When Liu Dong mentioned this, he immediately thought of Zhang Xianzhong's treasure trove that had been mentioned many times throughout the Qing Dynasty, and even into the Republic of China and modern times in the past three hundred years.
So who is this Zhang Xianzhong?
Zhang Xianzhong was from Yan'an in western Shaanxi. He was born in poverty. He sold dates with his father when he was young. In 1630, he participated in the peasant uprising in Mizhi and was known as the "Eight Kings". The rebel army moved to Shanxi, Henan and other places, and became very powerful.
Zhang Xianzhong likes to "robbery" and specializes in robbing wealthy people and dignitaries, thus gaining huge wealth.
In the 18 years from the uprising in 1630 to his defeat and death in 1646, Zhang Xianzhong was said to have become extremely rich by burning, killing and plundering. It can be said that he had all the wealth of the "Land of Abundance" in his pocket. Emperor Chongzhen could only compare with him.
It was just a "small household". He once held a treasure fighting conference in the imperial city to proudly show off his wealth. More than 20 houses were filled with rare treasures, gold and silver ingots, which made people dizzy and even jaw-dropping.
As for how much these wealth are worth?
Here is a summary of a popular ballad in the Bashu region: "Stone ox vs. stone drum, there are tens of thousands of gold, whoever can see through it will buy all the Chengdu mansion."
Some historians have roughly estimated that Zhang Xianzhong owned at least tens of millions of taels of silver. Based on the equivalent purchasing power of one tael of silver in the late Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to 300 yuan today, in that era, he had wealth equivalent to 3 billion yuan today.
.If other non-gold and silver jewelry are added, the wealth data will definitely be much larger."
The more authoritative one is a list published by the "World Almanac" in March 2002: Napoleon's Moscow treasures, the gold treasures of the Inca Empire, the gold of Louis XVI of France. The treasures of the Maya "Holy Well" in South America. The European "Knights Templar"
Treasures. Japan's Akagi Golden Mountain Treasure, Philippines' Yamashita Bongbun Gold Treasure, Alexander's Treasure, King Solomon's Treasure, Egypt's Pharaoh's Treasure, etc.
Among them, Chinese treasures occupy five places, including the treasures from the Xixia Tombs, the treasures from the Loulan King, the treasures from the Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng, the Daxi Emperor Zhang Xianzhong’s treasures, and the treasures from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Wing King Shi Dakai.
The richest treasures here, the largest number of people looking for them, and the greatest cost to mankind are the treasures of the Daxi Emperor Zhang Xianzhong. According to estimates from the "World Almanac", the value of this treasure ranks third in the world and first in Asia.
In order to obtain this treasure, foreign missionaries, Yuan Shikai, American General Mellors during World War II, and Japanese invaders all mobilized troops and spent a lot of manpower and financial resources to hunt for the treasure.
However, in terms of time and perseverance, they are not the most loyal fans of Zhang Xianzhong's treasure. So who is the most loyal fan? The answer is the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
From Shunzhi, the first emperor after entering the Guan Dynasty, to Guangxu, the Qing government never gave up its pursuit of treasures and persisted for 260 years. It can be said to be extremely pious.
The successive governors of Sichuan and Shaanxi in the Qing Dynasty carried in their arms a secret edict from the emperor: to find the huge treasure left by Zhang Xianzhong during the service period and use it for state purposes! Each successive governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi had a special agency in his yamen: the Bureau of Inspection.
The annual fee is more than 100,000 taels of silver, and there are seniors from Sichuan, literati, foreign missionaries, etc., who have only one mission: to investigate and uncover the treasure of the pseudo-Daxi Emperor! In the 18th year of Daoguang (1838), the Qing government sent
The crew conducted an on-site investigation but ended up unable to find the exact location.
In the early days of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai was thinking about how to become emperor, so he sent a large number of special forces to dig more than 70 large pits in Sichuan and other areas, and drained dozens of small rivers, but could not find it.
After that, the Sichuan warlords Yang Sen, Liu Wenhui, and Chiang Kai-shek all tried to think of this treasure. However, without Zhang Xianzhong's personal guidance, they could only look at the sky and sigh.
More than three hundred years have passed, and countless people have tried their best to find the treasure. Many people suspect that Zhang Xianzhong's treasure does not exist at all, but is just a rumor passed down by future generations.
But just when people thought that Zhang Xianzhong's hidden treasure was just a legend, on April 9, 2001, just a few days ago, an excavator was working at the construction site of the water diversion project of the Minjiang Bridge in Jiangkou Town, Pengshan County, Leshan City
, dug up the green stick that Zhang Xianzhong used to hide treasures in legend, and there was indeed official silver with the Chongzhen year mark of the late Ming Dynasty in it!
This news was extremely shocking once it was revealed. Although the country would not pay too much attention to this wealth of only a billion Chinese dollars, the attention from all walks of life is increasing day by day, and it has even attracted many individuals or groups who fantasize about getting rich overnight.
Like a moth to a flame, he rushed towards the place where the treasure was found.
And this kind of news is even more attractive to people in the Bashu area who grew up listening to the song "Zhang Xianzhong's Treasure".
