Chapter 360: Sabah Royal Palace Treasure Trove
"How many of these Sabah soldiers behind you have seen the palace steward?" Zhang Guangbei asked the commander of the Praetorian Guard.
"General, they are all Praetorian Guards of the palace, and they are usually responsible for the security of the palace, so they should have all met the chief of the palace." The Janissary commander replied.
Zhang Guangbei shouted: "Order, a battalion began to enter the palace, carry out the task of cleaning up, and keep the bodies of the king and his family, how can he also be the lord of a country, in the end, it is better to find a place to bury it, and protect all the property, now this is the property of Nanhua, especially the palace treasure house mentioned above, it must be heavily guarded." ā
"Order the second battalion to take over the treasury directly, and no one is allowed to move forward without the order of the division headquarters, and if anyone disobeys the order, he will be killed."
"Order the three battalions, bring the guards and interpreters who know the palace steward, and dig three feet into the ground to find him for me."
At this time, the Hua Phuc army swept through the entire capital of Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, like a strong wind, and all government departments, shops, factories, enterprises, factories and mines, and even banks opened by foreigners, were charged.
Some people choose to accept and stay at home honestly, some people choose to resist and are directly beaten to death and thrown on the street, and some foreigners choose to protest, but they are directly ignored by Hua Fujun, and they are happy and throw him directly into the pile of dead people.
A few hours later, the whole of Kota Kinabalu was completely charged, and no one dared to stand up and make trouble, because the troublemakers were all dead, and there were many dead bodies on the streets.
To conquer a place, violence is a necessary means to have a deterrent effect, and if it is too lenient and too soft, it will only make people kick their noses in the face. Thinking that you are weak, thinking that they still have a chance, directly using the thunder means to completely destroy the enemy's will is the best means now.
"Commander, the palace treasury has been found. Would you like to take a look? The commander of a battalion ran over and reported.
"Let's go, open our eyes." After speaking, he walked with everyone from the headquarters to the location of the treasure house.
The treasury is not hidden, but a small house was built on the east side of the back garden of the palace, and the masonry structure looked very solid.
"How can it be built in a garden, this house is not big, how many things can there be." Zhang Guangbei asked.
"I've heard that the treasure house is underground, and this is just the doorway because it's open. It's easy to guard against, that's why it's built here. The commander of the first battalion replied.
"Is the door open?"
"The door on the outside is open, but the door to the treasure house inside is not open, isn't this asking if you are open?" These people wanted to open their eyes to see what this so-called treasure house looked like and what kind of treasure it was, but they didn't dare to open it without permission, for fear of being punished. So I found the head of the regiment.
Zhang Guangbei thought for a while and said: "Only cadres above the company can go down to watch, but others can't go down." This place will be directly handed over to the division headquarters for management, let's open our eyes, but we can't let the soldiers also see it, do you hear? ā
Although he believed in his own soldiers, and believed that the discipline of the Huafu Army could restrain the soldiers, he also felt that there was no need to let too many people know about the treasure. If they can't give it to you, why should they add to their troubles?
The soldiers were outside, and several cadres above the company level walked to the door of the treasure house, opened the door of the treasure house with the key they had collected, and the door with a folding fan and bronze casting was slowly opened. Since he walked in with a candle and a flashlight.
As for why the candle is lit, it is just to test the internal environment, because this is underground, and it is inevitable that there will be a lack of oxygen.
The space is more than 100 square meters, there are some shelves on the wall, there are some bottles and cans, and there are many wooden boxes on the ground, which are very neatly placed, in addition, there are some weapons such as swords, bows and crossbows directly hung on the wall.
"What are these? Why do you put some porcelain vases here? Zhang Guangbei asked.
A staff officer with some insight said, "Commander, these should be antiques or something, Nanyang has admired the Central Plains culture very much since ancient times, and these porcelains are estimated to be their treasures." ā
"What's the use of porcelain, there are a lot of things in Jingdezhen, we can produce them ourselves, they have become treasures, but these jade carvings will be quite beautiful by then." Zhang Guangbei doesn't know anything about antiques, but jade is precious, and he knows that gold is priceless.
"Open the box and take a look." Zhang Guangbei commanded.
First, he opened a large box, which was full of gold in the shape of ingots, "Good guy, this is gold ingots, I used to hear it mentioned in the play, but it's the first time I've seen the real thing, head of the group, I can't touch it." A company commander said with a smile.
"It's okay to touch it, but it can't be put in your pocket, or I'll deal with you directly, understand." Zhang Guangbei said.
"Surely not, I'm just curious." As he spoke, he stepped forward and grabbed two big ingots, one in each hand, and took a look at it in front of him, and he was happy.
