Chapter 710 Old Friends
Chapter 711 Old Friend
Ordinary wooden boxes cannot last long in water and will rot in a few days. Those that survive to this day have more or less undergone special treatment and are of some value.
The second one.
A pile of rouge and gouache boxes. The wood is quite good, including rosewood and nanmu. Unfortunately, the boxes have leaks somewhere and are all broken.
The third one.
It is stuffed with dry medicinal materials, and if you identify them, most of them are aimed at the realm of galloping horse martial arts masters.
The box is in good condition and no water has entered it. Unfortunately, when you touch the items in your hands, although there are no mold spots, there is always a damp feeling. It is not brittle when broken, but has a little toughness.
Xiang Changsong asked: "Can it be used?"
Hu Qi turned it over and smelled it again. The medicinal smell was not strong: "Barely."
"Forget it." Cao Rang waved his hand, "I can't use it myself, and the medicine I sell is not effective enough to harm others."
"On the contrary, feed Ah Fei as a reward for your hard work. The next one will be the next one!"
"Huo!"
Xu Zishuai opened the lid and leaned forward to avoid it.
The fourth box contained a pile of bones and rotten skin, and the unpleasant smell was soaring to the sky. It was by far the most unpleasant box in the box.
Liang Qu held his breath, pulled out a piece of wood from the second box and turned it over. A head with a long, narrow head and fangs rolled out and jumped out. It looked like a cat in size. There was a rotten cotton quilt at the bottom, which was dark and muddy. Same thing.
Lu Gang picked up the skull.
"It's not a human being, it should be some kind of exotic animal."
Four boxes in a row are all of low value, and the fat catfish in the river is quite disappointed.
"It should be like this." Xu Zishuai realized that he was out of his mind, "There are many rich and talented people in the imperial capital. I heard that there are special salvage people to fish out corpses and treasures. If there is really good stuff, let them fish it all out."
"Not necessarily." Liang Qu shook his head and denied. He came to the last small box, "This box is the smallest, but the heaviest. I think it may contain some minerals. I can't say for sure how much silver it is, so I deliberately left it for the last one. open."
Liang Qu is considered a small rich man, he has a lot of gold and silver on hand, and he is quite keen on their weight.
silver!
As soon as these words came out, everyone became energetic.
"Pick it open and take a look."
Click!
When the box was opened, a layer of deep waves rippled, some sediment settled to the bottom, and there were bright silvery things soaking in the clear water.
It's a bit dazzling under the sun.
Xu Zishuai's pupils dilated.
Treasure silver.
What a silver!
Five rows and four columns, twenty large ingots on one floor, one thousand taels!
Open another layer, another thousand taels!
There are three floors in total, three thousand taels!
"The precious silver from Da Qian." Lu Gang picked up an ingot. What was printed on the bottom of the ingot was not Da Shun, but Da Qian Ku Yin.
"Perhaps it was lost when the princes and nobles of Daqian fled from the capital?"
"It doesn't matter, Daqian's silver is still silver."
Liang Qu pressed his thumb, and the print on the bottom of the silver was replaced by his fingerprint.
After a little rubbing, a brand new Yuanbao without any seal is released!
"Well done, credit to you!"
Liang Qu was in a good mood and went into the ice cellar himself to cut off large pieces of dragon meat and feed it to Ah Fei.
Three thousand taels is not a small amount, especially in terms of windfall, which directly covers the cost of providing a home for the time insects.
Property rebounded to 60,000.
The fat catfish munched heavily and raised its head towards the small mirage above its head, its sidelong eyes filled with disdain.
Awei left, and a third prince came.
Just another treacherous and sycophantic servant!
"A little bit."
The little mirage spits loudly.
…
The imperial capital is to the south.
Cangzhou.
As the southern gate of the imperial capital, the Jinglan Canal runs through the entire territory of Cangzhou, and all merchant ships pass through it. Except for the first two ends, it has almost the most prosperous ports on the entire canal.
There was mist on the river, and there were faint merchant ships sailing back and forth through the fog.
On the small pavilion next to the river, the copper stove hot pot is boiling. The pickled sour cabbage is rinsed and mixed with chili pepper to make the bottom of the sour soup pot. Alluring milky white, fragrant.
The horses' hooves rushed from far to near, rushing to the pavilion.
laugh!
The horse breathes.
The man was wearing arrow sleeves, turned over and dismounted, his face was covered with sweat, and he ran forward panting.
"My lord, I am fortunate to have fulfilled my destiny! I found out that Lord Liang will return home from the imperial capital after his scientific expedition. At the speed of the treasure ship, it is estimated that he will arrive in Cangzhou in about three days. You can invite him to talk to you then!"
"Great kindness!" The middle-aged man in the Feng Pavilion was visibly happy. He put down his chopsticks, took out a banknote from his pocket and put it on the table. He personally bought bowls and chopsticks for the visitor. "Thank you for your hard work. You have traveled all the way. If you are hungry, come on, come and try this delicious pickled cabbage hotpot!”
"This...gets people's money and eliminates disasters. You don't need to be so polite."
"Hey, there are outstanding people in Cangzhou. There is no doubt that you and I will still cooperate in the future. Don't be so formal. Sit down and talk with me, and talk about what you have seen in the imperial capital. I have traveled around and practiced cultivation. I haven't been to the imperial capital for a long time. I don't know how it has changed."
"Thank you, sir!" The visitor felt that he was not being polite, so he gave a thousand taels to the imperial capital for information. He was obviously wealthy and had to serve his employer well, so he simply accepted the banknote, sat down opposite, picked up the fish with chopsticks, " I don’t know what you want to know?”
"You haven't said how Lord Liang arrived, and if he passes through Cangzhou Port, and if he doesn't dock for supplies, how can I identify him among the ships filling the river?"
"Oh, look at my memory, I forgot to tell you the key thing." The visitor wiped his mouth and added, "This is easy to recognize. When I went to the imperial capital this time, I heard that Lord Liang became a martial arts instructor. His Majesty specially gave him a treasure ship, which is more than 12 meters long. The treasure ship is made of small fortune wood and is seamless. It is quite rare. When passing by this place, the Lord sent people to pay attention and they can recognize it at a glance."
"Then do you know what kind of people are on the ship, so I can set up a banquet of the same number to avoid being rude."
The visitor did not feel strange.
Liang Qu became famous overnight, and it was normal for a big man to want to find out his whereabouts and make friends with him.
He immediately told what he saw and heard.
"So that's it, someone from the master's school..."
The middle-aged man tapped the stone table with his index finger, and then asked a few more questions.
Chatted for a while.
It seems that the employer is easy to talk to.
"Sir, I actually have a question as well."
"Ask."
"Since you are going to hold a banquet, why don't you let me go directly to the imperial capital to deliver the invitation? You even have to ask about Sir Liang's schedule in private? Could it be that you two are old friends and want to give him a surprise?"
After a while.
"Sir?"
Pah.
The bamboo chopsticks fell to the ground, stained with yellow soil.
The gray mist spread, carrying a faint blood mist, and dissipated on the surface of the river.
In the small pavilion, there was only one person and one pot left.
Swish.
The fish were restless, scrambling for food, but after eating for a long time, they could not eat any residue, as if there was only fragrance, but no food.
The chopsticks knocked on the edge of the pot.
The middle-aged man raised his hand to grab the silver bill, folded it and put it in his arms.
"I know him, but he doesn't know me, how can we be old friends?"
