Immortal Dao Fruits, Cards to Help Me

Chapter 107 Ancestral Craft, Join Us!
Chen Xiuxian and the others didn't want to cause any trouble.

The fewer people who know about this fake emperor's treasure, the better.

After all, those who see it should share it equally. If too many people know about it, problems are bound to arise.

Although this team has already gathered the General's Mansion and the City God Temple, it can be said to be the two most powerful forces in Liaodong.

But there are plenty of people who are incredibly audacious.

Money and silk touch people's hearts!

If word got out that the legendary false emperor left behind a treasure powerful enough to support an army to retake Yanjing, who knows how many people would gamble their way to riches!
But, it’s not possible!

The Jia family's Black Mountain Village is located at the foot of Jade Pen Peak.

The mountain peak is straight and upright, and although it is not small, it is completely unobstructed.

Whatever you're doing on the mountain, you can see roughly from below by looking up.

You say you're trying to avoid them? That's too difficult.

Of course, I could tell a lie to cover it up. But I haven't figured out how to say it yet.

They only said that the General's Mansion had a mission, and a group of people came to survey the terrain...

Then I was invited into the estate, where I was treated as a local host.

However, while we were inside drinking tea and eating melon seeds, we "unintentionally" came up with some interesting things.

Cao Bianjiao looked at him strangely: "You mean to say that the Jia family also has the skill of tomb raiding?"

Chen Xiuxian's expression was also very strange at this moment, because through the previous conversation, he had confirmed one thing - this Jia family was the Jia family in "Dream of the Red Chamber"!
No, is the designer of "The Great Thousand Worlds" really that good at sewing?

But the Jia family also engages in tomb raiding—what kind of plot twist is that?!

Wu Jinzhong waved his hands repeatedly, "You wouldn't dare say that!"

"Of course not the master's family... that tomb raider!"

Wu Jinzhong's expression probably said: You know what I mean!

Chen Xiuxian found it strange and glanced at Dou Zhongde.

Dou Zhongde then asked, "How could a farm under the Rongguo Mansion have such... abilities?"

Wu Jinzhong poured himself some tea, his expression somewhat puzzled, and whispered, "Since we've encountered Young Master Chen and Cao Jiaojun, it must be fate. Then this old man won't hide it from you..."

It turns out that Wu Jinzhong's family has been spreading rumors for decades that there is a "large tomb" in the Jade Pen Peak of Wulong Mountain!
Because there was a "strange person" left behind by the Jia family's army in this Black Mountain Village.

This person is blind, but has the ability to hear all things, especially thunder.

He listened at the foot of the mountain for seven or eight years, and finally concluded from the thunder in the area that there was a large tomb in the mountain!
I only know that they exist in these mountains, but I can't find them.

Over the past three or four decades, dozens of expeditions have been launched to investigate, but the search has never been successful.

The wild beasts and strange creatures on the mountain have been wiped out; tons of rocks have fallen, and there's nothing left to find.

So the matter was put on hold.

Why would a servant of a high-ranking duke possess such a shameful skill?

That's because it's "inherited"!

Wu Jinzhong took a sip of tea, his expression somewhat nostalgic. "Speaking of which, it's a family heirloom! Back when my grandfather was still young, he fought against the main family. It all started with the first two Dukes..."

In times of chaos, tomb raiding flourishes!

During the third decline of the Shun Dynasty, tomb raiding was already rampant.

But armies need money to fight. The two Jia brothers started their alliance with Emperor Yongshun from Jinling, which can be considered as the entire family supporting them.

But it's a drop in the ocean! Not enough, far from enough!
Then, some other methods came up~
Historically, there has been a tradition of tomb raiding to accumulate military resources. And those grand tombs of kings and nobles could only be quickly looted by the military…

Even if a tomb raider knows the location, they could spend their whole life chiseling at the stone that breaks the dragon at the tomb entrance and not even break a single stone.

It takes a large amount of manpower and resources to open royal tombs.

Only large tombs like royal mausoleums and imperial tombs have enough gold and silver to support the army's expenses.

When the two Dukes Ning and Rong led their armies into Liaodong and wiped out all the forces of those foreign tribes, the world was basically at peace.

