I'm really the king of leaks

Chapter 493 Ming Dynasty Corset Gold and Silver Ingots

Tang Dayuan clutched his heart.

"Master Zhang...don't...you don't say it, I have high blood pressure, heart disease, besides, I... am about to get sick..."

"I think the blue-and-white glazed jade pot spring vase with red intertwined branches and lotus patterns is pretty good. By the way, the story vase is also pretty good. Look, which one is more suitable?"

Zhang Yi continued to ask.

"No, a bowl, a large bowl with twining lotus is also good, from the official kiln!"

Tang Dayuan clutched his backpack tightly.

Among porcelain, the value of bowls is naturally inferior to vertical vessels, such as vases.

"Old Tang, we discovered these things together, so why don't you just give me a broken bowl? Besides, we made the bet very clear just now. If anyone loses, the other party will have to choose for themselves!"

Zhang Yi said.

"Otherwise, I'll hold it for you first?"

Tang Dayuan asked pitifully.

"Fine!"

Zhang Yi replied.

then.

The attention of the two people was on the hatch.

The hatch was locked.

Tang Dayuan searched for that man with dreadlocks.

Soon, the key to the hatch was found.

I found the rope.

After all those pirates are tied up.

Zhang Yi and Tang Dayuan went over and opened the locked hatch.Here is a storage room with a relatively small space. On the submarine, the other side corresponding to it should be the cab.

After the hatch is opened.

There were several people lying in it.

Judging from their faces, three of them are domestic, and the other two should be Malay.

They were all tied tightly, lying on the ground without moving, they must have passed out.

among them.

There was a person, Zhang Yi looked at, and felt a little familiar.

Think carefully.

On the contrary, he looks somewhat similar to Fang Gang.

and so.

It is not difficult to guess that it should be Fang Zhen.

Fang Gang is Fang Yiyi's sixth uncle, so he is also Fang Zhen's sixth brother.

Since they are brothers, it is only natural that they look similar.

other people.

The faces are relatively unfamiliar.

Zhang Yi didn't even know each other.

It is estimated that they must be from the Fang family or from the Copernicus company in Malay.

Tang Dayuan on the other side.

They don't care about these people at all, because there are many other things in this cabin.For example, some tightly packed wooden boxes.

In the corner, I found a hammer.

He used the other side to pry open all the boxes.

There are five boxes, two of which are all porcelain for export.

More than a dozen pieces of official kiln porcelain from the Hongwu period.

Also.

There is also a box that is not too big.

Inside are all gold coins from ancient overseas countries, as well as gold and silver ingots from the Ming Dynasty.

About twenty gold ingots.

All of them are twelve pieces in size.

It is engraved with "Made by the Ministry of Households in October of the third year of Hongwu, full color gold, one ingot and two weights".

In other words.

These gold ingots were all made by the household department of the Ming Dynasty.

The main sources of gold in the Ming Dynasty were taxation, mining tax, tribute gold, and imports.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Households was responsible for the collection of taxes from all over the world, and all taxes from all over the world had to be transferred to the Ministry of Households.In order to meet the needs of the royal family in the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Household Affairs often converted the collected silver into gold through purchase and cast it into gold ingots.

This is where these gold ingots come from.

In the tribute trade.

In order to demonstrate its authority, the court of the Ming Dynasty would also reward overseas countries with such gold ingots.

In addition to gold, there are also silver ingots.

The shape of the silver ingots is relatively regular, almost all of them are girdle silver.Below the silver ingot, the honeycomb branch is very natural. From the inscription on the silver ingot, it can be seen that these should be official silver.

It is also used as a reward in the tribute trade.

and so.

All the gold and silver ingots that Zhang Yi and Tang Dayuan didn't find from the sunken ship were found here.

These pirates have already salvaged the things on the sunken ship.

but.

There are still many left over from their salvage.

From the classification of antiques.

What they value most are these gold and silver ingots.

As for porcelain, they also salvaged some, but most of them were messy and unclassified.Official kiln porcelain and export porcelain are randomly put together.

estimate.

In their eyes, these porcelains are all the same.

Tang Dayuan was busy distinguishing these valuable things.

Zhang Yi was looking for the whereabouts of Mo Yanran and Cheng Hu.

There are five people tied up here.

Cheng Hu and Mo Yanran were not among them.

"Master Zhang, let's send it! There are more good things here than on the sunken ship!"

Tang Dayuan was very excited.

"I didn't find Cheng Hu!"

Zhang Yi said.

The two don't seem to be on the same channel.

The few people who were tied up couldn't wake up for a while.Therefore, there was naturally no way to find out the whereabouts of Mo Yanran and Cheng Hu from them.

While talking, Tang Dayuan stuffed two gold ingots into his trouser pocket.

He glanced outside the cabin.

"Maybe those pirates will know Cheng Hu's whereabouts!"

Tang Dayuan said.

Zhang Yi also glanced over there and asked.

"Will they tell the truth?"

"As long as the means are in place, I'm not afraid that they won't tell the truth. In this way, Master Zhang, if you can't do it, I will come. However, I don't know English, and you will be my interpreter later!"

Tang Dayuan said.

Zhang Yi nodded.

Two people went out from the cabin.

Tang Dayuan went over, without saying a word, went up and kicked the man with dreadlocks in the stomach.This kick, because the man with dreadlocks was tied up, naturally there was no way to dodge it, so it was very solid!

He curled up and fell to the ground.

Spit out a mouthful of blood.

cursed.

"FUCK YOU!"

"He said, fuck your uncle!"

Zhang Yi immediately translated to Tang Dayuan.

Tang Dayuan had black lines on his face.

"I understand this, no need to translate!"

then.

Tang Dayuan went over and grabbed the man with dreadlocks by the neck.

The hands were locked tightly, and even a creaking sound could be heard.

The face of the man with dreadlocks immediately turned into a liver color, very ugly.

"There is a man named Cheng Hu, do you know his whereabouts?"

Tang Dayuan finished asking.

The man with dirty braids looked at Tang Dayuan bitterly, as if begging for mercy, but he couldn't understand Tang Dayuan's words.

At this moment.

Zhang Yi then translated for him.

said the man with dreadlocks.

He knew Cheng Hu, but he didn't know where Cheng Hu was either.

He and his brothers are looking for a man and a woman, one named Mo Yanran and the other named Cheng Hu.They took the most important thing from the sunken ship, and that thing was what their boss needed.

under these circumstances.

This man with dirty braids should not dare to lie anymore.

Moreover, when Zhang Yi and Tang Dayuan were arrested, it could be inferred from their words that they were indeed looking for someone.

Now it seems.

They were looking for Cheng Hu and Mo Yanran.

At this point, things are almost clear.

Cheng Hu and Mo Yanran must have been in the team of the Fang family and Copernicus.

just.

When they were salvaging those things on the sunken ship, they encountered pirates.

Things were robbed, and the Fang family, as well as several important people from the Copernicus Company, all fell into the hands of the pirates.But Mo Yanran and Cheng Hu escaped from the hands of the pirates.

Also took away the most important things.

At this moment.

Zhang Yi looked at the man with dreadlocks and asked him.

"What's the most important thing?"

(End of this chapter)