Director Lei is worthy of being a technical expert in the field of engineering in the Qing Dynasty. He started out as an academician. Under his step-by-step guidance, everyone walked through the tunnel without any surprises.
The walls of this tunnel leading to Yongzheng's coffin are covered with various Buddhist murals, and there are a lot of characters, but they are not Chinese characters, nor do they look like Manchu characters. They look like Tibetan characters on the RMB.
Jia Liu had no artistic talent and was not interested in these murals. Moreover, the Buddhist figures on the portraits were a bit scary, so he took one glance at them and stopped looking at them a second time, lest the Heavenly King Vajra recognize that he was the person who took away the body, causing diplomacy between the three realms.
trouble.
On the other hand, it was also because of a guilty conscience that Sun Dianying was still able to make up a descendant of Sun Chengzong to avenge his ancestor. What did he make up?
Since the underground palace has been closed for only 40 years, we are not worried that a sudden opening will cause rapid oxidation of artworks.
Jia Liu still has the concept of cultural relic protection. Except for the gold and silver that can be directly converted into cash to solve the current financial difficulties of the Qing Dynasty, he plans to leave everything else to the old man and his wife for their enjoyment.
The further you go in, the lower the temperature becomes, probably below zero.
The sudden drop in temperature increased the gloomy feeling of the underground palace by 40%, making Jia Liu, who felt guilty, feel that his limbs were no longer flexible.
"grown ups!"
Fan Wei put the mink coat he had prepared in advance on Mr. Gui's family. Sure enough, with the blessing of the mink coat, Jia Liudun felt much warmer, and at the same time he felt that his aura had returned.
He glanced at the dark front, shrank his neck, and was about to ask Mr. Lei, who might be a descendant of the "Shadow Lei" family, how long it would take to arrive at the late emperor's coffin, when Zamul, who was holding a torch in front of him, suddenly said "
"Yeah!" This cry made the fake pigtails on the back of Jia Liu's head almost stand up.
Shuan Zhu also felt a pain in his back. The young master's hand that had been on his back was clutching his flesh.
"Gold, yes gold, lots, lots!"
Zamul's shout made Jia Liu, who had turned his whole body towards the exit, subconsciously stopped his steps, turned around fiercely, pushed Fan Wei and Baozhu away, and jumped to the front in three steps and two steps at a time.
All monsters and monsters are as insignificant as ants in front of gold.
He smoothly took the torch from Demu's hand, pulled it in the air, and said excitedly: "Where is the gold!"
"Your Excellency, right at your feet!"
Zamul stared at the ground with bright eyes.
Hearing this, Jia Liu quickly swung the torch toward the ground. Good guy, his dog eyes were almost blinded by the golden light.
The ground under your feet is actually paved with gold bricks!
Endless sight!
"knife!"
Excited, Jia Liu returned the torch to Demu, then picked up the knife handed over by Zamul and pried it directly on the ground.
But the craftsman's skills were so good that the tip of the knife was inserted into the gap, but it couldn't be pried up.
"What a bastard, come on, get me an impact drill!"
Jia Liu was furious, but everything was quiet.
He raised his head and found Queenie and Director Lei from the Internal Affairs Office looking at him in shock.
Jia Liu realized that he had been exposed, and his expression suddenly turned evil. Just when he was about to ask Kui Shilang whether he was going with him or the late emperor, Kui Shilang suddenly flopped down in front of him and pointed to the ground with certainty.
It is also said that these gold bricks were made by the great scholar Marseille at the time. A total of more than 10,000 gold bricks were used in the entire construction process of the Tailing Underground Palace, which are the "Linqing gold bricks" specially used for the imperial mausoleum. However, this temporary
Clear gold bricks are not solid gold, but gold-covered. The value of each small gold brick is equivalent to one cent and seven cents of silver.
"One minute and seven centimeters?"
Jia Liu didn't believe it, because the gold bricks under his feet were all big gold bricks. Even if they were gold-covered, they couldn't be worth one cent or seven cents.
According to Queenie, more than 10,000 yuan is only a few thousand taels, which is not enough for his business trip.
Make a fool of yourself.
"Sir, Linqing gold bricks are used as the foundation of tunnels and walls. As far as I know, in addition to these more than 10,000 Linqing gold bricks, there are also many solid large gold bricks in the underground palace. These are the gold bricks that your Excellency sees.
brick,"
Queenie pointed to the big gold bricks on the ground and said that from here to where the late emperor's coffin was, the top layer was made of solid gold bricks, and the lower foundation was made of small Linqing bricks.
Jia Liu's eyes lit up again.
If what Queenie said is true, then his first pot of gold in Tailing will be settled.
Now on the market, one tael of gold can be exchanged for sixty taels of silver, and one pound of gold can be exchanged for more than ninety taels of silver. Gold is inherently heavy. If these big gold bricks were really solid, it would be impossible not to issue them.
"How many solid gold bricks are there in total?"
The issue of quantity is always what Jia Liu is most concerned about.
"this,"
Queenie didn't know the exact number, so he stood up quickly and pulled over Director Lei, who was already horrified and frightened: "Tell me, how many big gold bricks are there in the underground palace!"
"Five, five hundred yuan."
Chief Lei's voice trembled with fear. If the two soldiers hadn't suddenly drawn their swords at him, they would have run away.
"Five hundred dollars?"
Jia Liu felt that there were a few small sun heaters nearby, which made him feel warm in spring.
I happily tapped the big gold bricks with my knife, and the pleasant sound that came out was very fascinating. I started to measure with my feet, and found that the gold bricks on the ground were all square, with the length and width being two feet square.
"Two feet is about 67 centimeters, 67 times 67, six six is six, seven seven forty-nine, well, a gold brick is almost more than 3,600 square centimeters,"
How much is 500 yuan?
Jia Liu couldn't figure it out anymore. His eyes fell on the face of Chief Lei, who was already pale, and he went straight to the topic: "How much does a gold brick weigh?"
Chief Lei was frightened. How could the nine admirals and the Minister of War in front of him look like thieves who robbed the imperial tomb?
"Say it!"
Baozhu pushed the blade forward, and the cold chill on his neck made Chief Lei wake up and said with difficulty: "These gold bricks were all custom-made at the beginning. I remember that each gold brick seemed to weigh about a hundred kilograms.
"
"So heavy?"
This time, it was not just Jia Liu who was so shocked that he could not open his mouth from ear to ear. Fan Wei and Baozhu also had their mouths crooked.
Five hundred times one hundred, Jia Liu could calculate, which is fifty thousand kilograms of gold.
Based on the calculation that one pound of gold is exchanged for more than 90 taels of silver, these large gold bricks alone are worth more than 4 million taels of silver. In addition to other ancillary facilities and funerary objects of the imperial mausoleum, the total cost of the Tailing Mausoleum construction project is several million taels.
It's quite worthy of the account.
He paced back and forth, and finally patted Queenie on the shoulder: "Here's five dollars for you."
Queenie was shocked and blurted out: "It is a bit excessive to use so many gold bricks in the underground palace. I thought it could be replaced by gold-coated bricks."
"Is there any problem with the workmanship?"
"No, absolutely not!"
"Okay, later let your son work as an errand in my infantry commander's office."
"...Thank you very much, Prince Consort!"
His eyes fell on Chief Lei's face: "It's your responsibility to get these gold bricks out. I'll give you three pieces. Then you and your family will find a place to live."
"Xiaguan,"
Director Lei hesitated and hesitated, but finally reluctantly agreed to this condition.
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There are really 500 big gold bricks in Tailing. If you don’t believe it, you can go in and have a look. 0.0