On this day, Mao Yong ran into the study of the General's Mansion and said to Song Qi happily: "Brother Song, the hidden silver has been found." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Found it?" Song Qi was holding a copy of "The Art of War" behind the bookcase, he raised his eyes from the back of the book, and looked at Mao Yong in disbelief, Mao Yong looked loyal, and it didn't look like he would deceive people. "Where did you find it?"

"Guess what." Mao Yong actually sold Guanzi.

"How can I guess that?" Song Qi rolled his eyes at Mao Yong.

"Is it a place you've been?" Mao Yong reminded in a friendly manner.

"I've been to so many places!" Song Qi put down the book, raised his hand and said, "The four city gates, the eight yamen, the ten major streets, as well as the school field and the general's mansion." You see, I can't even count them on my two hands! ”

"This place is what we've been to together." Mao Yong reminded again in friendship.

"Haven't you been to places I've been? Not these places yet! Song Qi said impatiently.

"Think again." Mao Yong said mysteriously.

"Liuyun Inn!" Song Qi said with certainty, in fact, he wanted to guess this place from the beginning, he just wanted to tease Mao Yong more. This usually serious martial arts master is actually in the mood to joke, how can he not accompany him more.

"I'll just tell you." This time it was Mao Yong's turn to be impatient, "You may or may not think of this place." Whether you think about it or not, that's where we found the silver! ”

"You didn't tell me anything!" Song Qi couldn't help laughing, squinted at Mao Yong with squinted eyes, and asked tentatively, "Is it the Xuannu Temple?" ”

"How did you guess!" Mao Yong clapped his hands excitedly and said, "You are so smart! ”

"Of the places we've been, there's only one place left that we haven't said!" Song Qi smiled proudly, and his head was honestly analyzed, "Besides, Tudou has been hiding in the Xuannu Temple, and he didn't leave until we found it." One million taels of silver was a big goal, and it was impossible for him to transport that much silver away in a few hours. Tibetan silver has no wings and does not fly away on its own. So there is only one possibility, the Tibetan silver must still be hidden in the Xuannu Temple! ”

"Brother Song is Brother Song, he analyzes it thoroughly and clearly, and his head is the Tao!" Mao Yong stretched out his thumb and praised Song Qi, "I just followed your analysis... ”

"Wait," Song Qi interrupted Mao Yong's words, pointed to his nose, and said with an innocent expression, "According to my analysis? I'm hindsight! ”

Mao Yong shrugged his shoulders embarrassedly and said, "I mean, that's how I analyzed it at the beginning. So I sent people to the hotel around the Xuannu Temple to inquire about whether anyone had seen a large number of items coming out of the Xuannu Temple in the past ten days. The answer is no. Therefore, I believe in my own judgment even more, firmly believe that Tibetan silver has not left the Xuannu Temple, and conclude that Tibetan silver is still in the Xuannu Temple. ”

"Wait," Song Qi interrupted Mao Yong's words again, staring at Mao Yong and asking, "Did you dig three feet into the ground for the Xuannu Temple?" ”

"Nope!" Mao Yong shook his head innocently and said, "The Xuannu Temple is a sacred place, how could I dig three feet in the Xuannu Temple for no reason?" ”

"And where did you find the silver?" Song Qi said puzzledly, "You know, although we didn't dig three places last time, we can be regarded as searching boxes and cabinets from room to door!" ”

"I didn't dig three feet into the ground, but I did move a little dirt." When Mao Yong said this, he was very proud, "But I didn't move the soil, I just let it be restored!" ”

Song Qi understood, nodded, and said thoughtfully: "The most dangerous place is often the safest place, and the most obvious place is often the most secret place!" Tudou understood this, so he hid the silver in the mound. But he would never have imagined that he would meet an opponent as powerful as you! ”

Mao Yong scratched the back of his head and smiled embarrassedly: "Brother Song has won the prize!" Actually, it's not that I'm good, it's that Tudou himself is negligent! If he hadn't flooded us with the water in the pond, I wouldn't have been able to find the silver. ”

"Is there any necessary connection between his release of water and your discovery of the hidden silver?" Song Qi asked puzzled. This time he really didn't understand.

Mao Yong smiled and stretched out his hand to gestur, while explaining: "After the soil bucket discharged the water in the pool, part of the water washed into the mound. After the mound was washed away by the water, a piece of the mound collapsed, revealing a corner of the box containing silver taels. So it wasn't me who found the hidden silver, but the hidden silver revealed itself! ”

Song Qi clapped his hands and smiled: "This is called falling out of the water." God help us! ”

After the silver was found, he sent someone to count it, and there were 100 large boxes, totaling 999,000 taels of silver. They dug a hole more than 300 zhang long with so much difficulty and hard work, and only used 1,000 taels of silver, which was really in vain. They thought that by hiding the silver taels under the mound of earth, and making them seamless, the filaments did not leak, and that the place was safe and hidden, and they could sit back and relax. Where did they think about it, and in the end, Mao Yong saw through their scheming.

Song Qi secretly thought, when Tudou and they came back, they found that the hidden silver was gone, wouldn't they be so angry that they wanted to jump off the building? But now is not the time to worry about Doto, but to be happy for yourself.

Song Qi solemnly proposed to Mingyu that 500,000 taels of it be returned to Mingzhu Firm, and the rest would be used as military salary.

Mingyu resolutely disagreed, and said unhappily: "These silver taels belong to the spoils of war, and they have nothing to do with the Mingzhu firm. ”

"These silver taels were recovered from Tudou, and Tudou was stolen from Bi Fu'an. Bi Fu'an was ordered by Ximen Liu to transport these silver taels to Liuyun County, so these silver taels were actually taken back from Ximen Liu's hands. And Ximen Liu's property was stolen from the Mingzhu firm, which is something that a three-year-old child knows. After Song Qi explained the ins and outs of the silver taels, he said in an excited tone: "So these silver taels are considered the lost silver of the Ming Zhu firm, and they should be returned to the old owner." Originally, it should have been returned in full, but because the army was currently in need of silver, it first took 499,000 taels as silver, which was considered to be borrowed from the firm. ”

"Brother Song, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kindness!" Mingyu glanced at Song Qi gratefully, and said seriously: "But one thing you have to understand, not all Ximen Liu's money is the property of Ming Zhu Firm, he also has his own property. It also shows that Zhu Shanghao is not short of money and does not need money. Now is the time for the army to use people and money, and all these taels of silver should be used as salary. When she said this, she was not contrived at all, and her tone was very sincere.

Song Qi spread his hands, but had to give in with a smile. In the end, all the 999,000 taels of silver were paid for the army. Nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand taels of silver, for Song Qi's army of more than 100,000 people, it is not a small amount, and if you save a little, you can last for three months.

What is the purpose of being a soldier in battle? To put it nicely, it is for meritorious service, and why is meritorious service, it is not for promotion and wealth, but in the final analysis, it is not for money?

The salary has been settled, and the eyes of the soldiers are shining.

For a time, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, the morale was high, the cohesion was more solid, and the combat effectiveness was unprecedentedly strong. (To be continued.) )