Chapter 32: Into the Treasure House
"Old boy, can you remember which brick you stepped on, I'm stupid, I always like to forget things!"
"You'd better remember it, or if I tell you wrong, you'll be in danger!"
"Old boy, you can't be like this!" Qin Ming chattered non-stop while following Ma Yun.
Ma Yun's judgment was really accurate, he walked down piece by piece, all unharmed, walked for more than ten meters, turned a corner of the passage, and it was a passage of more than ten meters, and at this time he could already see that there was a hall at the end. Ma Yun stopped and looked around, but found nothing unusual, so he cautiously stepped on the green bricks and continued to move forward.
Not long after, at the end of the passage, a square stone room of more than 100 square meters appeared in front of me. On one side of the stone room there are three shelves, and on the other side is an open space, where five large chests are placed. After a brief glance at the situation in the stone room, Ma Yun carefully observed the stone wall and the ground, and did not find the existence of traps, so he slowly walked into the stone room.
He was immediately attracted to the shelves. One of the shelves is divided into four layers, and there are more than a dozen books on the top layer, most of which are martial arts cheats, only two are about poisons, and one is about miscellaneous arts.
On the second floor, there are several porcelain bottles, some large and some small, and what makes Ma Yun happy is that under each porcelain bottle is a small note pressed with the name of the medicine in the porcelain bottle. "Muscle Pill, at first glance, it is a healing medicine; Beauty is drunk, you don't need to look at this; Seven Star Begonia, I don't know what it is for; Corpse water, I wipe it, isn't it Wei Xiaobao's favorite thing; Blood Marrow Pill, it doesn't look like a good thing; Panacea, it seems to be a detoxification ......" There were a few jars and boxes on the bottom two layers, and when he opened one jar and looked at it, it turned out to be a dried strange snake, which suddenly made him lose interest in the other jars.
The other shelf is the weapon rack, on which are hung several weapons, since the deadly scholar can hide here, these weapons must not be ordinary things. Ma Yun's short sword was also on the weapon rack, and the deadly scholar searched their bodies that night, and it seemed that they had discovered the difference between the short sword, so they hid here. In the past two days, he also asked Tong and Qin to look for this thing, but he didn't find it, but it was hidden here.
Putting away the short sword, a white armor on the shelf caught his attention, saying that the armor was actually a vest with no sleeves, which could only protect the front and rear bodies. The armor seems to be made of silk, very gentle, the fly in the ointment is that there are many shallow marks on the smooth surface, it seems to have been attacked many times, but this also shows that the armor's defense is high, so many attacks only leave traces, and do not destroy it.
He put down his armor and moved his gaze to the third shelf, which was filled with strange items, such as elephants made of gold with a foot of height, smooth and soft jade ruyi, dark yellow scrolls of paper, and even an antique piano, all of which seemed to be extremely precious.
After reading the shelves, Ma Yun walked to the five big boxes, at this time all the five boxes had been opened, and Qin Ming and Tong Guanshan were happily pointing at the contents of the boxes.
"I didn't expect Lao Qin to see so many gold, silver and jewelry in my life, and I also escorted a few treasures when I was young, but it's nothing compared to this!"
"I didn't expect this small Black Wind Village to be able to collect so many belongings, which shows how many hurtful things have been done over the years. "One of the five large chests was full of gold nuggets, three with silver ingots, and the last with jewels. Ma Yun was very curious that he saw so many gold and silver things, and he didn't have the excitement and joy he imagined.
I remember that when I used to pay a salary of several thousand yuan a month, I was very happy, and I always fantasized that I would buy a big house to live with my parents when I was rich, travel the world with my parents when I was rich, build a lot of hope primary schools and welfare homes when I was rich, go to the desert to plant trees when I was rich, and go on an undersea expedition to climb Mount Everest when I was rich! But now, when a huge fortune was really placed in front of him, he was indifferent, and these things did not interest him more than those cheats, pills, and weapons in his opinion.
"Lao Tong, how much do you say these boxes have?"
"I think there are about 10,000 taels of gold, 60,000 taels of silver, and the box of jewels must be worth 40,000 taels of silver. ”
"Lao Qin, I can earn ten taels of silver a year, Lao Tong, how much is your annual salary?"
"I have a hundred and twenty taels of silver a year. ”
"Lao Qin, I can't earn so much even if I live for a thousand years!" Qin Ming sat on a box and made a painful appearance.
"Don't make trouble, two big brothers, I know that the two of you are not greedy for money, and now you have so much money, I don't know what you think?"
"I don't have any ideas, just drink enough wine and eat enough food, what do you want so much money for!" Qin Ming actually said a big reason seriously.
"Brother Qin said it well. I've got a lot of money, but I've got a count?"
"What's the account, Brother Tong said to hear it?"
"I once commanded three hundred men, each of whom received thirty taels of silver a year, and one stone of grain was about 100 catties, enough for two hundred people to eat for one day, and three hundred people needed about five hundred and fifty stone of grain a year, and two taels of silver per stone of grain, so that my three hundred men would need to spend ten thousand taels of silver in the next year. Nine thousand taels of them are the soldiers' salaries, and if there is no one for them, three hundred soldiers only need one thousand taels of silver a year, so that three thousand soldiers only need ten thousand taels of silver a year. ”
"What do you mean by saying so much, old boy!"
"Brother Qin, don't worry, listen to Brother Tong finish slowly. ”
Tong Guanshan paused for a moment, and then said: "Now that wars are raging and people are everywhere, if we want to take in refugees, we must have enough food, and these goods are enough to buy 100,000 stone of food, enough for 10,000 people to eat for several years, and at least 2,000 of these 10,000 people can be trained to become soldiers." If we had 2,000 soldiers under our command, we would be able to do a lot!"