Therefore, this tomb raiding team cannot be allowed to continue.

However, the two dukes were truly benevolent, and the emperor also knew that the root of the problem lay with him. In the end, these several hundred people remained in Liaodong instead of being buried in some pit.

Like Wu Jinzhong's grandfather, who was a well-known "Golden Scout" back then. He could tell the age of the soil just by smelling it after digging with a Luoyang shovel.

The key figures in this estate all know about the Jade Brush Peak Tomb. However, after searching for over thirty years without any results, they long ago gave up.

They happened to run into Chen Xiuxian and his group who were surveying the terrain at Yubi Peak.

Wu Jinzhong knew exactly what was going on just by looking at his shoulder and lifting his head!

Don't worry about whether it's the General's Mansion or not; this kind of thing definitely can't be discussed openly.

This is the Rongguo Mansion's estate; you can't just kill them all!
Then we'll have to do our part and get a share of the profits!
This wealth, thirty years overdue, has finally arrived!

Coincidentally, in recent years, Heishan Village has suffered from continuous floods and hailstorms, resulting in severe damage to the crops in the fields. For three consecutive years, they have been unable to explain themselves when they went to the capital to pay tribute to their master. They were severely reprimanded.

I've gathered some things to share... of course, I'll keep a portion for myself.
And we have the skills!

You guys, oh yes, you're good at fighting!
But if you want to raid tombs, you need to have the skills.

Isn't this readily available to us? We may share the money, but we're still useful!

In short: there is no Lord Wulongshan, but there is a Duke!

Who? The Rong and Ning mansions, the Jia family with two dukes!

Right in front of my house, they're digging up a tomb we've been eyeing for over thirty years. It wouldn't be right if they didn't include us!

……

"Oh, by the way! The main industry of the Ning and Rong families in the capital is antiques! If they have any real treasures, they can help sell them here. If they were in Liaodong, they really wouldn't fetch a good price!"

Believe it or not, they've even found a buyer for the goods.

The reasons are indeed quite valid.

But who would have thought that the Jia family's main business in the capital was the antique trade? It seems they really did acquire quite a few good items back then!

Finally, Chen Xiuxian discussed it with Cao Bianjiao and decided to include the Jia family—the Jia family, not Black Mountain Village. They didn't have the influence or power to do so.

Of course, the quota is allocated according to ability.

They can only get 10% to 20%, we'll see how effective it is then.

Hu Tiedao, one of Chen Xiuxian's subordinates, knew the exact location of the treasure and how to open it.

Chen Xiuxian has the key to unlock it!

The General's Mansion and the City God Temple were the two largest local strongmen in Liaodong...

As for the Jia family, they have a geographical advantage and will send out all their "skilled workers," as well as some valuable treasures.

Wu Jinzhong also summoned his brother Wu Jinxiao, who was the head of Ningguo Prefecture's estate in Liaodong.

The Ningguo Mansion doesn't have as much land here as the Rongguo Mansion, but it does run businesses related to furs, ginseng, and herbs.

They gathered twenty-six or twenty-seven people, all of whom were farmers who still retained some of their ancestral skills.

They looked quite imposing, wearing uniform smooth leather over their cotton-padded coats and carrying some strange tools whose purpose was unclear.

It has the feel of a somewhat rudimentary mechanical device.

Believe it or not, some of them here can make some mechanical equipment.

Chen Xiuxian asked out of curiosity, "You're living a good and stable life now, so why are you still keeping such a trick up your sleeve?"

These people really only preserved their skills and rarely had the opportunity to practice them, after all, there aren't many large tombs in Liaodong.

Their leader was a tall, fat man with a憨厚 (honest and simple) smile, named Wang Yuan: "Hey, young master Chen, think about it, these peaceful days are only temporary. Who knows what disaster might strike one day? Keeping your skills might just leave your descendants something to eat."

Chen Xiuxian nodded: "Then you've been very prepared."

Indeed, just over a hundred years after the Three Reigns, the Great Shun Dynasty has reached its end and is once again facing a life-or-death crisis.

Moreover, a great calamity is approaching, truly signaling the coming of a chaotic era.

I just don't know if this tomb raiding skill will be able to provide a livelihood for future generations.

(End of this chapter)