The mountain road is not easy to walk, but people can still be seen walking on this road. Governor Duan looked at it carefully and felt that if he came to search, he would not suspect that there was anything wrong with this road.

There are many roads in the mountains that are not often walked but have been trodden by people. But now, because of Zhou Man and Bai Shan's speculation, he was suspicious of this road.

When they arrived at the place designated by Bai Shan, everyone started searching everywhere. The soldiers became much smarter. They not only rummaged through the grass, but also knocked on the ground with their swords. They stamped their feet from time to time, trying to figure out where to find a hole.

Bai Shan couldn't help but look at the mountain wall with many vines climbing on it.

Governor Duan, who had been paying attention to him, immediately looked up and found that Zhou Man was also looking up at the mountain wall.

Keke and Manbao said: "It's inside. There is a hole behind the vines. You can see it if you open it."

Man Bao took two steps forward and pulled away the vines. Bai Shan immediately rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to help. Bai Erlang was still looking around, and couldn't help but rush up when he saw what happened, "What's going on, what's going on, have you found it?"

He stretched out his hand to help pull away the vines, but Governor Duan found it difficult and pulled out the knife directly, "Come on, come on, I'll do it."

The three of them made way for him, and Inspector Duan slashed down twice, causing the vines to fall to the ground. Then everyone saw the dark entrance of the cave behind.

Governor Duan was no longer surprised. Of course, he did not go in immediately, but asked the soldiers to explore the way ahead.

Soon, it was announced that there was no danger inside, so everyone went in.

The cave was relatively dark, so Man Bao took a torch before getting in. After walking deeper, they saw some things placed against the wall, covered with oilcloth.

The soldiers stepped forward and lifted up the oilcloth, and everyone saw sacks, boxes and other items piled underneath.

A soldier stretched out his hand and tugged at the sack, trying to pull it out and open it. As soon as he pulled it out, the sack burst open and a handful of copper coins fell down.

Everyone lowered their heads and watched the hanging coins falling to the ground, making a beautiful jingling sound. They paused for a moment before raising their heads to look at the other sacks.

Man Bao: "Are these all copper coins?"

Soon the soldiers pulled down the piled sacks and opened them for them to see. Sure enough, they were full of copper coins that had been strung together, some of which were not strung. The bottom few bags were a little corrupted, and the ropes were a little weak.

When the rope is pulled, it will break, and the copper coins will fall down.

Compared with gold and silver, copper coins are the most commonly used. Ordinary people may not see gold and silver a few times in their lives.

The military pay in the military camp was also issued in copper coins and silk cloth, with very little gold and silver, so their eyes lit up when they saw the copper coins. When moving the money out, they picked up the scattered copper plates on the ground, and occasionally went to

Stuff a few in your arms.

Not only Man Bao and the others saw it, but Governor Duan also saw it, but they all turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it. Occasionally, someone went too far, and Governor Duan would glance over, and the soldiers would behave honestly.

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After moving out all the sacks piled outside, the box at the back was revealed. The soldier stepped forward and opened it. Inside was a fairly neat pile of silver, but not a lot. There was only one box, which was not as good as the money in the tree hole.

many.

But other boxes contained mostly gold and silver products, such as silver bowls, gold chopsticks inlaid with gold, and golden Buddhas, statues made of gold, etc.

Maybe it was because of the age that the appearance was a little faded, but Governor Duan knew that this kind of thing would become brighter with a little polishing and would definitely sell for a high price.

A soldier pulled out a box and opened it. It was full of cloth.

Governor Duan was heartbroken when he saw it, "These are all fine silks and satins. They should have been brought from the Central Plains by merchants going to the Western Regions."

Bai Shan picked it up and looked at it. Because it was damp in the cave, even if it wasn't damaged, the color of the fabric was not as bright as the one outside.

Fabric is hard currency, but it must be preserved well. The price of these silks and satins will be greatly reduced now.

There were several boxes of fabrics. It was obvious that the merchants were very discerning and brought brightly colored silks and brocades that were soft and skin-friendly. It was a pity that they fell into the hands of horse thieves who did not know the goods and did not know how to protect them.

The soldiers carried out the boxes one by one.

The last slightly smaller box was opened, and everyone's eyes were dazzled. Then they rushed forward with a "wow" sound, and squatted beside the box to look at it, "It's so beautiful."

They are all gold and silver jewelry. All kinds of jewelry are piled together, colorful and very beautiful.

Man Bao grabbed a bunch of strings, all of which were pearls, tourmalines, beeswax and crystals. Not to mention Man Bao, even Bai Shan and Bai Erlang liked it very much. The two of them followed up and reached out to touch the various sparkling things inside.

Gemstones, "It's such a waste of natural resources that they are all piled together without being kept separately."

Governor Duan stepped forward, covering his heart, and after looking at it for a while, he said: "This box is still very new. Although it is placed against the wall, it is on the side. It should have been put in not long ago."

Man Bao really liked these shiny things and couldn't let go of them.

Bai Shan thought for a while, they were not very short of money, and it was not particularly convenient to carry money. He simply said to Governor Duan: "Master Duan, how about we exchange 30% of the cloth for 30% of these jewelry?"

Governor Duan: ...Not so good. He also likes these gold and silver jewelry, okay?

As he was talking, Bai Erlang pulled out a blue bead from the box, picked it up and looked in the direction of the torch, with a mysterious tone, "What do you think this is?"

Man Bao took a look, not very interested, "It's cat's eye stone."

She preferred beeswax and pearls, and these rubies and sapphires.

Duan Jishi's eyes were fixed on the cat's eye stone. He reached out to take it from Bai Erlang's hand, looked at it pretendingly, nodded and affirmed: "Yes, it is the cat's eye stone. You can see that it can change color. This should be gold."

Green cat’s eye stone.”

After saying that, he blew on the gems, then put them in his arms. When Bai Erlang was dumbfounded, he said to Bai Shan, "Okay, if you like these jewels, share more later."

Bai Erlang's eyes widened and he opened his mouth to speak. Bai Shan covered his mouth and nodded, "Thank you, Mr. Duan, for your permission."

Governor Duan smiled and said: "Let's make everything come true, let's make everything come true, let's help each other."

Bai Erlang was very reluctant and asked, "Why did you give it to him?"

Bai Shan: "He takes 70%, and we only take 30%. Even if it's a share, he takes it first."

Bai Erlang couldn't help muttering, "I found it..."

Bai Shandao: "He wiped out the horse bandits. Although they might not be able to find these things without us looking for them, but without him leading the troops to wipe out the mountain bandits, we wouldn't even be able to get across. If you like cat's eye stones, we can look for them when we get to the Western Regions."

Once I find it, I’ll buy you one.”
Chapter completed!