Chapter 275 Unlock the Treasure
When the Manchurian and Mongolian coalition forces were in trouble, the center of power of the Ming Empire, Zhili, was in turmoil.
Deng Haonan left Zhili to go south to suppress bandits, which made the largest power scale in Zhili leave the scales, and suddenly made the originally delicate situation unbalanced.
Deng Haonan was not in Zhili, Huang Liji and other cabinet ministers lost their targets, internal contradictions were put back on the agenda, and officials from Lai Zongdao and Ye Xianggao were turned to deal with Huang Liji and Li Guoyi.
This is true of the outer court, and the same is true of the inner court. Empress Zhang Yan showed weakness in the inner court, handed over the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor, and retired to the deep palace without asking about the government. Li Xiaoliu, the chief eunuch, pursued Deng Haonan's strategy, questioned Concubine Cheng and Concubine Rong about everything, and led the two concubines to break up for power in the inner court and turn to attack each other.
Jingshi is in chaos, making chickens and dogs jump every day, like a huge vegetable market.
However, there was one person that both the outer and inner courts had overlooked, and that was the true Emperor of the Apocalypse.
Tang Jing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, has never given up the idea of rescuing the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and has led his henchmen to search for famous doctors all over the country.
Finally, Tang Jing found Wang Ming, a famous doctor in the world, at the foot of Mount Emei, and quietly brought it back to the capital to treat the emperor.
"Divine Doctor!"
Tang Jing asked eagerly, "How is the emperor?" β
Wang Ming was seventy years old, touched his long goatee, closed his eyes and pondered, and only opened his eyes for a long time before answering.
"Rushing into the bone marrow, being able to survive until now is already a fairy manifestation!"
Tang Jing was immediately annoyed, frightened the emperor, endured his anger and lowered his voice: "Half a year ago, the Duke of Liao offered immortal medicine and cured the emperor of his swollen disease, but it made the emperor delirious!" β
Wang Ming said: "The old man checked the medicine, if it wasn't for the medicine, the emperor would have died long ago!" β
Tang Jing said unhappily: "The official doesn't care about that, the official only asks you how to make the emperor sober." At present, the country is in turmoil, the inner and outer courts are fighting endlessly, if the emperor does not wake up again, he is afraid of chaos in the world! β
Wang Ming also knew something about this, and sighed: "The old man has studied the immortal medicine, which contains Fushou ointment and mandala pollen, as well as an unknown medicine. It stands to reason that the emperor will wake up two hours after smoking Fushou ointment, mainly because this mandala pollen can make people delirious. β
Tang Jing hurriedly asked, "Then how to remove the mandala pollen?" So that the emperor can be conscious! β
Wang Ming shook his head and said, "The mandala pollen is mixed in the immortal medicine and cannot be removed!" β
"Is that if you stop using the immortal medicine, the emperor will be sober?"
Wang Ming nodded and said, "Stop using the immortal medicine, the emperor can't hold it for two hours, but the poison of mandala pollen has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and it will take a month to make him sober!" β
In a month, the emperor's body was rotten.
"Is there any other way?"
"Nope!"
Wang Ming replied very simply, and Tang Jing said angrily: "I killed ninety-eight famous doctors before you, no matter what method you use, let the emperor wake up." Otherwise, you're the ninety-ninth! β
Wang Ming gasped, thought about it, and said, "The only way is to fight poison with poison!" β
"How?"
"The elixir is the only medicine that maintains the emperor's life, but the mandala pollen in it is the main culprit that caused the emperor's delirium. The immortal medicine can't be stopped, and the emperor will die immediately if it stops for more than two hours. Then if you want the emperor to be sober, you must take another medicine, and use that soul-breaking grass to counteract the toxicity of mandala pollen! β
Before Tang Jing could speak, Wang Ming changed his words and continued: "But the Soul Breaking Grass is ten times more toxic than mandala pollen!" β
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Wang Ming said: "Let it be, the emperor can live for three or five more years." If he is forced to wake up with this medicine, he will live for a maximum of three to five months. If there's an overdose, then a little bitβ"
"What will happen?"
"Instant death!"
Tang Jing gasped.
"Do you still need it?"
"Your Excellency!"
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It wasn't until Wang Ming called Tang Jing several times that he came back to his senses.
"What did you say?"
"Do you still need it?"
