Chapter 995

Chu Chen searched the surrounding area of five or six hundred square meters, and found that in addition to the mud and stones, there were only some shrubs, grass roots, beetles and other things, let alone treasure. He didn't even find a mouse.

"Have you been fooled by Zhang huoni?"

For this result, Chu Chen was disappointed or disappointed. If there were other things in the treasure, he would not be like this. But Zhang huoni said that the treasure contained the imperial seal, so he couldn't help caring. But the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and he was not reconciled when he thought about it.

"Is the key information really in a few words you don't recognize?"

As Chu Chen went to the camp, he thought about it, but in the end he thought it was not possible, because the words were intermittent and could not be combined into useful information in general. Of course, it was also possible that Zhang huoni deliberately did so, but the possibility was very small.

Since it's not about the treasure map, there are only two possibilities. One is that Zhang huoni only put a few gold and silver ingots here. As for the imperial seals, he invented them. Another possibility is that he has not found the key information in the treasure map.

Based on Chu Chen's understanding of Zhang huoni, it can be said that these two possibilities are very big. In this case, Chu Chen must first consider the second situation, and what clues have not been found by him.

"Yes! I almost forgot those three things! "

When Chu Chen clapped his hands, he suddenly remembered that he still had two mountain and water character bottles and a pen holder. Zhang huoni said that these three things could play a key role in the process of searching for treasure.

But he had studied these three things carefully before, and mainly studied where the finger of the character on the pattern of the three things was. But I don't know if there is any key clue missing, or he hasn't found the right way, so that so far, he hasn't seen the reason.

Originally, because the remaining treasure map had marked the location of the treasure, Chu Chen did not study the bottles and cans. Now think about it, the clues of the real treasure may still fall on it.

But the difficulty comes again, unless he can find the right way, or find other clues, or there is no way. Fortunately, when he came here this time, he also brought these three pieces of porcelain, which are now in the safe of the hotel. Otherwise, he would feel a little depressed if he went back to Beijing like this.

"Well, let's dig out the gold and silver first. It's not easy to come here. You can't come back empty handed."

So thinking, Chu Chen went back to the camp. At this time, Zuo Shan had packed up the tent and other camping things. After a nutritious and simple breakfast, they took out their tools and began to work.

Zuo Shan asked, "brother Zuo, where do we start digging?"

Chu Chen pretended to observe for a while, then pointed to a little bit, but it would not affect the position of digging treasure, said: "let's start digging from here, if we can't find it later, we'll go back."

Zuoshan nodded and thought, "yes, I think today's air is humid and it may rain. We'd better hurry up, otherwise it's still dangerous here."

"Really?"

Chu Chen was shocked when he heard that there had been a debris flow here. If it rained heavily, it would be very dangerous. Even if there was no debris flow, it was a mountainous area. It was very inconvenient to walk when it rained.

"Very likely." Said Zuo Shan.

Zuoshan was the king of soldiers who was familiar with the environment of mountains and forests. He said that the possibility was very high, which meant that there was very little possibility that it would not rain. So Chu Chen quickly waved his hand: "what are you waiting for, dig!"

Next, two people are a burst of almost crazy digging, Zuoshan needless to say, digging and other work, he is no stranger, because he has skilled skills, very efficient. Chu Chen was used to doing farm work since he was a child, and his strength was much stronger than that of Zuoshan. If he didn't control the speed, he would have the speed of the two of them.

In this way, the two men dug a big pit with a diameter of more than two meters and a depth of about three meters at a speed that ordinary people find incredible, but they haven't even found the shadow of the treasure.

Generally speaking, there will not be many people burying the treasure, and it is unlikely that the treasure will be buried to a depth of five or six meters. This is a height of two stories. Even if the person burying the treasure does not consider the workload when burying it, he should also consider the workload when taking it out?

What's more, in case of geological disasters such as rockflow and so on, buried so deep, is it difficult to prepare to take it out?

Zuoshan looked at the excavated soil, and did not find that it had been affected by debris flow and other geological disasters, so he planned to express his thoughts. However, just here, he heard a "touch", and Chu Chen's shovel seemed to have hit something.

"Something

Chuchen just showed a surprise expression, and then quickly used the digger to remove the soil around the things he just met, and Zuoshan also came to help.

