Chapter 493: Ming Dynasty Girdle Gold and Silver Ingots

Tang Dayuan clutched his heart.

Master Zhang...... Other...... Don't talk about it, I have high blood pressure, heart disease, and besides, I ...... I'm going to get sick......"

"I think, that blue and white glaze red entwined lotus pattern jade pot spring bottle is good, by the way, that story bottle is also good, you see, which one is more suitable?"

Zhang Yi continued to ask.

"No, the bowl, the big bowl of tangled lotus is not bad, the official kiln!"

Tang Dayuan clutched his backpack tightly.

In porcelain, the value of the bowl is naturally not comparable to that of vertical vessels, such as vases.

"Old Tang, these things, but we found them together, you just give me a broken bowl? Besides, what we just bet on is very clear, whoever loses, the other party has to choose for themselves! ”

Zhang Yi said.

"Otherwise, I'll take it for you first?"

Tang Dayuan asked pitifully.

"Okay!"

Zhang Yi replied.

And then.

The attention of the two of them was on the hatch.

The hatch was locked.

Tang Dayuan looked for it on the dirty pigtailed man's body.

Soon, the key to the hatch was found.

Found a rope.

After tying up all those pirates.

Zhang Yi and Tang Dayuan went over and opened the locked hatch. On this side, there is a relatively small storage room, and on the other side of the submarine, it should be the wheelhouse.

After the hatch is opened.

There were a few people lying inside.

Judging by their faces, three are domestic, and the other two, presumably Malay.

They were all tied up and lying on the ground without moving, probably fainting.

Thereinto.

There was a person, Zhang Yi looked at it, and felt a little familiar.

Think about it.

It looks a little similar to Fang Gang.

So.

It is not difficult to guess that it should be Fang Zhen.

Fang Gang is Fang Yiyi's sixth uncle, so he is also Fang Zhen's sixth brother.

Since they are brothers, it is natural that they look similar.

Others.

The faces are relatively unfamiliar.

Zhang Yi didn't know him.

It is estimated that they must all be from the Fang family or from the Malay Columbian Company.

Tang Dayuan on the other side.

They don't care about these people at all, because there are a lot of other things in this cabin. For example, some tightly packed wooden boxes.

In the corner, I found a hammer.

He used the other side and pried open all the boxes.

Five boxes, two of which are exported porcelain.

More than a dozen pieces of official kiln porcelain in the Hongwu period.

Other than that.

There is also a box that is not too big.

It is full of gold coins from ancient overseas countries, as well as gold and silver ingots from the Ming Dynasty.

About 20 gold ingots.

All of them are in the size of 10 taels.

The inscription "Hongwu three years in October made in the household, full of gold, one ingot to pick up two".

Other words.

These gold ingots were all made by the household department of the Ming Dynasty.

The main sources of gold in the Ming Dynasty were tax discounts, mining taxes, tribute and submissions.

In the Ming Dynasty, the household department was responsible for the collection of taxes in the world, and the taxes in the world were all subject to the household department. In order to meet the needs of the royal family in the Ming Dynasty, the household would often convert the collected silver into gold through purchase and mint it into gold ingots.

This is where these gold ingots come from.

Tributary trade.

The court of the Ming Dynasty, in order to demonstrate its authority, would also reward this kind of gold ingots to overseas countries.

In addition to gold, there are also silver ingots.

The shape of the silver ingots is relatively regular, and almost all of them are girdle silver. Underneath the silver ingots, the honeycomb division is very natural, and as can be seen from the inscriptions on the silver ingots, these should all be official silver.

The same is used in the tributary trade, for rewards.

So.

The gold and silver ingots that Zhang Yi and Tang Dayuan did not find from the shipwreck were all found here.

These pirates have already carried out a salvage of the sunken ship.

But.

Their salvage, there is still a lot left.

Judging by the classification of antiques.

What they value most is these gold and silver ingots.

For porcelain, they also salvaged some, however, most of them were messy and unclassified. Official kiln porcelain and export porcelain are put together randomly.

Estimate.

In their eyes, these porcelains are no different.

Tang Dayuan was busy, distinguishing these valuable things.

Zhang Yi is looking for the whereabouts of Mo Yanran and Cheng Hu.

There are five people tied up here.

Cheng Hu and Mo Yanran are not among them.

"Master Zhang, let's send it! There are a lot more good things here than there are on a shipwreck! ”

Tang Dayuan was very excited.

"I didn't find Cheng Hu!"

Zhang Yi said.

The two don't seem to be on the same channel.

The people who were tied up couldn't wake up for a while. Therefore, there is naturally no way to inquire about the whereabouts of Mo Yanran and Cheng Hu from them.

Tang Dayuan said as he stuffed two gold ingots into his trouser pocket.

Glancing out of the cabin.

"Perhaps, those pirates will know Cheng Hu's whereabouts!"

Tang Dayuan said.

Zhang Yi also glanced over there and asked.

"Will they tell the truth?"

"As long as the means are in place, I'm not afraid that they won't tell the truth, in this way, Master Zhang, if you can't do it, I'll come. However, I don't speak English, so you'll be my translator later! ”

Tang Dayuan said.

Zhang Yi nodded.

Two men went out of the cabin.

Tang Dayuan went over, didn't say a word, went up and kicked it, and kicked it on the stomach of the pigtailed man. This kick, because the pigtailed man was tied, naturally there was no way to dodge, so the kick was very porcelain!

He curled up and fell to the ground.

Spit out a mouthful of blood.

Scolded.

“FUCKYOU!”

"He said, fuck your uncle!"

Zhang Yi immediately translated for Tang Dayuan.

Tang Dayuan's face was black.

"I understand this, no need for translation!"

And then.

Tang Dayuan went over and grabbed the neck of the pigtailed man.

Hands locked, even, can hear the creaking sound.

The face of the pigtailed man immediately began to turn the color of pig liver, which was very ugly.

"There is a person named Cheng Hu, do you know his whereabouts?"

Tang Dayuan asked.

The pigtailed man looked at Tang Dayuan with a bitter face, as if he was begging for mercy, but he couldn't understand Tang Dayuan's words.

At this time.

Zhang Yi translated for him again.

The pigtailed man said.

He knew Cheng Hu, but he didn't know where Cheng Hu was.

He and his brothers are all looking for a man and a woman, one is named Mo Yanran and the other is called Cheng Hu. They took the most important thing from the sunken ship, that thing, it was what their boss needed.

In this case.

This pigtailed man shouldn't dare to lie.

Moreover, when Zhang Yi and Tang Dayuan were arrested, it can also be inferred from their words that they were indeed looking for someone.

Now it seems.

They were looking for Cheng Hu and Mo Yanran.

At this point, the matter is almost clear.

Cheng Hu and Mo Yanran must have been in the team of the Fang family and the Columbian company.

It's just that.

While they were salvaging the sunken ship, they encountered pirates.

Things were robbed, and the people of the Fang family, as well as several important people of the Coberni Company, all fell into the hands of the pirates. And Mo Yanran and Cheng Hu escaped from the hands of the pirates.

And took away the most important things.

At this time.

Zhang Yi looked at the man with dirty pigtails and asked him.

"What's the most important thing?"