Volume 3 Chapter 36 The harvest is not small
Zhang Bin took a closer look at the main building, and immediately found that something was wrong, because the steps were too high, who would have nothing to do with the foundation nearly one person high!
It seems that this chamber is most likely underground.
He thought about it for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Leave four people to guard outside, and the others will follow me in to search." ”
With that, he lifted his feet and walked up the steps.
Qi Changshan and Qi Changlin quickly arranged for four people to stay behind, and then followed him into the main building with the remaining ten or so people.
The main building looks like a building, but in fact it is only one floor, mainly because it has a high foundation and a high roof, so it looks much higher than the surrounding bungalows.
The furnishings inside can be described as luxurious, all the furniture is carved with exquisite patterns, all kinds of porcelain can be seen everywhere, and there are a lot of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls of the lobby, study and master bedroom.
However, I searched the wardrobe, the bookshelf, and the bed, but I didn't see a single ingot of silver!
Zhang Bin slowly turned around inside, and then pointed to the ground and said, "Knock carefully, there should be a dark room underneath." ”
When Qi Changshan and Qi Changlin heard this, they immediately pulled out the broken blade they had with them, lay on the ground, and beat them carefully with the handle of their knives, and the others also scattered to various rooms, lying on the ground, and knocked them seriously.
After a while, a shout came from the bedroom: "My lord, this is empty down here." ”
When Zhang Bin heard this, he hurriedly walked into the bedroom, at this time, the people in the bedroom gathered in front of the bed, and the thick carpet that was originally laid in front of the bed had been lifted, revealing a five-foot square stone slab, which obviously had a gap with other stone slabs, and there was a gap on each side of the stone slab, which was exactly the size of a palm.
Anyone can see that something is wrong with this slate, Gao Cai is really rough, thinking that it will be okay to cover it with a carpet, perhaps, he thinks that no one dares to fight his idea in Yuegang, or even in the entire Ming Dynasty.
Da Ming really no one dares to provoke the eunuchs at this time, Grandpa Wei's ferocious, skin-picking cramps are considered light, it is estimated that even outlaws dare not provoke him!
Zhang Bin shook his head, looked at the slate carefully, and then pointed to the two openings and said, "Two people, put your hand in and see if the slate can be lifted." ”
At this time, Qi Changshan and Qi Changlin had already heard the sound and ran over, as soon as Zhang Bin's words fell, they fell down, put their hands into the gap, and then the two of them lifted up at the same time.
The slab was not very heavy, and they quickly lifted it off the ground, and a huge hole appeared in front of everyone.
Zhang Bin stretched out his head and saw that there was a staircase below the entrance of the cave, and there was a hazy white light inside!
He shrank his head, and then ordered: "Changshan, go down and have a look, be careful." ”
When Qi Changshan heard this, he directly withdrew the broken blade, quickly pulled out the matching knife on his waist, and then walked down the stairs carefully.
Soon, he came up and reported: "My lord, there is no danger down there, only a pile of boxes. ”
When Zhang Bin heard this, he immediately ordered: "Changlin, you take people to watch from above, and the others go down with this official." ”
With that, he lifted his feet up the stairs and walked slowly down.
The light inside is a little dim, but basically you can see things clearly, this secret room is not very big, it is only three zhang square, and the height is only seven or eight feet, except for the neat rows of boxes, there is nothing else.
Where does this light come from?
Zhang Bin couldn't help but look around, and soon, he found an egg-sized bead in each of the four corners, emitting a faint white light.
It turned out to be the legendary night pearl, this one is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver!
He didn't rush to detain the Night Pearl, but pointed to the box on the ground and said, "Open it and be careful." ”
Hearing this, Qi Changshan directly stretched out the long knife in his hand and carefully lifted the lid of a box.
There's no trap, it's just a normal wooden chest.
Zhang Bin looked up and saw that it was a box of silver, and the volume was about more than a thousand taels.
Finally found it, he said excitedly: "Open a few more and take a look." ”
When Qi Changshan heard this, there were a few knives to brush and brush, and a few boxes were opened, all of which were silver!
Zhang Bin said a little excitedly: "Open a few boxes in every corner to take a look." ”
When Qi Changshan heard this, he circled around the secret room, opened a few boxes in all directions, glanced at them, and then turned around and said, "My lord, it's all silver." ”
It's all silver!
This kind of one-foot square box is of a unified system, neatly placed in the middle of the secret room, a column of five, a total of twenty columns, sixteen rows, preliminary estimates, there are more than 800,000 taels of silver in it!
This Gao Cai is so ruthless, he has only been in Yuegang for four or five years, and he is greedy for more than 200,000 taels of silver a year, amazing!
Zhang Bin sighed for a while, and suddenly realized a problem, something was wrong, how could he only be greedy for silver, gold and jewelry, didn't anyone give it?
He is in charge of the foreign trade of the entire Ming Dynasty, and those maritime merchants can't just send him silver!
He couldn't help but look up at the entire secret room, this secret room seemed to be a little small, not even a quarter of the size of the main building above, not normal!
Thinking of this, he immediately ordered: "Changshan, knock carefully on the four walls to see if there are any other mechanisms." ”
When Qi Changshan heard this, he immediately led his subordinates to beat on the four walls.
After a while, opposite the entrance, Qi Changshan's exclamation came from the direction of the lobby: "My lord, this wall can be pushed!" ”
When Zhang Bin heard this, he immediately bypassed the pile of boxes in the middle and walked over quickly.
At this time, Qi Changshan was leaning against the wall and pushing it in.
"Buzz buzz" In a thin friction sound, the place where he pushed slowly sank in, but the wall behind him slowly turned out, and it turned out to be a revolving stone door!
After a while, the stone door was completely pushed open, and there was indeed a secret room inside, which was about the same size as the secret room outside, and there were also four night pearls, but the boxes inside were placed next to the wall, and many of them were not uniform.
Zhang Bin took Qi Changshan and them in, pointed to a box with the same style as the outside, and said, "Changshan, pick it up and take a look." ”
Hearing this, Qi Changshan hurriedly stretched out the long knife in his hand and carefully lifted the lid of the box, and sure enough, it was still silver.
Zhang Bin pointed to several other styles of boxes nearby and said, "Open these ones and take a look." ”
Qi Changshan followed his instructions and carefully opened the boxes one by one.
Now, instead of silver, there was gold, jewelry, and all sorts of other strange things.
Zhang Bin roughly counted it, there was not as much silver as outside, it was about 200,000 taels, and as for how many other things were, it was necessary to open all the boxes to know.
In other words, this time, the silver alone was copied to more than 1 million taels, and the harvest was not small!