Tang Jing was so nervous that he couldn't stop wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, and after a while, he said, "Let me think again!" β
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The Liaodong Army went south, and Xu Hongru stopped the pace of external expansion, and calmed down to deal with Deng Haonan with all his might.
He knew the strength of the Liaodong Army under Deng Haonan, if nothing else, just the Liaodong Army won the Liaoshen War, which was enough to deter Xu Hongru.
Originally, after Xu Hongru controlled most of Jiangxi, he prepared to divide his troops into four routes. marched all the way to Nanzhili, captured Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Empire, and prepared for him to become emperor. The remaining three-way army marched into Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, occupying the rich land south of the Yangtze River as the capital to dominate the world in the future.
However, the southward movement of the Liaodong Army disrupted Xu Hongru's plans, forcing him to concentrate his main forces against the Liaodong Army.
The Liaodong army was divided into three routes, only the army in Nanzhili was in the light, and the other two armies were in the dark. Xu Hongru did not have Deng Haonan's intelligence agency, so he arranged the main forces in Raozhou Mansion and Jiujiang Mansion.
The rumors spread by the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Liaodong Governor's Mansion had already reached Xu Hongru's ears, and at first he ridiculed this as Deng Haonan's discordant plan, but Wu Song, Chai Xin, Tie Tuo and others around him regarded Liu Erhei and Yan Bing as strong rivals, and they spoke ill of them one after another.
There used to be such a joke. A minister told the emperor that a man-eating tiger had come into the city, but the emperor did not believe it. The second minister also said that a tiger had come into the city, and the emperor was suspicious. It wasn't until the third minister said the same thing that the emperor was completely convinced.
This seems to be a joke, how can a tiger stay in the mountains, how can it run into the city to eat people! However, in fact, just like King Zhao used Zhao Kuo to replace Lian Po, Cao Cao to kill Cai Mao, and Chongzhen to kill Yuan Chonghuan, such jokes happen around us every time, and they are common and commonplace.
Xu Hongru finally believed the rumors and began to gradually weaken the military power of Liu Erhei and Yan Bing. Similarly, Liu Erhei and Yan Bing also believed that their little junior sister had been arrested by Xu Hongru and was ready to act.
Both sides lack a reason to stop their subordinates, and this reason does not need to wait, both sides are making their own reasons.
Xu Hongru listened to Wu Song's advice, transferred the 400,000 troops commanded by Liu Erhei and Yan Bing to Raozhou Mansion, and ordered them to storm Leping, defeat the army of Hong Zhanzu, the governor of Jiangxi, and go straight to Fuliang County to occupy Jingdezhen. The purpose was for them to stimulate Deng Haonan and fight a decisive battle with the Liaodong Army in order to consume the strength of Liu Erhei and Yan Bing.
However, the cavalry, artillery, and marine divisions that Deng Haonan deployed in Nanzhili did not take the initiative to attack, but acted as a diversion force to attract the attention of the rebels.
The Liaodong Army did not take the initiative to attack, and after Liu Erhei defeated the Leping Ming Army, he did not march into Fuliang County. Hong Zhanzu was very nervous and scared when he lost Leping, and several distress letters were sent to Deng Haonan in Nanjing every day. But Deng Haonan was not in Nanjing, so the guard room handed over the letter of request for help to the General Staff. Taking into account the interests of Jingdezhen, the General Staff ordered the 2nd Division of the Black Armor Elite Cavalry to be stationed in Wuyuan, and ordered the main force of the Huanghai Division to go north, attack Guangxin Mansion in Jiangxi, and settle in Yushan County.
In this way, the two armies of the Liaodong Army formed a horn and jointly suppressed the rebels.
The mountain road from Leping to Fuliang County was far away, and Liu Erhei was worried that the march would be attacked by the black-armored elite cavalry of the Liaodong Army. Taken by the prestige of the black armor elite horseman, Liu Erhei chose not to move. And Yan Bingdunjun's Dexing, relying on the remaining veins of Yinshan, confronted the Huanghai Department in the area of Huaiyu Mountain and Daqingshan.
The Liaodong Army was as immobile as a mountain, and compared with the enemy's confidence, taken by the prestige of the Liaodong Army, Liu Erhei and Yan Bing did not dare to act rashly, and Xu Hongru urged them to march every day, and the mutual suspicion between them became bigger and bigger.
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Under the treasure mountain is the treasure ship, which was discovered by Deng Haonan after entering the treasure room.
The whole treasure room is large, large enough to accommodate thousands of people, because it is a ship as a whole, but it is not an ordinary wooden ship, but a modern ship with a steel shell.