"It's really heavy, press your hands, this time it's enjoyable." After the company commander finished speaking, he put down the gold ingot.
Then open the treasure chest, the front two are gold ingots, the back are four silver ingot chests, and then the jewelry chest appears.
The jewelry box is divided into many compartments, and there are really jewels in it, pearl baby, a round and full sea bead, each at least the size of a finger, which is attractive to look at.
"Why are there alleys in there?" Someone asked.
"Isn't it a better baby, open it and take a look." Someone mentions yƬ.
The crowd took out a small wooden box from the side of the big box, the size of a shoe box, with a dark wood grain, which looked simple and deep, with a lock on it, but it was not locked.
Zhang Guangbei gently lifted the lid of the box and found that there was a hanging bead inside, and there was a bright yellow silk silk with many handwriting written on it.
He handed it to the staff officer who had introduced the porcelain just now, and said, "Let's see if you know what it is." ā
The staff officer looked at the hanging beads in the box, took out the yellow silk inside and looked at the content on it and said: "This thing is still our Chinese thing, some origins, this string of beads is a pearl, the Ming Dynasty rewarded the tributary states to canonize the king's things, this chapter of silk has some origins, it should be from the Ming Dynasty palace." ā
"On this silk, it is the holy decree of the Ming Dynasty to canonize the king of Sabah, but it is not a formal holy decree, just a decree, but it is stamped with the official seal of the Ming Dynasty palace, and the time should be the twenty-first year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, and the others cannot be seen." The staff officer said.
"Okay, that's a lot, put this thing away, our king likes antiques, I guess I will like it when I look back at this, wait for someone from the military department to report it, don't give it to the warehouse." Zhang Guangbei said.
"Okay." The staff officer replied.
This thing has nothing to do with the current king of Sabah, after all, hundreds of years have passed, Borneo has changed hands several times, the original dynasty has long been annihilated in history, when Zheng He went to the West, passing through Nanyang, many small kings of Nanyang, forces have visited, including this king of Sabah.
Later, he saw that someone sent an envoy to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and was recognized and canonized by the Ming Dynasty, so he understood his thoughts, you know, the Ming Dynasty at that time was definitely the lord of all countries, and Nanyang attached great importance to being recognized by the Ming Dynasty.
So he also sent a ship and a group of envoys to pay tribute, and finally got this canonization, although the later Sabah country changed the lord several times, but they all attached great importance to this thing, although the Ming Dynasty has long since fallen, but this is something that can confirm the history and status of Sabah, so it has been properly preserved.
Finally, after statistics, there are five boxes of gold, fifteen boxes of silver, a number of weapons and armor, two boxes of jewelry, and a number of porcelain and jade.
Although there are not a few things here, Sabah is also a kingdom no matter how small it is, and it can't be so poor, so Zhang Guangbei believed a little more about what the commander of the Praetorian Guard said that the king still has a secret treasure trove.
Everyone opened their eyes and launched the treasure house, so that the treasure house was temporarily sealed and waited for the division headquarters to receive it.
"Report, the second battalion called, has been charged with the Sabah treasury, and now is organizing people to count the property, please tell me what other instructions you have." A staff officer reported to Zhang Guangbei.
"It seems that today is a good day to make a fortune, did he give an approximate figure?" Zhang Guangbei asked.
"The second battalion commander said that the treasury has about 200,000 taels of silver and some other materials, and the details still need to be counted."
"200,000 taels, which is really a little less for a country's treasury. Call him back, ask him to count, and then seal it directly and wait for the division headquarters to receive it. Zhang Guangbei ordered.
"Yes," the staff officer saluted and left.
"This thing, how embarrassed to report to His Majesty, it seems that the division commander is going to worry." Zhang Guangbei thought with some bad taste.
A few hours later, the results of the battle were counted, the enemy had all been wiped out or captured, the king committed suicide, Sabah had been destroyed, the losses of the soldiers of the Huafu Army were minimal, but the situation of the captured property was not satisfactory, and the report had been read and looked at by Zhang Shuge, the commander of the Sixth Division, "This Sabah country is too poor, how can it only be hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and even the expenses of our war are not enough." ā
War is fought for money, and the Huafu Army can maintain such a high combat effectiveness because it has invested the money it has invested to build this army, and it has already held a meeting when it came, and it is best to do a good job in seizing property and property, and it is best to achieve the purpose of supporting the war with war.
These generals all know that His Majesty intends to expand the territory, which is a good thing for the soldiers, and it also involves the matter of dividing the land in the future, so they are naturally enthusiastic, but the financial problem is the shackles that restrict the war, and the development of the country cannot be dragged down because of the war.
Zhang Shuge, the commander of the Sixth Division, scratched his head, and then made a decision in his heart. (To be continued......)