Chapter 90: The Mysterious Golden Totem and the Emerald Buddha Statue (2/3)

Zheng Jing slept very deeply this night, and slept until nine o'clock in the morning the next day.

Sitting up from the bed, Zheng Jing couldn't help but stretch.

Comfortable.

"Squeak!"

Hearing a sound from outside the house, Zheng Jing got out of bed, took out a mountain opener, pushed the door and walked out.

It turned out to be a hare that had become entangled in the hind legs of the rope in the trap he had arranged.

It's quite fat.

When the hare saw Zheng Jing, a two-legged beast, coming, he struggled even more.

Zheng Jing grabbed its fate by the neck and untied the rope from its leg.

Originally, Zheng Jing wanted to kill it to make a pot of spicy rabbit meat, but when he saw its big belly, he had to let it go.

Seeing the hare disappear in his gaze, Zheng Jing did not rush back, but checked several traps around.

After making sure there was no problem, he went back to the house.

After breakfast, Zheng Jing did not rest, and directly took out twenty ammunition boxes from the space.

This house is still a bit small, next time I will buy a bigger one.

He inspected the exterior of the box and found no signs of decay before opening it.

Seeing that there were gold bars in the box again, Zheng Jing checked it expressionlessly.

After discovering that there were thirty gold bars inside, Zheng Jing covered him and put it aside.

Twenty chests were quickly finished, and he obtained another six hundred gold bars.

Seeing the last thirty boxes, Zheng Jing was no longer hopeful.

It's all gold bars, which is good.

Zheng Jing comforted himself.

………

Only the last ten boxes remained.

After looking at another twenty boxes, Zheng Jing took out the last ten ammunition boxes.

It seems that only gold is buried in this treasure spot, and antiques and the like should be buried somewhere else.

According to that diary and what Inoue Ichiro wrote, the Japanese army buried a lot of treasure in the mountains of the northern Philippines, and there were hundreds of treasure plots.

The one he found was just one of them.

A glimpse of the whole leopard shows how much wealth the Japanese army plundered in Southeast Asia at that time.

Just one treasure lot has so much gold, how many treasure lots will there be in the hundreds?

I can't think of that number.

Coming back to his senses, Zheng Jing opened the box.

"Huh!"

I thought there were still gold bars in this box, but who knew that when I opened it, it was actually a golden totem pole inside.

This totem is about 20 centimeters long, covered in golden, and protected by cotton, which is somewhat blackened because of time.

Looking at this golden totem pole, Zheng Jing's happy back molars were exposed.

Finally it's not a gold bar.

Putting on white gloves, Zheng Jing carefully took out the totem pole.

it! So heavy.

The moment he held it in his hand, Zheng Jing felt that this totem pole was very heavy.

This weighs about 20 pounds.

At first, Zheng Jing thought that this totem pole was gilded, but now it seems that this totem pole is made of gold.

Holding the totem pole with both hands, Zheng Jing cautiously came to the side of the bed and put the totem pole on the bed.

After putting it on the bed, Zheng Jingcai looked carefully.

The totem pole is about 20 centimeters long and 10 centimeters thick, and is cylindrical.

At the top of the totem is carved a shining sun, and below the sun is a group of busy farmers in the fields.

Not far from the field was a dry river, in which there were a few children looking for something with their heads down.

Further down was a very primitive village, with many people kneeling on the ground, and a few things on the ground in front of them.

It looked like they were praying for something.

Below is the endless forest, and at the edge of the forest, there is a very primitive village, where smoke and birds are cooked, and children are playing.

At the bottom of the totem is a large river that meanders and spreads out.

After looking at the tucalyptus on the totem pole, Zheng Jing looked at the bottom of the totem again and found nothing.

Touching this golden totem pole, I don't know what the figure on it says, and what the meaning of the carving on the totem pole is.

【Primitive Tribal Prayer Ritual Golden Totem Pole】

【Country:Indonesia】

[Year: 1538]

[Material: Gold]

[Weight: 11.6kg]

[Size: 22×10.5cm]

[Condition: Excellent condition, no damage, no scratches. 】

[Introduction: In the summer of 1537, there was a drought in northern Indonesia, and drought was rare in Indonesia.

In the sixth month of the drought, a primitive village in northern Indonesia held a prayer ceremony led by the village chief to pray for rainfall.

As the drought worsens, more and more people are leaving their homes and moving south with their families.

In 1538, the drought had already lasted for a year, and during this year, countless people fell to the ground and never got up again.