After a while, a small box suddenly appeared in front of them. This box is not big. Its length, width and height are 30cm, 20cm and 20cm respectively. It should be made of camphor wood. After so many years of burial, it seems that the corrosion has been a little serious.Seeing this, Zuo Shan said unexpectedly, "Hey! What a treasure! But what can be put in such a large space? "

Chuchen chuckled. Although the box was small, it was heavy because it contained gold and silver. Of course, it can't be said directly with Zuo Shan. He said, "if you want to know what's inside, just open it and have a look."

With that, they set their eyes on a small lock on the box. It was an iron lock. It was rusty and had been corroded. Chu Chen tried it with his gloved hand, but with a slight twist, he twisted the lock off.

Chu Chen secretly frowned, because it made him think, if the real treasure is buried in the ground, what will it corrode into? Moreover, the box is still a mechanism box. In case the self destruction device inside the mechanism box is touched due to corrosion, it will be very dangerous.

However, no matter how worried Chu Chen was, the ending would not change. Therefore, the idea just flashed through his mind. Then he opened the box in Zuoshan's curious look, and the things in it were the gold and silver coins he had seen before.

"Just a few yuan Bao!" Zuo Shan looked disappointed.

Although Chu Chen was also disappointed, he didn't care much because he had adjusted his mood for a long time. He said with a smile, "what do you think should be put in the box?"

"What's the matter? I have to put some jewelry or antiques!"

Zuo Shan murmured, but he thought it was quite normal. No matter before or now, in many people's eyes, gold and silver are symbols of wealth, and treasures are usually gold and silver jewelry. It's perfectly normal to put a few gold and silver ingots in this small box.

The reason why Zuo Shan was disappointed was that gold and silver were just icing on the cake for Chu Chen, a billionaire. There was no jewelry or antiques at all.

Chuchen smiles and looks at the gold and silver in the box. However, his face looks surprised.

Because of his disappointment, he didn't pay too much attention to the gold and silver ingots in the box when using the powers. Now he finds that these gold and silver ingots are actually ingot shaped gold and silver collars, which are the same as ingots.

These gold and silver collars are perfect in appearance, and what surprised him even more was that judging from the inscriptions, they were all made in the Southern Song Dynasty.

We should know that since ancient times, gold money, though in the form of money, has rarely become a medium of commercial transactions. Usually, it must be converted into market currency before transactions can be carried out. It is the most precious special type of gold ware in China. Of course, it is also used now.

Since the yuan Jin of Chu state in the Warring States period, the gold coins of Han Dynasty, horseshoe gold, Tang Dynasty, were strictly controlled by the government and rewarded by the court, which reflected the supremacy of imperial power. As far as the quality of gold currency is concerned, it reached its peak in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the management of gold and silver making and trading was quite strict. According to records, at that time, the metal collars were mainly used to exchange money, tax, reward, Shanggong, military and state expenses, etc. at first, the government recruited folk craftsmen to smelt and cast in Wensi Academy. Because of the low wages of the craftsmen in Wensiyuan, skilled craftsmen often refuse to go and hire them.

Therefore, in the Chunxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the "common people as craftsmen" or "gold and silver shop owners" in Lin'an were responsible for the gold and silver production. It was stipulated that the gold and silver craftsmen who supported the officials should have a certain amount of property and two gold and silver shop owners as guarantees to prevent cheating and be responsible for compensation.

In the Qing Yuan Dynasty, it was also stipulated that gold and silver should be engraved with the shop name, craftsman's name, and fineness, so as to ensure the quality, improve the reputation of gold currency, and stabilize the financial market. According to data records, in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty, one or two gold coins were equivalent to about 24000 copper coins, showing the high value.

There were only three gold collars in the box. All the three gold collars had beautiful lines, brilliant gold and steady hands. In the middle of the front of the collar, there are inscriptions on the author and weight.

Among the three gold collars, one is 15 Liang, and the other two are 10 Liang. In the Song Dynasty, one kilogram is 640 grams, and one kilogram is 16 Liang, so the one liang in the Song Dynasty is 40 grams today. A simple calculation shows the approximate weight of the three gold collars.

Although the gold of nahui in Song Dynasty can't reach the level of pure gold, such gold collars are rare and cultural relics. In terms of market value, they must be more expensive than the current thousand foot gold. The same is true of the value of the silver collar in the box.

Chu Chen felt that this was an unexpected compensation for him.