Jianbao life

Chapter 988 Accidental Compensation

Chu Chen searched the surrounding areas with a radius of five or six hundred square meters, and found that apart from mud and rocks, there were only some shrubs, weeds, roots, and some beetles, not to mention treasures, even a mouse. None were found.

"Could it be that I was fooled by Zhang Huoni?"

For this result, Chu Chen was disappointed besides disappointment. If the treasure contained other things, he would not be like this, but Zhang Huoni said that the treasure contained the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, so he couldn't help but care.But the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, he felt unwilling to think about it.

"Could it be that the key information is really in a few words that I didn't recognize?"

Chu Chen was thinking about this while walking towards the camp, but in the end he felt that the possibility was unlikely, because these words are intermittent, and it is impossible to combine them into useful information under normal circumstances. Of course, it is also possible that Zhang Huoni did this on purpose. , but the probability is very small.

Since it's not about the treasure map, there are only two possibilities. One is that Zhang Huoni only put a few gold and silver ingots here.Another possibility is that the treasure map still has key information that he has not found.

Based on Chu Chen's understanding of Zhang Huo Ni, it can be said that the two possibilities are very high. In this case, Chu Chen must first consider the second situation, and what clues he has not found.

"That's right! I almost forgot about those three things!"

Chu Chen clapped his hands, and he suddenly remembered that he still had two bottles of landscape figures and a pen holder in his hands. Zhang Huo Ni said that these three things can play a key role in the process of finding treasures .

But he had studied these three things carefully before, and mainly studied where the figure's fingers were on the patterns of the three things.But I don't know if there are any key clues missing, or if he didn't find the right method, so far, he hasn't seen why.

Originally, because the remaining treasure map had already marked the location of the treasure, Chu Chen did not study these bottles and cans. Now that I think about it, the clues to the real treasure may still fall on this.

But the difficulty came again, unless he could find the right way or find other clues, there was still nothing to do.Fortunately, when he came this time, he also brought these three pieces of porcelain, and they are now stored in the hotel safe, otherwise he would feel somewhat depressed if he just returned to Beijing like this.

"Well, let's dig out those gold and silver ingots first. It's hard to come here, and you can't come back empty-handed."

Thinking so, Chu Chen walked back to the camp. At this time, Zuo Shan had already packed up the tent and other camping things.After the two had a nutritious and simple breakfast, they took out their tools and started their homework.

Zuo Shan asked, "Brother Zuo, where shall we start digging?"

Chu Chen pretended to observe for a while, then pointed to a slightly off position, but it would not affect the location of the treasure digging, and said, "Let's start digging from here. If we can't dig in a while, we will go back."

Zuo Shan nodded, deeply convinced: "Yes, I think the air is humid today, and it might rain. It's better for us to act quickly, otherwise it's still a bit dangerous here."

"Really?"

Chu Chen was taken aback when he heard the words. There have been mudslides here. If it really rains, and the amount of rain is relatively large, it is indeed quite dangerous. Moreover, even if there are no mudslides, this is a mountainous area, and it is very inconvenient to walk when it rains.

"It's very likely," Zuo Shan said.

Zuo Shan is a soldier king who is familiar with the environment of mountains and forests. He said that the possibility is very high, which means that the possibility of no rain is very small, so Chu Chen quickly waved his hand: "Then what are you waiting for, let's dig!"

Afterwards, the two of them were digging like crazy. Needless to say, Zuo Shan was no stranger to digging pits and the like, because he had skilled skills and was very efficient.And Chu Chen has been used to doing farm work since he was a child, and his strength is much greater than Zuo Shan's. If he didn't control the speed, he alone could have the speed of the two of them combined.

In this way, the two dug a large pit with a diameter of more than two meters and a depth of about three meters at an unbelievable speed for ordinary people, but they have not even found the shadow of the treasure.

Generally speaking, the number of people who bury the treasure will definitely not be many, and it is also unlikely to bury the treasure to a depth of five or six meters. The workload should also consider the workload when taking out the treasure, right?

Besides, in case of geological disasters such as flowstone flow, it is buried so deep, is it possible that it is not ready to be taken out?

Zuo Shan looked at the excavated soil, but didn't find that it had been affected by geological disasters such as mudslides, so he planned to express his thoughts, but right here, he heard a "touch", and Chu Chen's shovel seemed to have hit it. what.

"There is something!"

Chu Chen showed a surprised expression just right, and then quickly used a digger to remove the soil around the thing he touched just now, and Zuo Shan also came to help.

