Warring States Eagle

Chapter 34 The Bandit's Wealth

During this period of the Warring States Period in Japan, most farmers could not afford to build wooden houses. Take the small mud-wooden house where Masamori lives now as an example, that is, to build a few wooden pillars to enclose the house, and then use a few wooden pillars as a The foundation is laid with soil, and the mud wall is slowly built and drafted. Finally, the roof is covered with branches and thatch.

And now Zheng Liang actually found a corridor supported by wooden pillars, and there is a small pond in the middle of the corridors on both sides, which is exactly like the southern garden of Ming Dynasty.Zhengliang walked forward along the corridor on the right. The corpse of the bandit who had fallen here had been removed from the corridor, but pools of blood could still be seen.At the end of the corridor, it is divided into three gates: left, middle and right. The gate in the middle is the tallest. It should be the meeting hall.On the left side, the cries of some women and children can be heard vaguely, it should be that the foot light is gathering the people in the inner house to the gate of the cottage.The right side is relatively quiet, it seems that no one is there.

Zheng Liang walked into the central yang meeting hall, which was relatively empty, but Zheng Liang couldn't help but secretly surprised when he found that the floor was wooden. Even if it was paved with rotten wood, it was enough to show that these bandits were very rich.

Just as Zheng Liang marveled at the richness of the bandit, hurried footsteps came from behind him. Zheng Liang turned around and saw that it was his surname Sahachiro.Sahachiro quickly came to Zhengliang, knelt down on both knees, performed a retainer salute, and then said excitedly with a blushing face, "Your Highness, we found several grottoes in the courtyard on the right, and there are a lot of grain in them."

"Go, take me to have a look," Zheng Liang said immediately.

Masara then went to the courtyard on the right accompanied by Sahachiro.In front of a grotto dug out of the mountain wall in the courtyard, three ashigaru stood, and they saluted immediately after seeing Zhengliang's arrival.Zhengliang nodded, and then walked into the grotto.The grotto is not big, about 20 cubic meters, but nearly half of the space is occupied by a pile of miscellaneous grains covered with fur.Zheng Liang approached the grain pile and picked up the thatch, grabbed a handful of miscellaneous grains, and looked carefully. These miscellaneous grains seemed to be mixed with several kinds of grains. Zheng Liang at least recognized that they contained brown rice and soybeans. Brown rice had the most ingredients, accounting for about 500%. become.Zheng Liang roughly estimated that this pile of miscellaneous grains was at least 5 shi.I checked all the grottoes excitedly. There are 2000 grottoes in total. Each grotto stores different amounts of miscellaneous grains. It is initially estimated that there are at least [-] stones.

After receiving this batch of grain, Zheng Liang was very excited. Now the food problem in the territory has finally been solved.At the same time, Zhengliang was also surprised. Since the food was also found, it is estimated that there will be no less property, but so far there has been no report of any property being found.It seems that we need to find some people who are familiar with the situation here. Thinking of this, Masara ordered Sahachiro behind him, "Go and find Xingsuke."

"Yes, Your Highness," Sahachiro took the order and left.

Soon Xingsuke came to Zheng Liang, "Your Highness", Xingsuke bowed his knees and saluted.

Looking at Xingsuke whose eyes were still slightly red, Masara swallowed the words that he was going to order Xingsuke to immediately search for the property in the cottage, and asked instead, "How is it? Did the wife and daughter be rescued?".Looking at the man in front of him who obviously cried just now, Zheng Liang was also touched.According to Zheng Liang's understanding of this era, women are often equated with political tools, but at this moment, Zheng Liang found that this cowardly guy, who had always been afraid of death, resolutely defected to him for his wife and daughter, and assisted him in attacking the cottage.I can't help but sigh in my heart, it turns out that true love also exists in this era.

"Yes, Your Highness, I found them in the dungeon. They were just a little frightened. They are all right now, and they are now settled in the inner courtyard. Thank you for your kindness in rescuing Your Highness. I will follow His Highness to the death." Xingsuke kowtowed in gratitude Said.

"That's good, settle them down first." Zheng Liang paused and continued, "Then immediately organize people to search the entire cottage, especially the Dashi family and the Banshi family. You can't miss even a grain of rice," Zheng Liang pointed out. Pointing to several grottoes in the yard, he said eagerly.

"Your Highness, the current manpower is cleaning up the remaining threats in the cottage, and gathering the rest of the people in the open space in front of the cottage. There are not enough people left," Xingsuke replied cautiously.

"Well, Togo Heiji will lead the patrol team to arrive later, and ask him to hand over the patrol team to you for arrangement," Zheng Liang thought for a while.It's just right for these little guys to hunt for treasure. "However, you have to make sure that I don't miss even a single piece of grain or a penny of copper coins," Masatoshi stared at Xingsuke and emphasized again.

"Yes, Your Highness, I am quite familiar with the situation in the cottage, and I will definitely be able to find the property." Feeling the Lord's ardent expectation, Xingsuke immediately kowtowed and replied loudly.This is the time to show your loyalty.