Even Liu Dong had some fantasies in his heart, especially after getting the Japanese treasure, he was very sensitive to the word "treasure".
Perhaps aware of Liu Dong's move, Liang Sicheng quickly encouraged: "Why don't we go take a look too? It just so happens that Chen Mo has a boat. It doesn't matter even if we can't find the treasure by then. It's just a tourist trip. What do you think?"
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Although Chen Mo agreed with Liang Sicheng's suggestion, he was unable to make the trip because unlike Liu Dong and Liang Sicheng, he had a wealthy family and had no worries about food and drink. He had to work hard to make money to support his grandma and sister!
But before he could refuse, Liang Sicheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Chen Mo! Liu Dong is a man who is not short of money. If he charters your boat, he will definitely earn more than you doing it yourself."
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"You brought me here just to advance the shipping fee for you, right?" Liu Dong said angrily.
"Hey, can you please work harder!" Liang Sicheng, who knew Liu Dong well, naturally knew that this man was a rich man.
After giving him a roll of his eyes, Liu Dong looked directly at Chen Mo and said, "Brother Chen, as Lao Liang said just now, I'll charter your boat. How about two thousand a day?"
"Actually, it doesn't take that much...!" Chen Mo said awkwardly.
"Hey, Chen Mo, you don't have to refuse. Our Mr. Liu is the famous Jade King. He is typically not short of money. Let alone two thousand, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, etc. are just drizzle in his eyes!
"Liang Sicheng interrupted Chen Mo and said.
Chen Mo didn't understand what the Jade King represented, but he knew that no matter whose money it was, it didn't come from the strong wind, and Liu Dong was so young. Based on Chen Mo's knowledge, even if he was rich, he would definitely not be too rich.
So I shook my head firmly.
Liu Dong still likes such an upright person, and he really doesn't care much about tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, with his insistence, Chen Mo's boat, which has been built for 30 years, was inherited from his father.
The second-hand riverboat inherited from Liu Dong was bought by Liu Dong at a price of one thousand and five thousand a day.
Seeing this, Liang Sicheng immediately took out the treasure-hunting route he had planned long ago, and went upstream along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, entering the Dadu River from Yibin, and then upstream to Leshan City, where Qinggang Bang is now alive!
The whole trip takes about a week, because Chen Mo's precious fishing boat has a speed of less than 10 knots! And it does not have an automatic pilot, so it can only stop at night, which delays even more time.
After deciding on the itinerary, the three of them began to prepare.
First of all, you must bring water and food. Although the riverside is densely populated, there are also many mountains and valleys.
In addition, charcoal, beer and various condiments for barbecue are also essential in Liang Sicheng's opinion, otherwise it would be too uncomfortable to be on the boat for a week!
Of course, it is a pity that there is no refrigerator on the ship and the weather is hot now, so apart from vacuum-packed vegetables and a small amount of meat, Liang Sicheng's plan to load a large amount of lamb chops and beef on the ship will not work!
Because a week is not a short period of time, Liu Dong covered all the furniture in Wang Qiang's villa with dust cloths before leaving. He planned to collect directly from the treasure hunt trip, regardless of whether he gained anything or not.
Take a flight from Chengdu to Beijing.
Finally, after saying goodbye to Mr. Wu, Liu Dong carried some changes of clothes and toiletries he took out from the Mustard Seed space in his backpack, and set foot on Chen Mo's fishing boat the next afternoon.
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Liang Sicheng looked at his own bucket that was still empty after two hours, and then looked at Liu Dong's next to him. It was almost boiling!
"We are all fishing in the same river, the difference is too big!" Liang Sicheng complained in his heart, licking his face and leaning towards Liu Dong and said: "Xiaodong, if you have any tips, please teach me!"
"Want to learn?" Liu Dong glanced at the other party.
"I want to learn!" Liang Sicheng's head was nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, and his eager look would make anyone feel soft-hearted.
However, Liu Dong knew that this thing was just a three-minute hit. In fact, Liu Dong had always suspected how Liang Sicheng joined the Chongqing Collection Association, and he was an expert in calligraphy and painting appraisal. You must know that in antique appraisal, especially
In terms of calligraphy and painting appraisal, the richness of knowledge determines the appraisal level of the appraiser, and Liang Sicheng's thick nerves showed that he was not a guy who could sit down and study quietly.
"Forget it, there are so many things in the world that I can't understand, and I don't have time to explore them all!" After putting down his thoughts, Liu Dong faced Liang Sicheng and said: "It's very easy to learn fishing, as long as you can be honest and honest
Just sit on your bench for half an hour!"
"Haha, Xiaodong is right, Datou, if you can sit quietly for half an hour without moving, I guarantee you will catch twenty fish before tonight!" Chen Mo also poked his head out of the cab and smiled.
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"Then forget it!"
Liang Sicheng shook his head slightly frustrated. He knew what his personality was like, and with his restless nature, he finally realized that he was not really suitable for fishing, a sport that obviously tests his composure.
At this moment, the fishing line that Liu Dong had been beating in the river suddenly became straight.