notice that the sky was getting a little dark, and he felt extremely regretful, "Why did today go by so fast?"
Bai Shan frowned and said, "It's not safe in the mountains at night. Let's go down the mountain and go up the mountain tomorrow."
Of course, Governor Duan had no objection, so he sent people to the thieves' den to call down the soldiers who were still demolishing the house, and took with them all the gold, silver and jewelry they found.
The things that had just been moved out of the cave were fine with boxes, but the sacks containing the copper coins were very weak, and even the ropes had signs of decay. If they were moved like this, the money would probably be scattered along the way.
Naturally, Governor Duan did not allow such a thing to happen, so when he went to call for help from the thieves' den, he also asked people to find some sacks or boxes to bring down.
They also rolled up their sleeves and squatted down to pick up money on the ground. No one disliked doing such rough work at all, and even enjoyed it.
Even though these are copper coins, I don't know why, but counting them is more enjoyable than counting gold and silver.
Man Bao picked up the copper coins scattered on the ground one by one and placed them on a piece of torn linen cloth. When they were full, he picked them up and poured them into the empty box. The tinkling sound was very nice.
Bai Erlang picked up one coin and threw another, and the whole audience heard the sound of him throwing coins continuously.
There were many people, and no matter how much money there was, there was never enough money to pick up. Everyone moved all the copper coins into new sacks and boxes, and then started loading them down.
Man Bao found his own soldiers and went down personally carrying the jewelry he selected.
As soon as they arrived at the bottom of the mountain, everyone was a little dumbfounded.
Governor Duan obviously didn't have high hopes for this treasure hunt in the mountains, so they came on horseback. The soldiers came half on horseback and half on the run, and there was not a single car.
The result is now...
Governor Duan pondered for a moment, and finally asked someone to hurry back and call for a taxi. He took advantage of this time to inquire with Bai Shan, and divided the spoils... what they were going to do with the spoils.
Bai Shan smiled and said: "We have many people, and Liangzhou is not very far from Xiazhou. We can send a few people to send some things back to Xiazhou first. But if Mr. Duan is willing to settle all the gold and silver to us, we won't have this
I’m troubled.”
Governor Duan skipped the last sentence and asked with a smile, "Why, Mr. Bai still has manpower in Xiazhou?"
Bai Shan smiled and said: "The newly appointed governor of Xiazhou, Yang Heshu, is a senior student of several of us. We can temporarily store our things with him. Mr. Zhou's brother often travels between the grassland and the capital. When the time comes, just ask him to take it back."
Governor Duan's eyes flashed, so Bai Shan and the others had channels to deal with these goods.