After a while, a small box suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.This box is small in size, with a length, width, and height of 30, 20, and 20 centimeters. It should be made of camphor wood. After so many years of burial, it seems that the corrosion has become a little serious.

Seeing this situation, Zuo Shan was a little surprised and said: "Hey! There is really a treasure! But what can you put in such a big treasure?"

Chu Chen chuckled, regardless of the small size of the box, because it contained gold and silver ingots, and the weight was not light.Of course, you can't tell Zuo Shan directly about this, he said: "If you want to know what's inside, just open it and take a look."

After speaking, the eyes of the two people were placed on a small lock on the box. It was an iron lock, rusty and corroded. Chu Chen tried it with his gloved hands. As a result, with a slight twist, the lock was twisted off.

Chu Chen frowned secretly, because it made him think, if the real treasure is just buried in the ground like this, what kind of corrosion will it look like?And that box is still a trick box, if the self-destruct device inside the trick box is touched due to corrosion, it will be terrible.

However, no matter how worried Chu Chen was, the outcome would not change, so this idea just passed through his mind, and then he opened the box with Zuo Shan's curious expression, and inside was What he was holding was the few gold and silver ingots he had seen earlier.

"Just a few ingots!" Zuo Shan looked a little disappointed.

Although Chu Chen was also quite disappointed, but because he had adjusted his mood a long time ago, he didn't care too much now. He smiled and said, "Then what do you think should be put in the box?"

"What's the matter, you have to put some jewelry or antiques!"

Zuo Shan muttered, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was quite normal. Whether it was before or now, in the eyes of many people, gold and silver are symbols of wealth, and treasures are generally gold, silver and jewelry. Inside this small box Putting a few gold and silver ingots is also a normal thing.

The reason why Zuo Shan felt disappointed was that gold and silver were just icing on the cake for the billionaire Chu Chen, not as real as jewelry or antiques.

Chu Chen smiled slightly, and looked at the gold and silver ingots in the box, but when he saw it, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

He was disappointed before, so when using the ability, he didn't pay too much attention to the gold and silver ingots in the box. Only now did he realize that these gold and silver ingots are actually ingot-shaped gold and silver collars, which are objects like gold and silver ingots.

The appearance of these gold and silver collars was quite perfect, and what surprised him even more was that judging from the inscriptions, these were actually made in the Southern Song Dynasty.

It should be known that since ancient times, although the currency made of gold has been in the form of currency, it has rarely become the medium of commercial transactions. Usually, it must be converted into currency in the market before transactions can be carried out. The most precious special types, of course, are also used today.

Since the period of the Warring States period, when the Chu State favored gold, gold coins such as gold cakes and horseshoe gold in the Han Dynasty, gold cakes and gold collars in the Tang Dynasty were strictly controlled by the government and rewarded by the court, which is the embodiment of the supremacy of imperial power.As far as the fineness of gold currency is concerned, it reached its peak in the Southern Song Dynasty.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, the management of the making and trading of gold and silver was quite strict.According to records, the gold collars at that time were mainly used to exchange banknotes, taxation, rewards, offerings, military expenditures, national expenditures, etc. At first, the government recruited folk craftsmen to Wensiyuan for casting.Because the wages of craftsmen in Wensiyuan were relatively low, highly skilled craftsmen were often reluctant to hire them.

Therefore, during the Chunxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the "people's craftsmen" or "gold and silver shops" in Lin'an were contracted to make gold and silver. The shop owner makes a guarantee to prevent cheating and is responsible for compensation.

During the Qingyuan period, it was also stipulated that the name of the gold and silver shop, craftsman's name, fineness, etc. should be engraved on the tribute gold and silver in the future. This can not only ensure the quality, but also improve the reputation of gold currency and stabilize the financial market.According to data records, in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty, one tael of gold was equivalent to about 24000 copper coins, which shows the high value.

There are not many gold collars in the box, only three, and all three gold collars have beautiful lines, brilliant gold, and steady handles.Inscriptions such as maker and weight are stamped in the middle of the front of the collar.

Of these three gold collars, one of them is 15 taels, and the other two are 640 taels. In the Song Dynasty, a jin was 16 grams, and a jin was 40 taels, so the Yiliang in the Song Dynasty was [-] grams today.With a simple calculation, you can know the approximate weight of these three gold collars.

Although the gold in the Song Dynasty would definitely not reach the level of pure gold, such gold collars are relatively rare, and they are cultural relics. In terms of market value, they must be more expensive than the current thousand pure gold.The same is true for the value of the silver collar in the box.

Chu Chen felt that this was an unexpected compensation for him.

(End of this chapter)