"Very good, then before Dongxiang Heiji arrives, take me to that secret warehouse to have a look." Zhengliang has always been thinking about this treasure house. There are thousands of copper coins there. Although it can't be used temporarily, who Will despise riches.

"Your Highness, the warehouse is at the back mountain of the cottage, the entrance to the back mountain is only through a small forest, and the rest of the place is set up with many traps, no one is allowed to approach," Xingsuke briefly introduced.

"Well, let's go then," leaving an ashigaru guarding the grotto and waiting for Togo Heiji, Masara took the other two ashigaru and two small surnames, and headed to the back mountain of the village under the leadership of Xingsuke.

After bypassing several huts, we came to a small forest. "Your Highness, passing through the grove in front is the back mountain. When the old leader was still the leader of the cottage, the entrance to the grove was guarded by the warriors of the old leader's relatives. After Banshi Dalang became the leader, the guards here weakened. If he didn’t want to be disturbed when he was having fun in the back mountain, he wouldn’t even send someone to guard him,” Xingsuke said while accompanying Masara into the woods.

After walking along the trail in the woods for about a quarter of an hour, I soon heard the sound of running water hitting the surface of the water.Hearing the sound, he walked out of the woods quickly, and what appeared in front of him was a pool of about 15 square meters.At the other end of the pool is the rock wall of the highest peak of Yegao Mountain. The spring water from the mountain gathers above the pool along the rock wall, and then pours down, forming a small waterfall.It really is a good place to have fun.

"Your Highness, please go this way." Gently awakening Zheng Liang who was fascinated by the scenery in front of him, Xingsuke walked along the edge of the pool and turned into the small forest again. In front of an old tree full of vines, Xingsuke stopped, " Your Highness, behind this big tree, there is a crack leading directly to the location of the secret warehouse, please follow me." After finishing speaking, Xingsuke took the lead to walk behind the old tree, bent down, gently pulled, pulled up several vines, and turned sideways Get into the vines.

Leaving two ashigaru guards outside, Zheng Liang and the two children also got into the bushes and vines.The inside of the vines is actually relatively loose, and there is a rock crack more than 1 meter wide behind the vines.Passing through the cracks covered with vines, Zhengliang soon found himself walking into a naturally formed well-shaped valley. This small valley was about 50 square meters. Fortunately, he was standing in front of a rock wall.

"Your Highness, there are a total of nine grottoes here, five of which store some copper coins, one store some weapons, and the rest of the grottoes are filled with scattered sundries." Xingsuke pointed to the number on the stone wall. A grotto said.Zheng Liang quickly walked to the door of a grotto, opened the door of the grotto and walked in.The grotto is not big, and it is obvious that the grotto was originally formed naturally, and was later built with tools. In the center of the grotto, there are seven or eight small wooden boxes of different styles. It is full of copper coins, and there are some gold and silver coins mixed in it.

Zheng Liang picked up a piece of gold at random. Due to the long storage time, not only was it covered with dust, but the color of the gold was also a bit dull, and the purity was probably not high.Putting down the gold, Zheng Liang looked at the copper coins in the wooden box again. These copper coins were of all kinds, some even had only one hole, and the colors were different.

"Huh?" Zheng Liang picked up one of the copper coins with a look of surprise on his face. The words on the copper coin turned out to be Chinese characters. Zheng Liang remembered that this copper coin was Yongle Tongbao, which is a good thing in later generations and can be sold for a lot of money .

"Xingsuke, how many coins are there here?" Masatoshi asked Kosuke behind him while looking at the coins in front of him.

"Your Highness, these are the savings of the old leader and his father's two generations of robbing for more than 40 years. According to the description of the old and young masters at that time, there are more than 1000 copper coins in these grottoes, and the gold and silver. There is no clear record," Kosuke said.

"Won't they use so much money to sell food and other needs? Why do they continue to be bandits?" The savings of more than 40 years have not been used much?Is this a fool?Are these two fathers and sons misers?Zheng Liang couldn't help but wonder.

"Your Highness, the location of the cottage is relatively remote, and it is difficult to find merchants. If you take these coins to a territory with merchants far away, you will be easily attacked halfway; and the surrounding local tyrants and even merchants are more hostile to the old leader. , it is impossible to exchange things with us, after all, many of these coins were robbed from them; moreover, once the local tyrants and bandits around know that so much wealth has been accumulated in the cottage, it is easy to trigger them to jointly deal with the cottage ", Xingsuke explained.

"Even if these local tyrants are not willing to exchange other items, ordinary farmers will always be willing," Zhengliang continued.

"Your Highness," Xingsuke smiled wryly, "It's good for the peasants not to starve to death. It's impossible for them to have surplus food. This is a place of bitter cold, and food is the most popular. Coins are the most popular." It’s not easy to use, not only for farmers, but also for many local tyrants.”

"Well, according to this situation, we will also face a situation where we have money and no place to use it," Zheng Liang sighed.

"Your Highness, if we master the exit to the sea, this problem can be solved," Xingsuke suggested.

"Well, this is also a way. We will discuss this issue later, let's go, let's go to other warehouses." Zheng Liang nodded slightly and said.

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