The ship had been changed beyond recognition, and Deng Haonan couldn't see what type of ship she was, maybe he could only see it clearly after digging her out of the ground. Now Deng Haonan and the others are only in the belly of the ship, and they can only see that the gas turbine has been changed to a steam engine, and the oil-fired boiler has become a coal-fired boiler. The original power equipment was completely dismantled because there was no oil to generate electricity or the generator was broken and could not be repaired, and it was replaced with an ancient kerosene lamp and a fire oil basin.
Even the markings on the hatch panels have been painted off, and there are no future markings to be seen.
Everyone looked around with surprise on their faces, and Deng Haonan took them to find the captain's room with his experience, because only when they got there might be some clues.
Tan Wanqing hugged Deng Haonan's arm tightly, in this dark place, she was very timid. Occasionally, a few screams would be made, and the others were not frightened to death by the darkness, but by her cautious screams.
"My lord, the door above can't be opened!"
Ding Daniu tried several hatches, and twisted the valve turntable of three of them, but it couldn't be opened.
"It should be locked!"
Deng Haonan thought for a while and said: "Since a ship has been transformed into a treasure room, then only one entrance and exit can be left, and all the other entrances and exits are sealed!" β
"Is this a ship?"
Everyone was stunned, and Tan Wanqing even covered her mouth and looked at Deng Haonan in disbelief.
"Of course!" Deng Haonan smiled and said, "We are in the belly of the ship now!" β
Tan Wanqing tapped around with her bracelet, making a metallic sound.
Then he asked suspiciously, "It's all iron!" β
Deng Haonan smiled slightly and said, "What's wrong with the iron?" β
"It's a boat! How can an iron ship be so heavy that it can walk on water? β
"Who says iron ships can't walk on water?"
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"Cut!" Tan Wanqing gave Deng Haonan a roll of the eye and said, "You just blow it!" β
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"Your Excellency!" Feng Shaoyan stepped forward and asked, "Is there really an iron ship?" β
"Of course!" Deng Haonan asked with a smile: "Do you say that an iron basin can float up when it is put on the water?" β
Feng Shaoyan nodded.
Deng Haonan said again: "Then if I magnify this iron basin hundreds of times, as big as our warship, isn't it an iron ship?" β
Feng Shaoyan suddenly understood that Cui Zhonghua and the others were all excited, and they really hadn't thought about the iron boat.
But Tan Wanqing didn't admit defeat and said: "It's easy for you to build an iron basin, if you have the ability, you can build an iron basin as big as a mountain?" β
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Deng Haonan ordered everyone to disperse and look around for a hatch that could be opened.
"My lord, the hatch here can be opened!"
A guard opened the passage to the next floor, and because Deng Haonan was worried that the upper cabin had been filled with seawater, he did not let people move the upper hatch, but looked for the downward hatch.
This ship is very large, and Deng Haonan can be sure that this ship will come from the future, because it is difficult to build such an all-steel structure with the industrial capacity of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, strange things often happen on this latitude line of the earth where the Yangtze River is located, typical of which is the Yangtze River breaking down, Bermuda playing missing, and many more bizarre things that science can't explain (just look it up). Therefore, it is not unusual for Deng Haonan to come out of a boat.
This ship may be the treasure ship used by the Yongle Emperor for show! Deng Haonan thought so in his heart, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
After entering the next floor and lighting the left and right lampstands, I finally saw the true face of the treasure.
"Wow!"
Everyone exclaimed in unison, all stunned by the scene in front of them.
Immediately, cheers rang out, and all the guards flocked up, touching this and looking at that, and they were overjoyed.
Tan Wanqing was also full of surprise and had the heart to run over, but because of her identity and the reserve of her daughter's family, she dispelled her thoughts, but she shook Deng Haonan's arm and forced him to go over.
The entire compartment on this floor was opened, and a huge cabin with a volume of more than 1,000 square meters was cleared. The lower deck was covered with gold and silver bricks, perhaps because of the age, and in the humid environment, the luster of the gold and silver bricks had disappeared, and it was covered with dust and moss. However, after the guards opened the upper ones, the lower ones were shiny.
The gold and silver bricks were filled with all kinds of utensils, most of which had never been seen before, or even before. Among them are Chinese, but more are foreign.
