Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 147 Gold and Silver Slam

After several days of preparation, Zhao Mu and Murong Fu personally led people to Tianning Temple in Jiangling to seize the treasure.

Originally, Zhao Mu wanted A'Zhu to go with them, but Zhao Mu was afraid that these people would accidentally touch the mechanism of the Tianning Temple's underground palace and open the door to the underground palace.

Zhao Mu is not greedy for Emperor Liang Yuan's national treasure, but he is afraid that these greedy guys will be poisoned by the poison of the underground palace treasure.

So Zhao Mu personally followed Murong Fu and others to Tianning Temple to carry the treasure.

This time their operation went very smoothly. After everyone arrived at Tianning Temple, Bao Bubu, Feng BoE and others began to divide the golden Buddha into pieces for shipment, loading the scattered gold into seven or eight large carts.

In order to deceive others, Zhao Mu also built a clay and wood Buddha statue in Tianning Temple. After everything was arranged, everyone pretended that nothing happened and left.

The subsequent shipment was also very smooth, and the sun was shining brightly and the sea was calm all the way back from Jiangling. Several large ships carrying gold went down the river within a few days, and then escaped into the Taihu Lake with the canal.

Originally, the gold could be shipped in one ship, but the canal was shallow and the gold was heavy. In order not to expose the waterline of the ship and hide it from others, it was divided into several ships for shipment. Although it was a bit troublesome, the boat successfully transported all the gold to Yanziwu.

On this day, Zhao Mu and others held a celebration banquet in A'Zhu's Tingxiang Pavilion. The four ministers received Zhao Mu's order to find a forger to remelt the gold into gold ingots, but did not participate. Attending the banquet were Zhao Mu and Mu Wanqing, together with Murong Fu and Wang Yuyan. As for A'Zhu, A Bi still serves as a maid to serve everyone.

Murong Fu was very happy to come back this time. Murong Fu took the wine bottle from Abi's hand, then filled it for himself. He picked up the wine glass and said: "For this first glass of wine, I, Murong Fu, first respect the Marquis! The Marquis!" This time, Murong Fu's previous deficit was fully replenished. Deng Baichuan had just calculated that if this golden Buddha was re-melted into gold ingots, he could get approximately 600,000 taels of gold. This time Murong Fu only needed 100,000 taels. , and the rest belong to the Marquis."

Zhao Mu was shocked when he heard this number. Originally, Zhao Mu thought that the golden Buddha could weigh more than 10,000 kilograms at most, which would only cost 160,000 gold ingots. But unexpectedly, he got 600,000 taels.

Although he was frightened by this number, Zhao Mu remained calm. He then waved his hands and said, "No! We agreed to half for one family, and half for each family. I have always valued 'reputation', not to mention that Mr. Murong will raise an army in the future and will prepare ordnance and hoard food and wages. This money will only be a drop in the bucket."

After hearing Zhao Mu's big plan, Murong Fu had no choice but to bow to him.

After the banquet, Abi sent Murong Fu back to Yanziwu, while A'Zhu sent Wang Yuyan back to Mantuo Villa.

Zhao Mu and Mu Wanqing were the only two people left in the Pavilion.

Zhao Mu sat at the table, drinking wine and admiring the night view of Taihu Lake. Mu Wanqing also took off her veil to take a breath.

Mu Wanqing picked up a fruit from the table. She lay on the table and asked while eating: "You are quite generous, you gave him so much money. What do you plan to do with the remaining three hundred thousand taels of gold?" Flowers.”

Zhao Mu gently swayed the wine glass, then looked at Mu Wanqing and said with a smile: "Spend fifty thousand taels to buy a manor in the south of the Yangtze River, and buy some industrial acres. My mother is from the south of the Yangtze River, and she is not used to living in the border areas. And the capital is a place of right and wrong, so placing her in the south of the Yangtze River is perfect. I will spend another 50,000 taels to buy a spacious house in the capital. If I want to return to the capital, naturally I cannot live in a shabby place. The remaining The 200,000 yuan I gave you can be regarded as my betrothal gift to you."

When Mu Wanqing heard this, she couldn't help but open her eyes wide. Although she was not a woman who loved money, she was a little frightened when she heard that Zhao Mu was going to give her such a large betrothal gift, and she felt a little touched in her heart. .

Zhao Mu saw Mu Wanqing's eyes and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?" Mu Wanqing came to her senses and said, "Don't you think the betrothal gift you gave me is a bit too much?"

Zhao Mu smiled and said: "Is that a lot? Don't forget your identity, Wan'er. You are the princess of Dali Kingdom, and after the prince ascends the throne and becomes emperor in the future, you will be the eldest princess of Dali Kingdom. Spend millions of taels of silver to marry a Being an eldest princess is not that much. Do you know how much dowry my mother arranged for me to be the four princesses of the Zhongxiao Wang family? My mother calculated that it would cost more than five hundred thousand taels of silver. Wan'er, your status is naturally higher than The four princes are much more noble, and besides, I really like you. If I hadn't been so strapped for money, I would have thought that the betrothal gift was a bit too little."

Mu Wanqing couldn't help but sob. Then she wiped the tears on her cheeks and said, "Thank you. Thank you for caring so much about me."

Zhao Mu looked at her pear blossoms with rain, then stretched out his hand to caress her cheek and said, "Okay, my Wan'er is beautiful and fragrant, and she deserves to be given as a gift of ten thousand gold."

Mu Wanqing then wiped her tears. Although her eyes were still red, she could only hide them while eating the fruit.

Zhao Mu and the others stayed at Tingxiangxiang Pavilion for half a month.

Although the money was recovered, purchasing charcoal and then re-melting it was very time-consuming.

But just after the gold is melted, it cannot be spent directly. Through his own network, Murong Fu successfully converted the money into legal wealth that no one could trace. Finally, he exchanged the money into stacks of official banknotes that could be exchanged in banks across the country. Got Zhao Mu.

After Zhao Mu got the money, he left immediately without further delay.

Zhao Mu calculated the time, and in a few months it would be time for the Zhenlong chess game that he and Su Xinghe had agreed upon. After he returned to the capital, he had to buy a house, bring his mother back, and prepare for his marriage to Mu Wanqing. He still had many things to do and did not have much time to spend here with Murong Fu. So he said goodbye directly.

As for the matter of buying a manor in Jiangnan, Zhao Mu put it aside for the time being, because while he was waiting for the money, he looked around and found that the place he was most interested in was the Mantuo Villa where Mrs. Wang lived.

Mantuo Villa has beautiful scenery and is surrounded by water. To get there, you have to take a boat. It can be said to be a very safe place. It's just that Mrs. Wang will definitely refuse to sell it. Zhao Mu will have to use other methods to get the manor in the future. Talisman of Life and Death, or pretending to be Duan Zhengchun again.

That day when the three of them left Tingxiang Pavilion, A'Zhu's boat had just docked.

He saw two familiar faces.

A man in his thirties and a girl aged fourteen or fifteen were walking towards the shore.

When Zhao Mu saw it, he waved and shouted: "Brother!"

The person who came was none other than Qiao Feng. When Qiao Feng saw Zhao Mu, he immediately strode forward. Upon seeing this, Azi also trotted behind Qiao Feng and ran towards Zhao Mu and the others.

(End of this chapter)