"Two thousand soldiers!" When he heard about two thousand soldiers, his chivalrous ambition was ignited.
"Since the troubled times are in charge, then follow the trend and be a generation of heroes? Chivalry in the world, chivalrous people in the world, chivalrous teachers in the world!" At this moment, Ma Yun's heart became extremely clear: chivalrous people can only be good alone, and chivalrous teachers can help the world!
"Brother Tong, I understand what you mean, but this matter needs to be considered in the long run, and the top priority is to let this 'Xiong'an Village' dominate one side, and this still needs the two big brothers to contribute more!"
"Old Qin, my life is yours, don't say anything!" Qin Ming patted his chest and said loudly.
"The little brother is polite, these days by the little brother's side, I have never felt so happy with the old boy, there is no red tape, no status and humility. In the past few days, I have been thinking that Tong'an City has been breached, and it is meaningless for me to be the commander of the guard, but I must avenge the revenge of King Lu for killing my brothers. The little brother is ambitious and benevolent, and I am willing to accompany you to protect the people, and at the same time take revenge. Tong Guanshan said with a serious face.
"The times create heroes, and everything is to have a clear conscience. Jack Ma sighed. Gold and silver possessions are the best mirror, which can turn relatives against each other, friends cannibalize, and can also reflect people's true hearts. At this moment, in front of the huge treasure, the hearts of three people, three hearts of benevolence, righteousness and purity.
After the three of them finished discussing the matter of property, Qin and Tong looked at the items on the three shelves, Tong Guanshan picked up the white armor and looked at it carefully, and then handed it to Ma Yun.
"Shaoxia, this soft armor has extraordinary defensive ability at a glance, you still wear it close to your body, and it can play a role in times of crisis. ”
"No, my kung fu is higher than the two big brothers, you need it more!"
"From now on, you will be the owner of the village, and if the enemy attacks, they will also focus on you, so it is more appropriate for you to wear it. Lao Qin and I are vulgar martial artists, and we may not be able to make people take it to heart. ”
"Yes, yes, you see that every time Lao Qin and I are in distress, and then I am rescued by you, so you still wear the right one!" Qin Ming's words made Ma Yun speechless, and after thanking the two of them, he put on soft armor.
The software is extremely silky, with a slight coolness, and it fits and is comfortable to wear. Ma Yun originally wanted to find a weapon to test the defense of soft armor, but he thought that this place was full of divine weapons, and he was afraid that he would accidentally damage the soft armor, so he gave up the idea.
Qin Ming rummaged over the jars and boxes, and suddenly let out an exclamation: "What a big ginseng!" Ma and Tong followed the sound and looked at it, only to see Qin Ming holding a ginseng with a foot long in his hand, with sparse roots and delicate posture, exuding a faint fragrance.
"Good ginseng! I once saw a five-hundred-year-old ginseng from the city lord, which is much smaller than this one, how can this one be eight hundred years old!" Tong Guanshan exclaimed.
"Lao Tong, this ginseng is also worth a lot of money!"
"Generally, a hundred-year-old ginseng is worth five hundred taels of silver, a two-hundred-year-old one is worth two thousand taels, a five-hundred-year-old one is hard to find, and an eight-hundred-year-old one, I'm afraid it's not something that can be bought with money!"
"That's at least worth 20,000 taels, this is the most expensive thing I've ever touched, Old Qin!" Seeing Qin Ming like this, Ma and Tong shook their heads with a smile
。 Seeing the cheats on the shelf, Ma Yun suddenly remembered something, and said to the two: "Brother Qin, do you remember the 'rejuvenation formula' in Xie Yanke's mouth on the night you met Xie Yanke?"
"Of course I remember, that guy almost killed me with one palm, didn't you give him back the cheats later?"
"I still paid it back, but I wrote down some of it, my martial arts have improved so fast, that is, I have cultivated that mantra, and that mantra should be a kind of profound internal strength, far from being comparable to ordinary martial arts, I want to tell the two big brothers about that mantra and practice together!"
"This ......" Ma Yun's words surprised and delighted Tong and Qin.
"Two big brothers, don't be polite, this mantra was also unintentionally obtained, it belongs to the things that have no door and no faction, and that mantra is just a route of luck, very simple, and I will draw it for the two of you when I go out." "Ma Yun has long observed the martial arts of the two, Qin Ming's martial arts is the style of the rivers and lakes, very shallow, that is, relying on greater strength; Tong Guanshan's martial arts are much higher, it should be a set of first-class martial arts, otherwise he can't become the commander of the government guard.
Ma Yun's own learning is limited, but the "rejuvenation formula" is too magical, Tong and Qin are both gentle, and they are friends of life and death with him, so it is not inappropriate to pass on the "rejuvenation formula" to the two.
"Lao Qin, when I was young, I met an old Taoist, saying that I have wonderful roots, talent, deep wisdom, and a great talent, and then I used a few taels of silver to buy the old Taoist martial arts book, what is it called'Rulai Divine Palm', and later found out that it is the Luohan palm that is widely spread on the rivers and lakes. As soon as I think of this, Lao Qin, I will be angry!"
"Hahahaha!" The three of them laughed while rummaging through the treasure house, and finally Qin Ming chose a spear and a marksmanship secret, Tong Guanshan chose a big knife and a knife cheatbook, and Ma Yun took the two medicine books and miscellaneous books, and the three of them left the treasure house.
Note: The monetary unit and the unit of measurement have been different in China throughout the ages, and I have taken a simple definition in this book. 1 stone = 100 catties, 1 tael of gold = 10 taels of silver, 1 tael of silver = 100 copper coins.