There are Siam, Vietnam and other neighboring Ming Dynasty, as well as Southeast Asian countries such as the Buddha Qi Kingdom, Ceylon, Sumatra Thorn, and Persia, Mangsanga, Guli and other Middle East and North African countries. Others only look at the gorgeous and expensive Cheng dΓΉ, and only Deng Haonan looks at them from a historical perspective.
Walking in the middle, although they are all gold and silver carvings, pearl agate, jade and jade, but in Deng Haonan's eyes, the value of these things can be hundreds of times more expensive than the actual price, if they are collected in Chinese museums, it will be so popular!
No one knew Deng Haonan's thoughts, not even his wife Tan Wanqing. Of course, Tan Wanqing can get some information from her husband's eyes, in his eyes, the yellow and white taste is very light, and it is more about appreciation and taste.
"Gold and silver have a share, but no one is allowed to break these devices!"
Deng Haonan suddenly raised his throat, and everyone was stunned when they heard this, and immediately cheered. For them, it's still real money.
Although Feng Shaoyan worked for the Military Intelligence Bureau, he was in charge of the Beizhili area. But he was the president of the Bank of Liaodong appointed by Deng Haonan from the beginning, assisting the Minister of Finance and the governor of the central bank, Sigou, to help Deng Haonan manage the finances together.
Under his command, his men quickly began to count the amount of treasure, and before they could finish counting a piece, the guards immediately packed the piece of gold, silver, and jewelry into boxes and bags, and then shipped it out.
Feng Shaoyan is an expert at counting jewelry, and once something passes by his eyes, he doesn't need to weigh it to know its weight and value.
In later generations, he will be an expert in fine jewelry financial management.
Jewelry, jadeite, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, as well as treasures and artifacts from various countries, these are only recorded, not estimated. In Deng Haonan's words, these things are priceless treasures, and Deng Haonan will use them to collect, not sell. Therefore, Feng Shaoyan only estimated the gold and silver turning heads and silver ingots.
In this way, Feng Shaoyan's statistics will be faster. After estimation, there are about 170,000 taels of gold and more than 26 million taels of silver in the treasure, although Deng Haonan collected other things, but Feng Shaoyan also estimated the market price, more than 17,000 artifacts, the least of which are more than 200 years old, are antique cultural relics, and the cumulative value is nearly 50 million taels of silver.
There are a lot of treasure chests, most of them are gold and silver ingots after Xian opened, and the rest are gold and silver jewelry and jade agate, these are women's favorites, Tan Wanqing saw these things, and immediately pulled Deng Haonan to help her choose jewelry.
"Does this look good?"
"Beautiful!"
"Where's this?"
"Beautiful!"
"What about this?"
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Tan Wanqing pulled Deng Haonan to try on jewelry one on the left and one on the right, and Deng Haonan was just drinking mechanically, because he had been thinking about other things in his heart.
Looking for this treasure is not for these gold and silver treasures, Deng Haonan's original intention is to find the legendary Zheng He treasure ship.
If it was really as he guessed, Zheng Hebao's ship was a ship that had crossed over, then Deng Haonan would have given up. Because the industrial capacity of the Ming Dynasty is absolutely impossible to make and take things.
However, Deng Haonan was lucky in his heart, and he hoped that the treasure collector could leave shipbuilding drawings, even if it was a little advanced equipment for him.
"Your Excellency!"
Feng Shaoyan found a hatch, and after ordering someone to open it, it turned out to be a bunch of bookcases inside. The bookcases are all wrapped in oilcloth, presumably to prevent them from getting soaked in water.
Bookcases?
Deng Haonan suddenly passed through with an arrow, and Tan Wanqing was immediately unhappy when she saw this, pouting and muttering a few times. Deng Haonan was not around, and she was not in the mood to pick jewelry, so she had to follow.
"Open it and take a look!"
Aren't these books advanced materials for later generations? If it's true, thenβ
Deng Haonan fantasized about planes, tanks, aircraft carriers, and nuclear missiles in his mind, and couldn't help but giggle.
"My lord! My lord! β
Feng Shaoyan shouted several times, but Deng Haonan did not respond.
"Hey! Wake up! β
Tan Wanqing stretched out her hand and twisted Deng Haonan's waist, and Deng Haonan suddenly sobered up from the pain.
Hurriedly said: "Hurry up and show me!" β
Feng Shaoyan handed the book to Deng Haonan, Deng Haonan opened it and looked at it, and was dumbfounded.
Meow a!
It turned out to be the Yongle Grand Ceremony! V