My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

When they returned to the camp, it was already dark. They found Jiang Li and explained the situation. Jiang Li didn't say anything, but just ordered people to look for the ant nest.

The next morning, the soldiers who went out successfully found more than a dozen ant nests. In addition to finding two or three kilograms of ants for the two pangolins, they also brought back three or four kilograms of ant eggs for them.

After getting these things, Partridge Whistle had dinner and left with Chen Yulou and his men.

They climbed over the mountains and climbed up the cliff, and successfully arrived at the Broken Dragon Stone. However, since there was only one entrance, even after a night of ventilation, the air in the tomb was still very turbid and no one could stay there.

Seeing this, Partridge Whistle fed the two animals, and after they were full, they quickly started working.

With their sharp claws, they dug several holes in the stone wall in just an hour or so. The air in the tomb chamber began to circulate rapidly. Chen Yulou even felt a faint breeze at the entrance of the cave.

After explaining it to everyone, everyone seemed very excited, and then waited patiently for a few hours. After confirming that the candle would not go out, they picked up their weapons and entered the tomb.

As soon as they entered, they were shocked and speechless.

It turned out that after they entered, under the dim light of the headlights, what came into view was a huge space of two meters high and several thousand square meters.

In the middle of the space, there are only some lonely stone pillars supporting it. These stone pillars are thick and tall, like Optimus Prime standing tall against the sky, supporting the tomb and preventing it from collapsing due to gravity.

Its surface is covered with mysterious patterns, as if they were mysterious totems left behind thousands of years ago.

Looking around, the entire wall of the tomb is inlaid with large pieces of bluestone, but due to the long time, the characters on the bluestone are not so clear.

However, it can still be seen that there are various birds, beasts, fish and insects drawn on it, as well as words of unknown content.

It is precisely because of these decorations that this originally silent and depressing tomb has a touch of solemnity and is filled with a mysterious and dignified atmosphere, as if it were a paradise forgotten by time.

Everyone was shocked and could not help but move slowly around. Although the ground under their feet was flat, no one felt anything unusual about it, of course, including Chen Yulou.

While everyone was observing the surrounding environment, Chen Yulou squatted on the ground, gently wiping the dust off the ground. Then he opened his mouth wide, his face full of disbelief.

Then he stood up and walked a few steps, and checked in several places again. It turned out that the material of the floor was indeed the same.

His unusual behavior naturally attracted the attention of others, who came over to ask about the situation.

But he uttered two words from his mouth, "Gold Brick!"

Upon hearing this, everyone squatted down to check, but they were disappointed when they saw it.

Kunlun, who was the most straightforward, immediately said disdainfully: "What kind of gold bricks are these? They are obviously stone bricks, but they are polished to be smoother and flatter!"

Before Chen Yulou could say anything, Partridge Whistle took the lead in explaining, "This is indeed a golden brick, but it is not made of gold. It is a kind of high-quality floor tile fired with special clay."

"It was mainly used in the imperial palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties. I didn't expect that such a large number of them were used in this Yuan Dynasty tomb. It seems that the owner of the tomb put a lot of thought into it!"

Kunlun curled his lips when he heard this, "What? No matter how special the soil is, it's still mud. How dare you call it a gold brick? I thought it was really made of gold!"

At this time, Chen Yulou explained, "The raw material for making gold bricks is taken from the unique yellow mud clay on the shore of Yangcheng Lake."

"This kind of soil is sticky but not loose, powdery but not sandy, and relatively rare, which also determines the scarcity of gold bricks."

“The production of this gold brick requires very sophisticated craftsmanship and is time-consuming.

"It needs to be dug, transported, dried, pushed, pounded, ground, and sifted to get the clay, and then clarified, filtered, dried, dried, squeezed, and treaded to train the clay."

"After that, the molds are kneaded, supported, loaded, rolled, scraped, hammered, turned, built, covered and dried."

"The bricks are placed vertically in a "human" shape in the drying room, turned over and banged every day, and covered and left to dry in the shade for about eight months. Then, they are fired in the kiln with straw, firewood, pellets, and branches for about five months."

"To make a gold brick in this way, 29 processes are required from start to finish, which takes nearly two years. It can be said to be the height of luxury."

"Although its value is not as high as that of a real gold brick, it has been blessed by hundreds of years, and its value should be equivalent to the same weight of silver!"

When everyone heard this, they exclaimed in amazement. There were thousands of square meters of gold bricks covering the ground. They must weigh several million kilograms. These were not floor bricks at all; they were clearly money!

"Alright, alright, everyone, put away your thoughts. We are now working for Commander Jiang, and the property we found is also used to resettle the people."

"I advise everyone not to have any evil ideas. We all saw Commander Jiang flying his sword to kill the monster. The centipede monster that was invulnerable to swords and spears was like tofu under the flying sword."

"I think my neck can't compare to the centipede's shell, so I won't bother with these things!"

Having said that, Chen Yulou left everyone behind and went towards the coffin in the middle of the tomb.

When he walked to the coffin, he immediately discovered that the material of the coffin was also extraordinary. He knocked on it a few times, observed it carefully, and confirmed that it was actually a purple gold coffin.

He took two steps back, estimated the size of the coffin, and made a rough guess, "It seems that this person had indeed committed many evil deeds during his lifetime, otherwise it would be impossible for him to build a purple gold coffin weighing several thousand kilograms."

Kunlun heard the word "gold" again and asked again, "What is this purple gold made of? It can't be copper or something like that, right?"

Upon hearing this, Partridge Whistle shook his head and said, "Purple gold is not a single material. Its main components are a mixture of gold, copper, and other metals."

"Although it is not pure gold, due to the extremely high difficulty of refining, its price is second only to gold, and it is many times higher than silver!"

Kunlun smiled happily when he heard this, but then he seemed to think of something, put away his smile, shook his head and turned away.

Just as Chen Yulou was observing the pictures and texts on the coffin, trying to find some clues.

But suddenly, Hua Maguai exclaimed, "Look quickly, we've made a fortune!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou hurried forward to check.

It turned out that it was Hua Maguai who led people to open an attic chamber where a large number of funerary objects were placed.

Swords, knives, bows and crossbows, helmets, armor, saddles, whips and other items have become rusty due to their age.

However, the Yuhuchun porcelain vases, porcelain bowls, porcelain plates, porcelain bowls and other items in the box had rolled out and were damaged due to the decay of the wooden box, but they were generally intact.