In April 1538, a heavy rain fell for two days and two nights, and the parched land was instantly restored.

The riverbed, which had been dry, was refilled with water.

Although the drought lasted only one year, the incident is still fresh in the memory of people in the north.

With the end of the drought, the five largest primitive ethnic groups in the north jointly took out more than 20 catties of gold and asked craftsmen to create a gold totem pole.

After the totem pole was built, the carver carved the picture of everyone praying for rain and the end of the drought on the totem pole.

For hundreds of years, this golden totem pole has been worshipped back and forth in the five largest villages.

Until 1941, the Japanese occupied Indonesia, and all their wealth was plundered by the Japanese army.

And this golden totem pole was also discovered and snatched by the Japanese army.

In 1942, the golden totem pole was packed into an ammunition box by the Japanese and placed with gold bars looted in Singapore.

Two years later, it was buried in a tunnel in a mountain forest in the northern Philippines. 】

[Value: 40 million ~ 300 million]

After reading the information of the totem pole, Zheng Jing couldn't imagine that it would have such a high value.

Judging from the information, if it weren't for the drought, this totem pole would not have been created.

It's a good thing.

Touching the diagram on the totem pole, Zheng Jing was happy.

After playing for a while, Zheng Jing put the totem pole into the space and went with the gold and silver seals of the King of Siam.

Looking at the remaining nine ammunition boxes, Zheng Jing looked forward to it.

Grass! Gold bars again.

Seeing the gold bars in the box, the sense of anticipation that Zheng Jing had accumulated just now disappeared instantly.

Putting the box aside, Zheng Jing opened another box.

It was found that there were also gold bars inside.

After opening seven boxes in a row, Zheng Jing harvested more than 200 gold bars.

Seeing the last two boxes, Zheng Jing had already guessed that these two boxes should also be gold bars.

When one of the chests was opened, it was filled with gold bars.

Seeing the last box, Zheng Jing opened it directly without hesitation.

"it!"

Seeing the items in the box, Zheng Jing couldn't help but scream.

He thought that this last box was filled with gold bars, but who knew that it actually gave him a surprise, and it was actually a Buddha statue inside.

The Buddha statue is golden and has a glazed feeling, and if he is not mistaken, the material of this Buddha statue seems to be made of golden jade.

Thinking that there was still a piece of golden jade in the space, Zheng Jing took it out and compared it.

I found that the material and color were exactly the same.

Jin Fei didn't run away.

He thought that he would never see the Buddha statue made by Jin Fei again in his life, but who knew that he would see it again this time.

The statue was huge, about twenty-five centimeters tall and about as wide as an ammunition box.

If the Buddha statue is wider, it won't fit in.

At the bottom of the Buddha statue and on the left and right, there is a lot of cotton.

This is to ensure that the Buddha statue will not be bumped.

This Buddha statue is more than any Buddha statue he has found in Myanmar.

Last time, because he had no money, and Theravada Buddhism was a small minority in China, he sold it, and this time he asked him to find a bigger one, and Zheng Jing decided to stay and collect it.

The Buddha statues made by Jin Fei are very rare.

【Theravada Emperor Golden Shakyamuni Jade Buddha Statue】

[Country: Myanmar]

[Year: 1427]

【Material: Jadeite】

[Weight: 5.32kg]

[Size: 23×17cm]

[Condition: Excellent condition, no scratches in appearance, no bumps. 】

[Introduction: In 1425, a Burmese monk Pinsena came to Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) to study the scriptures and be re-ordained in Karoliya.

After returning from studying scriptures and teachings in Ceylon, Pinsena established a religious organization in Burma, modeled after the Ceylon Sangha Order.

In the Burmese environment at the time, the influence of Theravada Buddhism quickly spread.

In 1427, after two years of propagation, Theravada Buddhism became the first religion in Burma.

Influence is also at its peak.

In June 1427, a Buddhist from Ruigu came to Bago.

A piece of golden jadeite more than 30 centimeters high and more than 30 centimeters wide was presented.

At the time, jadeite had no value.

But the golden jadeite is particularly suitable for carving Buddha statues, and after seeing this jadeite, Pinsena found the best craftsman at the time and asked him to carve a Buddha statue of Shakyamuni from this jadeite.

The carver, Londasi, was an avid Buddhist, and when he heard that he was going to carve a Buddha statue, Rondasi took on the task.

After half a year of carving, in December 1427, a 23-centimeter-high and 17-centimeter-wide statue of Shakyamuni Buddha was born.

Hearing the news, Pinsena led the monks of the temple to the home of Lundasi, and when he saw the golden statue of Shakyamuni Buddha on the table, the monks were overjoyed.

Pinsena was even more delighted to see this golden statue of Shakyamuni Buddha.

At that time, Pinsena arranged for the monks of the temple to organize a welcoming ceremony, and on the same day, the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha was brought back to the temple for worship.

Buddhists who heard the news instantly rushed to the temple from all directions.

They just wanted to see the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha carved in golden jade, and to pay homage.

As the temple had a Buddha statue carved with golden jade, more and more believers felt numb.

This annoyed Pinsena, the host at the time.

In 1428, many Theravada temples in Burma heard the news, and some of the temple directors sent people to pay their respects, and some decided to look for jadeite and carve Buddha statues in gold for the time being.

I don't know that year and month, a piece of news circulated in Buddhism.

Buddha statues and stupas are best made of gold.

This news that I don't know where it came from just got circulated.

Since then, the people of Myanmar have been proud of the temple's donation of gold.

Pinsenagan was happy to hear the news, because the Buddha statue made of golden jade is only available in their temple, which is more attractive to believers to come and pay their respects.

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Hundreds of years have passed in the blink of an eye, and in 1943, Burma was occupied by the Japanese army.

The major temples were the hardest hit areas by the Japanese army.

The golden jade Buddha statue of Shakyamuni enshrined in the Bago temple was also looted by the Japanese army.

In 1944, the commander of the Japanese Army, Yamashita Fengwu, saw this Buddha statue, and Yamashita Fengwu was shocked when he saw the Buddha statue.

And ordered the non-commissioned officer to put this Buddha statue in his room, and he was to visit it every day.

In October 1944, Yamashita received news of the U.S. Army's counterattack.

As the commander of the army in the Southeast Asian War, Yamashita Fukatake ordered a counterattack.

In March 1945, Yamashita ordered the convoy to bury the looted treasure.

On the night of March 6, Yamashita asked a non-commissioned officer to place an ammunition box containing the Emerald Buddha statue on a transport truck loaded with gold bars looted from Singapore. 】

[Value: 300 million ~ 5 billion]

"Shhh

Seeing the final price, Zheng Jing gasped.

The value of this Buddha statue is so high?

The highest price is 5 billion, which seems to be the most valuable item he has ever seen.

If this is calculated, then the value of the jade Buddha statue of more than 60 centimeters high enshrined in the Emerald Buddha Temple in Thailand is not higher.

Thinking about it like this, Zheng Jing was not so excited.

Such a good Buddha statue can be said to be the only one in the world, a peerless one.

This is no longer something that money can measure.

If the temples all over the world knew that he had such a big golden jade statue of Shakyamuni Buddha in his hand, he would definitely have a dog's brain.

Whether it is Maesung Buddhism or Theravada Buddhism, Shakyamuni is the one that cannot be avoided.

Therefore, if he really sells it, the price of this Buddha statue will definitely break through the sky.

He felt that he might not be able to win five billion.

Zheng Jing thought a lot at once, but this Buddha statue surprised him too much.

Holding the Buddha statue in his hand, Zheng Jing took out a sheet from the space and wrapped the Buddha statue with the sheet.

After the meeting, Zheng Jing decided to buy a high-end box to put the Buddha statue in.

After wrapping the Buddha statue, Zheng Jing put it into the space, and he also put the Buddha statue in a separate corner.

One hundred and seventy boxes of ammunition were looked through, and there were a total of one hundred and sixty-eight boxes of gold bars, thirty in each box, that is, five thousand and forty.

Five hundred grams of gold bar is more than two million grams.

At 411 grams, that's a billion.

it!

It's not that I don't know, but I'm shocked, I can't imagine that these gold bars are worth a billion.

If you add the value of the golden jade Buddha statue and the golden totem pole, according to the highest value, six and three billion!

A treasure hunt yielded six and three billion worth of treasures.

It's not a dream to be the richest man in China a few more times.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jing's face turned red with excitement, as if he was drunk.

Trying to calm himself down, Zheng Jing knew that he couldn't think about it anymore.

Thinking that the world is all his.

After washing his face with cold water to calm himself down, Zheng Jing decided to leave here first.

Putting the house into the space, Zheng Jing returned to the road along the way he came.

After looking around, he took the car out of the space after noticing that no vehicles were coming.

Sitting in the car and setting the navigation, Zheng Jing touched his thumping heart and left here with one foot on the accelerator.